Load the app browser embed's script from beside the GUI bundle

The embed page always loaded /dist/apps-embed.min.js from the server,
while the GUI bundle and the embed build are published to gui_bundle's
location (a CDN in production). The server's /dist copy can be stale, so
the embed ran an old build. It now loads apps-embed.min.js from
gui_bundle's directory, keeping /dist when gui_bundle isn't set.

.github/workflows/ai-provider-integration-tests.yaml

@@ -47,3 +47,13 @@ jobs:
                   PUTER_TEST_AI_MOONSHOT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PUTER_TEST_AI_MOONSHOT_API_KEY }}
                   PUTER_TEST_AI_ZAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PUTER_TEST_AI_ZAI_API_KEY }}
                   PUTER_TEST_AI_ELEVENLABS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PUTER_TEST_AI_ELEVENLABS_API_KEY }}
+
+            # Realtime conversations through the SDK against live OpenAI. Builds
+            # the SDK bundle these tests load itself, so it runs even when the
+            # step above fails; the tests skip themselves without the key.
+            - name: Run live realtime conversation tests
+              if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+              run: npm run setupExtensions && (cd src/puter-js && npm run build) && npx vitest run --config src/puter-js/tests/api/vitest.config.ts src/puter-js/tests/api/realtime/convoLive.test.ts
+              env:
+                  CI: 'true'
+                  PUTER_TEST_AI_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PUTER_TEST_AI_OPENAI_API_KEY }}

.github/workflows/notify-dev.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Notify HeyPuter (dev)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      puter_ref:
+        description: "puter branch, tag or SHA"
+        type: string
+        default: "main"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  authorize:
+    if: github.repository == 'HeyPuter/puter'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Require maintain or admin
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ACTOR: ${{ github.triggering_actor }}
+        run: |
+          ROLE=$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/collaborators/$ACTOR/permission" --jq .role_name)
+          if [ "$ROLE" != "maintain" ] && [ "$ROLE" != "admin" ]; then
+            echo "::error::$ACTOR has role '$ROLE'; maintain or admin required"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+  notify:
+    needs: authorize
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Holds HEYPUTER_DISPATCH_TOKEN; limited to main so branch copies of this file can't read it.
+    environment: heyputer-dispatch
+    steps:
+      - name: Trigger heyputer dev deploy
+        env:
+          PUTER_REF: ${{ inputs.puter_ref }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HEYPUTER_DISPATCH_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          jq -nc --arg ref "$PUTER_REF" \
+            '{event_type: "puter-dev-requested", client_payload: {puter_ref: $ref}}' |
+          curl -fsS -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/HeyPuter/heyputer/dispatches \
+            -d @-
+          echo "Requested \`$PUTER_REF\`" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

.github/workflows/notify-prod.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   notify:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: heyputer-dispatch
     steps:
       - name: Trigger heyputer build
         run: |
@@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
             -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.HEYPUTER_DISPATCH_TOKEN }}" \
             -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
             https://api.github.com/repos/HeyPuter/heyputer/dispatches \
-            -d '{"event_type":"puter-main-updated","client_payload":{"puter_ref":"main"}}'
+            -d '{"event_type":"puter-main-updated","client_payload":{"puter_ref":"main"}}'

.github/workflows/puterjs-tests.yaml

@@ -118,9 +118,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
+          # The base branch lives in this repo; for a fork PR, the head
+          # repo's copy of it can be arbitrarily stale.
           - ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+            repository: ${{ github.repository }}
             artifact: base
           - ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+            repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
             artifact: pr
 
     steps:
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ matrix.ref }}
-          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+          repository: ${{ matrix.repository }}
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
         if: needs.changes.outputs.puterjs == 'true'

AGENTS.md

@@ -161,11 +161,38 @@ An overview page answers "what is this API and is it what I need?", and a functi
 
 When you add a page, add it to [src/docs/src/sidebar.js](src/docs/src/sidebar.js) under its area, or it won't show up in the navigation. When you add a runnable example, add its HTML to `src/docs/src/playground/examples/<slug>.html`, register the slug in [src/docs/src/examples.js](src/docs/src/examples.js), and link the code block to it by putting the slug after the language with a semicolon (` ```html;kv-set `).
 
+### Function page layout
+
+A function page opens with one sentence that says what the function does, in its own paragraph, such as "Given a prompt, generate an image using AI." Put any more detail in the paragraphs after it.
+
+After the intro, a function page has these `##` sections, in this order:
+
+1. Syntax
+2. Parameters
+3. Return value
+4. Errors, if the function has any
+5. Sections for specific topics, if the page needs them, with `## Model-specific features` last
+6. Examples
+
+[chat.md](src/docs/src/AI/chat.md) follows this layout.
+
+- **Options as a table.** Document an options object as a table with Option, Type, and Description columns. Give each option its own row, even when two options go together, such as `width` and `height`. Order the rows by how often developers use them, most common first, without group rows. In chat.md that's the core options, then reasoning, tools, response handling, request control, and output.
+- **Common options in the table, model-specific behavior in its own section.** A page whose function works with many models or providers, such as [chat.md](src/docs/src/AI/chat.md) and [txt2img.md](src/docs/src/AI/txt2img.md), splits its options this way:
+  - **The options table** under Parameters lists the options that work with every model, and describes each one the way it works for every model.
+  - **`## Model-specific features`**, the last section before Examples, covers everything else. It has a `###` for each model family or provider, named after it, such as "OpenAI models" or "Cloudflare models". Under it go the options only some models accept, and the common options a model handles differently, such as a narrower range, other allowed values, or an option it ignores.
+  - **Write there only what's different.** A `###` lists an option only when that model or provider adds it or handles it differently. An option that works the same everywhere stays out, even if the provider supports it, and a model or provider with nothing different gets no `###`.
+  - **Model-specific features is the only place for model-specific details.** Every limit, format, allowed value, default, price, or quirk that applies to some models goes there, in that model's or provider's `###`, and nowhere else. The options table and topic sections (such as Image inputs or Video input) describe what's true for every model and link to Model-specific features for the rest. Don't add a table or sentence there that compares providers or repeats a model's limits. Each copy is another source of truth to keep in sync, and copies drift when a model changes.
+  - **Link the two.** Directly under the options table, put `Some models accept additional options or handle these options differently. See [Model-specific features](#model-specific-features).` A row whose option behaves differently on some models can also end with `See [Model-specific features](#model-specific-features).`
+- **A long topic gets its own `##` section.** When explaining an option or feature takes more than a sentence or two, such as function calling or output dimensions, give it a section between Errors and Examples and link to it from the options table. This keeps the reference sections short.
+- **Usage patterns are examples.** A way of using the API, such as stopping a stream, goes in a runnable example that the relevant section links to ("See the [stop a stream example](/playground/ai-chat-stop-stream/)."), not in a section of its own.
+- **Each example has a `###` heading** under `## Examples`, so every example shows in the table of contents.
+
 ### Writing docs
 
 These apply to reference pages and recipes alike.
 
 - **Document the developer-facing side only.** The reader is building on top of puter.js, so cover what affects their code: signatures, defaults, return shapes, errors, limits, and behavior they can observe. Leave out internal workings (which service handles the call, storage layout, caching, retries) unless they change what the developer has to do. [rate-limits-and-quotas.md](src/docs/src/rate-limits-and-quotas.md) is the exception: it publishes every limit, including timeouts and caps that come from how the backend works.
+- **Document Puter as it runs on puter.com.** The docs are for developers building on production Puter. Leave out behavior that only happens on a self-hosted or differently configured server, such as a provider that isn't set up there.
 - **Describe the current state.** Docs aren't a changelog. Write how the API behaves now, without "now", "no longer", "existing code is unaffected", or other wording that compares it to an older version.
 - **Verify before you document.** Run the calls you describe against a running Puter instead of inferring behavior from the source.
 - **Write plainly.** Use the literal words a developer would say out loud, with contractions and everyday words. No idioms or figurative verbs ("walk away from something shared with you" → "remove your own access", "nothing to page through" → "without pagination"). No formal register ("present only while more pages remain" → "includes a `cursor` if there are more pages to load"). Prefer dev terms such as atomic, concurrent, and insertion order.
@@ -184,10 +211,12 @@ Recipes are tested, copy-pasteable patterns for a task, one layer above the per-
 - **Description.** Written for someone who has never heard of Puter. Start with "Learn how to", put the action first, and say what the reader's app gains: "Learn how to add file sharing to your app with Puter.js, so users can share files in their Puter account with other people." No API names, no mechanism, no list of example cases, and no "not just …" contrast.
 - **Intro.** Explain the situation and why you'd do this, tied to something the reader already knows ("`puter.kv` is your database in Puter.js"). No "Use this when" bullet list.
 - **Structure.** Get to the first working call as early as possible, then add validation, rate limits, and sign-in after it. Explain a Puter concept the first time it appears, such as what `me.puter` is or that `puter.workers.exec()` opens the Puter sign-in window. Split recipes by what the reader needs, not by technique, and give a family of recipes a shared tag.
+- **Reading order.** A recipe reads top to bottom. Each code block uses only functions and variables from blocks above it, so the reader never has to search further down the page to understand it. Start with a small version that works, and have each section add one case. When a section changes a function from earlier, show the whole new version of that function there. If the code is built up over several sections, end with a `## Full Code` block that has all of it.
 - **Link to the reference for full option lists.** Mention only the options the recipe uses, then link to the function page for the rest ("All the sort options are listed on [`puter.fs.readdir()`](/FS/readdir/)."). A copied list of options, rules, or scopes goes stale when the reference changes.
+- **Limits.** Mention a limit only when it's the reason for a pattern the recipe uses, such as one wildcard subscription instead of one per key, and link to [rate-limits-and-quotas.md](src/docs/src/rate-limits-and-quotas.md) or the function page for the number. Leave out limits that code following the recipe never reaches.
 - **Code.** Platform-neutral: just the code, with top-level `await`. No `<script>` or `<html>` wrapper, no IIFE.
 - **Tradeoffs.** Justify a choice with one scenario the reader can picture right away, in about two short paragraphs, or fold each point into the section where it matters. The description states the benefit only.
-- **Notes.** Leave out `## Notes` by default. Use it only to point to an architecturally different approach. A limit goes in the section it applies to; other facts belong on the linked reference page.
+- **Notes.** Leave out `## Notes` by default. Use it only to point to an architecturally different approach. A limit the recipe needs goes in the section it applies to, and other facts belong on the linked reference page.
 
 ---
 
@@ -199,6 +228,6 @@ Recipes are tested, copy-pasteable patterns for a task, one layer above the per-
 
 - **Reuse existing UI primitives before writing new ones.** Windows and dialogs are `UIWindow*` functions in [src/gui/src/UI/](src/gui/src/UI/); generic pieces already exist (`UIAlert`, `UIPrompt`, `UIContextMenu`, `UINotification`, `UIPopover`, widgets in [UI/Components/](src/gui/src/UI/Components/)). A new window should read like its neighbors: an async function taking an options object, composing an HTML string, wiring behavior with jQuery, delegating to `UIWindow(...)`.
 - **Match the visual language.** Use existing CSS classes (`button`, `button-primary`, window chrome, form styles) and copy the layout patterns of neighboring windows; new styles go in [src/gui/src/css/](src/gui/src/css/) following existing conventions. Verify anything positional (menus, overlays, z-index) on both desktop and mobile viewports.
-- **i18n every user-facing string.** No hardcoded UI text — use `i18n('key')` and add the key to [src/gui/src/i18n/translations/en.js](src/gui/src/i18n/translations/en.js). Run `npm run check-translations` before opening the PR.
+- **i18n every user-facing string.** No hardcoded UI text — use `i18n('key')` and add the key to [src/gui/src/i18n/translations/en.js](src/gui/src/i18n/translations/en.js).
 - **Shared logic goes in helpers/services.** Reusable non-UI logic belongs in [src/gui/src/helpers/](src/gui/src/helpers/) or [src/gui/src/services/](src/gui/src/services/), not copy-pasted between windows.
 - **Tests.** Vitest is wired for the GUI (`src/**/*.test.js`; see [appOrder.test.js](src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/appOrder.test.js) for the shape). Extract pure logic into functions and test those. Desktop behavior driven through puter.js (`puter.ui.*`) is covered by the Playwright harness in [src/puter-js/tests/e2e/](src/puter-js/tests/e2e/) — add a spec there when you change how the desktop renders SDK-driven UI.

Dockerfile

@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /opt/puter .
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/puter /var/puter && \
     chown -R node:node /etc/puter /var/puter
 
+# Fix outdated HOME_URL in /etc/os-release (see issue #4329)
+# The base image may contain a reference to the old phoenix repository.
+RUN if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then \
+      sed -i 's|HOME_URL="https://github.com/HeyPuter/phoenix"|HOME_URL="https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter"|' /etc/os-release; \
+    fi
+
 # Self-hosters mount their override at this exact path. The v2 loader
 # deep-merges it over config.default.json (see backend/index.ts).
 ENV PUTER_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/puter/config.json
@@ -87,4 +93,4 @@ USER node
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=30s --retries=3 \
     CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://puter.localhost:4100/test || exit 1
 
-CMD ["node", "-r", "./dist/src/backend/telemetry.js", "./dist/src/backend/index.js"]
+CMD ["node", "-r", "./dist/src/backend/telemetry.js", "./dist/src/backend/index.js"]

config.template.jsonc

@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@
     // not, a row past this is swept. Off by default; any value above 0 arms
     // the sweep.
     // "notificationRetentionDays": 14,
+    //
+    // Ms a live notification waits for open tabs to acknowledge it.
+    // "notificationAckTimeoutMs": 5000,
 
     // ── Alarms / alerting ───────────────────────────────────────────────
     // Where system alarms go. Severity is the routing decision — each
@@ -433,6 +436,8 @@
         "mistral": { "apiKey": "" },
         "xai": { "apiKey": "" },
         "moonshot": { "apiKey": "" },
+        // MiniMax. One key powers chat and video generation (H3, Hailuo);
+        // video calls go to the same host, beside the chat API's `/v1`.
         "minimax": {
             "apiKey": "",
             "apiBaseUrl": "https://api.minimax.io/v1"

doc/contributing-apis.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Both are supported ways to define an API. **Prefer a controller when you need fi
 
 Provider sign-in requires the account's authenticator or a recovery code when 2FA is enabled, including signup callbacks that resolve an existing account. The five-minute challenge uses the same single-use `/login/otp` and `/login/recovery-code` verification as password sign-in. The GUI carries it in a URL fragment and removes it before initialization. A session and successful popup-return proof are issued only after verification; cancelling retains the popup's signed retry context without marking it authenticated.
 
-Disabling 2FA through `/user-protected/disable-2fa` requires both password or OIDC revalidation and the current six-digit authenticator `code`. Missing, malformed, or incorrect codes leave the secret and recovery codes intact. A team's requirement for 2FA still prevents disabling it.
+Disabling 2FA through `/user-protected/disable-2fa` requires both password or OIDC revalidation and either the current six-digit authenticator `code` or an unused recovery code in `code`. Recovery codes are consumed atomically. Missing or incorrect codes leave the secret and remaining recovery codes intact. A team's requirement for 2FA still prevents disabling it.
 
 Email changes through `/user-protected/change-email` require the password or OIDC revalidation cookie, plus a six-digit `code` from the authenticator when 2FA is enabled. Missing or malformed codes return `400 bad_request`; incorrect codes return `401 code_mismatch`. Both include `factor: 'otp'`. Confirmation links are bound to that verified request. A 2FA-enabled account must request a new link if its existing link was issued without second-factor verification.
 

doc/embedding-app-browser.md

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Embedded app browser
+
+`GET /embed/apps` on the deployment's main GUI origin renders the same app browser
+as the dashboard's Apps tab, without the desktop or dashboard navigation.
+
+It supports search, paging, saved folders, and saved ordering. It uses the same
+installed-app and recommendation data as the dashboard, including the user's
+removed recommendations. Editing, adding, reordering, renaming, and uninstalling
+are disabled. Selecting an app opens it in a new browser tab at its own URL, the
+same way the dashboard does, and the host page stays open. The app's token isn't
+put in the URL: the app's SDK asks the embed for it once the tab loads, so the
+embed must still be open then. If the iframe is removed first, the app falls back
+to its normal sign-in. Apps that need the desktop (built-in and godmode apps,
+private apps the user can't open, or a failed token request) open `/app/<name>`
+on the GUI origin, cut off from the embed. Website shortcuts open their external
+destination with no opener.
+Apps opened from the embed carry `utm_source=puter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app_browser_embed`;
+the desktop and dashboard send `utm_campaign=desktop` and `utm_campaign=dashboard`.
+
+## Session and framing
+
+Only show the iframe after the user has signed in. The embed reads the existing
+GUI session from local storage on its own origin. It does not create accounts,
+show a login dialog, or accept a token from its parent. A missing session or
+failed load displays an unavailable/error state. Being signed in on a subdomain
+alone does not populate the main GUI origin's storage; the main GUI session must
+already exist.
+
+The route's `Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors` allows the GUI origin and
+the embedding page's origin when it is a subdomain of `config.domain` with the
+scheme and port from `config.origin`, and not under one of the user-content
+hosting domains (`static_hosting_domain`, `private_app_hosting_domain`, and their
+`_alt` variants). For example, `https://puter.com` permits
+`https://spreadsheet.puter.com`, and `http://puter.localhost:4100` permits
+`http://spreadsheet.puter.localhost:4100` but not
+`http://someone.site.puter.localhost:4100`. The embedding page is read from the
+iframe request's referrer, so the host must not suppress it (the browser default
+`strict-origin-when-cross-origin` is enough). All ancestors in a nested iframe
+chain must be allowed. Other GUI routes retain `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN`.
+
+The embed accepts no query parameters. Requests with a query string redirect to
+the same embed path so SDK bootstrap parameters cannot override the session or API
+origin. The host needs to allow the GUI origin in its own `frame-src` CSP if it
+sets one. If sandboxing the iframe, allow scripts, same-origin storage, popups,
+and popups to escape the sandbox.
+
+## Host integration
+
+Create the iframe when “More apps” is opened, and remove it on close so reopening
+loads current apps and preferences. The host owns the modal and close control;
+there is no parent messaging API and no app list or credential is sent to it.
+The app browser fills its iframe and responds to its size.
+
+This example assumes `puterOrigin` comes from the host app's deployment settings
+and the caller has already established the GUI session. Translate the button and
+frame labels using the host app's localization system.
+
+```html
+<button id="more-apps" type="button">More apps</button>
+<dialog id="apps-dialog" aria-label="More apps">
+  <button id="close-apps" type="button">Close</button>
+  <div id="apps-frame"></div>
+</dialog>
+<style>
+  #apps-dialog { padding: 12px; width: min(900px, 90vw); }
+  #apps-frame iframe { width: 100%; height: min(650px, 75vh); border: 0; }
+</style>
+<script type="module">
+  const puterOrigin = 'https://puter.com'; // Use this deployment's configured origin.
+  const dialog = document.querySelector('#apps-dialog');
+  const container = document.querySelector('#apps-frame');
+  const trigger = document.querySelector('#more-apps');
+
+  trigger.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    const frame = document.createElement('iframe');
+    frame.title = 'Your apps';
+    frame.src = new URL('/embed/apps', puterOrigin).href;
+    container.replaceChildren(frame);
+    dialog.showModal();
+  });
+  document.querySelector('#close-apps').addEventListener('click', () => dialog.close());
+  dialog.addEventListener('close', () => {
+    container.replaceChildren();
+    trigger.focus();
+  });
+</script>
+```
+
+## Implementation and checks
+
+`createAppBrowser` in `src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser.js` owns the shared UI
+and data behavior. `TabApps.js` injects desktop actions. `appsEmbed.js` supplies
+new-tab launching through `launchAppInTab` in `src/gui/src/helpers/appTabLaunch.js`,
+which builds the same app URL as `launch_app`, and loads only the embed entry, its
+SDK, and shared styles.
+The normal GUI webpack build emits `bundle.min.js` and `apps-embed.min.js`.
+No puter.js API or app-list endpoint changes are needed.
+
+Run the GUI component/browser tests (with the SDK bundle built and Playwright
+Chromium installed), and the backend route tests:
+
+```sh
+npx vitest run --config src/gui/vitest.config.js src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser
+npx vitest run --config src/backend/vitest.config.ts src/backend/server.test.ts
+```

doc/pagination.md

@@ -51,11 +51,21 @@ two pages can't be decoded into how fast the table grows; `openCursor` still
 reads a plain cursor. What a cursor wraps is an implementation detail per
 store:
 
-- DynamoDB-backed lists wrap `LastEvaluatedKey`.
+- DynamoDB-backed lists wrap `LastEvaluatedKey`. A kv listing of another
+  namespace (cross-app or through a share handle) resumes after the last entry
+  it returned instead, since the scan can stop on a private one, and its cursor
+  is sealed to that listing and padded to one length.
 - SQL-backed lists wrap a keyset position — `(sortValue, id)` of the last
   row — and the query seeks past it (`WHERE (col, id) > (?, ?) ORDER BY col,
   id`). Any SQL list gaining a cursor must have a deterministic `ORDER BY`
   ending in a unique tiebreaker (`id`).
+- The notification catch-up (`GET /events/fetch`) holds two keysets in one
+  sealed cursor: the last `id` it returned, and the last `(replaced_at, id)`
+  among rows up to that id. Each is its own indexed read, merged into one
+  page, so a row replaced after a client read it comes back from that cursor.
+  `from=end` with no cursor answers an empty page whose cursor holds the
+  slice's newest `id` and the slice's latest `(replaced_at, id)` as the
+  replacement mark.
 
 Cursors that carry a sort also pin it: a request that passes a cursor plus a
 conflicting sort is rejected with 400.

doc/push-client.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Browser push client
+
+Puter's desktop shows pushes through `/sw.js`. Core shows Settings → Notifications only when the `pushEnabled` gui param is `true`; core never sets it. The worker is registered only when push is turned on in the browser, and a load removes one left without a subscription. A backend extension that delivers pushes sets it with `services.homepage.setGuiParam('pushEnabled', true)` and can load its own code into the worker with `services.homepage.registerServiceWorkerScript(path)`.
+
+Core subscribes the browser to a push service only when the server also publishes `pushWebPushKey` (see [Built-in Web Push client](#built-in-web-push-client)), and it has no `/push/*` routes of its own. The device, app, preference and subscription endpoints below come from that extension. On a deployment without one, such as most self-hosted servers, they answer core's plain 404 (`code: 'not_found'`), which `puter.notifications` reports as `push_unavailable` and the Notifications tab shows as unavailable. A device the extension can't find is `device_not_found`.
+
+## Push payload
+
+`sw.js` reads the push's JSON body. The message is its `puter` field, or `data.puter` for services that only carry string data, as an object or a JSON string:
+
+```ts
+{ uid?: string; title?: string; body?: string; icon?: string; group?: string;
+  target?: { app?: string; path?: string }; data?: unknown; channel?: string;
+  type?: 'challenge'; challenge?: string }
+```
+
+`uid` is the notification's uid, a later push with the same `group` replaces the one showing, and `target` and `data` reach the app when the user taps it.
+
+When the browser replaces the subscription (`pushsubscriptionchange`), `sw.js` posts `{ type: 'puter-push-subscription-changed' }` to every open window on Puter's origin. The worker has no token or session, so the page's push client registers the new subscription.
+
+## Receipts
+
+Before a notification is pushed, the server asks the open clients whether they received it live. It sends `notif.receipt` with `{ uid }` on the user's sockets for the app that sent it, or on the desktop's sockets for Puter's own notifications. The SDK remembers the uids its page received through `onNotification()`, `onPush()` or the desktop's feed, and answers once its page has that notification, or with `{ received: false }` when it never gets it. The server waits up to 5 seconds (`notificationAckTimeoutMs`).
+
+An answer carries `visibilityState` and `focused` as they were when the page received the notification. Pages never show a browser notification themselves; pushes do.
+
+- An answer from a page that was visible and focused stops the push (`handled` on `notif.delivery.settled`). An older client that doesn't send `focused` counts while visible.
+- Otherwise the notification is pushed, to every browser the user subscribed. A website's pushes go only to the browsers that subscribed through its own worker, never to Puter's `/sw.js`. An app inside the desktop pushes through `/sw.js`, which shows the app's name and icon.
+- A client that can't answer, such as an older puter.js, doesn't hold the push back.
+
+The ask reaches only the sockets in the asking region. So that other regions hear about a page too, a page that receives a notification live while visible and focused also sends `notif.handled` with `{ uid }` on the socket it came on. Core relays it as the node-local `notif.handled` event with the socket's user and app, at most 60 a minute per user; an extension that delivers pushes decides what to do with it.
+
+## Registering
+
+The registry is in [src/gui/src/helpers/pushClient.js](../src/gui/src/helpers/pushClient.js). A service script registers its client like this:
+
+```js
+service_script(async (api) => {
+    api.use()['push.registerPushClient']?.(client);
+});
+```
+
+`use(id)` throws when nothing is registered under `id`, so the form above also runs on a Puter version without the registry and does nothing there. Any script that runs after the GUI bundle can call `use()['push.registerPushClient']?.(client)` the same way. Registering again replaces the client. Registering dispatches `push-client-registered` on `window`, and an open Notifications tab redraws.
+
+With no client registered, the tab says push notifications aren't available in this browser.
+
+### Built-in Web Push client
+
+When the server also sets the `pushWebPushKey` gui param (a VAPID public key), core registers its own client ([webPushClient.js](../src/gui/src/helpers/webPushClient.js)) unless an extension registered one first. It uses `puter.notifications.enable()` / `disable()`, the same standard Web Push flow apps use on their own origins:
+
+1. `GET /push/web/key` for the key, then `pushManager.subscribe()` on the `/sw.js` registration.
+2. `POST /push/web/subscriptions { subscription }`. A subscription the server already has answers `{ status: 'active' }`. A new one answers `{ status: 'pending' }`, and the server sends it a push with `{ type: 'challenge', challenge }`.
+3. The worker shows that push and posts `{ type: 'puter-push-challenge', challenge }` to the origin's windows; the page sends it to `POST /push/web/subscriptions/verify`. The device is registered once the page hands the confirmation back.
+4. `DELETE /push/web/subscriptions { endpoint }` removes it.
+
+Apps on their own origin do the same through `push-sw.js`, which they import into their own worker. A subscription made with an app token is the app's: its pushes are that app's notifications only.
+
+## Interface
+
+```ts
+interface PushClient {
+    enable(): Promise<{ deviceUid: string }>;
+    disable(): Promise<void>;
+    status(): Promise<{
+        permission: 'default' | 'granted' | 'denied';
+        registered: boolean;
+        deviceUid?: string;
+    }>;
+}
+```
+
+- `enable()` may ask for notification permission, so core calls it from a click: Turn on in the Notifications tab, Allow on a permission prompt that includes `notifications:push` while this browser is off, and the "Turn on notifications" button of the `/action/enable-push` popup and the matching desktop dialog (`UIEnablePushDialog`). Core also calls it without a click, from `helpers/pushSync.js`, when `Notification.permission` is already `granted`, `status()` reports the browser as not registered, the user has not turned push off in this browser, and an app holds `notifications:push`; the browser does not prompt then. The built-in client runs `puter.notifications.enable()`, which subscribes with the `/sw.js` registration and registers the browser through the Web Push flow above (`platform: 'webpush'`). It then resolves the `uid` of this browser's `webpush` device from `listDevices()`. It rejects when permission is refused or the browser wasn't registered.
+- `disable()` runs `puter.notifications.disable()`, which sends `DELETE /push/web/subscriptions { endpoint }` and ends the browser's subscription. The tab calls it for Turn off, and for Remove on the device marked as this browser. Remove on any other device is `DELETE /push/devices/:uid`.
+- `status()` reports the state without prompting. `permission` is `Notification.permission`. `registered` is true when this browser has a device registered for the signed-in user, and `deviceUid` is that device's `uid`.
+
+After `enable()` resolves, the tab calls `POST /push/devices/:uid/test` and asks the user whether a notification showed up.
+
+The tab also reads `GET /push/apps` and `GET`/`POST /push/preferences`.
+
+Core keeps its own record of a browser the user turned off, `puter.push.browser-off:<user uuid>` in `localStorage`, written by Turn off and by Remove on this browser's device, and cleared when `enable()` resolves. The silent registration above skips a browser with that record, so a device removed here stays removed while one removed from another device, or a new sign-in in a browser that already allows notifications, registers again.

doc/self-hosting.md

@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ Generates secrets, writes `.env` + `puter/config/config.json`, downloads `docker
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- **Docker** with the `compose` plugin.
+- **Docker** with the `compose` plugin. This is the one thing you have to install
+  yourself — the installer checks for it and stops with an explanation rather
+  than installing it for you.
+  - **macOS / Windows:** [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).
+    Both ship the `compose` plugin.
+  - **Linux:** [Docker Engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) plus the
+    [`docker-compose-plugin`](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) package.
+  - Confirm before running anything else: `docker compose version` should print a
+    version, not `command not found`.
+  - If Docker is installed but the shell can't see it, make sure your user is in
+    the `docker` group (Linux) or that Docker Desktop is actually running.
 - A **domain** with DNS access — you need a wildcard record (`*.your-domain.com` → server IP). Puter routes by subdomain (`api.<domain>`, `site.<domain>`, `app.<domain>`).
 - Optional: **TLS certs** (or `certbot` to grab them — see Step 3).
 
@@ -657,6 +667,14 @@ Migrations re-apply idempotently across pulls. Volumes are preserved.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
+**`missing required command: docker` — the installer stops immediately.**
+Docker isn't on your `PATH` yet. Puter self-hosting is a Docker Compose stack, so
+nothing can run without it. Install [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+on macOS/Windows or [Docker Engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) plus
+`docker-compose-plugin` on Linux, then confirm `docker compose version` works in
+the same shell and re-run the installer. On Linux, a fresh Docker install usually
+needs a new login session before your user picks up the `docker` group.
+
 **Site loads but I get a 502 / "Bad Gateway" from Caddy.**
 The puter container failed to come up. `docker compose logs puter` will tell you which dependency rejected it (most often DB password mismatch between `.env` and `config.json`).
 

extensions/thumbnails.test.ts

@@ -314,6 +314,41 @@ describe('thumbnails extension — handleThumbnailRead', () => {
         await server?.shutdown();
     });
 
+    it('keeps read URLs stable within an hour and rotates them at the next hour', async () => {
+        const key = mintedKey();
+        const signedAt = Date.UTC(2026, 9, 26, 10);
+        const read = async () => {
+            const entry: Record<string, unknown> = {
+                thumbnail: `s3://${BUCKET}/${key}`,
+            };
+            await handleThumbnailRead(entry, {
+                s3,
+                s3Presign,
+                bucketName: BUCKET,
+                bucketEndpoint: BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
+                fsEntry: server.stores.fsEntry,
+            });
+            return entry.thumbnail as string;
+        };
+        vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['Date'] });
+        try {
+            vi.setSystemTime(signedAt + 1000);
+            const first = await read();
+            vi.setSystemTime(signedAt + 3599_000);
+            expect(await read()).toBe(first);
+            expect(new URL(first).searchParams.get('X-Amz-Date')).toBe(
+                '20261026T100000Z',
+            );
+            expect(new URL(first).searchParams.get('X-Amz-Expires')).toBe(
+                '604800',
+            );
+            vi.setSystemTime(signedAt + 3600_000);
+            expect(await read()).not.toBe(first);
+        } finally {
+            vi.useRealTimers();
+        }
+    });
+
     // Thumbnails stored before keys were bound to entries keep displaying.
     it.each([
         ['an entry-bound key', () => mintedKey()],

extensions/thumbnails.ts

@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ export const handleThumbnailRead = async (
     const thumb = entry.thumbnail;
     if (typeof thumb !== 'string' || !thumb) return;
     const presignClient = deps.s3Presign;
+    const signingDate = new Date(
+        Math.floor(Date.now() / 3_600_000) * 3_600_000,
+    );
 
     if (isStoragePointer(thumb, deps.bucketEndpoint)) {
         const key = resolveThumbnailKey(thumb);
@@ -319,7 +322,7 @@ export const handleThumbnailRead = async (
         entry.thumbnail = await getSignedUrl(
             presignClient,
             new GetObjectCommand({ Bucket: deps.bucketName, Key: key }),
-            { expiresIn: 604800 },
+            { expiresIn: 604800, signingDate },
         );
     } else if (thumb.startsWith('data')) {
         // Move an inline thumbnail into storage. The row only takes the new
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ export const handleThumbnailRead = async (
         entry.thumbnail = await getSignedUrl(
             presignClient,
             new GetObjectCommand({ Bucket: deps.bucketName, Key: key }),
-            { expiresIn: 604800 },
+            { expiresIn: 604800, signingDate },
         );
     }
 };

install.sh

@@ -53,9 +53,29 @@ need() {
     command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "missing required command: $1"
 }
 
+check_docker() {
+    if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    echo >&2 ""
+    echo >&2 "[puter-install] missing required command: docker"
+    echo >&2 ""
+    echo >&2 "Docker is required to run Puter self-hosted."
+    echo >&2 ""
+    echo >&2 "Installation instructions:"
+    echo >&2 "  - macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel): https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/mac-install/"
+    echo >&2 "    (Docker Desktop is recommended. Alternatives: OrbStack, Colima)"
+    echo >&2 "  - Linux: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/"
+    echo >&2 "  - Windows: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/windows-install/"
+    echo >&2 ""
+    echo >&2 "After installing Docker, make sure it's running and try again."
+    echo >&2 ""
+    exit 1
+}
+
 # ── Step 1: dependency check ────────────────────────────────────────
 log "checking dependencies"
-need docker
+check_docker
 need curl
 need openssl
 docker compose version >/dev/null 2>&1 \

package.json

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     "dev": "npm start",
     "build": "npm run setupExtensions && npm run build:ts && cd src/gui && node ./build.js && cd ../puter-js && npm run build",
     "build:workerLib": "cd src/puter-js && npm run build && cd ../worker && npm run build",
-    "check-translations": "node tools/check-translations.js",
     "prepare": "husky",
     "build:ts": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json && node ./tools/write-dist-package-json.mjs",
     "check:puterjs:types": "node tools/checkPuterjsTypes.mjs",
@@ -79,7 +78,8 @@
     "javascript-time-ago": "^2.5.11",
     "libphonenumber-js": "1.13.15",
     "miniflare": "^4.20260617.1",
-    "open": "^10.1.0"
+    "open": "^10.1.0",
+    "sharp": "^0.35.5"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=24.0.0"

src/backend/clients/database/DatabaseClient.test.ts

@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ describe('AbstractDatabaseClient — unimplemented surface', () => {
 });
 
 describe('AbstractDatabaseClient — replica-aware reads', () => {
+    it('avoids a primary read when the replica has rows in sequential mode', async () => {
+        const client = new FixtureDatabaseClient([{ id: 1 }], [{ id: 2 }]);
+        expect(
+            await client.tryHardRead('SELECT 1', [], { race: false }),
+        ).toEqual([{ id: 1 }]);
+        expect(client.preads).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it.each([[], new Error('replica unavailable')])(
+        'falls back once in sequential mode',
+        async (replica) => {
+            const client = new FixtureDatabaseClient(replica, [{ id: 2 }]);
+            expect(
+                await client.tryHardRead('SELECT 1', [], { race: false }),
+            ).toEqual([{ id: 2 }]);
+            expect(client.preads).toEqual(['SELECT 1']);
+        },
+    );
+
     it('returns replica rows without waiting on the primary', async () => {
         const client = new FixtureDatabaseClient([{ id: 1 }], [{ id: 2 }]);
         await expect(client.tryHardRead('SELECT 1')).resolves.toEqual([
@@ -256,6 +275,28 @@ describe('AbstractDatabaseClient — SQL generation', () => {
         expect(postgres().timestampFromUnixSql()).toBe('to_timestamp(?)');
     });
 
+    it('reads a timestamp column back as unix seconds in each engine', () => {
+        expect(sqlite().unixSecondsSql('`t`')).toBe(
+            "CAST(strftime('%s', `t`) AS INTEGER)",
+        );
+        expect(mysql().unixSecondsSql('`t`')).toBe('UNIX_TIMESTAMP(`t`)');
+        expect(postgres().unixSecondsSql('`t`')).toBe(
+            'EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM `t`)::bigint',
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('reads the database clock as epoch milliseconds in each dialect', () => {
+        expect(sqlite().nowMsExpr()).toBe(
+            "CAST((julianday('now') - 2440587.5) * 86400000 AS INTEGER)",
+        );
+        expect(mysql().nowMsExpr()).toBe(
+            "(TIMESTAMPDIFF(MICROSECOND, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', UTC_TIMESTAMP(6)) DIV 1000)",
+        );
+        expect(postgres().nowMsExpr()).toBe(
+            'CAST(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM clock_timestamp()) * 1000 AS BIGINT)',
+        );
+    });
+
     it('describes a stored timestamp the way each driver reads it back', () => {
         const seconds = Date.UTC(2026, 9, 11, 8, 5, 9) / 1000;
         expect(sqlite().timestampValue(seconds)).toBe('2026-10-11 08:05:09');
@@ -277,3 +318,13 @@ describe('AbstractDatabaseClient — SQL generation', () => {
         );
     });
 });
+
+
+it('builds an insert for batchWrite and shares it with insert', async () => {
+    const client = new FixtureDatabaseClient([]);
+    const entry = client.insertEntry('widget', { name: "reader's", enabled: true });
+    expect(entry.values).toEqual(["reader's", true]);
+    expect(entry.statement).toContain('VALUES (?, ?)');
+    await client.insert('widget', { name: "reader's", enabled: true });
+    expect(client.writes).toEqual([{ query: entry.statement, params: entry.values }]);
+});

src/backend/clients/database/DatabaseClient.ts

@@ -110,14 +110,23 @@ export class AbstractDatabaseClient extends PuterClient {
         tableName: string,
         data: Record<string, unknown>,
     ): Promise<WriteResult> {
+        const entry = this.insertEntry(tableName, data);
+        return this.write(
+            entry.statement + this.returningIdClause(),
+            entry.values,
+        );
+    }
+
+    /** An insert that can join other writes in a transaction. */
+    insertEntry(tableName: string, data: Record<string, unknown>): BatchEntry {
         const cols = Object.keys(data);
-        const values = Object.values(data);
-        const sql =
-            `INSERT INTO ${this.quoteIdentifier(tableName)} ` +
-            `(${cols.map((c) => this.quoteIdentifier(c)).join(', ')}) ` +
-            `VALUES (${cols.map(() => '?').join(', ')})` +
-            this.returningIdClause();
-        return this.write(sql, values);
+        return {
+            statement:
+                `INSERT INTO ${this.quoteIdentifier(tableName)} ` +
+                `(${cols.map((c) => this.quoteIdentifier(c)).join(', ')}) ` +
+                `VALUES (${cols.map(() => '?').join(', ')})`,
+            values: Object.values(data),
+        };
     }
 
     /** Whether `read()` goes to a separate replica rather than the primary. */
@@ -138,25 +147,27 @@ export class AbstractDatabaseClient extends PuterClient {
 
     /**
      * Like `read()`, but an empty or failed replica read falls back to the
-     * primary, so replication lag can't hide a row that was just written. The
-     * primary read starts alongside the replica one rather than after it.
-     * Without a replica this is a single `read()`.
+     * primary, so replication lag can't hide a row that was just written. By
+     * default the primary read starts alongside the replica one; `race: false`
+     * reads the primary only after the replica returns empty or fails. Without
+     * a replica this is a single `read()`.
      */
     @Span('db.tryHardRead', (query: string) => ({ 'db.statement': query }))
     async tryHardRead(
         query: string,
         params: unknown[] = [],
+        { race = true }: { race?: boolean } = {},
     ): Promise<Record<string, unknown>[]> {
         if (!this.hasReadReplica()) return this.read(query, params);
 
-        const primary = settle(this.pread(query, params));
+        const primary = race ? settle(this.pread(query, params)) : null;
         try {
             const rows = await this.replicaRead(query, params);
             if (rows.length > 0) return rows;
         } catch {
             // replica failed — fall through to primary
         }
-        const result = await primary;
+        const result = await (primary ?? settle(this.pread(query, params)));
         if ('error' in result) throw result.error;
         return result.value;
     }
@@ -386,6 +397,34 @@ export class AbstractDatabaseClient extends PuterClient {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A timestamp column as unix seconds, computed by the database: the mysql
+     * driver reads a stored UTC timestamp as local time, so parsing it in JS
+     * can be off by the server's UTC offset.
+     */
+    unixSecondsSql(column: string): string {
+        return this.case({
+            postgres: `EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ${column})::bigint`,
+            mysql: `UNIX_TIMESTAMP(${column})`,
+            otherwise: `CAST(strftime('%s', ${column}) AS INTEGER)`,
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The database's own clock as epoch milliseconds, so nodes whose clocks
+     * disagree still agree on it. The mysql form ignores the session time zone,
+     * so a DST change can't shift it.
+     */
+    nowMsExpr(): string {
+        return this.case({
+            sqlite: "CAST((julianday('now') - 2440587.5) * 86400000 AS INTEGER)",
+            postgres:
+                'CAST(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM clock_timestamp()) * 1000 AS BIGINT)',
+            otherwise:
+                "(TIMESTAMPDIFF(MICROSECOND, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', UTC_TIMESTAMP(6)) DIV 1000)",
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * What a read of a timestamp column holding `seconds` returns: sqlite gives
      * back the UTC text it stored, mysql2 and pg a `Date` read in node's time

src/backend/clients/database/MySQLDatabaseClient.ts

@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ export class MySQLDatabaseClient extends AbstractDatabaseClient {
         return this.configuration === Configuration.REPLICA;
     }
 
-    // No failover: `tryHardRead` already has a primary read in flight.
+    // No failover: `tryHardRead` falls back to the primary on an empty result
+    // or error (raced alongside by default, after the replica with `race: false`).
     protected override async replicaRead(
         query: string,
         params: unknown[],

src/backend/clients/database/SqliteDatabaseClient.test.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { DatabaseClientFactory } from './index.js';
 import { SqliteDatabaseClient } from './SqliteDatabaseClient.js';
 
 /** Highest schema version the migration table can reach. */
-const CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = 90;
+const CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = 98;
 
 /**
  * These suites migrate real files on disk. Idle they finish in well under a
@@ -673,6 +673,38 @@ describe('SqliteDatabaseClient — boot and migrations', { timeout: DISK_MIGRATI
         });
     });
 
+    it('adds kv_share_handles.notify from 0099, off for every existing share', async () => {
+        const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'puter-sqlite-notify-'));
+        const path = join(dir, 'puter.sqlite');
+        try {
+            const before = new SqliteDatabaseClient(
+                sqliteConfig({ inMemory: false, path, targetVersion: 94 }),
+            );
+            await before.onServerStart();
+            await before.write(
+                'INSERT INTO `kv_share_handles` (`handle`, `owner_user_id`, ' +
+                    '`grantee_user_id`, `app_uid`, `key_prefix`, `permission`, ' +
+                    '`created_at`) VALUES (?, 1, 1, ?, ?, ?, 0)',
+                ['kvh-before-notify', 'os-global', 'a:', 'kv-share:x'],
+            );
+            before.onServerShutdown();
+
+            const after = new SqliteDatabaseClient(
+                sqliteConfig({ inMemory: false, path }),
+            );
+            await after.onServerStart();
+            await expect(
+                after.read(
+                    'SELECT `notify` FROM `kv_share_handles` WHERE `handle` = ?',
+                    ['kvh-before-notify'],
+                ),
+            ).resolves.toEqual([{ notify: 0 }]);
+            after.onServerShutdown();
+        } finally {
+            rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+
     it('indexes notification.created_at for the retention sweep', async () => {
         const rows = await client.read('PRAGMA index_list(`notification`)');
         expect(rows.map((r) => String(r.name))).toContain(
@@ -680,6 +712,97 @@ describe('SqliteDatabaseClient — boot and migrations', { timeout: DISK_MIGRATI
         );
     });
 
+    it('indexes notification.replaced_at per mailbox slice for catch-up', async () => {
+        const columns = await client.read(
+            'PRAGMA index_info(`idx_notification_replaced`)',
+        );
+        expect(columns.map((c) => String(c.name))).toEqual([
+            'user_id',
+            'audience',
+            'app_uid',
+            'replaced_at',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps notification.send_key unique', async () => {
+        const rows = await client.read('PRAGMA index_list(`notification`)');
+        expect(
+            rows.find((r) => r.name === 'idx_notification_send_key'),
+        ).toMatchObject({ unique: 1 });
+        const columns = await client.read(
+            'PRAGMA index_info(`idx_notification_send_key`)',
+        );
+        expect(columns.map((c) => String(c.name))).toEqual(['send_key']);
+    });
+
+    it('creates event_user_handlers with its unique and holder indexes', async () => {
+        const columns = await client.read(
+            'PRAGMA table_info(`event_user_handlers`)',
+        );
+        expect(columns.map((c) => String(c.name))).toEqual([
+            'id',
+            'app_uid',
+            'holder_user_id',
+            'name',
+            'source',
+            'source_hash',
+            'created_at',
+            'updated_at',
+            'scope_since',
+        ]);
+        const indexes = await client.read(
+            'PRAGMA index_list(`event_user_handlers`)',
+        );
+        expect(
+            indexes.find(
+                (i) => i.name === 'idx_event_user_handlers_app_holder_name',
+            ),
+        ).toMatchObject({ unique: 1 });
+        expect(
+            indexes.find((i) => i.name === 'idx_event_user_handlers_holder_app'),
+        ).toMatchObject({ unique: 0 });
+        const columnsOf = async (index: string) =>
+            (await client.read(`PRAGMA index_info(\`${index}\`)`)).map((c) =>
+                String(c.name),
+            );
+        expect(await columnsOf('idx_event_user_handlers_app_holder_name')).toEqual(
+            ['app_uid', 'holder_user_id', 'name'],
+        );
+        expect(await columnsOf('idx_event_user_handlers_holder_app')).toEqual([
+            'holder_user_id',
+            'app_uid',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('leaves event_handlers as it was', async () => {
+        const columns = await client.read('PRAGMA table_info(`event_handlers`)');
+        expect(columns.map((c) => String(c.name))).toEqual([
+            'id',
+            'app_uid',
+            'name',
+            'source',
+            'source_hash',
+            'created_at',
+            'updated_at',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('adds event_subscriptions.handler_scope, app scope for existing rows', async () => {
+        const columns = await client.read(
+            'PRAGMA table_info(`event_subscriptions`)',
+        );
+        expect(columns.find((c) => c.name === 'handler_scope')).toMatchObject({
+            notnull: 1,
+            dflt_value: '0',
+        });
+        const indexes = await client.read(
+            'PRAGMA index_list(`event_subscriptions`)',
+        );
+        expect(indexes.map((i) => String(i.name))).toContain(
+            'idx_event_subscriptions_holder',
+        );
+    });
+
     it('leaves an already-migrated database untouched on a second boot', async () => {
         const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'puter-sqlite-'));
         const path = join(dir, 'nested', 'puter.sqlite');

src/backend/clients/database/SqliteDatabaseClient.ts

@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ const AVAILABLE_MIGRATIONS: [number, string[]][] = [
     [87, ['0092_share-entry-owner.sql']],
     [88, ['0093_fsentries-parent-uid-index.sql']],
     [89, ['0094_deleted-apps.sql']],
+    [90, ['0095_kv-share-handle-levels.sql']],
+    [91, ['0096_kv-share-handle-quota-indexes.sql']],
+    [92, ['0097_user-to-user-holder-permission-index.sql']],
+    [93, ['0098_notification-groups.sql']],
+    [94, ['0099_kv-share-handle-notify.sql']],
+    [95, ['0100_notification-send-key.sql']],
+    [96, ['0101_user-scoped-handlers.sql']],
+    [97, ['0102_notification-scope-id-index.sql']],
 ];
 
 export class SqliteDatabaseClient extends AbstractDatabaseClient {

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_49.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Share levels on `kv_share_handles`. See
+-- sqlite/0095_kv-share-handle-levels.sql for the rationale. No per-file
+-- applied-state tracking, so every step is guarded and a replay does nothing.
+
+CALL _puter_add_col('kv_share_handles', 'revoked_by', '`revoked_by` varchar(8) DEFAULT NULL');
+CALL _puter_add_col('kv_share_handles', 'label', '`label` varchar(512) DEFAULT NULL');
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_kv_share_handle_indexes;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_kv_share_handle_indexes()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_grantee'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_grantee` (`grantee_user_id`, `id`);
+  END IF;
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_app'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_app` (`app_uid`);
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_kv_share_handle_indexes();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_kv_share_handle_indexes;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_50.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Share-handle quota, listing and purge indexes. See
+-- sqlite/0096_kv-share-handle-quota-indexes.sql for what each serves. No
+-- per-file applied-state tracking, so every index is guarded and a replay does
+-- nothing.
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_kv_share_handle_quota_indexes;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_kv_share_handle_quota_indexes()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_owner_live'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_owner_live` (`owner_user_id`, `revoked_at`, `app_uid`);
+  END IF;
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_owner_app'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_owner_app` (`owner_user_id`, `app_uid`, `id`);
+  END IF;
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_grantee_app'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_grantee_app` (`grantee_user_id`, `app_uid`, `id`);
+  END IF;
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_pair'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_pair` (`owner_user_id`, `grantee_user_id`, `revoked_at`);
+  END IF;
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'kv_share_handles'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_kv_share_handles_revoked'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD INDEX `idx_kv_share_handles_revoked` (`revoked_at`);
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_kv_share_handle_quota_indexes();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_kv_share_handle_quota_indexes;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_51.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Lets a holder's grant check read only the permissions it names. Guarded, so
+-- a replay does nothing.
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_u2u_holder_permission_index;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_u2u_holder_permission_index()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'user_to_user_permissions'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_user_to_user_permissions_holder_permission'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `user_to_user_permissions` ADD INDEX `idx_user_to_user_permissions_holder_permission` (`holder_user_id`, `permission`);
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_u2u_holder_permission_index();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_u2u_holder_permission_index;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_52.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- `notification`.`group_key` and `replaced_at`. See
+-- sqlite/0098_notification-groups.sql for the rationale. The key is a hex
+-- digest, so ascii and compared byte for byte. No per-file applied-state
+-- tracking, so every step is guarded and a replay does nothing.
+
+CALL _puter_add_col('notification', 'group_key', '`group_key` char(64) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin DEFAULT NULL');
+CALL _puter_add_col('notification', 'replaced_at', '`replaced_at` bigint DEFAULT NULL');
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_notification_group_indexes;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_notification_group_indexes()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'notification'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_notification_group'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD INDEX `idx_notification_group`
+      (`user_id`, `app_uid`, `group_key`);
+  END IF;
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'notification'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_notification_replaced'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD INDEX `idx_notification_replaced`
+      (`user_id`, `audience`, `app_uid`, `replaced_at`);
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_notification_group_indexes();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_notification_group_indexes;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_53.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Notifications through a share handle. See
+-- sqlite/0099_kv-share-handle-notify.sql for the column. No per-file
+-- applied-state tracking, so it goes through _puter_add_col and a replay does
+-- nothing.
+
+CALL _puter_add_col('kv_share_handles', 'notify', '`notify` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0');

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_54.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- `notification`.`send_key`. See sqlite/0100_notification-send-key.sql for the
+-- rationale. The key is a uuid, so ascii and compared byte for byte. No
+-- per-file applied-state tracking, so every step is guarded and a replay does
+-- nothing.
+
+CALL _puter_add_col('notification', 'send_key', '`send_key` char(36) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin DEFAULT NULL');
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_notification_send_key_index;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_notification_send_key_index()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'notification'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_notification_send_key'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD UNIQUE KEY `idx_notification_send_key`
+      (`send_key`), ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE;
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_notification_send_key_index();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_notification_send_key_index;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_55.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Handlers an app's user published into their own scope, kept apart from
+-- `event_handlers` so code that predates them never reads them. See
+-- sqlite/0101_user-scoped-handlers.sql for the column rationale.
+--
+-- Idempotent: `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS` with the indexes declared inline,
+-- and a guarded column add. There is no per-file applied-state tracking, so a
+-- replay has to be a no-op.
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `event_user_handlers` (
+    `id` bigint unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    -- Matches `apps`.`uid` exactly, charset included, so an equality against
+    -- one never falls back to a conversion.
+    `app_uid` char(40) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci NOT NULL,
+    `holder_user_id` int unsigned NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
+    `source` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+    `source_hash` char(64) NOT NULL,
+    `created_at` bigint NOT NULL,
+    `updated_at` bigint NOT NULL,
+    -- When the scope first held a handler; kept across handler churn, so the
+    -- rent sweep sees the scope's age, not its oldest remaining handler's.
+    `scope_since` bigint NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+    UNIQUE KEY `idx_event_user_handlers_app_holder_name` (`app_uid`, `holder_user_id`, `name`),
+    KEY `idx_event_user_handlers_holder_app` (`holder_user_id`, `app_uid`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+
+-- Guarded here rather than through `_puter_add_col`, so the file also applies
+-- on its own to a database that never ran the earlier migrations.
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_event_subscriptions_handler_scope;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_event_subscriptions_handler_scope()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'event_subscriptions'
+      AND COLUMN_NAME = 'handler_scope'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `event_subscriptions`
+      ADD COLUMN `handler_scope` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+      ALGORITHM=INSTANT;
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_event_subscriptions_handler_scope();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_event_subscriptions_handler_scope;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/mysql/mysql_mig_56.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- `notification` (`user_id`, `audience`, `app_uid`, `id`). See
+-- sqlite/0102_notification-scope-id-index.sql for the rationale. No per-file
+-- applied-state tracking, so the index is added only when missing and a
+-- replay does nothing.
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_notification_scope_id_index;
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE _puter_add_notification_scope_id_index()
+BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = 'notification'
+      AND INDEX_NAME = 'idx_notification_scope_id'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD INDEX `idx_notification_scope_id`
+      (`user_id`, `audience`, `app_uid`, `id`), ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE;
+  END IF;
+END//
+DELIMITER ;
+
+CALL _puter_add_notification_scope_id_index();
+
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS _puter_add_notification_scope_id_index;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_38.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Share levels on kv_share_handles. See
+-- sqlite/0095_kv-share-handle-levels.sql for the rationale. Idempotent via
+-- IF NOT EXISTS; there is no per-file applied-state tracking.
+
+ALTER TABLE kv_share_handles ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS revoked_by VARCHAR(8) DEFAULT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE kv_share_handles ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS label VARCHAR(512) DEFAULT NULL;
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_grantee
+    ON kv_share_handles (grantee_user_id, id);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_app
+    ON kv_share_handles (app_uid);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_39.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Share-handle quota, listing and purge indexes. See
+-- sqlite/0096_kv-share-handle-quota-indexes.sql for what each serves.
+-- Idempotent via IF NOT EXISTS; there is no per-file applied-state tracking.
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_owner_live
+    ON kv_share_handles (owner_user_id, revoked_at, app_uid);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_owner_app
+    ON kv_share_handles (owner_user_id, app_uid, id);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_grantee_app
+    ON kv_share_handles (grantee_user_id, app_uid, id);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_pair
+    ON kv_share_handles (owner_user_id, grantee_user_id, revoked_at);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_kv_share_handles_revoked
+    ON kv_share_handles (revoked_at);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_40.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Lets a holder's grant check read only the permissions it names.
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_user_to_user_permissions_holder_permission
+    ON user_to_user_permissions (holder_user_id, permission);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_41.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- notification.group_key and replaced_at. See
+-- sqlite/0098_notification-groups.sql for the rationale. Idempotent via IF NOT
+-- EXISTS.
+
+ALTER TABLE notification ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS group_key varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE notification ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS replaced_at bigint DEFAULT NULL;
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_notification_group
+    ON notification (user_id, app_uid, group_key);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_notification_replaced
+    ON notification (user_id, audience, app_uid, replaced_at);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_42.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Notifications through a share handle. See
+-- sqlite/0099_kv-share-handle-notify.sql for the column. Idempotent via
+-- IF NOT EXISTS; there is no per-file applied-state tracking.
+
+ALTER TABLE kv_share_handles ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS notify smallint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_43.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- notification.send_key. See sqlite/0100_notification-send-key.sql for the
+-- rationale. Idempotent via IF NOT EXISTS.
+
+ALTER TABLE notification ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS send_key char(36) DEFAULT NULL;
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_notification_send_key
+    ON notification (send_key);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_44.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Handlers an app's user published into their own scope. See
+-- sqlite/0101_user-scoped-handlers.sql for the column rationale.
+-- Idempotent via IF NOT EXISTS.
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS event_user_handlers (
+    id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    app_uid VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
+    holder_user_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    source TEXT NOT NULL,
+    source_hash VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
+    created_at BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    updated_at BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    scope_since BIGINT NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_event_user_handlers_app_holder_name
+    ON event_user_handlers (app_uid, holder_user_id, name);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_event_user_handlers_holder_app
+    ON event_user_handlers (holder_user_id, app_uid);
+
+ALTER TABLE event_subscriptions ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS handler_scope smallint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/postgres/postgres_mig_45.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- notification (user_id, audience, app_uid, id). See
+-- sqlite/0102_notification-scope-id-index.sql for the rationale. Idempotent via
+-- IF NOT EXISTS.
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_notification_scope_id
+    ON notification (user_id, audience, app_uid, id);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0095_kv-share-handle-levels.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- What share levels need from `kv_share_handles`. The level itself is not a
+-- column: it is the root of the stored `permission`.
+--
+--   - `revoked_by` : `owner`, `holder` or `system` (the namespace app was
+--                    deleted). Null while live, and on rows retired before
+--                    this existed.
+--   - `label`      : optional owner-set text the holder is shown.
+--   - the grantee index serves the holder's listing and their unshare, and
+--     the app index retiring a deleted app's handles.
+
+ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD COLUMN `revoked_by` TEXT DEFAULT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles` ADD COLUMN `label` TEXT DEFAULT NULL;
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_grantee`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`grantee_user_id`, `id`);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_app`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`app_uid`);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0096_kv-share-handle-quota-indexes.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Indexes behind the share-handle quotas, the app-filtered listings and the
+-- retention purge on `kv_share_handles`.
+--
+--   - owner_live  : the owner's live count, in total and per app, read off
+--                   the index alone.
+--   - owner_app   : the owner's listing narrowed to one app, in id order.
+--   - grantee_app : the holder's listing narrowed to one app, in id order.
+--   - pair        : live handles one owner holds out to one holder, counted at
+--                   mint and walked on revoke and unshare.
+--   - revoked     : retired rows past retention, for the purge.
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_owner_live`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`owner_user_id`, `revoked_at`, `app_uid`);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_owner_app`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`owner_user_id`, `app_uid`, `id`);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_grantee_app`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`grantee_user_id`, `app_uid`, `id`);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_pair`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`owner_user_id`, `grantee_user_id`, `revoked_at`);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_kv_share_handles_revoked`
+    ON `kv_share_handles` (`revoked_at`);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0097_user-to-user-holder-permission-index.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Lets a holder's grant check read only the permissions it names.
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_user_to_user_permissions_holder_permission`
+    ON `user_to_user_permissions` (`holder_user_id`, `permission`);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0098_notification-groups.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- What app message groups need from `notification`:
+--
+--   - `group_key`   : a sha256 hex digest of an app message's `group`, so the
+--                     notification a newer one replaces is found by index.
+--                     Null on every other row, and on rows written before
+--                     this, which therefore never match.
+--   - `replaced_at` : epoch milliseconds of the last replacement, null for a
+--                     row never replaced. Live and fetched copies carry it as
+--                     their version, so a client can tell a replacement from a
+--                     copy it already has. Indexed per mailbox slice, so a
+--                     catch-up reads the rows replaced since its cursor
+--                     without scanning the ones that never were.
+
+ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD COLUMN `group_key` TEXT DEFAULT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD COLUMN `replaced_at` INTEGER DEFAULT NULL;
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_notification_group`
+    ON `notification` (`user_id`, `app_uid`, `group_key`);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_notification_replaced`
+    ON `notification` (`user_id`, `audience`, `app_uid`, `replaced_at`);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0099_kv-share-handle-notify.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Whether the two parties of a share may send each other notifications through
+-- its handle. Off by default, so every existing share reads as not allowing
+-- them.
+
+ALTER TABLE `kv_share_handles`
+    ADD COLUMN `notify` INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0100_notification-send-key.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- `notification`.`send_key`: the key of the delayed send (a `deferred`
+-- schedule) that wrote this row or last replaced it, derived from the
+-- schedule and its slot. Unique, so one slot can never write two rows, and a
+-- send that crashed after writing finds its row again by it. Null on every row
+-- a delayed send never touched.
+
+ALTER TABLE `notification` ADD COLUMN `send_key` TEXT DEFAULT NULL;
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_notification_send_key`
+    ON `notification` (`send_key`);

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0101_user-scoped-handlers.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Handlers an app's user published into their own scope, in a table of their
+-- own so `event_handlers` stays the app owner's set. Same columns as
+-- `event_handlers` (see 0076_event-handlers.sql) plus the holder.
+--
+--   - `holder_user_id` : the user whose scope this is. A name is unique per
+--                        (app, holder), so the same name can live in the app's
+--                        set and in each holder's.
+--   - `(holder_user_id, app_uid)` : a holder's scopes, for listing and for the
+--                        rent count.
+--
+-- `event_subscriptions.handler_scope` says which table a row's `handler_name`
+-- refers to: 0 the app's set, 1 the row holder's scope.
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `event_user_handlers` (
+    "id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    "app_uid" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "holder_user_id" INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    "name" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "source" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "source_hash" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "created_at" INTEGER NOT NULL,    -- unix seconds
+    "updated_at" INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    "scope_since" INTEGER NOT NULL    -- unix seconds; the scope's first handler, kept across churn
+);
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_event_user_handlers_app_holder_name`
+    ON `event_user_handlers` (`app_uid`, `holder_user_id`, `name`);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_event_user_handlers_holder_app`
+    ON `event_user_handlers` (`holder_user_id`, `app_uid`);
+
+ALTER TABLE `event_subscriptions` ADD COLUMN `handler_scope` INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;

src/backend/clients/database/migrations/sqlite/0102_notification-scope-id-index.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- 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/>.
+
+-- Index a mailbox slice by row id, so a fetch finds the newest row of a slice,
+-- and pages forward through one, with a seek rather than a scan of the slice.
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_notification_scope_id`
+    ON `notification` (`user_id`, `audience`, `app_uid`, `id`);

src/backend/clients/dynamodb/DDBClient.test.ts

@@ -188,6 +188,47 @@ describe('DDBClient — item operations', () => {
         ).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
+    it('puts only while its condition holds', async () => {
+        const absent = {
+            expression: 'attribute_not_exists(#pk)',
+            names: { '#pk': 'pk' },
+        };
+        await client.put(
+            TABLE,
+            { pk: 'u7', sk: 'once', v: 1 },
+            {
+                condition: absent,
+            },
+        );
+        await expect(
+            client.put(
+                TABLE,
+                { pk: 'u7', sk: 'once', v: 2 },
+                {
+                    condition: absent,
+                },
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: 'ConditionalCheckFailedException' });
+        expect(
+            (await client.get(TABLE, { pk: 'u7', sk: 'once' })).Item?.v,
+        ).toBe(1);
+
+        await client.put(
+            TABLE,
+            { pk: 'u7', sk: 'once', v: 3 },
+            {
+                condition: {
+                    expression: '#v = :held',
+                    names: { '#v': 'v' },
+                    values: { ':held': 1 },
+                },
+            },
+        );
+        expect(
+            (await client.get(TABLE, { pk: 'u7', sk: 'once' })).Item?.v,
+        ).toBe(3);
+    });
+
     it('fetches keys from several tables in one batch', async () => {
         await client.put(TABLE, { pk: 'b1', sk: 'a', v: 1 });
         await client.put(TABLE, { pk: 'b1', sk: 'b', v: 2 });

src/backend/clients/dynamodb/DDBClient.ts

@@ -252,7 +252,19 @@ export class DDBClient extends PuterClient {
     }
 
     @Span('ddb.put', (table: string) => ({ 'db.table': table }))
-    async put<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(table: string, item: T) {
+    async put<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+        table: string,
+        item: T,
+        opts?: {
+            /** Refused (`ConditionalCheckFailedException`) unless it holds. */
+            condition?: {
+                expression: string;
+                names?: Record<string, string>;
+                values?: Record<string, unknown>;
+            };
+        },
+    ) {
+        const condition = opts?.condition;
         const client = await this.#getDocumentClient();
         return sendRepairingValues(
             item,
@@ -262,6 +274,23 @@ export class DDBClient extends PuterClient {
                         TableName: table,
                         Item: itemToWrite,
                         ReturnConsumedCapacity: 'TOTAL',
+                        ...(condition
+                            ? {
+                                  ConditionExpression: condition.expression,
+                                  ...(condition.names
+                                      ? {
+                                            ExpressionAttributeNames:
+                                                condition.names,
+                                        }
+                                      : {}),
+                                  ...(condition.values
+                                      ? {
+                                            ExpressionAttributeValues:
+                                                condition.values,
+                                        }
+                                      : {}),
+                              }
+                            : {}),
                     }),
                 ),
             () => `a put to ${table}`,
@@ -505,6 +534,8 @@ export class DDBClient extends PuterClient {
             scanIndexForward?: boolean;
             beginsWith?: { key: string; value: string };
             select?: 'COUNT';
+            /** Attributes to return instead of the whole item. */
+            projection?: string[];
             filter?: {
                 expression: string;
                 values?: Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -545,6 +576,10 @@ export class DDBClient extends PuterClient {
             Object.assign(expressionAttributeValues, options.filter.values);
             Object.assign(expressionAttributeNames, options.filter.names);
         }
+        const projection = (options?.projection ?? []).map((name) => {
+            expressionAttributeNames[`#p_${name}`] = name;
+            return `#p_${name}`;
+        });
 
         const command = new QueryCommand({
             TableName: table,
@@ -559,6 +594,9 @@ export class DDBClient extends PuterClient {
                 ? { FilterExpression: options.filter.expression }
                 : {}),
             ...(options?.select ? { Select: options.select } : {}),
+            ...(projection.length > 0
+                ? { ProjectionExpression: projection.join(', ') }
+                : {}),
             ...(options?.scanIndexForward !== undefined
                 ? { ScanIndexForward: options.scanIndexForward }
                 : {}),

src/backend/clients/event/types.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ export type EventMap = {
     serverStart: Record<string, never>;
     serverPrepareShutdown: Record<string, never>;
     serverShutdown: Record<string, never>;
+    /**
+     * Emitted by a host extension that knows this server will restart soon.
+     * Long-lived connections ask their clients to reconnect; nothing is refused
+     * or closed, so a false alarm is harmless.
+     */
+    serverRestartAnnounced: {
+        /** How long until the server stops, when known. */
+        closeInMs?: number;
+    };
 
     // ---- AI ----
     'ai.prompt.validate': {
@@ -108,7 +117,7 @@ export type EventMap = {
         model_used: string;
         service_used: string;
         intended_service: string;
-        model_details: {
+        model_details?: {
             id: string;
             provider: string;
             input_cost_key: string;
@@ -137,6 +146,17 @@ export type EventMap = {
     };
     'app.new-icon': { app_uid: string; data_url: string };
     'app.opened': { app_uid: string; user_id: number; ts: number };
+    /**
+     * A user removed an app: its grants and worker sessions are gone. With
+     * `deleteData`, the user asked for the app's data in their account to go
+     * too. Awaited by the emitter.
+     */
+    'app.uninstalled': {
+        userId: number;
+        userUuid: string;
+        appUid: string;
+        deleteData: boolean;
+    };
     'app.rename': {
         app_uid: string;
         old_name: string;
@@ -180,6 +200,16 @@ export type EventMap = {
     };
 
     // ---- Auth / signup ----
+    /**
+     * Which signup methods are open, emitted via `emitAndWait` before every
+     * signup and whenever the GUI reads the provider list. A listener sets
+     * `oidcOnly` to refuse form and temp signups, leaving OIDC and team
+     * provisioning open; `message` is what a refused form signup is told.
+     */
+    'puter.signup.policy': {
+        oidcOnly: boolean;
+        message: string | null;
+    };
     'puter.signup.validate': {
         allow: boolean;
         email?: string;
@@ -197,7 +227,7 @@ export type EventMap = {
          */
         is_temp?: boolean;
         ip?: string | null;
-        source?: 'oidc';
+        source?: 'oidc' | 'team_provision';
         req?: unknown;
         data?: unknown;
         abuse?: unknown;
@@ -257,7 +287,7 @@ export type EventMap = {
         ip?: string | null;
         fingerprint?: string | null;
         reputation?: number | null;
-        source?: 'oidc';
+        source?: 'oidc' | 'team_provision';
         requires_phone_verification: boolean;
         requires_card_verification: boolean;
         accepted: boolean;
@@ -303,6 +333,8 @@ export type EventMap = {
         // the abuse extension cap sends per device (across accounts) so a
         // device farm can't dodge the per-account cap with fresh signups.
         device_fingerprint: string | null;
+        // Browser-signals dispatch id the client sent, or null.
+        dispatch_id: string | null;
         allowed: boolean;
         reason: string | null;
         // With `allowed` false, offer the card fallback in place of SMS. Only
@@ -389,6 +421,9 @@ export type EventMap = {
         new_username: string;
     };
     'user.email-changed': { user_id: number; new_email: string };
+    /** An account was suspended, or its suspension lifted. Local events. */
+    'user.suspended': { userId: number };
+    'user.unsuspended': { userId: number };
     // Fired after an account is torn down (self-serve, admin, or temp-user
     // logout cleanup). Listeners purge external state tied to the account —
     // e.g. the marketplace extension cancels the user's Stripe subscriptions.
@@ -397,6 +432,8 @@ export type EventMap = {
         user_id: number;
         user_uuid?: string;
         stripe_customer_id?: string | null;
+        /** Apps the account owned, which cascaded away with it. */
+        appUids?: string[];
     };
 
     // ---- Team billing ---- the trigger, never the charge ----
@@ -490,15 +527,43 @@ export type EventMap = {
         noShareKeys?: string[];
         /** Events handler runs behind the write; see `Actor.handlerDepth`. */
         handlerDepth?: number;
+        /**
+         * The user who made the change. Differs from `userId` when a share
+         * holder wrote into the owner's namespace.
+         */
+        actingUserId?: number;
+        /** Made by a worker session or an events handler; see `viaWorkerOf`. */
+        viaWorker?: true;
     };
     /**
      * A whole namespace was emptied. Namespace-level on purpose: `flush`'s own
      * key enumeration is truncated for a large namespace, so the keys it saw
      * are not the keys it removed.
      */
-    'kv.flushed': { namespace: string; userId: number };
+    'kv.flushed': {
+        namespace: string;
+        userId: number;
+        actingUserId?: number;
+        viaWorker?: true;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Share handles stopped being addresses, whoever retired them. `userId` is
+     * one user who could have subscribed through them, their owner or their
+     * holder. Listeners end what was made through them even where another grant
+     * still covers the region. Local, like `permission.revoked`: one region
+     * settling covers every other.
+     */
+    'kv.share.retired': { handles: string[]; userId: number };
 
     // ---- Notifications ----
+    /** An app message was acknowledged after its state committed. */
+    'notif.acknowledged': {
+        userId: number;
+        uid: string;
+        type: string;
+        audience: string;
+        appUid: string;
+    };
     /**
      * A notification row exists. Emitted after the insert commits — nothing
      * pushes a uid before there is a row to name — and carries the scope tuple
@@ -513,9 +578,32 @@ export type EventMap = {
         appUid: string | null;
         value: Record<string, unknown>;
         createdAt: number;
+        /** An earlier notification replaced in place; `createdAt` is when. */
+        replaced?: true;
         /** Events handler runs behind whatever created it. */
         handlerDepth?: number;
     };
+    /**
+     * Every non-silent write or update, only on the node that wrote it. The
+     * value is the listener's own copy of what the socket carries.
+     */
+    'notif.written': {
+        userId: number;
+        uid: string;
+        type: string;
+        audience: string;
+        /** The row's app; null when it names none or an update could not tell. */
+        appUid: string | null;
+        value: Record<string, unknown>;
+        /** An earlier notification rewritten in place. */
+        updated?: true;
+        /** Replaced an earlier notification in its group. */
+        replaced?: true;
+        /** Names this one send, for a receipt asked about it. */
+        sendId: string;
+        /** The same `sendId` may be emitted again, as a delayed send is. */
+        replayable?: true;
+    };
     /**
      * One notification, addressed at whatever sockets each region holds for the
      * recipient. `outer.*` reaches peer regions and never sibling nodes, so
@@ -524,9 +612,43 @@ export type EventMap = {
      */
     'outer.notif.delivery': {
         userId: number;
-        wire: 'notif.message' | 'notif.unreads' | 'notif.ack';
+        wire: 'notif.message' | 'notif.unreads' | 'notif.ack' | 'notif.removed';
         response: unknown;
     };
+    /**
+     * How one live notification went, on the node that asked for its receipt:
+     * from the desktop's sockets, or with `appUid` the app's own.
+     */
+    'notif.delivery.settled': {
+        sendId?: string;
+        uid: string;
+        userId: number;
+        type: string;
+        /** The app whose own sockets were asked; absent for the desktop's. */
+        appUid?: string;
+        outcome: NotifDeliveryOutcome;
+        /** A socket in this region acknowledges the receipt. */
+        ackCapable: boolean;
+        /** No socket here is an older client that acknowledges nothing. */
+        everySocketAcks: boolean;
+        /** Every node here answered the ask, not just this one. */
+        complete: boolean;
+        /** A peer region holds a socket for the user. */
+        peerRegions: boolean;
+        responders: NotifDeliveryResponder[];
+        /** A page here got it live while visible and focused. */
+        handled: boolean;
+    };
+    /**
+     * A page reported that it got a notification live while visible and
+     * focused. Node-local; `appUid` is the reporting socket's app, absent for
+     * the desktop.
+     */
+    'notif.handled': {
+        userId: number;
+        appUid?: string;
+        uid: string;
+    };
 
     // ---- Metering ----
     // Recurring charges are pure mechanism here: the metering service knows
@@ -576,9 +698,18 @@ export type EventMap = {
     // and going away (1→0, whether by removing the last handler or by the
     // destroy route). `actor.user` is the app's owner, not the caller — a
     // developer session publishing for an app it owns is the common case, but
-    // billing follows ownership.
-    'events.worker.create': { actor: Actor; appUid: string };
-    'events.worker.destroy': { actor: Actor; appUid: string };
+    // billing follows ownership. For `scope: 'user'` the unit is one user's
+    // handlers in one app instead, and `actor.user` is that user.
+    'events.worker.create': {
+        actor: Actor;
+        appUid: string;
+        scope: 'app' | 'user';
+    };
+    'events.worker.destroy': {
+        actor: Actor;
+        appUid: string;
+        scope: 'app' | 'user';
+    };
 
     // ---- Outer / GUI broadcast ----
     'outer.cacheUpdate': {
@@ -643,6 +774,13 @@ export type EventMap = {
      * reason as the events generation bump: a per-process cache.
      */
     'outer.pubsub.share.ownerShared': { ownerUserId: number };
+    /**
+     * Share handles were retired or changed, so every process must drop its
+     * cached copy. `outer.pubsub.*` because the cache is a per-process map.
+     */
+    'outer.pubsub.kv.share.forget': { handles: string[] };
+    /** The same, for every cached handle one owner holds out. */
+    'outer.pubsub.kv.share.forgetOwner': { ownerUserId: number };
     'outer.fs.write-hash': { hash: string; uuid: string };
     /**
      * Cache keys the KV read cache must stop serving, because the entries
@@ -661,6 +799,7 @@ export type EventMap = {
     'outer.gui.item.renamed': GuiEvent;
     'outer.gui.notif.ack': GuiEvent<{ uid: string }>;
     'outer.gui.notif.message': GuiEvent<{ uid: string; notification: unknown }>;
+    'outer.gui.notif.removed': GuiEvent<{ uid: string }>;
     'outer.gui.notif.unreads': GuiEvent<{
         unreads: { uid: string; notification: unknown }[];
     }>;
@@ -668,7 +807,7 @@ export type EventMap = {
     // ---- Subdomains ----
     // `uid` is the row uuid — for `delete` it is the only surviving handle a
     // listener can use to find state keyed to the row after it is gone.
-    'subdomain.delete': { subdomain: string; uid?: string };
+    'subdomain.delete': { subdomain: string; uid?: string; userId: number };
     'subdomain.update': { subdomain: string; uid?: string };
     'site.htmlServed': {
         subdomain: string;
@@ -734,6 +873,12 @@ export type EventMap = {
     /** One access token was revoked; only its own connections should drop. */
     'auth.access-token.revoked': { token_uid: string };
 
+    /** Same-cluster eviction for raw realtime WebSockets. */
+    'pubsub.realtime.auth-revoked': {
+        sessionUids?: string[];
+        tokenUid?: string;
+    };
+
     /**
      * A grant was withdrawn, so whatever was standing on it has to be settled
      * rather than left to fail its next check.
@@ -856,6 +1001,9 @@ export type AiCostFactorEvent = {
  */
 export type LifecyclePhase = 'before' | 'after' | 'error' | 'reject';
 
+/** Status a vetoing `before` listener may answer with. */
+export type LifecycleRejectStatus = 403 | 429;
+
 /**
  * Payload for `driver.<iface>.<method>.<phase>` events.
  *
@@ -885,6 +1033,8 @@ export type DriverMethodLifecycleEvent = {
     allow?: boolean;
     /** Optional human-readable reason surfaced to the caller when vetoed. */
     rejectReason?: string;
+    /** Status for a veto: 403 (default) or 429 for a throttle. */
+    rejectStatus?: LifecycleRejectStatus;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -919,6 +1069,8 @@ export type RouteLifecycleEvent = {
     allow?: boolean;
     /** Optional human-readable reason surfaced to the caller when vetoed. */
     rejectReason?: string;
+    /** Status for a veto: 403 (default) or 429 for a throttle. */
+    rejectStatus?: LifecycleRejectStatus;
 };
 
 export type EventKey = keyof EventMap & string;
@@ -940,6 +1092,20 @@ export type MatchingEvents<P extends ListenKey> = P extends `${infer Prefix}.*`
     ? Extract<EventKey, `${Prefix}.${string}`>
     : P & EventKey;
 
+/** Acked, not acked, no socket anywhere, or sockets only in a peer region. */
+export type NotifDeliveryOutcome =
+    | 'received'
+    | 'unreceived'
+    | 'no-socket'
+    | 'remote-only';
+
+/** One socket's receipt for a live notification. */
+export interface NotifDeliveryResponder {
+    visibilityState: 'visible' | 'hidden' | 'unknown';
+    /** The page's window has focus. Absent from older clients. */
+    focused?: boolean;
+}
+
 export type EventMetadata = {
     from_outside?: boolean;
     /** Set by `emitAndWait` when a listener threw, so a verdict hook can refuse. */

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

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * 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 { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { setupPuterTestEnv, type PuterTestEnv } from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+describe('auth elevation cookies over HTTP', () => {
+    let env: PuterTestEnv;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+    }, 120_000);
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await env?.shutdown();
+    });
+
+    it.each(['bearer', 'cookie'])(
+        'API host returns a usable token without setting cookies (%s auth)',
+        async (credential) => {
+            const { token, password, username } = env.users.user;
+            const res = await fetch(new URL('/auth/elevate', env.apiOrigin), {
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: {
+                    'content-type': 'application/json',
+                    ...(credential === 'cookie'
+                        ? { cookie: `puter_auth_token=${token}` }
+                        : { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` }),
+                },
+                body: JSON.stringify({ password }),
+            });
+            expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+            expect(res.headers.get('set-cookie')).toBeNull();
+            const body = (await res.json()) as {
+                elevated: boolean;
+                token: string;
+            };
+            expect(body.elevated).toBe(true);
+            expect(typeof body.token).toBe('string');
+            const user = await env.server.stores.user.getByUsername(username);
+            const { verifyStepUpSession } =
+                await import('../../core/http/middleware/stepUpSession.js');
+            expect(
+                verifyStepUpSession(
+                    {
+                        headers: { 'x-puter-elevation': body.token },
+                        actor: { user: { uuid: user!.uuid } },
+                    } as never,
+                    { tokenService: env.server.services.token },
+                ),
+            ).toBe(true);
+        },
+    );
+
+    it('GUI host sets the elevation cookie and omits the raw token for cookie auth', async () => {
+        const { token, password } = env.users.user;
+        const res = await fetch(new URL('/auth/elevate', env.origin), {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'content-type': 'application/json',
+                cookie: `puter_auth_token=${token}`,
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify({ password }),
+        });
+        expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(res.headers.get('set-cookie')).toContain('puter_elevated=');
+        expect(await res.json()).toEqual({ elevated: true });
+    });
+});

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

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ import {
     adminOnlyGate,
     requireUserActorGate,
 } from '../../core/http/middleware/gates.js';
+import {
+    configureRateLimit,
+    listConfiguredRateLimitBackends,
+} from '../../core/http/middleware/rateLimit.js';
 import {
     ROUTES_METADATA_KEY,
     type CollectedRoute,
@@ -49,8 +53,11 @@ import {
 } from '../../core/http/types.js';
 import { PuterServer } from '../../server.js';
 import { createSecret as otpCreateSecret } from '../../services/auth/OTPUtil.js';
-import { kvSharePermission } from '../../services/events/kvShares.js';
-import { FULL_API_ACCESS } from '../../services/permission/consts.js';
+import { kvSharePermission } from '../../services/kvShare/kvShares.js';
+import {
+    FULL_API_ACCESS,
+    NOTIFICATIONS_PUSH_PERMISSION,
+} from '../../services/permission/consts.js';
 import { setupTestServer } from '../../testUtil.js';
 import { resetCardVerificationStatusCache } from '../../util/cardFallback.js';
 import { FS_READ_LIMIT } from '../fs/limits.js';
@@ -1750,6 +1757,40 @@ describe('AuthController.handleLoginOtp + handleLoginRecoveryCode', () => {
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
     });
 
+    it('refuses the sign-in while the used-token store is down', async () => {
+        const { user, secret, otpToken } = await startOtpLogin();
+        const token = await otpToken();
+
+        const { default: backend } = listConfiguredRateLimitBackends();
+        configureRateLimit({
+            default: 'redis',
+            redis: {
+                multi: () => {
+                    throw new Error('store down');
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        const logged = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+        const res = makeRes();
+        try {
+            await expect(
+                controller.handleLoginOtp(
+                    makeReq({ token, code: liveTotp(user.username, secret) }),
+                    res,
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toThrow('store down');
+        } finally {
+            logged.mockRestore();
+            configureRateLimit({
+                default: backend,
+                redis: server.clients.redis,
+                kv: server.stores.kv,
+                metering: server.services.metering,
+            });
+        }
+        expect(res.body).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it('a wrong code leaves the token usable for a retry', async () => {
         const { user, secret, otpToken } = await startOtpLogin();
         const token = await otpToken();
@@ -2151,7 +2192,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             },
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
-        const permission = `service:tg-app:ii:read`;
+        const permission = `events:background`;
         // The controller's grant call delegates through PermissionService
         // (which uses ALS Context.set), so wrap in runWithContext.
         const res = makeRes();
@@ -2179,6 +2220,78 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
         ).toContain(permission);
     });
 
+    it('grant-user-app: grants and revokes notifications:push for an app', async () => {
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: `tgp-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'TestGrantPushApp',
+                index_url: 'https://example.test/index.html',
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        const user = await server.stores.user.getById(issuer.id);
+        const appActor = makeActor({
+            user: user!,
+            app: { uid: app.uid, id: app.id },
+        });
+        const hasPush = () =>
+            server.services.permission.check(
+                appActor,
+                NOTIFICATIONS_PUSH_PERMISSION,
+            );
+        expect(await hasPush()).toBe(false);
+
+        // Anything past the bare permission names nothing a prompt describes.
+        await expect(
+            inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                    makeReq(
+                        {
+                            app_uid: app.uid,
+                            permission: `${NOTIFICATIONS_PUSH_PERMISSION}:extra`,
+                        },
+                        { actor: issuerActor },
+                    ),
+                    makeRes(),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            statusCode: 400,
+            legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable',
+        });
+        expect(await hasPush()).toBe(false);
+
+        const res = makeRes();
+        await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+            controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                makeReq(
+                    {
+                        app_uid: app.uid,
+                        permission: NOTIFICATIONS_PUSH_PERMISSION,
+                    },
+                    { actor: issuerActor },
+                ),
+                res,
+            ),
+        );
+        expect(res.body).toEqual({});
+        expect(await hasPush()).toBe(true);
+
+        await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+            controller.handleRevokeUserApp(
+                makeReq(
+                    {
+                        app_uid: app.uid,
+                        permission: NOTIFICATIONS_PUSH_PERMISSION,
+                    },
+                    { actor: issuerActor },
+                ),
+                makeRes(),
+            ),
+        );
+        expect(await hasPush()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('grant-user-app: resolves `origin` to the app when app_uid is omitted', async () => {
         // The GUI permission dialog and puter.perms.grantOrigin() identify
         // third-party sites by origin rather than app uid.
@@ -2192,7 +2305,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             },
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
-        const permission = `service:tg-origin-app:ii:read`;
+        const permission = `events:background`;
         const res = makeRes();
         await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
             controller.handleGrantUserApp(
@@ -2229,7 +2342,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             },
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
-        const permission = `service:tr-origin-app:ii:read`;
+        const permission = `events:background`;
         await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
             controller.handleGrantUserApp(
                 makeReq(
@@ -2294,7 +2407,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
         await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
             controller.handleRevokeUserApp(
                 makeReq(
-                    { app_uid: app.uid, permission: 'service:x:ii:read' },
+                    { app_uid: app.uid, permission: 'events:background' },
                     { actor: issuerActor },
                 ),
                 makeRes(),
@@ -2318,12 +2431,12 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
 
     it('grant-user-app: 400 on non-string or oversized origin/app_uid/permission', async () => {
         const cases = [
-            { origin: { host: 'evil' }, permission: 'service:x:ii:read' },
-            { origin: 'https://a.test', permission: ['service:x:ii:read'] },
-            { app_uid: 12345, permission: 'service:x:ii:read' },
+            { origin: { host: 'evil' }, permission: 'events:background' },
+            { origin: 'https://a.test', permission: ['events:background'] },
+            { app_uid: 12345, permission: 'events:background' },
             {
                 origin: `https://${'a'.repeat(5000)}.test`,
-                permission: 'service:x:ii:read',
+                permission: 'events:background',
             },
         ];
         for (const body of cases) {
@@ -2354,7 +2467,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             { ownerUserId: target.id },
         );
 
-        const permission = 'service:squat:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         for (const handler of [
             'handleGrantUserApp',
             'handleRevokeUserApp',
@@ -2398,7 +2511,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             { ownerUserId: target.id },
         );
 
-        const permission = 'service:squat-beside:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         for (const handler of [
             'handleGrantUserApp',
             'handleRevokeUserApp',
@@ -2451,7 +2564,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
 
-        const permission = 'service:tp-origin:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
             controller.handleGrantUserApp(
                 makeReq(
@@ -2487,7 +2600,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             },
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
-        const permission = 'service:tm-app:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         for (const body of [
             { app_uid: app.uid, permission, meta: 'nope' },
             { app_uid: app.uid, permission, meta: [1, 2] },
@@ -2528,7 +2641,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             },
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
-        const permission = 'service:tb-app:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         const oversized = { blob: 'z'.repeat(5000) };
         for (const body of [
             { app_uid: app.uid, permission, extra: oversized },
@@ -2605,26 +2718,278 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
         expect(res.body).toEqual({});
     });
 
-    it('grant-user-app: 400 on a `permission` wider than the column it lands in', async () => {
-        // 300 chars is under the 4096 input cap but over `varchar(255)`, so it
-        // used to reach the INSERT and fault on MySQL/Postgres. The check runs
-        // after the rewrite, so this has to be a permission no rewriter
-        // shortens — and it has to reject before the app is resolved, since
-        // this uid names no app.
-        await expect(
+    it('grant-user-app: grants read and write share delegations on a region, never on the namespace', async () => {
+        const appName = `tkvl-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestKvShareLevelsApp',
+                index_url: `https://${appName}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        for (const root of ['kv-share-read', 'kv-share-write']) {
+            const namespace = `manage:${root}:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}`;
+            await expect(
+                inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                    controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                        makeReq(
+                            { app_uid: app.uid, permission: namespace },
+                            { actor: issuerActor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({ legacyCode: 'invalid_kv_share_prefix' });
+
+            const res = makeRes();
+            await inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                    makeReq(
+                        { app_uid: app.uid, permission: `${namespace}:team` },
+                        { actor: issuerActor },
+                    ),
+                    res,
+                ),
+            );
+            expect(res.body).toEqual({});
+        }
+        const rows = await server.clients.db.read(
+            'SELECT `permission` FROM `user_to_app_permissions` WHERE `user_id` = ? AND `app_id` = ? ORDER BY `permission`',
+            [issuer.id, app.id],
+        );
+        expect(rows.map((r: { permission: string }) => r.permission)).toEqual([
+            `manage:kv-share-read:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:team`,
+            `manage:kv-share-write:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:team`,
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('grant-user-app: refuses a share delegation whose region a new share could not name, writing nothing', async () => {
+        const appName = `tkvc-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestKvShareCharsApp',
+                index_url: `https://${appName}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        for (const region of ['Team', 'team:Abc', 'caf\u00E9', 'a b'])
+            await expect(
+                inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                    controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                        makeReq(
+                            {
+                                app_uid: app.uid,
+                                permission: `manage:kv-share-read:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:${region}`,
+                            },
+                            { actor: issuerActor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({ legacyCode: 'invalid_kv_share_prefix' });
+        const rows = await server.clients.db.read(
+            'SELECT `permission` FROM `user_to_app_permissions` WHERE `user_id` = ? AND `app_id` = ?',
+            [issuer.id, app.id],
+        );
+        expect(rows).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('grant-user-app: refuses a permission outside the app-grantable families, writing nothing', async () => {
+        const appName = `tng-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestNotGrantableApp',
+                index_url: `https://${appName}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        const other = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: `tng-other-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'TestNotGrantableOther',
+                index_url: `https://tng-other-${uuidv4()}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        const refused = [
+            ['driver:puter-image-generation:generate'],
+            [`user:${target.uuid}:email:read`],
+            // One bad entry refuses the batch.
+            ['events:background', 'random-string'],
+            // A share delegation names the app's own namespace only.
+            [`manage:kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${other.uid}:rooms`],
+        ];
+        for (const permissions of refused) {
+            await expect(
+                inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                    controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                        makeReq(
+                            { app_uid: app.uid, permissions },
+                            { actor: issuerActor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+                statusCode: 400,
+                legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable',
+            });
+        }
+        const rows = await server.clients.db.read(
+            'SELECT 1 FROM `user_to_app_permissions` WHERE `user_id` = ? AND `app_id` = ?',
+            [issuer.id, app.id],
+        );
+        expect(rows).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('grant-user-app: refuses a non-canonical spelling of a grantable permission', async () => {
+        const appName = `tnc-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestNonCanonicalApp',
+                index_url: `https://${appName}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        for (const permission of [
+            `f\\s:/${issuer.username}/Documents:read`,
+            `app-root-di\\r:${app.uid}:read`,
+            `manag\\e:kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:rooms`,
+        ]) {
+            await expect(
+                inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                    controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                        makeReq(
+                            { app_uid: app.uid, permission },
+                            { actor: issuerActor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({ legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable' });
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('grant-user-app: refuses a share delegation over a prefix no share could be made of, as a share would be', async () => {
+        const appName = `tkvp-${uuidv4().slice(0, 8)}`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestKvSharePrefixApp',
+                index_url: `https://${appName}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        for (const root of ['kv-share', 'kv-share-read', 'kv-share-write']) {
+            // A share grant one character wider than the column.
+            const head = `${root}:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:`;
+            const region = 'a'.repeat(256 - head.length);
+            await expect(
+                inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                    controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                        makeReq(
+                            {
+                                app_uid: app.uid,
+                                permission: `manage:${head}${region}`,
+                            },
+                            { actor: issuerActor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({ legacyCode: 'invalid_kv_share_prefix' });
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('grant-user-app: a share delegation must name the app the request names, by uid, name or origin', async () => {
+        const appName = `tkvn-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const origin = `https://${appName}.example.test`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestKvShareNamedApp',
+                index_url: `${origin}/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        const other = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: `tkvn-other-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'TestKvShareNamedOther',
+                index_url: `https://tkvn-other-${uuidv4()}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        const grant = (requester: Record<string, string>, namespace: string) =>
             inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
                 controller.handleGrantUserApp(
                     makeReq(
                         {
-                            app_uid: `app-${uuidv4()}`,
-                            permission: `service:${'a'.repeat(300)}:ii:read`,
+                            ...requester,
+                            permission: `manage:kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${namespace}:rooms`,
                         },
                         { actor: issuerActor },
                     ),
                     makeRes(),
                 ),
+            );
+
+        for (const requester of [{ app_uid: app.name }, { origin }]) {
+            await grant(requester, app.uid);
+            await expect(grant(requester, other.uid)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+                legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable',
+            });
+        }
+        // The app's name is not its namespace.
+        await expect(
+            grant({ app_uid: app.uid }, app.name),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable' });
+        const rows = await server.clients.db.read(
+            'SELECT `permission` FROM `user_to_app_permissions` WHERE `user_id` = ? AND `app_id` = ?',
+            [issuer.id, app.id],
+        );
+        expect(rows.map((r: { permission: string }) => r.permission)).toEqual([
+            `manage:kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:rooms`,
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('grant-user-app: 400 on a `permission` wider than the column it lands in', async () => {
+        // Under the 4096 input cap but over `varchar(255)`, so it would reach
+        // the INSERT and fault on MySQL/Postgres. The check runs after the
+        // rewrite, so this has to be a grantable permission no rewriter
+        // shortens.
+        const appName = `tw-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: appName,
+                title: 'TestWidthApp',
+                index_url: `https://${appName}.example.test/index.html`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
+        );
+        // The shares it delegates fit, at 255 characters; the consent's own
+        // `manage:` arm takes it past the column.
+        const head = `kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:`;
+        const permission = `manage:${head}${'a'.repeat(255 - head.length)}`;
+        await expect(
+            inCtx(issuerActor, () =>
+                controller.handleGrantUserApp(
+                    makeReq(
+                        { app_uid: app.uid, permission },
+                        { actor: issuerActor },
+                    ),
+                    makeRes(),
+                ),
             ),
-        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            statusCode: 400,
+            legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+            message: 'Invalid `permission`',
+        });
     });
 
     it('grant-user-app: an oversized permission that a rewriter shortens is accepted', async () => {
@@ -2636,6 +3001,8 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
         // on "please try again" for any deeply nested file. Exercised here
         // through a rewriter of our own, since the real fs rewriter resolves
         // the path through the fsentry store and this suite has no entries.
+        // It rewrites a share delegation only because that is a grantable
+        // shape no production rewriter touches.
         const appName = `tlp-${uuidv4()}`;
         const app = await server.stores.app.create(
             {
@@ -2646,13 +3013,15 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
 
-        const prefix = `tlprw-${uuidv4()}`;
-        const longPermission = `${prefix}:${'a'.repeat(300)}:read`;
-        const shortPermission = `${prefix}:${uuidv4()}:read`;
+        // Over the column only by its `manage:` arm, so the shares it
+        // delegates still fit.
+        const head = `kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:`;
+        const longPermission = `manage:${head}${'a'.repeat(255 - head.length)}`;
+        const shortPermission = `manage:${head}${uuidv4()}`;
         expect(longPermission.length).toBeGreaterThan(255);
         expect(shortPermission.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(255);
         server.services.permission.registerRewriter({
-            id: `test-shorten-${prefix}`,
+            id: `test-shorten-${app.uid}`,
             matches: (permission: string) => permission === longPermission,
             rewrite: async () => shortPermission,
         });
@@ -2712,7 +3081,8 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
 
-        const prefix = `conc-${uuidv4()}`;
+        // A grantable shape no production rewriter touches.
+        const prefix = `manage:kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:conc-${uuidv4()}`;
         let release: () => void;
         let entered: () => void;
         const held = new Promise<void>((r) => {
@@ -2740,7 +3110,7 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
                 makeReq(
                     {
                         app_uid: app.uid,
-                        permission: `${prefix}:${app.uid}:write`,
+                        permission: `${prefix}:write`,
                     },
                     { actor: issuerActor },
                 ),
@@ -2781,8 +3151,8 @@ describe('AuthController grant flows', () => {
             { ownerUserId: issuer.id },
         );
 
-        const prefix = `tardrw-${uuidv4()}`;
-        const pseudoPermission = `${prefix}:${app.uid}:write`;
+        const prefix = `manage:kv-share:${issuer.uuid}:${app.uid}:tardrw-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const pseudoPermission = `${prefix}:write`;
         const resolvedPermission = `fs:${uuidv4()}:write`;
         const NOTHING = 'nothing-in-particular';
         server.services.permission.registerRewriter({
@@ -3023,7 +3393,7 @@ describe('AuthController.handleGrantUserApp `create` flag', () => {
         // phase A's pre-flight passes, phase C's re-check then fails, so the
         // leaf (and its auto-created parent) already exist by the time the
         // request unwinds.
-        const prefix = `rbparent-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const prefix = `manage:kv-share:${user.uuid}:${appUid}:rbparent-${uuidv4()}`;
         let calls = 0;
         server.services.permission.registerRewriter({
             id: prefix,
@@ -3189,13 +3559,13 @@ describe('AuthController.handleGrantUserApp `create` flag', () => {
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400, legacyCode: 'bad_request' });
     });
 
-    it('does not apply `create` to a `manage:` grant — 404 unchanged, nothing created', async () => {
+    it('refuses a `manage:` grant outright, creating nothing', async () => {
         const p = path(`manage-missing-${rand()}`);
         await expect(
             grant({ permission: `manage:fs:${p}:write` }),
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({
-            statusCode: 404,
-            legacyCode: 'subject_does_not_exist',
+            statusCode: 400,
+            legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable',
         });
         expect(await server.stores.fsEntry.getEntryByPath(p)).toBeFalsy();
     });
@@ -3285,7 +3655,7 @@ describe('AuthController.handleGrantUserApp `create` flag', () => {
         // (so nothing is rejected before anything is created) but has grown
         // too wide by the time phase C re-runs it — modelling a grant that
         // only fails once the fs path from the same batch already exists.
-        const prefix = `rbtest-${uuidv4()}`;
+        const prefix = `manage:kv-share:${user.uuid}:${appUid}:rbtest-${uuidv4()}`;
         let calls = 0;
         server.services.permission.registerRewriter({
             id: `test-rollback-${prefix}`,
@@ -3326,6 +3696,37 @@ describe('AuthController.handleGrantUserApp `create` flag', () => {
         );
     });
 
+    it('check-permissions answers an app asking about itself through ACL, so a folder grant covers what is inside', async () => {
+        const dir = path(`acl-self-${rand()}`);
+        const child = `${dir}/inner`;
+        await server.services.fs.mkdir(user.id, {
+            path: child,
+            createMissingParents: true,
+        });
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:${child}:read`)).toBe(false);
+
+        await grant({ permission: `fs:${dir}:write`, create: false });
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:${child}:read`)).toBe(true);
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:${child}:write`)).toBe(true);
+        // Another user's home stays out of reach.
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:/${target.username}/Documents:read`)).toBe(
+            false,
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('check-permissions answers an app asking about itself through ACL for a uid too', async () => {
+        const dir = path(`acl-self-uid-${rand()}`);
+        const child = await server.services.fs.mkdir(user.id, {
+            path: `${dir}/inner`,
+            createMissingParents: true,
+        });
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:${child.uuid}:read`)).toBe(false);
+
+        await grant({ permission: `fs:${dir}:read`, create: false });
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:${child.uuid}:read`)).toBe(true);
+        expect(await checkAsApp(`fs:${child.uuid}:write`)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('check-permissions on a missing fs path answers false rather than 404ing, without poisoning a mixed batch', async () => {
         const missingPath = path(`.checkmissing-${rand()}`);
         // A held fs grant: the owning user holds it implicitly (is-owner), so
@@ -4152,9 +4553,9 @@ describe('AuthController.handleCreateAccessToken + handleRevokeAccessToken', ()
         ['an oversized permission string', ['x'.repeat(4097)]],
         [
             'an oversized `extra`',
-            [['service:x:ii:read', { a: 'y'.repeat(5000) }]],
+            [['events:background', { a: 'y'.repeat(5000) }]],
         ],
-        ['a non-object `extra`', [['service:x:ii:read', 'nope']]],
+        ['a non-object `extra`', [['events:background', 'nope']]],
         ['an empty permission string', ['']],
     ])('rejects %s with 400', async (_label, permissions) => {
         await expect(
@@ -4731,6 +5132,26 @@ describe('AuthController phone verification — staging & reuse', () => {
         expect(staged).toBe('+14155550123');
     });
 
+    it('makes an email-gate-last account verify its card before its phone', async () => {
+        const { user, actor } = await makeUserAndActor({
+            requires_phone_verification: 1,
+            requires_card_verification: 1,
+        });
+        await server.stores.user.updateMetadata(user.id, {
+            emailGateLast: true,
+        });
+        const prelude = stubPrelude();
+        await withClients({ prelude }, async () => {
+            await expect(
+                controller.handleSendConfirmPhone(
+                    makeReq({ phone: '+14155550123' }, { actor }),
+                    makeRes(),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 409 });
+        });
+        expect(prelude.createVerification).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('forwards an abuse-extension veto as 429 with the opaque reason, and sends nothing', async () => {
         const { user, actor } = await makeUserAndActor();
         const emitAndWait = vi.fn(
@@ -4796,7 +5217,7 @@ describe('AuthController phone verification — staging & reuse', () => {
         );
     });
 
-    it('carries the client dispatch id on the sent signal', async () => {
+    it('carries the client dispatch id on the check and sent events', async () => {
         const { actor } = await makeUserAndActor();
         const emit = vi.fn();
         const emitAndWait = vi.fn(async () => {});
@@ -4817,6 +5238,11 @@ describe('AuthController phone verification — staging & reuse', () => {
             expect.objectContaining({ dispatch_id: 'disp-123' }),
             expect.anything(),
         );
+        expect(emitAndWait).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'puter.phone-verification.check',
+            expect.objectContaining({ dispatch_id: 'disp-123' }),
+            expect.anything(),
+        );
     });
 
     it('does NOT emit the sent signal when the send fails upstream', async () => {
@@ -7324,6 +7750,46 @@ describe('AuthController permission revokes', () => {
         );
         expect(res.body).toEqual({});
     });
+
+    it('revoke-user-user: refuses a key-value share grant and leaves it standing', async () => {
+        const { actor: ownerActor, user: owner } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const { user: holder } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const permissions = ['kv-share', 'kv-share-read', 'kv-share-write'].map(
+            (root) => `${root}:${owner.uuid}:os-global:notes:${uuidv4()}`,
+        );
+        for (const permission of permissions)
+            await server.stores.permission.upsertUserUserPerm(
+                holder.id,
+                owner.id,
+                permission,
+                {},
+            );
+
+        for (const permission of permissions)
+            await expect(
+                inCtx(ownerActor, () =>
+                    controller.handleRevokeUserUser(
+                        makeReq(
+                            { target_username: holder.username, permission },
+                            { actor: ownerActor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+                statusCode: 400,
+                message: expect.stringContaining('puter.kv.unshare()'),
+            });
+        expect(
+            (
+                await server.stores.permission.findUserUserPermsByIssuer(
+                    holder.id,
+                    owner.id,
+                    permissions,
+                )
+            ).sort(),
+        ).toEqual([...permissions].sort());
+    });
 });
 
 // ── Permission checks + listing ────────────────────────────────────
@@ -7365,6 +7831,94 @@ describe('AuthController.handleCheckPermissions + handleListPermissions', () =>
         ]);
     });
 
+    it('check-permissions: answers false for share grants, which name what a holder is never told, but not for their manage arm', async () => {
+        const { user: owner, actor: ownerActor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const { user: holder, actor: holderActor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const region = `notes-${uuidv4().slice(0, 8)}`;
+        const grant = `kv-share-read:${owner.uuid}:os-global:${region}`;
+        await inCtx(ownerActor, () =>
+            server.services.permission.grantUserUserPermission(
+                ownerActor,
+                holder.username,
+                grant,
+            ),
+        );
+        expect(await server.services.permission.check(holderActor, grant)).toBe(
+            true,
+        );
+
+        const asked = [
+            grant,
+            `kv-share:${owner.uuid}:os-global:${region}:inner`,
+            `kv-share-write:${owner.uuid}:os-global:${region}`,
+        ];
+        const res = makeRes();
+        await inCtx(holderActor, () =>
+            controller.handleCheckPermissions(
+                makeReq({ permissions: asked }, { actor: holderActor }),
+                res,
+            ),
+        );
+        expect(res.body).toEqual({
+            permissions: Object.fromEntries(asked.map((p) => [p, false])),
+        });
+
+        // What `puter.perms.check('kvShare', …)` asks.
+        const manage = `manage:kv-share-read:${owner.uuid}:os-global:${region}`;
+        const ownerRes = makeRes();
+        await inCtx(ownerActor, () =>
+            controller.handleCheckPermissions(
+                makeReq({ permissions: [manage] }, { actor: ownerActor }),
+                ownerRes,
+            ),
+        );
+        expect(ownerRes.body).toEqual({ permissions: { [manage]: true } });
+    });
+
+    it('check-permissions: answers false for share grants asked by an app actor too', async () => {
+        const { user: owner, actor: ownerActor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const { user: holder, actor: holderActor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: `cpk-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'TestCheckPermsKvApp',
+                index_url: 'https://check-perms-kv.example.test/index.html',
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: holder.id },
+        );
+        const grant = `kv-share-read:${owner.uuid}:${app.uid}:notes-${uuidv4().slice(0, 8)}`;
+        await inCtx(ownerActor, () =>
+            server.services.permission.grantUserUserPermission(
+                ownerActor,
+                holder.username,
+                grant,
+            ),
+        );
+        // What launching the app records for the holder.
+        await server.services.permission.grantUserAppPermission(
+            holderActor,
+            app.uid,
+            'flag:app-is-authenticated',
+        );
+        const appActor = makeActor({
+            user: holderActor.user,
+            app: { id: app.id, uid: app.uid },
+        });
+        // The holder's app in the share's namespace holds it.
+        expect(await server.services.permission.check(appActor, grant)).toBe(
+            true,
+        );
+
+        const res = makeRes();
+        await inCtx(appActor, () =>
+            controller.handleCheckPermissions(
+                makeReq({ permissions: [grant] }, { actor: appActor }),
+                res,
+            ),
+        );
+        expect(res.body).toEqual({ permissions: { [grant]: false } });
+    });
+
     // What lets a permission request settle without a prompt. The second string
     // is a consent scope nothing implies, so the first's `true` is the grant.
     it('check-permissions: an app-under-user actor sees a grant made to that app', async () => {
@@ -7579,7 +8133,7 @@ describe('AuthController.handleCheckPermissions + handleListPermissions', () =>
             },
             { ownerUserId: user.id },
         );
-        const permission = 'service:tl-app:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         await inCtx(actor, () =>
             controller.handleGrantUserApp(
                 makeReq({ app_uid: app.uid, permission, extra: {} }, { actor }),
@@ -9288,6 +9842,70 @@ describe('AuthController grant/revoke additional branches', () => {
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
     });
 
+    it('revoke-user-app: 400 on `deleteData` without "*" or as a non-boolean', async () => {
+        const { actor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: `tr-delete-data-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'TestDeleteDataApp',
+                index_url: `https://tr-delete-data-${uuidv4()}.example.test/`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: actor.user.id },
+        );
+        for (const body of [
+            { permission: 'events:background', deleteData: true },
+            { permission: '*', deleteData: 'yes' },
+        ]) {
+            await expect(
+                controller.handleRevokeUserApp(
+                    makeReq({ app_uid: app.uid, ...body }, { actor }),
+                    makeRes(),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('revoke-user-app `*`: announces the uninstall, with `deleteData` as sent', async () => {
+        const { actor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        const app = await server.stores.app.create(
+            {
+                name: `tr-uninstall-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'TestUninstallApp',
+                index_url: `https://tr-uninstall-${uuidv4()}.example.test/`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: actor.user.id },
+        );
+        const seen: unknown[] = [];
+        const listener = (_key: string, data: unknown) => {
+            seen.push(data);
+        };
+        server.clients.event.on('app.uninstalled', listener);
+        try {
+            for (const deleteData of [undefined, true]) {
+                await inCtx(actor, () =>
+                    controller.handleRevokeUserApp(
+                        makeReq(
+                            { app_uid: app.uid, permission: '*', deleteData },
+                            { actor },
+                        ),
+                        makeRes(),
+                    ),
+                );
+            }
+        } finally {
+            server.clients.event.off('app.uninstalled', listener);
+        }
+        const expected = {
+            userId: actor.user.id,
+            userUuid: actor.user.uuid,
+            appUid: app.uid,
+        };
+        expect(seen).toEqual([
+            { ...expected, deleteData: false },
+            { ...expected, deleteData: true },
+        ]);
+    });
+
     it('revoke-user-app: 400 when permission is "*" but app_uid is missing', async () => {
         const { actor } = await makeUserAndActor();
         await expect(
@@ -10215,7 +10833,7 @@ describe('AuthController — app-data grants', () => {
         await expect(
             post('handleGrantUserApp', {
                 app_uid: grantee.uid,
-                permission: 'app-data:app-nope/:kv:read',
+                permission: `app-data:app-${uuidv4()}:kv:read`,
             }),
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 404 });
     });
@@ -10282,7 +10900,7 @@ describe('AuthController — app-data grants', () => {
 
     it('leaves unrelated permissions untouched by the new validation', async () => {
         const grantee = await makeAppRow();
-        const permission = 'service:unrelated:ii:read';
+        const permission = 'events:background';
         await post('handleGrantUserApp', {
             app_uid: grantee.uid,
             permission,

src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
     hasVerifiedPhone,
 } from '../../core/http/middleware/gates.js';
 import type { Actor } from '../../core/actor.js';
-import { isPlainUserActor, makeActor } from '../../core/actor.js';
+import { isAppActor, isPlainUserActor, makeActor } from '../../core/actor.js';
 import {
     checkRateLimit,
     consumeRouteRateLimit,
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import {
     isCardFallbackEnabled,
     phoneAttemptsKey,
 } from '../../util/cardFallback.js';
+import { isEmailGateLast } from '../../util/verificationOrder.js';
 import { sessionCookieFlags } from '../../util/cookieFlags.js';
 import { cleanEmail, isStorableEmail } from '../../util/email.js';
 import { isGodmodeApp } from '../../util/godmodeApps.js';
@@ -88,13 +89,16 @@ import {
 import { promoteToVerifiedGroup } from '../../util/userProvisioning.js';
 import {
     assertBoundedManageGrant,
+    assertNewShareSegments,
+    assertPrefixFitsAccess,
     isKvSharePermission,
-} from '../../services/events/kvShares.js';
+} from '../../services/kvShare/kvShares.js';
 import {
     APP_DATA_PERMISSION_PREFIX,
     appDataSharingAllowed,
     parseAppDataPermission,
 } from '../../services/permission/appDataScopes.js';
+import { parseAppGrantablePermission } from '../../services/permission/appGrantable.js';
 import {
     assertCreatablePath,
     isOwnHomePath,
@@ -1217,6 +1221,18 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         }
     }
 
+    /** The email-gate-last confirmation email; a failure never fails the gate. */
+    private async sendDeferredConfirmation(userId: number): Promise<void> {
+        try {
+            await this.services.signup.sendDeferredConfirmationEmail(userId);
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.warn(
+                '[verification] deferred confirmation email failed:',
+                e,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     private async isCardFallbackEligible(user: {
         id: number;
         requires_phone_verification?: boolean | number | null;
@@ -1262,6 +1278,12 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             throw new HttpError(403, 'Account suspended.', {
                 legacyCode: 'account_suspended',
             });
+        if (isEmailGateLast(user) && user.requires_card_verification)
+            throw new HttpError(
+                409,
+                'Card verification must be completed first.',
+                { legacyCode: 'conflict' },
+            );
         if (!this.clients.prelude?.isConfigured())
             throw await this.smsSendError(
                 503,
@@ -1332,6 +1354,7 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             user_uid: user.uuid,
             phone: parsed.e164,
             device_fingerprint: req.deviceFingerprint ?? null,
+            dispatch_id: dispatchId ?? null,
             allowed: true,
             reason: null as string | null,
             card_fallback_instead: false,
@@ -1570,6 +1593,7 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             requires_phone_verification: 0,
             phone: pendingPhone,
         });
+        await this.sendDeferredConfirmation(user.id);
 
         // Run the verified-event listeners synchronously (emitAndWait, not
         // fire-and-forget emit) so a carrier-based card-verification waiver in
@@ -1650,7 +1674,11 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             res.json({ card_verified: true });
             return;
         }
-        if (user.requires_phone_verification && !fallbackEligible)
+        if (
+            user.requires_phone_verification &&
+            !fallbackEligible &&
+            !isEmailGateLast(user)
+        )
             throw new HttpError(
                 409,
                 'Phone verification must be completed first.',
@@ -1713,6 +1741,7 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             await this.stores.user.update(user.id, {
                 requires_card_verification: 0,
             });
+            await this.sendDeferredConfirmation(user.id);
             res.json({ card_verified: true, disabled: true });
             return;
         }
@@ -1772,7 +1801,11 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             res.json({ card_verified: true });
             return;
         }
-        if (user.requires_phone_verification && !fallbackEligible)
+        if (
+            user.requires_phone_verification &&
+            !fallbackEligible &&
+            !isEmailGateLast(user)
+        )
             throw new HttpError(
                 409,
                 'Phone verification must be completed first.',
@@ -1813,6 +1846,7 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             await this.stores.user.update(user.id, {
                 requires_card_verification: 0,
             });
+            await this.sendDeferredConfirmation(user.id);
             res.json({ card_verified: true, disabled: true });
             return;
         }
@@ -1837,6 +1871,7 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             requires_card_verification: 0,
             ...(clearedPhoneGate ? { requires_phone_verification: 0 } : {}),
         });
+        await this.sendDeferredConfirmation(user.id);
 
         // Awaited like `user.phone-verified`, so whatever a listener grants on
         // verification is in place before the client refreshes. emitAndWait
@@ -2997,6 +3032,45 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         return typeof permission === 'string' && permission ? [permission] : [];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Refuses any entry outside the families an app can be granted. Anything
+     * else is a row the backend never checks for an app, or one wider than the
+     * consent prompt can describe.
+     */
+    async #assertAppGrantable(
+        actor: Actor,
+        appIdentifier: string,
+        list: string[],
+    ): Promise<void> {
+        const refuse = (entry: string) =>
+            new HttpError(
+                400,
+                `Permission cannot be granted to an app: ${entry}`,
+                { legacyCode: 'permission_not_grantable' },
+            );
+        let appUid: string | undefined;
+        for (const entry of list) {
+            // A delegation over a whole key-value namespace has no bounded
+            // description; refused with its own code.
+            assertBoundedManageGrant(entry);
+            const parsed = parseAppGrantablePermission(entry, actor.user!.uuid);
+            if (!parsed) throw refuse(entry);
+            if (parsed.family !== 'kvShare') continue;
+            // Held to what a new share's prefix may be, so a consent never
+            // covers shares that could not be made.
+            assertNewShareSegments(parsed.segments);
+            assertPrefixFitsAccess(
+                parsed.ownerUuid,
+                parsed.appUid,
+                parsed.segments.join(':'),
+                parsed.level,
+            );
+            // An app shares regions of its own namespace only.
+            appUid ??= (await this.stores.app.resolveApp(appIdentifier))?.uid;
+            if (parsed.appUid !== appUid) throw refuse(entry);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gate a cross-app data grant: the target must exist, must not have opted
      * out of sharing, and must be named. Also creates the target's AppData
@@ -3175,6 +3249,7 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         }
         // 400 on a bad value, before anything else runs. Absent means create.
         const create = parseCreateFlag(req.body?.create);
+        await this.#assertAppGrantable(req.actor!, app_uid, list);
 
         // Validate every entry before writing or creating anything, so a bad
         // one in the list cannot leave a partially-granted set behind: the
@@ -3187,10 +3262,6 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             kind: FsCreateKind;
         }> = [];
         for (const entry of list) {
-            // A delegation over a whole key-value namespace has no bounded
-            // description, so it is refused where it is asked for rather than
-            // prompted for and then refused at use.
-            assertBoundedManageGrant(entry);
             await this.#prepareAppDataGrant(req.actor!, entry);
             const plan = await this.#planFsPathCreate(
                 req.actor!,
@@ -3265,6 +3336,14 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
                 { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
             );
         }
+        // Only unsharing retires the handle along with its grant; withdrawing
+        // the grant alone would leave the share listed and dead.
+        if (typeof permission === 'string' && isKvSharePermission(permission))
+            throw new HttpError(
+                400,
+                'Stop a key-value share with `puter.kv.unshare()` (`DELETE /kv/shares/:handle`)',
+                { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
+            );
         await this.services.permission.revokeUserUserPermission(
             req.actor!,
             target_username,
@@ -3288,7 +3367,8 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
     })
     async handleRevokeUserApp(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
         let { app_uid } = req.body ?? {};
-        const { origin, permission, permissions, meta } = req.body ?? {};
+        const { origin, permission, permissions, meta, deleteData } =
+            req.body ?? {};
         this.#validateAppPermissionParams({
             app_uid,
             origin,
@@ -3304,20 +3384,25 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
                 legacyCode: 'bad_request',
             });
         }
+        if (deleteData !== undefined && typeof deleteData !== 'boolean') {
+            throw new HttpError(400, '`deleteData` must be a boolean', {
+                legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+            });
+        }
+        if (deleteData && permission !== '*') {
+            throw new HttpError(
+                400,
+                '`deleteData` only applies when `permission` is "*"',
+                { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
+            );
+        }
         // Deliberately not gated by the target's sharing flag: a user must
         // always be able to withdraw a grant, whatever the target now says.
         if (permission === '*') {
-            await this.services.permission.revokeUserAppAll(
-                req.actor!,
-                app_uid,
-                meta ?? undefined,
-            );
-            // Withdrawing everything also retires the workers the app deployed
-            // under this user; their tokens would otherwise act as the app.
-            await this.services.auth.deleteWorkerSessionsForApp(
-                req.actor!.user!.id as number,
-                app_uid,
-            );
+            await this.services.auth.uninstallApp(req.actor!, app_uid, {
+                deleteData: deleteData === true,
+                meta: meta ?? undefined,
+            });
         } else {
             for (const entry of list) {
                 await this.services.permission.revokeUserAppPermission(
@@ -3397,11 +3482,28 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         const unique = [...new Set(permissions)] as string[];
         const result: Record<string, boolean> = {};
 
-        // `fs:` reaches down a tree, and only ACL walks that.
+        // A share grant names its owner and prefix, which its holder is never
+        // told, so asking about one would confirm a guess. `manage:` arms are
+        // the app's own consent and stay answerable.
+        const answerable: string[] = [];
+        for (const permission of unique) {
+            if (
+                typeof permission === 'string' &&
+                isKvSharePermission(permission)
+            )
+                result[permission] = false;
+            else answerable.push(permission);
+        }
+
+        // `fs:` reaches down a tree, and only ACL walks that. An app asking
+        // about itself gets the same answer, so a grant on a parent folder
+        // doesn't read as missing and prompt again.
         const viaAcl = new Set(
-            app_uid ? unique.filter((p) => aclAnswerableFsPermission(p)) : [],
+            app_uid || isAppActor(actor)
+                ? answerable.filter((p) => aclAnswerableFsPermission(p))
+                : [],
         );
-        const viaScan = unique.filter((p) => !viaAcl.has(p));
+        const viaScan = answerable.filter((p) => !viaAcl.has(p));
 
         let granted: Map<string, boolean>;
         try {
@@ -3748,8 +3850,9 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
 
         let app = await this.stores.app.getByUid(app_uid);
         if (!app && resolvedFromOrigin) {
-            // Hosted-subdomain origins get the site owner stamped as the
-            // app's creator at bootstrap; external origins stay unowned.
+            // Hosted-subdomain and custom-domain origins get the site owner
+            // stamped as the app's creator at bootstrap; external origins
+            // stay unowned.
             // Canonical origin only, so alternate hosts share one row.
             const canonicalOrigin =
                 this.services.auth.canonicalizeOrigin(origin);
@@ -3765,9 +3868,10 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             // An origin's uid is a deterministic uuidv5, so a deleted app
             // reappears here under the identical uid. Withdraw any cross-app
             // data grants left pointing at it before this new row can inherit
-            // consent the user gave its predecessor. Only *this* path can reuse
-            // a uid: `AppStore.create` mints a random uuid4, which no deleted
-            // app can ever hold again.
+            // consent the user gave its predecessor. Only `createFromOrigin`
+            // reuses a uid, here or wherever else an origin app is bootstrapped:
+            // `AppStore.create` mints a random uuid4, which no deleted app can
+            // ever hold again.
             //
             // Called directly rather than through `app.changed`: the token is
             // issued below, so this has to be able to stop that, and
@@ -3778,6 +3882,9 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
                 app_uid,
                 'uid reused by a new app',
             );
+            // Key-value shares the predecessor left read as gone already,
+            // being older than this row; this only cleans them up.
+            this.services.kvShare.retireSharesOlderThanApp(app);
         }
         if (!app) {
             throw new HttpError(404, `App ${app_uid} does not exist`, {
@@ -4213,7 +4320,27 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             );
         }
 
-        this.#requireAccountTwoFactor(user, req.body?.code);
+        const code = req.body?.code;
+        if (
+            user.otp_enabled &&
+            typeof code === 'string' &&
+            /^[A-Z0-9]{8}$/.test(code)
+        ) {
+            await this.#assertSecondFactorAttemptsRemain(user.uuid);
+            const consumed = await this.stores.user.consumeOtpRecoveryCode(
+                user.id,
+                hashRecoveryCode(code),
+            );
+            if (!consumed) {
+                await this.#recordSecondFactorFailure(user.uuid);
+                throw new HttpError(401, 'Incorrect code.', {
+                    legacyCode: 'code_mismatch',
+                    fields: { factor: 'otp' },
+                });
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.#requireAccountTwoFactor(user, code);
+        }
 
         await this.stores.user.update(user.id, {
             otp_enabled: false,
@@ -4423,11 +4550,14 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         }
 
         const token = signStepUpToken(this.services.token, user as never);
-        res.cookie(
-            STEP_UP_COOKIE_NAME,
-            token,
-            stepUpCookieOptions(this.config),
-        );
+        const isApiHost = req.subdomains?.at(-1) === 'api';
+        if (!isApiHost) {
+            res.cookie(
+                STEP_UP_COOKIE_NAME,
+                token,
+                stepUpCookieOptions(this.config),
+            );
+        }
 
         // A browser reads its elevation back from the httpOnly cookie and never
         // needs the raw value; handing it to page JS would put the second factor
@@ -4436,7 +4566,9 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         // password/TOTP — this only avoids needless exposure, it isn't a gate.
         const cookieName = this.config.cookie_name ?? 'puter_token';
         const usedSessionCookie =
-            !!req.token && req.token === req.cookies?.[cookieName];
+            !isApiHost &&
+            !!req.token &&
+            req.token === req.cookies?.[cookieName];
         res.json(
             usedSessionCookie ? { elevated: true } : { elevated: true, token },
         );
@@ -4549,13 +4681,19 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
         await checkRateLimit(`${scope}:${userUid}`, limit, window);
     }
 
-    /** An `otp-login` JWT completes one sign-in; a second redemption is refused. */
+    /**
+     * An `otp-login` JWT completes one sign-in; a second redemption is refused.
+     * Fails closed: while the store can't say whether the token was used, the
+     * sign-in is refused rather than letting a captured token replay.
+     */
     async #consumeOtpLoginToken(token: string): Promise<void> {
         const digest = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(token).digest('hex');
         const firstUse = await checkRateLimit(
             `login-otp-token-used:${digest}`,
             1,
             OTP_LOGIN_TOKEN_USED_WINDOW_MS,
+            undefined,
+            { failOpen: false },
         );
         if (!firstUse) {
             throw new HttpError(400, 'Invalid token.', {

src/backend/controllers/auth/recoveryDisable2fa.http.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { hashRecoveryCode } from '../../services/auth/OTPUtil.js';
+import {
+    createTestUser,
+    setupPuterTestEnv,
+    type PuterTestEnv,
+} from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+describe('2FA after signing in with a recovery code', () => {
+    let env: PuterTestEnv;
+    const password = 'lost-authenticator-password';
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+    }, 120_000);
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await env?.shutdown();
+    });
+
+    const post = (
+        path: string,
+        body: Record<string, unknown>,
+        cookie?: string,
+    ) =>
+        fetch(new URL(path, env.origin), {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'content-type': 'application/json',
+                ...(cookie ? { cookie } : {}),
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        });
+
+    it('allows an unused recovery code to disable 2FA after password revalidation', async () => {
+        const username = `lost2fa_${uuidv4().slice(0, 8)}`;
+        await createTestUser(env.server, { username, password });
+        const user = (await env.server.stores.user.getByUsername(username))!;
+        await env.server.stores.user.update(user.id, {
+            email: `${username}@example.com`,
+            email_confirmed: true,
+            otp_enabled: true,
+            otp_secret: 'TESTSECRETBASE32',
+            otp_recovery_codes: ['RECOVER1', 'RECOVER2', 'RECOVER3']
+                .map(hashRecoveryCode)
+                .join(','),
+        });
+
+        // Sign in with a recovery code: works, and yields a web session.
+        const login = await post('/login', { username, password });
+        expect(login.status).toBe(202);
+        const { otp_jwt_token } = await login.json();
+        const recovered = await post('/login/recovery-code', {
+            token: otp_jwt_token,
+            code: 'RECOVER1',
+        });
+        expect((await recovered.json()).next_step).toBe('complete');
+        const cookie = recovered.headers
+            .getSetCookie()
+            .find((value) => value.startsWith('puter_auth_token='))!
+            .split(';')[0]!;
+
+        const reused = await post(
+            '/user-protected/disable-2fa',
+            { password, code: 'RECOVER1' },
+            cookie,
+        );
+        expect(reused.status).toBe(401);
+        expect(
+            (await env.server.stores.user.getById(user.id, { force: true }))!
+                .otp_enabled,
+        ).toBeTruthy();
+
+        const disable = await post(
+            '/user-protected/disable-2fa',
+            { password, code: 'RECOVER2' },
+            cookie,
+        );
+        expect(disable.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(await disable.json()).toMatchObject({ success: true });
+
+        const after = await env.server.stores.user.getById(user.id, {
+            force: true,
+        });
+        expect(after!.otp_enabled).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(after!.otp_secret).toBeNull();
+        expect(after!.otp_recovery_codes).toBeNull();
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/broadcast/BroadcastController.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { Controller, Post } from '../../core/http/decorators.js';
+import { schedulesUnavailable } from '../../core/schedules.js';
 import type { BroadcastService } from '../../services/broadcast/BroadcastService.js';
 import type { ForwardBatch } from '../../services/events/forwardQueue.js';
 import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
@@ -108,6 +109,42 @@ export class BroadcastController extends PuterController {
         );
         res.status(200).json({ ok: true, ...reply });
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Schedule changes a region made for schedules this one owns, handed to
+     * `services.schedules`; `events_disabled` on a server without it.
+     */
+    @Post('/events/schedules', { subdomain: '*' })
+    async schedules(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const broadcast = this.services.broadcast as unknown as
+            BroadcastService | undefined;
+        if (!broadcast) {
+            res.status(503).json({
+                error: { message: 'Broadcast service not registered' },
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const verified = await broadcast.verifySignedRequest(
+            req.rawBody,
+            broadcastHeaders(req),
+        );
+        if (!verified.ok) {
+            res.status(verified.status ?? 400).json({
+                error: { message: verified.message ?? 'Bad request' },
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+        if (verified.info?.ignored) {
+            res.status(200).json({ ok: true, ...verified.info });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const schedules = this.services.schedules;
+        if (!schedules) throw schedulesUnavailable();
+        const reply = await schedules.receivePeerChanges(req.body);
+        res.status(200).json({ ok: true, ...reply });
+    }
 }
 
 const broadcastHeaders = (req: Request) => {

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

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import type { Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { runWithContext } from '../../core/context.js';
+import { Context, runWithContext } from '../../core/context.js';
 import { isHttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
 import { configureRateLimit } from '../../core/http/middleware/rateLimit.js';
 import { DriverController } from './DriverController.js';
@@ -278,6 +278,86 @@ describe('DriverController — concurrent acquire/release', () => {
         expect(res2.body).toMatchObject({ success: true, result: 'pong' });
     });
 
+    // A driver that keeps working after the caller hangs up (async video
+    // polling) must keep counting against the cap until it settles.
+    it('holds the slot while the driver still works after a disconnect', async () => {
+        let finish = () => {};
+        const driver = {
+            ...makeSyntheticDriver(),
+            ping: () =>
+                new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+                    finish = () => resolve('pong');
+                }),
+        };
+        const handler = captureCallHandler(buildController(driver));
+        const req = () =>
+            makeReq({ interface: 'test-iface', method: 'ping' }, 'working');
+
+        const res1 = new StubRes();
+        const first = callInScope(handler, req(), res1 as unknown as Response);
+        await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+        res1.emit('close');
+        await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+        await expect(
+            callInScope(handler, req(), new StubRes() as unknown as Response),
+        ).rejects.toSatisfy(
+            (e) =>
+                isHttpError(e) &&
+                (e as { statusCode: number }).statusCode === 429,
+        );
+
+        finish();
+        await first;
+        await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+        const res2 = new StubRes();
+        const second = callInScope(handler, req(), res2 as unknown as Response);
+        await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+        finish();
+        await second;
+        res2.emit('finish');
+        expect(res2.body).toMatchObject({ success: true, result: 'pong' });
+    });
+
+    it('holds the slot for work a driver keeps past its response', async () => {
+        let settleWork = () => {};
+        const driver = {
+            ...makeSyntheticDriver(),
+            ping: async () => {
+                Context.get('keepDriverSlot')?.(
+                    new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+                        settleWork = resolve;
+                    }),
+                );
+                return 'pong';
+            },
+        };
+        const handler = captureCallHandler(buildController(driver));
+        const req = () =>
+            makeReq({ interface: 'test-iface', method: 'ping' }, 'kept');
+
+        const res1 = new StubRes();
+        await callInScope(handler, req(), res1 as unknown as Response);
+        res1.emit('finish');
+        await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+        await expect(
+            callInScope(handler, req(), new StubRes() as unknown as Response),
+        ).rejects.toSatisfy(
+            (e) =>
+                isHttpError(e) &&
+                (e as { statusCode: number }).statusCode === 429,
+        );
+
+        settleWork();
+        await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+        const res2 = new StubRes();
+        await callInScope(handler, req(), res2 as unknown as Response);
+        res2.emit('finish');
+        settleWork();
+        expect(res2.body).toMatchObject({ success: true, result: 'pong' });
+    });
+
     it('does not attach release listeners when the driver declares no concurrent config', async () => {
         // With no spec there is nothing to release, so the gate must not
         // wire `finish`/`close` release listeners. The client-disconnect

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

@@ -736,6 +736,42 @@ describe('DriverController driver-method lifecycle events', () => {
             rejectReason: 'blocked in test',
         });
     });
+
+    it('answers 429 when a before listener vetoes with rejectStatus 429', async () => {
+        const actor = await makeUserActor();
+        await grantKvPerm(actor);
+        const key = `throttle-${uuidv4()}`;
+        server.clients.event.on(
+            'driver.puter-kvstore.set.before',
+            (_k, data) => {
+                if ((data.args as { key?: string })?.key === key) {
+                    data.allow = false;
+                    data.rejectStatus = 429;
+                }
+            },
+        );
+
+        const req = makeReq(
+            {
+                interface: 'puter-kvstore',
+                method: 'set',
+                args: { key, value: 'v' },
+            },
+            actor,
+        );
+        await expect(
+            runWithContext({ actor }, () =>
+                routes['POST /call'](
+                    req,
+                    makeRes() as unknown as Response,
+                    () => {},
+                ),
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            statusCode: 429,
+            legacyCode: 'too_many_requests',
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 describe('DriverController.#handleListInterfaces', () => {

src/backend/controllers/drivers/DriverController.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
     checkDriverRateLimit,
 } from '../../core/http/middleware/rateLimit.js';
 import type { PuterRouter } from '../../core/http/PuterRouter.js';
+import type { LifecycleRejectStatus } from '../../clients/event/types.js';
 import type { DriverMeta } from '../../drivers/meta.js';
 import {
     isCreditExhaustion,
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import { PermissionUtil } from '../../services/permission/permissionUtil.js';
 import type { WithLifecycle } from '../../types';
 import { withSpan } from '../../util/span.js';
 import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
+import { CallSlot } from './callSlot.js';
 
 type DriverInstance = WithLifecycle & Record<string, unknown>;
 
@@ -259,6 +261,17 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
     // -- Handlers ----------------------------------------------------
 
     #handleCall = async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
+        const slot = new CallSlot();
+        const call = this.#call(req, res, slot);
+        slot.keep(call);
+        await call;
+    };
+
+    #call = async (
+        req: Request,
+        res: Response,
+        slot: CallSlot,
+    ): Promise<void> => {
         const {
             interface: ifaceName,
             method,
@@ -322,7 +335,8 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
 
         if (req.actor) {
             const permService = this.services.permission as unknown as
-                PermissionService | undefined;
+                | PermissionService
+                | undefined;
             if (permService) {
                 // Build via PermissionUtil.join so any `:` in a driver or
                 // interface name is escaped — raw interpolation would let a
@@ -395,10 +409,9 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
 
         // Per-method rate-limit and concurrent specs both live on the
         // driver's resolved meta. Rate-limit is single-shot; concurrent
-        // acquires a slot that must be released when the response is done
-        // — we hook `res.finish` / `res.close` for that so streamed
-        // responses hold their slot until the stream drains, and aborted
-        // requests still give the slot back.
+        // acquires a slot held until the response is done and the call's
+        // work has settled, so streamed responses hold it until the stream
+        // drains and work that continues after a disconnect still counts.
         const rateLimitSpec = resolvePerMethod(driverMeta?.rateLimit, method);
         if (
             !(await checkDriverRateLimit(req, ifaceName, method, rateLimitSpec))
@@ -430,18 +443,8 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
                     legacyCode: 'too_many_requests',
                 });
             }
-            let released = false;
-            const release = () => {
-                if (released) return;
-                released = true;
-                void handle.release();
-            };
-            // If the handler throws before responding, the express error
-            // handler will eventually send a response — `finish` fires then,
-            // so we still release. `close` covers client aborts.
-            res.once('finish', release);
-            res.once('close', release);
-            if (res.destroyed || res.writableFinished) release();
+            slot.attach(handle, res);
+            Context.set('keepDriverSlot', (work) => slot.keep(work));
         }
 
         // Stash the requested driver name in Context so multi-provider
@@ -474,6 +477,7 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
             args,
             allow: true as boolean,
             rejectReason: undefined as string | undefined,
+            rejectStatus: undefined as LifecycleRejectStatus | undefined,
         };
         await this.clients.event?.emitAndWait(
             `driver.${ifaceName}.${method}.before`,
@@ -495,11 +499,12 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
                 },
                 {},
             );
+            const throttled = beforeEvent.rejectStatus === 429;
             throw new HttpError(
-                403,
+                throttled ? 429 : 403,
                 beforeEvent.rejectReason ??
                     `Blocked by policy: ${ifaceName}:${method}`,
-                { legacyCode: 'forbidden' },
+                { legacyCode: throttled ? 'too_many_requests' : 'forbidden' },
             );
         }
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * 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 { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import type { Response } from 'express';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { CallSlot } from './callSlot.js';
+
+const handle = () => ({
+    release: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
+    renew: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
+});
+
+const deferred = () => {
+    let resolve = () => {};
+    const promise = new Promise<void>((r) => {
+        resolve = r;
+    });
+    return { promise, resolve };
+};
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+});
+
+describe('CallSlot', () => {
+    it('renews a slot held by a long call and stops once it is released', async () => {
+        vi.useFakeTimers();
+        const slot = new CallSlot();
+        const slotHandle = handle();
+        const res = new EventEmitter();
+        const call = deferred();
+        slot.keep(call.promise);
+        slot.attach(slotHandle, res as unknown as Response);
+
+        res.emit('close');
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(25 * 60 * 1000);
+        expect(slotHandle.renew).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(slotHandle.release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        call.resolve();
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+        expect(slotHandle.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(25 * 60 * 1000);
+        expect(slotHandle.renew).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it('releases once the response is done if no work is outstanding', async () => {
+        const slot = new CallSlot();
+        const slotHandle = handle();
+        const res = new EventEmitter();
+        slot.attach(slotHandle, res as unknown as Response);
+        res.emit('finish');
+        expect(slotHandle.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(slotHandle.renew).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/drivers/callSlot.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * 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 { Response } from 'express';
+
+// Under the concurrency store's one-hour orphan TTL.
+const SLOT_RENEW_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000;
+
+interface SlotHandle {
+    release(): Promise<void>;
+    renew?(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A driver call's concurrency slot, held until the response is done and the
+ * call's work has settled, including work a driver carries on after the caller
+ * hung up or was answered.
+ */
+export class CallSlot {
+    #handle?: SlotHandle;
+    #work = new Set<Promise<unknown>>();
+    #responded = false;
+    #released = false;
+    #renew?: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+    attach(handle: SlotHandle, res: Response): void {
+        this.#handle = handle;
+        const responded = () => {
+            this.#responded = true;
+            this.#maybeRelease();
+        };
+        res.once('finish', responded);
+        res.once('close', responded);
+        if (res.destroyed || res.writableFinished) responded();
+        if (!this.#released && this.#work.size > 0) this.#startRenewing();
+    }
+
+    keep(work: Promise<unknown>): void {
+        if (this.#released) return;
+        this.#work.add(work);
+        if (this.#handle) this.#startRenewing();
+        const settled = () => {
+            this.#work.delete(work);
+            this.#maybeRelease();
+        };
+        work.then(settled, settled);
+    }
+
+    #startRenewing(): void {
+        if (this.#renew) return;
+        this.#renew = setInterval(() => {
+            void this.#handle?.renew?.();
+        }, SLOT_RENEW_MS);
+        this.#renew.unref?.();
+    }
+
+    #maybeRelease(): void {
+        if (this.#released || !this.#handle) return;
+        if (!this.#responded || this.#work.size > 0) return;
+        this.#released = true;
+        clearInterval(this.#renew);
+        void this.#handle.release();
+    }
+}

src/backend/controllers/events/EventsController.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ import { bodyRecord } from '../../core/http/requestBody.js';
 import { DURABLE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP } from '../../stores/events/DurableSubscriptionStore.js';
 import { EVENTS_WORKERS_LIST_LIMIT_CAP } from '../../stores/events/EventHandlerStore.js';
 import { KV_HANDLE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP } from '../../stores/events/KvShareHandleStore.js';
+import {
+    SCHEDULE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP,
+    schedulesUnavailable,
+    type ScheduleServiceContract,
+} from '../../core/schedules.js';
 import { normalizeLimit } from '../../util/pagination.js';
 import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
 import { EVENTS_WORKER_PREFIX } from '../../services/events/workerRuntime.js';
@@ -59,6 +64,8 @@ const EVENTS_SCRIPT_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${EVENTS_WORKER_PREFIX}[a-f0-9]{32}$`);
 
 /** Matches the edge dispatcher's own validation of the app uid it forwards. */
 const APP_UID_REGEX = /^app-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$/;
+/** A user uuid. */
+const HOLDER_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,64}$/;
 
 @Controller('/events')
 export class EventsController extends PuterController {
@@ -104,12 +111,31 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * POST /events/subscriptions/update — replace one subscription's `context`
+     * in place. An id the caller does not hold reads as absent.
+     */
+    @Post('/subscriptions/update', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+    })
+    async update(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        const { sub } = await this.services.events.updateDurable(
+            actor,
+            bodyRecord(req),
+        );
+        res.json(sub);
+    }
+
     /**
      * GET /events/fetch — what the caller missed, one page at a time.
      *
      * Stateless: no subscription, no stored position, nothing written. The
      * cursor comes back to the caller and goes out again as `cursor` (or
-     * `after`, the name it first shipped under).
+     * `after`, the name it first shipped under). `from=end` with no cursor
+     * starts at the newest row instead of the oldest.
      */
     @Get('/fetch', {
         subdomain: 'api',
@@ -120,9 +146,16 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
     async fetch(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
         const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
         const query = (req.query ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+        const from = query.from as 'start' | 'end' | undefined;
+        if (from !== undefined && from !== 'start' && from !== 'end') {
+            throw new HttpError(400, '`from` must be `start` or `end`', {
+                legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+            });
+        }
 
         const page = await this.services.events.fetchMissed(actor, {
             subject: typeof query.subject === 'string' ? query.subject : '',
+            from,
             cursor: typeof query.cursor === 'string' ? query.cursor : undefined,
             after: typeof query.after === 'string' ? query.after : undefined,
             limit: normalizeLimit(query.limit, {
@@ -151,11 +184,105 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
         res.json({});
     }
 
+    // -- Schedules ---------------------------------------------------
+    //
+    // An app's handler run on a timer, served by `services.schedules` when a
+    // server has it and answered `events_disabled` when it doesn't. Creating
+    // one needs an app context; listing, reading and removing are scoped the
+    // way the durable verbs are. The create and remove verbs spend the
+    // subscribe and unsubscribe budgets in the service, shared with those
+    // verbs.
+
+    #schedules(): ScheduleServiceContract {
+        const schedules = this.services.schedules;
+        if (!schedules) throw schedulesUnavailable();
+        return schedules;
+    }
+
+    /** POST /events/schedules — create a schedule for the calling app. */
+    @Post('/schedules', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+    })
+    async createSchedule(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        res.json(await this.#schedules().createFor(actor, bodyRecord(req)));
+    }
+
+    /** GET /events/schedules — the caller's schedules, one page at a time. */
+    @Get('/schedules', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+        rateLimit: EVENTS_LIST_LIMIT,
+    })
+    async listSchedules(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        const query = (req.query ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+        const page = await this.#schedules().list(actor, {
+            limit: normalizeLimit(query.limit, {
+                cap: SCHEDULE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP,
+            }),
+            cursor: typeof query.cursor === 'string' ? query.cursor : undefined,
+            includeTotal: query.includeTotal === 'true',
+        });
+
+        res.json({
+            items: page.items,
+            ...(page.cursor ? { cursor: page.cursor } : {}),
+            ...(page.total !== undefined ? { total: page.total } : {}),
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Post('/schedules/update', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+    })
+    async updateSchedule(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        const { scheduleId, changes } = bodyRecord(req);
+        res.json(await this.#schedules().update(actor, scheduleId, changes));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * POST /events/schedules/remove — end one schedule. An id the caller does
+     * not hold reads as absent.
+     */
+    @Post('/schedules/remove', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+    })
+    async removeSchedule(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        await this.#schedules().remove(actor, bodyRecord(req).scheduleId);
+        res.json({});
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * GET /events/schedules/:scheduleId — one schedule, ended or not. An id the
+     * caller does not hold reads as absent.
+     */
+    @Get('/schedules/:scheduleId', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+        rateLimit: EVENTS_LIST_LIMIT,
+    })
+    async getSchedule(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        res.json(await this.#schedules().get(actor, req.params.scheduleId));
+    }
+
     // -- Cross-user key-value handles --------------------------------
 
     /**
-     * POST /events/kv-handles — hand another user a watchable region of this
-     * account's key-value data.
+     * POST /events/kv-handles — hand another user a region of this account's
+     * key-value data, `watch` unless the body asks for more. The older name for
+     * `POST /kv/shares`, keeping its own body and response shapes.
      *
      * An account session, or an app session holding a `manage:` delegation on
      * the region — the service tells those apart and gates each rather than the
@@ -167,12 +294,32 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
         subdomain: 'api',
         requireAuth: true,
         allowAccessToken: true,
+        requireVerified: true,
     })
     async mintKvHandle(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
         const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
-        res.json(
-            await this.services.events.mintKvHandle(actor, bodyRecord(req)),
+        const body = bodyRecord(req);
+        const share = await this.services.kvShare.mintKvHandle(
+            actor,
+            {
+                prefix: body.prefix,
+                recipient: {
+                    username:
+                        typeof body.granteeUsername === 'string'
+                            ? body.granteeUsername
+                            : undefined,
+                    uid:
+                        typeof body.granteeUid === 'string'
+                            ? body.granteeUid
+                            : undefined,
+                },
+                access: body.access,
+                appUid: body.appUid,
+            },
+            // Callers of this route mint again to get the same handle back.
+            { defaultAccess: 'watch', keepLevelUnlessNamed: true },
         );
+        res.json({ handle: share.handle, prefix: share.prefix });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -189,7 +336,7 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
         const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
         const query = (req.query ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
 
-        const page = await this.services.events.listKvHandles(actor, {
+        const page = await this.services.kvShare.listKvHandles(actor, {
             limit: normalizeLimit(query.limit, {
                 cap: KV_HANDLE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP,
             }),
@@ -198,7 +345,10 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
         });
 
         res.json({
-            items: page.items,
+            items: page.items.map(({ holderUsername, ...row }) => ({
+                ...row,
+                granteeUsername: holderUsername,
+            })),
             ...(page.cursor ? { cursor: page.cursor } : {}),
             ...(page.total !== undefined ? { total: page.total } : {}),
         });
@@ -217,7 +367,10 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
     async revokeKvHandle(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
         const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
         res.json(
-            await this.services.events.revokeKvHandle(actor, req.params.handle),
+            await this.services.kvShare.revokeKvHandle(
+                actor,
+                req.params.handle,
+            ),
         );
     }
 
@@ -270,6 +423,7 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
             handlers: await this.services.events.listHandlers(actor, {
                 appUid:
                     typeof query.appUid === 'string' ? query.appUid : undefined,
+                scope: query.scope,
             }),
         });
     }
@@ -368,6 +522,15 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
             throw new HttpError(400, 'Missing or invalid `script`/`appUid`', {
                 legacyCode: 'bad_request',
             });
+        // Absent or empty is the app's own scope.
+        const holder = body.holder === undefined ? '' : body.holder;
+        if (
+            typeof holder !== 'string' ||
+            !(holder === '' || HOLDER_REGEX.test(holder))
+        )
+            throw new HttpError(400, 'Invalid `holder`', {
+                legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+            });
 
         const deployer = this.#eventsWorkerDeployer();
         if (!deployer.enabled) {
@@ -375,15 +538,25 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
             return;
         }
 
-        const outcome = await deployer.ensure(appUid, script);
+        const scope = await deployer.scopeFor(appUid, holder);
+        if (!scope) {
+            res.status(404).json({ deployed: false, reason: 'no-holder' });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const outcome = await deployer.ensure(scope, script);
         if (outcome === 'deployed') {
             res.json({ deployed: true });
             return;
         }
-        // `failed` and `throttled` are worth another attempt: the rest say
-        // this script is not what the app's handlers currently are.
+        // `failed`, `throttled` and `busy` are worth another attempt: the rest
+        // say this script is not what the app's handlers currently are.
         res.status(
-            outcome === 'failed' || outcome === 'throttled' ? 502 : 404,
+            outcome === 'failed' ||
+                outcome === 'throttled' ||
+                outcome === 'busy'
+                ? 502
+                : 404,
         ).json({
             deployed: false,
             reason: outcome,
@@ -404,14 +577,22 @@ export class EventsController extends PuterController {
     override onServerStart(): void {
         const deployer = this.#eventsWorkerDeployer();
         if (!deployer.enabled) return;
+        this.services.events.useEagerDeploy((scope, script) =>
+            deployer.deployEagerly(scope, script),
+        );
         if (this.config.workers?.localServer) {
             this.services.events.useWorkerTransport(
                 new LocalEventsInvokeTransport(this.services, deployer),
             );
             return;
         }
-        this.services.events.useWorkerMissHandler((appUid, script) =>
-            deployer.ensure(appUid, script),
+        this.services.events.useWorkerMissHandler(
+            async (appUid, script, options) => {
+                const scope = await deployer.scopeFor(appUid, options.holder);
+                return scope
+                    ? deployer.ensure(scope, script, options)
+                    : 'no-holder';
+            },
         );
     }
 

src/backend/controllers/events/limits.test.ts

@@ -34,23 +34,46 @@ import {
     EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_MAX,
     EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_APP,
     EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER,
+    EVENTS_HANDLER_PUBLISH_LIMIT,
+    EVENTS_HANDLER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES,
+    EVENTS_HANDLERS_PER_APP,
     EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP,
     EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER,
     EVENTS_KV_FILTER_EVALUATIONS_PER_EVENT,
     EVENTS_KV_MATCHED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_EVENT,
     EVENTS_SINGLE_DELIVERY_LIMIT,
+    EVENTS_USER_HANDLERS_PER_SCOPE,
+    EVENTS_USER_SCOPE_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES,
+    EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
+    EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
     EVENTS_WORKER_INVOCATION_LIMIT,
+    EVENTS_WORKER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES,
+    RENTED_UNITS_PER_USER,
     limitFor,
+    tiered,
     type TieredLimit,
 } from './limits.js';
 
 const tiers: Array<[string, TieredLimit]> = [
-    ['durable subscriptions per account', EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER],
+    [
+        'durable subscriptions per account',
+        EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER,
+    ],
     ['durable subscriptions per app', EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_APP],
     ['live share handles per account', EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER],
     ['live share handles per app', EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP],
 ];
 
+describe('tiered', () => {
+    it('gives paid plans the base, and the free and temporary tiers their own', () => {
+        const limit = tiered(30, 20, 10);
+        expect(limitFor(limit, null)).toBe(30);
+        expect(limitFor(limit, 'some_plan')).toBe(30);
+        expect(limitFor(limit, DEFAULT_FREE_SUBSCRIPTION)).toBe(20);
+        expect(limitFor(limit, DEFAULT_TEMP_SUBSCRIPTION)).toBe(10);
+    });
+});
+
 describe('the tiered subscription quotas', () => {
     it.each(tiers)('%s never lets a free tier exceed paid', (_name, tier) => {
         for (const n of Object.values(tier.bySubscription))
@@ -105,9 +128,9 @@ describe('the tiered subscription quotas', () => {
     });
 
     it('holds an unrecognised plan to the paid base', () => {
-        expect(limitFor(EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER, 'some_plan')).toBe(
-            EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER.limit,
-        );
+        expect(
+            limitFor(EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER, 'some_plan'),
+        ).toBe(EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER.limit);
         expect(limitFor(EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER, null)).toBe(
             EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_USER.limit,
         );
@@ -131,22 +154,22 @@ describe('the delivery budgets', () => {
             expect(
                 limitFor(EVENTS_KV_MATCHED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_EVENT, plan),
             ).toBe(matched);
-            expect(
-                limitFor(EVENTS_KV_FILTER_EVALUATIONS_PER_EVENT, plan),
-            ).toBe(evaluated);
+            expect(limitFor(EVENTS_KV_FILTER_EVALUATIONS_PER_EVENT, plan)).toBe(
+                evaluated,
+            );
             expect(evaluated).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(matched);
         }
     });
 
     it('pins the share-handle quotas by plan', () => {
-        expect(EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER.limit).toBe(512);
-        expect(EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP.limit).toBe(512);
+        expect(EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER.limit).toBe(25_000);
+        expect(EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP.limit).toBe(10_000);
         expect(
             limitFor(EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER, DEFAULT_FREE_SUBSCRIPTION),
-        ).toBe(200);
+        ).toBe(5_000);
         expect(
             limitFor(EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP, DEFAULT_FREE_SUBSCRIPTION),
-        ).toBe(128);
+        ).toBe(2_000);
     });
 
     it('keeps `single` well under broadcast — each one costs far more', () => {
@@ -169,3 +192,42 @@ describe('the delivery budgets', () => {
         }
     });
 });
+
+describe('the handler limits', () => {
+    it('pins the app-scope numbers the quotas page lists', () => {
+        expect(EVENTS_HANDLERS_PER_APP).toBe(100);
+        expect(EVENTS_HANDLER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES).toBe(64 * 1024);
+        expect(EVENTS_WORKER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES).toBe(5 * 1024 * 1024);
+        expect(EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR).toBe(30);
+        expect(EVENTS_HANDLER_PUBLISH_LIMIT.limit).toBe(60);
+        expect(EVENTS_HANDLER_PUBLISH_LIMIT.window).toBe(60_000);
+    });
+
+    it('pins the user-scope numbers the quotas page lists', () => {
+        expect(EVENTS_USER_HANDLERS_PER_SCOPE).toBe(20);
+        expect(EVENTS_USER_SCOPE_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES).toBe(1024 * 1024);
+        expect(EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR).toBe(10);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps a user scope tighter than an app scope', () => {
+        expect(EVENTS_USER_HANDLERS_PER_SCOPE).toBeLessThan(
+            EVENTS_HANDLERS_PER_APP,
+        );
+        expect(EVENTS_USER_SCOPE_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES).toBeLessThan(
+            EVENTS_WORKER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES,
+        );
+        expect(EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR).toBeLessThan(
+            EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('pins the rented-unit cap by plan', () => {
+        expect(RENTED_UNITS_PER_USER.limit).toBe(100);
+        expect(limitFor(RENTED_UNITS_PER_USER, DEFAULT_FREE_SUBSCRIPTION)).toBe(
+            16,
+        );
+        expect(limitFor(RENTED_UNITS_PER_USER, DEFAULT_TEMP_SUBSCRIPTION)).toBe(
+            16,
+        );
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/events/limits.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ export interface TieredLimit {
     bySubscription: Record<string, number>;
 }
 
-const tiered = (paid: number, free: number, temp: number): TieredLimit => ({
+/** Paid, free and temporary caps as a {@link TieredLimit}. Called by extensions. */
+export const tiered = (
+    paid: number,
+    free: number,
+    temp: number,
+): TieredLimit => ({
     limit: paid,
     bySubscription: {
         [DEFAULT_FREE_SUBSCRIPTION]: free,
@@ -93,6 +98,18 @@ export interface TieredQuota {
  */
 export const EVENTS_SESSION_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_SOCKET = 50;
 
+/**
+ * Live subscriptions one user may hold through a share handle someone else
+ * minted for them, across all of their connections.
+ *
+ * Those rows sit in the owner's keyspace, where each one costs a filter
+ * evaluation on the owner's writes. The count also takes in connections that
+ * dropped and haven't been reaped yet, so the cap sits far above what
+ * reconnects leave behind. The owner's own rows through the handle don't
+ * count.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_SESSION_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_KV_HANDLE = 1000;
+
 /**
  * Durable subscriptions one account may hold, across every app.
  *
@@ -125,6 +142,13 @@ export const EVENTS_DURABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS_MAX =
  */
 export const SUSPENDED_ROW_TTL_DAYS = 30;
 
+/**
+ * Subscriptions stopped by a revoked grant that one account keeps for `list`.
+ * They hold no quota slot, so past this the oldest are deleted when the account
+ * subscribes again, keeping its rows bounded.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_REVOKED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_KEPT = 500;
+
 /**
  * Subscribe calls per minute, per user.
  *
@@ -155,6 +179,13 @@ export const EVENTS_LIST_LIMIT = userWindow('events:list', 120);
  */
 export const EVENTS_ACK_LIMIT = userWindow('events:ack', 600);
 
+/**
+ * How long a connected client holds a queued delivery before the events worker
+ * may take it. A client that has no handler for it, or whose handler fails,
+ * declines it at once; this only bounds one that never answers.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_SOCKET_LEASE_MS = 15_000;
+
 /**
  * Share-handle mint + revoke calls per minute, per user.
  *
@@ -164,22 +195,67 @@ export const EVENTS_ACK_LIMIT = userWindow('events:ack', 600);
 export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLE_LIMIT = userWindow('events:kvHandles', 60);
 
 /**
- * Live share handles one account may hold out at a time, across every app.
- *
- * Each is a standing grant on part of the account's data, and revoking marks
- * rather than deletes, so without a ceiling the rate limit alone lets the rows
- * grow forever. A temporary account holds none: the grant outlives the session
- * that made it, and no account is left to take it back.
+ * `kv.share.received` notices per hour, per owner and holder. A share past it
+ * is still made, without a notice.
  */
-export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER = tiered(512, 200, 0);
+export const KV_SHARE_NOTICE_LIMIT = userWindow(
+    'kvShare:notices',
+    5,
+    60 * 60_000,
+);
 
 /**
- * Live share handles one app may hold out for one account.
+ * Live share handles one account may hold out at a time, across every app.
  *
- * Separately bounded from the account cap so one namespace cannot consume the
- * whole budget on free accounts.
+ * A backstop above the per-app cap: every count reads a covering index, so the
+ * bound is on standing grants, not query cost. A temporary account holds none:
+ * the grant outlives the session that made it, and no account is left to take
+ * it back.
  */
-export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP = tiered(512, 128, 0);
+export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_USER = tiered(25_000, 5_000, 0);
+
+/**
+ * Live share handles one app may hold out for one account, so one namespace
+ * cannot consume the whole account budget.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP = tiered(10_000, 2_000, 0);
+
+/**
+ * Live share handles one owner may hold out to one holder, on every plan.
+ * Bounds the rows a revoke or unshare walks to find the narrower handles inside
+ * one.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_HOLDER = 256;
+
+/**
+ * Recipients one account may share with, per minute and per hour. A call spends
+ * one per recipient that doesn't already hold the share, on top of the per-call
+ * mint budget.
+ */
+export const KV_SHARE_GRANT_LIMITS = [
+    userWindow('kvShare:grants:minute', 300),
+    userWindow('kvShare:grants:hour', 2_000, 60 * 60_000),
+] as const;
+
+/**
+ * Recipients one account may name in share calls per minute, existing shares
+ * included. Each one is looked up before the call knows whether it changes
+ * anything, so a client that shares again on every load is bounded here.
+ */
+export const KV_SHARE_LOOKUP_LIMIT = userWindow('kvShare:lookups', 1_200);
+
+/** Recipients one `POST /kv/shares` call may name. */
+export const KV_SHARE_BATCH_MAX = 50;
+
+/**
+ * Notifications one party of a share may send the other through share handles,
+ * per minute and per day, in one app. Keeps one share from spending the
+ * recipient's whole notification allowance.
+ */
+export const KV_SHARE_NOTIFY_LIMITS = [
+    userWindow('kvShare:notify:minute', 30),
+    userWindow('kvShare:notify:day', 500, 24 * 60 * 60_000),
+] as const;
 
 // -- Handler surface -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -193,6 +269,12 @@ export const EVENTS_KV_HANDLES_PER_APP = tiered(512, 128, 0);
  */
 export const EVENTS_HANDLERS_PER_APP = 100;
 
+/**
+ * Handlers one user may hold in their own scope of one app. Each is a script of
+ * its own, so the cap is tighter than the app's.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_USER_HANDLERS_PER_SCOPE = 20;
+
 /** Longest a serialized handler may be. */
 export const EVENTS_HANDLER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES = 64 * 1024;
 
@@ -204,6 +286,9 @@ export const EVENTS_HANDLER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES = 64 * 1024;
  */
 export const EVENTS_WORKER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+/** Source one user scope may hold, all its handlers combined. */
+export const EVENTS_USER_SCOPE_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
+
 /**
  * Deploys one app's events worker may trigger per hour.
  *
@@ -213,6 +298,16 @@ export const EVENTS_WORKER_SOURCE_MAX_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
  */
 export const EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR = 30;
 
+/** Deploys one user scope may trigger per hour. */
+export const EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR = 10;
+
+/**
+ * Units one user may rent at once: ordinary workers, user scopes, and the
+ * events workers of apps they own. Only creating a unit is refused; holdings
+ * over the cap are kept.
+ */
+export const RENTED_UNITS_PER_USER = tiered(100, 16, 16);
+
 /**
  * Handlers one `publishAll` may carry. A build step publishes its whole set in
  * one call, and the set is capped by what an app may hold anyway.
@@ -277,8 +372,11 @@ export const EVENTS_KV_MATCHED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_EVENT = tiered(512, 128, 128);
  */
 export const EVENTS_KV_FILTER_EVALUATIONS_PER_EVENT = tiered(2048, 512, 512);
 
-/** Omit all inline KV values when the matched audience exceeds this count. */
-export const EVENTS_KV_VALUE_OMIT_MATCHED_SUBSCRIPTIONS = 128;
+/**
+ * Deliveries of one key-value change that carry its value inline, in the order
+ * the fan-out serves them. Later ones carry the key alone.
+ */
+export const EVENTS_KV_VALUE_DELIVERIES_PER_EVENT = 128;
 
 /**
  * Largest inline KV value in serialized bytes. Larger values are omitted;
@@ -370,16 +468,20 @@ export const EVENTS_REGION_PENDING_CEILING = 1_000_000;
 // a handler that answers "no" is not. Retrying on a fixed cadence turns one
 // broken deploy into a permanent load on whatever is failing, so the wait
 // doubles per attempt up to a ceiling, and a run of failures stops the
-// subscription rather than retrying it forever.
+// subscription rather than retrying it forever. A run Puter could not start or
+// finish backs off the same way but is not the handler's failure, so it never
+// counts toward that run.
 
-/** Wait before the first retry of a delivery a handler could not take. */
-export const EVENTS_RETRY_BASE_MS = 2_000;
-
-/** Longest wait between retries, however many have failed. */
-export const EVENTS_RETRY_MAX_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+// Wait before the first retry of a delivery a handler could not take, the
+// longest wait, and the doubling between them. Shared with system jobs.
+export {
+    deliveryBackoffMs,
+    EVENTS_RETRY_BASE_MS,
+    EVENTS_RETRY_MAX_MS,
+} from '../../util/retryBackoff.js';
 
 /**
- * Failures in a row before a subscription is suspended. Counted per
+ * Handler failures in a row before a subscription is suspended. Counted per
  * subscription and reset by the first delivery a handler takes, so an
  * occasional failure never accumulates into one.
  */
@@ -392,13 +494,6 @@ export const EVENTS_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES = 5;
  */
 export const EVENTS_FAILURE_COUNTER_TTL_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
-/** How long to hold a delivery whose handler has failed `attempts` times. */
-export const deliveryBackoffMs = (attempts: number): number =>
-    Math.min(
-        EVENTS_RETRY_MAX_MS,
-        EVENTS_RETRY_BASE_MS * 2 ** Math.max(0, attempts - 1),
-    );
-
 // -- Suspended backlog -----------------------------------------------
 //
 // A suspended subscription stops metering but keeps what it is owed, and that

src/backend/controllers/events/scheduleRoutes.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+/*
+ * 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/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The schedule routes are thin delegates: without `services.schedules` every
+ * one answers 503 `events_disabled`; with it, each hands its request over and
+ * answers what it returns.
+ */
+
+import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import {
+    afterAll,
+    afterEach,
+    beforeAll,
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { makeActor, type Actor } from '../../core/actor.js';
+import { isHttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
+import type {
+    ScheduleServiceContract,
+    ScheduleView,
+} from '../../core/schedules.js';
+import type { PuterServer } from '../../server.js';
+import { setupTestServer } from '../../testUtil.js';
+import type { BroadcastController } from '../broadcast/BroadcastController.js';
+import type { EventsController } from './EventsController.js';
+
+let server: PuterServer;
+let events: EventsController;
+let broadcast: BroadcastController;
+let actor: Actor;
+let saved: unknown;
+
+const SCHEDULE_ID = '0b3a3c9e-9f61-4f0e-8d2a-2f1b6f8f2c11';
+
+const view = {
+    scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID,
+    kind: 'recurring',
+    appUid: 'app-x',
+} as ScheduleView;
+
+const slot = () => server.services as unknown as { schedules?: unknown };
+/** Put `schedules` in the slot, or leave the slot empty. */
+const setSchedules = (schedules: unknown): void => {
+    if (schedules === undefined) delete slot().schedules;
+    else slot().schedules = schedules;
+};
+
+const fakeSchedules = () =>
+    ({
+        onSubscriptionsChanged: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        createFor: vi.fn(async () => view),
+        list: vi.fn(async () => ({
+            items: [view],
+            cursor: 'next',
+            total: 3,
+        })),
+        get: vi.fn(async () => view),
+        update: vi.fn(async () => view),
+        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        receivePeerChanges: vi.fn(async () => ({ applied: 2 })),
+        prepareSendAt: vi.fn(),
+        createDeferredAppMessage: vi.fn(),
+    }) satisfies ScheduleServiceContract;
+
+const req = (init: {
+    body?: unknown;
+    query?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    params?: Record<string, string>;
+}): Request =>
+    ({
+        actor,
+        body: init.body ?? {},
+        query: init.query ?? {},
+        params: init.params ?? {},
+        headers: {},
+        rawBody: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(init.body ?? {})),
+    }) as unknown as Request;
+
+const res = () => {
+    const sent: { status: number; body: unknown } = {
+        status: 200,
+        body: undefined,
+    };
+    const response = {
+        json: vi.fn((body: unknown) => {
+            sent.body = body;
+            return response;
+        }),
+        status: vi.fn((code: number) => {
+            sent.status = code;
+            return response;
+        }),
+        setHeader: vi.fn(() => response),
+    };
+    return { response: response as unknown as Response, sent };
+};
+
+/** Each route, called as the router would. */
+const routes: Array<[string, (response: Response) => Promise<void>]> = [
+    [
+        'POST /events/schedules',
+        (r) => events.createSchedule(req({ body: { every: 60_000 } }), r),
+    ],
+    [
+        'GET /events/schedules',
+        (r) => events.listSchedules(req({ query: { limit: '5' } }), r),
+    ],
+    [
+        'GET /events/schedules/:scheduleId',
+        (r) =>
+            events.getSchedule(req({ params: { scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID } }), r),
+    ],
+    [
+        'POST /events/schedules/update',
+        (r) => events.updateSchedule(req({ body: { scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID, changes: { every: '2h' } } }), r),
+    ],
+    [
+        'POST /events/schedules/remove',
+        (r) =>
+            events.removeSchedule(
+                req({ body: { scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID } }),
+                r,
+            ),
+    ],
+    [
+        'POST /broadcast/events/schedules',
+        (r) =>
+            broadcast.schedules(
+                req({ body: { namespace: 'n', changes: [] } }),
+                r,
+            ),
+    ],
+];
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    server = await setupTestServer();
+    events = server.controllers.events as unknown as EventsController;
+    broadcast = server.controllers.broadcast as unknown as BroadcastController;
+    actor = makeActor({
+        user: { id: 1, uuid: 'u-1', username: 'someone' },
+    } as never);
+    saved = slot().schedules;
+    vi.spyOn(
+        server.services.broadcast,
+        'verifySignedRequest',
+    ).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, peerId: 'peer' } as never);
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    setSchedules(saved);
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    await server?.shutdown();
+});
+
+describe('without services.schedules', () => {
+    it.each(routes)('%s answers 503 events_disabled', async (_name, call) => {
+        setSchedules(undefined);
+        const { response } = res();
+        let thrown: unknown;
+        try {
+            await call(response);
+        } catch (err) {
+            thrown = err;
+        }
+        expect(isHttpError(thrown)).toBe(true);
+        expect(thrown).toMatchObject({
+            statusCode: 503,
+            legacyCode: 'events_disabled',
+            // The designed answer, so it never pages.
+            noAlarm: true,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('refuses an unsigned peer batch before saying schedules are off', async () => {
+        setSchedules(undefined);
+        vi.spyOn(
+            server.services.broadcast,
+            'verifySignedRequest',
+        ).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+            ok: false,
+            status: 401,
+            message: 'bad signature',
+        } as never);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        await broadcast.schedules(
+            req({ body: { namespace: 'n', changes: [] } }),
+            response,
+        );
+        expect(sent.status).toBe(401);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('with services.schedules', () => {
+    it('creates through createFor and answers its view', async () => {
+        const schedules = fakeSchedules();
+        setSchedules(schedules);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        await events.createSchedule(req({ body: { every: 60_000 } }), response);
+        expect(schedules.createFor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actor, {
+            every: 60_000,
+        });
+        expect(sent.body).toEqual(view);
+    });
+
+    it('lists with the limit capped, the cursor and includeTotal', async () => {
+        const schedules = fakeSchedules();
+        setSchedules(schedules);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        await events.listSchedules(
+            req({
+                query: { limit: '5000', cursor: 'c', includeTotal: 'true' },
+            }),
+            response,
+        );
+        expect(schedules.list).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actor, {
+            limit: 200,
+            cursor: 'c',
+            includeTotal: true,
+        });
+        expect(sent.body).toEqual({ items: [view], cursor: 'next', total: 3 });
+    });
+
+    it('reads one through get', async () => {
+        const schedules = fakeSchedules();
+        setSchedules(schedules);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        await events.getSchedule(
+            req({ params: { scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID } }),
+            response,
+        );
+        expect(schedules.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actor, SCHEDULE_ID);
+        expect(sent.body).toEqual(view);
+    });
+
+    it('updates through update and answers its view', async () => {
+        const schedules = fakeSchedules();
+        setSchedules(schedules);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        const changes = { every: '2h' };
+        await events.updateSchedule(req({ body: { scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID, changes } }), response);
+        expect(schedules.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actor, SCHEDULE_ID, changes);
+        expect(sent.body).toEqual(view);
+    });
+
+    it('removes through remove and answers {}', async () => {
+        const schedules = fakeSchedules();
+        setSchedules(schedules);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        await events.removeSchedule(
+            req({ body: { scheduleId: SCHEDULE_ID } }),
+            response,
+        );
+        expect(schedules.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actor, SCHEDULE_ID);
+        expect(sent.body).toEqual({});
+    });
+
+    it('hands a signed peer batch to receivePeerChanges', async () => {
+        const schedules = fakeSchedules();
+        setSchedules(schedules);
+        const { response, sent } = res();
+        const body = { namespace: 'n', changes: [] };
+        await broadcast.schedules(req({ body }), response);
+        expect(schedules.receivePeerChanges).toHaveBeenCalledWith(body);
+        expect(sent).toEqual({ status: 200, body: { ok: true, applied: 2 } });
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/events/updateSchedule.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { makeActor } from '../../core/actor.js';
+import type {
+    ScheduleServiceContract,
+    ScheduleView,
+} from '../../core/schedules.js';
+import { EventsController } from './EventsController.js';
+
+const actor = makeActor({
+    user: { id: 1, uuid: 'user-1', username: 'user1' } as never,
+});
+const request = (body: unknown) => ({ actor, body }) as Request;
+const controller = (schedules?: Pick<ScheduleServiceContract, 'update'>) =>
+    new EventsController(
+        {} as never,
+        {} as never,
+        {} as never,
+        { schedules } as never,
+        {} as never,
+    );
+
+describe('update schedule route contract', () => {
+    it('answers events_disabled when schedules are unavailable', async () => {
+        await expect(
+            controller().updateSchedule(
+                request({ scheduleId: 'id', changes: {} }),
+                {} as Response,
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            legacyCode: 'events_disabled',
+            statusCode: 503,
+            noAlarm: true,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('passes the actor, id and changes through and returns the updated view', async () => {
+        const view = {
+            scheduleId: 'id',
+            kind: 'recurring',
+            state: 'suspended',
+        } as ScheduleView;
+        const changes = { cron: '0 9 * * *', tz: 'UTC' };
+        const calls: unknown[][] = [];
+        const events = controller({
+            update: async (...args) => {
+                calls.push(args);
+                return view;
+            },
+        });
+        let sent: unknown;
+        await events.updateSchedule(request({ scheduleId: 'id', changes }), {
+            json: (value: unknown) => {
+                sent = value;
+            },
+        } as Response);
+        expect(calls).toEqual([[actor, 'id', changes]]);
+        expect(sent).toBe(view);
+    });
+
+    it('preserves validation and sending errors from the implementation', async () => {
+        const error = {
+            code: 'events_schedule_sending',
+            message: 'Already sending',
+        };
+        await expect(
+            controller({
+                update: async () => {
+                    throw error;
+                },
+            }).updateSchedule(
+                request({ scheduleId: 'id', changes: {} }),
+                {} as Response,
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toBe(error);
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/events/workerDeploy.test.ts

@@ -25,9 +25,35 @@
 
 import MockRedis from 'ioredis-mock';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR } from './limits.js';
-import { EventsWorkerDeployer } from './workerDeploy.js';
-import { eventsWorkerScript } from '../../services/events/workerRuntime.js';
+import type { fetch as undiciFetch } from 'undici';
+import {
+    DispatcherInvokeTransport,
+    EVENTS_DEPLOYED_HEADER,
+    EVENTS_DISPATCH_ERROR_HEADER,
+    EVENTS_HANDLED_HEADER,
+    EventsWorkerInvokerClient,
+    type EventsInvokeCall,
+} from '../../clients/events/EventsWorkerInvokerClient.js';
+import { INTERNAL_DEPLOY_TARGET } from '../../drivers/workers/WorkerDriver.js';
+import {
+    EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
+    EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
+} from './limits.js';
+import {
+    EventsWorkerDeployer,
+    LocalEventsInvokeTransport,
+    type EventsDeployOptions,
+    type EventsDeployOutcome,
+} from './workerDeploy.js';
+import {
+    eventsWorkerScript,
+    userHandlerScript,
+} from '../../services/events/workerRuntime.js';
+import {
+    appHandlerScope,
+    hashContent,
+    type HandlerScope,
+} from '../../stores/events/EventHandlerStore.js';
 import { handlerSetHash } from '../../services/events/workerSource.js';
 import type { IConfig } from '../../types.js';
 
@@ -46,12 +72,22 @@ interface Owner {
 type Layers = ConstructorParameters<typeof EventsWorkerDeployer>[0];
 
 /** Stub layers whose only real dependency is a fresh redis mock. */
-const makeLayers = (owners: Record<string, Owner | null>) => {
+const makeLayers = (
+    owners: Record<string, Owner | null>,
+    events: Record<string, unknown> = {},
+) => {
     const redis = new MockRedis.Cluster(['redis://localhost:7001']);
     const created: string[] = [];
+    const targets: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+    /** Apps whose handler sources were read, once per read. */
+    const sourceReads: string[] = [];
     const layers = {
         config: {
-            events: { workerRuntime: true, internalSecret: 'sekret' },
+            events: {
+                workerRuntime: true,
+                internalSecret: 'sekret',
+                ...events,
+            },
             // `#namespace()` needs a local-worker shape to resolve without
             // throwing — this stub never reaches a real Cloudflare or
             // Miniflare deploy either way.
@@ -60,16 +96,20 @@ const makeLayers = (owners: Record<string, Owner | null>) => {
         clients: { redis },
         stores: {
             eventHandler: {
-                allForApp: async (appUid: string) => [
-                    {
-                        appUid,
-                        name: 'h',
-                        source: 'async () => {}',
-                        sourceHash: SOURCE_HASH,
-                        createdAt: 0,
-                        updatedAt: 0,
-                    },
-                ],
+                setForApp: async () => [{ name: 'h', sourceHash: SOURCE_HASH }],
+                allForApp: async ({ appUid }: { appUid: string }) => {
+                    sourceReads.push(appUid);
+                    return [
+                        {
+                            appUid,
+                            name: 'h',
+                            source: 'async () => {}',
+                            sourceHash: SOURCE_HASH,
+                            createdAt: 0,
+                            updatedAt: 0,
+                        },
+                    ];
+                },
             },
             app: {
                 getByUid: async (appUid: string) => {
@@ -80,6 +120,18 @@ const makeLayers = (owners: Record<string, Owner | null>) => {
                 },
             },
             user: {
+                getByUuid: async (uuid: string) => {
+                    const owner = Object.values(owners).find(
+                        (o) => `uuid-${o?.ownerUserId}` === uuid,
+                    );
+                    if (!owner) return null;
+                    return {
+                        id: owner.ownerUserId,
+                        uuid,
+                        username: `user-${owner.ownerUserId}`,
+                        suspended: owner.suspended ?? false,
+                    };
+                },
                 getById: async (id: number) => {
                     const owner = Object.values(owners).find(
                         (o) => o?.ownerUserId === id,
@@ -97,14 +149,24 @@ const makeLayers = (owners: Record<string, Owner | null>) => {
         services: {},
         drivers: {
             workers: {
-                create: async (args: { workerName: string }) => {
+                create: async (args: {
+                    workerName: string;
+                    [INTERNAL_DEPLOY_TARGET]?: Record<string, unknown>;
+                }) => {
                     created.push(args.workerName);
+                    targets.push(args[INTERNAL_DEPLOY_TARGET] ?? {});
                     return { success: true, errors: [] };
                 },
             },
         },
     };
-    return { layers: layers as unknown as Layers, created, redis };
+    return {
+        layers: layers as unknown as Layers,
+        created,
+        targets,
+        redis,
+        sourceReads,
+    };
 };
 
 describe('EventsWorkerDeployer.ensure', () => {
@@ -120,15 +182,17 @@ describe('EventsWorkerDeployer.ensure', () => {
         const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
 
         const [a, b] = await Promise.all([
-            deployer.ensure('app-a', SCRIPT),
-            deployer.ensure('app-b', SCRIPT),
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-a'), SCRIPT),
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-b'), SCRIPT),
         ]);
         expect(a).toBe('deployed');
         expect(b).toBe('no-owner');
     });
 
-    it('refuses once the app has deployed past the hourly cap', async () => {
-        const { layers, redis } = makeLayers({ 'app-c': { ownerUserId: 3 } });
+    it('refuses once the app has deployed past the hourly cap, before reading or building any source', async () => {
+        const { layers, redis, sourceReads, created } = makeLayers({
+            'app-c': { ownerUserId: 3 },
+        });
         const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
         const hour = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13);
         await redis.set(
@@ -136,12 +200,697 @@ describe('EventsWorkerDeployer.ensure', () => {
             String(EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR),
         );
 
-        expect(await deployer.ensure('app-c', SCRIPT)).toBe('throttled');
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-c'), SCRIPT)).toBe(
+            'throttled',
+        );
+        expect(sourceReads).toEqual([]);
+        expect(created).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('answers a stale script without spending the hourly cap', async () => {
+        const { layers, redis, sourceReads } = makeLayers({
+            'app-e': { ownerUserId: 5 },
+        });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        const stale = eventsWorkerScript(
+            handlerSetHash([{ name: 'h', sourceHash: 'b'.repeat(64) }]),
+            '',
+        );
+
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-e'), stale)).toBe(
+            'stale',
+        );
+        expect(sourceReads).toEqual([]);
+        const hour = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13);
+        expect(await redis.get(`ev:deploys:{app-e}:${hour}`)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('passes events.workerCpuMs to the deploy target', async () => {
+        const { layers, targets } = makeLayers(
+            { 'app-f': { ownerUserId: 6 } },
+            { workerCpuMs: 50 },
+        );
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-f'), SCRIPT)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(targets[0]!.cpuMs).toBe(50);
+    });
+
+    it('passes no cpuMs when events.workerCpuMs is unset', async () => {
+        const { layers, targets } = makeLayers({ 'app-g': { ownerUserId: 7 } });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-g'), SCRIPT)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(targets[0]!.cpuMs).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
     it('deploys normally under the cap', async () => {
         const { layers } = makeLayers({ 'app-d': { ownerUserId: 4 } });
         const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
-        expect(await deployer.ensure('app-d', SCRIPT)).toBe('deployed');
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-d'), SCRIPT)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+    });
+});
+
+/** A server's schedules with a deploy gate that records and can refuse. */
+const withGate = (
+    layers: Layers,
+    refuse: (capped: boolean) => boolean = () => false,
+) => {
+    const gated: Array<{ script: string; capped: boolean }> = [];
+    const gate = {
+        gateDeploy: async (
+            script: string,
+            options: { capped: boolean },
+            deploy: () => Promise<EventsDeployOutcome>,
+        ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> => {
+            gated.push({ script, capped: options.capped });
+            return refuse(options.capped) ? 'busy' : deploy();
+        },
+    };
+    const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer({
+        ...layers,
+        services: { ...layers.services, schedules: gate },
+    } as unknown as Layers);
+    return { deployer, gated };
+};
+
+describe('the schedules` deploy gate', () => {
+    it('is skipped without schedules, or with schedules that have no gate', async () => {
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({ 'app-x': { ownerUserId: 1 } });
+        await expect(
+            new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers).ensure(
+                appHandlerScope('app-x'),
+                SCRIPT,
+                {
+                    lane: 'schedule',
+                },
+            ),
+        ).resolves.toBe('deployed');
+        const gateless = new EventsWorkerDeployer({
+            ...layers,
+            services: { ...layers.services, schedules: {} },
+        } as unknown as Layers);
+        await expect(
+            gateless.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT, {
+                lane: 'schedule',
+            }),
+        ).resolves.toBe('deployed');
+        expect(created).toEqual([SCRIPT, SCRIPT]);
+    });
+
+    it('takes every deploy, capped only for a schedule run', async () => {
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({ 'app-x': { ownerUserId: 1 } });
+        const { deployer, gated } = withGate(layers);
+
+        await expect(
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT),
+        ).resolves.toBe('deployed');
+        await expect(
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT, {
+                lane: 'schedule',
+            }),
+        ).resolves.toBe('deployed');
+        expect(gated).toEqual([
+            { script: SCRIPT, capped: false },
+            { script: SCRIPT, capped: true },
+        ]);
+        expect(created).toEqual([SCRIPT, SCRIPT]);
+    });
+
+    it('answers a refused schedule run busy, and a delivery still deploys', async () => {
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({ 'app-x': { ownerUserId: 1 } });
+        const { deployer } = withGate(layers, (capped) => capped);
+
+        await expect(
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT, {
+                lane: 'schedule',
+            }),
+        ).resolves.toBe('busy');
+        await expect(
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT),
+        ).resolves.toBe('deployed');
+        expect(created).toEqual([SCRIPT]);
+    });
+
+    it('lets deliveries that join a schedule run`s refused deploy deploy once', async () => {
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({ 'app-x': { ownerUserId: 1 } });
+        const { deployer, gated } = withGate(layers, (capped) => capped);
+
+        const scheduled = deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT, {
+            lane: 'schedule',
+        });
+        const deliveries = [
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT),
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT),
+        ];
+        await expect(scheduled).resolves.toBe('busy');
+        await expect(Promise.all(deliveries)).resolves.toEqual([
+            'deployed',
+            'deployed',
+        ]);
+        expect(created).toEqual([SCRIPT]);
+        expect(gated.map((g) => g.capped)).toEqual([true, false]);
+    });
+
+    it('lets a schedule run join a delivery`s deploy in flight', async () => {
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({ 'app-x': { ownerUserId: 1 } });
+        const { deployer, gated } = withGate(layers, (capped) => capped);
+
+        const delivery = deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT);
+        const scheduled = deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope('app-x'), SCRIPT, {
+            lane: 'schedule',
+        });
+        await expect(Promise.all([delivery, scheduled])).resolves.toEqual([
+            'deployed',
+            'deployed',
+        ]);
+        expect(gated).toEqual([{ script: SCRIPT, capped: false }]);
+        expect(created).toEqual([SCRIPT]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('LocalEventsInvokeTransport', () => {
+    it('renders each request as it goes out, after a cold deploy', async () => {
+        const bodies: string[] = [];
+        let resident = false;
+        const transport = new LocalEventsInvokeTransport(
+            {
+                localworkerservice: {
+                    dispatchEventsWorker: async (request: Request) => {
+                        bodies.push(await request.text());
+                        if (!resident) return null;
+                        return new Response(null, {
+                            status: 200,
+                            headers: { 'x-puter-events-handled': '1' },
+                        });
+                    },
+                },
+            } as never,
+            {
+                ensure: async () => {
+                    resident = true;
+                    return 'deployed';
+                },
+                scopeFor: async (appUid: string) => appHandlerScope(appUid),
+            } as unknown as EventsWorkerDeployer,
+        );
+        let renders = 0;
+        const call: EventsInvokeCall = {
+            script: SCRIPT,
+            appUid: 'app-x',
+            key: 'k',
+            body: '{"n":0}',
+            timeoutMs: 5000,
+            render: () => `{"n":${++renders}}`,
+        };
+        await expect(transport.send(call)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            status: 200,
+        });
+        expect(bodies).toEqual(['{"n":1}', '{"n":2}']);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('deploy-on-miss of an evicted script', () => {
+    it('redeploys the evicted script, then resends the run with the deployed marker', async () => {
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({ 'app-m': { ownerUserId: 8 } });
+        // The namespace only has the script once the deploy lands: before
+        // that the dispatcher answers a miss.
+        let resident = false;
+        layers.drivers.workers.create = (async (args: {
+            workerName: string;
+        }) => {
+            created.push(args.workerName);
+            resident = true;
+            return { success: true, errors: [] };
+        }) as never;
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+
+        const sent: boolean[] = [];
+        const fetchImpl = (async (_url: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
+            const headers = (init?.headers ?? {}) as Record<string, string>;
+            sent.push(headers[EVENTS_DEPLOYED_HEADER] === '1');
+            if (resident)
+                return new Response(null, {
+                    status: 200,
+                    headers: { [EVENTS_HANDLED_HEADER]: '1' },
+                });
+            return new Response(null, {
+                status: 404,
+                headers: { [EVENTS_DISPATCH_ERROR_HEADER]: 'missing' },
+            });
+        }) as unknown as typeof undiciFetch;
+
+        const client = new EventsWorkerInvokerClient({
+            events: { workerRuntime: true },
+        } as IConfig);
+        client.setTransport(
+            new DispatcherInvokeTransport('http://dispatcher', 's', {
+                fetchImpl,
+            }),
+        );
+        client.setMissHandler((appUid, script, options) =>
+            deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope(appUid), script, options),
+        );
+
+        const result = await client.invoke({
+            script: SCRIPT,
+            appUid: 'app-m',
+            handler: 'h',
+            token: 't',
+            key: 'k',
+            event: {},
+            ctx: {},
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toEqual({ outcome: 'settled', status: 200 });
+        expect(created).toEqual([SCRIPT]);
+        // One miss, then the resend carrying the deployed marker.
+        expect(sent).toEqual([false, true]);
+    });
+});
+
+// The redis mock is shared across tests, so each one uses its own app and code.
+let fresh = 0;
+const nextApp = () => `app-u${++fresh}`;
+const userScope = (holder: number, appUid: string) => ({ appUid, holder });
+const sourceN = (label: string) =>
+    `async () => { await ${label}${++fresh}(); }`;
+const scriptOf = (name: string, source: string) =>
+    userHandlerScript({ name, sourceHash: hashContent(source) }, '');
+
+type Sets = Record<number, Array<{ name: string; source: string }>>;
+
+/** Layers whose handler sets are per holder (0 is the app's own). */
+const withSets = (layers: Layers, sets: Sets) => {
+    const handlersOf = (scope: { appUid: string; holder: number }) =>
+        (sets[scope.holder] ?? []).map((h) => ({
+            appUid: scope.appUid,
+            name: h.name,
+            source: h.source,
+            sourceHash: hashContent(h.source),
+            createdAt: 0,
+            updatedAt: 0,
+        }));
+    const store = layers.stores.eventHandler as unknown as Record<
+        string,
+        unknown
+    >;
+    store.setForApp = async (scope: { appUid: string; holder: number }) =>
+        handlersOf(scope).map(({ name, sourceHash }) => ({ name, sourceHash }));
+    store.allForApp = async (scope: { appUid: string; holder: number }) =>
+        handlersOf(scope);
+};
+
+const holders = (...ids: number[]) =>
+    Object.fromEntries(
+        ids.map((id) => [`holder-${id}`, { ownerUserId: id }]),
+    ) as Record<string, Owner>;
+
+describe('EventsWorkerDeployer in a user scope', () => {
+    it('deploys the one handler whose script was asked for, as the holder', async () => {
+        const app = nextApp();
+        const a = sourceN('a');
+        const b = sourceN('b');
+        const { layers, created, targets } = makeLayers(holders(10));
+        withSets(layers, {
+            10: [
+                { name: 'a', source: a },
+                { name: 'b', source: b },
+            ],
+        });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+
+        const script = scriptOf('b', b);
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+        const target = targets[0]!;
+        expect(target.tags).toEqual([`events-app:${app}`, 'user:uuid-10']);
+        // One handler's script: the other one's code is not in it.
+        expect(target.source).toContain(b);
+        expect(target.source).not.toContain(a);
+    });
+
+    it('answers a script no handler of the scope matches as stale, before the throttle', async () => {
+        const app = nextApp();
+        const { layers, redis, created } = makeLayers(holders(10));
+        withSets(layers, { 10: [{ name: 'a', source: sourceN('a') }] });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+
+        expect(
+            await deployer.ensure(
+                userScope(10, app),
+                scriptOf('b', sourceN('b')),
+            ),
+        ).toBe('stale');
+        expect(created).toEqual([]);
+        const hour = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13);
+        expect(await redis.get(`ev:deploys:{${app}}:10:${hour}`)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('answers a scope with no handlers as no-handlers', async () => {
+        const { layers } = makeLayers(holders(10));
+        withSets(layers, {});
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        expect(
+            await deployer.ensure(
+                userScope(10, nextApp()),
+                scriptOf('a', sourceN('a')),
+            ),
+        ).toBe('no-handlers');
+    });
+
+    it('does not deploy for a holder that is suspended or gone', async () => {
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({
+            'holder-10': { ownerUserId: 10, suspended: true },
+        });
+        withSets(layers, {
+            10: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+            11: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+        });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        const script = scriptOf('a', source);
+        const app = nextApp();
+
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script)).toBe(
+            'no-owner',
+        );
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(11, app), script)).toBe(
+            'no-owner',
+        );
+        expect(created).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('gives each scope its own hourly cap, apart from the app scope', async () => {
+        const app = nextApp();
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers({
+            ...holders(10, 11),
+            [app]: { ownerUserId: 12 },
+        });
+        withSets(layers, {
+            0: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+            10: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+            11: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+        });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        const script = scriptOf('a', source);
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR; i++)
+            expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script)).toBe(
+                'deployed',
+            );
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script)).toBe(
+            'throttled',
+        );
+        expect(created).toHaveLength(EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR);
+
+        // Another holder of the same app, and the app's own scope, still go.
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(11, app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope(app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('collapses concurrent deploys of one script across holders into one upload', async () => {
+        const app = nextApp();
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers(holders(10, 11));
+        withSets(layers, {
+            10: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+            11: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+        });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        const script = scriptOf('a', source);
+
+        await Promise.all([
+            deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script),
+            deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script),
+            deployer.ensure(userScope(11, app), script),
+            deployer.ensure(userScope(11, nextApp()), script),
+        ]);
+        expect(created).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('names a script for identical code the same under any holder and app', async () => {
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers(holders(10, 11));
+        withSets(layers, {
+            10: [{ name: '@x', source }],
+            11: [{ name: '@x', source }],
+        });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        const script = scriptOf('@x', source);
+
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(10, nextApp()), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(11, nextApp()), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(created).toEqual([script, script]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('the deployed marker', () => {
+    const setup = () => {
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const made = makeLayers(holders(10, 11));
+        withSets(made.layers, {
+            10: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+            11: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+        });
+        return {
+            ...made,
+            deployer: new EventsWorkerDeployer(made.layers),
+            script: scriptOf('a', source),
+            app: nextApp(),
+        };
+    };
+
+    it('is left by a user-scope deploy with a ttl under a day', async () => {
+        const { deployer, redis, script, app } = setup();
+        await deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script);
+        const ttl = await redis.ttl(`ev:deployed:${script}`);
+        expect(ttl).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(ttl).toBeLessThan(24 * 60 * 60);
+    });
+
+    it('lets an eager deploy skip the upload another holder already made', async () => {
+        const { deployer, created, script, app } = setup();
+        expect(await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(10, app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(11, app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+    });
+
+    it('spends no throttle on a skipped eager deploy', async () => {
+        const { deployer, redis, script, app } = setup();
+        await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(10, app), script);
+        await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(11, app), script);
+        const hour = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13);
+        expect(await redis.get(`ev:deploys:{${app}}:11:${hour}`)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('never skips a deploy-on-miss', async () => {
+        const { deployer, created, script, app } = setup();
+        await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(10, app), script);
+        expect(await deployer.ensure(userScope(11, app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(created).toEqual([script, script]);
+    });
+
+    it('is not left by an app-scope deploy', async () => {
+        const app = nextApp();
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const { layers, redis, created } = makeLayers({
+            [app]: { ownerUserId: 4 },
+        });
+        withSets(layers, { 0: [{ name: 'a', source }] });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        const script = scriptOf('a', source);
+        await deployer.ensure(appHandlerScope(app), script);
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+        expect(await redis.get(`ev:deployed:${script}`)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('still deploys eagerly when the marker cannot be read', async () => {
+        const { deployer, redis, created, script, app } = setup();
+        await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(10, app), script);
+        const get = redis.get.bind(redis);
+        redis.get = (async (key: string) => {
+            if (key.startsWith('ev:deployed:')) throw new Error('down');
+            return get(key);
+        }) as never;
+        expect(await deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(11, app), script)).toBe(
+            'deployed',
+        );
+        expect(created).toEqual([script, script]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('scopeFor', () => {
+    it('reads no holder as the app scope, and resolves a uuid to the user scope', async () => {
+        const { layers } = makeLayers(holders(10));
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        expect(await deployer.scopeFor('app-u')).toEqual({
+            appUid: 'app-u',
+            holder: 0,
+        });
+        expect(await deployer.scopeFor('app-u', '')).toEqual({
+            appUid: 'app-u',
+            holder: 0,
+        });
+        expect(await deployer.scopeFor('app-u', 'uuid-10')).toEqual({
+            appUid: 'app-u',
+            holder: 10,
+        });
+        expect(await deployer.scopeFor('app-u', 'uuid-99')).toBeNull();
+    });
+});
+
+describe('LocalEventsInvokeTransport in a user scope', () => {
+    it('deploys the holder`s script on a miss and refuses an unknown holder', async () => {
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const { layers, created } = makeLayers(holders(10));
+        withSets(layers, { 10: [{ name: 'a', source }] });
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        let resident = false;
+        const transport = new LocalEventsInvokeTransport(
+            {
+                localworkerservice: {
+                    dispatchEventsWorker: async () => {
+                        if (!resident) return null;
+                        return new Response(null, {
+                            status: 200,
+                            headers: { 'x-puter-events-handled': '1' },
+                        });
+                    },
+                },
+            } as never,
+            {
+                ensure: async (
+                    scope: HandlerScope,
+                    script: string,
+                    options: EventsDeployOptions,
+                ) => {
+                    const outcome = await deployer.ensure(
+                        scope,
+                        script,
+                        options,
+                    );
+                    resident = outcome === 'deployed';
+                    return outcome;
+                },
+                scopeFor: (appUid: string, holder?: string) =>
+                    deployer.scopeFor(appUid, holder),
+            } as unknown as EventsWorkerDeployer,
+        );
+        const script = scriptOf('a', source);
+        const call: EventsInvokeCall = {
+            script,
+            appUid: nextApp(),
+            holder: 'uuid-10',
+            key: 'k',
+            body: '{}',
+            timeoutMs: 5000,
+        };
+
+        await expect(transport.send(call)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            status: 200,
+        });
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+
+        resident = false;
+        await expect(
+            transport.send({ ...call, holder: 'uuid-99' }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ status: null, error: 'deploy: no-holder' });
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('concurrent eager deploys of one script', () => {
+    const setup = () => {
+        const source = sourceN('a');
+        const made = makeLayers(holders(10, 11));
+        withSets(made.layers, {
+            10: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+            11: [{ name: 'a', source }],
+        });
+        return {
+            ...made,
+            script: scriptOf('a', source),
+            app: nextApp(),
+        };
+    };
+
+    it('upload once when two holders publish the same new code together', async () => {
+        const { layers, created, script, app } = setup();
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+
+        const outcomes = await Promise.all([
+            deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(10, app), script),
+            deployer.deployEagerly(userScope(11, app), script),
+        ]);
+
+        expect(outcomes).toEqual(['deployed', 'deployed']);
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+    });
+
+    it('skip the upload when the marker appears while they wait on the gate', async () => {
+        const { layers, redis, created, script, app } = setup();
+        // Another node's deploy of the script finishes before the gate opens.
+        const gated = new EventsWorkerDeployer({
+            ...layers,
+            services: {
+                schedules: {
+                    gateDeploy: async (
+                        _script: string,
+                        _options: { capped: boolean },
+                        deploy: () => Promise<EventsDeployOutcome>,
+                    ) => {
+                        await redis.set(`ev:deployed:${script}`, '1');
+                        return deploy();
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        } as unknown as Layers);
+
+        expect(
+            await gated.ensure(userScope(10, app), script, { eager: true }),
+        ).toBe('deployed');
+        expect(created).toEqual([]);
+        // A miss still uploads, whatever the marker says.
+        expect(await gated.ensure(userScope(11, app), script)).toBe('deployed');
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
+    });
+
+    it('make a miss that joins an eager deploy deploy after it', async () => {
+        const { layers, redis, created, script, app } = setup();
+        const deployer = new EventsWorkerDeployer(layers);
+        await redis.set(`ev:deployed:${script}`, '1');
+
+        const eager = deployer.ensure(userScope(10, app), script, {
+            eager: true,
+        });
+        const miss = deployer.ensure(userScope(11, app), script);
+
+        expect(await eager).toBe('deployed');
+        expect(await miss).toBe('deployed');
+        // The eager one skipped on the marker; the miss uploaded.
+        expect(created).toEqual([script]);
     });
 });

src/backend/controllers/events/workerDeploy.ts

@@ -26,50 +26,100 @@ import {
     INTERNAL_ADMISSION_BYPASS,
     INTERNAL_DEPLOY_TARGET,
 } from '../../drivers/workers/WorkerDriver.js';
-import type { EventsInvokeCall } from '../../clients/events/EventsWorkerInvokerClient.js';
+import type {
+    EventsInvokeAnswer,
+    EventsInvokeCall,
+    InvokeLane,
+} from '../../clients/events/EventsWorkerInvokerClient.js';
 import {
-    EVENTS_HANDLED_HEADER,
     EVENTS_INVOKE_PATH,
+    answerFrom,
+    failedAnswer,
 } from '../../clients/events/EventsWorkerInvokerClient.js';
 import type { puterServices } from '../../services/index.js';
+import type { IExtensionServiceInstances } from '../../services/types.js';
 import {
     eventsInvokeKey,
     eventsWorkerScope,
     eventsWorkerScript,
+    userHandlerScript,
 } from '../../services/events/workerRuntime.js';
-import { generateEventsWorkerSource } from '../../services/events/workerSource.js';
+import {
+    generateEventsWorkerSource,
+    handlerSetHash,
+} from '../../services/events/workerSource.js';
+import {
+    appHandlerScope,
+    type HandlerScope,
+} from '../../stores/events/EventHandlerStore.js';
 import type { puterStores } from '../../stores/index.js';
 import type { IConfig, LayerInstances } from '../../types.js';
-import { EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR } from './limits.js';
+import {
+    EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
+    EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR,
+} from './limits.js';
 
 /**
  * Deploys an app's events worker from its published handlers.
  *
  * Deployed the first time a delivery needs it and again on eviction — a publish
- * only writes rows. Scripts carry no worker token and no `subdomains` row: not
- * one of the owner's workers, not addressable from the internet, not listed or
- * deleted as if it were. A republished set leaves the old script behind rather
- * than deleting it; redeploying a still-live one is always safe.
+ * only writes rows (a user-scope publish also deploys eagerly). An app's scope
+ * is one script for the whole set; a user scope is one script per handler,
+ * deployed as the holder. Scripts carry no worker token and no `subdomains`
+ * row: not one of the owner's workers, not addressable from the internet, not
+ * listed or deleted as if it were. A republished set leaves the old script
+ * behind rather than deleting it; redeploying a still-live one is always safe.
  */
 
 /** Why a deploy could not happen, for the callers that answer differently. */
 export type EventsDeployOutcome =
-    'deployed' | 'stale' | 'no-handlers' | 'no-owner' | 'throttled' | 'failed';
+    | 'deployed'
+    | 'stale'
+    | 'no-handlers'
+    | 'no-owner'
+    | 'throttled'
+    | 'failed'
+    | 'busy';
+
+/** Whose call asked for the deploy: a schedule run's is held to a share. */
+export interface EventsDeployOptions {
+    lane?: InvokeLane;
+    /**
+     * A user-scope publish's deploy, which skips the upload when the script's
+     * deployed marker is already set. A deploy-on-miss is never eager.
+     */
+    eager?: boolean;
+}
 
 interface DeployLayers {
     config: IConfig;
     clients: LayerInstances<typeof puterClients>;
     stores: LayerInstances<typeof puterStores>;
-    services: LayerInstances<typeof puterServices>;
+    services: LayerInstances<typeof puterServices> &
+        Pick<IExtensionServiceInstances, 'schedules'>;
     drivers: LayerInstances<typeof puterDrivers>;
 }
 
 /**
- * `ev:deploys:{<appUid>}:<hour>` bucket TTL — comfortably past the hour it
- * counts.
+ * `ev:deploys:{<appUid>}[:<holder>]:<hour>` bucket TTL — comfortably past the
+ * hour it counts.
  */
 const DEPLOY_THROTTLE_TTL_SECONDS = 2 * 60 * 60;
 
+/** How long `ev:deployed:<script>` says a script was uploaded. Under a day. */
+const DEPLOYED_MARKER_TTL_SECONDS = 20 * 60 * 60;
+
+const deployedMarkerKey = (script: string): string => `ev:deployed:${script}`;
+
+const isUserScope = (scope: HandlerScope): boolean => scope.holder !== 0;
+
+interface InFlightDeploy {
+    /** A schedule run's, which the region's deploy slots may refuse. */
+    capped: boolean;
+    eager: boolean;
+    promise: Promise<EventsDeployOutcome>;
+}
+
 interface DeployResult {
     success?: boolean;
     errors?: unknown[];
@@ -78,7 +128,7 @@ interface DeployResult {
 export class EventsWorkerDeployer {
     readonly #layers: DeployLayers;
     /** Collapses the burst of misses one cold app produces into one deploy. */
-    readonly #inFlight = new Map<string, Promise<EventsDeployOutcome>>();
+    readonly #inFlight = new Map<string, InFlightDeploy>();
 
     constructor(layers: DeployLayers) {
         this.#layers = layers;
@@ -93,39 +143,187 @@ export class EventsWorkerDeployer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Deploy `script`, which must be what the app's handlers currently hash to.
-     * A request for anything else is `stale` — the set moved on, and the next
-     * delivery resolves the new script rather than this one being revived.
+     * Deploy `script`, which must be what the scope's handlers currently hash
+     * to: the whole set for an app, one handler for a user scope. A request for
+     * anything else is `stale` — the handlers moved on, and the next delivery
+     * resolves the new script rather than this one being revived. Always
+     * uploads; a deploy-on-miss means whatever said it was there is wrong.
      */
-    ensure(appUid: string, script: string): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
-        const key = `${appUid}|${script}`;
+    ensure(
+        scope: HandlerScope,
+        script: string,
+        options: EventsDeployOptions = {},
+    ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        // A user scope's script is the same bytes whoever holds it, so
+        // concurrent deploys of it from any holder or app are one.
+        const key = isUserScope(scope)
+            ? `user|${script}`
+            : `${scope.appUid}|${scope.holder}|${script}`;
+        const capped = options.lane === 'schedule';
         const existing = this.#inFlight.get(key);
-        if (existing) return existing;
-        const started = this.#deploy(appUid, script).finally(() =>
-            this.#inFlight.delete(key),
+        if (!existing) return this.#start(key, scope, script, options);
+        // An eager deploy may have skipped the upload, which a miss must not
+        // take for done.
+        if (existing.eager && !options.eager)
+            return this.#afterEager(
+                existing.promise,
+                key,
+                scope,
+                script,
+                options,
+            );
+        if (capped || !existing.capped) return existing.promise;
+        return this.#afterCapped(existing.promise, key, scope, script, options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@link ensure} for the deploy a user-scope publish starts, which skips the
+     * upload when another holder's deploy of the same script left its marker.
+     * Only this path reads the marker.
+     */
+    async deployEagerly(
+        scope: HandlerScope,
+        script: string,
+    ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        if (await this.#markedDeployed(script)) return 'deployed';
+        return this.ensure(scope, script, { eager: true });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The scope a script request names: the app's own, or the user scope of
+     * `holder` (a user uuid). Null for a holder that does not exist.
+     */
+    async scopeFor(
+        appUid: string,
+        holder?: string | null,
+    ): Promise<HandlerScope | null> {
+        if (!holder) return appHandlerScope(appUid);
+        const user = await this.#layers.stores.user.getByUuid(holder);
+        if (!user?.id) return null;
+        return { appUid, holder: Number(user.id) };
+    }
+
+    #start(
+        key: string,
+        scope: HandlerScope,
+        script: string,
+        options: EventsDeployOptions,
+    ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        const entry: InFlightDeploy = {
+            capped: options.lane === 'schedule',
+            eager: options.eager === true,
+            promise: this.#gated(scope, script, options).finally(() => {
+                if (this.#inFlight.get(key) === entry)
+                    this.#inFlight.delete(key);
+            }),
+        };
+        this.#inFlight.set(key, entry);
+        return entry.promise;
+    }
+
+    /** A miss that found an eager deploy in flight deploys after it. */
+    async #afterEager(
+        eager: Promise<EventsDeployOutcome>,
+        key: string,
+        scope: HandlerScope,
+        script: string,
+        options: EventsDeployOptions,
+    ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        await eager;
+        const current = this.#inFlight.get(key);
+        if (current && !current.eager) return current.promise;
+        return this.#start(key, scope, script, options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A delivery that joined a schedule run's deploy: `busy` means no deploy
+     * started, and a delivery is never refused a slot, so it asks again.
+     */
+    async #afterCapped(
+        capped: Promise<EventsDeployOutcome>,
+        key: string,
+        scope: HandlerScope,
+        script: string,
+        options: EventsDeployOptions,
+    ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        const outcome = await capped;
+        if (outcome !== 'busy') return outcome;
+        const current = this.#inFlight.get(key);
+        if (current && !current.capped) return current.promise;
+        return this.#start(key, scope, script, options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Every deploy goes through the schedules' deploy gate when a server has
+     * one: a per-script lock, so a burst of runs of an evicted script deploys
+     * it once, and a region-wide cap that a schedule run's deploy (`capped`)
+     * may be refused with `busy`. A delivery's deploy is never refused.
+     */
+    #gated(
+        scope: HandlerScope,
+        script: string,
+        options: EventsDeployOptions,
+    ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        const deploy = () =>
+            this.#deploy(scope, script, options.eager === true);
+        return (
+            this.#layers.services.schedules?.gateDeploy?.(
+                script,
+                { capped: options.lane === 'schedule' },
+                deploy,
+            ) ?? deploy()
         );
-        this.#inFlight.set(key, started);
-        return started;
     }
 
     async #deploy(
-        appUid: string,
+        handlerScope: HandlerScope,
         script: string,
+        eager: boolean,
     ): Promise<EventsDeployOutcome> {
+        const { appUid } = handlerScope;
         const { stores, drivers } = this.#layers;
+        const backend = eventsWorkerScope(this.#layers.config);
+        const userScope = isUserScope(handlerScope);
 
-        const handlers = await stores.eventHandler.allForApp(appUid);
-        if (handlers.length === 0) return 'no-handlers';
-
-        const generated = generateEventsWorkerSource(handlers);
+        // Names and hashes are enough to tell a stale request, so the set's
+        // sources are read and built only once the throttle has let it through.
+        const set = await stores.eventHandler.setForApp(handlerScope);
+        if (set.length === 0) return 'no-handlers';
         // Two apps that published byte-identical sets share one script, which
         // is sound: the source is the same, and everything per-app arrives with
-        // the invocation. Whoever deploys first owns it.
+        // the invocation. Whoever deploys first owns it. A user scope's script
+        // is one handler's, so it is shared the same way across holders.
+        const wanted = userScope
+            ? set.find((entry) => userHandlerScript(entry, backend) === script)
+            : undefined;
         if (
-            eventsWorkerScript(
-                generated.setHash,
-                eventsWorkerScope(this.#layers.config),
-            ) !== script
+            userScope
+                ? !wanted
+                : eventsWorkerScript(handlerSetHash(set), backend) !== script
+        )
+            return 'stale';
+
+        // Asked again inside the gate, where another deploy of this script may
+        // have just finished.
+        if (eager && userScope && (await this.#markedDeployed(script)))
+            return 'deployed';
+
+        if (await this.#tooManyDeploysThisHour(handlerScope))
+            return 'throttled';
+
+        const all = await stores.eventHandler.allForApp(handlerScope);
+        const handlers = wanted
+            ? all.filter(
+                  (handler) =>
+                      handler.name === wanted.name &&
+                      handler.sourceHash === wanted.sourceHash,
+              )
+            : all;
+        const generated = generateEventsWorkerSource(handlers);
+        // The set can move between the two reads.
+        if (
+            handlers.length === 0 ||
+            eventsWorkerScript(generated.setHash, backend) !== script
         )
             return 'stale';
         if (generated.tooLarge) {
@@ -140,9 +338,7 @@ export class EventsWorkerDeployer {
                 generated.broken.join(', '),
             );
 
-        if (await this.#tooManyDeploysThisHour(appUid)) return 'throttled';
-
-        const owner = await this.#owner(appUid);
+        const owner = await this.#owner(handlerScope);
         if (!owner) return 'no-owner';
 
         const secret = this.#layers.config.events?.internalSecret;
@@ -171,6 +367,7 @@ export class EventsWorkerDeployer {
                         runtime: 'events',
                         source: generated.source,
                         omitOwnerToken: true,
+                        cpuMs: this.#layers.config.events?.workerCpuMs,
                         // What the script compares an invocation against.
                         // Derived from the script name, so a redeploy of
                         // the same set binds the same key.
@@ -201,34 +398,74 @@ export class EventsWorkerDeployer {
             );
             return 'failed';
         }
+        if (userScope) await this.#markDeployed(script);
         return 'deployed';
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Whether this app has already deployed `EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR`
-     * times this hour. A flapping set (publish, remove, republish) provisions
-     * upstream on every miss, and this is the ceiling on that loop.
-     */
-    async #tooManyDeploysThisHour(appUid: string): Promise<boolean> {
-        const redis = this.#layers.clients.redis;
-        const hour = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13);
-        const key = `ev:deploys:{${appUid}}:${hour}`;
-        const count = await redis.incr(key);
-        if (count === 1) await redis.expire(key, DEPLOY_THROTTLE_TTL_SECONDS);
-        return count > EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR;
+    async #markedDeployed(script: string): Promise<boolean> {
+        try {
+            return !!(await this.#layers.clients.redis.get(
+                deployedMarkerKey(script),
+            ));
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.warn('[events] deployed marker unreadable', err);
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
-    /** The app owner, as an actor the deploy can run as. */
+    async #markDeployed(script: string): Promise<void> {
+        try {
+            await this.#layers.clients.redis.set(
+                deployedMarkerKey(script),
+                '1',
+                'EX',
+                DEPLOYED_MARKER_TTL_SECONDS,
+            );
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.warn('[events] could not mark a script deployed', err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this scope has already deployed its hourly cap this hour. A
+     * flapping set (publish, remove, republish) provisions upstream on every
+     * miss, and this is the ceiling on that loop. An app's counter is per app;
+     * a user scope has its own, so one user cannot spend another's.
+     */
+    async #tooManyDeploysThisHour(scope: HandlerScope): Promise<boolean> {
+        const redis = this.#layers.clients.redis;
+        const hour = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13);
+        const userScope = isUserScope(scope);
+        const key = userScope
+            ? `ev:deploys:{${scope.appUid}}:${scope.holder}:${hour}`
+            : `ev:deploys:{${scope.appUid}}:${hour}`;
+        const count = await redis.incr(key);
+        if (count === 1) await redis.expire(key, DEPLOY_THROTTLE_TTL_SECONDS);
+        return (
+            count >
+            (userScope
+                ? EVENTS_USER_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR
+                : EVENTS_WORKER_DEPLOYS_PER_HOUR)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The user a scope's deploy runs as, as an actor: the app's owner, or the
+     * holder of a user scope.
+     */
     async #owner(
-        appUid: string,
+        scope: HandlerScope,
     ): Promise<
         | (Actor & { user: { id: number; uuid: string; username: string } })
         | null
     > {
         const { stores } = this.#layers;
-        const app = await stores.app.getByUid(appUid);
-        const ownerUserId = Number(app?.owner_user_id);
-        if (!app || !Number.isFinite(ownerUserId)) return null;
+        let ownerUserId = scope.holder;
+        if (!isUserScope(scope)) {
+            const app = await stores.app.getByUid(scope.appUid);
+            ownerUserId = Number(app?.owner_user_id);
+            if (!app || !Number.isFinite(ownerUserId)) return null;
+        }
 
         const user = await stores.user.getById(ownerUserId);
         if (!user?.id || !user.uuid || !user.username || user.suspended)
@@ -289,11 +526,9 @@ export class LocalEventsInvokeTransport {
         this.#deployer = deployer;
     }
 
-    async send(call: EventsInvokeCall): Promise<{
-        status: number | null;
-        handled?: boolean;
-        error?: string;
-    }> {
+    async send(call: EventsInvokeCall): Promise<EventsInvokeAnswer> {
+        // Built per attempt, so a send time stamped into the body is taken
+        // after a cold deploy rather than before it.
         const request = (): Request =>
             new Request(
                 `http://${call.script}.workers.puter.localhost${EVENTS_INVOKE_PATH}`,
@@ -303,7 +538,7 @@ export class LocalEventsInvokeTransport {
                         'content-type': 'application/json',
                         'x-puter-events-key': call.key,
                     },
-                    body: call.body,
+                    body: call.render ? call.render() : call.body,
                 },
             );
 
@@ -311,22 +546,27 @@ export class LocalEventsInvokeTransport {
             const resident = await this.#dispatch(request(), call.timeoutMs);
             if (resident !== null) return resident;
 
-            const outcome = await this.#deployer.ensure(
+            const scope = await this.#deployer.scopeFor(
                 call.appUid,
-                call.script,
+                call.holder,
             );
+            if (!scope) return { status: null, error: 'deploy: no-holder' };
+            const outcome = await this.#deployer.ensure(scope, call.script, {
+                lane: call.lane,
+            });
             if (outcome !== 'deployed')
-                return { status: null, error: `deploy: ${outcome}` };
+                return {
+                    status: null,
+                    error: `deploy: ${outcome}`,
+                    ...(outcome === 'busy' ? { deployBusy: true } : {}),
+                };
 
             const retried = await this.#dispatch(request(), call.timeoutMs);
             if (retried === null)
                 return { status: null, error: 'script not resident' };
             return retried;
         } catch (err) {
-            return {
-                status: null,
-                error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-            };
+            return failedAnswer(err);
         }
     }
 
@@ -337,7 +577,7 @@ export class LocalEventsInvokeTransport {
     async #dispatch(
         request: Request,
         timeoutMs: number,
-    ): Promise<{ status: number; handled: boolean } | null> {
+    ): Promise<EventsInvokeAnswer | null> {
         let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
         const timeout = new Promise<'timeout'>((resolve) => {
             timer = setTimeout(() => resolve('timeout'), timeoutMs);
@@ -348,12 +588,10 @@ export class LocalEventsInvokeTransport {
                 this.#services.localworkerservice.dispatchEventsWorker(request),
                 timeout,
             ]);
-            if (response === 'timeout') throw new Error('invocation timed out');
+            if (response === 'timeout')
+                throw new DOMException('invocation timed out', 'TimeoutError');
             if (response === null) return null;
-            return {
-                status: response.status,
-                handled: response.headers.get(EVENTS_HANDLED_HEADER) === '1',
-            };
+            return answerFrom(response);
         } finally {
             clearTimeout(timer);
         }

src/backend/controllers/fs/FSController.recursiveOffset.http.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { setupPuterTestEnv, type PuterTestEnv } from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+describe('recursive readdir with offset', () => {
+    let env: PuterTestEnv;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+    }, 120_000);
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await env?.shutdown();
+    });
+
+    const post = async (path: string, token: string, body: unknown) =>
+        fetch(new URL(path, env.apiOrigin), {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        });
+
+    it('skips entries before applying the recursive page limit', async () => {
+        const { username, token } = env.users.user;
+        const base = `/${username}/Documents/rec-offset`;
+        for (const path of [base, `${base}/a`, `${base}/b`, `${base}/c`]) {
+            expect((await post('/fs/mkdir', token, { path })).status).toBe(200);
+        }
+
+        const list = async (body: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+            const response = await post('/fs/readdir', token, {
+                path: base,
+                recursive: true,
+                ...body,
+            });
+            expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+            const page = (await response.json()) as {
+                items: Array<{ name: string }>;
+            };
+            return page.items.map((item) => item.name);
+        };
+
+        expect(await list({ limit: 3 })).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+        // Non-recursive honours offset.
+        const flat = await post('/fs/readdir', token, {
+            path: base,
+            limit: 1,
+            offset: 2,
+        });
+        expect(
+            ((await flat.json()) as Array<{ name: string }>).map((e) => e.name),
+        ).toEqual(['c']);
+        expect(await list({ limit: 1, offset: 2 })).toEqual(['c']);
+        expect(await list({ offset: 2 })).toEqual(['c']);
+        expect(await list({ offset: 20 })).toEqual([]);
+        expect(await list({ limit: 1, offset: 1, sortOrder: 'desc' })).toEqual([
+            'b',
+        ]);
+        const first = await post('/fs/readdir', token, {
+            path: base,
+            recursive: true,
+            limit: 1,
+            offset: 1,
+        });
+        const page = await first.json();
+        expect(page.items.map((item: { name: string }) => item.name)).toEqual([
+            'b',
+        ]);
+        expect(page.cursor).toBeTypeOf('string');
+        expect(await list({ limit: 1, cursor: page.cursor })).toEqual(['c']);
+        // A cursor wins over offset, and an invalid offset is ignored, as
+        // recursive listings did before they honoured offset.
+        expect(
+            await list({ limit: 1, cursor: page.cursor, offset: 1 }),
+        ).toEqual(['c']);
+        expect(await list({ limit: 1, offset: -1 })).toEqual(['a']);
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/fs/FSController.ts

@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ export class FSController extends PuterController {
                 parent.path,
                 {
                     limit,
+                    offset,
                     cursor:
                         typeof body.cursor === 'string'
                             ? body.cursor

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

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { makeActor } from '../../core/actor.js';
+import { setupPuterTestEnv, type PuterTestEnv } from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+describe('/auth/check-app-acl', () => {
+    let env: PuterTestEnv;
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+    }, 120_000);
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await env?.shutdown();
+    });
+
+    const post = (path: string, body: unknown, token: string) =>
+        fetch(new URL(path, env.apiOrigin), {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        });
+
+    const makeDirAndApp = async () => {
+        const { username, token } = env.users.user;
+        const server = env.server;
+        const user = (await server.stores.user.getByUsername(username))!;
+        const path = `/${username}/Documents/cacl-${uuidv4()}`;
+        expect((await post('/fs/mkdir', { path }, token)).status).toBe(200);
+        const entry = (await server.stores.fsEntry.getEntryByPath(path))!;
+
+        const app = await (
+            server.stores.app.create as unknown as (
+                f: Record<string, unknown>,
+                o: { ownerUserId: number },
+            ) => Promise<{ uid: string; id: number }>
+        )(
+            {
+                name: `cacl-${uuidv4()}`,
+                title: 'Check app acl',
+                index_url: `https://cacl-${uuidv4()}.test/`,
+            },
+            { ownerUserId: user.id },
+        );
+        return { user, path, entry, app };
+    };
+
+    it('allows a granted file without poisoning the app permission cache', async () => {
+        const { token } = env.users.user;
+        const server = env.server;
+        const { user, path, entry, app } = await makeDirAndApp();
+
+        const grant = await post(
+            '/auth/grant-user-app',
+            { app_uid: app.uid, permission: `fs:${entry.uuid}:read` },
+            token,
+        );
+        expect(grant.status).toBe(200);
+
+        const res = await post(
+            '/auth/check-app-acl',
+            { subject: { path }, app: app.uid, mode: 'read' },
+            token,
+        );
+        expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(await res.json()).toEqual({ allowed: true });
+
+        const asApp = makeActor({ user, app: { uid: app.uid, id: app.id } });
+        const descriptor = () => server.services.acl.fsDescriptor(path);
+        expect(
+            await server.services.acl.check(asApp, descriptor(), 'read'),
+        ).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('denies an app with no grant', async () => {
+        const { path, app } = await makeDirAndApp();
+        const res = await post(
+            '/auth/check-app-acl',
+            { subject: { path }, app: app.uid, mode: 'read' },
+            env.users.user.token,
+        );
+        expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(await res.json()).toEqual({ allowed: false });
+    });
+
+    it('refuses app and access tokens', async () => {
+        const { token, apiToken } = env.users.user;
+        const { path, entry, app } = await makeDirAndApp();
+        const grant = await post(
+            '/auth/grant-user-app',
+            { app_uid: app.uid, permission: `fs:${entry.uuid}:read` },
+            token,
+        );
+        expect(grant.status).toBe(200);
+
+        const minted = await post(
+            '/auth/get-user-app-token',
+            { app_uid: app.uid },
+            token,
+        );
+        expect(minted.status).toBe(200);
+        const appToken = ((await minted.json()) as { token: string }).token;
+
+        for (const credential of [appToken, apiToken]) {
+            const res = await post(
+                '/auth/check-app-acl',
+                { subject: { path }, app: app.uid, mode: 'read' },
+                credential,
+            );
+            expect(res.status).toBe(403);
+        }
+    });
+});

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

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+/*
+ * 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, type PuterTestEnv } from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+let env: PuterTestEnv;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+}, 120_000);
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+    await env?.shutdown();
+});
+
+const post = (path: string, body: unknown) =>
+    fetch(new URL(path, env.apiOrigin), {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            Authorization: `Bearer ${env.users.user.token}`,
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+    });
+
+const write = (path: string, content: string) =>
+    post('/fs/write', {
+        fileMetadata: { path, size: content.length, contentType: 'text/plain' },
+        fileContent: content,
+    });
+
+const read = async (path: string) => {
+    const url = new URL('/read', env.apiOrigin);
+    url.searchParams.set('file', path);
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env.users.user.token}` },
+    });
+    return response.text();
+};
+
+const makeDir = async (name: string) => {
+    const path = `/${env.users.user.username}/Documents/${name}-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+    expect((await post('/fs/mkdir', { path })).status).toBe(200);
+    return path;
+};
+
+describe('legacy /copy onto an existing file', () => {
+    it('replaces the file with overwrite', async () => {
+        const dir = await makeDir('copy-onto');
+        expect((await write(`${dir}/a.txt`, 'aaa')).status).toBe(200);
+        expect((await write(`${dir}/b.txt`, 'bbbbbb')).status).toBe(200);
+
+        const copy = await post('/copy', {
+            source: `${dir}/a.txt`,
+            destination: `${dir}/b.txt`,
+            overwrite: true,
+        });
+        expect(copy.status).toBe(200);
+        const [result] = (await copy.json()) as Array<{
+            copied: { name: string; path: string };
+            overwritten?: { name: string };
+        }>;
+        expect(result!.copied.name).toBe('b.txt');
+        expect(result!.overwritten?.name).toBe('b.txt');
+        expect(await read(`${dir}/b.txt`)).toBe('aaa');
+        expect(await read(`${dir}/a.txt`)).toBe('aaa');
+    });
+
+    it('refuses without overwrite and leaves the file alone', async () => {
+        const dir = await makeDir('copy-onto-refused');
+        await write(`${dir}/a.txt`, 'aaa');
+        await write(`${dir}/b.txt`, 'bbbbbb');
+
+        const copy = await post('/copy', {
+            source: `${dir}/a.txt`,
+            destination: `${dir}/b.txt`,
+        });
+        expect(copy.status).toBe(409);
+        expect(((await copy.json()) as { code: string }).code).toBe(
+            'item_with_same_name_exists',
+        );
+        expect(await read(`${dir}/b.txt`)).toBe('bbbbbb');
+    });
+
+    it('still copies into a directory destination under the same name', async () => {
+        const dir = await makeDir('copy-into');
+        await write(`${dir}/a.txt`, 'aaa');
+        expect((await post('/fs/mkdir', { path: `${dir}/sub` })).status).toBe(
+            200,
+        );
+
+        const copy = await post('/copy', {
+            source: `${dir}/a.txt`,
+            destination: `${dir}/sub`,
+        });
+        expect(copy.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(await read(`${dir}/sub/a.txt`)).toBe('aaa');
+    });
+
+    it('refuses to overwrite a file with itself', async () => {
+        const dir = await makeDir('copy-self');
+        await write(`${dir}/a.txt`, 'aaa');
+
+        for (const destination of [`${dir}/a.txt`, dir]) {
+            const copy = await post('/copy', {
+                source: `${dir}/a.txt`,
+                destination,
+                overwrite: true,
+            });
+            expect(copy.status).toBe(400);
+        }
+        expect(await read(`${dir}/a.txt`)).toBe('aaa');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('signed folder listing', () => {
+    const signedListing = async (path: string) => {
+        const signed = await post('/sign', {
+            items: [{ path, action: 'read' }],
+        });
+        expect(signed.status).toBe(200);
+        const readUrl = new URL(
+            (await signed.json()).signatures[0].read_url as string,
+        );
+        return fetch(
+            new URL(`${readUrl.pathname}${readUrl.search}`, env.apiOrigin),
+        );
+    };
+
+    it('lists every child of a folder larger than one query', async () => {
+        const dir = await makeDir('big');
+        const parent = (await env.server.stores.fsEntry.getEntryByPath(dir))!;
+        const total = 10_050;
+        const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+        for (let start = 0; start < total; start += 500) {
+            const rows: unknown[][] = [];
+            for (let i = start; i < Math.min(total, start + 500); i++) {
+                const name = `f${String(i).padStart(5, '0')}.txt`;
+                rows.push([
+                    randomUUID(),
+                    parent.userId,
+                    parent.id,
+                    parent.uuid,
+                    name,
+                    `${dir}/${name}`,
+                    0,
+                    now,
+                    now,
+                    now,
+                    0,
+                ]);
+            }
+            await env.server.clients.db.write(
+                `INSERT INTO fsentries (uuid, user_id, parent_id, parent_uid, name, path, is_dir, modified, created, accessed, size) VALUES ${rows.map(() => '(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)').join(', ')}`,
+                rows.flat(),
+            );
+        }
+
+        const response = await signedListing(dir);
+        expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(response.headers.get('content-type')).toMatch(
+            /^application\/json/,
+        );
+        const children = (await response.json()) as Array<{
+            fsentry_name: string;
+            write_url?: string;
+        }>;
+        expect(children).toHaveLength(total);
+        expect(children[0]!.fsentry_name).toBe('f00000.txt');
+        expect(children.at(-1)!.fsentry_name).toBe('f10049.txt');
+        expect(new Set(children.map((c) => c.fsentry_name)).size).toBe(total);
+        expect(children.some((c) => c.write_url)).toBe(false);
+    }, 120_000);
+
+    it('answers a small folder in one body', async () => {
+        const dir = await makeDir('small');
+        await write(`${dir}/one.txt`, '1');
+        const response = await signedListing(dir);
+        expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(response.headers.get('content-length')).not.toBeNull();
+        const children = (await response.json()) as Array<{
+            fsentry_name: string;
+        }>;
+        expect(children.map((c) => c.fsentry_name)).toEqual(['one.txt']);
+    });
+});

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

@@ -153,6 +153,34 @@ describe('legacy file downloads over HTTP', () => {
         },
     );
 
+    it.each(routes)(
+        'GET %s answers a ranged read of an empty file with an empty 200',
+        async (route) => {
+            const file = await writeFile(
+                `empty-${route.replace(/\W/g, '')}.bin`,
+                Buffer.alloc(0),
+            );
+            const ranged = await requestFor(route, file, {
+                headers: { Range: 'bytes=0-511' },
+            });
+            expect(ranged.status).toBe(200);
+            expect(await ranged.text()).toBe('');
+        },
+    );
+
+    it('GET /read answers byte_count on an empty file with an empty 200', async () => {
+        const file = await writeFile('empty-byte-count.bin', Buffer.alloc(0));
+        for (const query of ['byte_count=512', 'offset=0']) {
+            const url = new URL(`/read?${query}`, env.apiOrigin);
+            url.searchParams.set('file', file.path);
+            const response = await fetch(url, {
+                headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env.users.user.token}` },
+            });
+            expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+            expect(await response.text()).toBe('');
+        }
+    });
+
     // Storage hands over one chunk and then goes quiet, as a large object
     // does while the client is still reading.
     const stallReadsOf = (objectKey: string) => {

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

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import type { Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import type { Actor } from '../../core/actor.js';
+import { runWithContext } from '../../core/context.js';
+import { PuterRouter } from '../../core/http/PuterRouter.js';
+import { PuterServer } from '../../server.js';
+import { setupTestServer } from '../../testUtil.js';
+import type { LegacyFSController } from './LegacyFSController.js';
+
+const PNG_2X2 =
+    'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAIAAAACCAYAAABytg0kAAAACXBIWXMAAAPoAAAD6AG1e1JrAAAAEUlEQVR4nGP4z8DwH4QZYAwAR8oH+WdZbrcAAAAASUVORK5CYII=';
+
+let server: PuterServer;
+let handler: RequestHandler;
+type Driver = {
+    create: (a: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;
+};
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    server = await setupTestServer({
+        api_base_url: 'http://api.test.local',
+        static_hosting_domain: 'site.test',
+    } as unknown as Parameters<typeof setupTestServer>[0]);
+    await server.services.appIcon.ensureIconsDirectory();
+    const controller = server.controllers
+        .legacyFs as unknown as LegacyFSController;
+    const router = new PuterRouter();
+    controller.registerRoutes(router);
+    handler = router.routes.find(
+        (r) =>
+            r.path === '/get-launch-apps' &&
+            String(r.method).toLowerCase() === 'get',
+    )!.handler as RequestHandler;
+}, 60_000);
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+    await server?.shutdown();
+});
+
+const makeActor = async (): Promise<{ actor: Actor; id: number }> => {
+    const username = `v13-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)}`;
+    const u = await server.stores.user.create({
+        username,
+        uuid: uuidv4(),
+        password: null,
+        email: `${username}@test.local`,
+        free_storage: 100 * 1024 * 1024,
+        requires_email_confirmation: false,
+    });
+    const r = (await server.stores.user.getById(u.id))!;
+    return {
+        id: r.id,
+        actor: {
+            user: {
+                id: r.id,
+                uuid: r.uuid,
+                username: r.username,
+                email: r.email ?? null,
+                email_confirmed: true,
+            },
+        } as unknown as Actor,
+    };
+};
+
+const createViaDriver = async (actor: Actor, icon: string) =>
+    runWithContext({ actor }, () =>
+        (server.drivers.apps as unknown as Driver).create({
+            object: {
+                name: `v13-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)}`,
+                title: 'V',
+                index_url: `https://v13-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)}.test/`,
+                icon,
+            },
+        }),
+    );
+
+const launchApps = async (actor: Actor, appUid: string, userId: number) => {
+    await server.clients.db.write(
+        'INSERT INTO `app_opens` (`app_uid`, `user_id`, `ts`) VALUES (?, ?, ?)',
+        [appUid, userId, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)],
+    );
+    let body: { recent: Array<Record<string, unknown>> } | undefined;
+    const res = {
+        json: (v: unknown) => {
+            body = v as typeof body;
+            return res;
+        },
+        status: () => res,
+        setHeader: () => res,
+    } as unknown as Response;
+    await handler(
+        {
+            query: { icon_size: '64' },
+            headers: {},
+            body: {},
+            actor,
+        } as unknown as Request,
+        res,
+        () => {},
+    );
+    return body!.recent.find((e) => e.uuid === appUid)!;
+};
+
+describe('/get-launch-apps recent icon, verified', () => {
+    it('a valid data-URL icon written through the driver is migrated to a short URL', async () => {
+        const { actor, id } = await makeActor();
+        const app = await createViaDriver(
+            actor,
+            `data:image/png;base64,${PNG_2X2}`,
+        );
+        await vi.waitFor(
+            async () => {
+                const row = await server.stores.app.getByUid(app.uid as string);
+                expect(String(row?.icon).slice(0, 80)).toMatch(
+                    /^https?:\/\/.*\/app-icon\/app-/,
+                );
+            },
+            { timeout: 10_000 },
+        );
+        const entry = await launchApps(actor, app.uid as string, id);
+        expect(String(entry.icon).length).toBeLessThan(200);
+        expect(entry.iconCdnUrl).toMatch(/-64\.png$/);
+    }, 30_000);
+
+    it('returns an icon endpoint when migration cannot decode the stored icon', async () => {
+        const { actor, id } = await makeActor();
+        // PNG signature passes the write-path sniff; sharp rejects the rest.
+        const corrupt = Buffer.concat([
+            Buffer.from([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a]),
+            Buffer.alloc(1024 * 1024, 0x41),
+        ]).toString('base64');
+        const warn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+        let app: Record<string, unknown>;
+        try {
+            app = await createViaDriver(
+                actor,
+                `data:image/png;base64,${corrupt}`,
+            );
+            // Give the background pipeline time to try and fail.
+            await vi.waitFor(
+                () =>
+                    expect(
+                        warn.mock.calls.some(
+                            ([m]) => m === '[app-icon] icon processing failed',
+                        ),
+                    ).toBe(true),
+                { timeout: 10_000 },
+            );
+        } finally {
+            warn.mockRestore();
+        }
+        const row = await server.stores.app.getByUid(app!.uid as string);
+        expect(String(row?.icon).startsWith('data:image/png')).toBe(true);
+        const entry = await launchApps(actor, app!.uid as string, id);
+        expect(entry.icon).toBe(
+            `http://api.test.local/app-icon/${app!.uid}/64`,
+        );
+    }, 30_000);
+});

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

@@ -5293,4 +5293,39 @@ describe('LegacyFSController GET /get-launch-apps', () => {
 
         expect(returned).toEqual(recentUids);
     });
+
+    it('skips the recent opens for recent=0 and keeps recommended', async () => {
+        const { actor, userId } = await makeUser();
+        const app = await makeHostedApp(userId, 'unregistered-skip');
+        await recordOpen(userId, app.uid);
+
+        const call = async (query: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+            const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+            await withActor(actor, async () => {
+                await getLaunchAppsHandler()(
+                    makeReq({ actor, query }),
+                    res,
+                    () => {
+                        throw new Error('handler called next() unexpectedly');
+                    },
+                );
+            });
+            return captured.body as {
+                recommended: unknown[];
+                recent: unknown[];
+            };
+        };
+        const full = await call({});
+        expect(full.recent.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+        const opens = vi.spyOn(server.stores.app, 'getRecentAppOpens');
+        try {
+            const skipped = await call({ recent: '0' });
+            expect(skipped.recent).toEqual([]);
+            expect(skipped.recommended).toEqual(full.recommended);
+            expect(opens).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        } finally {
+            opens.mockRestore();
+        }
+    });
 });

src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
     assertResolvedActor,
     isAccessTokenActor,
     isAppActor,
+    isPlainUserActor,
     makeActor,
 } from '../../core/actor.js';
 import { Context } from '../../core/context.js';
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ import {
     assertAccess,
     assertCanCreate,
     assertCanMoveInto,
+    contextBoundStream,
     emitGuiItemEvent,
     expandClientPath,
     findOverwriteTarget,
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ import {
     getString,
     type GuiItemEventName,
     loadLegacyAssociatedApps,
+    rangeForEntry,
     replacedByMove,
     resolveReadRange,
     resolveV1Selector,
@@ -381,7 +384,9 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
 
                 let recent: unknown[] = [];
                 const userId = req.actor?.user?.id;
-                if (userId) {
+                // `recent=0`: a caller that only shows `recommended`.
+                const wantsRecent = req.query.recent !== '0';
+                if (userId && wantsRecent) {
                     const recentUids = await this.stores.app.getRecentAppOpens(
                         userId,
                         { limit: 10 },
@@ -418,9 +423,9 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
                         return {
                             ...toAppSummary(app, {
                                 config: this.config,
+                                apiBaseUrl: this.config.api_base_url,
                                 iconSize,
                             }),
-                            icon: app.icon ?? null,
                             index_url: backingGone ? null : app.index_url,
                             ...(backingGone
                                 ? { privateAccess: buildHostedBackingDenial() }
@@ -801,10 +806,23 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
             this.stores.fsEntry,
             body.source,
         );
-        const destinationParent = await resolveV1Selector(
+        const destination = await resolveV1Selector(
             this.stores.fsEntry,
             body.destination,
         );
+        // A file destination names the copy itself, replaced only with
+        // `overwrite`.
+        let newName = getString(body, 'new_name');
+        let destinationParent = destination;
+        if (!destination.isDir && !newName && destination.parentUid) {
+            const parent = await this.stores.fsEntry.getEntryByUuid(
+                destination.parentUid,
+            );
+            if (parent) {
+                destinationParent = parent;
+                newName = destination.name;
+            }
+        }
 
         await assertAccess(
             this.services.acl,
@@ -829,14 +847,14 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
             ? await findOverwriteTarget(
                   this.stores.fsEntry,
                   destinationParent,
-                  getString(body, 'new_name') ?? source.name,
+                  newName ?? source.name,
               )
             : null;
 
         const copy = await this.services.fs.copy(userId, {
             source,
             destinationParent,
-            newName: getString(body, 'new_name'),
+            newName,
             overwrite: overwriteRequested,
             dedupeName: getBoolean(body, 'dedupe_name', 'change_name') ?? false,
         });
@@ -1289,7 +1307,10 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
             });
         }
 
-        const range = resolveReadRange(req.headers.range, query);
+        const range = rangeForEntry(
+            entry,
+            resolveReadRange(req.headers.range, query),
+        );
         const download = await this.services.fs.readContent(entry, {
             range,
         });
@@ -1790,19 +1811,50 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
         // owner, so the layout it reveals is theirs to reveal, and the child
         // signatures expire; the paths are the only part that outlives them.
         if (entry.isDir) {
-            const children = await this.services.fs.listDirectory(entry.uuid);
-            const signedChildren = children.map((child) => {
+            const signChild = (child: FSEntry) => {
                 const { write_url: _, ...rest } = signEntry(child, signingCfg, {
                     ttlSeconds: NON_OWNER_SIGNATURE_TTL_SECONDS,
                 });
                 return { ...rest, path: maskEntryPath(child) };
-            });
-            res.json(signedChildren);
+            };
+            const pages = this.services.fs.listDirectoryPages(entry.uuid);
+            const first = await pages.next();
+            const firstPage = first.done ? [] : first.value;
+            const second = await pages.next();
+            if (second.done) {
+                res.json(firstPage.map(signChild));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Past one page the listing streams, so a large folder isn't held
+            // in memory whole. A failure partway cuts the response off.
+            const secondPage = second.value;
+            const serialize = (child: FSEntry) =>
+                JSON.stringify(signChild(child));
+            async function* allPages() {
+                yield firstPage;
+                yield secondPage;
+                yield* pages;
+            }
+            async function* body() {
+                let separator = '[';
+                for await (const page of allPages()) {
+                    if (page.length === 0) continue;
+                    yield separator + page.map(serialize).join(',');
+                    separator = ',';
+                }
+                yield separator === '[' ? '[]' : ']';
+            }
+            res.type('application/json');
+            await pipeToResponse(contextBoundStream(body()), res);
             return;
         }
 
         // File: stream bytes with Range support.
-        const range = resolveReadRange(req.headers.range, query);
+        const range = rangeForEntry(
+            entry,
+            resolveReadRange(req.headers.range, query),
+        );
         const download = await this.services.fs.readContent(entry, {
             range,
         });
@@ -1992,6 +2044,11 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
      */
     checkAppAcl = async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
         const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        // Sessions only: for an app, this would be a window onto its neighbours' grants.
+        if (!isPlainUserActor(actor))
+            throw new HttpError(403, 'actor must be a user', {
+                legacyCode: 'forbidden',
+            });
         const body = asRecord(req.body);
 
         const subjectRef = body.subject;
@@ -2022,7 +2079,7 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
                 legacyCode: 'subject_does_not_exist',
             });
 
-        let app: { uid: string } | null = null;
+        let app: { uid: string; id: number } | null = null;
         if (typeof appRef === 'string') {
             app =
                 (await this.stores.app.getByUid(appRef)) ??
@@ -2036,7 +2093,7 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
         // Build an actor-under-user shape for the check.
         const actorForApp = makeActor({
             user: actor.user,
-            app: { uid: (app as { uid: string }).uid },
+            app: { uid: app.uid, id: app.id },
         });
         const allowed = await acl.check(actorForApp, descriptor, mode);
         res.json({ allowed });
@@ -2084,10 +2141,12 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
         // by default, so opt in by naming the downloader as who pays.
         req.egressActor = actor;
 
-        const range =
+        const range = rangeForEntry(
+            entry,
             typeof req.headers.range === 'string'
                 ? req.headers.range
-                : undefined;
+                : undefined,
+        );
         const download = await this.services.fs.readContent(entry, {
             range,
         });

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

@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { Context, runWithContext } from '../../core/context.js';
 import type { PuterServer } from '../../server.js';
 import { createTestUser, setupTestServer } from '../../testUtil.js';
 import {
     asRecord,
+    contextBoundStream,
     fsEntryMimeType,
     getBoolean,
     getString,
     loadLegacyAssociatedApps,
+    rangeForEntry,
     resolveReadRange,
     signEntry,
     signEntryThumbnail,
@@ -705,3 +709,50 @@ describe('resolveReadRange', () => {
         ).toThrow('Invalid byte_count');
     });
 });
+
+describe('rangeForEntry', () => {
+    it('drops the range for an empty file only', () => {
+        const entry = (size: number) => ({ size }) as FSEntry;
+        expect(rangeForEntry(entry(0), 'bytes=0-511')).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(rangeForEntry(entry(10), 'bytes=0-4')).toBe('bytes=0-4');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('contextBoundStream', () => {
+    it("reads every chunk in the caller's context", async () => {
+        // A sink slower than the source that completes writes from outside
+        // any request, so later chunks are asked for from its drain.
+        const pending: Array<() => void> = [];
+        const flush = runWithContext({}, () =>
+            setInterval(() => pending.splice(0).forEach((done) => done()), 5),
+        );
+        const sink = new Writable({
+            highWaterMark: 1,
+            write(_chunk, _encoding, done) {
+                pending.push(done);
+            },
+        });
+        const seen: unknown[] = [];
+        try {
+            await runWithContext({ actor: 'caller' as never }, async () => {
+                async function* chunks() {
+                    for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+                        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1));
+                        seen.push(Context.get('actor'));
+                        yield 'x';
+                    }
+                }
+                await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                    contextBoundStream(chunks())
+                        .pipe(sink)
+                        .on('finish', resolve)
+                        .on('error', reject);
+                });
+            });
+        } finally {
+            clearInterval(flush);
+        }
+        expect(seen).toHaveLength(40);
+        expect(seen.every((actor) => actor === 'caller')).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/fs/legacyFsHelpers.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import { AsyncResource } from 'node:async_hooks';
 import { posix as pathPosix } from 'node:path';
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import { contentType as contentTypeFromMime } from 'mime-types';
 import type { FSEntry } from '../../stores/fs/FSEntry.js';
 import type { FSEntryStore } from '../../stores/fs/FSEntryStore.js';
@@ -150,6 +152,29 @@ export function resolveReadRange(
     return undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A response body read from `chunks` for `pipeToResponse`. Each chunk is pulled
+ * in the caller's async context, which share masking reads, not in whichever
+ * socket event asked for more.
+ */
+export function contextBoundStream(
+    chunks: AsyncGenerator<string, void, undefined>,
+): Readable {
+    const next = AsyncResource.bind(() => chunks.next());
+    const stop = AsyncResource.bind(() => chunks.return(undefined));
+    return Readable.from({
+        [Symbol.asyncIterator]: () => ({ next, return: stop }),
+    });
+}
+
+/** No range is satisfiable on an empty file, so it reads whole: empty, 200. */
+export function rangeForEntry(
+    entry: FSEntry,
+    range: string | undefined,
+): string | undefined {
+    return entry.size === 0 ? undefined : range;
+}
+
 // Accepts either `{ path }` or `{ uid }` or `{ id }` or `{ parent, name }`
 // from a legacy body field. Returns a resolved entry (throwing 404 if not
 // found or 400 if no usable ref is present).

src/backend/controllers/homepage/HomepageController.test.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import type { Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
@@ -466,3 +469,63 @@ describe('HomepageController GET /show/*splat', () => {
         expect(html).toContain('/alice/Documents');
     });
 });
+
+// ── /sw.js ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('HomepageController GET /sw.js', () => {
+    const headersOf = (res: Response): Record<string, string> =>
+        Object.fromEntries(
+            (res.set as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls.map(
+                ([key, value]) => [String(key).toLowerCase(), String(value)],
+            ),
+        );
+
+    it('serves the worker with root scope, as JavaScript, revalidated each time', async () => {
+        const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'puter-sw-route-'));
+        await mkdir(path.join(root, 'dist'));
+        await writeFile(path.join(root, 'dist', 'sw.js'), '// worker\n');
+        const config = server.services.homepage.config as {
+            gui_assets_root?: string;
+            env?: string;
+        };
+        const prev = { root: config.gui_assets_root, env: config.env };
+        config.gui_assets_root = root;
+        config.env = 'prod';
+        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+        try {
+            await callRoute('get', '/sw.js', makeReq({ path: '/sw.js' }), res);
+        } finally {
+            config.gui_assets_root = prev.root;
+            config.env = prev.env;
+        }
+        expect(captured.statusCode).toBe(200);
+        expect(captured.body).toBe('// worker\n');
+        expect(headersOf(res)).toMatchObject({
+            'content-type': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
+            'cache-control': 'no-cache',
+            'service-worker-allowed': '/',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('is a 404 when there is no worker to serve', async () => {
+        const config = server.services.homepage.config as {
+            gui_assets_root?: string;
+        };
+        const prev = config.gui_assets_root;
+        config.gui_assets_root = path.join(tmpdir(), 'no-such-gui-root');
+        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+        try {
+            await callRoute('get', '/sw.js', makeReq({ path: '/sw.js' }), res);
+        } finally {
+            config.gui_assets_root = prev;
+        }
+        expect(captured.statusCode).toBe(404);
+    });
+
+    it('is registered for the root subdomain only', () => {
+        const route = router.routes.find(
+            (r) => r.method === 'get' && r.path === '/sw.js',
+        );
+        expect(route?.options.subdomain).toBe('');
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/homepage/HomepageController.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
 import { toAppShellView } from '../../util/appShellView.js';
 import type { PuterRouter } from '../../core/http/PuterRouter';
+import type { IConfig } from '../../types';
 import type {
     PuterHomepageService,
     PageMeta,
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ const APP_LANDING_LIMIT = {
 };
 
 /**
- * App descriptions can run long; search snippets and social cards want a
- * short blurb. Collapses whitespace, then cuts at a word boundary with an
- * ellipsis so the result never exceeds `APP_META_DESCRIPTION_MAX`.
+ * App descriptions can run long; search snippets and social cards want a short
+ * blurb. Collapses whitespace, then cuts at a word boundary with an ellipsis so
+ * the result never exceeds `APP_META_DESCRIPTION_MAX`.
  */
 export function appMetaDescription(text: string): string {
     const clean = text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
@@ -56,6 +57,47 @@ export function appMetaDescription(text: string): string {
     return `${cut.replace(/[\s,;:.!?…—-]+$/, '')}…`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * `frame-ancestors` for the app browser embed. A wildcard over `*.<domain>`
+ * would also admit user-hosted sites whenever the hosting domains sit under
+ * it, so the embedding page is named exactly, from the request's referrer.
+ */
+export function embedFrameAncestors(
+    config: Pick<
+        IConfig,
+        | 'origin'
+        | 'domain'
+        | 'static_hosting_domain'
+        | 'static_hosting_domain_alt'
+        | 'private_app_hosting_domain'
+        | 'private_app_hosting_domain_alt'
+    >,
+    referer: string | undefined,
+): string {
+    const gui = new URL(config.origin ?? `https://${config.domain}`);
+    let parent: URL;
+    try {
+        parent = new URL(referer ?? '');
+    } catch {
+        return "'self'";
+    }
+    const host = parent.hostname.toLowerCase();
+    const hostingDomains = [
+        config.static_hosting_domain,
+        config.static_hosting_domain_alt,
+        config.private_app_hosting_domain,
+        config.private_app_hosting_domain_alt,
+    ]
+        .map((d) => (d ?? '').toLowerCase().split(':')[0])
+        .filter(Boolean);
+    const allowed =
+        parent.protocol === gui.protocol &&
+        parent.port === gui.port &&
+        host.endsWith(`.${config.domain.toLowerCase()}`) &&
+        !hostingDomains.some((d) => host === d || host.endsWith(`.${d}`));
+    return allowed ? `'self' ${parent.origin}` : "'self'";
+}
+
 /**
  * Routes that render the Puter GUI shell, plus a catch-all static fallback
  * under `<gui_assets_root>/src` for non-dist/src paths (images, fonts, lib
@@ -105,6 +147,21 @@ export class HomepageController extends PuterController {
 
         router.get('/', {}, (req, res) => sendShell(req, res));
 
+        router.get('/embed/apps', {}, (req, res) => {
+            // SDK bootstrap parameters must not change this page's account or API origin.
+            if (Object.keys(req.query).length) {
+                res.redirect('/embed/apps');
+                return;
+            }
+            res.removeHeader('X-Frame-Options');
+            res.setHeader(
+                'Content-Security-Policy',
+                `frame-ancestors ${embedFrameAncestors(this.config, req.get('referer'))}`,
+            );
+            res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
+            res.send(homepage.renderAppBrowserEmbed());
+        });
+
         router.get('/settings', {}, (req, res) => sendShell(req, res));
         router.get('/settings/*splat', {}, (req, res) => sendShell(req, res));
 
@@ -198,6 +255,20 @@ export class HomepageController extends PuterController {
             return sendShell(req, res, {}, launch);
         });
 
+        // -- /sw.js - the service worker, scoped to the whole origin --
+
+        router.get('/sw.js', { subdomain: '' }, async (_req, res) => {
+            const source = await homepage.serviceWorkerSource();
+            if (source === null) {
+                res.status(404).send('Not found');
+                return;
+            }
+            res.set('Content-Type', 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8');
+            res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-cache');
+            res.set('Service-Worker-Allowed', '/');
+            res.send(source);
+        });
+
         // -- Fallback static mount -----------------------------------
         // Serves lingering GUI assets (images, fonts, lib files, etc.)
         // out of <gui_assets_root>/src. Falls through to the 404 handler

src/backend/controllers/hosting/HostingController.test.js

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('HostingController /delete-site', () => {
             );
             expect(emitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
                 'subdomain.delete',
-                { subdomain: site.subdomain, uid: String(site.uuid) },
+                { subdomain: site.subdomain, uid: String(site.uuid), userId },
                 {},
             );
         } finally {

src/backend/controllers/index.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { EventsController } from './events/EventsController.js';
 import { FSController } from './fs/FSController.js';
 import { HomepageController } from './homepage/HomepageController.js';
 import { HostingController } from './hosting/HostingController.js';
+import { KvShareController } from './kvShare/KvShareController.js';
 import { LegacyFSController } from './fs/LegacyFSController.js';
 import { NotificationController } from './notification/NotificationController.js';
 import { OIDCController } from './oidc/OIDCController.js';
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export const puterControllers = {
     broadcast: BroadcastController,
     notification: NotificationController,
     events: EventsController,
+    kvShare: KvShareController,
     share: ShareController,
     webdav: WebDAVController,
     oidc: OIDCController,

src/backend/controllers/kvShare/KvShareController.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+/*
+ * 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 { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import type { Actor } from '../../core/actor.js';
+import { Controller, Delete, Get, Post } from '../../core/http/decorators.js';
+import { HttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
+import { bodyRecord } from '../../core/http/requestBody.js';
+import {
+    assertShareableAppUid,
+    parseKvShareRecipient,
+} from '../../services/kvShare/kvShares.js';
+import type {
+    KvShareHandleListOptions,
+    KvShareOwnerListOptions,
+    KvShareOwnerListState,
+} from '../../stores/events/KvShareHandleStore.js';
+import {
+    KV_HANDLE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP,
+    KV_SHARE_OWNER_LIST_STATES,
+} from '../../stores/events/KvShareHandleStore.js';
+import { KV_GLOBAL_APP_KEY } from '../../stores/systemKv/SystemKVStore.js';
+import { normalizeLimit } from '../../util/pagination.js';
+import type { KvShareView } from '../../services/kvShare/KvShareService.js';
+import { EVENTS_LIST_LIMIT, KV_SHARE_BATCH_MAX } from '../events/limits.js';
+import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
+
+/** The app-less namespace is no app, so the wire says `null` for it. */
+const publicAppUid = (appUid: string): string | null =>
+    appUid === KV_GLOBAL_APP_KEY ? null : appUid;
+
+/**
+ * The namespace a listing's `appUid` names, in the form responses use: an app
+ * uid, or `null` for the app-less namespace.
+ */
+const listAppUid = (value: unknown): string | undefined => {
+    if (value === undefined || value === '') return undefined;
+    if (typeof value !== 'string')
+        throw new HttpError(400, '`appUid` must be a string', {
+            legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+        });
+    return value === 'null' ? KV_GLOBAL_APP_KEY : assertShareableAppUid(value);
+};
+
+const badRequest = (message: string): HttpError =>
+    new HttpError(400, message, { legacyCode: 'bad_request' });
+
+/** A share as `POST /kv/shares` reports it. */
+const shareBody = (share: KvShareView) => ({
+    handle: share.handle,
+    prefix: share.prefix,
+    access: share.access,
+    appUid: publicAppUid(share.appUid),
+    holder: share.holderUsername,
+    label: share.label,
+    notify: share.notify,
+    createdAt: share.createdAt,
+});
+
+/** `recipients` when the body names it: 1 to `KV_SHARE_BATCH_MAX` entries. */
+const batchRecipients = (
+    body: Record<string, unknown>,
+): unknown[] | undefined => {
+    const { recipient, recipients } = body;
+    if (recipients === undefined) return undefined;
+    if (recipient !== undefined)
+        throw badRequest('Send either `recipient` or `recipients`, not both');
+    if (
+        !Array.isArray(recipients) ||
+        recipients.length === 0 ||
+        recipients.length > KV_SHARE_BATCH_MAX
+    )
+        throw badRequest(
+            `\`recipients\` must be an array of 1 to ${KV_SHARE_BATCH_MAX} recipients`,
+        );
+    return recipients;
+};
+
+const listState = (value: unknown): KvShareOwnerListState | undefined => {
+    if (value === undefined || value === '') return undefined;
+    if (!(KV_SHARE_OWNER_LIST_STATES as readonly unknown[]).includes(value))
+        throw new HttpError(400, '`state` must be `live`, `revoked` or `all`', {
+            legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+        });
+    return value as KvShareOwnerListState;
+};
+
+const pageOptions = (req: Request): KvShareHandleListOptions => {
+    const query = (req.query ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    return {
+        limit: normalizeLimit(query.limit, { cap: KV_HANDLE_LIST_LIMIT_CAP }),
+        cursor: typeof query.cursor === 'string' ? query.cursor : undefined,
+        includeTotal: query.includeTotal === 'true',
+        appUid: listAppUid(query.appUid),
+    };
+};
+
+const ownerPageOptions = (req: Request): KvShareOwnerListOptions => ({
+    ...pageOptions(req),
+    state: listState((req.query ?? {}).state),
+});
+
+/**
+ * Sharing a region of one account's key-value data with another account.
+ *
+ * Gated like the events surface: `subdomain: 'api'` plus `allowAccessToken`,
+ * with app-ness decided from `effectiveApp` in the service, which is where the
+ * owner, holder, delegation and namespace rules live. Only sharing asks for a
+ * confirmed email; listing, revoking and unsharing only narrow or report.
+ */
+@Controller('/kv')
+export class KvShareController extends PuterController {
+    /**
+     * POST /kv/shares — share a region with another account, `read` unless the
+     * body asks otherwise. Sharing the same region with the same account again
+     * changes its level, label or `notify` flag in place. `recipients` shares
+     * it with several at once and reports each one on its own item.
+     */
+    @Post('/shares', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+        requireVerified: true,
+    })
+    async share(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        const body = bodyRecord(req);
+        const fields = {
+            prefix: body.prefix,
+            access: body.access,
+            appUid: body.appUid,
+            label: body.label,
+            notify: body.notify,
+        };
+        const recipients = batchRecipients(body);
+        if (recipients) {
+            const items = await this.services.kvShare.mintKvHandles(
+                actor,
+                { ...fields, recipients },
+                { defaultAccess: 'read' },
+            );
+            res.json({
+                items: items.map((item) =>
+                    item.share
+                        ? {
+                              recipient: item.recipient,
+                              ...shareBody(item.share),
+                          }
+                        : {
+                              recipient: item.recipient,
+                              error: {
+                                  message: item.error?.message ?? 'Not shared',
+                                  code:
+                                      item.error?.legacyCode ??
+                                      item.error?.code ??
+                                      'internal_error',
+                              },
+                          },
+                ),
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+        const share = await this.services.kvShare.mintKvHandle(
+            actor,
+            { ...fields, recipient: parseKvShareRecipient(body.recipient) },
+            { defaultAccess: 'read' },
+        );
+        res.json(shareBody(share));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * GET /kv/shares — what this account has shared out, retired included
+     * unless `state` narrows it.
+     */
+    @Get('/shares', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+        rateLimit: EVENTS_LIST_LIMIT,
+    })
+    async listSharedByMe(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        const page = await this.services.kvShare.listKvHandles(
+            actor,
+            ownerPageOptions(req),
+        );
+        res.json({
+            items: page.items.map((row) => ({
+                handle: row.handle,
+                prefix: row.prefix,
+                access: row.access,
+                appUid: publicAppUid(row.appUid),
+                holder: row.holderUsername,
+                label: row.label,
+                notify: row.notify,
+                createdAt: row.createdAt,
+                revokedAt: row.revokedAt,
+                revokedBy: row.revokedBy,
+            })),
+            ...(page.cursor ? { cursor: page.cursor } : {}),
+            ...(page.total !== undefined ? { total: page.total } : {}),
+        });
+    }
+
+    /** GET /kv/shares/with-me — live shares this account holds. */
+    @Get('/shares/with-me', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+        rateLimit: EVENTS_LIST_LIMIT,
+    })
+    async listSharedWithMe(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        const page = await this.services.kvShare.listKvSharesWithMe(
+            actor,
+            pageOptions(req),
+        );
+        res.json({
+            items: page.items.map((row) => ({
+                handle: row.handle,
+                access: row.access,
+                appUid: publicAppUid(row.appUid),
+                label: row.label,
+                notify: row.notify,
+                createdAt: row.createdAt,
+            })),
+            ...(page.cursor ? { cursor: page.cursor } : {}),
+            ...(page.total !== undefined ? { total: page.total } : {}),
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * DELETE /kv/shares/:handle — the owner revokes, the holder gives it up,
+     * and anyone else is told it is not there.
+     */
+    @Delete('/shares/:handle', {
+        subdomain: 'api',
+        requireAuth: true,
+        allowAccessToken: true,
+    })
+    async unshare(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const actor = this.#requireActor(req);
+        res.json(
+            await this.services.kvShare.removeKvShare(actor, req.params.handle),
+        );
+    }
+
+    #requireActor(req: Request): Actor {
+        const actor = req.actor;
+        if (!actor?.user)
+            throw new HttpError(401, 'Unauthorized', {
+                legacyCode: 'unauthorized',
+            });
+        return actor;
+    }
+}

src/backend/controllers/notification/NotificationController.http.test.ts

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { setupPuterTestEnv, type PuterTestEnv } from '../../testUtil.js';
 
 /**
- * Route-level coverage for the notification endpoint. Dismissing is the only
- * mark the desktop performs over HTTP, so this suite is what catches the route
- * going missing or a gate turning a legitimate dismiss away.
+ * Route-level coverage for the notification endpoints the desktop calls over
+ * HTTP, so this suite is what catches a route going missing or a gate turning
+ * a legitimate dismiss or removal away.
  */
 describe('notification endpoints over HTTP', () => {
     let env: PuterTestEnv;
@@ -85,4 +85,34 @@ describe('notification endpoints over HTTP', () => {
         });
         expect(after?.acknowledged).toBeFalsy();
     });
+
+    it('removes a notification', async () => {
+        const owner = env.users.user;
+        const { userId, uid } = await seedNotification(owner.username);
+
+        const res = await post('/notif/delete', owner.token, { uid });
+
+        expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+        await expect(res.json()).resolves.toEqual({});
+        const after = await env.server.stores.notification.getByUid(uid, {
+            userId,
+        });
+        expect(after).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('refuses an anonymous removal', async () => {
+        const { userId, uid } = await seedNotification(env.users.other.username);
+
+        const res = await fetch(new URL('/notif/delete', env.apiOrigin), {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+            body: JSON.stringify({ uid }),
+        });
+
+        expect(res.status).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(400);
+        const after = await env.server.stores.notification.getByUid(uid, {
+            userId,
+        });
+        expect(after?.uid).toBe(uid);
+    });
 });

src/backend/controllers/notification/NotificationController.test.ts

@@ -183,3 +183,74 @@ describe('NotificationController.markAck', () => {
         expect(after?.acknowledged).toBeFalsy();
     });
 });
+
+// ── /notif/delete ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('NotificationController.remove', () => {
+    it('deletes the underlying notification row', async () => {
+        const { actor, userId } = await makeUser();
+        const created = await server.stores.notification.create({
+            userId,
+            value: { title: 't' },
+        });
+
+        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+        await controller.remove(
+            makeReq({ body: { uid: created.uid }, actor }),
+            res,
+        );
+
+        expect(captured.body).toEqual({});
+        const after = await server.stores.notification.getByUid(
+            created.uid as string,
+            { userId },
+        );
+        expect(after).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('succeeds for a uid that names no row', async () => {
+        const { actor } = await makeUser();
+        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+        await controller.remove(
+            makeReq({ body: { uid: 'no-such-uid' }, actor }),
+            res,
+        );
+        expect(captured.body).toEqual({});
+    });
+
+    it('rejects a missing uid with 400', async () => {
+        const { actor } = await makeUser();
+        const { res } = makeRes();
+        await expect(
+            controller.remove(makeReq({ body: {}, actor }), res),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
+    });
+
+    it('throws 401 when there is no actor on the request', async () => {
+        const { res } = makeRes();
+        await expect(
+            controller.remove(makeReq({ body: { uid: 'whatever' } }), res),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 401 });
+    });
+
+    it("does not delete another user's notification", async () => {
+        const a = await makeUser();
+        const b = await makeUser();
+        const created = await server.stores.notification.create({
+            userId: a.userId,
+            value: {},
+        });
+
+        const { res } = makeRes();
+        await controller.remove(
+            makeReq({ body: { uid: created.uid }, actor: b.actor }),
+            res,
+        );
+
+        const after = await server.stores.notification.getByUid(
+            created.uid as string,
+            { userId: a.userId },
+        );
+        expect(after?.uid).toBe(created.uid);
+    });
+});

src/backend/controllers/notification/NotificationController.ts

@@ -20,16 +20,44 @@
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { Controller, Post } from '../../core/http/decorators.js';
 import { HttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
-import type { NotificationService } from '../../services/notification/NotificationService.js';
 import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
 
+/** Both routes fire per interaction; the ceiling catches a loop, not a user. */
+const MARK_ROUTE_OPTIONS = {
+    subdomain: 'api',
+    requireUserActor: true,
+    allowFullAccessToken: true,
+    rateLimit: {
+        scope: 'notification-mark',
+        limit: 300,
+        window: 60_000,
+        key: 'user',
+    },
+} as const;
+
+/** The uid and owner a mark names, or the 400/401 the request earns. */
+const markTarget = (req: Request): { uid: string; userId: number } => {
+    const uid = req.body?.uid;
+    if (typeof uid !== 'string' || uid.length === 0) {
+        throw new HttpError(400, '`uid` must be a non-empty string', {
+            legacyCode: 'bad_request',
+        });
+    }
+    const userId = req.actor?.user?.id;
+    if (!userId)
+        throw new HttpError(401, 'Unauthorized', {
+            legacyCode: 'unauthorized',
+        });
+    return { uid, userId };
+};
+
 /**
- * GUI-facing notification endpoint. Supplements the `puter-notifications`
- * driver (which handles CRUD via `/drivers/call`) with the one mutation route
- * the puter desktop client calls directly.
+ * GUI-facing notification endpoints. Supplement the `puter-notifications`
+ * driver (which handles reads via `/drivers/call`) with the mutations the puter
+ * desktop client calls directly.
  *
- * It emits `outer.gui.notif.ack` via the NotificationService so other open tabs
- * for the same user see the state change immediately.
+ * Each goes through the NotificationService, which tells the user's other open
+ * tabs (`notif.ack`, `notif.removed`) so they update immediately.
  */
 @Controller('/notif')
 export class NotificationController extends PuterController {
@@ -37,50 +65,21 @@ export class NotificationController extends PuterController {
      * POST /notif/mark-ack — user dismissed a notification. Sets `acknowledged`
      * timestamp; pushes ack event to sockets.
      */
-    @Post('/mark-ack', {
-        subdomain: 'api',
-        requireUserActor: true,
-        allowFullAccessToken: true,
-        // Fires per notification interaction, so the ceiling stays
-        // generous — it is here to catch a loop, not to pace a user.
-        rateLimit: {
-            scope: 'notification-mark',
-            limit: 300,
-            window: 60_000,
-            key: 'user',
-        },
-    })
+    @Post('/mark-ack', MARK_ROUTE_OPTIONS)
     async markAck(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
-        const uid = req.body?.uid;
-        if (typeof uid !== 'string' || uid.length === 0) {
-            throw new HttpError(400, '`uid` must be a non-empty string', {
-                legacyCode: 'bad_request',
-            });
-        }
-        const userId = req.actor?.user?.id;
-        if (!userId)
-            throw new HttpError(401, 'Unauthorized', {
-                legacyCode: 'unauthorized',
-            });
+        const { uid, userId } = markTarget(req);
+        await this.services.notification.markAcknowledged(uid, userId);
+        res.json({});
+    }
 
-        const notifService = this.services.notification as unknown as
-            | NotificationService
-            | undefined;
-        if (notifService?.markAcknowledged) {
-            await notifService.markAcknowledged(uid, userId);
-        } else {
-            // Fallback: direct store call if service isn't wired
-            await (
-                this.stores as Record<string, unknown> as {
-                    notification: {
-                        markAcknowledged: (
-                            uid: string,
-                            userId: number,
-                        ) => Promise<boolean>;
-                    };
-                }
-            ).notification.markAcknowledged(uid, userId);
-        }
+    /**
+     * POST /notif/delete — user removed a notification from their history. A
+     * uid naming none of their rows succeeds too: it is gone either way.
+     */
+    @Post('/delete', MARK_ROUTE_OPTIONS)
+    async remove(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+        const { uid, userId } = markTarget(req);
+        await this.services.notification.remove(uid, userId);
         res.json({});
     }
 }

src/backend/controllers/oidc/OIDCController.test.ts

@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ describe('OIDCController GET /auth/oidc/providers', () => {
         await callRoute('get', '/auth/oidc/providers', makeReq({}), res);
         // We configured a single `custom` provider; the live service
         // walks the config and returns its id.
-        expect(captured.body).toEqual({ providers: ['custom'] });
+        expect(captured.body).toEqual({
+            providers: ['custom'],
+            signupOidcOnly: false,
+        });
     });
 });
 

src/backend/controllers/oidc/OIDCController.ts

@@ -396,9 +396,12 @@ export class OIDCController extends PuterController {
                 },
             },
             async (_req: Request, res: Response) => {
-                const providers =
-                    await this.services.oidc.getEnabledProviderIds();
-                res.json({ providers });
+                const [providers, policy] = await Promise.all([
+                    this.services.oidc.getEnabledProviderIds(),
+                    this.services.signup.signupPolicy(),
+                ]);
+                // The signup window drops its email form when this is set.
+                res.json({ providers, signupOidcOnly: policy.oidcOnly });
             },
         );
 

src/backend/controllers/puterai/PuterAIController.shapes.test.ts

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ describe('PuterAIController.openaiResponses parameter forwarding', () => {
                     context_management: [{ type: 'compaction' }],
                     prompt_cache_key: 'ck',
                     prompt_cache_retention: '24h',
+                    prompt_cache_options: { ttl: '12h', prewarm: true },
                     store: true,
                     truncation: 'auto',
                     service_tier: 'default',
@@ -226,6 +227,9 @@ describe('PuterAIController.openaiResponses parameter forwarding', () => {
             context_management: [{ type: 'compaction' }],
             prompt_cache_key: 'ck',
             prompt_cache_retention: '24h',
+            // Forwarded as sent; the provider keeps only the fields it
+            // accepts.
+            prompt_cache_options: { ttl: '12h', prewarm: true },
             // forced false regardless of the client's request.
             store: false,
             truncation: 'auto',
@@ -359,13 +363,18 @@ describe('PuterAIController.openaiResponses input normalization', () => {
                 role: 'user',
                 content: [
                     'a bare string part',
-                    { type: 'input_text', text: 'typed text' },
+                    {
+                        type: 'input_text',
+                        text: 'typed text',
+                        prompt_cache_breakpoint: { mode: 'explicit', ttl: '12h' },
+                    },
                     { type: 'output_text', text: 'echoed text' },
                     {
                         type: 'input_image',
                         detail: 'high',
                         image_url: 'https://img.test/a.png',
                         file_id: 'file_img',
+                        prompt_cache_breakpoint: { mode: 'explicit' },
                     },
                     { type: 'input_audio', input_audio: { data: 'AAA' } },
                     {
@@ -386,13 +395,18 @@ describe('PuterAIController.openaiResponses input normalization', () => {
                 role: 'user',
                 content: [
                     { type: 'text', text: 'a bare string part' },
-                    { type: 'text', text: 'typed text' },
+                    {
+                        type: 'text',
+                        text: 'typed text',
+                        prompt_cache_breakpoint: { mode: 'explicit', ttl: '12h' },
+                    },
                     { type: 'text', text: 'echoed text' },
                     {
                         type: 'image_url',
                         detail: 'high',
                         image_url: { url: 'https://img.test/a.png' },
                         file_id: 'file_img',
+                        prompt_cache_breakpoint: { mode: 'explicit' },
                     },
                     { type: 'input_audio', input_audio: { data: 'AAA' } },
                     {
@@ -639,6 +653,33 @@ describe('PuterAIController.openaiResponses output items', () => {
 // -- /openai/v1/chat/completions edges -------------------------------
 
 describe('PuterAIController.openaiChatCompletions translation edges', () => {
+    it('forwards the prompt-cache fields to the driver', async () => {
+        const completeSpy = stubChatComplete({
+            message: { role: 'assistant', content: 'ok' },
+        });
+
+        const { res } = makeRes();
+        await controller.openaiChatCompletions(
+            makeReq({
+                body: {
+                    model: 'gpt-test',
+                    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hi' }],
+                    prompt_cache_key: 'ck',
+                    prompt_cache_retention: 'in_memory',
+                    prompt_cache_options: { ttl: '30m' },
+                },
+            }),
+            res,
+        );
+
+        const args = completeSpy.mock.calls[0]![0] as Record<string, unknown>;
+        expect(args).toMatchObject({
+            prompt_cache_key: 'ck',
+            prompt_cache_retention: 'in_memory',
+            prompt_cache_options: { ttl: '30m' },
+        });
+    });
+
     it('derives tool_calls from tool_use content blocks when the message has none', async () => {
         stubChatComplete({
             message: {

src/backend/controllers/puterai/PuterAIController.test.ts

@@ -511,6 +511,31 @@ describe('PuterAIController.openaiChatCompletions', () => {
 
         const completeArgs = completeSpy.mock.calls[0]![0];
         expect(completeArgs.provider).toBe('openai-completion');
+        expect(completeArgs.fallback).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('forwards fallback: false so the driver stops at the first route', async () => {
+        const completeSpy = stubChatComplete({
+            message: { role: 'assistant', content: 'hi there' },
+            finish_reason: 'stop',
+            usage: { prompt_tokens: 4, completion_tokens: 2 },
+        });
+
+        const { res } = makeRes();
+        await controller.openaiChatCompletions(
+            makeReq({
+                body: {
+                    model: 'gpt-test',
+                    provider: 'openai-completion',
+                    fallback: false,
+                    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hi' }],
+                },
+                actor: makeUserActor(),
+            }),
+            res,
+        );
+
+        expect(completeSpy.mock.calls[0]![0].fallback).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('still pins OpenAI when the caller names no model, so the default model does not move', async () => {

src/backend/controllers/puterai/PuterAIController.ts

@@ -447,7 +447,9 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                           body.reasoning_effort as ICompleteArguments['reasoning_effort'],
                   }
                 : {}),
+            ...promptCacheArgsFromBody(body),
             ...openaiCompatProvider(body),
+            ...(body.fallback === false ? { fallback: false } : {}),
         };
 
         const result = await this.#complete(res, completeArgs);
@@ -545,8 +547,7 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                         }
                     } else if (ev.type === 'usage') {
                         usageDetails = ev.usageDetails as
-                            | UsageDetails
-                            | undefined;
+                            UsageDetails | undefined;
                         finishReason = ev.finish_reason as string | undefined;
                     } else if (ev.type === 'error') {
                         res.write(
@@ -649,6 +650,7 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                 : {}),
             ...(finiteMaxTokens(body.max_tokens) ?? {}),
             ...openaiCompatProvider(body),
+            ...(body.fallback === false ? { fallback: false } : {}),
         };
 
         const completionId = `cmpl-${randomId()}`;
@@ -694,8 +696,7 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                         sendChunk(ev.text);
                     } else if (ev.type === 'usage') {
                         usageDetails = ev.usageDetails as
-                            | UsageDetails
-                            | undefined;
+                            UsageDetails | undefined;
                         finishReason = ev.finish_reason as string | undefined;
                     } else if (ev.type === 'error') {
                         res.write(
@@ -749,8 +750,7 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                     text: extractTextContent(
                         (
                             messageResult.message as
-                                | Record<string, unknown>
-                                | undefined
+                                Record<string, unknown> | undefined
                         )?.content,
                     ),
                     index: 0,
@@ -843,15 +843,7 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                           body.compaction as ICompleteArguments['compaction'],
                   }
                 : {}),
-            ...(body.prompt_cache_key
-                ? { prompt_cache_key: String(body.prompt_cache_key) }
-                : {}),
-            ...(body.prompt_cache_retention
-                ? {
-                      prompt_cache_retention:
-                          body.prompt_cache_retention as ICompleteArguments['prompt_cache_retention'],
-                  }
-                : {}),
+            ...promptCacheArgsFromBody(body),
             // forced off regardless of what the caller sent — OpenAI
             // defaults `store` to true, which would persist state server-side
             // on OpenAI's end that this route gives no way to retrieve.
@@ -869,6 +861,7 @@ export class PuterAIController extends PuterController {
                   }
                 : {}),
             provider: providerName,
+            ...(body.fallback === false ? { fallback: false } : {}),
         };
 
         const responseId = generateId('resp');
@@ -1343,6 +1336,33 @@ const openaiCompatProvider = (
     return { provider: DEFAULTS.openaiChat };
 };
 
+/**
+ * The prompt-cache fields both OpenAI-shaped routes forward as sent; the
+ * provider checks the values.
+ */
+const promptCacheArgsFromBody = (
+    body: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Pick<
+    ICompleteArguments,
+    'prompt_cache_key' | 'prompt_cache_retention' | 'prompt_cache_options'
+> => ({
+    ...(body.prompt_cache_key
+        ? { prompt_cache_key: String(body.prompt_cache_key) }
+        : {}),
+    ...(body.prompt_cache_retention
+        ? {
+              prompt_cache_retention:
+                  body.prompt_cache_retention as ICompleteArguments['prompt_cache_retention'],
+          }
+        : {}),
+    ...(body.prompt_cache_options
+        ? {
+              prompt_cache_options:
+                  body.prompt_cache_options as ICompleteArguments['prompt_cache_options'],
+          }
+        : {}),
+});
+
 const randomId = (): string => crypto.randomUUID().replace(/-/g, '');
 const generateId = (prefix: string): string => `${prefix}_${randomId()}`;
 
@@ -1590,12 +1610,24 @@ const parseJsonMaybe = (value: unknown): unknown => {
     }
 };
 
+/** An OpenAI `prompt_cache_breakpoint` marker, kept on the translated part. */
+const cacheBreakpointOf = (
+    p: Record<string, unknown>,
+): { prompt_cache_breakpoint?: unknown } =>
+    p.prompt_cache_breakpoint && typeof p.prompt_cache_breakpoint === 'object'
+        ? { prompt_cache_breakpoint: p.prompt_cache_breakpoint }
+        : {};
+
 const normalizeContentPart = (part: unknown): Record<string, unknown> => {
     if (typeof part === 'string') return { type: 'text', text: part };
     if (!part || typeof part !== 'object') return { type: 'text', text: '' };
     const p = part as Record<string, unknown>;
     if (p.type === 'input_text' || p.type === 'output_text') {
-        return { type: 'text', text: String(p.text ?? '') };
+        return {
+            type: 'text',
+            text: String(p.text ?? ''),
+            ...cacheBreakpointOf(p),
+        };
     }
     if (p.type === 'input_image') {
         return {
@@ -1603,6 +1635,7 @@ const normalizeContentPart = (part: unknown): Record<string, unknown> => {
             ...(p.detail ? { detail: p.detail } : {}),
             ...(p.image_url ? { image_url: { url: p.image_url } } : {}),
             ...(p.file_id ? { file_id: p.file_id } : {}),
+            ...cacheBreakpointOf(p),
         };
     }
     if (p.type === 'input_audio')
@@ -1614,6 +1647,7 @@ const normalizeContentPart = (part: unknown): Record<string, unknown> => {
             ...(p.file_id ? { file_id: p.file_id } : {}),
             ...(p.file_url ? { file_url: p.file_url } : {}),
             ...(p.filename ? { filename: p.filename } : {}),
+            ...cacheBreakpointOf(p),
         };
     }
     return p;

src/backend/controllers/puterai/anthropicWire.test.ts

@@ -324,6 +324,18 @@ describe('parseAnthropicRequest', () => {
         expect(args.provider).toBe('claude');
         expect(args.normalize).toBe(false);
         expect(args.streamToolInput).toBe(true);
+        expect(args.fallback).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('forwards fallback: false and nothing else for fallback', () => {
+        expect(
+            parseAnthropicRequest({ messages: [], fallback: false }, headers)
+                .fallback,
+        ).toBe(false);
+        expect(
+            parseAnthropicRequest({ messages: [], fallback: 'no' }, headers)
+                .fallback,
+        ).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
     it('maps thinking, tool_choice, stop_sequences, top_p/top_k', () => {

src/backend/controllers/puterai/anthropicWire.ts

@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ export const parseAnthropicRequest = (
             : {}),
         ...(betas.length ? { anthropicBetas: betas } : {}),
         provider: toStringOrEmpty(body.provider) || 'claude',
+        ...(body.fallback === false ? { fallback: false } : {}),
     };
     // Silently ignored: metadata, service_tier, inference_geo, container,
     // fallbacks, diagnostics.

src/backend/controllers/static/StaticAssetsController.test.ts

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 
 import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import express, { type Request, type Response } from 'express';
 import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { PuterRouter } from '../../core/http/PuterRouter.js';
 import type { RouteDescriptor } from '../../core/http/types.js';
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ const callGetHandler = async (
     let captured: { filename?: string; root?: string } = {};
     const req = {} as Request;
     const res = {
+        setHeader: vi.fn(),
         sendFile: vi.fn((filename: string, opts: { root: string }) => {
             captured = { filename, root: opts.root };
         }),
@@ -151,6 +153,12 @@ describe('StaticAssetsController client_libs_root', () => {
 
         const sentPutility = await callGetHandler(router, '/putility/v1');
         expect(sentPutility).toEqual({ filename: 'putility.js/v1.js', root });
+
+        for (const route of ['/push-sw.js', '/v2/push-sw.js']) {
+            expect(findRoute(router, 'get', route)?.options.subdomain).toBe('js');
+            const sentWorker = await callGetHandler(router, route);
+            expect(sentWorker).toEqual({ filename: 'puter.js/push-sw.js', root });
+        }
     });
 
     it('does not register the client_libs routes when the root is unset', () => {
@@ -186,6 +194,11 @@ describe('StaticAssetsController puterjs_root', () => {
         expect(v1.root).toBe(root);
         const bareV1 = await callGetHandler(router, '/v1');
         expect(bareV1.filename).toBe('puter.js');
+
+        for (const route of ['/push-sw.js', '/v2/push-sw.js']) {
+            const worker = await callGetHandler(router, route);
+            expect(worker).toEqual({ filename: 'push-sw.js', root });
+        }
     });
 
     it('serves puter.dev.js when present (dev webpack build)', async () => {
@@ -227,6 +240,48 @@ describe('StaticAssetsController puterjs_root', () => {
     });
 });
 
+// ── push-sw.js caching ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Serves the route's handler over real HTTP and returns the response. */
+const fetchThroughExpress = async (router: PuterRouter, routePath: string) => {
+    const route = findRoute(router, 'get', routePath);
+    if (!route) throw new Error(`No GET ${routePath} registered`);
+    const app = express();
+    app.get(routePath, (req, res, next) => route.handler(req, res, next));
+    const listener = app.listen(0);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => listener.once('listening', resolve));
+    try {
+        const { port } = listener.address() as AddressInfo;
+        return await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}${routePath}`);
+    } finally {
+        listener.close();
+    }
+};
+
+describe('StaticAssetsController push-sw.js', () => {
+    it.each([
+        ['client_libs_root', 'puter.js/push-sw.js'],
+        ['puterjs_root', 'push-sw.js'],
+    ] as const)(
+        'lets the CDN keep it for five minutes from %s',
+        async (configKey, file) => {
+            const root = makeTempDir();
+            mkdirSync(path.dirname(path.join(root, file)), { recursive: true });
+            writeFileSync(path.join(root, file), '/* worker */');
+            const router = buildController({ [configKey]: root });
+
+            for (const route of ['/push-sw.js', '/v2/push-sw.js']) {
+                const response = await fetchThroughExpress(router, route);
+                expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+                expect(response.headers.get('cache-control')).toBe(
+                    'public, max-age=0, s-maxage=300',
+                );
+                expect(await response.text()).toBe('/* worker */');
+            }
+        },
+    );
+});
+
 // ── gui_assets_root ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe('StaticAssetsController gui_assets_root', () => {

src/backend/controllers/static/StaticAssetsController.ts

@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { PuterController } from '../types.js';
 import type { PuterRouter } from '../../core/http/PuterRouter';
 
+// Sites import push-sw.js by URL, so the CDN refetches it within five minutes.
+const PUSH_WORKER_CACHE_CONTROL = 'public, max-age=0, s-maxage=300';
+
 /**
  * Static asset routes.
  *
- * /puter.js/v1, /puter.js/v2 → any subdomain /v1, /v2, /putility/v1 → js
- * subdomain /sdk/* → root subdomain — puter-js bundle /dist/_, /src/_,
- * /assets/* → root subdomain
+ * /puter.js/v1, /puter.js/v2 → any subdomain /v1, /v2, /push-sw.js,
+ * /putility/v1 → js subdomain /sdk/* → root subdomain — puter-js bundle
+ * /dist/_, /src/_, /assets/* → root subdomain
  *
  * Each block depends on its config root (`client_libs_root`, `gui_assets_root`,
  * `puterjs_root`). When unset, that block is skipped — deployments that don't
@@ -55,6 +58,13 @@ export class StaticAssetsController extends PuterController {
             router.get('/putility/v1', { subdomain: 'js' }, (_req, res) => {
                 res.sendFile('putility.js/v1.js', { root });
             });
+            // `/v2/push-sw.js` is the path older docs gave.
+            for (const route of ['/push-sw.js', '/v2/push-sw.js']) {
+                router.get(route, { subdomain: 'js' }, (_req, res) => {
+                    res.setHeader('Cache-Control', PUSH_WORKER_CACHE_CONTROL);
+                    res.sendFile('puter.js/push-sw.js', { root });
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         // puter-js SDK mount. GUI loads it at `/sdk/puter.dev.js`; the
@@ -100,6 +110,15 @@ export class StaticAssetsController extends PuterController {
                 router.get('/v2', { subdomain: 'js' }, (_req, res) => {
                     res.sendFile(puterJsFile, { root: puterjsRoot });
                 });
+                for (const route of ['/push-sw.js', '/v2/push-sw.js']) {
+                    router.get(route, { subdomain: 'js' }, (_req, res) => {
+                        res.setHeader(
+                            'Cache-Control',
+                            PUSH_WORKER_CACHE_CONTROL,
+                        );
+                        res.sendFile('push-sw.js', { root: puterjsRoot });
+                    });
+                }
             }
         }
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * 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 { runWithContext } from '../../core/context.js';
+import {
+    setupPuterTestEnv,
+    TEST_OTHER_USER_CREDENTIALS,
+    TEST_USER_CREDENTIALS,
+    type PuterTestEnv,
+} from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+/** PROPFIND has no paging, so a folder must list whole however large. */
+describe('PROPFIND on a folder larger than one query', () => {
+    let env: PuterTestEnv;
+    const total = 10_050;
+    let dir: string;
+    let dirUuid: string;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+        const { username } = env.users.user;
+        dir = `/${username}/Documents/big-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+        const owner = (await env.server.stores.user.getByUsername(username))!;
+        const parent = (await env.server.stores.fsEntry.getEntryByPath(
+            `/${username}/Documents`,
+        ))!;
+        dirUuid = randomUUID();
+        const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+        const insert = (rows: unknown[][]) =>
+            env.server.clients.db.write(
+                `INSERT INTO fsentries (uuid, user_id, parent_id, parent_uid, name, path, is_dir, modified, created, accessed, size) VALUES ${rows.map(() => '(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)').join(', ')}`,
+                rows.flat(),
+            );
+        await insert([
+            [
+                dirUuid,
+                owner.id,
+                parent.id,
+                parent.uuid,
+                dir.split('/').at(-1),
+                dir,
+                1,
+                now,
+                now,
+                now,
+                0,
+            ],
+        ]);
+        const folder = (await env.server.stores.fsEntry.getEntryByPath(dir))!;
+        for (let start = 0; start < total; start += 500) {
+            const rows: unknown[][] = [];
+            for (let i = start; i < Math.min(total, start + 500); i++) {
+                const name = `f${String(i).padStart(5, '0')}.txt`;
+                rows.push([
+                    randomUUID(),
+                    owner.id,
+                    folder.id,
+                    folder.uuid,
+                    name,
+                    `${dir}/${name}`,
+                    0,
+                    now,
+                    now,
+                    now,
+                    0,
+                ]);
+            }
+            await insert(rows);
+        }
+
+        const actor = { user: owner };
+        await runWithContext({ actor: actor as never }, () =>
+            env.server.services.share.share(actor as never, {
+                uid: dirUuid,
+                recipient: { username: env.users.other.username },
+                mode: 'read',
+            }),
+        );
+    }, 180_000);
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await env?.shutdown();
+    });
+
+    const propfind = async (
+        path: string,
+        credentials: { username: string; password: string },
+    ) => {
+        const port = new URL(env.apiOrigin).port;
+        const auth = Buffer.from(
+            `${credentials.username}:${credentials.password}`,
+        ).toString('base64');
+        const response = await fetch(
+            `http://dav.puter.localhost:${port}${encodeURI(path)}`,
+            {
+                method: 'PROPFIND',
+                headers: { Authorization: `Basic ${auth}`, Depth: '1' },
+            },
+        );
+        return { status: response.status, body: await response.text() };
+    };
+
+    const hrefsOf = (xml: string) =>
+        [...xml.matchAll(/<D:href>([^<]*)<\/D:href>/g)].map((m) => m[1]!);
+
+    it('lists every child', async () => {
+        const { status, body } = await propfind(dir, TEST_USER_CREDENTIALS);
+        expect(status).toBe(207);
+        expect(body.endsWith('</D:multistatus>')).toBe(true);
+        const hrefs = hrefsOf(body);
+        expect(hrefs).toHaveLength(1 + total);
+        expect(new Set(hrefs).size).toBe(1 + total);
+        expect(body).toContain(`${dir}/f10049.txt`);
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it("masks every page of a share recipient's listing", async () => {
+        const masked = `/${env.users.user.username}/${dirUuid}/${dir.split('/').at(-1)}`;
+        const { status, body } = await propfind(
+            masked,
+            TEST_OTHER_USER_CREDENTIALS,
+        );
+        expect(status).toBe(207);
+        const hrefs = hrefsOf(body);
+        expect(hrefs).toHaveLength(1 + total);
+        expect(hrefs.every((href) => href.startsWith(masked))).toBe(true);
+        expect(body).not.toContain('/Documents/');
+    }, 60_000);
+});

src/backend/controllers/webdav/WebDAVController.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { posix as pathPosix } from 'node:path';
 import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises';
 import type { Actor } from '../../core/actor.js';
 import { HttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
+import { pipeToResponse } from '../../core/http/pipeToResponse.js';
 import {
     assertNotSuspended,
     assertTeam2fa,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import {
 import { Context } from '../../core/context.js';
 import type { FSEntry } from '../../stores/fs/FSEntry.js';
 import {
+    contextBoundStream,
     emitGuiItemEvent,
     type GuiItemEventName,
 } from '../fs/legacyFsHelpers.js';
@@ -600,19 +602,41 @@ export class WebDAVController extends PuterController {
             propfindEntry(maskEntryPath(entry), entry, entry.isDir),
         ];
 
-        if (depth !== '0' && entry.isDir) {
-            const children = await this.services.fs.listDirectory(
-                entry.uuid,
-                {},
-            );
-            for (const child of children) {
-                responses.push(
-                    propfindEntry(maskEntryPath(child), child, child.isDir),
-                );
-            }
+        if (depth === '0' || !entry.isDir) {
+            this.#sendMultistatus(res, responses);
+            return;
         }
 
-        this.#sendMultistatus(res, responses);
+        const toXml = (children: FSEntry[]) =>
+            children
+                .map((child) =>
+                    propfindEntry(maskEntryPath(child), child, child.isDir),
+                )
+                .join('\n');
+        const pages = this.services.fs.listDirectoryPages(entry.uuid);
+        const first = await pages.next();
+        if (!first.done && first.value.length > 0)
+            responses.push(toXml(first.value));
+        const second = await pages.next();
+        if (second.done) {
+            this.#sendMultistatus(res, responses);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Past one page the listing streams, so a large folder isn't held in
+        // memory whole. A failure partway cuts the response off.
+        const secondPage = second.value;
+        async function* body() {
+            yield `${MULTISTATUS_OPEN}${responses.join('\n')}`;
+            yield `\n${toXml(secondPage)}`;
+            for await (const page of pages)
+                if (page.length > 0) yield `\n${toXml(page)}`;
+            yield MULTISTATUS_CLOSE;
+        }
+        res.status(207).set({
+            'Content-Type': 'application/xml; charset=utf-8',
+        });
+        await pipeToResponse(contextBoundStream(body()), res);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1289,8 +1313,12 @@ function escapeXml(text: string): string {
         .replace(/'/g, ''');
 }
 
+const MULTISTATUS_OPEN =
+    '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:">\n';
+const MULTISTATUS_CLOSE = '\n</D:multistatus>';
+
 function wrapMultistatus(inner: string): string {
-    return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:">\n${inner}\n</D:multistatus>`;
+    return `${MULTISTATUS_OPEN}${inner}${MULTISTATUS_CLOSE}`;
 }
 
 /**

src/backend/core/actor.test.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
     makeActor,
     SYSTEM_ACTOR,
     userRelatedActor,
+    viaWorkerOf,
     type Actor,
 } from './actor';
 
@@ -111,3 +112,28 @@ describe('assertResolvedActor', () => {
         );
     });
 });
+
+describe('viaWorkerOf', () => {
+    const user = { uuid: 'u-1', id: 1 };
+
+    it('reads a worker session or an events handler as server-side', () => {
+        expect(
+            viaWorkerOf(
+                makeActor({ user, session: { uid: 's-1', kind: 'worker' } }),
+            ),
+        ).toBe(true);
+        expect(viaWorkerOf(makeActor({ user, handlerDepth: 1 }))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('reads a browser session, an app or no actor at all as not', () => {
+        expect(
+            viaWorkerOf(
+                makeActor({ user, session: { uid: 's-1', kind: 'web' } }),
+            ),
+        ).toBe(false);
+        expect(viaWorkerOf(makeActor({ user, app: { uid: 'app-1' } }))).toBe(
+            false,
+        );
+        expect(viaWorkerOf(undefined)).toBe(false);
+    });
+});

src/backend/core/actor.ts

@@ -239,3 +239,10 @@ export const userRelatedActor = (actor: Actor): Actor => {
 /** How many events handler runs led to a write by this actor. */
 export const handlerDepthOf = (actor: Actor | undefined | null): number =>
     actor?.handlerDepth ?? 0;
+
+/**
+ * Whether a write by this actor was made by server-side code running as the
+ * account: a worker session, or an events handler.
+ */
+export const viaWorkerOf = (actor: Actor | undefined | null): boolean =>
+    actor?.session?.kind === 'worker' || handlerDepthOf(actor) > 0;