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Implements a production-ready voting system following atProto write-forward
architecture with bidirectional voting (upvote/downvote) for forum-style
content ranking.
## Key Features
- **atProto Write-Forward Architecture**: AppView → PDS → Jetstream → AppView
- **User-Owned Votes**: Votes stored in user repositories (at://user_did/...)
- **Strong References**: URI + CID for content integrity
- **Toggle Logic**: Same direction deletes, opposite direction switches
- **Real-time Indexing**: Jetstream consumer with atomic count updates
- **PDS-as-Source-of-Truth**: Queries PDS directly to prevent race conditions
## Components Added
### Domain Layer (internal/core/votes/)
- Vote model with strong reference support
- Service layer with PDS integration and toggle logic
- Repository interface for data access
- Domain errors (ErrVoteNotFound, ErrSubjectNotFound, etc.)
- Comprehensive service unit tests (5 tests, all passing)
### Data Layer (internal/db/postgres/)
- Vote repository implementation with idempotency
- Comprehensive unit tests (11 tests covering all CRUD + edge cases)
- Migration #013: Create votes table with indexes and constraints
- Migration #014: Remove FK constraint (critical race condition fix)
### API Layer (internal/api/)
- CreateVoteHandler: POST /xrpc/social.coves.interaction.createVote
- DeleteVoteHandler: POST /xrpc/social.coves.interaction.deleteVote
- Shared error handler (handlers/errors.go) for consistency
- OAuth authentication required on all endpoints
### Jetstream Integration (internal/atproto/jetstream/)
- VoteEventConsumer: Indexes votes from firehose
- Atomic transaction: vote insert + post count update
- Security validation: DID format, direction, strong references
- Idempotent operations for firehose replays
### Testing (tests/integration/)
- E2E test with simulated Jetstream (5 scenarios, <100ms)
- TRUE E2E test with live PDS + Jetstream (1.3s, all passing)
- Verified complete data flow: API → PDS → Jetstream → AppView
## Critical Fixes
### Fix #1: Toggle Race Condition
**Problem**: Querying AppView (eventually consistent) caused duplicate votes
**Solution**: Query PDS directly via com.atproto.repo.listRecords
**Impact**: Eliminates data corruption, adds ~75ms latency (acceptable)
### Fix #2: Voter Validation Race
**Problem**: Vote events arriving before user events caused permanent vote loss
**Solution**: Removed FK constraint, allow out-of-order indexing
**Migration**: 014_remove_votes_voter_fk.sql
**Security**: Maintained via PDS authentication + DID format validation
### Fix #3: PDS Pagination
**Problem**: Users with >100 votes couldn't toggle/delete votes
**Solution**: Full pagination with reverse=true (newest first)
**Capacity**: Supports up to 5000 votes per user (50 pages × 100)
## Technical Implementation
**Lexicon**: social.coves.interaction.vote (record type)
- subject: StrongRef (URI + CID)
- direction: "up" | "down"
- createdAt: datetime
**Database Schema**:
- Unique constraint: one active vote per user per subject
- Soft delete support (deleted_at)
- DID format constraint (removed FK for race condition fix)
- Indexes: subject_uri, voter_did+subject_uri, voter_did
**Service Logic**:
- Validates subject exists before creating vote
- Queries PDS for existing vote (source of truth)
- Implements toggle: same → delete, different → switch
- Writes to user's PDS with strong reference
**Consumer Logic**:
- Listens for social.coves.interaction.vote CREATE/DELETE
- Validates: DID format, direction, strong reference
- Atomically: indexes vote + updates post counts
- Idempotent: ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING, safe for replays
## Test Coverage
✅ Repository Tests: 11/11 passing
✅ Service Tests: 5/5 passing (1 skipped by design)
✅ E2E Simulated: 5/5 passing
✅ E2E Live PDS: 1/1 passing (TRUE end-to-end)
✅ Build: Success
**Total**: 22 tests, ~3 seconds
## Architecture Compliance
✅ Write-forward pattern (AppView → PDS → Jetstream → AppView)
✅ Layer separation (Handler → Service → Repository → Database)
✅ Strong references for content integrity
✅ Eventual consistency with out-of-order event handling
✅ Idempotent operations for distributed systems
✅ OAuth authentication on all write endpoints
## Performance
- Vote creation: <100ms (includes PDS write)
- Toggle operation: ~150ms (includes PDS query + write)
- Jetstream indexing: <1 second (real-time)
- Database indexes: Optimized for common query patterns
## Security
✅ JWT authentication required
✅ Votes validated against user's PDS repository
✅ DID format validation
✅ Strong reference integrity (URI + CID)
✅ Rate limiting (100 req/min per IP)
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## 🎉 Major Feature: Complete Feed System Implementation
Implements the complete Timeline and Discover feed architecture for Coves,
following atProto patterns with proper separation of concerns (handlers →
services → repositories). This is a foundational feature for the alpha release.
### New Features
**Timeline Feed (User-Specific)**
- `social.coves.feed.getTimeline` XRPC endpoint
- Authenticated user feed showing posts from subscribed communities
- Full architecture: Handler → Service → Repository
- Integration tests with cursor pagination (368 lines)
**Discover Feed (Public)**
- `social.coves.feed.getDiscover` XRPC endpoint
- Public feed showing recent posts from all communities
- Optimized for performance with documented indexing strategy
- Comprehensive security tests (273 lines)
**Shared Infrastructure**
- Created `feed_repo_base.go` (340 lines) to eliminate code duplication
- Shared lexicon definitions in `social.coves.feed.defs`
- HMAC-SHA256 signed cursors for pagination integrity
- Consistent error handling across both feeds
### Technical Improvements
**Code Quality**
- Eliminated ~700 lines of duplicate code via shared base repository
* timeline_repo.go: 426 → 131 lines (-69% duplication)
* discover_repo.go: 383 → 124 lines (-68% duplication)
- Consistent formatting with gofumpt
- Comprehensive inline documentation
**Security Enhancements**
- HMAC cursor signing prevents pagination tampering
- CURSOR_SECRET environment variable for production deployments
- DID format validation (must start with "did:")
- Rate limiting strategy documented (100 req/min per IP)
- Input validation at handler level
**Performance**
- Database indexes documented for optimal query performance
- Cursor-based pagination for large result sets
- Efficient joins between posts, communities, and users
### Aggregator System Updates
**Documentation**
- Documented critical alpha blocker: aggregator user registration
- Aggregators cannot post until indexed as users in AppView
- Proposed solution: `social.coves.aggregator.register` endpoint
- Quick fix alternative documented for testing
**Code Cleanup**
- Consistent formatting across aggregator codebase
- Improved test readability
- Updated PRD with alpha blockers section
### Files Changed (30 files, +2406/-308 lines)
**New Implementations**
- `internal/api/handlers/timeline/` - Timeline XRPC handler
- `internal/api/handlers/discover/` - Discover XRPC handler
- `internal/core/timeline/` - Timeline business logic
- `internal/core/discover/` - Discover business logic
- `internal/db/postgres/feed_repo_base.go` - Shared repository base
- `internal/db/postgres/timeline_repo.go` - Timeline data access
- `internal/db/postgres/discover_repo.go` - Discover data access
- `internal/atproto/lexicon/social/coves/feed/` - Feed lexicons
- `tests/integration/timeline_test.go` - Timeline integration tests
- `tests/integration/discover_test.go` - Discover integration tests
**Updated**
- `cmd/server/main.go` - Feed service initialization
- `internal/api/routes/` - Timeline and discover routes
- `docs/aggregators/PRD_AGGREGATORS.md` - Alpha blocker docs
- `tests/integration/helpers.go` - Shared test utilities
### Testing
- ✅ All 11 integration tests passing
- ✅ Timeline feed with authentication
- ✅ Discover feed security validation
- ✅ Cursor pagination integrity
- ✅ Aggregator authorization flows
### Migration Path
To revert this entire feature in the future:
```bash
git revert -m 1 <this-merge-commit-id>
```
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Add critical alpha blocker documentation for aggregator registration system.
Aggregators cannot post until they are indexed as users in the AppView.
Changes:
- Document aggregator user registration blocker in PRD
- Add proposed solution (registration endpoint)
- Include quick fix alternative for testing
- Code formatting cleanup across aggregator files
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## Critical Issues Fixed
- Removed unused postType/postTypes from lexicon (not implemented)
- Documented database indexes and performance characteristics
- Documented rate limiting strategy for public discover endpoint
## Important Improvements
- Eliminated ~700 lines of duplicate code via shared feed_repo_base.go
* timeline_repo.go: 426 → 140 lines (-67%)
* discover_repo.go: 383 → 133 lines (-65%)
- Added HMAC-SHA256 cursor integrity protection
- Created shared lexicon defs.json for feedViewPost types
- Added DID format validation in timeline handler
- Fixed error handling to use errors.Is() for wrapped errors
## Security Enhancements
- HMAC cursor signing prevents tampering
- CURSOR_SECRET environment variable for production
- DID format validation (must start with "did:")
- Rate limiting documented (100 req/min per IP)
## Code Quality
- Duplicate code: 85% → 0%
- Consistent formatting with gofumpt (extra rules)
- Comprehensive inline documentation
- All 11 tests passing
## Files Changed
- Created: feed_repo_base.go (340 lines shared logic)
- Created: defs.json (shared lexicon types)
- Refactored: timeline_repo.go, discover_repo.go
- Enhanced: Error handlers, route documentation
- Updated: Tests to use cursor secret
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Adds design documentation for blob upload proxy system to enable
image/video posts in communities from external PDS users.
Problem:
Users on external PDSs cannot directly upload blobs to community-owned
PDS repositories because they lack authentication credentials for the
community's PDS.
Solution:
Coves AppView acts as an authenticated proxy for blob uploads via
social.coves.blob.uploadForCommunity endpoint.
Flow:
1. User uploads blob to AppView
2. AppView validates user can post to community
3. AppView uses community's PDS credentials to upload blob
4. AppView returns CID to user
5. User creates post record referencing the CID
6. Post and blob both live in community's PDS
Status: Design documented, implementation TODO
Priority: CRITICAL for Beta - Required for rich media posts
Implementation checklist includes:
- Handler endpoint
- User authorization validation
- Community credential management
- Upload proxy logic
- Security measures (size limits, content-type validation, rate limiting)
Updates PRD_KAGI_NEWS_RSS.md with Phase 1 implementation results:
Status changes:
- Status: Implementation Phase → Phase 1 Complete - Ready for Deployment
- Added comprehensive implementation summary section
- All 7 components marked as COMPLETE with test results
Documentation updates:
- Verified feed structure (3 H3 sections only)
- Timeline is website-only feature (not in RSS feed)
- Historical context woven into summary/highlights
- All components updated with implementation status
Test results documented:
- 57 tests passing with 83% coverage
- Detailed breakdown by component
- Test fixtures and strategies documented
Success metrics reorganized:
- Phase 1: Implementation - COMPLETE ✅
- Phase 2: Integration Testing - IN PROGRESS
- Phase 3: Alpha Deployment - planned
- Phase 4: Beta - planned
Added "What's Next" section:
- Immediate next steps for integration testing
- Open questions to resolve (DID creation, auth flow)
- Clear path to deployment
Key findings:
- Feed structure is stable and well-formed
- All essential data available in RSS feed
- Ready for Coves API integration