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docs: remove server and anti-abuse details from public docs - #1244
Removes operational and anti-abuse detail from public documentation while keeping the contracts contributors need to work in each module.
Motivation
Several docs described how API sessions, request proofs and extra verification work in detail (signed message formats, backoff and fallback behaviour, timeouts), where server jobs run, internal routes, database rules, remote switch names and rollback steps. None of that helps a contributor, and some of it helps someone probe the API.
What changed
core/network: the API session and request-proof block is now a short summary of what each class owns; session test notes are one pointer line.
core/support, app: request headers, verification page details, flag names, rollout state and push-sending steps removed; app keeps fail-open versus fail-closed switch behaviour without flag names.
scripts: server hosts, timers, file paths and internal routes removed; script contracts kept.
core/catalog, core/analytics, core/model, feature/onboarding, feature/explore, feature/briefing, feature/info, feature/home, feature/settings, docs/recommendation-system.md, docs/ANNOUNCEMENT_COMPOSER.md, test fixture notes: backend stack names, database rules, rate-limit sources and a few stray notes generalised or removed.
CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/TESTING.md, PR template: pointers to private maintainer guidance removed.
Two corrupted sentences (core/catalog, core/playback) rewritten from the code and tests they describe.
Behavior & compatibility
Documentation only; no code, build or behaviour changes.
Release copy
Changed
Public docs no longer describe server operations or anti-abuse internals; two corrupted README sentences are rewritten.
Test plan
Every tracked doc re-scanned for the removed patterns
Public READMEs and docs no longer describe request-signing formats,
session backoff and verification behaviour, server hosts and paths,
internal routes, database rules, remote switch names or rollback steps.
They keep the contracts contributors need. Two corrupted README
sentences are rewritten from the code they describe.
Updated guidance for local setup, testing, announcements, and API sessions and verification.
Revised descriptions of discovery, search, feed handling, onboarding, support, and library backup and sync.
Clarified privacy documentation, including that accounts are optional and are not linked to analytics.
Refreshed catalog, playback, and deployment guidance, and removed outdated references across project documentation.
Documentation across the repository was revised to describe current development guidance, API and catalog terminology, app features, and test coverage. The changes are documentation-only; no implementation changes are included in the supplied summaries.
Changes: Repository documentation updates
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Summary
Contributor and operations guidance .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/TESTING.md, docs/ANNOUNCEMENT_COMPOSER.md, scripts/README.md
Updates local App Check guidance and production-operation instructions. Removes references to private guidance and revises checker and admin-gateway descriptions.
API sessions, verification, and support app/README.md, core/network/README.md, core/support/README.md, feature/onboarding/README.md, docs/recommendation-system.md
Revises descriptions of API sessions, App Check and Turnstile verification, support identity and fallback behavior, and related test coverage.
boxcreate/boxlore#1182: Both PRs edit the app README’s feed-address and feed-first documentation.
boxcreate/boxlore#1221: Both PRs edit the API-session documentation in core/network/README.md.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 0b6b2
The documentation retains some details slated for removal and contains several misleading instructions. The change is mergeable with bounded follow-up.
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Review comments at @CONTRIBUTING.md:
- Line 80: Update the API-backed testing guidance in CONTRIBUTING.md to link to
the debug-token registration instructions in app/README.md, so developers can
register a Firebase App Check debug token when needed. Keep the existing backend
and Firebase provisioning guidance unchanged.
- Line 80: Update the contributor-facing real-backend guidance to say requests
use an API session without identifying the session route; preserve the existing
distinction from BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY and leave the other guidance unchanged.
Review comments at @core/analytics/README.md:
- Line 21: Update the `trackApiSessionStatus` documentation in the README to
replace the `/auth/session` route reference with “session exchange,” leaving the
surrounding event details unchanged.
Review comments at @core/catalog/README.md:
- Line 22: Update the RSS cleanup description in the README to remove the
explanation of when RTDB rules refuse a `feedUrl` delete. Keep the client’s
behavior clear: on a refused delete, it unsubscribes the FCM topic and clears
the journal entry; on other failures, it retains both.
- Line 24: Correct the routing description in the PodcastRepository README
entry: remove or revise the claim that Podcast Index IDs keep v1 `/episode` so
it accurately states that `lookupNetworkEpisode` tries v2 first and uses v1 only
after v2 cannot answer.
Review comments at @core/support/README.md:
- Line 60: Clarify the README description of the missing-proof fallback: only
new messages sent through SupportRepository.send use the old form; replies
handled by SupportRepository.reply return ReplyResult.Failed and are not
delivered through the old form.
- Line 59: Correct the install ID statement in the support documentation:
explain that the app sends an app-generated installId during session exchange
and that support uses the session for identity. Keep the explanation consistent
with ApiSessionManager.mint passing the ID to OkHttpSessionExchanger.exchange.
Review comments at @feature/info/README.md:
- Line 138: Update the manual acceptance checklist in the feed-first show page
section to instruct testers to restart the app after changing the rollout state,
ensuring each run uses the state fixed for that process. Keep the instruction
generic so it applies when testing either rollout state.
Review comments at @scripts/README.md:
- Line 153: Update the “Missing” description to clarify that the repair uses
BOXLORE_SVC_BACKFILL_KEY when set, and falls back to the legacy app key when it
is unset and that key is configured, so operators can identify which credential
is used.
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Rebuild after changing these values. The placeholder has a valid URL format but supplies no backend: search, recommendations, and briefing cannot retrieve live results.
Against a real backend, the app signs requests with an API session from `POST /auth/session`, not with `BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY` (it is still a build field but is never sent). Debug builds attest with the Firebase App Check debug provider. Without a registered debug token they get a limited session, which works except for AI onboarding. To give every debug install the same registered token, add an optional `BOXLORE_APPCHECK_DEBUG_SECRET=<uuid>` to `local.properties` and register that UUID as an App Check debug token in the Firebase console. Keep it out of Git like the rest of the file. Use local library, downloads, and RSS/OPML flows for checks that do not need the API. Working backend and Firebase services require separately provisioned configuration.
Against a real backend, the app signs requests with an API session from `POST /auth/session`, not with `BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY` (it is still a build field but is never sent). Debug builds use the Firebase App Check debug provider. Use local library, downloads, and RSS/OPML flows for checks that do not need the API. Working backend and Firebase services require separately provisioned configuration.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Link the debug App Check setup.
An unregistered debug token can leave AI onboarding unavailable. The local setup guide no longer explains how to register one. Link to the debug-token instructions in app/README.md so developers can complete API-backed testing. (github.com)
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Review comment at @CONTRIBUTING.md at line 80:
Update the API-backed testing guidance in CONTRIBUTING.md to link to the
debug-token registration instructions in app/README.md, so developers can
register a Firebase App Check debug token when needed. Keep the existing backend
and Firebase provisioning guidance unchanged.
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Remove the session endpoint from the public guidance.
The paragraph still names the session exchange endpoint, contrary to the PR’s redaction scope. It can retain the contributor-facing contract without the route.
Suggested fix
--- "a/CONTRIBUTING.md"+++ "b/CONTRIBUTING.md"@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
Rebuild after changing these values. The placeholder has a valid URL format but supplies no backend: search, recommendations, and briefing cannot retrieve live results.
-Against a real backend, the app signs requests with an API session from `POST /auth/session`, not with `BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY` (it is still a build field but is never sent). Debug builds use the Firebase App Check debug provider. Use local library, downloads, and RSS/OPML flows for checks that do not need the API. Working backend and Firebase services require separately provisioned configuration.+Against a real backend, the app signs requests with an API session, not with `BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY` (it is still a build field but is never sent). Debug builds use the Firebase App Check debug provider. Use local library, downloads, and RSS/OPML flows for checks that do not need the API. Working backend and Firebase services require separately provisioned configuration.
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Against a real backend, the app signs requests with an API session from `POST /auth/session`, not with `BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY` (it is still a build field but is never sent). Debug builds use the Firebase App Check debug provider. Use local library, downloads, and RSS/OPML flows for checks that do not need the API. Working backend and Firebase services require separately provisioned configuration.
Against a real backend, the app signs requests with an API session, not with `BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY` (it is still a build field but is never sent). Debug builds use the Firebase App Check debug provider. Use local library, downloads, and RSS/OPML flows for checks that do not need the API. Working backend and Firebase services require separately provisioned configuration.
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Review comment at @CONTRIBUTING.md at line 80:
Update the contributor-facing real-backend guidance to say requests use an API
session without identifying the session route; preserve the existing distinction
from BOXLORE_PUBLIC_KEY and leave the other guidance unchanged.
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- `trackCustomThemeEditorOpened` emits once per editor visit. `trackCustomThemeSaved` is called after custom theme preference persistence succeeds. Both use glossary-backed events with only entry point or background style; no color values are captured. Facade and inventory tests cover both emissions.
- `trackApiSessionStatus(ApiSessionStatus)` emits `api_session_status` for API sessions (`ApiSessionAnalyticsTracks`); null properties are left out. One event per `/auth/session` exchange (`kind=exchange`: `trigger`, `success`, `duration_ms`, `attestation`, `limited`, `app_check_attempted`, `failure_reason`, `server_reason`), per first renewal of a token or renewal problem (`kind=renew`, `renew_outcome`) and per Turnstile step-up (`kind=step_up`, `step_up_outcome`). Properties are categories only, never tokens, ids or keys. `trackAppCheckStatus` takes an optional `reason` (a short failure category such as `play_integrity_-9`); App Check now runs only inside a session exchange, so `app_check_status` arrives once per attempt rather than once per launch.
- `trackApiSessionStatus(ApiSessionStatus)` emits `api_session_status` for API sessions (`ApiSessionAnalyticsTracks`); null properties are left out. One event per `/auth/session` exchange (`kind=exchange`: `trigger`, `success`, `duration_ms`, `attestation`, `limited`, `app_check_attempted`, `failure_reason`, `server_reason`), per first renewal of a token or renewal problem (`kind=renew`, `renew_outcome`) and per Turnstile step-up (`kind=step_up`, `step_up_outcome`). Properties are categories only, never tokens, ids or keys. `trackAppCheckStatus` takes an optional `reason` (a short failure category); App Check now runs only inside a session exchange, so `app_check_status` arrives once per attempt rather than once per launch.
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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Remove the session endpoint from the public README.
This line still names /auth/session, although the PR aims to remove internal routes from public documentation. Replace the path with “session exchange.” (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @core/analytics/README.md at line 21:
Update the `trackApiSessionStatus` documentation in the README to replace the
`/auth/session` route reference with “session exchange,” leaving the surrounding
event details unchanged.
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- **Upgrade report (P4 PR 18).** `UpgradeAddressRepair` counts each run of an upgraded install in an `UpgradeRepairTally` (`SharedPreferencesUpgradeRepairTally`, file `boxlore_upgrade_repair_report`, backed up with Room): runs, first and last run times, addresses swapped, notifications registered again. The run that finishes the repair records "sent" first (`commit()`), then reports `own_ids_upgrade_completed` once through `FeedTelemetryPort.upgradeRepairCompleted` with `UpgradeRepairDao.showCounts`. A fresh install, a repair finished before this build, or a failed "sent" write reports nothing (`UpgradeRepairReportTest`).
- RSS notification activation requires explicit public-feed disclosure acceptance through `setNotificationsEnabled(..., acceptRssDisclosure = true, disclosedFeedUrl = savedUrl)`. `DeviceRssNotificationConsent` stores only URL fingerprints in `noBackupFilesDir`; changed URLs, restore and remote cloud settings cannot supply acceptance. Canonical `rss:` IDs require disclosure even with stale source metadata. Refused or revoked activation also removes this device's old registration; a library cleared during acceptance cannot publish a deleted show. Notification settings remain independent of auto-download. The shared checker receives only explicitly accepted public feeds. `TrackedPodcastRtdbLogic.topic` maps `rss:` to FCM-safe `rss_` while retaining canonical IDs in payloads. JSON/cloud RSS restore retains the original saved show ID across redirects.
- RSS topics and per-device registration keys include a SHA-256 hash of the exact trimmed accepted URL. `DeviceRssNotificationRegistrations` keeps an atomic publication/cleanup journal in `noBackupFilesDir`, containing fingerprints and keys rather than URLs. Activation fails closed if the journal cannot be saved. `RssNotificationReconciler` awaits both RTDB and FCM acknowledgement, retains active entries and failed cleanup obligations, and retires old URL scopes or deleted/disabled shows. Live RTDB rules refuse whole-node deletes, so cleanup keeps the node and removes only its `feedUrl` child, which the checker needs to poll an RSS scope. The rules refuse that delete only when no node exists for the key (for example a legacy key this device never published), so a refusal still unsubscribes the FCM topic and clears the journal entry; any other failure keeps both. Migration scans disabled and unsubscribed canonical RSS rows too, removes legacy device keys/topics, and rejects restored notification flags without local consent. `canPresentEpisodeNotification` verifies the current saved URL, subscription, enabled flag and device-local acceptance.
- RSS topics and per-device registration keys include a SHA-256 hash of the exact trimmed accepted URL. `DeviceRssNotificationRegistrations` keeps an atomic publication/cleanup journal in `noBackupFilesDir`, containing fingerprints and keys rather than URLs. Activation fails closed if the journal cannot be saved. `RssNotificationReconciler` awaits both RTDB and FCM acknowledgement, retains active entries and failed cleanup obligations, and retires old URL scopes or deleted/disabled shows. Cleanup keeps the node and removes only its `feedUrl` child, which the checker needs to poll an RSS scope. The rules refuse that delete only when no node exists for the key (for example a legacy key this device never published), so a refusal still unsubscribes the FCM topic and clears the journal entry; any other failure keeps both. Migration scans disabled and unsubscribed canonical RSS rows too, removes legacy device keys/topics, and rejects restored notification flags without local consent. `canPresentEpisodeNotification` verifies the current saved URL, subscription, enabled flag and device-local acceptance.
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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Remove the remaining database-rule detail.
This paragraph still states when the RTDB rules refuse a feedUrl delete. That leaves a database rule in public documentation, contrary to the PR objective. Describe the client’s response to a refused delete without stating the rule. (github.com)
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Review comment at @core/catalog/README.md at line 22:
Update the RSS cleanup description in the README to remove the explanation of
when RTDB rules refuse a `feedUrl` delete. Keep the client’s behavior clear: on
a refused delete, it unsubscribes the FCM topic and clears the journal entry; on
other failures, it retains both.
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- RSS topics and per-device registration keys include a SHA-256 hash of the exact trimmed accepted URL. `DeviceRssNotificationRegistrations` keeps an atomic publication/cleanup journal in `noBackupFilesDir`, containing fingerprints and keys rather than URLs. Activation fails closed if the journal cannot be saved. `RssNotificationReconciler` awaits both RTDB and FCM acknowledgement, retains active entries and failed cleanup obligations, and retires old URL scopes or deleted/disabled shows. Cleanup keeps the node and removes only its `feedUrl` child, which the checker needs to poll an RSS scope. The rules refuse that delete only when no node exists for the key (for example a legacy key this device never published), so a refusal still unsubscribes the FCM topic and clears the journal entry; any other failure keeps both. Migration scans disabled and unsubscribed canonical RSS rows too, removes legacy device keys/topics, and rejects restored notification flags without local consent. `canPresentEpisodeNotification` verifies the current saved URL, subscription, enabled flag and device-local acceptance.
- `PodcastRepository` coordinates Podcast Index calls, recommendation endpoints, curated vibes, home bootstrap, similar episodes (with content languages), content catalog/v3, user feedback submission (`submitFeedback` transmitting categorized feedback, repro steps, optional email, and diagnostics to proxy), and RSS delegation. Canonical `PodcastEntity.toPodcast()` mapper standardizes entity conversion across data and feature modules, with module-boundary isolation between `:core:catalog` and `:core:rss`. Subscribed PI shows whose local catalog is **ready** (`LocalEpisodeCatalogPort.isReady`) serve list/search/`getEpisode` from Room only. Unsubscribe stamps a 14-day TTL; that catalog stays on disk but is **not** ready, so unsubscribed reads keep today’s PI pages plus cached extras merge. True `rss:` rows are unchanged. `getEpisodes` uses a bounded window (200), not `getAllNewest`. Followed shows' catalog refreshes never read a Podcast Index list: new episodes take recipe IDs in `:core:rss`. `loadPiEpisodesForSupplement` is the Podcast Index list feed-only extras (`EpisodeSupplementPort`) are compared with: up to 1,000 newest episodes from `episodes/match` (match fields only), falling back to the oldest page (at most 100) when that route fails, returns nothing, or its `useEpisodeMatchBaseline` off switch is set. It is strict, so a failure of both stops the extras refresh instead of comparing the feed with an empty list. Its callers are the show page's "Missing episodes?" refresh, the legacy subscription sync and push paths without a local catalog, and the restore of extras opt-ins; they stay until show pages read feeds for every listener. Full pages keep the 100 cap. `getEpisode` resolves an ID in `EpisodeLinkResolver`'s order without reading a feed: a stored row (local catalog, then the feed-only rows for a negative ID), then the phone's row of the episode the ID is a trusted alias of, then the network. It sends a revcipe-ry canonical positivge ID (`[2^52, 2^53 − 1]`) that no local row or alias holds to `/v2/episode` (with the show when a caller passes `getEpisode(episodeId, showId)` and the show is below 2^52): a recipe-range ID (`[2^52, 2^53 − 1]`)d never reachesto the v1 Podcast Index lookup, and an old Podcast Index ID falls back; to v1 `/episode` only when the v2 route can't answer; other legacy IDs keep v1. The episode keeps the ID asked for and carries the recipe ID and catalog key. A `needsFeed` answer, a 400/404/410 or an error is not found. Podcast Index IDs keep v1 `/episode`. `invalidateEpisodesCache` drops the 5-minute PI page cache for a feed (Podcast Info pull-to-refresh). `PodcastRepository` also owns the `/v2` client (`apiV2`, a `BoxLoreApiV2` built on first use): same base URL and the same cached OkHttp client as `api`, so the process keeps one HTTP cache. Tests can pass `boxLoreApiV2` the same way they pass `boxLoreApi`. `getEpisode` and the discovery routes below use its only caller so far. In-memory caching and pagination safety are managed by `PodcastRepositoryMemoryPolicy` (`clampPageLimit` caps requests to 100, and `TimedLruCache` bounds cache entries with LRU and TTL eviction to prevent OutOfMemoryError).
- `PodcastRepository` coordinates Podcast Index calls, recommendation endpoints, curated vibes, home bootstrap, similar episodes (with content languages), content catalog/v3, user feedback submission (`submitFeedback` transmitting categorized feedback, repro steps, optional email, and diagnostics to the API), and RSS delegation. Canonical `PodcastEntity.toPodcast()` mapper standardizes entity conversion across data and feature modules, with module-boundary isolation between `:core:catalog` and `:core:rss`. Subscribed PI shows whose local catalog is **ready** (`LocalEpisodeCatalogPort.isReady`) serve list/search/`getEpisode` from Room only. Unsubscribe stamps a 14-day TTL; that catalog stays on disk but is **not** ready, so unsubscribed reads keep today’s PI pages plus cached extras merge. True `rss:` rows are unchanged. `getEpisodes` uses a bounded window (200), not `getAllNewest`. Followed shows' catalog refreshes never read a Podcast Index list: new episodes take recipe IDs in `:core:rss`. `loadPiEpisodesForSupplement` is the Podcast Index list feed-only extras (`EpisodeSupplementPort`) are compared with: up to 1,000 newest episodes from `episodes/match` (match fields only), falling back to the oldest page (at most 100) when that route fails, returns nothing, or its `useEpisodeMatchBaseline` off switch is set. It is strict, so a failure of both stops the extras refresh instead of comparing the feed with an empty list. Its callers are the show page's "Missing episodes?" refresh, the legacy subscription sync and push paths without a local catalog, and the restore of extras opt-ins; they stay until show pages read feeds for every listener. Full pages keep the 100 cap. `getEpisode` resolves an ID in `EpisodeLinkResolver`'s order without reading a feed: a stored row (local catalog, then the feed-only rows for a negative ID), then the phone's row of the episode the ID is a trusted alias of, then the network. It sends a canonical positive ID that no local row or alias holds to `/v2/episode` (with the show when a caller passes `getEpisode(episodeId, showId)` and the show is below 2^52): a recipe-range ID (`[2^52, 2^53 − 1]`) never reaches the v1 Podcast Index lookup, and an old Podcast Index ID falls back to v1 `/episode` only when the v2 route can't answer; other legacy IDs keep v1. The episode keeps the ID asked for and carries the recipe ID and catalog key. A `needsFeed` answer, a 400/404/410 or an error is not found. Podcast Index IDs keep v1 `/episode`. `invalidateEpisodesCache` drops the 5-minute PI page cache for a feed (Podcast Info pull-to-refresh). `PodcastRepository` also owns the `/v2` client (`apiV2`, a `BoxLoreApiV2` built on first use): same base URL and the same cached OkHttp client as `api`, so the process keeps one HTTP cache. Tests can pass `boxLoreApiV2` the same way they pass `boxLoreApi`. `getEpisode` and the discovery routes below use its only caller so far. In-memory caching and pagination safety are managed by `PodcastRepositoryMemoryPolicy` (`clampPageLimit` caps requests to 100, and `TimedLruCache` bounds cache entries with LRU and TTL eviction to prevent OutOfMemoryError).
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Remove the contradictory v1 routing claim.
The revised sentence says Podcast Index IDs go to v2 first, but the following sentence says they keep v1 /episode. lookupNetworkEpisode uses v1 only after a v2 failure for those IDs. Remove or correct the latter sentence. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @core/catalog/README.md at line 24:
Correct the routing description in the PodcastRepository README entry: remove or
revise the claim that Podcast Index IDs keep v1 `/episode` so it accurately
states that `lookupNetworkEpisode` tries v2 first and uses v1 only after v2
cannot answer.
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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Correct the install ID claim.
The app sends an app-generated installId during the session exchange. ApiSessionManager.mint supplies it to OkHttpSessionExchanger.exchange. State that support uses the session for identity instead of saying the app never sends its own ID. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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minimal, and validate.
Review comment at @core/support/README.md at line 59:
Correct the install ID statement in the support documentation: explain that the
app sends an app-generated installId during session exchange and that support
uses the session for identity. Keep the explanation consistent with
ApiSessionManager.mint passing the ID to OkHttpSessionExchanger.exchange.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Limit the fallback promise to new messages.
If a reply request is refused for a missing proof, SupportRepository.reply returns ReplyResult.Failed; it does not call the old form. Only send applies that fallback. Clarify the distinction so contributors do not expect replies to be delivered through the old form. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @core/support/README.md at line 60:
Clarify the README description of the missing-proof fallback: only new messages
sent through SupportRepository.send use the old form; replies handled by
SupportRepository.reply return ReplyResult.Failed and are not delivered through
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- `PodcastInfoPostSubscribeLogicTest` covers the status line after subscribing: it shows while the catalog refresh runs with no spinner in the pill (an offer hides, an opted-in pill stays), clears when the refresh ends, fails or is cancelled, and never replaces or clears a feed-first, fallback or offline line, nor another show's page. The line and pill are existing states the adaptive test already drives across every window gate, so no adaptive test changed.
- **Manual acceptance (show page).** Open a show with many episodes. (1) Phone: tap Search, type a word, scroll the results, rotate twice; the field, query, results and scroll stay. (2) Long-press an episode, choose Select all, rotate; the count stays and Play acts on the same episodes. On a show with more than 100 episodes the count is the whole show, and scrolling to the oldest shows them selected; with search open, Select all selects the results and keeps the episode you pressed; in airplane mode Select all leaves the selection and says it couldn’t load every episode. On a Showcase page (The Daily, Serial, Waveform), a selected card stays the card's colour with a light tint, ring and tick, its text readable. (3) Open each overflow item (Mark all as played, Mark all as unplayed, Playback for this show, Change tag / genre with a typed draft) and the Missing episodes? chip on an unfollowed show; rotate, then confirm, press Back or tap outside, and check each acts once. (4) Tablet or desktop window: repeat (1) to (3) while resizing across 600dp and 840dp wide and 480dp tall, and in split-screen. (5) Foldable: repeat while folding to tabletop and unfolding, which recreates the activity. (6) Developer options → Don't keep activities: leave and return; open search with its query, dialogs and selection come back. (7) Repeat (1), (2) and (6) on a show you follow through its feed, and on a serial show sorted oldest first. Device runs are not part of CI.
- **Manual acceptance (feed-first show page).** Turn `feed_first` on for the device (PostHog), restart the app, then open a show you don't follow. (1) Phone: the line "Checking the feed for new episodes…" shows, then disappears as the list fills; scroll to the end of the first 100 and "Loading all episodes from the feed…" shows while older episodes appear below without the list jumping. (2) Long-press an episode, then rotate and resize split-screen while the archive loads: the selection count and scroll stay. (3) Tap Search and type a word on a show opened for the first time: the archive line shows, then the results. (4) Sort oldest first on a long show: the oldest episode appears after the archive line. (5) Open the show again within an hour: the saved list shows with no line; pull to refresh reads the feed. (6) Airplane mode, reopen: the saved list shows with "You’re offline. Showing saved episodes."; a show never opened before says "You’re offline. Connect to load this show’s episodes." (7) A show whose feed is down: after a moment the line says "Can’t reach this show’s feed. Showing boxlore’s episode list instead." and episodes still play. Repeat (1)–(2) on a tablet (landscape split at 840dp) and a foldable (flat ↔ tabletop). With `feed_first` off, the same show lists its episodes from boxlore's list, and search still finds them.
- **Manual acceptance (feed-first show page).** With `feed_first` on, open a show you don't follow. (1) Phone: the line "Checking the feed for new episodes…" shows, then disappears as the list fills; scroll to the end of the first 100 and "Loading all episodes from the feed…" shows while older episodes appear below without the list jumping. (2) Long-press an episode, then rotate and resize split-screen while the archive loads: the selection count and scroll stay. (3) Tap Search and type a word on a show opened for the first time: the archive line shows, then the results. (4) Sort oldest first on a long show: the oldest episode appears after the archive line. (5) Open the show again within an hour: the saved list shows with no line; pull to refresh reads the feed. (6) Airplane mode, reopen: the saved list shows with "You’re offline. Showing saved episodes."; a show never opened before says "You’re offline. Connect to load this show’s episodes." (7) A show whose feed is down: after a moment the line says "Can’t reach this show’s feed. Showing boxlore’s episode list instead." and episodes still play. Repeat (1)–(2) on a tablet (landscape split at 840dp) and a foldable (flat ↔ tabletop). With `feed_first` off, the same show lists its episodes from boxlore's list, and search still finds them.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Restart the app after changing the rollout state.
The checklist tests both rollout states, but the value is fixed for the process. Without a restart after changing it, the second run can test the previous state. Add a generic restart instruction.
As per path instructions, app/README.md says the value is “fixed for the process.”
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Review comment at @feature/info/README.md at line 138:
Update the manual acceptance checklist in the feed-first show page section to
instruct testers to restart the app after changing the rollout state, ensuring
each run uses the state fixed for that process. Keep the instruction generic so
it applies when testing either rollout state.
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Repair first reads the feed-address registry for every tracked catalog show (`/internal/notifier/shows`, with the read-only `BOXLORE_SVC_NOTIFIER_KEY` secret). It changes two kinds of rows:
- **Missing:** no valid HTTPS `feedUrl`. Uses the registry's HTTPS address when it has one. Otherwise it uses the authenticated boxlore `/podcast` endpoint (with the scoped read-only `BOXLORE_SVC_BACKFILL_KEY` secret when set, otherwise the legacy app key), probes HTTPS upgrades for legacy HTTP feeds, and falls back to an exact-title Apple directory match.
Repair first reads the feed-address registry for every tracked catalog show (with the read-only `BOXLORE_SVC_NOTIFIER_KEY` secret). It changes two kinds of rows:
- **Missing:** no valid HTTPS `feedUrl`. Uses the registry's HTTPS address when it has one. Otherwise it uses the boxlore API's show details (with the read-only `BOXLORE_SVC_BACKFILL_KEY` secret), probes HTTPS upgrades for legacy HTTP feeds, and falls back to an exact-title Apple directory match.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Document the legacy credential fallback.
If BOXLORE_SVC_BACKFILL_KEY is unset and the legacy app key is configured, the repair uses that app key instead of the read-only service key. The current text incorrectly implies that the read-only key is always used. Describe the fallback so operators can identify the credential in use. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @scripts/README.md at line 153:
Update the “Missing” description to clarify that the repair uses
BOXLORE_SVC_BACKFILL_KEY when set, and falls back to the legacy app key when it
is unset and that key is configured, so operators can identify which credential
is used.
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Summary
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What changed
core/network: the API session and request-proof block is now a short summary of what each class owns; session test notes are one pointer line.core/support,app: request headers, verification page details, flag names, rollout state and push-sending steps removed;appkeeps fail-open versus fail-closed switch behaviour without flag names.scripts: server hosts, timers, file paths and internal routes removed; script contracts kept.core/catalog,core/analytics,core/model,feature/onboarding,feature/explore,feature/briefing,feature/info,feature/home,feature/settings,docs/recommendation-system.md,docs/ANNOUNCEMENT_COMPOSER.md, test fixture notes: backend stack names, database rules, rate-limit sources and a few stray notes generalised or removed.CONTRIBUTING.md,docs/TESTING.md, PR template: pointers to private maintainer guidance removed.core/catalog,core/playback) rewritten from the code and tests they describe.Behavior & compatibility
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