feat: bind Host interfaces to scope Object lifetimes

Register explicit scope/name coordinates independently of Definition type. Require provider-attested current scope snapshots for fetch and dispatch, compare optional scope_ref at membership precedence, and retain the same Descriptor through result validation.

Migrate FS pinned-root boundaries and public self-scope example; document provider atomicity/lifecycle and root-only FS support. Add lifecycle, ref, replacement-race, root-lineage and compile-time exposure regressions.

Validation: cargo fmt --all --check; git diff --check; cargo check --workspace --all-targets; cargo test --workspace --all-targets and --doc (232 passing test-harness cases including doctests); nix develop --command cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings; RUSTDOCFLAGS=-Dwarnings cargo doc --workspace --no-deps. Narrow wip-host suite also passed.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to the published WIP Rust crates are documented here.
+
+## Unreleased
+
+- Breaking Protocol/HTTP migration from opaque Interface reference strings to
+  exact `(scope, name)` records in Objects, fetches and calls, with optional
+  opaque `scope_ref` metadata. Adds shape and placement-aware scope validation
+  without changing routes, validators or the wire error-code set.
+- Breaking Host registration migration to explicit Scope publication lifetimes and
+  local names, with coherent provider-attested scope Object binding for fetch and
+  dispatch. Supplied scope_ref is checked at membership precedence; scope deletion
+  retires retained tokens, while ordinary Object state updates preserve lifetime.
+- Migrates FS root publication and public-example self-scopes to the Host API,
+  including coherent backend observations and explicit built-in names. Non-root
+  FS semantics and Client cache recovery remain follow-up work. See
+  [MIGRATION.md](MIGRATION.md) for API/wire examples and provider responsibilities.
+
+## 0.1.0
+
+Initial public release of:
+
+- `wip-protocol`: transport-independent WIP logical model and validation.
+- `wip-interface-macros`: procedural-macro implementation for interface and DTO declarations.
+- `wip-interface`: public Rust interface-authoring facade and typed value codecs.
+- `wip-host`: request-scoped publication, precondition validation, and qualified operation dispatch.
+- `wip-http`: framework-independent WIP over HTTP v1 routes, strict JSON codecs, and failure classification.
+- `wip-client`: stateful Known Space, interest-driven acquisition, request ownership, and operation lifecycle.
+
+The repository also contains non-published filesystem server, terminal client, and public-API conformance packages.

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 [workspace]
-members = [
-    ".",
-    "crates/wip-host",
-    "crates/wip-interface",
-    "crates/wip-interface-macros",
-    "crates/wip-protocol",
-]
+members = ["crates/*"]
 resolver = "3"
 
-[package]
-name = "wip-public-api-example"
+[workspace.package]
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
-description = "End-to-end example of the public WIP Rust APIs"
+rust-version = "1.88"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-publish = false
+repository = "https://gitea.hareworks.net/Hare/wip-rs"
 
-[dependencies]
-wip-host = { path = "crates/wip-host" }
-wip-interface = { path = "crates/wip-interface" }
-wip-protocol = { path = "crates/wip-protocol" }
+[workspace.dependencies]
+wip-client = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-client" }
+wip-fs-server = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-fs-server" }
+wip-host = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-host" }
+wip-http = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-http" }
+wip-interface = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-interface" }
+wip-interface-macros = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-interface-macros" }
+wip-protocol = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/wip-protocol" }

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MIGRATION.md

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+# Structured Interface reference and scope publication migration
+
+This unreleased API/wire change follows `wip-reference` canonical Core Model,
+Protocol and WIP over HTTP at `6086f3c5ef10aa1464ce9c824750d7f667217bfd`.
+It replaces the earlier opaque Interface reference contract; HTTP routes and
+error codes have **not** changed. Peers must upgrade together: the codec does
+not accept legacy strings or display shorthand as Protocol references.
+
+## Rust API
+
+`Object.interfaces` is now `Vec<InterfaceReference>`.
+`FetchInterfaceRequest.interface`, `FetchInterfaceResponse.interface`, and
+`InterfaceTarget.reference` all use the same record:
+
+```rust
+use wip_protocol::{FetchInterfaceRequest, InterfaceReference, InterfaceTarget};
+
+let reference = InterfaceReference {
+    scope: "/github".into(),
+    name: "issue.read".into(),
+};
+reference.validate()?; // reference shape, no target Object path needed
+let fetch = FetchInterfaceRequest { interface: reference.clone() };
+let target = InterfaceTarget {
+    reference,
+    scope_ref: Some("opaque-scope-object-ref".into()),
+    validator: None,
+};
+# Ok::<(), wip_protocol::ValidationError>(())
+```
+
+Construct scope and name explicitly from your Worldspace publication context.
+There is no implicit conversion from a string, delimiter parser, normalization,
+case folding, or URL decoding. A name may contain `/`, `.`, `::`, `#`, or Unicode;
+only an empty name is invalid. Scope must be a canonical absolute Worldspace
+path: `/`, or nonempty slash-separated segments other than `.` and `..`, with
+no empty segments or trailing slash. `%2F` is ordinary field text, not an escape
+for a Worldspace path separator.
+
+Equality, hashing and ordering operate on both fields, independent of member
+order/JSON escape spelling. Use the record itself as a membership/cache key;
+identical names in different scopes are different references. The descriptor
+still contains only format, documentation, types and operations, not identity.
+
+`FetchInterfaceResponse` and `InterfaceTarget` additionally require the Rust
+field `scope_ref: Option<String>` in struct literals. Use `None` when omitted,
+not an invented identity. This is an opaque scope Object ref observation/call
+precondition, **not** a third Interface identity component or a validator.
+Host now enforces scope publication lifetimes and optional scope-ref identity
+inside the provider boundary (T-21). Client cache-recovery semantics remain
+follow-up work (T-22); do not mistake registry artifact retention for publication.
+
+## Validation boundaries
+
+- `InterfaceReference::validate()` and `FetchInterfaceRequest::validate()`
+  check reference shape independently of a target Object path.
+- `Object::validate()` checks shape and duplicate `(scope, name)` pairs;
+  `Object::validate_at_path()` additionally checks placement, including scope.
+  `ObserveRequest::validate_response()` checks every derived node path,
+  including the depth boundary. Invalid success responses are Client-local
+  `InvalidResponse`, not Host-returned Protocol errors.
+- `InterfaceReference::validate_for_path(path)` checks ancestor-or-self scope
+  compatibility by path segments. Root and self scope are valid; `/a` is not
+  an ancestor of `/ab`. This has no indexability dependency.
+- `CallOperationRequest::validate()` checks descriptor-independent shape.
+  `validate_with()` adds operation/argument checks but does not replace Host
+  publication lookup. Host interface selection checks scope compatibility and
+  exact membership **after** target lookup: invalid reference shape is
+  `InvalidRequest`, but a valid reference outside the target's scope is
+  `InterfaceMismatch`, with `NotFound` retaining precedence.
+
+## HTTP wire
+
+All four reference positions use an exact object with required string fields:
+
+```json
+{"scope":"/github","name":"issue.read"}
+```
+
+For example:
+
+```json
+{
+  "interface": {"scope":"/github","name":"issue.read"},
+  "scope_ref": "opaque-scope-object-ref",
+  "descriptor": {"format":"wip-interface/1","types":[],"operations":[]}
+}
+```
+
+A call uses:
+
+```json
+{
+  "target": {"path":"/github/issues/123"},
+  "interface": {
+    "reference": {"scope":"/github","name":"issue.read"},
+    "scope_ref": "opaque-scope-object-ref"
+  },
+  "operation":"refresh",
+  "arguments":{}
+}
+```
+
+Unknown/duplicate members, missing fields, null fields, relative scopes, empty
+names, legacy `"interface-v1"` and shorthand `"/github::issue.read"` strings
+are rejected. Field order and JSON escaping do not affect decoded identity.
+`scope_ref` is a normal opaque string, **not Base64**; omission is allowed but
+explicit null and nonstrings are invalid. An empty string is a valid opaque
+ref. Validators remain canonical padded standard Base64.
+
+Descriptor-independent HTTP call metadata decoding enforces reference shape
+and the same strict JSON rules without turning scope compatibility into early
+`InvalidRequest`. Normal descriptor-bound encode/decode uses the same reference
+codec. Request violations retain the existing `400 invalid_request` boundary;
+malformed success responses retain Client-local `InvalidResponse`. Standard
+`POST v1/observe`, `v1/fetch_interface`, `v1/call_operation`, error-code/status
+mapping and Transport failure classification are unchanged.
+
+## Host registration and provider migration
+
+Registration now requires an explicit canonical Scope and local name:
+
+```rust,ignore
+let mut registry = wip_host::InterfaceRegistry::new();
+let scope = wip_host::Scope::new("/service")?;
+let api = registry.register(&scope, "catalog", CatalogDefinition, None)?;
+
+// INSIDE the backend transaction/lock/stable-handle boundary:
+let current = wip_host::ScopeObservation::new(&scope, &current_scope_object);
+let publication = wip_host::PublishedObject::new(current_target_object)
+    .expose(&api)?
+    .bind_scope(current);
+```
+
+Collision keys are exact `(scope, name)` coordinates, not Rust Definition TypeId.
+The same Definition can be registered in different scopes or under different
+names. Root, self and ancestor scopes are valid, but ancestor compatibility and
+explicit target membership remain independent checks. Descriptors still have
+no publication identity fields.
+
+A Scope carries a private publication lifetime, not a generated Protocol ref.
+Clone it only while the same scope Object remains published: ordinary Object
+state/validator updates do not retire it. Deletion, replacement or movement
+requires retiring the old lifetime with `registry.remove_scope(&scope)` and
+creating a fresh Scope before republication, even at the same path or ref.
+Retained registration tokens cannot fetch or start calls after retirement.
+Ref-less replacement cannot be tracked by a Client identity precondition; refs
+and scope_ref remain optional, not forcibly generated.
+
+`ScopeObservation::new(&scope, &object)` is a provider attestation that this
+lifetime currently belongs to the Object at the scope path. Construct and attach
+it with `PublishedObject::bind_scope` inside the same coherent boundary as target
+resolution, membership, Descriptor/validator selection, implementation and
+backend handles, through dispatch and commit/rollback. A matching ref or an
+independent scope prelookup is not sufficient. The scope Object need not expose
+any interfaces. Providers own atomicity and external-writer limitations; the
+runtime checks the attached lifetime and optional scope_ref, and validates both
+arguments and results against the same frozen Descriptor. A supplied scope_ref
+mismatch, including a missing current ref, is `InterfaceMismatch` at membership
+precedence, after target existence and a supplied Object validator mismatch.
+Omission applies no scope identity precondition.
+
+Artifact-only `registry.fetch_interface(reference)` is removed. Prefer
+`ObjectProvider::fetch_interface(&provider, &registry, &reference)`, which resolves
+the visible scope Object with `with_object` and uses its attached current binding.
+Low-level `registry.fetch_interface(&reference, &current_observation)` requires
+the same coherent current attestation, not a cached snapshot. Fetch returns
+Descriptor, Interface validator and optional scope Object ref together; Clients
+need not additionally fetch an ancestor Object. `registry.scopes()` may repeat
+a handle for several names; do not treat it as a unique-scope iterator.
+
+`PublishedObject::protocol_object()` is a path-free composition projection, not
+publication authority. For current observations use `ObjectProvider::observe_object`
+or `publication.protocol_object_at(path)` inside the coherent provider boundary;
+the latter also validates compatible live scope associations and response shape.
+
+## Downstream status
+
+The filesystem consumer registers `file.read`, `symlink.inspect` and `file.write`
+at its deployment-pinned root Scope. It binds that lifetime from the refreshed
+retained root lineage inside the backend execution boundary for calls, generic
+Object observations and fetch. A textual Linux root rename/replacement does not
+substitute the pinned root Object. The root has no Object ref, so fetch omits
+scope_ref; the private lifetime check still applies. Non-root FS registrations
+fail closed pending broader FS/TUI semantics integration (T-23).
+
+The public API example self-scopes `catalog`, `audit` and `diagnostics` at
+`/article-service`, fetches through its provider, and carries the observed scope
+ref in calls. Client keys use structured values; scope deletion/replacement
+cache recovery remains T-22. This Host change does not modify TUI formatting;
+canonical Text View work is tracked separately in T-24. Interface authoring/macros remain
+descriptor-only and need no identity fields or declaration changes.

README.md

@@ -2,52 +2,112 @@
 
 Rust building blocks for the Web Interface Protocol (WIP).
 
-The repository currently provides a transport-independent protocol model, a
-Rust interface-authoring facade, and a request-scoped host runtime. HTTP and
-other transport bindings are intentionally outside the supported slice.
+The repository is a resolver-3 virtual Cargo workspace whose packages all live
+under `crates/*`. It provides a transport-independent protocol model, the
+standard framework-independent WIP over HTTP v1 binding, a stateful
+presentation-independent client runtime, a Rust interface-authoring facade, a
+request-scoped host runtime, a bounded Linux filesystem projection server, an
+interactive terminal client, and a private public-API conformance consumer. The
+repository root is not itself a package.
 
 ## Crate graph and responsibilities
 
 ```text
-wip-public-api-example (workspace-only executable, integration tests, doctest)
-├── wip-protocol              logical declarations, values, calls, and validation
-├── wip-interface             application DTO codecs and interface authoring facade
-│   ├── wip-protocol
-│   └── wip-interface-macros  proc-macro implementation detail
-└── wip-host                  descriptor registry, publication, and qualified dispatch
-    ├── wip-interface
-    └── wip-protocol
+Published libraries
+
+wip-client
+├── wip-http
+│   └── wip-protocol
+└── wip-protocol
+
+wip-host
+├── wip-interface
+│   ├── wip-interface-macros
+│   └── wip-protocol
+└── wip-protocol
+
+Workspace-only applications and conformance consumers
+
+wip-tui
+├── wip-client
+├── wip-http
+└── wip-protocol
+
+wip-fs-server
+├── wip-host
+├── wip-http
+├── wip-interface
+└── wip-protocol
+
+wip-public-api-example
+├── wip-host
+├── wip-interface
+└── wip-protocol
 ```
 
 | Crate | Responsibility | Does not own |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `wip-protocol` | Transport-independent descriptors, object/call/result types, logical `Value`s, validation, and stable protocol error categories. | Application DTOs, implementations, persistence, or wire encoding. |
+| `wip-http` | Standard WIP over HTTP v1 endpoint/route derivation, UTF-8 JSON codecs, direct success bodies, and error/status classification. | HTTP I/O, URL scheme or TLS policy, authentication schemes, server frameworks, filesystem projection, or client presentation/cache policy. |
+| `wip-client` | Endpoint/security-context-isolated Known Space, normalized object and interface observations, intent-driven object and descriptor coverage with bounded request deduplication, immutable operation call contexts, stale transitions, and bounded histories. | HTTP I/O, credentials, persistent cache, automatic operation retries, or presentation widgets/events. |
+| `wip-tui` | Keyboard-only interactive Worldspace tree, selected Entry and qualified operation panes, descriptor-driven argument editing, bounded result/diagnostic rendering, terminal lifecycle, and HTTP I/O workers over `wip-client`. | Independent cache/validator semantics, automatic operation retries, Host internals, backend paths, or persistent state. |
 | `wip-interface` | The public `WipType`/`interface` authoring API, Rust-to-protocol codecs, generated descriptors, and typed implementation dispatch. | Object publication, backend lifetime, or transport policy. |
 | `wip-interface-macros` | Procedural-macro expansion used by `wip-interface`. It is not an application dependency. | A supported direct user API. |
-| `wip-host` | Opaque interface registration, explicit object membership, validator checks, and interface-qualified dispatch against one host-owned instance. | Backend atomicity, global object lookup, or network serving. |
-| `wip-public-api-example` | An independently compiled consumer of only the three public crates. Its DTOs and traits are application-owned; its implementation and backend handle remain host-private. | Reusable library API or a production server. |
+| `wip-host` | Opaque interface registration, explicit object membership, validator checks, interface-qualified dispatch against one host-owned instance, and descriptor-guided argument decoding inside that same resolution boundary. | Backend atomicity, global object lookup, or network serving. |
+| `wip-fs-server` | Linux directory-handle-confined request-time projection, complete depth-bounded observations and bounded file operations, standard `wip-http` dispatch, and a loopback HTTP binary. | A new wire profile, implicit symlink following, non-loopback cleartext, authentication policy, TLS termination, or filesystem-wide preregistration. |
+| `wip-public-api-example` | An independently compiled consumer of the protocol, authoring, and host public crates. Its DTOs and traits are application-owned; its implementation and backend handle remain host-private. | Reusable library API or a production server. |
+
+## Published crates
+
+The `0.1.0` release consists of these six crates:
+
+- `wip-protocol`
+- `wip-interface-macros` — implementation dependency re-exported by `wip-interface`
+- `wip-interface`
+- `wip-host`
+- `wip-http`
+- `wip-client`
+
+The filesystem server, terminal client, and public-API example are workspace-only packages and set `publish = false`. All workspace packages require Rust 1.88 or newer and are licensed under either Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.
+
+See [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md) for the dependency-ordered crates.io procedure and [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for release contents.
 
 The boundary is intentional: protocol types describe what can cross a
 transport; application DTOs opt into that model with `WipType`; a host-private
-implementation owns credentials, handles, and backend state; and a future
-transport maps its own routes/envelopes to `OperationCall`/`OperationResult`
-without placing transport-specific types in descriptors or application traits.
+implementation owns credentials, handles, and backend state; and `wip-http`
+maps standard routes/envelopes to `CallOperationRequest` and
+`CallOperationResponse` without placing transport-specific types in descriptors
+or application traits.
+
+## Structured Interface references
+
+The unreleased Protocol/HTTP API uses explicit `InterfaceReference { scope,
+name }` records and optional `scope_ref` observation/precondition metadata.
+Legacy opaque-string wire references are rejected. See [MIGRATION.md](MIGRATION.md)
+for construction examples, validation boundaries and downstream migration status.
 
 ## End-to-end example
 
-[`src/lib.rs`](src/lib.rs) is the complete public-API example and
-[`src/main.rs`](src/main.rs) runs it. It demonstrates all of the following:
+[`crates/wip-public-api-example/src/lib.rs`](crates/wip-public-api-example/src/lib.rs)
+is the complete public-API example and
+[`crates/wip-public-api-example/src/main.rs`](crates/wip-public-api-example/src/main.rs)
+runs it. It demonstrates all of the following:
 
-1. public application DTOs derived as `WipType` records and unions;
+1. public application DTOs derived as `WipType` records, enums, and unions,
+   including canonical entry paths and schema-opaque JSON;
 2. two public traits declared with `#[wip::interface]`;
 3. a private host struct implementing both traits;
-4. explicit publication of both interfaces on one object;
-5. registry observation and validation of generated descriptors;
-6. calls made with interface references, operation names, and `Value` arguments;
+4. explicit publication of both interfaces as an ordered set on one object;
+5. separate observation of structured interface references, descriptors, and
+   descriptor validators;
+6. calls qualified by `target.path`, object validator, interface reference and
+   validator, operation, and schema-neutral `Value` arguments;
 7. validated result values decoded back to the typed application result;
 8. independent dispatch of the same `status` operation name on both interfaces;
-9. a domain rejection returned as data and a backend failure returned as a host
-   error.
+9. distinct domain rejection, rollback-confirmed and outcome-unknown
+   host/backend failures, `PermissionDenied`, stale validator recovery, interface
+   membership, and lookup failure codes; and
+10. canonical failure precedence when several request fields are invalid.
 
 Run it inside the development shell:
 
@@ -56,10 +116,17 @@ nix develop
 cargo run --package wip-public-api-example
 ```
 
-The normal integration test is in [`tests/end_to_end.rs`](tests/end_to_end.rs).
-Unit tests beside the example additionally cover every host dispatch failure,
-invalid arguments and results, interface membership, validators, and
-same-named operations.
+The public-only conformance suite is in
+[`crates/wip-public-api-example/tests/end_to_end.rs`](crates/wip-public-api-example/tests/end_to_end.rs).
+It covers canonical object/descriptor shape, ordered interfaces,
+schema-neutral record/enum/union/entry/JSON values, fully qualified calls, and
+the distinct domain, host, authorization, validator-recovery, and interface
+failure classes. Exhaustive public type construction and matching make legacy
+ObjectId, descriptor `name`, and semantic `Value` variants compile-time
+regressions. Unit tests in the public crates additionally cover every host
+dispatch failure, `InvalidRequest` versus descriptor-bound `InvalidArguments`,
+invalid local responses, validators, same-named operations, and exhaustive
+per-interaction protocol error-code sets.
 
 ## Interface authoring
 
@@ -104,12 +171,13 @@ A supported interface is a public, non-generic trait containing methods with:
 - `()` only as the application return when no value is produced; and
 - direct `Option<T>` only for an omittable parameter.
 
-`WipType` derives support named-field structs, all-unit enums, and enums whose
-variants each contain exactly one unnamed payload. The macros reject private,
+`WipType` derives support named-field structs, all-unit enums, and unions whose
+cases may be unit variants or variants containing exactly one unnamed payload.
+The macros reject private,
 generic, inherited, unsafe, auto, or associated-item traits; const, async,
 unsafe, extern, variadic, generic, default-bodied, or non-`&self` methods;
 borrowed/custom-lifetime values; tuple/unit/generic structs; Rust unions;
-mixed/named-field enum variants; explicit discriminants; nested `Option`; and
+named-field/multi-field enum variants; explicit discriminants; nested `Option`; and
 `Option` in returns, collections, entries, or union payloads. These diagnostics
 are compile-fail tested under `crates/wip-interface/tests/ui`.
 
@@ -117,23 +185,36 @@ are compile-fail tested under `crates/wip-interface/tests/ui`.
 
 | Rust | Protocol |
 | --- | --- |
-| `()` as an operation result | no returned value |
+| `()` | unit / `Value::Unit` |
 | `bool` | boolean |
 | integer primitives | JavaScript-lossless integer |
 | `f32`, `f64` | finite number |
 | `String` | string |
 | `wip::Bytes` | bytes |
-| `wip::JsonValue` | JSON |
-| `wip::Entry<K, V>` | entry |
+| `wip::JsonValue` | JSON interpreted over the schema-neutral `Value` tree |
+| `wip::Entry` | canonical absolute Worldspace path encoded as a string |
 | `Vec<T>` | list |
 | named-field `#[derive(wip::WipType)]` struct | named record |
-| all-unit `#[derive(wip::WipType)]` enum | named enum |
-| all-newtype `#[derive(wip::WipType)]` enum | named tagged union |
+| all-unit `#[derive(wip::WipType)]` enum | named enum encoded as a string |
+| mixed unit/newtype or all-newtype enum | named union encoded as a discriminator record |
 
 `Option<T>` means that a direct DTO field or operation parameter may be
 omitted; it is not protocol null. JSON null remains available inside
 `wip::JsonValue`.
 
+#### Migration from the pre-canonical value API
+
+The old generic `wip::Entry<K, V>` represented an application key/value pair
+and is no longer available. Use `wip::Entry::new("/canonical/path")` for a
+Worldspace entry path and place any associated application data in a record.
+`Entry` encodes as `Value::String` and validates the canonical absolute path.
+
+The semantic `Value::Json`, `Value::Entry`, `Value::Enum`, and `Value::Union`
+variants have also been removed. JSON recursively uses `Unit`, primitive,
+`List`, and `Record` values and rejects `Bytes`; enums use `String`; unions use
+a `Record` containing `$case` and, for payload-bearing cases, `value`. Unit
+operation results are represented explicitly as `Value::Unit`.
+
 Rust doc comments become descriptor metadata. For an operation, a `# Returns`
 section documents the return declaration; text before that section documents
 the operation itself.
@@ -145,35 +226,110 @@ choose the ordered interface set for each object publication:
 
 ```rust,ignore
 let mut interfaces = wip_host::InterfaceRegistry::new();
-let messenger = interfaces.register(MessengerDefinition, None)?;
+let scope = wip_host::Scope::new("/service")?;
+let messenger = interfaces.register(&scope, "messenger", MessengerDefinition, None)?;
+
+// Inside the provider coherent backend boundary, not a stale scope prelookup:
+let current = wip_host::ScopeObservation::new(&scope, &current_scope_object);
 
 let published = wip_host::PublishedObject::new(request_scoped_object)
-    .expose(&messenger)?;
-let protocol_object = published.protocol_object();
+    .expose(&messenger)?
+    .bind_scope(current);
+let protocol_object = published.protocol_object_at("/service/item")?;
 ```
 
 `expose` compiles only when the object implements the generated definition's
 interface trait. Implementing a trait does not expose it automatically, empty
 interface sets are valid, insertion order is preserved, and duplicate
-references are rejected. Registry references are opaque; descriptor names and
-Rust type names are not used as independent wire identity.
+references are rejected. Registry collisions use exact `(scope, name)` pairs,
+not Rust Definition identity; the same Definition may be registered at multiple
+coordinates. Structured references remain outside the Descriptor.
 
-Dispatch is qualified by interface reference and operation name. The host
-checks current object identity and validator policy, current interface
-membership, interface validator, descriptor operation, arguments, and result
-while retaining the selected object and registered artifact. Host-private
-fields and backend handles are never projected by `WipObject`.
+`Scope` carries a private Object publication lifetime. Keep it for ordinary state
+updates; retire it with `remove_scope` and create a fresh Scope on deletion,
+replacement or movement, even at the same path. Providers attach a current
+`ScopeObservation` from the scope Object inside the coherent target/backend
+boundary, never from a separate prelookup. The scope Object need not expose any
+interfaces. Fetch uses `ObjectProvider::fetch_interface(&provider, &registry,
+&reference)` to observe the visible scope Object and return its optional ref,
+Descriptor and Interface validator together; retained artifacts alone are not
+publication. Calls require the current attached lifetime and check supplied
+`scope_ref` at membership precedence; omission adds no identity precondition.
+Refs, Object validators and Interface validators retain distinct responsibilities.
+See [MIGRATION.md](MIGRATION.md) for the provider atomicity and lifecycle contract.
+
+Dispatch is qualified by interface reference and operation name and targets a
+canonical Worldspace path. An `ObjectProvider` validates that path before
+resolution, maps malformed paths to `InvalidRequest`, then resolves a valid path
+exactly once inside `with_object`; the host checks the supplied object validator,
+current scope lifetime/optional scope_ref and interface membership, Interface
+validator, Descriptor operation,
+operation-specific object-validator policy, arguments, and authorization in
+canonical precedence. Path and children remain provider resolution context and
+are never projected by `WipObject`; host-private fields and backend handles are
+also excluded.
 
 Application domain failures belong in a derived result union and are returned
-through `Ok`. `wip::HostError` is reserved for runtime/backend failures. Invalid
-arguments are rejected before invocation; malformed encoded results are
-rejected as internal host failures and never returned as application data.
+through `Ok`. `wip::HostError` is reserved for runtime/backend failures. A
+structurally malformed call is `InvalidRequest`; only argument values checked
+after the current Interface Descriptor is fixed are `InvalidArguments`. A Host
+must never return a wire `InvalidResult`: Clients keep invalid Object,
+Descriptor, operation-result, and error responses as local `InvalidResponse`
+failures, while unsupported descriptor formats remain local
+`UnsupportedDescriptorFormat` failures.
 
-Providers remain responsible for backend atomicity. Enter a transaction, lock,
-stable-handle scope, or conditional-update primitive before constructing and
-dispatching the request-scoped `PublishedObject`, and retain it until dispatch
-returns. The runtime never validates one object and then resolves a second
-snapshot, but it cannot make an arbitrary external backend atomic by itself.
+For operation calls, `Internal` and `ResourceLimitExceeded` guarantee that the
+operation did not run or that its effects were rolled back.
+`OperationOutcomeUnknown` is the only protocol code that makes no such
+guarantee, so Clients must not automatically retry it. `wip::HostError`
+therefore requires both a `HostErrorKind` and an `EffectGuarantee`; implementation
+panic, result encoding, and result validation default to an unknown outcome.
+Host-private diagnostics are bounded locally but never copied into protocol
+messages.
+
+`ExecutionContext` carries a runtime-neutral cancellation token, monotonic
+deadline, and optional Host-defined resource budget through resolution and
+execution. Cancellation and deadlines are cooperative: the runtime checks them
+immediately before typed invocation, while providers enforce them during backend
+work. A pre-invocation limit failure is `ResourceLimitExceeded`; after invocation
+it is safe to use that code only when non-commit or rollback is confirmed.
+
+Providers remain responsible for backend atomicity. `with_object` returns a typed
+`ProviderResult`, and `execute_operation` receives an `OperationAttempt` that
+separates `NotStarted` from `Started`. A transactional provider holds its
+transaction across the callback, commits successful attempts, and may call
+`OperationAttempt::confirm_rollback` only after every operation effect has been
+rolled back. Without that proof, post-invocation failures remain
+`OperationOutcomeUnknown`. Mutable operations must still make validator
+comparison and backend commit atomic and return a validator describing the state
+that becomes committed.
+
+## Interactive terminal client
+
+[`crates/wip-tui`](crates/wip-tui) provides the `wip-tui` executable. It starts
+from Worldspace `/`, lazily expands materialized tree nodes, displays current
+object/interface/operation metadata, validates all canonical descriptor types in
+a field editor, and requires a separate confirmation action before every call.
+It uses the stateful `wip-client` runtime for request correlation, observed
+validators, stale transitions, and unknown outcomes. One canonical `http` or
+`https` endpoint is used unchanged for request construction, transport, and
+cache partitioning. Scheme, TLS, certificates, authentication, and proxy policy
+belong to the HTTP implementation and deployment. Full startup, key binding,
+layout, validator, and filesystem-operation examples are in the
+[package README](crates/wip-tui/README.md).
+
+## Filesystem projection server
+
+[`crates/wip-fs-server`](crates/wip-fs-server) contains the practical server
+binary and its full security model, configuration, curl walkthrough, and
+resource/failure semantics. It resolves every object from current filesystem
+state, uses pinned directory-relative handles without following symlinks, omits
+non-UTF-8 backend names, returns complete recursive observations through the
+requested depth or a resource-limit failure, and publishes validator-protected
+replacement only in explicit read-write mode.
+The built-in HTTP listener is loopback-only. Externally visible URL schemes,
+TLS termination, certificates, authentication, and proxy routing are deployment
+concerns rather than separate WIP profiles.
 
 ## Validation
 
@@ -184,10 +340,14 @@ nix develop
 cargo fmt --all -- --check
 cargo check --workspace --all-targets
 cargo test --workspace --all-targets
+cargo test --workspace --doc
 cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+RUSTDOCFLAGS='-D warnings' cargo doc --workspace --no-deps
+cargo run --package wip-public-api-example
+git diff --check
 ```
 
-`cargo test --workspace --all-targets` includes the public example integration
-test, runtime failure tests, and `trybuild` compile-fail suites. Run
-`cargo test --workspace --doc` when validating the checked rustdoc examples
-separately.
+`cargo test --workspace --all-targets` includes the public-only conformance
+consumer, runtime failure tests, and `trybuild` compile-fail suites. The separate
+doctest, rustdoc, executable, and whitespace checks are all required acceptance
+steps.

RELEASING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Releasing
+
+The six crates published from this workspace use one version and must be released in dependency order. The filesystem server, terminal client, and public-API example set `publish = false` and are never uploaded.
+
+## Preconditions
+
+1. Work from a clean `master` whose `HEAD` matches `origin/master`.
+2. Confirm the intended version in `[workspace.package]` and every internal requirement in `[workspace.dependencies]`.
+3. Confirm ownership of all six names on crates.io.
+4. Run the complete repository validation suite:
+
+```console
+cargo fmt --all -- --check
+cargo check --workspace --all-targets
+cargo test --workspace --all-targets
+cargo test --workspace --doc
+cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+RUSTDOCFLAGS='-D warnings' cargo doc --workspace --no-deps
+cargo run --package wip-public-api-example
+git diff --check
+```
+
+## Publish order
+
+Before uploading anything, dry-run the exact public package set together. Cargo uses a temporary local registry for unpublished workspace dependencies during this check:
+
+```console
+cargo publish --dry-run --workspace \
+  --exclude wip-fs-server \
+  --exclude wip-public-api-example \
+  --exclude wip-tui
+```
+
+Then dry-run and publish each layer before moving to a crate that depends on it:
+
+```console
+cargo publish --dry-run --package wip-protocol
+cargo publish --package wip-protocol
+
+cargo publish --dry-run --package wip-interface-macros
+cargo publish --package wip-interface-macros
+```
+
+Wait until both versions are available from the crates.io index, then continue:
+
+```console
+cargo publish --dry-run --package wip-interface
+cargo publish --package wip-interface
+
+cargo publish --dry-run --package wip-http
+cargo publish --package wip-http
+```
+
+After those versions are available from the index:
+
+```console
+cargo publish --dry-run --package wip-host
+cargo publish --package wip-host
+
+cargo publish --dry-run --package wip-client
+cargo publish --package wip-client
+```
+
+Registry propagation can take time. A dependent dry-run reporting that a WIP crate is unavailable means the previous publish is not visible in the selected registry yet; do not bypass verification.
+
+## Tag
+
+After all six uploads resolve successfully, tag the exact published commit and push the tag:
+
+```console
+git tag -a v0.1.0 -m "release: 0.1.0"
+git push origin v0.1.0
+```
+
+Do not move or recreate a published version or its tag. Prepare a new version for any subsequent correction.

crates/wip-client/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "wip-client"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+description = "Presentation-independent stateful WIP client runtime"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/wip-client"
+
+[dependencies]
+wip-http.workspace = true
+wip-protocol.workspace = true

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crates/wip-client/LICENSE-MIT

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+SOFTWARE.

crates/wip-client/README.md

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+# wip-client
+
+Presentation-independent stateful runtime for Web Interface Protocol (WIP) clients.
+
+`wip-client` manages endpoint- and security-context-isolated Known Space, object and Interface Descriptor observations, bounded request ownership, supersession, out-of-order response suppression, validator recovery, and operation call contexts. It produces and consumes framework-neutral `wip-http` messages but performs no network I/O and contains no UI types.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+wip-client = "0.1.0"
+```
+
+Applications provide the HTTP adapter and presentation layer, send each prepared request exactly as owned by the runtime, then return the corresponding response for completion.
+
+Interface acquisition and call APIs use `wip_protocol::InterfaceReference { scope, name }` directly. Interface caches and Object membership compare the complete structured value, so equal names in different scopes remain distinct. Interface observations retain the optional `scope_ref`, and calls copy it into `InterfaceTarget` unchanged. Scope-identity recovery is not implemented by this mechanical migration.
+
+See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/wip-client) for session, acquisition, cache, and call APIs.
+
+Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.

crates/wip-client/tests/adapter.rs

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+fn root_reference(name: &str) -> wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+    wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+        scope: "/".into(),
+        name: name.into(),
+    }
+}
+
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use wip_client::{
+    CallOutcome, Client, ClientErrorKind, ClientLimits, Completion, DiagnosticKind,
+    ObservationState, OutcomeUnknownReason, SecurityContext,
+};
+use wip_http::http::{Response, StatusCode};
+use wip_http::{
+    Limits, encode_fetch_interface_response, encode_observe_response,
+    encode_protocol_error_response,
+};
+use wip_protocol::{
+    FetchInterfaceRequest, FetchInterfaceResponse, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, InterfaceDescriptor,
+    Object, ObjectObservation, ObserveRequest, OperationDeclaration, ParameterDeclaration,
+    ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction, ReturnDeclaration, TypeExpr, Value,
+};
+
+fn limits() -> Limits {
+    Limits::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024, 64).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn setup() -> (Client, wip_client::SessionId) {
+    let mut client = Client::new(ClientLimits::new(2, 16, 16, 16, 16).unwrap(), limits());
+    let session = client
+        .open_session("https://example.test/wip", SecurityContext::new("subject"))
+        .unwrap();
+    (client, session)
+}
+
+fn response(status: StatusCode, body: &[u8]) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    Response::builder()
+        .status(status)
+        .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        .body(body.to_vec())
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn object() -> Object {
+    Object {
+        name: "item".into(),
+        description: None,
+        interfaces: vec![root_reference("math")],
+        r#ref: None,
+        validator: Some(b"object-v1".to_vec()),
+    }
+}
+
+fn descriptor(format: &str) -> InterfaceDescriptor {
+    InterfaceDescriptor {
+        format: format.into(),
+        documentation: None,
+        types: vec![],
+        operations: vec![OperationDeclaration {
+            name: "calculate".into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            parameters: vec![ParameterDeclaration {
+                name: "value".into(),
+                required: true,
+                documentation: None,
+                r#type: TypeExpr::Integer,
+            }],
+            returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                documentation: None,
+                r#type: TypeExpr::Integer,
+            },
+        }],
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_json_unknown_fields_duplicates_and_invalid_success_are_invalid_response() {
+    let cases: &[&[u8]] = &[
+        b"{not json",
+        br#"{"name":"item","interfaces":[],"unknown":true}"#,
+        br#"{"name":"item","interfaces":[{"scope":"/","name":"math"},{"scope":"/","name":"math"}]}"#,
+        br#"{"name":"wrong","interfaces":[]}"#,
+    ];
+    for body in cases {
+        let (mut client, session) = setup();
+        let request = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+        let error = client
+            .complete(request.id, response(StatusCode::OK, body))
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(error.kind, ClientErrorKind::InvalidResponse);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            client.object(&session, "/item").unwrap().state,
+            ObservationState::Error(_)
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn disallowed_code_and_status_success_contradictions_are_invalid_response() {
+    let cases = [
+        (
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+            br#"{"error":{"code":"interface_not_found","message":"wrong"}}"#.as_slice(),
+        ),
+        (
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            br#"{"error":{"code":"not_found","message":"wrong status"}}"#.as_slice(),
+        ),
+        (
+            StatusCode::CREATED,
+            br#"{"name":"item","interfaces":[]}"#.as_slice(),
+        ),
+    ];
+    for (status, body) in cases {
+        let (mut client, session) = setup();
+        let request = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            client
+                .complete(request.id, response(status, body))
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind,
+            ClientErrorKind::InvalidResponse
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn valid_error_envelope_is_authoritative_and_status_mismatch_is_diagnostic() {
+    let (mut client, session) = setup();
+    let request = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+        message: "missing".into(),
+    };
+    let mut encoded =
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, &error, limits()).unwrap();
+    *encoded.status_mut() = StatusCode::IM_A_TEAPOT;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.complete(request.id, encoded).unwrap(),
+        Completion::ProtocolFailure(error)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.object(&session, "/item").unwrap().state,
+        ObservationState::Stale
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.diagnostics(&session).unwrap().back().unwrap().kind,
+        DiagnosticKind::HttpStatusMismatch
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn resource_envelope_on_413_uses_code_and_records_canonical_422_mismatch() {
+    let (mut client, session) = setup();
+    let request = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+        message: "logical observation limit exceeded".into(),
+    };
+    let mut encoded =
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, &error, limits()).unwrap();
+    *encoded.status_mut() = StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.complete(request.id, encoded).unwrap(),
+        Completion::ProtocolFailure(error)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.diagnostics(&session).unwrap().back().unwrap().kind,
+        DiagnosticKind::HttpStatusMismatch
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn non_success_without_valid_envelope_remains_transport_failure() {
+    for status in [StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE] {
+        let (mut client, session) = setup();
+        let request = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+        let error = client
+            .complete(request.id, response(status, b"infrastructure failure"))
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(error.kind, ClientErrorKind::Transport);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unsupported_descriptor_format_is_distinct_from_invalid_response() {
+    let (mut client, session) = setup();
+    let request = client
+        .prepare_interface(&session, root_reference("math"))
+        .unwrap();
+    let logical = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: root_reference("math"),
+    };
+    let value = FetchInterfaceResponse {
+        scope_ref: None,
+        interface: root_reference("math"),
+        descriptor: descriptor("future-format/2"),
+        validator: Some(b"v2".to_vec()),
+    };
+    let encoded = encode_fetch_interface_response(&logical, &value, limits()).unwrap();
+    let error = client.complete(request.id, encoded).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(error.kind, ClientErrorKind::UnsupportedDescriptorFormat);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_call_success_after_dispatch_is_outcome_unknown_and_stales_object() {
+    let (mut client, session) = setup();
+    let observation = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+    client
+        .complete(
+            observation.id,
+            encode_observe_response(
+                &ObserveRequest {
+                    path: "/item".into(),
+                    depth: 0,
+                },
+                &ObjectObservation {
+                    object: object(),
+                    children: None,
+                },
+                limits(),
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let interface = client
+        .prepare_interface(&session, root_reference("math"))
+        .unwrap();
+    client
+        .complete(
+            interface.id,
+            encode_fetch_interface_response(
+                &FetchInterfaceRequest {
+                    interface: root_reference("math"),
+                },
+                &FetchInterfaceResponse {
+                    scope_ref: None,
+                    interface: root_reference("math"),
+                    descriptor: descriptor(INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1),
+                    validator: None,
+                },
+                limits(),
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let call = client
+        .prepare_call(
+            &session,
+            "/item",
+            &root_reference("math"),
+            "calculate",
+            BTreeMap::from([("value".into(), Value::Integer(2))]),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    client.mark_dispatched(call.id).unwrap();
+
+    let completion = client
+        .complete(
+            call.id,
+            response(
+                StatusCode::OK,
+                br#"{"result":"not an integer","unknown":true}"#,
+            ),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        completion,
+        Completion::Call(record)
+            if matches!(
+                &record.outcome,
+                CallOutcome::Unknown {
+                    reason: OutcomeUnknownReason::ResponseDecode,
+                    failure: Some(failure),
+                } if failure.kind == ClientErrorKind::InvalidResponse
+            )
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.object(&session, "/item").unwrap().state,
+        ObservationState::Stale
+    );
+    assert_eq!(client.in_flight_len(), 0);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn plain_413_after_call_dispatch_is_unknown_transport_outcome() {
+    let (mut client, session) = setup();
+    let observation = client.refresh_observed(&session, "/item", 0).unwrap();
+    client
+        .complete(
+            observation.id,
+            encode_observe_response(
+                &ObserveRequest {
+                    path: "/item".into(),
+                    depth: 0,
+                },
+                &ObjectObservation {
+                    object: object(),
+                    children: None,
+                },
+                limits(),
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let interface = client
+        .prepare_interface(&session, root_reference("math"))
+        .unwrap();
+    client
+        .complete(
+            interface.id,
+            encode_fetch_interface_response(
+                &FetchInterfaceRequest {
+                    interface: root_reference("math"),
+                },
+                &FetchInterfaceResponse {
+                    scope_ref: None,
+                    interface: root_reference("math"),
+                    descriptor: descriptor(INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1),
+                    validator: None,
+                },
+                limits(),
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let call = client
+        .prepare_call(
+            &session,
+            "/item",
+            &root_reference("math"),
+            "calculate",
+            BTreeMap::from([("value".into(), Value::Integer(2))]),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    client.mark_dispatched(call.id).unwrap();
+
+    let completion = client
+        .complete(
+            call.id,
+            Response::builder()
+                .status(StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
+                .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        completion,
+        Completion::Call(record)
+            if matches!(
+                &record.outcome,
+                CallOutcome::Unknown {
+                    reason: OutcomeUnknownReason::ResponseDecode,
+                    failure: Some(failure),
+                } if failure.kind == ClientErrorKind::Transport
+            )
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        client.object(&session, "/item").unwrap().state,
+        ObservationState::Stale
+    );
+    assert_eq!(client.in_flight_len(), 0);
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "wip-fs-server"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+description = "Extensible request-time filesystem projection library and WIP over HTTP server"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+http = "1"
+rustix = { version = "1.1", features = ["fs"] }
+wip-host.workspace = true
+wip-http.workspace = true
+wip-interface.workspace = true
+wip-protocol.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"

crates/wip-fs-server/README.md

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+# wip-fs-server
+
+`wip-fs-server` projects one configured Linux filesystem directory onto WIP
+Worldspace `/` at request time. It does not register the filesystem contents or
+keep one object instance per entry. It uses `wip-host` for publication and typed
+operation dispatch and uses the standard `wip-http` routes, JSON codecs,
+envelopes, and HTTP status mapping.
+
+## Library assembly and migration
+
+The existing `ServerConfig`, `WipFsServer::new`, `handle_http`, CLI flags and wire
+representation remain compatible. The formerly private projection has become a
+public, generic library engine. No package version or publication policy changes
+are required.
+
+Use `default_projection(root, access, limits)` to obtain the default Linux engine
+without starting a listener. `projection.view(&principal)` is the effective view;
+it owns canonical `observe` and `fetch_interface` and implements the standard
+`wip_host::ObjectProvider` typed `call_operation` API. `DefaultPolicy` has the unit
+principal `()`; default engines also offer unit-principal convenience methods.
+
+For an external backend/composition:
+
+1. Implement `BackendEntry` on a local, cloneable, root-confined stable capability.
+   Its `WipObject` metadata is public-only; its validator binds identity and the
+   protected state. Implement `FilesystemBackend` to resolve one connected
+   `ResolvedEntry<Entry>` (root-to-parent ancestry plus pinned target), enumerate
+   bounded children, and execute against that already-resolved lineage.
+2. Create `wip_host::Scope::new("/")` for the deployment-pinned root, then
+   register generated definitions with `registry.register(&scope, name,
+   Definition, validator)`. `DefaultInterfaces::register(&mut registry, &scope)`
+   optionally supplies reusable built-in tokens named `file.read`,
+   `symlink.inspect`, and `file.write`; tokens do not force publication. The
+   current engine binds only the root scope and fails closed for non-root
+   registrations; broader FS scope semantics remain follow-up work.
+3. Implement `Composition<Entry>` on a local type. Its local Object wraps the entry
+   and implements both `WipObject` and the chosen generated traits, avoiding orphan
+   rules. `PublishedObject::expose` proves each implementation at compile time.
+   Publication can add, replace, reorder or omit built-ins based on entry metadata
+   and actual backend capabilities, not just entry kind. `LinuxEntry` implements
+   bounded `FileRead`, `FileWrite` and `SymlinkInspect` for safe delegation; never
+   advertise write in read-only mode or link operations on a non-link capability.
+4. Assemble `Projection::new(backend, registry, composition, policy, limits)`.
+   `ProjectionPolicy` supplies an opaque associated `Principal`, hides Objects and
+   entire hidden subtrees, selects an ordered subset of implemented interfaces,
+   controls descriptor/operation visibility, and permits or denies execution.
+5. An authenticated deployment chooses the principal and `ExecutionContext`. To
+   use HTTP, construct `HttpAdapter::new(&view, &endpoint, limits)` and invoke
+   `handle_http_with_context`. This uses the standard `wip-http` binding, not a
+   filesystem wire profile. Enforce body collection, header, concurrency and
+   deadline bounds in the deployment's listener; the adapter owns none of these
+   intake resources. The bundled loopback listener remains a thin default user.
+
+A complete external-style memory backend, local Object with multiple custom
+Operations, typed registration, principal policy and HTTP flow is exercised in
+[`tests/extensions.rs`](tests/extensions.rs). It uses no Linux filesystem for its
+backend. The public library APIs do not require private types, a fork, an HTTP
+listener, a global object registry, or dynamic plugin loading.
+
+### Extension security contract
+
+Backend implementations and Operation authors are trusted code, not sandboxed
+plugins. `FilesystemBackend::resolve` returns `ResolvedEntry::new(ancestors, target)`
+from one connected backend traversal/snapshot, not independent path-prefix
+resolutions. A root target has no ancestors; other targets retain the root first,
+then intermediate parent containers. This is backend-private context, never wire
+metadata. Backend `resolve` and `execute` signatures both carry this type;
+compositions receive exact retained entries, including publication of the root
+scope Object while another target is executing, never independent raw-path
+lookups. Root publication must be deterministic and side-effect-free.
+
+Every lineage must retain the same deployment-pinned root Object. Replacing that
+Object requires a new projection and fresh `Scope`, not reuse of registrations
+at the same path. The engine constructs `ScopeObservation` from the published
+root Object's metadata using the refreshed retained root capability **inside**
+`FilesystemBackend::execute`, then attaches it with `PublishedObject::bind_scope`.
+It never independently looks up the raw configured root path. Root Objects need
+not expose any interfaces. Calls check both the private lifetime and optional
+`scope_ref`; normal root state updates do not retire the lifetime.
+
+`with_object` (including fetch) and individual tree Object publications also
+enter this backend boundary. Generic read callbacks use a `NotStarted` attempt
+as an adapter to the existing execution API; no typed operation runs and no
+commit is implied. Tree observations are bounded traversals, not one global tree
+transaction. Fetch resolves the visible scope Object through the provider and
+returns its ref, Descriptor and Interface validator together; retained registry
+artifacts alone never establish publication.
+
+`FilesystemBackend::execute` must validate ancestor membership/identity and
+refresh **all** lineage state/validators inside its transaction or lock before
+calling the engine callback, retaining the same target and connected ancestry
+through validation and dispatch. Replaced/detached ancestors must return
+`NotFound` without callback invocation, even when the replacement is visible.
+The engine evaluates Object visibility for every refreshed ancestor and target
+inside that same boundary; a hidden ancestor rejects the entire subtree before
+publication/typed dispatch. Never fix a changed lineage by resolving the raw path
+again and substituting capabilities. Participating policy-relevant backend state
+changes must be serialized by this boundary, not just target-content writes.
+Return the committed post-operation validator. Retained ancestry is subject to
+handle/work ceilings; resource exhaustion is an error, not missing ancestry.
+Confirm rollback only after rollback succeeds. Pre-dispatch failures
+must never commit; failed started operations without a non-commit guarantee remain
+`OperationOutcomeUnknown`. Object implementations must delegate validators to
+that entry and declare requirements per `(InterfaceRef, operation)`, rather than
+classify all operations by a read/write name. Operations use the scoped entry and
+propagated context, not a fresh raw-path resolution; they must check deadlines,
+cancellation and resource budgets throughout backend work and report effects
+truthfully. POSIX symlinks, identity, atomic mutations and locking cannot be assumed
+for other backends.
+
+The default Linux backend acquires advisory exclusive locks in root-to-parent
+order and then on the lockable target (directory or regular file). It compares
+retained ancestor identity to no-follow descriptor-relative lookup results,
+refreshes lineage snapshots after acquiring the locks, and holds the guards
+through post-dispatch state observation. The configured root remains its pinned
+capability even if its textual path is renamed; replaced intermediate ancestors
+are rejected. Leaf path replacement never redirects execution to a new inode.
+This serializes cooperating library calls; it does **not** promise transactional
+isolation from unrelated processes ignoring `flock`. Linux capabilities only
+expose bounded methods, not raw descriptors or backend paths.
+
+A policy must be stable/deterministic within one effective Worldspace view.
+Interface/operation visibility is uniform per registered reference within that
+view, so observation, fetch and dispatch use the identical filtered descriptor.
+For entry-specific operation sets, register distinct interface definitions and
+select them by entry. Different principals may have different effective views.
+Changing a policy must establish a new view/reference lifetime (e.g. rebuild the
+registry/engine); do not keep validator-free references while changing their
+meaning. Execution permission may deny a visible Operation without hiding it.
+A published interface is always fetchable by that principal; hidden operations
+are omitted (along with their unreachable named types and interface-wide docs)
+and guessed calls return `OperationNotFound`, whereas visible denied
+operations return `PermissionDenied`. Hidden Objects and descendants return
+`NotFound` and are absent from parent observations. Work spent scanning hidden
+entries still counts against traversal bounds; resource limits are not a
+constant-time/side-channel guarantee.
+
+Never put absolute paths, hidden metadata, credentials or policy internals in
+public `WipObject` metadata, descriptions, validators or normal logs. Validators
+must be opaque public tokens, not confidential content. Engine/HTTP failures use
+bounded generic diagnostics; arbitrary trusted implementation metadata/logging
+cannot be sanitized automatically. Do not log credentials or sensitive panic
+payloads from extensions.
+
+## Security model
+
+- The effective root is opened once as a directory capability. Root path
+  components must be real directories (symlink components are rejected), and the
+  displayed effective root is read back from that same pinned descriptor. Every
+  request is resolved segment-by-segment with directory-relative, `O_NOFOLLOW`
+  handles.
+- Symlinks are projected as links and are never followed. Their stored target is
+  available only through the `SymlinkInspect.read_link` application operation.
+- Regular files, directories, symlinks, and unsupported entry types have distinct
+  public descriptions and capability sets.
+- WIP names are Unicode. Linux names that are not valid UTF-8 are deliberately
+  not published; valid UTF-8 names map byte-for-byte and therefore cannot collide.
+  Unicode paths containing backend-invalid NUL bytes are likewise treated as
+  unpublished rather than as backend failures.
+- No object `ref` is issued. This avoids claiming representation identity for
+  hard links or path-specific names. Regular files and symlinks receive an opaque
+  validator containing filesystem identity plus protected metadata; replacing a
+  path therefore does not preserve its validator.
+- Protocol metadata and errors never contain the backend absolute path. Startup
+  prints only the explicitly configured effective root and security-sensitive
+  modes.
+- The built-in HTTP listener is loopback-only. TLS termination, certificates,
+  authentication, an externally visible URL scheme, and proxy routing are
+  deployment concerns rather than separate WIP transport profiles.
+
+The implementation currently targets Linux because it uses `O_PATH`,
+directory-relative descriptor traversal, and `/proc/self/fd` to reopen the same
+pinned backend object without resolving the untrusted Worldspace path twice.
+
+## Run
+
+Run the loopback listener in read-only mode:
+
+```console
+cargo run -p wip-fs-server -- \
+  --root /srv/public-files \
+  --listen 127.0.0.1:8080 \
+  --base-path /wip
+```
+
+Run with the write capability deliberately enabled:
+
+```console
+cargo run -p wip-fs-server -- \
+  --root ./example-files \
+  --listen 127.0.0.1:8080 \
+  --base-path /wip \
+  --read-write
+```
+
+The server reports the effective root, `ReadOnly`/`ReadWrite` mode, endpoint,
+and actual listen address. It does not enumerate the root.
+
+## Standard interactions
+
+The following examples use the built-in HTTP listener. The JSON follows the
+standard WIP over HTTP binding; validators and operation `Bytes` are base64 body
+fields, never `ETag` or `If-Match` headers.
+
+Observe only the root Object:
+
+```console
+curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/wip/v1/observe \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' \
+  --data '{"path":"/","depth":0}'
+```
+
+Observe the root and two levels of indexable children:
+
+```console
+curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/wip/v1/observe \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' \
+  --data '{"path":"/","depth":2}'
+```
+
+A regular-file observation returns a structured read interface reference and an
+object validator. Built-ins explicitly use scope `/` and the local names
+`file.read`, `symlink.inspect`, and `file.write`. The Linux root does not issue an
+Object ref, so fetch omits `scope_ref`; its private publication lifetime still
+binds fetch and call to the pinned deployment root. Copy the complete reference
+from the observation to retrieve that descriptor:
+
+```console
+curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/wip/v1/fetch_interface \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' \
+  --data '{"interface":{"scope":"/","name":"file.read"}}'
+```
+
+Then call a bounded range read:
+
+```console
+curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/wip/v1/call_operation \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' \
+  --data '{
+    "target":{"path":"/notes.txt","validator":"<base64-validator>"},
+    "interface":{"reference":{"scope":"/","name":"file.read"}},
+    "operation":"read",
+    "arguments":{"offset":0,"length":4096}
+  }'
+```
+
+In `--read-write` mode a second regular-file interface declares `replace`.
+Writes require the current object validator and return the post-write validator:
+
+```console
+curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/wip/v1/call_operation \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' \
+  --data '{
+    "target":{"path":"/notes.txt","validator":"<base64-validator>"},
+    "interface":{"reference":{"scope":"/","name":"file.write"}},
+    "operation":"replace",
+    "arguments":{"contents":"dXBkYXRlZA=="}
+  }'
+```
+
+## Resource and failure behavior
+
+`ResourceLimits` bounds request/response bytes, HTTP request-head bytes, JSON
+nesting, file read/write bytes, tree depth/node count, pinned handles, and active
+connections/requests. One absolute request deadline covers header and
+body intake, dispatch, cooperative filesystem work, and response transmission;
+stalled clients are closed and cannot occupy a worker beyond that bound. Workers
+accept connections directly, so the listener never moves more than the configured
+concurrency into active userspace service. Advisory file-lock acquisition uses a
+nonblocking loop and checks the same deadline/cancellation rather than allowing a
+contended lock to stall a worker. Object observation recursively opens only the
+requested depth. A successful response is complete through that depth; if the
+configured projected-node budget would be exceeded, the interaction fails with
+`ResourceLimitExceeded` instead of returning a partial observation. I/O failure
+and cancellation remain errors.
+
+Whole-file replacement compares the request validator against the identity and
+state of the same pinned file handle used for the write. Failures before mutation
+carry a `NotCommitted` guarantee and map to `Internal` or
+`ResourceLimitExceeded`; a failure after truncation/write begins maps to
+`OperationOutcomeUnknown`. The server and Clients do not automatically retry
+side-effecting operations.

crates/wip-fs-server/src/defaults.rs

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+//! Reusable default Linux composition; no listener or authentication dependency.
+use crate::engine::{BackendEntry, Composition, DefaultPolicy, EntryKind, Projection};
+use crate::interfaces::{
+    FileRead, FileReadDefinition, FileWrite, FileWriteDefinition, SymlinkInspect,
+    SymlinkInspectDefinition,
+};
+use crate::projection::{LinuxBackend, LinuxEntry};
+use crate::{AccessMode, ResourceLimits};
+use wip_host::{
+    ExecutionContext, HostError, InterfaceRef, InterfaceRegistry, PublishedObject,
+    RegisteredInterface, RegistrationError, Scope, Validator, WipObject,
+};
+use wip_interface as wip;
+
+/// Registered built-in interfaces, usable by external compositions and Objects.
+pub struct DefaultInterfaces {
+    /// Bounded regular-file reads.
+    pub read: RegisteredInterface<FileReadDefinition>,
+    /// No-follow link inspection.
+    pub symlink: RegisteredInterface<SymlinkInspectDefinition>,
+    /// Validator-protected replacement.
+    pub write: RegisteredInterface<FileWriteDefinition>,
+}
+impl DefaultInterfaces {
+    /// Register reusable descriptors at an explicit publication scope.
+    ///
+    /// The current FS engine binds only its deployment root scope (`/`).
+    pub fn register(
+        registry: &mut InterfaceRegistry,
+        scope: &Scope,
+    ) -> Result<Self, RegistrationError> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            read: registry.register(scope, "file.read", FileReadDefinition, None)?,
+            symlink: registry.register(scope, "symlink.inspect", SymlinkInspectDefinition, None)?,
+            write: registry.register(scope, "file.write", FileWriteDefinition, None)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Default capability-aware Linux publication, independent of HTTP.
+pub struct DefaultComposition {
+    interfaces: DefaultInterfaces,
+}
+impl DefaultComposition {
+    /// Use previously registered built-in interface tokens.
+    pub fn new(interfaces: DefaultInterfaces) -> Self {
+        Self { interfaces }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Request-scoped default Object; external Objects may instead wrap `LinuxEntry`.
+pub struct DefaultObject {
+    entry: LinuxEntry,
+    write: InterfaceRef,
+}
+impl DefaultObject {
+    /// The pinned, bounded capability used by every operation on this Object.
+    pub fn entry(&self) -> &LinuxEntry {
+        &self.entry
+    }
+}
+impl WipObject for DefaultObject {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        self.entry.name()
+    }
+    fn description(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.entry.description()
+    }
+    fn reference(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.entry.reference()
+    }
+    fn validator(&self) -> Option<&Validator> {
+        self.entry.validator()
+    }
+    fn requires_validator(&self, interface: &InterfaceRef, operation: &str) -> bool {
+        interface == &self.write && operation == "replace"
+    }
+}
+impl FileRead for DefaultObject {
+    fn read(&self, offset: Option<u64>, length: Option<u64>) -> wip::OperationResult<wip::Bytes> {
+        self.entry.read(offset, length)
+    }
+}
+impl SymlinkInspect for DefaultObject {
+    fn read_link(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<wip::Bytes> {
+        self.entry.read_link()
+    }
+}
+impl FileWrite for DefaultObject {
+    fn replace(&self, contents: wip::Bytes) -> wip::OperationResult<()> {
+        self.entry.replace(contents)
+    }
+}
+impl Composition<LinuxEntry> for DefaultComposition {
+    type Object = DefaultObject;
+    fn publish(
+        &self,
+        entry: LinuxEntry,
+        _: &ExecutionContext,
+    ) -> Result<PublishedObject<Self::Object>, HostError> {
+        let kind = entry.kind();
+        let writable = entry.access_mode() == AccessMode::ReadWrite;
+        let mut publication = PublishedObject::new(DefaultObject {
+            entry,
+            write: self.interfaces.write.reference().clone(),
+        });
+        match kind {
+            EntryKind::Regular => {
+                publication = publication
+                    .expose(&self.interfaces.read)
+                    .map_err(publication_error)?;
+                if writable {
+                    publication = publication
+                        .expose(&self.interfaces.write)
+                        .map_err(publication_error)?;
+                }
+            }
+            EntryKind::Symlink => {
+                publication = publication
+                    .expose(&self.interfaces.symlink)
+                    .map_err(publication_error)?;
+            }
+            EntryKind::Directory | EntryKind::Unsupported => {}
+        }
+        Ok(publication)
+    }
+}
+fn publication_error(_: wip_host::PublicationError) -> HostError {
+    HostError::internal(
+        "default publication failed",
+        wip_host::EffectGuarantee::NotCommitted,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Construct the secure-by-default Linux engine without binding a listener.
+pub fn default_projection(
+    root: &std::path::Path,
+    access: AccessMode,
+    limits: ResourceLimits,
+) -> Result<Projection<LinuxBackend, DefaultComposition, DefaultPolicy>, std::io::Error> {
+    let backend = LinuxBackend::open(root, access, limits)?;
+    let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
+    let scope = Scope::new("/").map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
+    let interfaces =
+        DefaultInterfaces::register(&mut registry, &scope).map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
+    Ok(Projection::new(
+        backend,
+        registry,
+        DefaultComposition::new(interfaces),
+        DefaultPolicy,
+        limits,
+    ))
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/src/engine.rs

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+//! Transport-independent projection, publication, and principal view boundaries.
+
+use crate::ResourceLimits;
+use wip_host::{
+    EffectGuarantee, ExecutionContext, HostError, InterfaceRef, InterfaceRegistry, ObjectProvider,
+    OperationAttempt, ProviderResult, PublishedObject, ScopeObservation, WipObject,
+};
+use wip_protocol::{
+    FetchInterfaceRequest, FetchInterfaceResponse, ObjectObservation, ObserveRequest,
+    ObserveResponse, ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode,
+};
+
+/// Portable entry classification; capabilities must not be inferred from kind alone.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum EntryKind {
+    /// Container whose children can be enumerated.
+    Directory,
+    /// Regular data entry.
+    Regular,
+    /// Link itself, never implicitly followed.
+    Symlink,
+    /// Metadata-only entry unless the composition supplies a capability.
+    Unsupported,
+}
+
+/// A root-confined, request-time capability, not a path to resolve again.
+///
+/// Metadata must be safe for public exposure. Validators bind both identity and
+/// protected state. Cloning must retain the same target rather than re-resolve it.
+pub trait BackendEntry: WipObject + Clone {
+    /// Classification for observation and publication selection.
+    fn kind(&self) -> EntryKind;
+}
+
+/// A single resolved target together with its retained root-to-parent lineage.
+///
+/// The backend must resolve a connected lineage, never independent raw-path
+/// prefixes. At execution it validates ancestor membership/identity, refreshes
+/// their policy metadata, and pins that snapshot through dispatch. Target
+/// replacement must not redirect the original capability. This value is private
+/// backend context, not protocol metadata.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ResolvedEntry<E> {
+    ancestors: Vec<E>,
+    target: E,
+}
+
+impl<E> ResolvedEntry<E> {
+    /// Create backend resolution context. `/` has no ancestors; a non-root target
+    /// has the pinned root first, followed by its intermediate parent containers.
+    pub fn new(ancestors: Vec<E>, target: E) -> Self {
+        Self { ancestors, target }
+    }
+    /// Pinned ancestor capabilities, ordered from the root to the direct parent.
+    pub fn ancestors(&self) -> &[E] {
+        &self.ancestors
+    }
+    /// The original resolved target capability, never a redirected replacement.
+    pub fn target(&self) -> &E {
+        &self.target
+    }
+    /// Consume this snapshot for refresh or request-time publication.
+    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Vec<E>, E) {
+        (self.ancestors, self.target)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Trusted backend boundary. Implementations need not use POSIX semantics.
+///
+/// Resolve and enumerate pinned capabilities within the configured root. Enforce
+/// context cancellation, deadlines and work budgets during backend work. Do not
+/// advertise capabilities the backend cannot guarantee. Errors must not include
+/// backend paths, credentials or hidden metadata.
+///
+/// The root is a deployment-pinned Object: every resolution/execution lineage
+/// must retain that same root, even if its textual backend path is renamed or
+/// replaced. Replacing the deployment root requires a new projection and Scope
+/// lifetime. The engine currently binds only `/`; non-root registrations are
+/// not published until a backend can attest their Object lifetimes.
+///
+/// `execute` must retain the same target and complete lineage and serialize
+/// ancestor identity/membership checks, policy metadata, validator observation,
+/// publication, validation, typed dispatch and commit/rollback. Changed/detached
+/// ancestors must return `NotFound` before the callback; never substitute a new
+/// ancestor or redirect the target by re-resolving its raw path. Refresh *all*
+/// lineage metadata/validators inside the boundary and retain that snapshot
+/// through dispatch, then return the committed post-operation validator. Never
+/// upgrade an unknown outcome except after confirmed rollback. Locks only protect
+/// actors participating in the protocol; document any external-writer limits.
+pub trait FilesystemBackend {
+    /// Stable capability supplied to the composition.
+    type Entry: BackendEntry;
+    /// Resolve a canonical WIP path and retain its connected ancestry.
+    ///
+    /// Obtain the target and lineage in one backend traversal/snapshot. Enforce
+    /// configured handle/work budgets while retaining ancestors; do not silently
+    /// omit ancestry on resource exhaustion.
+    fn resolve(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<ResolvedEntry<Self::Entry>>;
+    /// Enumerate direct children, at most `maximum`; excess must fail, not truncate.
+    fn children(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        entry: &Self::Entry,
+        maximum: usize,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<Self::Entry>, HostError>;
+    /// Execute against this already-resolved target within an atomic boundary.
+    fn execute(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        entry: ResolvedEntry<Self::Entry>,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(ResolvedEntry<Self::Entry>) -> OperationAttempt,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<OperationAttempt>;
+}
+
+/// Typed publication extension point, implementable on an external crate's type.
+///
+/// Use `InterfaceRegistry::register` and `PublishedObject::expose` with generated
+/// definitions. An external local Object can wrap the entry and implement any
+/// number of interfaces, avoiding orphan rules. Its `WipObject` implementation
+/// declares validator requirements per qualified operation. Operation failures
+/// declare their own `EffectGuarantee`, not a fixed read/write classification.
+pub trait Composition<E: BackendEntry> {
+    /// Local typed operation implementation and safe public metadata.
+    type Object: WipObject;
+    /// Build a request-scoped publication using this exact capability/context.
+    ///
+    /// Publication and policy hooks must be side-effect-free with respect to the
+    /// backend. This hook may also publish the retained root to observe its scope
+    /// metadata while another target is executing. Root publication must be
+    /// deterministic within the view and use this same retained capability.
+    /// A publication failure is a pre-dispatch rejection, never a
+    /// started Operation. Delegate metadata/validators to the boundary snapshot.
+    fn publish(
+        &self,
+        entry: E,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+    ) -> Result<PublishedObject<Self::Object>, HostError>;
+}
+
+/// Principal-specific view policy, independent of authentication transport.
+///
+/// Keep decisions deterministic and stable within an effective Worldspace view.
+/// A changed policy requires a new view/reference lifetime (or interface
+/// validators). Operation visibility is interface-wide within a view so every
+/// published reference has exactly the descriptor returned by fetch. Entry-
+/// specific differences should select different registered interfaces. Hooks
+/// cannot add implementations, metadata, or raw paths to a publication.
+pub trait ProjectionPolicy<E: BackendEntry, O: WipObject> {
+    /// Opaque deployment-established principal/request identity.
+    type Principal;
+    /// Whether the entry is visible. Invisible ancestors hide their whole subtree.
+    fn object_visible(&self, principal: &Self::Principal, entry: &E) -> bool;
+    /// Whether an interface descriptor may be fetched in this view.
+    fn interface_visible(&self, _principal: &Self::Principal, _interface: &InterfaceRef) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+    /// Select/order a subset of implemented interfaces; defaults to all.
+    fn interfaces(
+        &self,
+        _principal: &Self::Principal,
+        _entry: &E,
+        available: &[InterfaceRef],
+    ) -> Vec<InterfaceRef> {
+        available.to_vec()
+    }
+    /// Whether an operation is present in this view's descriptor and dispatch.
+    fn operation_visible(
+        &self,
+        _principal: &Self::Principal,
+        _interface: &InterfaceRef,
+        _operation: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+    /// Execution permission for a visible operation, after canonical preconditions.
+    fn authorize(
+        &self,
+        _principal: &Self::Principal,
+        _object: &O,
+        _interface: &InterfaceRef,
+        _operation: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+/// No authentication assumption: all configured objects/operations are visible.
+pub struct DefaultPolicy;
+impl<E: BackendEntry, O: WipObject> ProjectionPolicy<E, O> for DefaultPolicy {
+    type Principal = ();
+    fn object_visible(&self, _: &(), _: &E) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+/// Canonical request-time engine, independent of HTTP and Linux.
+pub struct Projection<B, C, P> {
+    backend: B,
+    registry: InterfaceRegistry,
+    composition: C,
+    policy: P,
+    limits: ResourceLimits,
+}
+
+impl<B, C, P> Projection<B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object>,
+{
+    /// Assemble trusted components. The registry must contain all exposed tokens.
+    pub fn new(
+        backend: B,
+        registry: InterfaceRegistry,
+        composition: C,
+        policy: P,
+        limits: ResourceLimits,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            backend,
+            registry,
+            composition,
+            policy,
+            limits,
+        }
+    }
+    /// Backend access for trusted composition/configuration, never serialized.
+    pub fn backend(&self) -> &B {
+        &self.backend
+    }
+    /// Borrow one effective principal view for observation, fetch and dispatch.
+    pub fn view<'a>(&'a self, principal: &'a P::Principal) -> ProjectionView<'a, B, C, P> {
+        ProjectionView {
+            projection: self,
+            principal,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A coherent principal view implementing canonical typed host dispatch.
+pub struct ProjectionView<'a, B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object>,
+{
+    projection: &'a Projection<B, C, P>,
+    principal: &'a P::Principal,
+}
+
+impl<B, C, P> ProjectionView<'_, B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object>,
+{
+    fn resolve(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<ResolvedEntry<B::Entry>> {
+        if let Err(error) = preflight(context) {
+            return ProviderResult::Failure(error);
+        }
+        if wip_protocol::validate_path(path).is_err() {
+            return ProviderResult::NotFound;
+        }
+        match self.projection.backend.resolve(context, path) {
+            ProviderResult::Found(resolved) => {
+                if !lineage_matches_path(&resolved, path) {
+                    return ProviderResult::Failure(internal());
+                }
+                if !self.lineage_visible(&resolved) {
+                    return ProviderResult::NotFound;
+                }
+                ProviderResult::Found(resolved)
+            }
+            ProviderResult::NotFound => ProviderResult::NotFound,
+            ProviderResult::Failure(error) => ProviderResult::Failure(error),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn lineage_visible(&self, resolved: &ResolvedEntry<B::Entry>) -> bool {
+        resolved
+            .ancestors()
+            .iter()
+            .chain(std::iter::once(resolved.target()))
+            .all(|entry| self.projection.policy.object_visible(self.principal, entry))
+    }
+
+    fn publication(
+        &self,
+        entry: B::Entry,
+        root: &B::Entry,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+    ) -> Result<PublishedObject<C::Object>, HostError> {
+        let is_root = entry.name().is_empty();
+        let publication = self
+            .projection
+            .composition
+            .publish(entry.clone(), context)?;
+        // Scope refs describe the published root Object, not an independently
+        // resolved raw path or the backend entry's possibly different metadata.
+        let root_publication = if is_root {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(self.projection.composition.publish(root.clone(), context)?)
+        };
+        let available = publication
+            .protocol_object()
+            .interfaces
+            .iter()
+            .map(|reference| {
+                self.projection
+                    .registry
+                    .resolve(reference)
+                    .ok_or_else(internal)
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        let mut selected = self
+            .projection
+            .policy
+            .interfaces(self.principal, &entry, &available);
+        selected.retain(|reference| {
+            // Non-root lifetimes are not attested by this engine yet. Never
+            // publish an artifact merely because the registry retains it.
+            reference.protocol_reference().scope == "/"
+                && self
+                    .projection
+                    .policy
+                    .interface_visible(self.principal, reference)
+        });
+        let mut publication = publication
+            .project(&selected, |reference, operation| {
+                self.projection
+                    .policy
+                    .operation_visible(self.principal, reference, operation)
+            })
+            .map_err(|_| internal())?;
+        // Called only inside backend.execute, with its refreshed pinned lineage.
+        // scopes() may repeat the handle for different names; bind_scope replaces
+        // the same-path snapshot rather than treating repetition as a collision.
+        for scope in self
+            .projection
+            .registry
+            .scopes()
+            .filter(|scope| scope.path() == "/")
+        {
+            let object = root_publication
+                .as_ref()
+                .map_or(publication.implementation(), |root| root.implementation());
+            let current = ScopeObservation::new(scope, object);
+            publication = publication.bind_scope(current);
+        }
+        Ok(publication)
+    }
+
+    // Adapt read-only callbacks to the existing backend execution boundary. The
+    // sentinel is NotStarted: no typed operation ran and no commit/rollback may
+    // be inferred. The actual callback result never escapes until execute exits.
+    fn with_publication<R>(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        resolved: ResolvedEntry<B::Entry>,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<C::Object>) -> R,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<R> {
+        let mut observed = None;
+        let boundary = self
+            .projection
+            .backend
+            .execute(context, resolved, |resolved| {
+                if !lineage_matches_path(&resolved, path) {
+                    observed = Some(ProviderResult::Failure(internal()));
+                    return OperationAttempt::reject(wip_host::CallErrorKind::Internal);
+                }
+                if !self.lineage_visible(&resolved) {
+                    observed = Some(ProviderResult::NotFound);
+                    return OperationAttempt::reject(wip_host::CallErrorKind::NotFound);
+                }
+                let root = resolved.ancestors().first().unwrap_or(resolved.target());
+                observed = Some(
+                    match preflight(context).and_then(|()| {
+                        self.publication(resolved.target().clone(), root, context)
+                            .map(|publication| operation(&publication))
+                    }) {
+                        Ok(result) => ProviderResult::Found(result),
+                        Err(error) => ProviderResult::Failure(error),
+                    },
+                );
+                OperationAttempt::reject(wip_host::CallErrorKind::Internal)
+            });
+        match boundary {
+            ProviderResult::Found(_) => {
+                observed.unwrap_or_else(|| ProviderResult::Failure(internal()))
+            }
+            ProviderResult::NotFound => ProviderResult::NotFound,
+            ProviderResult::Failure(error) => ProviderResult::Failure(error),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieve the descriptor with precisely this principal's visible operations.
+    pub fn fetch_interface(
+        &self,
+        request: &FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    ) -> Result<FetchInterfaceResponse, ProtocolError> {
+        read_boundary(|| self.fetch_interface_inner(request))
+    }
+
+    fn fetch_interface_inner(
+        &self,
+        request: &FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    ) -> Result<FetchInterfaceResponse, ProtocolError> {
+        let observation =
+            ObjectProvider::fetch_interface(self, &self.projection.registry, &request.interface)?;
+        if !self
+            .projection
+            .policy
+            .interface_visible(self.principal, &observation.reference)
+        {
+            return Err(protocol(
+                ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound,
+                "interface is not published",
+            ));
+        }
+        let reference = observation.reference.clone();
+        observation
+            .project_operations(|operation| {
+                self.projection
+                    .policy
+                    .operation_visible(self.principal, &reference, operation)
+            })
+            .protocol_response()
+    }
+
+    /// Observe a complete bounded tree, omitting invisible children and subtrees.
+    pub fn observe(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        request: &ObserveRequest,
+    ) -> Result<ObserveResponse, ProtocolError> {
+        read_boundary(|| self.observe_inner(context, request))
+    }
+
+    fn observe_inner(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        request: &ObserveRequest,
+    ) -> Result<ObserveResponse, ProtocolError> {
+        request
+            .validate()
+            .map_err(|_| protocol(ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest, "invalid observe request"))?;
+        if request.depth > self.projection.limits.max_observation_depth {
+            return Err(resource_protocol());
+        }
+        let entry = match self.resolve(context, &request.path) {
+            ProviderResult::Found(entry) => entry,
+            ProviderResult::NotFound => {
+                return Err(protocol(
+                    ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+                    "target path is not published",
+                ));
+            }
+            ProviderResult::Failure(error) => return Err(read_error(error)),
+        };
+        let mut remaining = u64::from(self.projection.limits.max_observation_nodes)
+            .min(context.resource_budget().unwrap_or(u64::MAX));
+        let response =
+            self.observe_entry(context, &request.path, entry, request.depth, &mut remaining)?;
+        request.validate_response(&response).map_err(|_| {
+            protocol(
+                ProtocolErrorCode::Internal,
+                "invalid projection observation",
+            )
+        })?;
+        Ok(response)
+    }
+
+    fn observe_entry(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        resolved: ResolvedEntry<B::Entry>,
+        depth: u32,
+        remaining: &mut u64,
+    ) -> Result<ObjectObservation, ProtocolError> {
+        preflight(context).map_err(read_error)?;
+        if *remaining == 0 {
+            return Err(resource_protocol());
+        }
+        *remaining -= 1;
+        let object = match self.with_publication(context, path, resolved.clone(), |publication| {
+            publication.protocol_object_at(path)
+        }) {
+            ProviderResult::Found(object) => object.map_err(|error| error.protocol_error())?,
+            ProviderResult::NotFound => {
+                return Err(protocol(
+                    ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+                    "target path is not published",
+                ));
+            }
+            ProviderResult::Failure(error) => return Err(read_error(error)),
+        };
+        let (mut ancestors, entry) = resolved.into_parts();
+        if depth == 0 {
+            return Ok(ObjectObservation {
+                object,
+                children: None,
+            });
+        }
+        let mut children = Vec::new();
+        if entry.kind() == EntryKind::Directory {
+            let entries = self
+                .projection
+                .backend
+                .children(
+                    context,
+                    &entry,
+                    usize::try_from(*remaining).unwrap_or(usize::MAX),
+                )
+                .map_err(read_error)?;
+            if entries.len() as u64 > *remaining {
+                return Err(resource_protocol());
+            }
+            ancestors.push(entry.clone());
+            for child in entries {
+                if self
+                    .projection
+                    .policy
+                    .object_visible(self.principal, &child)
+                {
+                    let child_path = if path == "/" {
+                        format!("/{}", child.name())
+                    } else {
+                        format!("{path}/{}", child.name())
+                    };
+                    children.push(self.observe_entry(
+                        context,
+                        &child_path,
+                        ResolvedEntry::new(ancestors.clone(), child),
+                        depth - 1,
+                        remaining,
+                    )?);
+                } else {
+                    if *remaining == 0 {
+                        return Err(resource_protocol());
+                    }
+                    *remaining -= 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(ObjectObservation {
+            object,
+            children: Some(children),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<B, C, P> ObjectProvider for ProjectionView<'_, B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object>,
+{
+    type Object = C::Object;
+    fn with_object<R>(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<Self::Object>) -> R,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<R> {
+        match self.resolve(context, path) {
+            ProviderResult::Found(resolved) => {
+                self.with_publication(context, path, resolved, operation)
+            }
+            ProviderResult::NotFound => ProviderResult::NotFound,
+            ProviderResult::Failure(error) => ProviderResult::Failure(error),
+        }
+    }
+    fn execute_operation(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<Self::Object>) -> OperationAttempt,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<OperationAttempt> {
+        let entry = match self.resolve(context, path) {
+            ProviderResult::Found(entry) => entry,
+            ProviderResult::NotFound => return ProviderResult::NotFound,
+            ProviderResult::Failure(error) => return ProviderResult::Failure(error),
+        };
+        self.projection.backend.execute(context, entry, |resolved| {
+            // Backend validates retained lineage membership/identity and refreshes
+            // all metadata before this callback under the same boundary as dispatch.
+            if !lineage_matches_path(&resolved, path) {
+                return OperationAttempt::reject(wip_host::CallErrorKind::Internal);
+            }
+            if !self.lineage_visible(&resolved) {
+                return OperationAttempt::reject(wip_host::CallErrorKind::NotFound);
+            }
+            let root = resolved.ancestors().first().unwrap_or(resolved.target());
+            let entry = resolved.target().clone();
+            if let Err(error) = preflight(context) {
+                return OperationAttempt::reject(match error.kind() {
+                    wip_host::HostErrorKind::Internal => wip_host::CallErrorKind::Internal,
+                    wip_host::HostErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded => {
+                        wip_host::CallErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+            match self.publication(entry, root, context) {
+                Ok(publication) => operation(&publication),
+                Err(error) => OperationAttempt::reject(match error.kind() {
+                    wip_host::HostErrorKind::Internal => wip_host::CallErrorKind::Internal,
+                    wip_host::HostErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded => {
+                        wip_host::CallErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded
+                    }
+                }),
+            }
+        })
+    }
+    fn authorize(
+        &self,
+        _: &str,
+        object: &Self::Object,
+        interface: &InterfaceRef,
+        operation: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        self.projection
+            .policy
+            .authorize(self.principal, object, interface, operation)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<B, C, P> ObjectProvider for Projection<B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object, Principal = ()>,
+{
+    type Object = C::Object;
+    fn with_object<R>(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<Self::Object>) -> R,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<R> {
+        self.view(&()).with_object(context, path, operation)
+    }
+    fn execute_operation(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<Self::Object>) -> OperationAttempt,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<OperationAttempt> {
+        self.view(&()).execute_operation(context, path, operation)
+    }
+    fn authorize(
+        &self,
+        path: &str,
+        object: &Self::Object,
+        interface: &InterfaceRef,
+        operation: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        self.view(&()).authorize(path, object, interface, operation)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<B, C, P> Projection<B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object, Principal = ()>,
+{
+    /// Observe the default unit-principal view.
+    pub fn observe(
+        &self,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+        request: &ObserveRequest,
+    ) -> Result<ObserveResponse, ProtocolError> {
+        self.view(&()).observe(context, request)
+    }
+    /// Fetch in the default unit-principal view.
+    pub fn fetch_interface(
+        &self,
+        request: &FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    ) -> Result<FetchInterfaceResponse, ProtocolError> {
+        self.view(&()).fetch_interface(request)
+    }
+}
+
+fn lineage_matches_path<E: BackendEntry>(resolved: &ResolvedEntry<E>, path: &str) -> bool {
+    let names: Vec<_> = if path == "/" {
+        vec![""]
+    } else {
+        std::iter::once("").chain(path[1..].split('/')).collect()
+    };
+    if resolved.ancestors().len() + 1 != names.len()
+        || resolved.target().name() != names[names.len() - 1]
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    resolved
+        .ancestors()
+        .iter()
+        .zip(names)
+        .all(|(entry, name)| entry.kind() == EntryKind::Directory && entry.name() == name)
+}
+
+fn read_boundary<T>(
+    operation: impl FnOnce() -> Result<T, ProtocolError>,
+) -> Result<T, ProtocolError> {
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(operation))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(protocol(ProtocolErrorCode::Internal, "projection failed")))
+}
+
+fn internal() -> HostError {
+    HostError::internal(
+        "projection publication failed",
+        EffectGuarantee::NotCommitted,
+    )
+}
+fn protocol(code: ProtocolErrorCode, message: &str) -> ProtocolError {
+    ProtocolError {
+        code,
+        message: message.into(),
+    }
+}
+fn resource_protocol() -> ProtocolError {
+    protocol(
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+        "projection resource limit exceeded",
+    )
+}
+fn read_error(error: HostError) -> ProtocolError {
+    match error.kind() {
+        wip_host::HostErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded => resource_protocol(),
+        wip_host::HostErrorKind::Internal => {
+            protocol(ProtocolErrorCode::Internal, "projection failed")
+        }
+    }
+}
+fn preflight(context: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<(), HostError> {
+    if context.cancellation().is_cancelled()
+        || context
+            .deadline()
+            .is_some_and(|deadline| std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline)
+        || context.resource_budget() == Some(0)
+    {
+        Err(HostError::resource_limit(
+            "projection work limit exceeded",
+            EffectGuarantee::NotCommitted,
+        ))
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/src/http_adapter.rs

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+//! Framework-neutral standard WIP over HTTP mapping for a projection view.
+
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use http::header::ALLOW;
+use http::{Request, Response, StatusCode};
+use wip_host::{ExecutionContext, ObjectProvider};
+use wip_http::{
+    CodecError, EncodeHttpError, Endpoint, RequestMetadataError, Route,
+    decode_call_operation_metadata, decode_fetch_interface_request, decode_observe_request,
+    encode_call_operation_response, encode_fetch_interface_response, encode_observe_response,
+    encode_protocol_error_response, validate_http_request,
+};
+use wip_protocol::{ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction};
+
+use crate::engine::ProjectionView;
+use crate::{Composition, FilesystemBackend, ProjectionPolicy, ResourceLimits};
+
+/// Standard HTTP routes and codecs over a caller-scoped projection view.
+///
+/// The adapter borrows the view and endpoint without owning a listener, selecting
+/// a principal, or imposing a new execution context. Integrations must enforce
+/// the request body limit while collecting bytes, before calling this adapter.
+pub struct HttpAdapter<'a, 'view, B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object>,
+{
+    view: &'a ProjectionView<'view, B, C, P>,
+    endpoint: &'a Endpoint,
+    limits: ResourceLimits,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'view, B, C, P> HttpAdapter<'a, 'view, B, C, P>
+where
+    B: FilesystemBackend,
+    C: Composition<B::Entry>,
+    P: ProjectionPolicy<B::Entry, C::Object>,
+{
+    /// Creates an adapter for an already-selected principal's projection view.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(
+        view: &'a ProjectionView<'view, B, C, P>,
+        endpoint: &'a Endpoint,
+        limits: ResourceLimits,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            view,
+            endpoint,
+            limits,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Handles one buffered request using the supplied execution controls.
+    ///
+    /// Observation and operation dispatch receive the original context, including
+    /// cancellation and resource budget. An elapsed deadline after dispatch keeps
+    /// the listener's existing empty HTTP 504 transport-failure behavior.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn handle_http_with_context(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<Vec<u8>>,
+        context: &ExecutionContext,
+    ) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        let Some(route) = self.route(request.uri()) else {
+            return empty_response(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+        };
+        if let Err(error) = validate_http_request(self.endpoint, route, &request) {
+            return self.metadata_error(error);
+        }
+        let response = match route {
+            Route::Observe => self.observe(request.body(), context),
+            Route::FetchInterface => self.fetch_interface(request.body()),
+            Route::CallOperation => self.call_operation(request.body(), context),
+        };
+        if context
+            .deadline()
+            .is_some_and(|deadline| Instant::now() >= deadline)
+        {
+            empty_response(StatusCode::GATEWAY_TIMEOUT)
+        } else {
+            response
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn route(&self, uri: &http::Uri) -> Option<Route> {
+        if uri.query().is_some() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        [Route::Observe, Route::FetchInterface, Route::CallOperation]
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|route| self.endpoint.route(*route).path() == uri.path())
+    }
+
+    fn observe(&self, body: &[u8], context: &ExecutionContext) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        let request = match decode_observe_request(body, self.limits.wire) {
+            Ok(request) => request,
+            Err(error) => return self.codec_error(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, error),
+        };
+        match self.view.observe(context, &request) {
+            Ok(tree) => {
+                encode_observe_response(&request, &tree, self.limits.wire).unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                    self.read_encode_error(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, error)
+                })
+            }
+            Err(error) => self.protocol_error(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, &error),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fetch_interface(&self, body: &[u8]) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        let request = match decode_fetch_interface_request(body, self.limits.wire) {
+            Ok(request) => request,
+            Err(error) => return self.codec_error(ProtocolInteraction::FetchInterface, error),
+        };
+        match self.view.fetch_interface(&request) {
+            Ok(interface) => {
+                encode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &interface, self.limits.wire)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                        self.read_encode_error(ProtocolInteraction::FetchInterface, error)
+                    })
+            }
+            Err(error) => self.protocol_error(ProtocolInteraction::FetchInterface, &error),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn call_operation(&self, body: &[u8], context: &ExecutionContext) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        let metadata = match decode_call_operation_metadata(body, self.limits.wire) {
+            Ok(metadata) => metadata,
+            Err(error) => return self.codec_error(ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation, error),
+        };
+        let decoded = std::sync::Mutex::new(None);
+        let execution = self.view.call_operation_with_context_and_decoder(
+            context,
+            metadata.target.clone(),
+            metadata.interface.clone(),
+            metadata.operation.clone(),
+            |descriptor| {
+                let request = metadata.decode_request(body, descriptor, self.limits.wire)?;
+                let arguments = request.arguments.clone();
+                *decoded.lock().unwrap_or_else(|error| error.into_inner()) =
+                    Some((request, descriptor.clone()));
+                Ok::<_, CodecError>(arguments)
+            },
+        );
+        match execution.map_err(|error| error.protocol_error()) {
+            Ok(result) => {
+                let Some((request, descriptor)) = decoded
+                    .into_inner()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|error| error.into_inner())
+                else {
+                    return self.protocol_error(
+                        ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation,
+                        &operation_outcome_unknown(),
+                    );
+                };
+                encode_call_operation_response(&request, &descriptor, &result, self.limits.wire)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|error| self.operation_encode_error(error))
+            }
+            Err(error) => self.protocol_error(ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation, &error),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn operation_encode_error(&self, error: EncodeHttpError) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        if matches!(&error, EncodeHttpError::Codec(codec) if is_transport_limit(codec)) {
+            return empty_response(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+        }
+        // Any successfully executed operation may have committed effects. Its
+        // name cannot establish a non-commit guarantee after response failure.
+        self.protocol_error(
+            ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation,
+            &operation_outcome_unknown(),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn metadata_error(&self, error: RequestMetadataError) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        match error {
+            RequestMetadataError::NotFound => empty_response(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND),
+            error @ RequestMetadataError::MethodNotAllowed => Response::builder()
+                .status(error.status())
+                .header(
+                    ALLOW,
+                    error
+                        .allow()
+                        .expect("method-not-allowed metadata has an Allow value"),
+                )
+                .body(Vec::new())
+                .expect("static method response is valid"),
+            RequestMetadataError::UnsupportedMediaType => {
+                empty_response(StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE)
+            }
+            RequestMetadataError::NotAcceptable => empty_response(StatusCode::NOT_ACCEPTABLE),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn codec_error(
+        &self,
+        interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+        error: CodecError,
+    ) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        if is_transport_limit(&error) {
+            empty_response(StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
+        } else {
+            self.protocol_error(
+                interaction,
+                &ProtocolError {
+                    code: ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest,
+                    message: "malformed WIP request".into(),
+                },
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn read_encode_error(
+        &self,
+        interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+        error: EncodeHttpError,
+    ) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        match error {
+            EncodeHttpError::Codec(codec) if is_transport_limit(&codec) => {
+                empty_response(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+            }
+            _ => self.protocol_error(
+                interaction,
+                &ProtocolError {
+                    code: ProtocolErrorCode::Internal,
+                    message: "HTTP adapter failed".into(),
+                },
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn protocol_error(
+        &self,
+        interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+        error: &ProtocolError,
+    ) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        // Engine and policy diagnostics may contain paths, argument values, or
+        // backend details. Emit only fixed, bounded diagnostics on the wire.
+        let sanitized = ProtocolError {
+            code: error.code,
+            message: sanitized_message(error.code).into(),
+        };
+        encode_protocol_error_response(interaction, &sanitized, self.limits.wire)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| empty_response(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR))
+    }
+}
+
+fn operation_outcome_unknown() -> ProtocolError {
+    ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+        message: "operation completed but its response could not be encoded".into(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn sanitized_message(code: ProtocolErrorCode) -> &'static str {
+    match code {
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest => "malformed WIP request",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound => "target path is not published",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound => "interface is not published",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch => "interface is not published on the target",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::OperationNotFound => "operation is not published",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidArguments => "arguments do not match the operation",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorRequired => "object validator is required",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorMismatch => "object validator does not match",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorRequired => "interface validator is required",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorMismatch => "interface validator does not match",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::PermissionDenied => "operation is not permitted",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded => "projection resource limit exceeded",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::Internal => "HTTP adapter failed",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown => "operation outcome is unknown",
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_transport_limit(error: &CodecError) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        error,
+        CodecError::BodyTooLarge { .. } | CodecError::NestingTooDeep { .. }
+    )
+}
+
+fn empty_response(status: StatusCode) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    Response::builder()
+        .status(status)
+        .body(Vec::new())
+        .expect("static status builds an HTTP response")
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+    use wip_http::{
+        DecodedResponse, Limits, decode_fetch_interface_response, decode_observe_response,
+        encode_fetch_interface_request, encode_observe_request,
+    };
+    use wip_protocol::{FetchInterfaceRequest, ObserveRequest};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn adapter_serves_observation_and_interface_fetch_without_server() {
+        let root = tempdir().unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(root.path().join("file"), b"contents").unwrap();
+        let limits = ResourceLimits::default();
+        let projection =
+            crate::default_projection(root.path(), crate::AccessMode::ReadOnly, limits).unwrap();
+        let view = projection.view(&());
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/custom").unwrap();
+        let adapter = HttpAdapter::new(&view, &endpoint, limits);
+        let context = ExecutionContext::new();
+        let request = ObserveRequest {
+            path: "/file".into(),
+            depth: 0,
+        };
+        let response = adapter.handle_http_with_context(
+            encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &request, limits.wire).unwrap(),
+            &context,
+        );
+        let DecodedResponse::Success(observation) =
+            decode_observe_response(&request, &response, limits.wire).unwrap()
+        else {
+            panic!("expected observation success")
+        };
+        let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+            interface: observation.object.interfaces[0].clone(),
+        };
+        let response = adapter.handle_http_with_context(
+            encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint, &request, limits.wire).unwrap(),
+            &context,
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(
+            decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &response, limits.wire).unwrap(),
+            DecodedResponse::Success(_)
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn adapter_preserves_transport_boundaries_and_execution_context() {
+        let root = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let limits = ResourceLimits::default();
+        let projection =
+            crate::default_projection(root.path(), crate::AccessMode::ReadOnly, limits).unwrap();
+        let view = projection.view(&());
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").unwrap();
+        let adapter = HttpAdapter::new(&view, &endpoint, limits);
+        let context = ExecutionContext::new();
+        for uri in [
+            "/wip/v1/observe?query=1",
+            "/wip/v1/unknown",
+            "/wip/v1/observe/extra",
+        ] {
+            let response = adapter.handle_http_with_context(
+                Request::builder().uri(uri).body(Vec::new()).unwrap(),
+                &context,
+            );
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+            assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+        }
+        let response = adapter.handle_http_with_context(
+            Request::builder()
+                .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+                .body(Vec::new())
+                .unwrap(),
+            &context,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
+        assert_eq!(response.headers()[ALLOW], "POST");
+        assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+        let request = ObserveRequest {
+            path: "/".into(),
+            depth: 0,
+        };
+        let response = adapter.handle_http_with_context(
+            encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &request, limits.wire).unwrap(),
+            &ExecutionContext::new().with_resource_budget(0),
+        );
+        let text = std::str::from_utf8(response.body()).unwrap();
+        assert!(text.contains("resource_limit_exceeded"));
+        let response = adapter.handle_http_with_context(
+            encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &request, limits.wire).unwrap(),
+            &ExecutionContext::new().with_deadline(Instant::now()),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::GATEWAY_TIMEOUT);
+        assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn post_success_encoding_is_unknown_except_empty_transport_limit_failure() {
+        let root = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let limits = ResourceLimits::default();
+        let projection =
+            crate::default_projection(root.path(), crate::AccessMode::ReadOnly, limits).unwrap();
+        let view = projection.view(&());
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").unwrap();
+        let adapter = HttpAdapter::new(&view, &endpoint, limits);
+        let error = decode_observe_request(b"{", limits.wire).unwrap_err();
+        let response = adapter.operation_encode_error(EncodeHttpError::Codec(error));
+        assert!(
+            std::str::from_utf8(response.body())
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("operation_outcome_unknown")
+        );
+        let tiny_limits = Limits::new(1, 1, 1).unwrap();
+        let error = decode_observe_request(b"{}", tiny_limits).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(is_transport_limit(&error));
+        let response = adapter.operation_encode_error(EncodeHttpError::Codec(error));
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+        assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+        assert!(!response.headers().contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn engine_error_diagnostics_are_sanitized_and_bounded() {
+        let root = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let limits = ResourceLimits::default();
+        let projection =
+            crate::default_projection(root.path(), crate::AccessMode::ReadOnly, limits).unwrap();
+        let view = projection.view(&());
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").unwrap();
+        let adapter = HttpAdapter::new(&view, &endpoint, limits);
+        let response = adapter.protocol_error(
+            ProtocolInteraction::Observe,
+            &ProtocolError {
+                code: ProtocolErrorCode::Internal,
+                message: "/private/backend/secret".repeat(1000),
+            },
+        );
+        assert!(response.body().len() < 512);
+        assert!(
+            !std::str::from_utf8(response.body())
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("secret")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+    }
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/src/interfaces.rs

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+//! Filesystem capability interfaces published by the projection.
+
+use wip_interface as wip;
+
+/// Bounded reads from a regular file.
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait FileRead {
+    /// Reads bytes from the current regular file.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// At most the configured read limit, beginning at `offset`.
+    fn read(
+        &self,
+        /// Byte offset; omitted means zero.
+        offset: Option<u64>,
+        /// Requested byte count; omitted means the rest of the file.
+        length: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> wip::OperationResult<wip::Bytes>;
+}
+
+/// Inspection operations for a symbolic link itself.
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait SymlinkInspect {
+    /// Reads the link payload without following it.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// The platform path bytes stored in the symbolic link.
+    fn read_link(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<wip::Bytes>;
+}
+
+/// Explicitly enabled mutation of a regular file.
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait FileWrite {
+    /// Replaces the current regular file contents through its pinned handle.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// Unit after the new bytes have been written and synchronized.
+    fn replace(
+        &self,
+        /// Complete replacement contents.
+        contents: wip::Bytes,
+    ) -> wip::OperationResult<()>;
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/src/lib.rs

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+//! Request-time filesystem projection served through the standard WIP over HTTP binding.
+//!
+//! This crate deliberately keeps the boundaries visible:
+//!
+//! - [`wip_protocol`] owns logical requests and responses;
+//! - [`wip_host`] owns object publication, validators, and typed dispatch;
+//! - [`wip_http`] owns routes, JSON, envelopes, and status mapping;
+//! - this crate owns the filesystem capability boundary and the real HTTP listener.
+//!
+//! # Extension boundary
+//!
+//! [`Projection`] composes a [`FilesystemBackend`], typed [`Composition`] and
+//! [`ProjectionPolicy`]. External local Objects can wrap a [`BackendEntry`] and
+//! implement generated interfaces without orphan-rule workarounds. The backend
+//! retains a root-confined target and atomic validator/dispatch boundary; the
+//! engine owns recursive observation and standard host typed validation. No
+//! listener is needed to use [`ProjectionView`]. [`HttpAdapter`] applies the
+//! existing standard HTTP binding to a deployment-established principal view.
+//!
+//! # Scope publication migration
+//!
+//! Registration uses `registry.register(&scope, name, Definition, validator)`.
+//! [`DefaultInterfaces::register`] takes an explicit [`wip_host::Scope`]; built-ins
+//! use root-local names `file.read`, `symlink.inspect` and `file.write`. The engine
+//! binds only its deployment-pinned root lifetime, inside the backend execution
+//! boundary, using the current published root Object from the retained lineage.
+//! Observation/fetch callbacks enter that same coherent boundary. Non-root
+//! registrations fail closed until their Object lifetimes can be attested.
+//! The Linux root survives textual root renames and does not issue an Object ref;
+//! fetch therefore omits `scope_ref` without weakening the private lifetime check.
+//!
+//! Backends and Operations are trusted code, responsible for truthful effects,
+//! public-only metadata and ongoing execution-context bounds. Policies must be
+//! stable within a view; changing descriptor visibility requires new reference
+//! lifetimes. See the crate README for implementer security and migration details.
+//!
+//! ```no_run
+//! use wip_fs_server::{default_projection, AccessMode, ResourceLimits};
+//! use wip_host::{ExecutionContext, ObjectProvider};
+//! use wip_protocol::ObserveRequest;
+//!
+//! let engine = default_projection(std::path::Path::new("./public"),
+//!     AccessMode::ReadOnly, ResourceLimits::default())?;
+//! let view = engine.view(&());
+//! let context = ExecutionContext::new().with_resource_budget(128);
+//! let tree = view.observe(&context, &ObserveRequest { path: "/".into(), depth: 1 })?;
+//! assert_eq!(tree.object.name, "");
+//! let object = view.observe_object_with_context(&context, "/")?;
+//! assert!(object.interfaces.is_empty());
+//! # Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
+//! ```
+//!
+//! The built-in HTTP listener is intentionally loopback-only. TLS termination,
+//! certificates, authentication, and externally visible schemes are independent
+//! deployment concerns rather than WIP transport profiles.
+
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+
+mod defaults;
+mod engine;
+mod http_adapter;
+mod interfaces;
+mod projection;
+mod server;
+
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub use defaults::{DefaultComposition, DefaultInterfaces, DefaultObject, default_projection};
+pub use engine::{
+    BackendEntry, Composition, DefaultPolicy, EntryKind, FilesystemBackend, Projection,
+    ProjectionPolicy, ProjectionView, ResolvedEntry,
+};
+pub use http_adapter::HttpAdapter;
+pub use interfaces::{
+    FileRead, FileReadDefinition, FileWrite, FileWriteDefinition, SymlinkInspect,
+    SymlinkInspectDefinition,
+};
+pub use projection::{LinuxBackend, LinuxEntry};
+pub use server::{BoundServer, ServerBuildError, WipFsServer};
+
+/// Filesystem capabilities published by regular files.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum AccessMode {
+    /// Publish bounded reads only.
+    ReadOnly,
+    /// Also publish validator-protected whole-file replacement.
+    ReadWrite,
+}
+
+/// Bounded resource policy applied by the HTTP adapter and filesystem provider.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct ResourceLimits {
+    /// Standard JSON, body-size, and nesting limits.
+    pub wire: wip_http::Limits,
+    /// Maximum bytes returned by one file read.
+    pub max_file_read_bytes: usize,
+    /// Maximum bytes accepted by one file replacement.
+    pub max_file_write_bytes: usize,
+    /// Maximum accepted `observe` depth.
+    pub max_observation_depth: u32,
+    /// Maximum accepted `observe` node count, including its root.
+    pub max_observation_nodes: u32,
+    /// Maximum simultaneously pinned projected filesystem handles.
+    pub max_open_handles: usize,
+    /// Maximum bytes accepted for one HTTP request head, including its terminator.
+    pub max_http_header_bytes: usize,
+    /// Maximum requests executing concurrently.
+    pub max_concurrent_requests: usize,
+    /// End-to-end deadline for HTTP intake, dispatch, and response transmission.
+    pub request_timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for ResourceLimits {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            wire: wip_http::Limits::new(256 * 1024, 2 * 1024 * 1024, 64)
+                .expect("default wire limits are nonzero"),
+            max_file_read_bytes: 1024 * 1024,
+            max_file_write_bytes: 1024 * 1024,
+            max_observation_depth: 32,
+            max_observation_nodes: 1024,
+            max_open_handles: 2048,
+            max_http_header_bytes: 16 * 1024,
+            max_concurrent_requests: 32,
+            request_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Complete listener and projection configuration.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ServerConfig {
+    /// Filesystem directory projected as Worldspace `/`.
+    pub root: PathBuf,
+    /// Loopback socket used by the built-in cleartext listener.
+    pub listen: SocketAddr,
+    /// URL path prefix below which standard `v1/*` routes are mounted.
+    pub endpoint_base_path: String,
+    /// Read-only or explicit read-write publication mode.
+    pub access: AccessMode,
+    /// Request, operation, traversal, and concurrency bounds.
+    pub limits: ResourceLimits,
+}
+
+impl ServerConfig {
+    /// Builds a secure-by-default configuration for `root`.
+    ///
+    /// The listener defaults to an ephemeral loopback port and read-only access.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn for_root(root: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            root: root.into(),
+            listen: SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST), 0),
+            endpoint_base_path: "/wip".into(),
+            access: AccessMode::ReadOnly,
+            limits: ResourceLimits::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ConfigError> {
+        if !self.listen.ip().is_loopback() {
+            return Err(ConfigError::NonLoopbackCleartext);
+        }
+        if !valid_base_path(&self.endpoint_base_path) {
+            return Err(ConfigError::InvalidBasePath);
+        }
+        if self.limits.max_file_read_bytes == 0
+            || self.limits.max_file_write_bytes == 0
+            || self.limits.max_observation_nodes == 0
+            || self.limits.max_open_handles == 0
+            || self.limits.max_http_header_bytes == 0
+            || self.limits.max_concurrent_requests == 0
+            || self.limits.request_timeout.is_zero()
+        {
+            return Err(ConfigError::ZeroLimit);
+        }
+        if self.limits.max_open_handles < self.limits.max_observation_nodes as usize {
+            return Err(ConfigError::InsufficientHandles);
+        }
+        if self.limits.wire.max_response_bytes() < 512 {
+            return Err(ConfigError::ResponseLimitTooSmall);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn endpoint(&self) -> Result<wip_http::Endpoint, ConfigError> {
+        let endpoint = format!("http://localhost{}", self.endpoint_base_path);
+        wip_http::Endpoint::parse(&endpoint).map_err(|_| ConfigError::InvalidBasePath)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Invalid server configuration.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    /// The cleartext built-in listener was exposed beyond loopback.
+    NonLoopbackCleartext,
+    /// The endpoint prefix is not an absolute canonical URL path.
+    InvalidBasePath,
+    /// A resource limit is zero.
+    ZeroLimit,
+    /// Tree nodes could exhaust the configured handle ceiling by construction.
+    InsufficientHandles,
+    /// The response limit cannot reliably carry a bounded protocol error envelope.
+    ResponseLimitTooSmall,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ConfigError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str(match self {
+            Self::NonLoopbackCleartext => "the built-in cleartext listener must bind to loopback",
+            Self::InvalidBasePath => {
+                "endpoint base path must be absolute, canonical, and query-free"
+            }
+            Self::ZeroLimit => "all resource limits and the request timeout must be nonzero",
+            Self::InsufficientHandles => "max_open_handles must cover max_observation_nodes",
+            Self::ResponseLimitTooSmall => "max_response_bytes must be at least 512",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for ConfigError {}
+
+fn valid_base_path(path: &str) -> bool {
+    path.starts_with('/')
+        && !path.contains('?')
+        && !path.contains('#')
+        && !path.contains("//")
+        && !path
+            .split('/')
+            .any(|segment| segment == "." || segment == "..")
+        && (path == "/" || !path.ends_with('/'))
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/src/main.rs

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+use std::error::Error;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use wip_fs_server::{AccessMode, ServerConfig, WipFsServer};
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut root: Option<PathBuf> = None;
+    let mut listen: SocketAddr = "127.0.0.1:8080".parse()?;
+    let mut base_path = "/wip".to_owned();
+    let mut access = AccessMode::ReadOnly;
+    let mut arguments = std::env::args().skip(1);
+    while let Some(argument) = arguments.next() {
+        match argument.as_str() {
+            "--root" => root = Some(PathBuf::from(required_value(&mut arguments, "--root")?)),
+            "--listen" => listen = required_value(&mut arguments, "--listen")?.parse()?,
+            "--base-path" => base_path = required_value(&mut arguments, "--base-path")?,
+            "--read-write" => access = AccessMode::ReadWrite,
+            "--help" | "-h" => {
+                print_help();
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            unknown => return Err(format!("unknown argument `{unknown}`; use --help").into()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    let root = root.ok_or("--root is required")?;
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(root);
+    config.listen = listen;
+    config.endpoint_base_path = base_path;
+    config.access = access;
+
+    let server = WipFsServer::new(config)?;
+    let effective_root = server.effective_root().to_owned();
+    let endpoint = server.endpoint().clone();
+    let bound = server.bind()?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "wip-fs-server root={} access={access:?} endpoint={} listen={}",
+        effective_root.display(),
+        endpoint,
+        bound.local_addr()
+    );
+    bound.serve()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn required_value(
+    arguments: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>,
+    option: &str,
+) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    arguments
+        .next()
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("{option} requires a value").into())
+}
+
+fn print_help() {
+    println!(
+        "Usage: wip-fs-server --root PATH [--listen 127.0.0.1:8080] \\\n         [--base-path /wip] [--read-write]\n\n\
+         The built-in HTTP listener is loopback-only. TLS termination, authentication, \
+         and external routing are deployment concerns."
+    );
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/src/server.rs

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+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use http::{Request, Response, StatusCode};
+use wip_host::ExecutionContext;
+use wip_http::Endpoint;
+
+use crate::engine::Projection;
+use crate::http_adapter::HttpAdapter;
+use crate::{ConfigError, DefaultComposition, DefaultPolicy, LinuxBackend, ServerConfig};
+
+/// Default Linux filesystem projection and bounded loopback HTTP listener.
+pub struct WipFsServer {
+    config: ServerConfig,
+    endpoint: Endpoint,
+    effective_root: std::path::PathBuf,
+    projection: Arc<Projection<LinuxBackend, DefaultComposition, DefaultPolicy>>,
+}
+
+impl WipFsServer {
+    /// Validates configuration and opens the configured directory capability.
+    pub fn new(config: ServerConfig) -> Result<Self, ServerBuildError> {
+        config.validate()?;
+        let endpoint = config.endpoint()?;
+        let projection = crate::default_projection(&config.root, config.access, config.limits)?;
+        let effective_root = projection.backend().effective_root()?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            config,
+            endpoint,
+            effective_root,
+            projection: Arc::new(projection),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the canonical effective filesystem root opened by the server.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn effective_root(&self) -> &std::path::Path {
+        &self.effective_root
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the configured transport endpoint prefix.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn endpoint(&self) -> &Endpoint {
+        &self.endpoint
+    }
+
+    /// Handles one already-buffered HTTP request with the standard `wip-http` codecs.
+    ///
+    /// Listener integrations must enforce the same body limit while collecting bytes.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn handle_http(&self, request: Request<Vec<u8>>) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        self.handle_http_with_deadline(request, Instant::now() + self.config.limits.request_timeout)
+    }
+
+    fn handle_http_with_deadline(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<Vec<u8>>,
+        deadline: Instant,
+    ) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+        let context = ExecutionContext::new()
+            .with_deadline(deadline)
+            .with_resource_budget(u64::from(self.config.limits.max_observation_nodes));
+        let view = self.projection.view(&());
+        HttpAdapter::new(&view, &self.endpoint, self.config.limits)
+            .handle_http_with_context(request, &context)
+    }
+
+    /// Binds the built-in bounded loopback HTTP listener.
+    ///
+    /// The built-in listener is cleartext and loopback-only. Externally visible
+    /// schemes, TLS termination, authentication, and proxy routing are deployment
+    /// concerns rather than WIP transport profiles.
+    pub fn bind(self) -> Result<BoundServer, ServerBuildError> {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(self.config.listen)
+            .map_err(|error| ServerBuildError::Listener(error.to_string()))?;
+        listener
+            .set_nonblocking(true)
+            .map_err(|error| ServerBuildError::Listener(error.to_string()))?;
+        let local_addr = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .map_err(|error| ServerBuildError::Listener(error.to_string()))?;
+        Ok(BoundServer {
+            local_addr,
+            service: Arc::new(self),
+            listener: Arc::new(listener),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Bound real HTTP listener for a [`WipFsServer`].
+pub struct BoundServer {
+    local_addr: SocketAddr,
+    service: Arc<WipFsServer>,
+    listener: Arc<TcpListener>,
+}
+
+impl BoundServer {
+    /// Returns the actual bound loopback address, including an assigned port.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn local_addr(&self) -> SocketAddr {
+        self.local_addr
+    }
+
+    /// Serves requests with a fixed worker count until `shutdown` becomes true.
+    ///
+    /// Workers accept connections directly, so at most
+    /// `max_concurrent_requests` sockets are active in userspace. Each connection
+    /// is closed after one request and shares one absolute deadline across HTTP
+    /// intake, dispatch, and response transmission.
+    pub fn serve_until(&self, shutdown: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        let mut workers = Vec::with_capacity(self.service.config.limits.max_concurrent_requests);
+        for _ in 0..self.service.config.limits.max_concurrent_requests {
+            let listener = Arc::clone(&self.listener);
+            let service = Arc::clone(&self.service);
+            let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+            workers.push(thread::spawn(move || {
+                while !shutdown.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+                    match listener.accept() {
+                        Ok((stream, _)) => serve_connection(&service, stream),
+                        Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5));
+                        }
+                        Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => {}
+                        Err(error) => return Err(error),
+                    }
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            }));
+        }
+        for worker in workers {
+            worker
+                .join()
+                .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::other("HTTP worker panicked"))??;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Serves until the process is terminated.
+    pub fn serve(&self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        self.serve_until(Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ParsedRequestHead {
+    method: http::Method,
+    target: String,
+    headers: Vec<(http::header::HeaderName, http::HeaderValue)>,
+    content_length: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum IntakeError {
+    Timeout,
+    HeaderTooLarge,
+    PayloadTooLarge,
+    BadRequest,
+    Socket,
+}
+
+fn serve_connection(service: &WipFsServer, mut stream: TcpStream) {
+    let _ = stream.set_nonblocking(false);
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let deadline = started
+        .checked_add(service.config.limits.request_timeout)
+        .unwrap_or(started);
+    let response = match read_http_request(
+        &mut stream,
+        service.config.limits.max_http_header_bytes,
+        service.config.limits.wire.max_request_bytes(),
+        deadline,
+    ) {
+        Ok(request) => Some(service.handle_http_with_deadline(request, deadline)),
+        Err(IntakeError::HeaderTooLarge) => {
+            Some(empty_response(StatusCode::REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE))
+        }
+        Err(IntakeError::PayloadTooLarge) => Some(empty_response(StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)),
+        Err(IntakeError::BadRequest) => Some(empty_response(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST)),
+        Err(IntakeError::Timeout | IntakeError::Socket) => None,
+    };
+    if let Some(response) = response {
+        let _ = write_http_response(&mut stream, &response, deadline);
+    }
+    let _ = stream.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both);
+}
+
+fn read_http_request(
+    stream: &mut TcpStream,
+    maximum_header: usize,
+    maximum_body: usize,
+    deadline: Instant,
+) -> Result<Request<Vec<u8>>, IntakeError> {
+    let mut received = Vec::with_capacity(maximum_header.min(8 * 1024));
+    let header_end = loop {
+        if let Some(position) = received.windows(4).position(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+            let end = position + 4;
+            if end > maximum_header {
+                return Err(IntakeError::HeaderTooLarge);
+            }
+            break end;
+        }
+        if received.len() >= maximum_header {
+            return Err(IntakeError::HeaderTooLarge);
+        }
+        let mut chunk = [0_u8; 4 * 1024];
+        let available = (maximum_header - received.len()).min(chunk.len());
+        let count = read_with_deadline(stream, &mut chunk[..available], deadline)?;
+        if count == 0 {
+            return Err(IntakeError::BadRequest);
+        }
+        received.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..count]);
+    };
+
+    let parsed = parse_request_head(&received[..header_end])?;
+    if parsed.content_length > maximum_body {
+        return Err(IntakeError::PayloadTooLarge);
+    }
+    let mut body = Vec::with_capacity(parsed.content_length);
+    let buffered = &received[header_end..];
+    body.extend_from_slice(&buffered[..buffered.len().min(parsed.content_length)]);
+    while body.len() < parsed.content_length {
+        let mut chunk = [0_u8; 8 * 1024];
+        let wanted = (parsed.content_length - body.len()).min(chunk.len());
+        let count = read_with_deadline(stream, &mut chunk[..wanted], deadline)?;
+        if count == 0 {
+            return Err(IntakeError::BadRequest);
+        }
+        body.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..count]);
+    }
+
+    let mut builder = Request::builder().method(parsed.method).uri(parsed.target);
+    for (name, value) in parsed.headers {
+        builder = builder.header(name, value);
+    }
+    builder.body(body).map_err(|_| IntakeError::BadRequest)
+}
+
+fn parse_request_head(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<ParsedRequestHead, IntakeError> {
+    let text = std::str::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+    let mut lines = text
+        .strip_suffix("\r\n\r\n")
+        .ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?
+        .split("\r\n");
+    let mut request_line = lines
+        .next()
+        .ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?
+        .split_ascii_whitespace();
+    let method = request_line.next().ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+    let target = request_line.next().ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+    let version = request_line.next().ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+    if request_line.next().is_some()
+        || !matches!(version, "HTTP/1.0" | "HTTP/1.1")
+        || !target.starts_with('/')
+    {
+        return Err(IntakeError::BadRequest);
+    }
+    let method =
+        http::Method::from_bytes(method.as_bytes()).map_err(|_| IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+    let _: http::Uri = target.parse().map_err(|_| IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+
+    let mut headers = Vec::new();
+    let mut content_length = None;
+    for line in lines {
+        if line.is_empty() || line.starts_with([' ', '\t']) {
+            return Err(IntakeError::BadRequest);
+        }
+        let (name, value) = line.split_once(':').ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+        let name = http::header::HeaderName::from_bytes(name.as_bytes())
+            .map_err(|_| IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+        let value =
+            http::HeaderValue::from_str(value.trim()).map_err(|_| IntakeError::BadRequest)?;
+        if name == http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH {
+            if content_length.is_some() {
+                return Err(IntakeError::BadRequest);
+            }
+            content_length = Some(
+                value
+                    .to_str()
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(|value| value.parse::<usize>().ok())
+                    .ok_or(IntakeError::BadRequest)?,
+            );
+        }
+        if name == http::header::TRANSFER_ENCODING {
+            return Err(IntakeError::BadRequest);
+        }
+        headers.push((name, value));
+    }
+
+    Ok(ParsedRequestHead {
+        method,
+        target: target.to_owned(),
+        headers,
+        content_length: content_length.unwrap_or(0),
+    })
+}
+
+fn read_with_deadline(
+    stream: &mut TcpStream,
+    buffer: &mut [u8],
+    deadline: Instant,
+) -> Result<usize, IntakeError> {
+    let remaining = deadline
+        .checked_duration_since(Instant::now())
+        .ok_or(IntakeError::Timeout)?;
+    stream
+        .set_read_timeout(Some(remaining.max(Duration::from_millis(1))))
+        .map_err(|_| IntakeError::Socket)?;
+    stream.read(buffer).map_err(|error| match error.kind() {
+        std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut | std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => IntakeError::Timeout,
+        _ => IntakeError::Socket,
+    })
+}
+
+fn write_http_response(
+    stream: &mut TcpStream,
+    response: &Response<Vec<u8>>,
+    deadline: Instant,
+) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    let mut encoded = Vec::new();
+    write!(
+        encoded,
+        "HTTP/1.1 {} {}\r\n",
+        response.status().as_u16(),
+        response.status().canonical_reason().unwrap_or("")
+    )?;
+    for (name, value) in response.headers() {
+        if name == http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH
+            || name == http::header::CONNECTION
+            || name == http::header::TRANSFER_ENCODING
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        encoded.extend_from_slice(name.as_str().as_bytes());
+        encoded.extend_from_slice(b": ");
+        encoded.extend_from_slice(value.as_bytes());
+        encoded.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+    }
+    write!(
+        encoded,
+        "Content-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+        response.body().len()
+    )?;
+    encoded.extend_from_slice(response.body());
+    write_all_with_deadline(stream, &encoded, deadline)
+}
+
+fn write_all_with_deadline(
+    stream: &mut TcpStream,
+    mut bytes: &[u8],
+    deadline: Instant,
+) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    while !bytes.is_empty() {
+        let remaining = deadline
+            .checked_duration_since(Instant::now())
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "request timed out")
+            })?;
+        stream.set_write_timeout(Some(remaining.max(Duration::from_millis(1))))?;
+        match stream.write(bytes) {
+            Ok(0) => {
+                return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::WriteZero,
+                    "socket closed",
+                ));
+            }
+            Ok(count) => bytes = &bytes[count..],
+            Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => {}
+            Err(error) => return Err(error),
+        }
+    }
+    stream.flush()
+}
+
+fn empty_response(status: StatusCode) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    Response::builder()
+        .status(status)
+        .body(Vec::new())
+        .expect("static status builds an HTTP response")
+}
+
+/// Failure while validating, opening, or binding the server.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ServerBuildError {
+    /// Configuration is unsafe or unbounded.
+    Config(ConfigError),
+    /// The root capability could not be opened.
+    Io(std::io::Error),
+    /// The listener could not be bound.
+    Listener(String),
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ServerBuildError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Config(error) => write!(formatter, "invalid server configuration: {error}"),
+            Self::Io(error) => write!(formatter, "filesystem root could not be opened: {error}"),
+            Self::Listener(error) => write!(formatter, "HTTP listener could not be bound: {error}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for ServerBuildError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Config(error) => Some(error),
+            Self::Io(error) => Some(error),
+            Self::Listener(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigError> for ServerBuildError {
+    fn from(value: ConfigError) -> Self {
+        Self::Config(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for ServerBuildError {
+    fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Io(value)
+    }
+}

crates/wip-fs-server/tests/end_to_end.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,586 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpStream};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use tempfile::tempdir;
+use wip_fs_server::{AccessMode, ServerConfig, WipFsServer};
+use wip_http::{
+    ClientResponseError, DecodedResponse, Endpoint, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE, Limits, Route,
+    TransportFailureKind, decode_call_operation_response, decode_fetch_interface_response,
+    decode_observe_response, encode_call_operation_request, encode_fetch_interface_request,
+    encode_observe_request,
+};
+use wip_protocol::{
+    CallOperationRequest, FetchInterfaceRequest, InterfaceTarget, ObserveRequest,
+    ProtocolErrorCode, Target, Value,
+};
+
+#[test]
+fn real_listener_serves_three_core_interactions_and_write() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("hello.txt"), b"hello world").expect("write file");
+    std::fs::create_dir(temporary.path().join("nested")).expect("create directory");
+
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    config.access = AccessMode::ReadWrite;
+    let limits = config.limits.wire;
+    let bound = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(config)
+            .expect("build server")
+            .bind()
+            .expect("bind"),
+    );
+    let address = bound.local_addr();
+    let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let worker = {
+        let bound = Arc::clone(&bound);
+        let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+        thread::spawn(move || bound.serve_until(shutdown))
+    };
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse(&format!("http://localhost:{}/wip", address.port()))
+        .expect("client endpoint");
+
+    let file_request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/hello.txt".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    };
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &file_request, limits).expect("encode observation"),
+    );
+    let file = success(
+        decode_observe_response(&file_request, &response, limits).expect("decode observation"),
+    )
+    .object;
+    assert_eq!(file.name, "hello.txt");
+    assert_eq!(file.interfaces.len(), 2);
+    assert!(file.validator.is_some());
+
+    let tree_request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/".into(),
+        depth: 1,
+    };
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &tree_request, limits).expect("encode tree"),
+    );
+    let tree =
+        success(decode_observe_response(&tree_request, &response, limits).expect("decode tree"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        tree.children
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("root children observed")
+            .len(),
+        2
+    );
+
+    let read_interface_request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: file.interfaces[0].clone(),
+    };
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint, &read_interface_request, limits)
+            .expect("encode interface fetch"),
+    );
+    let read_interface = success(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&read_interface_request, &response, limits)
+            .expect("decode interface"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(read_interface.descriptor.operations[0].name, "read");
+
+    let read_request = CallOperationRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: "/hello.txt".into(),
+            validator: file.validator.clone(),
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            scope_ref: None,
+            reference: file.interfaces[0].clone(),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+        operation: "read".into(),
+        arguments: BTreeMap::from([
+            ("offset".into(), Value::Integer(6)),
+            ("length".into(), Value::Integer(5)),
+        ]),
+    };
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint, &read_request, &read_interface.descriptor, limits)
+            .expect("encode read call"),
+    );
+    let read = success(
+        decode_call_operation_response(
+            &read_request,
+            &read_interface.descriptor,
+            &response,
+            limits,
+        )
+        .expect("decode read call"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(read.result, Value::Bytes(b"world".to_vec()));
+
+    let write_interface_request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: file.interfaces[1].clone(),
+    };
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint, &write_interface_request, limits)
+            .expect("encode write interface fetch"),
+    );
+    let write_interface = success(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&write_interface_request, &response, limits)
+            .expect("decode write interface"),
+    );
+    let write_request = CallOperationRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: "/hello.txt".into(),
+            validator: file.validator,
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            scope_ref: None,
+            reference: file.interfaces[1].clone(),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+        operation: "replace".into(),
+        arguments: BTreeMap::from([("contents".into(), Value::Bytes(b"updated".to_vec()))]),
+    };
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_call_operation_request(
+            &endpoint,
+            &write_request,
+            &write_interface.descriptor,
+            limits,
+        )
+        .expect("encode write call"),
+    );
+    let write = success(
+        decode_call_operation_response(
+            &write_request,
+            &write_interface.descriptor,
+            &response,
+            limits,
+        )
+        .expect("decode write call"),
+    );
+    assert!(write.validator.is_some());
+    assert_eq!(
+        std::fs::read(temporary.path().join("hello.txt")).expect("read updated file"),
+        b"updated"
+    );
+
+    shutdown.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    worker
+        .join()
+        .expect("join listener")
+        .expect("listener exits cleanly");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn real_listener_keeps_route_method_and_malformed_body_boundaries_distinct() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    config.limits.wire = Limits::new(64, 4_096, 64).expect("wire limits");
+    let bound = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(config)
+            .expect("build server")
+            .bind()
+            .expect("bind"),
+    );
+    let address = bound.local_addr();
+    let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let worker = {
+        let bound = Arc::clone(&bound);
+        let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+        thread::spawn(move || bound.serve_until(shutdown))
+    };
+
+    for uri in [
+        "/wip/v1/unknown",
+        "/wip/v1/batch",
+        "/wip/v1/observe?unexpected=true",
+        "/wip/v1/observe/extra",
+    ] {
+        let response = exchange(address, json_request(http::Method::POST, uri, b"{}"));
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+        assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+        assert!(!response.headers().contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE));
+        assert!(!response.headers().contains_key(http::header::ALLOW));
+    }
+
+    let wrong_method = exchange(
+        address,
+        json_request(http::Method::GET, "/wip/v1/observe", b""),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(wrong_method.status(), http::StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
+    assert_eq!(wrong_method.headers()[http::header::ALLOW], "POST");
+    assert!(wrong_method.body().is_empty());
+    assert!(
+        !wrong_method
+            .headers()
+            .contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE)
+    );
+
+    let mut unsupported_coding = json_request(
+        http::Method::POST,
+        "/wip/v1/observe",
+        br#"{"path":"/","depth":0}"#,
+    );
+    unsupported_coding
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert(http::header::CONTENT_ENCODING, "gzip".parse().unwrap());
+    let unsupported_coding = exchange(address, unsupported_coding);
+    assert_eq!(
+        unsupported_coding.status(),
+        http::StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
+    );
+    assert!(unsupported_coding.body().is_empty());
+    assert!(
+        !unsupported_coding
+            .headers()
+            .contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE)
+    );
+
+    let malformed = exchange(
+        address,
+        json_request(http::Method::POST, "/wip/v1/observe", b"{"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(malformed.status(), http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+    assert_eq!(
+        malformed.headers()[http::header::CONTENT_TYPE],
+        JSON_CONTENT_TYPE
+    );
+    assert!(
+        std::str::from_utf8(malformed.body())
+            .expect("UTF-8 error envelope")
+            .contains("\"invalid_request\"")
+    );
+
+    let oversized = exchange(
+        address,
+        json_request(http::Method::POST, "/wip/v1/observe", &[b'x'; 65]),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(oversized.status(), http::StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE);
+    assert!(oversized.body().is_empty());
+    assert!(!oversized.headers().contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE));
+
+    let mut header_only = TcpStream::connect(address).expect("connect header-only client");
+    header_only
+        .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(1)))
+        .expect("set header-only timeout");
+    write!(
+        header_only,
+        "POST /wip/v1/observe HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 65\r\n\r\n"
+    )
+    .expect("write oversized request head");
+    header_only.flush().expect("flush oversized request head");
+    let mut raw = Vec::new();
+    header_only
+        .read_to_end(&mut raw)
+        .expect("read immediate limit response");
+    assert!(raw.starts_with(b"HTTP/1.1 413 "));
+    assert!(raw.ends_with(b"\r\n\r\n"));
+    assert!(
+        !raw.windows(b"resource_limit_exceeded".len())
+            .any(|window| { window == b"resource_limit_exceeded" })
+    );
+
+    shutdown.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    worker
+        .join()
+        .expect("join listener")
+        .expect("listener exits cleanly");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn raw_decoder_limits_are_transport_failures() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    config.limits.wire = Limits::new(4_096, 4_096, 8).expect("wire limits");
+    let server = WipFsServer::new(config).expect("build server");
+
+    let nested = br#"{"path":[[[[[[[[["/"]]]]]]]]],"depth":0}"#;
+    let response = server.handle_http(json_request(http::Method::POST, "/wip/v1/observe", nested));
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE);
+    assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+    assert!(!response.headers().contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn logical_observation_limit_remains_protocol_resource_failure() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    config.limits.max_observation_depth = 0;
+    let limits = config.limits.wire;
+    let server = WipFsServer::new(config).expect("build server");
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").expect("endpoint");
+    let request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/".into(),
+        depth: 1,
+    };
+
+    let response = server.handle_http(
+        encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &request, limits).expect("encode observation"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request, &response, limits).expect("decode logical limit"),
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+            error,
+            status_mismatch: None,
+        } if error.code == ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stalled_request_body_times_out_and_releases_the_only_worker() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    config.limits.max_concurrent_requests = 1;
+    config.limits.request_timeout = Duration::from_millis(200);
+    let limits = config.limits.wire;
+    let bound = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(config)
+            .expect("build server")
+            .bind()
+            .expect("bind"),
+    );
+    let address = bound.local_addr();
+    let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let worker = {
+        let bound = Arc::clone(&bound);
+        let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+        thread::spawn(move || bound.serve_until(shutdown))
+    };
+
+    let mut stalled = TcpStream::connect(address).expect("connect stalled client");
+    stalled
+        .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(1)))
+        .expect("set stalled read timeout");
+    write!(
+        stalled,
+        "POST /wip/v1/observe HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nAccept: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 100\r\n\r\n{{"
+    )
+    .expect("write partial request");
+    stalled.flush().expect("flush partial request");
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(25));
+
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse(&format!("http://localhost:{}/wip", address.port()))
+        .expect("client endpoint");
+    let observe = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    };
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let response = exchange(
+        address,
+        encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &observe, limits).expect("encode observation"),
+    );
+    let _root =
+        success(decode_observe_response(&observe, &response, limits).expect("decode observation"));
+    assert!(
+        started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(1),
+        "the valid request remained starved after the intake deadline"
+    );
+
+    let mut byte = [0_u8; 1];
+    match stalled.read(&mut byte) {
+        Ok(0) => {}
+        Err(error)
+            if matches!(
+                error.kind(),
+                std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset
+                    | std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted
+                    | std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe
+            ) => {}
+        outcome => panic!("stalled connection was not closed after its deadline: {outcome:?}"),
+    }
+
+    shutdown.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    worker
+        .join()
+        .expect("join listener")
+        .expect("listener exits cleanly");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn call_argument_decoding_does_not_mask_missing_target() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    let server = WipFsServer::new(config).expect("build server");
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").expect("endpoint");
+    let body = br#"{"target":{"path":"/missing"},"interface":{"reference":{"scope":"/","name":"unknown"}},"operation":"missing","arguments":{"bytes":"not-base64"}}"#;
+    let request = http::Request::builder()
+        .method(http::Method::POST)
+        .uri(endpoint.route(Route::CallOperation).as_str())
+        .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .header(http::header::ACCEPT, "application/json")
+        .body(body.to_vec())
+        .expect("build request");
+    let response = server.handle_http(request);
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+    assert!(
+        std::str::from_utf8(response.body())
+            .expect("UTF-8 error")
+            .contains("\"not_found\"")
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn backend_invalid_unicode_path_is_not_found_not_internal() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    let limits = config.limits.wire;
+    let server = WipFsServer::new(config).expect("build server");
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").expect("endpoint");
+    let request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/bad\0name".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    };
+    let response = server.handle_http(
+        encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &request, limits).expect("encode observation"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+    match decode_observe_response(&request, &response, limits).expect("decode missing response") {
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure { error, .. } => {
+            assert_eq!(error.code, ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound);
+        }
+        DecodedResponse::Success(_) => panic!("backend-invalid path must not resolve"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn read_response_size_failure_is_transport_local() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("large"), vec![b'x'; 2_000]).expect("write file");
+    let mut config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    config.limits.wire = Limits::new(4_096, 1_024, 64).expect("wire limits");
+    let limits = config.limits.wire;
+    let server = WipFsServer::new(config).expect("build server");
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://localhost/wip").expect("endpoint");
+
+    let observe_request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/large".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    };
+    let response = server.handle_http(
+        encode_observe_request(&endpoint, &observe_request, limits).expect("encode observation"),
+    );
+    let file = success(
+        decode_observe_response(&observe_request, &response, limits).expect("decode observation"),
+    )
+    .object;
+    let interface_request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: file.interfaces[0].clone(),
+    };
+    let response = server.handle_http(
+        encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint, &interface_request, limits)
+            .expect("encode interface fetch"),
+    );
+    let interface = success(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&interface_request, &response, limits)
+            .expect("decode interface"),
+    );
+    let call = CallOperationRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: "/large".into(),
+            validator: file.validator,
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            scope_ref: None,
+            reference: file.interfaces[0].clone(),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+        operation: "read".into(),
+        arguments: BTreeMap::from([("length".into(), Value::Integer(1_500))]),
+    };
+    let response = server.handle_http(
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint, &call, &interface.descriptor, limits)
+            .expect("encode read call"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+    assert!(response.body().is_empty());
+    assert!(!response.headers().contains_key(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_call_operation_response(&call, &interface.descriptor, &response, limits)
+            .expect_err("oversized representation is not a protocol failure"),
+        ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure)
+            if failure.status == http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+                && failure.kind == TransportFailureKind::HttpStatus
+    ));
+}
+
+fn success<T>(response: DecodedResponse<T>) -> T {
+    match response {
+        DecodedResponse::Success(value) => value,
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure { error, .. } => panic!("protocol failure: {error}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn json_request(method: http::Method, uri: &str, body: &[u8]) -> http::Request<Vec<u8>> {
+    http::Request::builder()
+        .method(method)
+        .uri(uri)
+        .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .header(http::header::ACCEPT, "application/json")
+        .body(body.to_vec())
+        .expect("build JSON request")
+}
+
+fn exchange(address: SocketAddr, request: http::Request<Vec<u8>>) -> http::Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(address).expect("connect listener");
+    stream
+        .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5)))
+        .expect("set read timeout");
+    let path = request
+        .uri()
+        .path_and_query()
+        .map_or("/", |value| value.as_str());
+    write!(
+        stream,
+        "{} {} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: close\r\n",
+        request.method(),
+        path
+    )
+    .expect("write request line");
+    for (name, value) in request.headers() {
+        write!(
+            stream,
+            "{}: {}\r\n",
+            name,
+            value.to_str().expect("ASCII request header")
+        )
+        .expect("write header");
+    }
+    write!(stream, "Content-Length: {}\r\n\r\n", request.body().len())
+        .expect("write content length");
+    stream.write_all(request.body()).expect("write body");
+    stream.flush().expect("flush request");
+
+    let mut raw = Vec::new();
+    stream.read_to_end(&mut raw).expect("read response");
+    let split = raw
+        .windows(4)
+        .position(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n")
+        .expect("HTTP response header");
+    let head = std::str::from_utf8(&raw[..split]).expect("UTF-8 response head");
+    let mut lines = head.split("\r\n");
+    let status = lines
+        .next()
+        .and_then(|line| line.split_whitespace().nth(1))
+        .and_then(|status| status.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .expect("response status");
+    let mut builder = http::Response::builder().status(status);
+    for line in lines {
+        let (name, value) = line.split_once(':').expect("response header");
+        builder = builder.header(name, value.trim());
+    }
+    builder
+        .body(raw[split + 4..].to_vec())
+        .expect("build response")
+}

crates/wip-host/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 [package]
 name = "wip-host"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Host-side object publication and operation dispatch for WIP"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/wip-host"
 
 [dependencies]
-wip-interface = { path = "../wip-interface" }
-wip-protocol = { path = "../wip-protocol" }
+wip-interface.workspace = true
+wip-protocol.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1"

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crates/wip-host/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# wip-host
+
+Framework-independent Host publication and operation dispatch for the Web Interface Protocol (WIP).
+
+`wip-host` registers generated interfaces, explicitly publishes them on request-scoped objects, validates object and interface preconditions, and performs interface-qualified operation dispatch against one host-owned instance. Backend transactions, persistence, and network serving remain application responsibilities.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+wip-host = "0.1.0"
+wip-interface = "0.1.0"
+```
+
+Protocol publication and dispatch use `wip_protocol::InterfaceReference { scope, name }` and compare both fields exactly. The legacy `InterfaceRef` registration token remains Host-private: `protocol_reference()` maps its opaque string verbatim to the name at root scope `/`, without parsing it. Registry lookup and fetch accept structured references; non-root references do not resolve legacy registrations. Legacy responses omit `scope_ref`.
+
+Malformed interface-reference shapes fail calls as `InvalidRequest` before object resolution. A well-shaped reference outside the target path's ancestor-or-self scope fails at the membership check as `InterfaceMismatch`.
+
+See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/wip-host) for publication, provider, execution-context, and effect-guarantee boundaries.
+
+Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.

crates/wip-host/tests/scope.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+use wip_host::{
+    CallErrorKind, CallRequest, ExecutionContext, InterfaceRegistry, InterfaceTarget,
+    ObjectProvider, ProviderResult, PublishedObject, RegisteredInterface, RegistrationError, Scope,
+    ScopeObservation, Target, Validator, WipObject,
+};
+use wip_interface::{OperationResult, interface};
+use wip_protocol::{InterfaceReference, ProtocolErrorCode, Value};
+
+#[interface]
+pub trait Read {
+    fn read(&self, value: String) -> OperationResult<String>;
+}
+
+#[interface]
+pub trait Count {
+    fn read(&self, value: i64) -> OperationResult<i64>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct Metadata {
+    name: String,
+    reference: Option<String>,
+    validator: Option<Validator>,
+}
+impl WipObject for Metadata {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.name
+    }
+    fn reference(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.reference.as_deref()
+    }
+    fn validator(&self) -> Option<&Validator> {
+        self.validator.as_ref()
+    }
+}
+
+type OnStart = Rc<RefCell<Option<Box<dyn Fn()>>>>;
+
+struct Implementation {
+    metadata: Metadata,
+    calls: Rc<Cell<usize>>,
+    on_start: OnStart,
+}
+impl WipObject for Implementation {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        self.metadata.name()
+    }
+    fn reference(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.metadata.reference()
+    }
+    fn validator(&self) -> Option<&Validator> {
+        self.metadata.validator()
+    }
+}
+impl Read for Implementation {
+    fn read(&self, value: String) -> OperationResult<String> {
+        self.calls.set(self.calls.get() + 1);
+        if let Some(action) = self.on_start.borrow_mut().take() {
+            action();
+        }
+        Ok(value)
+    }
+}
+
+struct Provider {
+    interface: RegisteredInterface<ReadDefinition>,
+    current: Rc<RefCell<Option<(Scope, Metadata)>>>,
+    target_path: String,
+    target_exists: Cell<bool>,
+    member: Cell<bool>,
+    calls: Rc<Cell<usize>>,
+    resolutions: Cell<usize>,
+    on_start: OnStart,
+}
+impl Provider {
+    fn new(
+        scope: &Scope,
+        interface: RegisteredInterface<ReadDefinition>,
+        target: &str,
+        reference: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            interface,
+            current: Rc::new(RefCell::new(Some((
+                scope.clone(),
+                Metadata {
+                    name: scope.path().rsplit('/').next().unwrap().into(),
+                    reference: reference.map(str::to_owned),
+                    validator: Some(Validator::new(b"scope-state-v1")),
+                },
+            )))),
+            target_path: target.into(),
+            target_exists: Cell::new(true),
+            member: Cell::new(true),
+            calls: Rc::new(Cell::new(0)),
+            resolutions: Cell::new(0),
+            on_start: Rc::new(RefCell::new(None)),
+        }
+    }
+    fn request(&self, scope_ref: Option<&str>) -> CallRequest {
+        CallRequest {
+            target: Target {
+                path: self.target_path.clone(),
+                validator: None,
+            },
+            interface: InterfaceTarget {
+                reference: self.interface.reference().protocol_reference(),
+                scope_ref: scope_ref.map(str::to_owned),
+                validator: Some(b"descriptor-v1".to_vec()),
+            },
+            operation: "read".into(),
+            arguments: BTreeMap::from([("value".into(), Value::String("original backend".into()))]),
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl ObjectProvider for Provider {
+    type Object = Implementation;
+    fn with_object<R>(
+        &self,
+        _: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        callback: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<Self::Object>) -> R,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<R> {
+        self.resolutions.set(self.resolutions.get() + 1);
+        // A single boundary captures both the target and the live scope association.
+        let current = self.current.borrow().clone();
+        let target = path == self.target_path;
+        let metadata = if target {
+            if !self.target_exists.get() {
+                return ProviderResult::NotFound;
+            }
+            if let Some((scope, object)) = &current
+                && scope.path() == path
+            {
+                object.clone()
+            } else {
+                Metadata {
+                    name: path.rsplit('/').next().unwrap().into(),
+                    reference: None,
+                    validator: Some(Validator::new(b"target-v1")),
+                }
+            }
+        } else if let Some((scope, object)) = &current {
+            if path != scope.path() {
+                return ProviderResult::NotFound;
+            }
+            object.clone()
+        } else {
+            return ProviderResult::NotFound;
+        };
+        let mut publication = PublishedObject::new(Implementation {
+            metadata,
+            calls: self.calls.clone(),
+            on_start: self.on_start.clone(),
+        });
+        if target && self.member.get() {
+            publication = publication.expose(&self.interface).unwrap();
+        }
+        if let Some((scope, object)) = current {
+            publication = publication.bind_scope(ScopeObservation::new(&scope, &object));
+        }
+        ProviderResult::Found(callback(&publication))
+    }
+}
+fn setup(
+    scope: &str,
+    target: &str,
+    reference: Option<&str>,
+) -> (InterfaceRegistry, Scope, Provider) {
+    let scope = Scope::new(scope).unwrap();
+    let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
+    let interface = registry
+        .register(
+            &scope,
+            "read::#日本語",
+            ReadDefinition,
+            Some(Validator::new(b"descriptor-v1")),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let provider = Provider::new(&scope, interface, target, reference);
+    (registry, scope, provider)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn registrations_use_scope_name_not_definition_type_or_delimiters() {
+    let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
+    let left = Scope::new("/left").unwrap();
+    let right = Scope::new("/right").unwrap();
+    let a = registry
+        .register(&left, "read::#日本語", ReadDefinition, None)
+        .unwrap();
+    let b = registry
+        .register(&right, "read::#日本語", ReadDefinition, None)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_ne!(a.reference(), b.reference());
+    assert_eq!(
+        a.reference().protocol_reference(),
+        InterfaceReference {
+            scope: "/left".into(),
+            name: "read::#日本語".into(),
+        }
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        registry.register(&left, "read::#日本語", CountDefinition, None),
+        Err(RegistrationError::AlreadyRegistered)
+    ));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        registry.register(&left, "", ReadDefinition, None),
+        Err(RegistrationError::InvalidReference(_))
+    ));
+    assert!(Scope::new("/invalid/").is_err());
+    registry
+        .register(&left, "another", ReadDefinition, None)
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn self_root_ancestor_and_membership_are_independent() {
+    for (scope, target) in [
+        ("/", "/"),
+        ("/", "/target"),
+        ("/scope", "/scope"),
+        ("/scope", "/scope/target"),
+    ] {
+        let (registry, _, provider) = setup(scope, target, Some("scope-id"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            provider
+                .call_operation(provider.request(Some("scope-id")))
+                .unwrap()
+                .result,
+            Value::String("original backend".into())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            provider
+                .fetch_interface(&registry, &provider.request(None).interface.reference)
+                .unwrap()
+                .scope_ref
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some("scope-id")
+        );
+        provider.member.set(false);
+        assert_eq!(
+            provider
+                .call_operation(provider.request(None))
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+        );
+    }
+    // Non-self scope Objects need not implement or expose any Interface.
+    let (registry, _, provider) = setup("/scope", "/scope/target", None);
+    assert!(
+        provider
+            .observe_object("/scope")
+            .unwrap()
+            .interfaces
+            .is_empty()
+    );
+    provider
+        .fetch_interface(&registry, &provider.request(None).interface.reference)
+        .unwrap();
+    for target in ["/sibling/target", "/scopelong", "/"] {
+        let (_, _, provider) = setup("/scope", target, None);
+        assert_eq!(
+            provider
+                .call_operation(provider.request(None))
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+        );
+        assert_eq!(provider.calls.get(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(
+            provider.observe_object(target).unwrap_err().kind(),
+            CallErrorKind::Internal
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn optional_scope_ref_and_state_validator_have_distinct_responsibilities() {
+    for current in [Some("scope-id"), None, Some("")] {
+        let (registry, _, provider) = setup("/scope", "/scope/target", current);
+        let observation = provider
+            .fetch_interface(&registry, &provider.request(None).interface.reference)
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            observation
+                .protocol_response()
+                .unwrap()
+                .scope_ref
+                .as_deref(),
+            current
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            observation.validator,
+            Some(Validator::new(b"descriptor-v1"))
+        );
+        provider.call_operation(provider.request(None)).unwrap();
+        if let Some(reference) = current {
+            provider
+                .call_operation(provider.request(Some(reference)))
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        let before = provider.calls.get();
+        for supplied in ["other", "missing"] {
+            let mut call = provider.request(Some(supplied));
+            call.interface.validator = None;
+            call.operation = "missing".into();
+            assert_eq!(
+                provider.call_operation(call).unwrap_err().kind(),
+                CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(provider.calls.get(), before);
+        provider.current.borrow_mut().as_mut().unwrap().1.validator =
+            Some(Validator::new(b"scope-state-v2"));
+        provider.call_operation(provider.request(current)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            provider
+                .fetch_interface(&registry, &provider.request(None).interface.reference)
+                .unwrap(),
+            observation
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scope_precondition_is_membership_stage_in_both_dispatch_paths() {
+    let (_, _, provider) = setup("/scope", "/scope/target", Some("current"));
+    let mut call = provider.request(Some("stale"));
+    call.target.validator = Some(b"wrong".to_vec());
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider.call_operation(call.clone()).unwrap_err().kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::ValidatorMismatch
+    );
+    provider.target_exists.set(false);
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider.call_operation(call).unwrap_err().kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::NotFound
+    );
+    provider.target_exists.set(true);
+    let call = provider.request(Some("stale"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .call_operation_with_context_and_decoder(
+                &ExecutionContext::new(),
+                call.target,
+                call.interface,
+                call.operation,
+                |_| -> Result<BTreeMap<String, Value>, ()> { panic!("decoder must not run") }
+            )
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+    );
+    assert_eq!(provider.calls.get(), 0);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn deletion_republication_and_movement_never_inherit_retained_artifacts() {
+    let (mut registry, scope, provider) = setup("/scope", "/scope/target", Some("old"));
+    let reference = provider.request(None).interface.reference;
+    provider.fetch_interface(&registry, &reference).unwrap();
+    *provider.current.borrow_mut() = None;
+    provider.target_exists.set(false);
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .fetch_interface(&registry, &reference)
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .code,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .call_operation(provider.request(None))
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::NotFound
+    );
+    provider.target_exists.set(true);
+    // Even the same ref is not proof that a replacement inherits registration.
+    let replacement = Scope::new("/scope").unwrap();
+    *provider.current.borrow_mut() = Some((
+        replacement.clone(),
+        Metadata {
+            name: "scope".into(),
+            reference: Some("old".into()),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .fetch_interface(&registry, &reference)
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .code,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .call_operation(provider.request(Some("old")))
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+    );
+    registry.remove_scope(&scope);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        registry.register(&scope, "new", ReadDefinition, None),
+        Err(RegistrationError::RetiredScope)
+    ));
+    let fresh = registry
+        .register(&replacement, reference.name.clone(), ReadDefinition, None)
+        .unwrap();
+    provider.fetch_interface(&registry, &reference).unwrap();
+    // Old target membership still binds the old lifetime, even after new publication.
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .call_operation(provider.request(None))
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+    );
+    let new_provider = Provider::new(&replacement, fresh, "/scope/target", Some("new"));
+    let mut new_call = new_provider.request(Some("new"));
+    new_call.interface.validator = None;
+    new_provider.call_operation(new_call).unwrap();
+    let moved = Scope::new("/moved").unwrap();
+    new_provider.target_exists.set(false);
+    *new_provider.current.borrow_mut() = Some((
+        moved.clone(),
+        Metadata {
+            name: "moved".into(),
+            reference: Some("new".into()),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        new_provider
+            .fetch_interface(&registry, &reference)
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .code,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        new_provider
+            .call_operation(new_provider.request(None))
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::NotFound
+    );
+    let moved_interface = registry
+        .register(&moved, reference.name, ReadDefinition, None)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        moved_interface.reference().protocol_reference().scope,
+        "/moved"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(provider.calls.get(), 0);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn replacement_after_fetch_rejects_old_ref_but_omission_and_refless_are_allowed() {
+    for previous_ref in [Some("old"), None] {
+        let (mut registry, old_scope, old_provider) =
+            setup("/scope", "/scope/target", previous_ref);
+        let observed = old_provider
+            .fetch_interface(&registry, &old_provider.request(None).interface.reference)
+            .unwrap();
+        registry.remove_scope(&old_scope);
+        let new_scope = Scope::new("/scope").unwrap();
+        let token = registry
+            .register(
+                &new_scope,
+                "read::#日本語",
+                ReadDefinition,
+                Some(Validator::new(b"descriptor-v1")),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let new_provider = Provider::new(&new_scope, token, "/scope/target", None);
+        if let Some(reference) = observed.scope_ref {
+            assert_eq!(
+                new_provider
+                    .call_operation(new_provider.request(Some(&reference)))
+                    .unwrap_err()
+                    .kind(),
+                CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+            );
+            assert_eq!(new_provider.calls.get(), 0);
+        }
+        new_provider
+            .call_operation(new_provider.request(None))
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn started_execution_retains_target_and_same_descriptor_through_replacement() {
+    let (registry, old_scope, provider) = setup("/scope", "/scope/target", Some("old"));
+    let registry = Rc::new(RefCell::new(registry));
+    let current = provider.current.clone();
+    let replacement = Scope::new("/scope").unwrap();
+    let registry_for_action = registry.clone();
+    let replacement_for_action = replacement.clone();
+    *provider.on_start.borrow_mut() = Some(Box::new(move || {
+        let mut registry = registry_for_action.borrow_mut();
+        registry.remove_scope(&old_scope);
+        registry
+            .register(
+                &replacement_for_action,
+                "read::#日本語",
+                CountDefinition,
+                Some(Validator::new(b"descriptor-v2")),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        *current.borrow_mut() = Some((
+            replacement_for_action.clone(),
+            Metadata {
+                name: "scope".into(),
+                reference: Some("new".into()),
+                validator: None,
+            },
+        ));
+    }));
+    let call = provider.request(Some("old"));
+    let result = provider
+        .call_operation_with_context_and_decoder(
+            &ExecutionContext::new(),
+            call.target,
+            call.interface,
+            call.operation,
+            |descriptor| {
+                assert_eq!(descriptor, &ReadDefinition::descriptor());
+                Ok::<_, ()>(call.arguments)
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result.result, Value::String("original backend".into()));
+    assert_eq!(provider.calls.get(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(provider.resolutions.get(), 1);
+    let new = provider
+        .fetch_interface(
+            &registry.borrow(),
+            &provider.request(None).interface.reference,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(new.descriptor, CountDefinition::descriptor());
+    assert_eq!(new.scope_ref.as_deref(), Some("new"));
+    // The old bound target can no longer start a call against the new descriptor.
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .call_operation(provider.request(None))
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind(),
+        CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch
+    );
+    assert_eq!(provider.calls.get(), 1);
+}

crates/wip-host/tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use wip_host::{InterfaceRegistry, PublishedObject, WipObject};
 use wip_interface::{OperationResult, interface};
-use wip_protocol::ObjectId;
 
 #[interface]
 pub trait Search {
@@ -10,13 +9,13 @@ pub trait Search {
 struct Object;
 
 impl WipObject for Object {
-    fn id(&self) -> ObjectId {
-        ObjectId("object".into())
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "object"
     }
 }
 
 fn main() {
     let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
-    let search = registry.register(SearchDefinition, None).unwrap();
+    let search = registry.register(&wip_host::Scope::new("/").unwrap(), "search", SearchDefinition, None).unwrap();
     let _published = PublishedObject::new(Object).expose(&search).unwrap();
 }

crates/wip-host/tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.stderr

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 error[E0277]: the trait bound `Object: Search` is not satisfied
-  --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:21:58
+  --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:20:58
    |
-21 |     let _published = PublishedObject::new(Object).expose(&search).unwrap();
+20 |     let _published = PublishedObject::new(Object).expose(&search).unwrap();
    |                                                   ------ ^^^^^^^ unsatisfied trait bound
    |                                                   |
    |                                                   required by a bound introduced by this call
    |
 help: the trait `Search` is not implemented for `Object`
-  --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:10:1
+  --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:9:1
    |
-10 | struct Object;
+ 9 | struct Object;
    | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 help: this trait has no implementations, consider adding one
-  --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:6:1
-   |
- 6 | pub trait Search {
-   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-note: required for `SearchDefinition` to implement `InterfaceImplementation<Object>`
   --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:5:1
    |
- 5 | #[interface]
+ 5 | pub trait Search {
+   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+note: required for `SearchDefinition` to implement `InterfaceImplementation<Object>`
+  --> tests/ui/unimplemented_interface.rs:4:1
+   |
+ 4 | #[interface]
    | ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- 6 | pub trait Search {
+ 5 | pub trait Search {
    |           ^^^^^^
 note: required by a bound in `PublishedObject::<T>::expose`
   --> src/lib.rs

crates/wip-http/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "wip-http"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+description = "Framework-independent standard WIP over HTTP v1 binding"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/wip-http"
+
+[dependencies]
+base64 = "0.22"
+http = "1"
+serde = "1"
+serde_json = "1"
+url = "2"
+wip-protocol.workspace = true

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crates/wip-http/LICENSE-MIT

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
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+SOFTWARE.

crates/wip-http/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# wip-http
+
+Framework-independent WIP over HTTP v1 endpoint, route, JSON codec, and response-classification support.
+
+The crate maps the three WIP Core interactions to fixed HTTP routes and strict UTF-8 JSON representations. It constructs and validates `http` request and response values but deliberately performs no network I/O and does not define TLS, authentication, proxy, or connection policy.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+wip-http = "0.1.0"
+```
+
+```rust
+use wip_http::wip_protocol::ObserveRequest;
+use wip_http::{Endpoint, Limits, encode_observe_request};
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/wip")?;
+    let limits = Limits::new(64 * 1024, 1024 * 1024, 64)?;
+    let request = encode_observe_request(
+        &endpoint,
+        &ObserveRequest { path: "/".into(), depth: 0 },
+        limits,
+    )?;
+    assert_eq!(request.uri(), "https://example.test/wip/v1/observe");
+    Ok(())
+}
+```
+
+## Interface references and scope identity
+
+Every interface reference is encoded as an exact JSON object with required
+`scope` and `name` strings, for example `{"scope":"/github","name":"issue.read"}`.
+This applies to `Object.interfaces` elements, fetch request/response `interface`,
+and call `interface.reference`. Scope must be a canonical absolute Worldspace
+path and name must be nonempty. Legacy opaque strings, short-form strings,
+relative scopes, missing fields, and extra members are rejected. Unicode, `::`,
+and `#` in names remain literal data; comparison uses decoded field values,
+independent of JSON member order and escapes. HTTP endpoint prefixes do not
+change Worldspace scope.
+
+Fetch responses and call interface targets additionally carry optional
+`scope_ref`, an opaque string copied from the scope Object's `ref` observation.
+It is not base64 and is not part of interface identity. Absent values are omitted;
+null and nonstring values are rejected. Descriptor-independent call metadata
+validates reference shape, but leaves scope ancestry and identity preconditions
+to the Host's `InterfaceMismatch` check, preserving protocol error precedence.
+Invalid success responses remain client-local `InvalidResponse` errors; protocol
+error envelopes and transport failures retain their existing classification.
+
+See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/wip-http) for codec and failure-boundary details.
+
+Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.

crates/wip-http/src/codec.rs

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+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+
+use http::header::{ACCEPT, CONTENT_ENCODING, CONTENT_TYPE};
+use http::{HeaderMap, Method, Request, Response, StatusCode};
+use wip_protocol::{
+    CallOperationRequest, CallOperationResponse, FetchInterfaceRequest, FetchInterfaceResponse,
+    INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, InterfaceDescriptor, InterfaceTarget, ObserveRequest, ObserveResponse,
+    ProtocolError, ProtocolInteraction, Target,
+};
+
+use crate::response::{self, DecodedResponse};
+use crate::{
+    BodyKind, ClientResponseError, CodecError, Endpoint, InvalidResponseKind, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE,
+    Limits, Route, json,
+};
+
+fn request(
+    endpoint: &Endpoint,
+    route: Route,
+    body: Vec<u8>,
+) -> Result<Request<Vec<u8>>, http::Error> {
+    Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::POST)
+        .uri(endpoint.route(route).as_str())
+        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .header(ACCEPT, "application/json")
+        .body(body)
+}
+
+fn response(status: StatusCode, body: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, http::Error> {
+    Response::builder()
+        .status(status)
+        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .body(body)
+}
+
+fn require_response_content_type<B>(response: &Response<B>) -> Result<(), ClientResponseError> {
+    if !has_supported_content_coding(response.headers()) {
+        return Err(response::unsupported_content_coding(response.status()));
+    }
+    let valid = response
+        .headers()
+        .get(CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
+        .is_some_and(is_json_content_type);
+    if valid {
+        Ok(())
+    } else if response.status().is_success() {
+        Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+            InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+            "missing or non-UTF-8 application/json Content-Type",
+        ))
+    } else {
+        Err(response::transport_failure(response.status()))
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_utf8_charset(value: &str) -> bool {
+    let value = value.trim();
+    value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("utf-8")
+        || value
+            .strip_prefix('"')
+            .and_then(|value| value.strip_suffix('"'))
+            .is_some_and(|value| value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("utf-8"))
+}
+
+/// Returns whether a Content-Type value denotes UTF-8 `application/json`.
+///
+/// The charset parameter is optional because JSON exchanged by this binding is
+/// always UTF-8; when present, its value must be `utf-8`. Other parameters are
+/// rejected so intermediaries cannot silently select another representation.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn is_json_content_type(value: &str) -> bool {
+    let mut parts = value.split(';');
+    if !parts
+        .next()
+        .is_some_and(|media| media.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("application/json"))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let mut saw_charset = false;
+    for parameter in parts {
+        let Some((name, value)) = parameter.trim().split_once('=') else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        if !name.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("charset") || !is_utf8_charset(value) || saw_charset {
+            return false;
+        }
+        saw_charset = true;
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+fn accepts_json(headers: &HeaderMap) -> bool {
+    let mut present = false;
+    let mut best_match: Option<((u8, u8), f32)> = None;
+    for value in headers.get_all(ACCEPT) {
+        present = true;
+        let Ok(value) = value.to_str() else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        for range in value.split(',') {
+            let mut parts = range.split(';');
+            let media_range = parts.next().unwrap_or_default().trim();
+            let mut quality = 1.0_f32;
+            let mut saw_quality = false;
+            let mut saw_charset = false;
+            let mut media_parameter_count = 0;
+            let mut valid = true;
+            for parameter in parts {
+                let parameter = parameter.trim();
+                let (name, value) = parameter
+                    .split_once('=')
+                    .map_or((parameter, None), |(name, value)| {
+                        (name.trim(), Some(value))
+                    });
+                if name.is_empty() {
+                    valid = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+                if saw_quality {
+                    // Parameters after q are Accept extensions and do not
+                    // constrain the selected representation.
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("q") {
+                    let Some(value) = value else {
+                        valid = false;
+                        break;
+                    };
+                    saw_quality = true;
+                    match value.trim().parse::<f32>() {
+                        Ok(value) if (0.0..=1.0).contains(&value) => quality = value,
+                        _ => {
+                            valid = false;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    let Some(value) = value else {
+                        valid = false;
+                        break;
+                    };
+                    if !name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("charset")
+                        || !is_utf8_charset(value)
+                        || saw_charset
+                    {
+                        valid = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    saw_charset = true;
+                    media_parameter_count += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            let media_specificity = if media_range.eq_ignore_ascii_case("application/json") {
+                Some(2)
+            } else if media_range.eq_ignore_ascii_case("application/*") {
+                Some(1)
+            } else if media_range == "*/*" {
+                Some(0)
+            } else {
+                None
+            };
+            if valid && let Some(media_specificity) = media_specificity {
+                let specificity = (media_specificity, media_parameter_count);
+                match best_match {
+                    Some((best_specificity, _)) if best_specificity > specificity => {}
+                    Some((best_specificity, best_quality)) if best_specificity == specificity => {
+                        best_match = Some((specificity, best_quality.max(quality)));
+                    }
+                    _ => best_match = Some((specificity, quality)),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if present {
+        best_match.is_some_and(|(_, quality)| quality > 0.0)
+    } else {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+/// A failure while validating inbound HTTP request metadata.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum RequestMetadataError {
+    /// The request URI does not exactly identify the selected standard route.
+    NotFound,
+    /// A known standard route was requested with a method other than `POST`.
+    MethodNotAllowed,
+    /// The request body does not use UTF-8 `application/json` or identity coding.
+    UnsupportedMediaType,
+    /// The request's `Accept` metadata excludes `application/json`.
+    NotAcceptable,
+}
+
+impl RequestMetadataError {
+    /// Returns the HTTP status for this metadata failure.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn status(&self) -> StatusCode {
+        match self {
+            Self::NotFound => StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+            Self::MethodNotAllowed => StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED,
+            Self::UnsupportedMediaType => StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
+            Self::NotAcceptable => StatusCode::NOT_ACCEPTABLE,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the value for an `Allow` response header, when required.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn allow(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
+        match self {
+            Self::MethodNotAllowed => Some("POST"),
+            Self::NotFound | Self::UnsupportedMediaType | Self::NotAcceptable => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for RequestMetadataError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::NotFound => formatter.write_str("request URI is not a standard WIP route"),
+            Self::MethodNotAllowed => formatter.write_str("standard WIP routes require POST"),
+            Self::UnsupportedMediaType => {
+                formatter.write_str("expected identity-coded UTF-8 application/json Content-Type")
+            }
+            Self::NotAcceptable => formatter.write_str("request does not accept application/json"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for RequestMetadataError {}
+
+pub(crate) fn has_supported_content_coding(headers: &HeaderMap) -> bool {
+    headers.get_all(CONTENT_ENCODING).iter().all(|value| {
+        value.to_str().is_ok_and(|value| {
+            let mut codings = value.split(',').map(str::trim);
+            let first = codings.next();
+            first.is_some_and(|coding| coding.eq_ignore_ascii_case("identity"))
+                && codings.all(|coding| coding.eq_ignore_ascii_case("identity"))
+        })
+    })
+}
+
+/// Validates mandatory HTTP metadata for an inbound WIP request.
+///
+/// Both absolute-form and origin-form request URIs are accepted, but the path
+/// must exactly equal the selected endpoint route and a query is forbidden.
+/// Unsupported content negotiation is reported as a Transport Binding metadata
+/// failure rather than a Core `invalid_request`.
+pub fn validate_http_request<B>(
+    endpoint: &Endpoint,
+    route: Route,
+    value: &Request<B>,
+) -> Result<(), RequestMetadataError> {
+    let expected = endpoint.route(route);
+    if value.uri().path() != expected.path() || value.uri().query().is_some() {
+        return Err(RequestMetadataError::NotFound);
+    }
+    if value.method() != Method::POST {
+        return Err(RequestMetadataError::MethodNotAllowed);
+    }
+    let valid_content_type = value
+        .headers()
+        .get(CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
+        .is_some_and(is_json_content_type);
+    if !valid_content_type || !has_supported_content_coding(value.headers()) {
+        return Err(RequestMetadataError::UnsupportedMediaType);
+    }
+    if !accepts_json(value.headers()) {
+        return Err(RequestMetadataError::NotAcceptable);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Encodes an `observe` HTTP request.
+pub fn encode_observe_request(
+    endpoint: &Endpoint,
+    value: &ObserveRequest,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Request<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    value.validate().map_err(CodecError::from)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(
+        &json::observe_request_to_json(value),
+        BodyKind::Request,
+        limits,
+    )?;
+    Ok(request(endpoint, Route::Observe, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Decodes an `observe` request body.
+pub fn decode_observe_request(body: &[u8], limits: Limits) -> Result<ObserveRequest, CodecError> {
+    let value = json::parse(body, BodyKind::Request, limits)?;
+    json::observe_request_from_json(&value)
+}
+
+/// Encodes a `fetch_interface` HTTP request.
+///
+/// Validates reference shape without requiring a target Object path.
+pub fn encode_fetch_interface_request(
+    endpoint: &Endpoint,
+    value: &FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Request<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    value.interface.validate().map_err(CodecError::from)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(
+        &json::fetch_interface_request_to_json(value),
+        BodyKind::Request,
+        limits,
+    )?;
+    Ok(request(endpoint, Route::FetchInterface, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Decodes a `fetch_interface` request body.
+pub fn decode_fetch_interface_request(
+    body: &[u8],
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<FetchInterfaceRequest, CodecError> {
+    let value = json::parse(body, BodyKind::Request, limits)?;
+    json::fetch_interface_request_from_json(&value)
+}
+
+/// Descriptor-independent fields needed to resolve a `call_operation` request.
+///
+/// A Host decodes this metadata first, fixes the current interface descriptor,
+/// then passes the same body and descriptor to [`decode_call_operation_request`].
+/// This preserves canonical path/interface/operation lookup and error precedence
+/// without treating unvalidated argument JSON as a logical [`wip_protocol::Value`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CallOperationMetadata {
+    /// Path and optional object-state precondition.
+    pub target: Target,
+    /// Interface reference and optional interface precondition.
+    pub interface: InterfaceTarget,
+    /// Operation name used to select a declaration.
+    pub operation: String,
+}
+
+impl CallOperationMetadata {
+    /// Decodes the descriptor-bound request and verifies that routing metadata
+    /// still matches the values used to resolve `descriptor`.
+    pub fn decode_request(
+        &self,
+        body: &[u8],
+        descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+        limits: Limits,
+    ) -> Result<CallOperationRequest, CodecError> {
+        let request = decode_call_operation_request(body, descriptor, limits)?;
+        if request.target != self.target
+            || request.interface != self.interface
+            || request.operation != self.operation
+        {
+            return Err(CodecError::InvalidField {
+                field: "request".into(),
+                reason: "call metadata changed after descriptor resolution".into(),
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(request)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Decodes descriptor-independent `call_operation` routing metadata.
+///
+/// Reference shape is validated, but scope ancestry and `scope_ref` identity
+/// are left to Host resolution so `NotFound`, validator failures, and
+/// `InterfaceMismatch` retain their protocol precedence.
+pub fn decode_call_operation_metadata(
+    body: &[u8],
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<CallOperationMetadata, CodecError> {
+    let value = json::parse(body, BodyKind::Request, limits)?;
+    let (target, interface, operation) = json::call_request_metadata_from_json(&value)?;
+    Ok(CallOperationMetadata {
+        target,
+        interface,
+        operation,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Encodes a descriptor-bound `call_operation` HTTP request.
+pub fn encode_call_operation_request(
+    endpoint: &Endpoint,
+    value: &CallOperationRequest,
+    descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Request<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    let value = json::call_request_to_json(value, descriptor)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(&value, BodyKind::Request, limits)?;
+    Ok(request(endpoint, Route::CallOperation, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Decodes a descriptor-bound `call_operation` request body.
+pub fn decode_call_operation_request(
+    body: &[u8],
+    descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<CallOperationRequest, CodecError> {
+    let value = json::parse(body, BodyKind::Request, limits)?;
+    json::call_request_from_json(&value, descriptor)
+}
+
+/// Encodes a successful `observe` response as a direct body with HTTP 200.
+pub fn encode_observe_response(
+    request_value: &ObserveRequest,
+    value: &ObserveResponse,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    request_value
+        .validate_response(value)
+        .map_err(CodecError::from)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(
+        &json::observe_response_to_json(value),
+        BodyKind::Response,
+        limits,
+    )?;
+    Ok(response(StatusCode::OK, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Decodes and classifies an `observe` client response.
+pub fn decode_observe_response<B: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    request_value: &ObserveRequest,
+    value: &Response<B>,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<DecodedResponse<ObserveResponse>, ClientResponseError> {
+    require_response_content_type(value)?;
+    response::decode(
+        value.status(),
+        value.body().as_ref(),
+        ProtocolInteraction::Observe,
+        limits,
+        |json| {
+            let observation = json::observe_response_from_json(json)?;
+            request_value.validate_response(&observation)?;
+            Ok(observation)
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+/// Encodes a successful `fetch_interface` response as a direct body with HTTP 200.
+pub fn encode_fetch_interface_response(
+    request_value: &FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    value: &FetchInterfaceResponse,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    value
+        .validate_for(request_value)
+        .map_err(CodecError::from)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(
+        &json::fetch_interface_response_to_json(value),
+        BodyKind::Response,
+        limits,
+    )?;
+    Ok(response(StatusCode::OK, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Decodes and classifies a `fetch_interface` client response.
+pub fn decode_fetch_interface_response<B: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    request_value: &FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    value: &Response<B>,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<DecodedResponse<FetchInterfaceResponse>, ClientResponseError> {
+    require_response_content_type(value)?;
+    let decoded = response::decode(
+        value.status(),
+        value.body().as_ref(),
+        ProtocolInteraction::FetchInterface,
+        limits,
+        |json| {
+            let interface = json::fetch_interface_response_from_json(json)?;
+            interface.validate_for(request_value)?;
+            Ok(interface)
+        },
+    )?;
+    if let DecodedResponse::Success(success) = &decoded
+        && success.descriptor.format != INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1
+    {
+        return Err(ClientResponseError::UnsupportedDescriptorFormat {
+            format: success.descriptor.format.clone(),
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(decoded)
+}
+
+/// Encodes a successful `call_operation` response as a direct body with HTTP 200.
+pub fn encode_call_operation_response(
+    request_value: &CallOperationRequest,
+    descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+    value: &CallOperationResponse,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    let json = json::call_response_to_json(value, descriptor, &request_value.operation)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(&json, BodyKind::Response, limits)?;
+    Ok(response(StatusCode::OK, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Decodes and classifies a descriptor-bound `call_operation` client response.
+pub fn decode_call_operation_response<B: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    request_value: &CallOperationRequest,
+    descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+    value: &Response<B>,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<DecodedResponse<CallOperationResponse>, ClientResponseError> {
+    require_response_content_type(value)?;
+    response::decode(
+        value.status(),
+        value.body().as_ref(),
+        ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation,
+        limits,
+        |json| json::call_response_from_json(json, descriptor, &request_value.operation),
+    )
+}
+
+fn validate_protocol_error(
+    interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+    error: &ProtocolError,
+) -> Result<(), CodecError> {
+    if !error.code.is_allowed_for(interaction) {
+        return Err(CodecError::InvalidField {
+            field: "error.code".into(),
+            reason: format!(
+                "code `{}` is not allowed for {interaction:?}",
+                response::error_code_name(error.code)
+            ),
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn encode_protocol_error_with_status(
+    interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+    error: &ProtocolError,
+    status: StatusCode,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    validate_protocol_error(interaction, error)?;
+    let body = json::serialize(&response::error_to_json(error), BodyKind::Response, limits)?;
+    Ok(response(status, body)?)
+}
+
+/// Encodes a canonical Host error envelope using its standard HTTP status.
+///
+/// The code must be allowed for `interaction`. This API accepts only
+/// [`ProtocolError`], so client-local `InvalidResponse` and
+/// `UnsupportedDescriptorFormat` classifications cannot be emitted as Host
+/// error envelopes. Logical `resource_limit_exceeded` failures use HTTP 422;
+/// representation and deployment limits are not protocol errors.
+pub fn encode_protocol_error_response(
+    interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+    error: &ProtocolError,
+    limits: Limits,
+) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, EncodeHttpError> {
+    encode_protocol_error_with_status(
+        interaction,
+        error,
+        response::status_for_error(error.code),
+        limits,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Failure while building an outbound framework-neutral HTTP message.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum EncodeHttpError {
+    /// JSON or protocol encoding failed.
+    Codec(CodecError),
+    /// The framework-neutral HTTP message builder rejected the URI or headers.
+    Http(http::Error),
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for EncodeHttpError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Codec(error) => error.fmt(formatter),
+            Self::Http(error) => error.fmt(formatter),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for EncodeHttpError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Codec(error) => Some(error),
+            Self::Http(error) => Some(error),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<CodecError> for EncodeHttpError {
+    fn from(value: CodecError) -> Self {
+        Self::Codec(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<http::Error> for EncodeHttpError {
+    fn from(value: http::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Http(value)
+    }
+}

crates/wip-http/src/endpoint.rs

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+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+
+use url::Url;
+
+/// The media type emitted for every WIP request and every response with a body.
+pub const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
+
+/// A fixed standard WIP over HTTP v1 route.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub enum Route {
+    /// Observe one object and its indexable descendants.
+    Observe,
+    /// Fetch an interface descriptor.
+    FetchInterface,
+    /// Call one operation.
+    CallOperation,
+}
+
+impl Route {
+    /// Returns the RFC 3986 relative reference used below an endpoint prefix.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn relative_reference(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Observe => "v1/observe",
+            Self::FetchInterface => "v1/fetch_interface",
+            Self::CallOperation => "v1/call_operation",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A canonical absolute hierarchical base URL whose path always ends in `/`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Endpoint(Url);
+
+impl Endpoint {
+    /// Parses and canonicalizes an endpoint.
+    ///
+    /// The input must be an absolute hierarchical URL with a host and without a
+    /// query or fragment. Its path is an endpoint prefix, not a Worldspace path.
+    /// A trailing slash is appended when absent so RFC 3986 relative-reference
+    /// resolution preserves the final prefix segment. The supplied scheme is
+    /// preserved; scheme and transport security are deployment concerns.
+    pub fn parse(input: &str) -> Result<Self, EndpointError> {
+        let mut url = Url::parse(input).map_err(EndpointError::InvalidUrl)?;
+        if url.cannot_be_a_base() || url.host_str().is_none() {
+            return Err(EndpointError::NotAbsoluteBase);
+        }
+        if url.query().is_some() {
+            return Err(EndpointError::HasQuery);
+        }
+        if url.fragment().is_some() {
+            return Err(EndpointError::HasFragment);
+        }
+        if !url.path().ends_with('/') {
+            let path = format!("{}/", url.path());
+            url.set_path(&path);
+        }
+        Ok(Self(url))
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the canonical base URL.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn as_url(&self) -> &Url {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Resolves one fixed v1 route below this endpoint prefix.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn route(&self, route: Route) -> Url {
+        self.0
+            .join(route.relative_reference())
+            .expect("fixed relative WIP routes are valid URL references")
+    }
+
+    /// Recognizes an exact standard route below this endpoint.
+    ///
+    /// Query strings, fragments, additional path segments, and Worldspace paths
+    /// are not route components and therefore never match.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn recognize(&self, candidate: &Url) -> Option<Route> {
+        const ROUTES: [Route; 3] = [Route::Observe, Route::FetchInterface, Route::CallOperation];
+        if candidate.query().is_some() || candidate.fragment().is_some() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        ROUTES
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|route| self.route(*route) == *candidate)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Endpoint {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.0.fmt(formatter)
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&str> for Endpoint {
+    type Error = EndpointError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Self::parse(value)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Why an endpoint is not a valid standard WIP over HTTP base.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum EndpointError {
+    /// URL parsing failed.
+    InvalidUrl(url::ParseError),
+    /// The URL is not a hierarchical absolute URL with an authority.
+    NotAbsoluteBase,
+    /// A query component was supplied.
+    HasQuery,
+    /// A fragment component was supplied.
+    HasFragment,
+}
+
+impl Display for EndpointError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::InvalidUrl(error) => write!(formatter, "invalid endpoint URL: {error}"),
+            Self::NotAbsoluteBase => {
+                formatter.write_str("WIP endpoint must be an absolute base URL")
+            }
+            Self::HasQuery => formatter.write_str("WIP endpoint must not contain a query"),
+            Self::HasFragment => formatter.write_str("WIP endpoint must not contain a fragment"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for EndpointError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::InvalidUrl(error) => Some(error),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/wip-http/src/error.rs

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+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+
+/// Caller-selected hard limits applied before or while decoding JSON.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Limits {
+    /// Largest accepted request body in bytes.
+    pub(crate) max_request_bytes: usize,
+    /// Largest accepted response body in bytes.
+    pub(crate) max_response_bytes: usize,
+    /// Largest accepted JSON container nesting depth.
+    pub(crate) max_nesting: usize,
+}
+
+impl Limits {
+    /// Creates a nonzero limit set.
+    pub fn new(
+        max_request_bytes: usize,
+        max_response_bytes: usize,
+        max_nesting: usize,
+    ) -> Result<Self, LimitConfigurationError> {
+        if max_request_bytes == 0 {
+            return Err(LimitConfigurationError::ZeroRequestBytes);
+        }
+        if max_response_bytes == 0 {
+            return Err(LimitConfigurationError::ZeroResponseBytes);
+        }
+        if max_nesting == 0 {
+            return Err(LimitConfigurationError::ZeroNesting);
+        }
+        Ok(Self {
+            max_request_bytes,
+            max_response_bytes,
+            max_nesting,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the request body byte limit.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn max_request_bytes(self) -> usize {
+        self.max_request_bytes
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the response body byte limit.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn max_response_bytes(self) -> usize {
+        self.max_response_bytes
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the JSON container nesting limit.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn max_nesting(self) -> usize {
+        self.max_nesting
+    }
+}
+
+/// Why a [`Limits`] configuration is not bounded.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum LimitConfigurationError {
+    /// Request-byte limit was zero.
+    ZeroRequestBytes,
+    /// Response-byte limit was zero.
+    ZeroResponseBytes,
+    /// Nesting limit was zero.
+    ZeroNesting,
+}
+
+impl Display for LimitConfigurationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str(match self {
+            Self::ZeroRequestBytes => "request byte limit must be nonzero",
+            Self::ZeroResponseBytes => "response byte limit must be nonzero",
+            Self::ZeroNesting => "nesting limit must be nonzero",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for LimitConfigurationError {}
+
+/// Whether a body is being decoded as a request or response.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum BodyKind {
+    /// An inbound server request.
+    Request,
+    /// An inbound client response.
+    Response,
+}
+
+/// A malformed or locally disallowed wire representation.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum CodecError {
+    /// The body exceeds its configured byte limit.
+    BodyTooLarge {
+        /// Actual body size.
+        actual: usize,
+        /// Configured maximum.
+        maximum: usize,
+    },
+    /// JSON syntax is invalid.
+    InvalidJson(serde_json::Error),
+    /// A JSON container exceeds the configured nesting depth.
+    NestingTooDeep {
+        /// Configured maximum.
+        maximum: usize,
+    },
+    /// A required field is absent.
+    MissingField {
+        /// Field name.
+        field: String,
+    },
+    /// An undeclared field is present.
+    UnknownField {
+        /// Field name.
+        field: String,
+    },
+    /// A field has an invalid JSON type or semantic representation.
+    InvalidField {
+        /// Field name or value location.
+        field: String,
+        /// Stable human-readable reason.
+        reason: String,
+    },
+    /// An optional field was represented by JSON null rather than omission.
+    NullOptionalField {
+        /// Field name.
+        field: String,
+    },
+    /// Base64 is not canonical RFC 4648 Section 4 encoding.
+    InvalidBase64 {
+        /// Field name or value location.
+        field: String,
+    },
+    /// Logical protocol validation rejected the decoded representation.
+    ProtocolValidation(wip_protocol::ValidationError),
+}
+
+impl Display for CodecError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::BodyTooLarge { actual, maximum } => {
+                write!(formatter, "body has {actual} bytes; maximum is {maximum}")
+            }
+            Self::InvalidJson(error) => write!(formatter, "invalid JSON: {error}"),
+            Self::NestingTooDeep { maximum } => {
+                write!(formatter, "JSON nesting exceeds maximum {maximum}")
+            }
+            Self::MissingField { field } => write!(formatter, "missing field `{field}`"),
+            Self::UnknownField { field } => write!(formatter, "unknown field `{field}`"),
+            Self::InvalidField { field, reason } => {
+                write!(formatter, "invalid field `{field}`: {reason}")
+            }
+            Self::NullOptionalField { field } => {
+                write!(
+                    formatter,
+                    "optional field `{field}` must be omitted instead of null"
+                )
+            }
+            Self::InvalidBase64 { field } => {
+                write!(formatter, "field `{field}` is not canonical base64")
+            }
+            Self::ProtocolValidation(error) => error.fmt(formatter),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for CodecError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::InvalidJson(error) => Some(error),
+            Self::ProtocolValidation(error) => Some(error),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<wip_protocol::ValidationError> for CodecError {
+    fn from(value: wip_protocol::ValidationError) -> Self {
+        Self::ProtocolValidation(value)
+    }
+}

crates/wip-http/src/lib.rs

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+//! Framework-independent standard WIP over HTTP v1 binding.
+//!
+//! This crate owns endpoint and route derivation, UTF-8 JSON encoding, canonical
+//! success and error response handling, HTTP status mapping, descriptor-guided
+//! operation-value conversion. It deliberately performs no I/O and depends on no
+//! server framework, TLS implementation, filesystem projection, client cache, or
+//! presentation layer. URL schemes, TLS, certificates, authentication mechanisms,
+//! proxies, and caches are selected by the HTTP implementation and deployment
+//! rather than by WIP conformance.
+//!
+//! Logical values remain owned by [`wip_protocol`]. Validators and `Bytes` are
+//! encoded in JSON bodies using canonical RFC 4648 Section 4 base64; this crate
+//! does not infer WIP validator semantics from `ETag` or `If-Match`.
+//!
+//! Interface references use exact JSON objects with required `scope` and `name`
+//! strings in every position. Legacy strings and display shorthand are rejected.
+//! Scope is a canonical absolute Worldspace path, not an HTTP endpoint prefix.
+//! Optional `scope_ref` metadata on fetch responses and call interface targets is
+//! an opaque string, never base64; absent fields are omitted and null is rejected.
+//! Call metadata validates reference shape without resolving scope ancestry or
+//! identity, which remain Host checks with `InterfaceMismatch` precedence.
+//!
+//! ```
+//! use wip_http::{Endpoint, Limits, encode_observe_request};
+//! use wip_protocol::ObserveRequest;
+//!
+//! let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://example.test/api/wip")?;
+//! let limits = Limits::new(64 * 1024, 1024 * 1024, 64)?;
+//! let request = encode_observe_request(
+//!     &endpoint,
+//!     &ObserveRequest { path: "/items/123".into(), depth: 0 },
+//!     limits,
+//! )?;
+//! assert_eq!(request.uri(), "http://example.test/api/wip/v1/observe");
+//! assert_eq!(request.method(), http::Method::POST);
+//! # Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
+//! ```
+
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+
+mod codec;
+mod endpoint;
+mod error;
+mod json;
+mod response;
+
+pub use codec::{
+    CallOperationMetadata, EncodeHttpError, RequestMetadataError, decode_call_operation_metadata,
+    decode_call_operation_request, decode_call_operation_response, decode_fetch_interface_request,
+    decode_fetch_interface_response, decode_observe_request, decode_observe_response,
+    encode_call_operation_request, encode_call_operation_response, encode_fetch_interface_request,
+    encode_fetch_interface_response, encode_observe_request, encode_observe_response,
+    encode_protocol_error_response, is_json_content_type, validate_http_request,
+};
+pub use endpoint::{Endpoint, EndpointError, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE, Route};
+pub use error::{BodyKind, CodecError, LimitConfigurationError, Limits};
+pub use response::{
+    ClientResponseError, DecodedResponse, InvalidResponseKind, StatusMismatch,
+    TransportBindingFailure, TransportFailureKind, error_code_name, status_for_error,
+};
+
+/// Framework-neutral HTTP types used by this binding's public API.
+pub use http;
+/// URL type used by [`Endpoint`].
+pub use url;
+/// Transport-independent logical protocol model used by this binding.
+pub use wip_protocol;

crates/wip-http/src/response.rs

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+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+
+use http::StatusCode;
+use serde_json::{Map, Value as Json};
+use wip_protocol::{ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction};
+
+use crate::{BodyKind, CodecError, Limits, json};
+
+/// A successfully classified client response.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DecodedResponse<T> {
+    /// A successful direct response body.
+    Success(T),
+    /// A canonical Host protocol failure.
+    ProtocolFailure {
+        /// The authoritative protocol error decoded from the envelope.
+        error: ProtocolError,
+        /// A diagnostic when the HTTP status differs from the canonical mapping.
+        status_mismatch: Option<StatusMismatch>,
+    },
+}
+
+/// Diagnostic evidence that HTTP metadata disagrees with a valid error envelope.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct StatusMismatch {
+    /// Status received from the peer.
+    pub actual: StatusCode,
+    /// Canonical status for the envelope's protocol code.
+    pub expected: StatusCode,
+}
+
+/// Class of non-protocol HTTP failure returned without a valid WIP envelope.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TransportFailureKind {
+    /// HTTP 401, commonly emitted by authentication infrastructure.
+    AuthenticationRequired,
+    /// HTTP 403, commonly emitted by endpoint policy or infrastructure.
+    EndpointForbidden,
+    /// The response uses a content coding the client does not support.
+    UnsupportedContentCoding,
+    /// Another non-success HTTP response without a WIP error envelope.
+    HttpStatus,
+}
+
+/// A non-success HTTP response that is not a valid WIP protocol failure.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct TransportBindingFailure {
+    /// HTTP status returned by the peer or intermediary.
+    pub status: StatusCode,
+    /// Coarse classification which does not invent a protocol error code.
+    pub kind: TransportFailureKind,
+}
+
+/// Why a response violates the WIP v1 response contract.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum InvalidResponseKind {
+    /// A 2xx response contained an error envelope.
+    ErrorEnvelopeOnSuccessStatus,
+    /// A non-2xx response contained a valid success body.
+    SuccessBodyOnErrorStatus,
+    /// A valid error envelope used a code forbidden for the interaction.
+    DisallowedProtocolCode,
+    /// A valid success body used a 2xx status other than canonical HTTP 200.
+    NonCanonicalSuccessStatus,
+    /// A 2xx body was malformed or semantically invalid.
+    InvalidSuccessBody,
+}
+
+/// A local failure while classifying or validating a peer response.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ClientResponseError {
+    /// The HTTP exchange failed outside the protocol envelope.
+    TransportBinding(TransportBindingFailure),
+    /// The peer supplied a contradictory or invalid WIP response.
+    InvalidResponse {
+        /// Stable response-failure category.
+        kind: InvalidResponseKind,
+        /// Bounded diagnostic from local decoding.
+        detail: String,
+    },
+    /// The descriptor is structurally valid but uses an unsupported format.
+    UnsupportedDescriptorFormat {
+        /// Format identifier received from the Host.
+        format: String,
+    },
+}
+
+impl ClientResponseError {
+    pub(crate) fn invalid(kind: InvalidResponseKind, detail: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self::InvalidResponse {
+            kind,
+            detail: detail.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for ClientResponseError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::TransportBinding(failure) => write!(
+                formatter,
+                "transport binding failure ({:?}, HTTP {})",
+                failure.kind, failure.status
+            ),
+            Self::InvalidResponse { kind, detail } => {
+                write!(formatter, "invalid WIP response ({kind:?}): {detail}")
+            }
+            Self::UnsupportedDescriptorFormat { format } => {
+                write!(
+                    formatter,
+                    "unsupported interface descriptor format `{format}`"
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ClientResponseError {}
+
+/// Returns the canonical HTTP status for a wire-level protocol error.
+#[must_use]
+pub const fn status_for_error(code: ProtocolErrorCode) -> StatusCode {
+    match code {
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound | ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound => StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch => StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::OperationNotFound => StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidArguments => StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorRequired | ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorRequired => {
+            StatusCode::PRECONDITION_REQUIRED
+        }
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorMismatch | ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorMismatch => {
+            StatusCode::PRECONDITION_FAILED
+        }
+        ProtocolErrorCode::PermissionDenied => StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded => StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::Internal | ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown => {
+            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn status_matches_error(status: StatusCode, code: ProtocolErrorCode) -> bool {
+    status == status_for_error(code)
+}
+
+/// Returns the stable snake-case wire spelling of a protocol code.
+#[must_use]
+pub const fn error_code_name(code: ProtocolErrorCode) -> &'static str {
+    match code {
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest => "invalid_request",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound => "not_found",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound => "interface_not_found",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch => "interface_mismatch",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::OperationNotFound => "operation_not_found",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidArguments => "invalid_arguments",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorRequired => "validator_required",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorMismatch => "validator_mismatch",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorRequired => "interface_validator_required",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorMismatch => "interface_validator_mismatch",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::PermissionDenied => "permission_denied",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded => "resource_limit_exceeded",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::Internal => "internal",
+        ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown => "operation_outcome_unknown",
+    }
+}
+
+fn error_code_from_name(name: &str) -> Option<ProtocolErrorCode> {
+    Some(match name {
+        "invalid_request" => ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest,
+        "not_found" => ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+        "interface_not_found" => ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound,
+        "interface_mismatch" => ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch,
+        "operation_not_found" => ProtocolErrorCode::OperationNotFound,
+        "invalid_arguments" => ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidArguments,
+        "validator_required" => ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorRequired,
+        "validator_mismatch" => ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorMismatch,
+        "interface_validator_required" => ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorRequired,
+        "interface_validator_mismatch" => ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorMismatch,
+        "permission_denied" => ProtocolErrorCode::PermissionDenied,
+        "resource_limit_exceeded" => ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+        "internal" => ProtocolErrorCode::Internal,
+        "operation_outcome_unknown" => ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+        _ => return None,
+    })
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn error_to_json(error: &ProtocolError) -> Json {
+    serde_json::json!({
+        "error": {
+            "code": error_code_name(error.code),
+            "message": error.message,
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+fn protocol_error_from_json(value: &Json) -> Result<ProtocolError, CodecError> {
+    let fields = value
+        .as_object()
+        .ok_or_else(|| invalid_field("error", "expected object"))?;
+    exact(fields, &["code", "message"], "error")?;
+    let code_name = required_string(fields, "code")?;
+    let code = error_code_from_name(code_name)
+        .ok_or_else(|| invalid_field("error.code", "unknown protocol error code"))?;
+    let message = required_string(fields, "message")?.to_owned();
+    Ok(ProtocolError { code, message })
+}
+
+fn envelope_error_from_json(value: &Json) -> Result<Option<ProtocolError>, CodecError> {
+    let Some(fields) = value.as_object() else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    if fields.len() != 1 || !fields.contains_key("error") {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    protocol_error_from_json(&fields["error"]).map(Some)
+}
+
+fn exact(fields: &Map<String, Json>, allowed: &[&str], parent: &str) -> Result<(), CodecError> {
+    for name in fields.keys() {
+        if !allowed.contains(&name.as_str()) {
+            return Err(CodecError::UnknownField {
+                field: format!("{parent}.{name}"),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    for name in allowed {
+        if !fields.contains_key(*name) {
+            return Err(CodecError::MissingField {
+                field: format!("{parent}.{name}"),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn required_string<'a>(fields: &'a Map<String, Json>, name: &str) -> Result<&'a str, CodecError> {
+    fields
+        .get(name)
+        .and_then(Json::as_str)
+        .ok_or_else(|| invalid_field(&format!("error.{name}"), "expected string"))
+}
+
+fn invalid_field(field: &str, reason: &str) -> CodecError {
+    CodecError::InvalidField {
+        field: field.into(),
+        reason: reason.into(),
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn decode<T>(
+    status: StatusCode,
+    body: &[u8],
+    interaction: ProtocolInteraction,
+    limits: Limits,
+    success: impl FnOnce(&Json) -> Result<T, CodecError>,
+) -> Result<DecodedResponse<T>, ClientResponseError> {
+    let value = match json::parse(body, BodyKind::Response, limits) {
+        Ok(value) => value,
+        Err(_) if !status.is_success() => {
+            return Err(transport_failure(status));
+        }
+        Err(error) => {
+            return Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+                error.to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+    };
+
+    match envelope_error_from_json(&value) {
+        Ok(Some(error)) => {
+            if status.is_success() {
+                return Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                    InvalidResponseKind::ErrorEnvelopeOnSuccessStatus,
+                    "protocol error envelope carried by a success status",
+                ));
+            }
+            if !error.code.is_allowed_for(interaction) {
+                return Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                    InvalidResponseKind::DisallowedProtocolCode,
+                    format!(
+                        "code `{}` is not allowed for {interaction:?}",
+                        error_code_name(error.code)
+                    ),
+                ));
+            }
+            let expected = status_for_error(error.code);
+            let status_mismatch =
+                (!status_matches_error(status, error.code)).then_some(StatusMismatch {
+                    actual: status,
+                    expected,
+                });
+            Ok(DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+                error,
+                status_mismatch,
+            })
+        }
+        Err(_) if !status.is_success() => Err(transport_failure(status)),
+        Err(error) => Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+            InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+            error.to_string(),
+        )),
+        Ok(None) if status == StatusCode::OK => success(&value)
+            .map(DecodedResponse::Success)
+            .map_err(|error| {
+                ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                    InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+                    error.to_string(),
+                )
+            }),
+        Ok(None) if status.is_success() => match success(&value) {
+            Ok(_) => Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                InvalidResponseKind::NonCanonicalSuccessStatus,
+                format!("success body carried by non-canonical HTTP {status}"),
+            )),
+            Err(error) => Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+                error.to_string(),
+            )),
+        },
+        Ok(None) => match success(&value) {
+            Ok(_) => Err(ClientResponseError::invalid(
+                InvalidResponseKind::SuccessBodyOnErrorStatus,
+                "valid success body carried by a non-success status",
+            )),
+            Err(_) => Err(transport_failure(status)),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn unsupported_content_coding(status: StatusCode) -> ClientResponseError {
+    ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(TransportBindingFailure {
+        status,
+        kind: TransportFailureKind::UnsupportedContentCoding,
+    })
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn transport_failure(status: StatusCode) -> ClientResponseError {
+    let kind = match status {
+        StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED => TransportFailureKind::AuthenticationRequired,
+        StatusCode::FORBIDDEN => TransportFailureKind::EndpointForbidden,
+        _ => TransportFailureKind::HttpStatus,
+    };
+    ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(TransportBindingFailure { status, kind })
+}

crates/wip-http/tests/codecs.rs

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+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use wip_http::http::StatusCode;
+use wip_http::wip_protocol::{
+    CallOperationRequest, CallOperationResponse, Documentation, EnumCase, FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    FetchInterfaceResponse, FieldDeclaration, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, InterfaceDescriptor,
+    InterfaceReference, InterfaceTarget, MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, Object, ObjectObservation,
+    ObserveRequest, OperationDeclaration, ParameterDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration, Target,
+    TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr, UnionCase, Value,
+};
+use wip_http::{
+    ClientResponseError, CodecError, DecodedResponse, Endpoint, InvalidResponseKind, Limits,
+    decode_call_operation_metadata, decode_call_operation_request, decode_call_operation_response,
+    decode_fetch_interface_request, decode_fetch_interface_response, decode_observe_request,
+    decode_observe_response, encode_call_operation_request, encode_call_operation_response,
+    encode_fetch_interface_request, encode_fetch_interface_response, encode_observe_request,
+    encode_observe_response,
+};
+
+fn limits() -> Limits {
+    Limits::new(1_000_000, 1_000_000, 100).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn endpoint() -> Endpoint {
+    Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/wip").unwrap()
+}
+
+fn reference(scope: &str, name: &str) -> InterfaceReference {
+    InterfaceReference {
+        scope: scope.into(),
+        name: name.into(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn object(name: &str, validator: &[u8]) -> Object {
+    Object {
+        name: name.into(),
+        description: Some("description".into()),
+        interfaces: vec![reference("/", "interface-v1")],
+        r#ref: Some(format!("object:{name}")),
+        validator: Some(validator.to_vec()),
+    }
+}
+
+fn descriptor() -> InterfaceDescriptor {
+    InterfaceDescriptor {
+        format: INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1.into(),
+        documentation: Some(Documentation {
+            summary: "Codec fixture".into(),
+            details: None,
+        }),
+        types: vec![TypeDeclaration {
+            name: "Pair".into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            definition: TypeExpr::Record {
+                fields: vec![
+                    FieldDeclaration {
+                        name: "required".into(),
+                        required: true,
+                        documentation: None,
+                        r#type: TypeExpr::String,
+                    },
+                    FieldDeclaration {
+                        name: "optional".into(),
+                        required: false,
+                        documentation: None,
+                        r#type: TypeExpr::String,
+                    },
+                    FieldDeclaration {
+                        name: "optional_json".into(),
+                        required: false,
+                        documentation: None,
+                        r#type: TypeExpr::Json,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        }],
+        operations: vec![OperationDeclaration {
+            name: "everything".into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            parameters: vec![
+                parameter("unit", TypeExpr::Unit),
+                parameter("boolean", TypeExpr::Boolean),
+                parameter("integer", TypeExpr::Integer),
+                parameter("number", TypeExpr::Number),
+                parameter("string", TypeExpr::String),
+                parameter("bytes", TypeExpr::Bytes),
+                parameter("entry", TypeExpr::Entry),
+                parameter(
+                    "list",
+                    TypeExpr::List {
+                        items: Box::new(TypeExpr::Integer),
+                    },
+                ),
+                parameter(
+                    "record",
+                    TypeExpr::Named {
+                        name: "Pair".into(),
+                    },
+                ),
+                parameter(
+                    "enum",
+                    TypeExpr::Enum {
+                        cases: vec![EnumCase {
+                            name: "ready".into(),
+                            documentation: None,
+                        }],
+                    },
+                ),
+                parameter(
+                    "union",
+                    TypeExpr::Union {
+                        cases: vec![
+                            UnionCase {
+                                name: "empty".into(),
+                                documentation: None,
+                                payload: None,
+                            },
+                            UnionCase {
+                                name: "found".into(),
+                                documentation: None,
+                                payload: Some(TypeExpr::Entry),
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                ),
+                parameter("json", TypeExpr::Json),
+            ],
+            returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                documentation: None,
+                r#type: TypeExpr::Bytes,
+            },
+        }],
+    }
+}
+
+fn parameter(name: &str, r#type: TypeExpr) -> ParameterDeclaration {
+    ParameterDeclaration {
+        name: name.into(),
+        required: true,
+        documentation: None,
+        r#type,
+    }
+}
+
+fn record(fields: impl IntoIterator<Item = (&'static str, Value)>) -> Value {
+    Value::Record(
+        fields
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(name, value)| (name.into(), value))
+            .collect(),
+    )
+}
+
+fn call_request() -> CallOperationRequest {
+    CallOperationRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: "/items/123".into(),
+            validator: Some(vec![0, 1, 2, 255]),
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            reference: reference("/", "interface-v1"),
+            scope_ref: None,
+            validator: Some(vec![9, 8, 7]),
+        },
+        operation: "everything".into(),
+        arguments: BTreeMap::from([
+            ("unit".into(), Value::Unit),
+            ("boolean".into(), Value::Boolean(true)),
+            ("integer".into(), Value::Integer(MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)),
+            ("number".into(), Value::Number(1.5)),
+            ("string".into(), Value::String("text".into())),
+            ("bytes".into(), Value::Bytes(vec![0, 1, 2, 255])),
+            ("entry".into(), Value::String("/items/123".into())),
+            (
+                "list".into(),
+                Value::List(vec![Value::Integer(1), Value::Integer(2)]),
+            ),
+            (
+                "record".into(),
+                record([("required", Value::String("present".into()))]),
+            ),
+            ("enum".into(), Value::String("ready".into())),
+            (
+                "union".into(),
+                record([
+                    ("$case", Value::String("found".into())),
+                    ("value", Value::String("/items/123".into())),
+                ]),
+            ),
+            (
+                "json".into(),
+                record([
+                    ("null", Value::Unit),
+                    ("number", Value::Integer(2)),
+                    ("path_like", Value::String("/not-an-entry".into())),
+                ]),
+            ),
+        ]),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn every_single_interaction_request_accepts_json() {
+    let observe = encode_observe_request(
+        &endpoint(),
+        &ObserveRequest {
+            path: "/".into(),
+            depth: 0,
+        },
+        limits(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let fetch_interface = encode_fetch_interface_request(
+        &endpoint(),
+        &FetchInterfaceRequest {
+            interface: reference("/", "interface-v1"),
+        },
+        limits(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let call = encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &call_request(), &descriptor(), limits())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    for request in [observe, fetch_interface, call] {
+        assert_eq!(request.headers()["accept"], "application/json");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn depth_zero_observe_round_trips_direct_body_and_validator() {
+    let request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/items/123".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    };
+    let encoded_request = encode_observe_request(&endpoint(), &request, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(encoded_request.uri().path(), "/wip/v1/observe");
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_request(encoded_request.body(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        request
+    );
+
+    let expected = ObjectObservation {
+        object: object("123", &[0, 1, 2, 255]),
+        children: None,
+    };
+    let encoded = encode_observe_response(&request, &expected, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(encoded.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    assert!(
+        !std::str::from_utf8(encoded.body())
+            .unwrap()
+            .contains("children")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(expected)
+    );
+    assert!(encoded.headers().get("etag").is_none());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn observe_and_interface_round_trip_nested_logical_models() {
+    let observe_request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/items".into(),
+        depth: 1,
+    };
+    let encoded_request = encode_observe_request(&endpoint(), &observe_request, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_request(encoded_request.body(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        observe_request
+    );
+    let observation = ObjectObservation {
+        object: object("items", b"root-validator"),
+        children: Some(vec![ObjectObservation {
+            object: object("123", b"child-validator"),
+            children: None,
+        }]),
+    };
+    let encoded = encode_observe_response(&observe_request, &observation, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_response(&observe_request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(observation)
+    );
+
+    let empty = ObjectObservation {
+        object: object("items", b"root-validator"),
+        children: Some(vec![]),
+    };
+    let encoded_empty = encode_observe_response(&observe_request, &empty, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        std::str::from_utf8(encoded_empty.body())
+            .unwrap()
+            .contains("\"children\":[]")
+    );
+
+    let interface_request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "interface-v1"),
+    };
+    let encoded_request =
+        encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint(), &interface_request, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_request(encoded_request.body(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        interface_request
+    );
+    let interface = FetchInterfaceResponse {
+        interface: interface_request.interface.clone(),
+        scope_ref: None,
+        descriptor: descriptor(),
+        validator: Some(vec![4, 5, 6, 255]),
+    };
+    let encoded =
+        encode_fetch_interface_response(&interface_request, &interface, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&interface_request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(interface)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn descriptor_guided_values_and_validators_round_trip_both_directions() {
+    let descriptor = descriptor();
+    let request = call_request();
+    let encoded =
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &request, &descriptor, limits()).unwrap();
+    let body = std::str::from_utf8(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+    assert!(body.contains("AAEC/w=="));
+    let metadata = decode_call_operation_metadata(encoded.body(), limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(metadata.target, request.target);
+    assert_eq!(metadata.interface, request.interface);
+    assert_eq!(metadata.operation, request.operation);
+    assert_eq!(
+        metadata
+            .decode_request(encoded.body(), &descriptor, limits())
+            .unwrap(),
+        request
+    );
+    let mut changed_route = request.clone();
+    changed_route.target.path = "/items/other".into();
+    let changed =
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &changed_route, &descriptor, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        metadata
+            .decode_request(changed.body(), &descriptor, limits())
+            .is_err()
+    );
+
+    let mut null_json_request = request.clone();
+    null_json_request
+        .arguments
+        .insert("json".into(), Value::Unit);
+    null_json_request.arguments.insert(
+        "record".into(),
+        record([
+            ("required", Value::String("present".into())),
+            ("optional_json", Value::Unit),
+        ]),
+    );
+    let null_json =
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &null_json_request, &descriptor, limits())
+            .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_request(null_json.body(), &descriptor, limits()).unwrap(),
+        null_json_request
+    );
+
+    let expected = CallOperationResponse {
+        result: Value::Bytes(vec![255, 0, 1]),
+        validator: Some(vec![3, 2, 1, 0]),
+    };
+    let encoded =
+        encode_call_operation_response(&request, &descriptor, &expected, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        std::str::from_utf8(encoded.body())
+            .unwrap()
+            .contains("/wAB")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_response(&request, &descriptor, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(expected)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_unknown_null_and_noncanonical_base64_are_rejected() {
+    let limits = limits();
+    assert!(decode_observe_request(br#"{"path":"/","depth":0,"extra":true}"#, limits).is_err());
+    assert!(
+        decode_observe_request(br#"{"path":"relative","path":"/","depth":0}"#, limits).is_err()
+    );
+
+    let request = call_request();
+    let descriptor = descriptor();
+    let body = serde_json::to_vec(&serde_json::json!({
+        "target": {"path": "/items/123", "validator": null},
+        "interface": {"reference": {"scope": "/", "name": "interface-v1"}},
+        "operation": "everything",
+        "arguments": {}
+    }))
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(decode_call_operation_request(&body, &descriptor, limits).is_err());
+
+    let mut json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &request, &descriptor, limits)
+            .unwrap()
+            .body(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    json["arguments"]["bytes"] = serde_json::Value::String("AAEC_w==".into());
+    assert!(
+        decode_call_operation_request(&serde_json::to_vec(&json).unwrap(), &descriptor, limits)
+            .is_err()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn caller_limits_remain_local_codec_failures() {
+    let tiny = Limits::new(8, 8, 2).unwrap();
+    let too_large = decode_observe_request(br#"{"path":"/long","depth":0}"#, tiny).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(&too_large, CodecError::BodyTooLarge { .. }));
+
+    let nested = br#"{"path":[[["/"]]],"depth":0}"#;
+    let nesting_limited = Limits::new(1024, 1024, 2).unwrap();
+    let too_deep = decode_observe_request(nested, nesting_limited).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(&too_deep, CodecError::NestingTooDeep { .. }));
+
+    let outbound_limited = Limits::new(1_000_000, 1_000_000, 1).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        encode_call_operation_request(
+            &endpoint(),
+            &call_request(),
+            &descriptor(),
+            outbound_limited,
+        )
+        .is_err()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        encode_observe_response(
+            &ObserveRequest {
+                path: "/item".into(),
+                depth: 0,
+            },
+            &ObjectObservation {
+                object: object("item", b"validator"),
+                children: None,
+            },
+            outbound_limited,
+        )
+        .is_err()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unsupported_descriptor_format_is_client_local() {
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "interface-v1"),
+    };
+    let mut interface = FetchInterfaceResponse {
+        interface: request.interface.clone(),
+        scope_ref: None,
+        descriptor: descriptor(),
+        validator: None,
+    };
+    interface.descriptor.format = "future-format".into();
+    let response = encode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &interface, limits()).unwrap();
+    let error = decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &response, limits()).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        error,
+        ClientResponseError::UnsupportedDescriptorFormat { .. }
+    ));
+
+    let future_shape = wip_http::http::Response::builder()
+        .status(StatusCode::OK)
+        .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        .body(
+            br#"{"interface":{"scope":"/","name":"interface-v1"},"descriptor":{"format":"wip-interface/2","future_shape":true}}"#
+                .to_vec(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &future_shape, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::UnsupportedDescriptorFormat { format }
+            if format == "wip-interface/2"
+    ));
+
+    for malformed in [
+        br#"{"interface":{"scope":"/","name":"wrong"},"descriptor":{"format":"wip-interface/2"}}"#.as_slice(),
+        br#"{"interface":{"scope":"/","name":"interface-v1"},"descriptor":{"format":"wip-interface/2"},"validator":null}"#
+            .as_slice(),
+    ] {
+        let response = wip_http::http::Response::builder()
+            .status(StatusCode::OK)
+            .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+            .body(malformed.to_vec())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &response, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+            ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+                kind: InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+                ..
+            }
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn invalid_success_is_classified_as_invalid_response() {
+    let response = wip_http::http::Response::builder()
+        .status(StatusCode::OK)
+        .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        .body(br#"{"object":{"name":"wrong","interfaces":[]}}"#.to_vec())
+        .unwrap();
+    let error = decode_observe_response(
+        &ObserveRequest {
+            path: "/expected".into(),
+            depth: 0,
+        },
+        &response,
+        limits(),
+    )
+    .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        error,
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+}

crates/wip-http/tests/references.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,740 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use serde_json::{Value as Json, json};
+use wip_http::http::{Response, StatusCode};
+use wip_http::wip_protocol::{
+    CallOperationRequest, FetchInterfaceRequest, FetchInterfaceResponse, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1,
+    InterfaceDescriptor, InterfaceReference, InterfaceTarget, Object, ObjectObservation,
+    ObserveRequest, OperationDeclaration, ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction,
+    ReturnDeclaration, Target, TypeExpr,
+};
+use wip_http::{
+    ClientResponseError, CodecError, DecodedResponse, Endpoint, InvalidResponseKind, Limits,
+    TransportFailureKind, decode_call_operation_metadata, decode_call_operation_request,
+    decode_call_operation_response, decode_fetch_interface_request,
+    decode_fetch_interface_response, decode_observe_response, encode_call_operation_request,
+    encode_fetch_interface_request, encode_fetch_interface_response, encode_observe_response,
+    encode_protocol_error_response,
+};
+
+fn limits() -> Limits {
+    Limits::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024, 64).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn endpoint() -> Endpoint {
+    Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/deployment/prefix").unwrap()
+}
+
+fn reference(scope: &str, name: &str) -> InterfaceReference {
+    InterfaceReference {
+        scope: scope.into(),
+        name: name.into(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn descriptor() -> InterfaceDescriptor {
+    InterfaceDescriptor {
+        format: INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1.into(),
+        documentation: None,
+        types: vec![],
+        operations: vec![OperationDeclaration {
+            name: "run#::操作".into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            parameters: vec![],
+            returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                documentation: None,
+                r#type: TypeExpr::Unit,
+            },
+        }],
+    }
+}
+
+fn call(reference: InterfaceReference, scope_ref: Option<String>) -> CallOperationRequest {
+    CallOperationRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: "/世界::#/item".into(),
+            validator: Some(vec![0, 255]),
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            reference,
+            scope_ref,
+            validator: Some(vec![1, 255]),
+        },
+        operation: "run#::操作".into(),
+        arguments: BTreeMap::new(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn observation(references: Vec<InterfaceReference>) -> ObjectObservation {
+    ObjectObservation {
+        object: Object {
+            name: "item".into(),
+            description: None,
+            interfaces: references,
+            r#ref: None,
+            validator: None,
+        },
+        children: None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn observe_request() -> ObserveRequest {
+    ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/世界::#/item".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    }
+}
+
+fn response(status: StatusCode, value: Json) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    raw_response(status, &serde_json::to_vec(&value).unwrap())
+}
+
+fn raw_response(status: StatusCode, body: &[u8]) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    Response::builder()
+        .status(status)
+        .header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .body(body.to_vec())
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn fetch_json(interface: Json) -> Json {
+    json!({
+        "interface": interface,
+        "descriptor": {"format": INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, "types": [], "operations": []}
+    })
+}
+
+fn call_json(reference: Json) -> Json {
+    json!({
+        "target": {"path": "/世界::#/item"},
+        "interface": {"reference": reference},
+        "operation": "run#::操作",
+        "arguments": {}
+    })
+}
+
+fn invalid_success<T: std::fmt::Debug>(result: Result<T, ClientResponseError>) {
+    assert!(matches!(
+        result.unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::InvalidSuccessBody,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn exact_structured_reference_is_encoded_and_round_tripped_in_every_position() {
+    let interface_ref = reference("/世界::#", "é::接口#read/with\"quote\\slash");
+    let expected = json!({"scope": interface_ref.scope, "name": interface_ref.name});
+    let fetch_request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: interface_ref.clone(),
+    };
+    let encoded = encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint(), &fetch_request, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        encoded.uri().path(),
+        "/deployment/prefix/v1/fetch_interface"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_slice::<Json>(encoded.body()).unwrap(),
+        json!({"interface": expected})
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_request(encoded.body(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        fetch_request
+    );
+
+    let fetch_response = FetchInterfaceResponse {
+        interface: interface_ref.clone(),
+        scope_ref: Some("opaque:世界::# not base64!".into()),
+        descriptor: descriptor(),
+        validator: Some(vec![1, 255]),
+    };
+    let encoded =
+        encode_fetch_interface_response(&fetch_request, &fetch_response, limits()).unwrap();
+    let body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(body["interface"], expected);
+    assert_eq!(body["scope_ref"], "opaque:世界::# not base64!");
+    assert_eq!(body["validator"], "Af8=");
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&fetch_request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(fetch_response)
+    );
+
+    let observation = observation(vec![interface_ref.clone(), reference("/", "root")]);
+    let encoded = encode_observe_response(&observe_request(), &observation, limits()).unwrap();
+    let body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        body["object"]["interfaces"],
+        json!([expected, {"scope": "/", "name": "root"}])
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_response(&observe_request(), &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(observation)
+    );
+
+    let request = call(interface_ref, Some("opaque:世界::# not base64!".into()));
+    let encoded =
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &request, &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap();
+    let body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(body["interface"]["reference"], expected);
+    assert_eq!(body["interface"]["scope_ref"], "opaque:世界::# not base64!");
+    assert_eq!(body["interface"]["validator"], "Af8=");
+    assert_eq!(body["target"]["validator"], "AP8=");
+    assert_eq!(body["operation"], "run#::操作");
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_request(encoded.body(), &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        request
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_metadata(encoded.body(), limits())
+            .unwrap()
+            .interface,
+        request.interface
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_reference_corpus_is_rejected_in_all_positions() {
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "interface-v1"),
+    };
+    for bad in [
+        json!("interface-v1"),
+        json!("/::interface-v1"),
+        json!("interface-v1#run"),
+        Json::Null,
+        json!(false),
+        json!(1),
+        json!([]),
+        json!({}),
+        json!({"name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "/"}),
+        json!({"scope": null, "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": 1, "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "/", "name": null}),
+        json!({"scope": "/", "name": []}),
+        json!({"scope": "/", "name": ""}),
+        json!({"scope": "/", "name": "interface-v1", "extra": true}),
+        json!({"scope": "/", "name": "interface-v1", "scope_ref": "identity"}),
+        json!({"Scope": "/", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "relative", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": ".", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "..", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "/a/", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "//a", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "/a//b", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "/a/./b", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+        json!({"scope": "/a/../b", "name": "interface-v1"}),
+    ] {
+        let body = serde_json::to_vec(&json!({"interface": bad})).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            decode_fetch_interface_request(&body, limits()).is_err(),
+            "{bad}"
+        );
+        let body = serde_json::to_vec(&call_json(bad.clone())).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            decode_call_operation_metadata(&body, limits()).is_err(),
+            "{bad}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            decode_call_operation_request(&body, &descriptor(), limits()).is_err(),
+            "{bad}"
+        );
+        invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+            &request,
+            &response(StatusCode::OK, fetch_json(bad.clone())),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+        let mut future = fetch_json(bad.clone());
+        future["descriptor"] = json!({"format": "future-format", "future": true});
+        invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+            &request,
+            &response(StatusCode::OK, future),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+        invalid_success(decode_observe_response(
+            &observe_request(),
+            &response(
+                StatusCode::OK,
+                json!({"object": {"name": "item", "interfaces": [bad]}}),
+            ),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn duplicate_reference_members_are_rejected_even_when_escaped_or_equal() {
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "x"),
+    };
+    for bad in [
+        r#"{"scope":"/","scope":"/","name":"x"}"#,
+        r#"{"scope":"/","name":"x","name":"x"}"#,
+        r#"{"scope":"/","name":"x","na\u006de":"x"}"#,
+    ] {
+        let fetch = format!(r#"{{"interface":{bad}}}"#);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            decode_fetch_interface_request(fetch.as_bytes(), limits()).unwrap_err(),
+            CodecError::InvalidJson(_)
+        ));
+        let call = format!(
+            r#"{{"target":{{"path":"/"}},"interface":{{"reference":{bad}}},"operation":"run","arguments":{{}}}}"#
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(
+            decode_call_operation_metadata(call.as_bytes(), limits()).unwrap_err(),
+            CodecError::InvalidJson(_)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            decode_call_operation_request(call.as_bytes(), &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap_err(),
+            CodecError::InvalidJson(_)
+        ));
+        let fetch_response = format!(
+            r#"{{"interface":{bad},"descriptor":{{"format":"wip-interface/1","types":[],"operations":[]}}}}"#
+        );
+        invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+            &request,
+            &raw_response(StatusCode::OK, fetch_response.as_bytes()),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+        let observe = format!(r#"{{"object":{{"name":"item","interfaces":[{bad}]}}}}"#);
+        invalid_success(decode_observe_response(
+            &observe_request(),
+            &raw_response(StatusCode::OK, observe.as_bytes()),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn member_order_and_json_escapes_do_not_change_reference_identity() {
+    let expected = reference("/世界::#", "é::接口#");
+    let raw_reference = r#"{"name":"\u00e9::\u63a5\u53e3#","scope":"\/\u4e16\u754c::#"}"#;
+    let fetch = format!(r#"{{"interface":{raw_reference}}}"#);
+    let request = decode_fetch_interface_request(fetch.as_bytes(), limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(request.interface, expected);
+    let fetch_response = format!(
+        r#"{{"descriptor":{{"operations":[],"types":[],"format":"wip-interface/1"}},"interface":{raw_reference}}}"#
+    );
+    assert!(
+        matches!(decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &raw_response(StatusCode::OK, fetch_response.as_bytes()), limits()).unwrap(), DecodedResponse::Success(value) if value.interface == expected)
+    );
+    let call = format!(
+        r#"{{"arguments":{{}},"operation":"run#::操作","interface":{{"reference":{raw_reference}}},"target":{{"path":"/世界::#/item"}}}}"#
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_metadata(call.as_bytes(), limits())
+            .unwrap()
+            .interface
+            .reference,
+        expected
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_request(call.as_bytes(), &descriptor(), limits())
+            .unwrap()
+            .interface
+            .reference,
+        expected
+    );
+    let observe = format!(r#"{{"object":{{"interfaces":[{raw_reference}],"name":"item"}}}}"#);
+    assert!(
+        matches!(decode_observe_response(&observe_request(), &raw_response(StatusCode::OK, observe.as_bytes()), limits()).unwrap(), DecodedResponse::Success(value) if value.object.interfaces == vec![expected])
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn reference_comparison_is_exact_without_normalization_case_or_url_decoding() {
+    for different in [
+        reference("/", "e\u{301}"),
+        reference("/", "É"),
+        reference("/", "%C3%A9"),
+        reference("/other", "é"),
+    ] {
+        let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+            interface: reference("/", "é"),
+        };
+        invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+            &request,
+            &response(
+                StatusCode::OK,
+                fetch_json(json!({"scope": different.scope, "name": different.name})),
+            ),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+    }
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/%2E", "é"),
+    };
+    let encoded = encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint(), &request, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_request(encoded.body(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        request
+    );
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "."),
+    };
+    assert!(encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint(), &request, limits()).is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn request_encoding_rejects_invalid_reference_shape_without_needing_a_fetch_target() {
+    for bad in [
+        reference("relative", "x"),
+        reference("", "x"),
+        reference("/a/../b", "x"),
+        reference("/", ""),
+    ] {
+        assert!(
+            encode_fetch_interface_request(
+                &endpoint(),
+                &FetchInterfaceRequest {
+                    interface: bad.clone()
+                },
+                limits()
+            )
+            .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &call(bad, None), &descriptor(), limits())
+                .is_err()
+        );
+    }
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/unrelated/scope", "x"),
+    };
+    let encoded = encode_fetch_interface_request(&endpoint(), &request, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_request(encoded.body(), limits()).unwrap(),
+        request
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn call_metadata_leaves_valid_out_of_scope_references_and_identity_to_host_resolution() {
+    let request = call(
+        reference("/elsewhere", "x"),
+        Some("not-current-identity".into()),
+    );
+    let encoded =
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &request, &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap();
+    let metadata = decode_call_operation_metadata(encoded.body(), limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(metadata.interface, request.interface);
+    assert_eq!(
+        metadata
+            .decode_request(encoded.body(), &descriptor(), limits())
+            .unwrap(),
+        request
+    );
+
+    // Neither an unknown operation nor descriptor-bound argument values are
+    // resolved by the metadata boundary before Host precondition checks.
+    let mut body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+    body["operation"] = json!("missing");
+    body["arguments"] = json!({"not_declared": [null, {"anything": true}]});
+    let metadata =
+        decode_call_operation_metadata(&serde_json::to_vec(&body).unwrap(), limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(metadata.operation, "missing");
+    assert_eq!(metadata.interface, request.interface);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn observation_scope_validation_uses_each_nodes_path_and_structural_duplicates() {
+    let request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/a".into(),
+        depth: 1,
+    };
+    let valid = json!({
+        "object": {"name": "a", "interfaces": [{"scope": "/", "name": "x"}, {"scope": "/a", "name": "x"}]},
+        "children": [{"object": {"name": "b", "interfaces": [{"scope": "/a/b", "name": "x"}]}}]
+    });
+    assert!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request, &response(StatusCode::OK, valid.clone()), limits())
+            .is_ok()
+    );
+    for scope in ["/ab", "/elsewhere", "/a/b/c"] {
+        let mut bad = valid.clone();
+        bad["children"][0]["object"]["interfaces"][0]["scope"] = json!(scope);
+        invalid_success(decode_observe_response(
+            &request,
+            &response(StatusCode::OK, bad),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+    }
+    let mut duplicate = valid;
+    duplicate["object"]["interfaces"] =
+        json!([{"scope": "/a", "name": "x"}, {"name": "x", "scope": "/a"}]);
+    invalid_success(decode_observe_response(
+        &request,
+        &response(StatusCode::OK, duplicate),
+        limits(),
+    ));
+    let root_request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    };
+    for (scope, valid) in [("/", true), ("/a", false)] {
+        let result = decode_observe_response(
+            &root_request,
+            &response(
+                StatusCode::OK,
+                json!({"object": {"name": "", "interfaces": [{"scope": scope, "name": "x"}]}}),
+            ),
+            limits(),
+        );
+        if valid {
+            assert!(result.is_ok());
+        } else {
+            invalid_success(result);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scope_ref_omission_and_opaque_strings_round_trip_in_both_positions() {
+    for scope_ref in [
+        None,
+        Some(String::new()),
+        Some("opaque::# 世界 ! not base64 /+=".into()),
+        Some("\"\\\n\u{0}".into()),
+    ] {
+        let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+            interface: reference("/", "x"),
+        };
+        let expected = FetchInterfaceResponse {
+            interface: request.interface.clone(),
+            scope_ref: scope_ref.clone(),
+            descriptor: descriptor(),
+            validator: None,
+        };
+        let encoded = encode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &expected, limits()).unwrap();
+        let body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            body.get("scope_ref"),
+            scope_ref
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|value| Json::String(value.clone()))
+                .as_ref()
+        );
+        assert!(body.get("validator").is_none());
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+            DecodedResponse::Success(expected)
+        );
+        let call = call(request.interface, scope_ref);
+        let encoded =
+            encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &call, &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap();
+        let body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            body["interface"].get("scope_ref"),
+            call.interface
+                .scope_ref
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|value| Json::String(value.clone()))
+                .as_ref()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_call_operation_metadata(encoded.body(), limits())
+                .unwrap()
+                .interface,
+            call.interface
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_call_operation_request(encoded.body(), &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap(),
+            call
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scope_ref_null_and_every_nonstring_type_are_rejected_before_descriptor_resolution() {
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "x"),
+    };
+    for bad in [Json::Null, json!(true), json!(0), json!([]), json!({})] {
+        let mut fetch = fetch_json(json!({"scope": "/", "name": "x"}));
+        fetch["scope_ref"] = bad.clone();
+        invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+            &request,
+            &response(StatusCode::OK, fetch.clone()),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+        // Unknown format does not mask malformed common response fields.
+        fetch["descriptor"] = json!({"format": "future-format", "future": true});
+        invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+            &request,
+            &response(StatusCode::OK, fetch),
+            limits(),
+        ));
+        let mut call = call_json(json!({"scope": "/", "name": "x"}));
+        call["interface"]["scope_ref"] = bad.clone();
+        let body = serde_json::to_vec(&call).unwrap();
+        let error = decode_call_operation_metadata(&body, limits()).unwrap_err();
+        if bad.is_null() {
+            assert!(matches!(error, CodecError::NullOptionalField { .. }));
+        } else {
+            assert!(matches!(error, CodecError::InvalidField { .. }));
+        }
+        assert!(decode_call_operation_request(&body, &descriptor(), limits()).is_err());
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scope_ref_is_only_allowed_on_fetch_responses_and_call_interface_targets() {
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "x"),
+    };
+    let reference = json!({"scope": "/", "name": "x"});
+    let fetch_request = json!({"interface": reference, "scope_ref": "identity"});
+    assert!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_request(&serde_json::to_vec(&fetch_request).unwrap(), limits())
+            .is_err()
+    );
+
+    let mut call = call_json(reference.clone());
+    call["scope_ref"] = json!("identity");
+    assert!(decode_call_operation_metadata(&serde_json::to_vec(&call).unwrap(), limits()).is_err());
+    let mut call = call_json(reference);
+    call["target"]["scope_ref"] = json!("identity");
+    assert!(decode_call_operation_metadata(&serde_json::to_vec(&call).unwrap(), limits()).is_err());
+
+    let duplicate = br#"{"interface":{"scope":"/","name":"x"},"scope_ref":"identity","scope_ref":"identity","descriptor":{"format":"wip-interface/1","types":[],"operations":[]}}"#;
+    invalid_success(decode_fetch_interface_response(
+        &request,
+        &raw_response(StatusCode::OK, duplicate),
+        limits(),
+    ));
+    let duplicate = br#"{"target":{"path":"/"},"interface":{"reference":{"scope":"/","name":"x"},"scope_ref":"identity","scope_ref":"identity"},"operation":"run#::\u64cd\u4f5c","arguments":{}}"#;
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_call_operation_metadata(duplicate, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        CodecError::InvalidJson(_)
+    ));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_call_operation_request(duplicate, &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        CodecError::InvalidJson(_)
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn metadata_correspondence_includes_reference_and_scope_ref_but_not_wire_order() {
+    let request = call(reference("/", "x"), Some("identity".into()));
+    let encoded =
+        encode_call_operation_request(&endpoint(), &request, &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap();
+    let metadata = decode_call_operation_metadata(encoded.body(), limits()).unwrap();
+    for (field, changed) in [
+        ("scope_ref", json!("other")),
+        ("reference", json!({"scope": "/", "name": "other"})),
+    ] {
+        let mut body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+        body["interface"][field] = changed;
+        assert!(
+            matches!(metadata.decode_request(&serde_json::to_vec(&body).unwrap(), &descriptor(), limits()).unwrap_err(), CodecError::InvalidField { field, .. } if field == "request")
+        );
+    }
+    let mut body: Json = serde_json::from_slice(encoded.body()).unwrap();
+    body["interface"]
+        .as_object_mut()
+        .unwrap()
+        .remove("scope_ref");
+    assert!(
+        metadata
+            .decode_request(&serde_json::to_vec(&body).unwrap(), &descriptor(), limits())
+            .is_err()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn fetch_classification_preserves_transport_status_and_error_envelope_semantics() {
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference("/", "x"),
+    };
+    let valid = fetch_json(json!({"scope": "/", "name": "x"}));
+    for (status, kind) in [
+        (
+            StatusCode::CREATED,
+            InvalidResponseKind::NonCanonicalSuccessStatus,
+        ),
+        (
+            StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY,
+            InvalidResponseKind::SuccessBodyOnErrorStatus,
+        ),
+    ] {
+        assert!(
+            matches!(decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &response(status, valid.clone()), limits()).unwrap_err(), ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse { kind: actual, .. } if actual == kind)
+        );
+    }
+    for status in [
+        StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+        StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+        StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY,
+    ] {
+        let malformed = response(status, fetch_json(json!("legacy")));
+        assert!(
+            matches!(decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &malformed, limits()).unwrap_err(), ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure) if failure.status == status)
+        );
+    }
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound,
+        message: "unpublished".into(),
+    };
+    let mut encoded =
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::FetchInterface, &error, limits())
+            .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+            error: error.clone(),
+            status_mismatch: None
+        }
+    );
+    *encoded.status_mut() = StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY;
+    assert!(
+        matches!(decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap(), DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure { error: actual, status_mismatch: Some(_) } if actual == error)
+    );
+    *encoded.status_mut() = StatusCode::OK;
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &encoded, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::ErrorEnvelopeOnSuccessStatus,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+    let disallowed = response(
+        StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+        json!({"error": {"code": "interface_mismatch", "message": "wrong interaction"}}),
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &disallowed, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::DisallowedProtocolCode,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+    let mut coded = response(StatusCode::OK, valid);
+    coded
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert("content-encoding", "gzip".parse().unwrap());
+    assert!(
+        matches!(decode_fetch_interface_response(&request, &coded, limits()).unwrap_err(), ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure) if failure.kind == TransportFailureKind::UnsupportedContentCoding)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn call_interface_mismatch_envelope_remains_protocol_failure_with_structured_metadata() {
+    let request = call(reference("/unrelated", "x"), Some("stale identity".into()));
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch,
+        message: "interface precondition".into(),
+    };
+    let encoded =
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation, &error, limits())
+            .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_call_operation_response(&request, &descriptor(), &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+            error,
+            status_mismatch: None
+        }
+    );
+}

crates/wip-http/tests/responses.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+use wip_http::http::{Response, StatusCode};
+use wip_http::wip_protocol::{
+    ObserveRequest, ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction,
+};
+use wip_http::{
+    ClientResponseError, DecodedResponse, InvalidResponseKind, Limits, TransportFailureKind,
+    decode_observe_response, encode_protocol_error_response, error_code_name, is_json_content_type,
+    status_for_error,
+};
+
+fn limits() -> Limits {
+    Limits::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024, 32).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn request() -> ObserveRequest {
+    ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/".into(),
+        depth: 0,
+    }
+}
+
+fn response(status: StatusCode, body: impl Into<Vec<u8>>) -> Response<Vec<u8>> {
+    Response::builder()
+        .status(status)
+        .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        .body(body.into())
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn content_type_accepts_only_utf8_json_syntax() {
+    assert!(is_json_content_type("application/json"));
+    assert!(is_json_content_type("Application/JSON; Charset=\"UTF-8\""));
+    assert!(!is_json_content_type("application/json; charset=utf-16"));
+    assert!(!is_json_content_type("application/json; charset=\"utf-8"));
+    assert!(!is_json_content_type("application/json; charset=utf-8\""));
+    assert!(!is_json_content_type("application/json; profile=other"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn every_protocol_code_has_stable_name_and_status() {
+    let expected = [
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest,
+            "invalid_request",
+            StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+            "not_found",
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound,
+            "interface_not_found",
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch,
+            "interface_mismatch",
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::OperationNotFound,
+            "operation_not_found",
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidArguments,
+            "invalid_arguments",
+            StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorRequired,
+            "validator_required",
+            StatusCode::PRECONDITION_REQUIRED,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorMismatch,
+            "validator_mismatch",
+            StatusCode::PRECONDITION_FAILED,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorRequired,
+            "interface_validator_required",
+            StatusCode::PRECONDITION_REQUIRED,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceValidatorMismatch,
+            "interface_validator_mismatch",
+            StatusCode::PRECONDITION_FAILED,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::PermissionDenied,
+            "permission_denied",
+            StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+            "resource_limit_exceeded",
+            StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::Internal,
+            "internal",
+            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+        ),
+        (
+            ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+            "operation_outcome_unknown",
+            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+        ),
+    ];
+    assert_eq!(expected.len(), ProtocolErrorCode::ALL.len());
+    for (code, name, status) in expected {
+        assert_eq!(error_code_name(code), name);
+        assert_eq!(status_for_error(code), status);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn logical_resource_limit_uses_only_422_and_bare_413_is_transport_failure() {
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+        message: "logical observation limit exceeded".into(),
+    };
+    let encoded =
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, &error, limits()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(encoded.status(), StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY);
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+            error: error.clone(),
+            status_mismatch: None,
+        }
+    );
+
+    let mut noncanonical = encoded;
+    *noncanonical.status_mut() = StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE;
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &noncanonical, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+            error,
+            status_mismatch: Some(wip_http::StatusMismatch {
+                actual: StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE,
+                expected: StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            }),
+        }
+    );
+
+    let bare_413 = Response::builder()
+        .status(StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &bare_413, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure)
+            if failure.status == StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
+                && failure.kind == TransportFailureKind::HttpStatus
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rate_limit_status_without_protocol_envelope_stays_transport_failure() {
+    let response = Response::builder()
+        .status(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
+        .body(b"rate limited".to_vec())
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &response, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure)
+            if failure.status == StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
+                && failure.kind == TransportFailureKind::HttpStatus
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unsupported_response_content_coding_is_transport_failure() {
+    let mut encoded = encode_protocol_error_response(
+        ProtocolInteraction::Observe,
+        &ProtocolError {
+            code: ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+            message: "missing".into(),
+        },
+        limits(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    encoded
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert("content-encoding", "gzip".parse().unwrap());
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &encoded, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure)
+            if failure.status == StatusCode::NOT_FOUND
+                && failure.kind == TransportFailureKind::UnsupportedContentCoding
+    ));
+
+    let success = response(StatusCode::OK, br#"{"object":{"name":"","interfaces":[]}}"#);
+    let mut identity = success.clone();
+    identity
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert("content-encoding", "identity".parse().unwrap());
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &identity, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::Success(_)
+    ));
+
+    let mut unsupported = success;
+    unsupported
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert("content-encoding", "br".parse().unwrap());
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &unsupported, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure)
+            if failure.status == StatusCode::OK
+                && failure.kind == TransportFailureKind::UnsupportedContentCoding
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn valid_success_body_requires_exactly_http_200() {
+    let success_body = br#"{"object":{"name":"","interfaces":[]}}"#;
+    for status in [StatusCode::CREATED, StatusCode::ACCEPTED] {
+        assert!(matches!(
+            decode_observe_response(&request(), &response(status, success_body), limits())
+                .unwrap_err(),
+            ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+                kind: InvalidResponseKind::NonCanonicalSuccessStatus,
+                ..
+            }
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn server_encoder_rejects_codes_disallowed_for_the_interaction() {
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound,
+        message: "not valid for observe".into(),
+    };
+    assert!(
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, &error, limits()).is_err()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn valid_envelope_code_is_authoritative_when_status_mismatches() {
+    let error = ProtocolError {
+        code: ProtocolErrorCode::NotFound,
+        message: "missing".into(),
+    };
+    let mut encoded =
+        encode_protocol_error_response(ProtocolInteraction::Observe, &error, limits()).unwrap();
+    *encoded.status_mut() = StatusCode::IM_A_TEAPOT;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &encoded, limits()).unwrap(),
+        DecodedResponse::ProtocolFailure {
+            error,
+            status_mismatch: Some(wip_http::StatusMismatch {
+                actual: StatusCode::IM_A_TEAPOT,
+                expected: StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+            }),
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn envelope_and_status_contradictions_are_invalid_responses() {
+    let error_body = br#"{"error":{"code":"not_found","message":"missing"}}"#;
+    let on_success =
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &response(StatusCode::OK, error_body), limits())
+            .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        on_success,
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::ErrorEnvelopeOnSuccessStatus,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+
+    let success_body = br#"{"object":{"name":"","interfaces":[]}}"#;
+    let on_error = decode_observe_response(
+        &request(),
+        &response(StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, success_body),
+        limits(),
+    )
+    .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        on_error,
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::SuccessBodyOnErrorStatus,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn disallowed_protocol_code_is_invalid_instead_of_reclassified() {
+    let body = br#"{"error":{"code":"interface_not_found","message":"wrong interaction"}}"#;
+    let error =
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &response(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, body), limits())
+            .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        error,
+        ClientResponseError::InvalidResponse {
+            kind: InvalidResponseKind::DisallowedProtocolCode,
+            ..
+        }
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn proxy_authentication_and_endpoint_failures_stay_transport_failures() {
+    let cases = [
+        (
+            StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY,
+            TransportFailureKind::HttpStatus,
+            b"proxy failure".as_slice(),
+        ),
+        (
+            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+            TransportFailureKind::AuthenticationRequired,
+            b"login required".as_slice(),
+        ),
+        (
+            StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+            TransportFailureKind::EndpointForbidden,
+            b"denied".as_slice(),
+        ),
+    ];
+    for (status, expected_kind, body) in cases {
+        let response = Response::builder()
+            .status(status)
+            .body(body.to_vec())
+            .unwrap();
+        let error = decode_observe_response(&request(), &response, limits()).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            error,
+            ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(failure)
+                if failure.status == status && failure.kind == expected_kind
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_non_success_envelope_is_transport_binding_failure() {
+    let malformed = response(
+        StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY,
+        br#"{"error":{"code":"not_found","message":null}}"#,
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        decode_observe_response(&request(), &malformed, limits()).unwrap_err(),
+        ClientResponseError::TransportBinding(_)
+    ));
+}

crates/wip-http/tests/routes.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+use wip_http::http::{Method, Request, StatusCode};
+use wip_http::{Endpoint, RequestMetadataError, Route, validate_http_request};
+
+#[test]
+fn endpoint_preserves_http_and_https_when_resolving_canonical_routes() {
+    for scheme in ["http", "https"] {
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::parse(&format!("{scheme}://example.test/root/prefix")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            endpoint.to_string(),
+            format!("{scheme}://example.test/root/prefix/")
+        );
+
+        let expected = [
+            (Route::Observe, "v1/observe"),
+            (Route::FetchInterface, "v1/fetch_interface"),
+            (Route::CallOperation, "v1/call_operation"),
+        ];
+        for (route, suffix) in expected {
+            let url = format!("{scheme}://example.test/root/prefix/{suffix}");
+            assert_eq!(endpoint.route(route).as_str(), url);
+            assert_eq!(
+                endpoint.recognize(&wip_http::url::Url::parse(&url).unwrap()),
+                Some(route)
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            endpoint.recognize(
+                &wip_http::url::Url::parse(&format!(
+                    "{scheme}://example.test/root/prefix/v1/observe?path=/items"
+                ))
+                .unwrap()
+            ),
+            None
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn routes_never_mix_worldspace_paths_into_endpoint_prefixes() {
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/wip/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C/").unwrap();
+    let route = endpoint.route(Route::Observe);
+    assert_eq!(route.path(), "/wip/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C/v1/observe");
+    assert!(!route.as_str().contains("items"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn inbound_http_metadata_enforces_post_route_and_json() {
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/wip").unwrap();
+    let valid = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::POST)
+        .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+        .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &valid).is_ok());
+
+    let wrong_method = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::GET)
+        .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+        .header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    let error = validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &wrong_method).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(&error, RequestMetadataError::MethodNotAllowed));
+    assert_eq!(error.status(), StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
+    assert_eq!(error.allow(), Some("POST"));
+
+    let wrong_route = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::POST)
+        .uri("/wip/v1/fetch_interface")
+        .header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    let error = validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &wrong_route).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(&error, RequestMetadataError::NotFound));
+    assert_eq!(error.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+    assert_eq!(error.allow(), None);
+
+    let query_and_wrong_method = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::GET)
+        .uri("/wip/v1/observe?unexpected=true")
+        .header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &query_and_wrong_method).unwrap_err(),
+        RequestMetadataError::NotFound
+    ));
+
+    for accept in [
+        "text/plain, */*;q=1, application/json;q=0",
+        "application/json; charset=utf-16",
+        "application/json; profile=future",
+    ] {
+        let incompatible_accept = Request::builder()
+            .method(Method::POST)
+            .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+            .header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .header("accept", accept)
+            .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        let error =
+            validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &incompatible_accept).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(&error, RequestMetadataError::NotAcceptable));
+        assert_eq!(error.status(), StatusCode::NOT_ACCEPTABLE);
+    }
+
+    for accept in [
+        "application/json; charset=UTF-8",
+        "application/json; q=1; profile=accept-extension",
+    ] {
+        let compatible_accept = Request::builder()
+            .method(Method::POST)
+            .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+            .header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .header("accept", accept)
+            .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &compatible_accept).is_ok());
+    }
+
+    let unsupported_media_type = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::POST)
+        .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+        .header("content-type", "text/plain")
+        .header("accept", "application/json")
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    let error =
+        validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &unsupported_media_type).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(&error, RequestMetadataError::UnsupportedMediaType));
+    assert_eq!(error.status(), StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
+
+    for coding in ["gzip", "identity, gzip"] {
+        let unsupported_coding = Request::builder()
+            .method(Method::POST)
+            .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+            .header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .header("content-encoding", coding)
+            .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        let error =
+            validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &unsupported_coding).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(&error, RequestMetadataError::UnsupportedMediaType));
+        assert_eq!(error.status(), StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
+    }
+
+    let identity_coding = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::POST)
+        .uri("/wip/v1/observe")
+        .header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .header("content-encoding", "identity")
+        .body(Vec::<u8>::new())
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(validate_http_request(&endpoint, Route::Observe, &identity_coding).is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn invalid_endpoint_components_and_non_routes_are_rejected() {
+    assert!(Endpoint::parse("/relative").is_err());
+    assert!(Endpoint::parse("file:///wip").is_err());
+    assert!(Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/wip?q=1").is_err());
+    assert!(Endpoint::parse("https://example.test/wip#fragment").is_err());
+
+    let deployment_endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://user:secret@example.test/wip").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(deployment_endpoint.as_url().scheme(), "http");
+    assert_eq!(deployment_endpoint.as_url().username(), "user");
+
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::parse("http://example.test/wip").unwrap();
+    for outside in [
+        "http://example.test/wip/v1/unknown",
+        "http://example.test/wip/v1/batch",
+        "http://example.test/wip/v1/observe/extra",
+        "https://example.test/wip/v1/observe",
+        "http://other.test/wip/v1/observe",
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(
+            endpoint.recognize(&wip_http::url::Url::parse(outside).unwrap()),
+            None
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/wip-interface-macros/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "wip-interface-macros"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Procedural macros for WIP interface declarations and DTO codecs"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/wip-interface-macros"
 
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true

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crates/wip-interface-macros/LICENSE-MIT

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Hare
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

crates/wip-interface-macros/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# wip-interface-macros
+
+Procedural-macro implementation used by [`wip-interface`](https://crates.io/crates/wip-interface).
+
+Applications should depend on `wip-interface`, which re-exports `#[interface]` and `#[derive(WipType)]` together with the traits and types required by generated code. Direct use of this implementation crate is not a supported application API.
+
+See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/wip-interface-macros) for the exported macro entry points.
+
+Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.

crates/wip-interface-macros/src/lib.rs

@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ fn expand_interface(attribute: TokenStream2, item: ItemTrait) -> syn::Result<Tok
                 #(#declaration_collectors)*
 
                 ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::InterfaceDescriptor {
-                    name: ::std::string::String::from(stringify!(#trait_ident)),
+                    format: ::std::string::String::from(
+                        ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1,
+                    ),
                     documentation: #trait_doc,
-                    declarations,
+                    types: declarations,
                     operations: ::std::vec![#(#operation_declarations),*],
                 }
             }
@@ -180,9 +182,12 @@ fn expand_interface(attribute: TokenStream2, item: ItemTrait) -> syn::Result<Tok
             fn dispatch(
                 implementation: &T,
                 operation: &str,
-                arguments: ::std::vec::Vec<::wip_interface::wip_protocol::NamedValue>,
+                arguments: ::std::collections::BTreeMap<
+                    ::std::string::String,
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
+                >,
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<
-                ::std::option::Option<::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value>,
+                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
                 ::wip_interface::DispatchError,
             > {
                 let descriptor = Self::descriptor();
@@ -207,9 +212,12 @@ fn expand_interface(attribute: TokenStream2, item: ItemTrait) -> syn::Result<Tok
             pub fn dispatch<T: #trait_ident>(
                 implementation: &T,
                 operation: &str,
-                arguments: ::std::vec::Vec<::wip_interface::wip_protocol::NamedValue>,
+                arguments: ::std::collections::BTreeMap<
+                    ::std::string::String,
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
+                >,
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<
-                ::std::option::Option<::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value>,
+                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
                 ::wip_interface::DispatchError,
             > {
                 <Self as ::wip_interface::InterfaceImplementation<T>>::dispatch(
@@ -523,12 +531,11 @@ fn argument_item(operation: &Operation) -> TokenStream2 {
     let encode_result = if operation.unit_result {
         quote! {
             let () = result;
-            ::std::result::Result::Ok(::std::option::Option::None)
+            ::std::result::Result::Ok(::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Unit)
         }
     } else {
         quote! {
             <#result_ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::encode(result)
-                .map(::std::option::Option::Some)
         }
     };
 
@@ -541,9 +548,12 @@ fn argument_item(operation: &Operation) -> TokenStream2 {
         impl #arguments_ident {
             /// Decodes named logical values into typed operation arguments.
             pub fn decode(
-                arguments: ::std::vec::Vec<::wip_interface::wip_protocol::NamedValue>,
+                arguments: ::std::collections::BTreeMap<
+                    ::std::string::String,
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
+                >,
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, ::wip_interface::CodecError> {
-                let mut decoder = ::wip_interface::__private::RecordDecoder::new(arguments)?;
+                let mut decoder = ::wip_interface::__private::RecordDecoder::new(arguments);
                 let decoded = Self {
                     #(#decoders,)*
                 };
@@ -555,7 +565,7 @@ fn argument_item(operation: &Operation) -> TokenStream2 {
             pub fn encode_result(
                 result: #result_ty,
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<
-                ::std::option::Option<::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value>,
+                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
                 ::wip_interface::CodecError,
             > {
                 #encode_result
@@ -575,22 +585,18 @@ fn operation_declaration(operation: &Operation) -> TokenStream2 {
         quote! {
             ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::ParameterDeclaration {
                 name: ::std::string::String::from(#parameter_name),
+                required: !#optional,
                 documentation: #parameter_doc,
-                ty: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
-                optional: #optional,
+                r#type: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
             }
         }
     });
-    let returns = if operation.unit_result {
-        quote!(::std::option::Option::None)
-    } else {
-        let result_ty = &operation.result_ty;
-        let return_doc = documentation_tokens(operation.return_documentation.as_ref());
-        quote! {
-            ::std::option::Option::Some(::wip_interface::wip_protocol::ReturnDeclaration {
-                documentation: #return_doc,
-                ty: <#result_ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
-            })
+    let result_ty = &operation.result_ty;
+    let return_doc = documentation_tokens(operation.return_documentation.as_ref());
+    let returns = quote! {
+        ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::ReturnDeclaration {
+            documentation: #return_doc,
+            r#type: <#result_ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
         }
     };
 
@@ -641,14 +647,17 @@ fn dispatch_arm(operation: &Operation) -> TokenStream2 {
             .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::InvalidArguments)?;
             let decoded = #arguments_ident::decode(arguments)
                 .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::Decode)?;
-            let result = implementation.#method_ident(#(#arguments),*)
-                .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::Host)?;
-            let encoded = #arguments_ident::encode_result(result)
-                .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::Encode)?;
-            descriptor
-                .validate_return(#operation_name, encoded.as_ref())
-                .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::InvalidResult)?;
-            ::std::result::Result::Ok(encoded)
+            ::std::panic::catch_unwind(::std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
+                let result = implementation.#method_ident(#(#arguments),*)
+                    .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::Host)?;
+                let encoded = #arguments_ident::encode_result(result)
+                    .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::Encode)?;
+                descriptor
+                    .validate_result(#operation_name, &encoded)
+                    .map_err(::wip_interface::DispatchError::InvalidResult)?;
+                ::std::result::Result::Ok(encoded)
+            }))
+            .map_err(|_| ::wip_interface::DispatchError::Panic)?
         }
     }
 }
@@ -747,9 +756,9 @@ fn derive_record(
         quote! {
             ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::FieldDeclaration {
                 name: ::std::string::String::from(#name),
+                required: !#optional,
                 documentation: #documentation,
-                ty: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
-                optional: #optional,
+                r#type: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
             }
         }
     });
@@ -765,18 +774,18 @@ fn derive_record(
         if field.optional {
             quote! {
                 if let ::std::option::Option::Some(value) = #field_ident {
-                    fields.push(::wip_interface::wip_protocol::NamedValue {
-                        name: ::std::string::String::from(#field_name),
-                        value: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::encode(value)?,
-                    });
+                    fields.insert(
+                        ::std::string::String::from(#field_name),
+                        <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::encode(value)?,
+                    );
                 }
             }
         } else {
             quote! {
-                fields.push(::wip_interface::wip_protocol::NamedValue {
-                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#field_name),
-                    value: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::encode(#field_ident)?,
-                });
+                fields.insert(
+                    ::std::string::String::from(#field_name),
+                    <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::encode(#field_ident)?,
+                );
             }
         }
     });
@@ -794,9 +803,9 @@ fn derive_record(
     Ok(quote! {
         impl ::wip_interface::WipType for #ident {
             fn type_expr() -> ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr {
-                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Named(
-                    ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
-                )
+                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Named {
+                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
+                }
             }
 
             fn collect_declarations(
@@ -804,13 +813,13 @@ fn derive_record(
                     ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration,
                 >,
             ) {
-                let declaration = ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration::Record(
-                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::RecordDeclaration {
-                        name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
-                        documentation: #declaration_doc,
+                let declaration = ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration {
+                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
+                    documentation: #declaration_doc,
+                    definition: ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Record {
                         fields: ::std::vec![#(#field_declarations),*],
                     },
-                );
+                };
                 if ::wip_interface::__private::register_declaration(declarations, declaration) {
                     #(#dependency_collectors)*
                 }
@@ -823,7 +832,7 @@ fn derive_record(
                 ::wip_interface::CodecError,
             > {
                 let Self { #(#destructured_fields),* } = self;
-                let mut fields = ::std::vec::Vec::new();
+                let mut fields = ::std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
                 #(#encoders)*
                 ::std::result::Result::Ok(
                     ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Record(fields),
@@ -835,7 +844,7 @@ fn derive_record(
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, ::wip_interface::CodecError> {
                 match value {
                     ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Record(fields) => {
-                        let mut decoder = ::wip_interface::__private::RecordDecoder::new(fields)?;
+                        let mut decoder = ::wip_interface::__private::RecordDecoder::new(fields);
                         let decoded = Self {
                             #(#decoders,)*
                         };
@@ -870,14 +879,14 @@ fn derive_enum(
         .variants
         .iter()
         .all(|variant| matches!(variant.fields, Fields::Unit));
-    let all_payload = !data.variants.is_empty()
-        && data.variants.iter().all(|variant| {
-            matches!(&variant.fields, Fields::Unnamed(fields) if fields.unnamed.len() == 1)
-        });
+    let valid_union = data.variants.iter().all(|variant| {
+        matches!(variant.fields, Fields::Unit)
+            || matches!(&variant.fields, Fields::Unnamed(fields) if fields.unnamed.len() == 1)
+    });
 
     if all_unit {
         derive_unit_enum(ident, type_name, type_documentation, data)
-    } else if all_payload {
+    } else if valid_union {
         derive_union_enum(ident, type_name, type_documentation, data)
     } else {
         let span = data
@@ -890,7 +899,7 @@ fn derive_enum(
             .map_or_else(|| data.enum_token.span, Spanned::span);
         Err(Error::new(
             span,
-            "a `WipType` enum must contain either only unit variants or only single-field tuple variants; mixed and named-field variants are unsupported",
+            "a `WipType` enum must contain unit variants and/or single-field tuple variants; named-field and multi-field variants are unsupported",
         ))
     }
 }
@@ -906,7 +915,7 @@ fn derive_unit_enum(
         let name = source_name(&variant.ident);
         let documentation = documentation_tokens(documentation(&variant.attrs).as_ref());
         quote! {
-            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::EnumVariantDeclaration {
+            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::EnumCase {
                 name: ::std::string::String::from(#name),
                 documentation: #documentation,
             }
@@ -926,9 +935,9 @@ fn derive_unit_enum(
     Ok(quote! {
         impl ::wip_interface::WipType for #ident {
             fn type_expr() -> ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr {
-                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Named(
-                    ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
-                )
+                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Named {
+                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
+                }
             }
 
             fn collect_declarations(
@@ -936,13 +945,13 @@ fn derive_unit_enum(
                     ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration,
                 >,
             ) {
-                let declaration = ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration::Enum(
-                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::EnumDeclaration {
-                        name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
-                        documentation: #declaration_doc,
-                        variants: ::std::vec![#(#declarations),*],
+                let declaration = ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration {
+                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
+                    documentation: #declaration_doc,
+                    definition: ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Enum {
+                        cases: ::std::vec![#(#declarations),*],
                     },
-                );
+                };
                 let _ = ::wip_interface::__private::register_declaration(
                     declarations,
                     declaration,
@@ -959,7 +968,7 @@ fn derive_unit_enum(
                     #(#encoders,)*
                 };
                 ::std::result::Result::Ok(
-                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Enum(
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::String(
                         ::std::string::String::from(variant),
                     ),
                 )
@@ -969,7 +978,7 @@ fn derive_unit_enum(
                 value: ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, ::wip_interface::CodecError> {
                 match value {
-                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Enum(variant) => {
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::String(variant) => {
                         match variant.as_str() {
                             #(#decoders,)*
                             _ => ::std::result::Result::Err(
@@ -998,35 +1007,36 @@ fn derive_union_enum(
     struct Variant<'a> {
         ident: &'a Ident,
         name: String,
-        ty: &'a Type,
+        payload: Option<&'a Type>,
         documentation: Option<Documentation>,
     }
 
     let mut variants = Vec::new();
     for variant in &data.variants {
-        let Fields::Unnamed(fields) = &variant.fields else {
-            return Err(Error::new_spanned(
-                variant,
-                "a `WipType` union variant must contain exactly one unnamed field",
-            ));
+        let payload = match &variant.fields {
+            Fields::Unit => None,
+            Fields::Unnamed(fields) if fields.unnamed.len() == 1 => {
+                let field = fields.unnamed.first().expect("length checked");
+                if direct_option(&field.ty)?.is_some() || contains_option(&field.ty) {
+                    return Err(Error::new_spanned(
+                        &field.ty,
+                        "`Option<T>` is only supported directly on DTO fields and operation parameters",
+                    ));
+                }
+                validate_value_type(&field.ty, "union case payload")?;
+                Some(&field.ty)
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Err(Error::new_spanned(
+                    variant,
+                    "a `WipType` union case must be unit-like or contain exactly one unnamed payload",
+                ));
+            }
         };
-        let Some(field) = fields.unnamed.first() else {
-            return Err(Error::new_spanned(
-                fields,
-                "a `WipType` union variant must contain exactly one unnamed field",
-            ));
-        };
-        if direct_option(&field.ty)?.is_some() || contains_option(&field.ty) {
-            return Err(Error::new_spanned(
-                &field.ty,
-                "`Option<T>` is only supported directly on DTO fields and operation parameters",
-            ));
-        }
-        validate_value_type(&field.ty, "union variant payload")?;
         variants.push(Variant {
             ident: &variant.ident,
             name: source_name(&variant.ident),
-            ty: &field.ty,
+            payload,
             documentation: documentation(&variant.attrs),
         });
     }
@@ -1035,50 +1045,95 @@ fn derive_union_enum(
     let declarations = variants.iter().map(|variant| {
         let name = &variant.name;
         let documentation = documentation_tokens(variant.documentation.as_ref());
-        let ty = variant.ty;
+        let payload = match variant.payload {
+            Some(ty) => quote! {
+                ::std::option::Option::Some(
+                    <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
+                )
+            },
+            None => quote!(::std::option::Option::None),
+        };
         quote! {
-            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UnionVariantDeclaration {
+            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UnionCase {
                 name: ::std::string::String::from(#name),
                 documentation: #documentation,
-                ty: <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::type_expr(),
+                payload: #payload,
             }
         }
     });
-    let dependency_collectors = variants.iter().map(|variant| {
-        let ty = variant.ty;
-        quote!(<#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::collect_declarations(declarations);)
+    let dependency_collectors = variants.iter().filter_map(|variant| {
+        variant.payload.map(
+            |ty| quote!(<#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::collect_declarations(declarations);),
+        )
     });
     let encoders = variants.iter().map(|variant| {
         let variant_ident = variant.ident;
         let name = &variant.name;
-        let ty = variant.ty;
-        quote! {
-            Self::#variant_ident(value) => {
-                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Union {
-                    variant: ::std::string::String::from(#name),
-                    value: ::std::boxed::Box::new(
+        match variant.payload {
+            Some(ty) => quote! {
+                Self::#variant_ident(value) => {
+                    let mut fields = ::std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
+                    fields.insert(
+                        ::std::string::String::from(
+                            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UNION_CASE_FIELD,
+                        ),
+                        ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::String(
+                            ::std::string::String::from(#name),
+                        ),
+                    );
+                    fields.insert(
+                        ::std::string::String::from(
+                            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UNION_VALUE_FIELD,
+                        ),
                         <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::encode(value)?,
-                    ),
+                    );
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Record(fields)
                 }
-            }
+            },
+            None => quote! {
+                Self::#variant_ident => {
+                    let mut fields = ::std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
+                    fields.insert(
+                        ::std::string::String::from(
+                            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UNION_CASE_FIELD,
+                        ),
+                        ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::String(
+                            ::std::string::String::from(#name),
+                        ),
+                    );
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Record(fields)
+                }
+            },
         }
     });
     let decoders = variants.iter().map(|variant| {
         let variant_ident = variant.ident;
         let name = &variant.name;
-        let ty = variant.ty;
-        quote! {
-            #name => <#ty as ::wip_interface::WipType>::decode(*value)
-                .map(Self::#variant_ident)
+        match variant.payload {
+            Some(ty) => quote! {
+                #name => {
+                    let value = decoder.required::<#ty>(
+                        ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UNION_VALUE_FIELD,
+                    )?;
+                    decoder.finish()?;
+                    ::std::result::Result::Ok(Self::#variant_ident(value))
+                }
+            },
+            None => quote! {
+                #name => {
+                    decoder.finish()?;
+                    ::std::result::Result::Ok(Self::#variant_ident)
+                }
+            },
         }
     });
 
     Ok(quote! {
         impl ::wip_interface::WipType for #ident {
             fn type_expr() -> ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr {
-                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Named(
-                    ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
-                )
+                ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Named {
+                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
+                }
             }
 
             fn collect_declarations(
@@ -1086,13 +1141,13 @@ fn derive_union_enum(
                     ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration,
                 >,
             ) {
-                let declaration = ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration::Union(
-                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UnionDeclaration {
-                        name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
-                        documentation: #declaration_doc,
-                        variants: ::std::vec![#(#declarations),*],
+                let declaration = ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeDeclaration {
+                    name: ::std::string::String::from(#type_name),
+                    documentation: #declaration_doc,
+                    definition: ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::TypeExpr::Union {
+                        cases: ::std::vec![#(#declarations),*],
                     },
-                );
+                };
                 if ::wip_interface::__private::register_declaration(declarations, declaration) {
                     #(#dependency_collectors)*
                 }
@@ -1114,26 +1169,30 @@ fn derive_union_enum(
                 value: ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value,
             ) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, ::wip_interface::CodecError> {
                 match value {
-                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Union { variant, value } => {
-                        match variant.as_str() {
+                    ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::Value::Record(fields) => {
+                        let mut decoder =
+                            ::wip_interface::__private::RecordDecoder::new(fields);
+                        let case = decoder.required::<::std::string::String>(
+                            ::wip_interface::wip_protocol::UNION_CASE_FIELD,
+                        )?;
+                        match case.as_str() {
                             #(#decoders,)*
                             _ => ::std::result::Result::Err(
                                 ::wip_interface::__private::decode_unknown_variant(
                                     #type_name,
-                                    variant,
+                                    case,
                                 ),
                             ),
                         }
                     }
                     actual => ::std::result::Result::Err(
-                        ::wip_interface::__private::decode_type_mismatch("union", actual),
+                        ::wip_interface::__private::decode_type_mismatch("union record", actual),
                     ),
                 }
             }
         }
     })
 }
-
 fn optional_type(ty: &Type, context: &str) -> syn::Result<(bool, Type)> {
     if let Some(inner) = direct_option(ty)? {
         if contains_option(&inner) {

crates/wip-interface/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 [package]
 name = "wip-interface"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Public Rust authoring API for WIP interfaces and operation value codecs"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/wip-interface"
 
 [dependencies]
-wip-interface-macros = { path = "../wip-interface-macros" }
-wip-protocol = { path = "../wip-protocol" }
+wip-interface-macros.workspace = true
+wip-protocol.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1"

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crates/wip-interface/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# wip-interface
+
+Public Rust authoring API for Web Interface Protocol (WIP) interfaces and application DTO codecs.
+
+The crate re-exports `#[interface]` and `#[derive(WipType)]`, generates Interface Descriptors and typed dispatch companions, and converts application-owned Rust values to and from the transport-independent value model.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+wip-interface = "0.1.0"
+```
+
+```rust
+use wip_interface as wip;
+
+#[derive(wip::WipType)]
+struct Greeting {
+    message: String,
+}
+
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait Greeter {
+    /// Builds a greeting.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// The generated greeting.
+    fn greet(&self, name: String) -> wip::OperationResult<Greeting>;
+}
+```
+
+See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/wip-interface) for supported interface syntax, DTO shapes, and failure semantics.
+
+Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.

crates/wip-interface/src/lib.rs

@@ -30,52 +30,65 @@
 //!
 //! | Rust type | Protocol type/value |
 //! | --- | --- |
-//! | `()` as an operation result | no return declaration / no value |
+//! | `()` | `Unit` |
 //! | `bool` | `Boolean` |
 //! | signed and unsigned integer primitives | JavaScript-lossless `Integer` |
 //! | `f32`, `f64` | finite `Number` |
 //! | `String` | `String` |
 //! | [`Bytes`] | `Bytes` |
-//! | [`wip_protocol::JsonValue`] | `Json` |
-//! | [`Entry<K, V>`] | `Entry<K, V>` |
+//! | [`JsonValue`] | schema-neutral `Json` value tree |
+//! | [`Entry`] | canonical absolute Worldspace path (`Entry`) |
 //! | `Vec<T>` | `List<T>` |
 //! | a named-field struct deriving [`WipType`] | named record |
 //! | an all-unit enum deriving [`WipType`] | named enum |
-//! | an all-newtype enum deriving [`WipType`] | named tagged union |
+//! | an enum mixing unit and single-payload cases deriving [`WipType`] | named union |
 //!
 //! `Option<T>` is supported only directly as a record field or operation
 //! parameter. It means omission, not a null value. A domain failure belongs in
 //! an application return enum/union and is returned as `Ok(value)`.
-//! [`HostError`] is reserved for host/runtime failure, so the required
-//! [`OperationResult`] convention keeps those two failure classes distinct.
+//! [`HostError`] is reserved for host/runtime failure and requires an explicit
+//! [`HostErrorKind`] plus [`EffectGuarantee`]. The required [`OperationResult`]
+//! convention therefore keeps domain failures separate from runtime failures and
+//! makes outcome uncertainty visible to Host dispatch.
+//!
+//! # Migration to canonical values
+//!
+//! Earlier releases exposed `Entry<K, V>` and semantic `Value::Json`,
+//! `Value::Entry`, `Value::Enum`, and `Value::Union` variants. Those forms are
+//! intentionally gone: [`Entry`] is now one validated absolute Worldspace path,
+//! while JSON, enum, and union meaning comes only from the descriptor. Codecs
+//! exchange only raw [`Value`] strings, records, lists, and primitives. Unit
+//! operation results now cross the boundary as [`Value::Unit`] rather than an
+//! absent value.
 //!
 //! # Supported interface syntax
 //!
 //! An interface is a public, non-generic trait whose operations use exactly
 //! `&self`, simple named owned parameters, and an explicit
 //! `OperationResult<T>`. `WipType` derives support named-field structs,
-//! all-unit enums, and all-single-payload enums.
+//! all-unit enums as protocol enums, and enums made from any mix of unit and
+//! single-payload cases as protocol unions.
 //!
 //! The macros reject trait inheritance and associated items; const, async,
 //! unsafe, extern, variadic, generic, default-bodied, or non-`&self` methods;
 //! borrowed values and custom lifetimes; tuple, unit, or generic structs;
-//! mixed or named-field enum variants; explicit discriminants; Rust unions;
+//! unsupported named-field or multi-field enum variants; explicit discriminants; Rust unions;
 //! and `Option` anywhere except a direct DTO field or operation parameter.
 //! Unsupported inputs produce source-located compile errors rather than
 //! generating a partial interface.
 
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 
 pub use wip_interface_macros::{WipType, interface};
 pub use wip_protocol;
 pub use wip_protocol::{
-    Documentation, EnumDeclaration, EnumVariantDeclaration, FieldDeclaration, InterfaceDescriptor,
-    JsonMember, JsonValue, MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, MIN_SAFE_INTEGER, NamedValue, OperationDeclaration,
-    ParameterDeclaration, RecordDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration, TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr,
-    UnionDeclaration, UnionVariantDeclaration, ValidationError, Value,
+    Documentation, EnumCase, FieldDeclaration, InterfaceDescriptor, MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+    MIN_SAFE_INTEGER, OperationDeclaration, ParameterDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration,
+    TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr, UnionCase, ValidationError, Value,
 };
 
 /// Converts one Rust application type to and from its protocol representation.
@@ -118,8 +131,8 @@ pub trait InterfaceImplementation<T>: InterfaceDefinition {
     fn dispatch(
         implementation: &T,
         operation: &str,
-        arguments: Vec<NamedValue>,
-    ) -> Result<Option<Value>, DispatchError>;
+        arguments: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
+    ) -> Result<Value, DispatchError>;
 }
 
 /// Result convention required for generated interface operations.
@@ -128,29 +141,107 @@ pub trait InterfaceImplementation<T>: InterfaceDefinition {
 /// `Err(HostError)` means the host or runtime could not perform the operation.
 pub type OperationResult<T> = Result<T, HostError>;
 
-/// A host/runtime failure, kept separate from the operation's application
+/// Whether an operation failure proves that no effects were committed.
+///
+/// This guarantee is consumed by Host dispatch when choosing a protocol failure:
+/// only [`NotCommitted`](Self::NotCommitted) failures may become `Internal` or
+/// `ResourceLimitExceeded`; [`Unknown`](Self::Unknown) failures must become
+/// `OperationOutcomeUnknown`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum EffectGuarantee {
+    /// The operation was not invoked, or every effect was rolled back.
+    NotCommitted,
+    /// The operation may have committed effects.
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+/// Host/runtime failure category used when effects are known not to be committed.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum HostErrorKind {
+    /// The Host or backend encountered an internal failure.
+    Internal,
+    /// A cancellation, deadline, or bounded resource limit was exceeded.
+    ResourceLimitExceeded,
+}
+
+/// A typed host/runtime failure, kept separate from the operation's application
 /// return type.
+///
+/// The effect guarantee is mandatory. Host runtimes must ignore the diagnostic
+/// when producing a wire response; it is bounded here for local observability but
+/// can still contain backend-private information.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct HostError {
+    kind: HostErrorKind,
+    effect_guarantee: EffectGuarantee,
     message: String,
 }
 
 impl HostError {
-    /// Creates a host failure with a human-readable diagnostic.
+    /// Creates an internal Host failure with an explicit effect guarantee.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(message: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+    pub fn internal(message: impl Into<String>, effect_guarantee: EffectGuarantee) -> Self {
+        Self::new(HostErrorKind::Internal, effect_guarantee, message)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a resource-limit Host failure with an explicit effect guarantee.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn resource_limit(message: impl Into<String>, effect_guarantee: EffectGuarantee) -> Self {
+        Self::new(
+            HostErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+            effect_guarantee,
+            message,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn new(
+        kind: HostErrorKind,
+        effect_guarantee: EffectGuarantee,
+        message: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
-            message: message.into(),
+            kind,
+            effect_guarantee,
+            message: bounded_diagnostic(message.into()),
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the diagnostic message.
+    /// Returns the typed Host failure category.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn kind(&self) -> HostErrorKind {
+        self.kind
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the operation-effect guarantee attached by the implementation.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn effect_guarantee(&self) -> EffectGuarantee {
+        self.effect_guarantee
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the bounded local diagnostic message.
+    ///
+    /// Host runtimes must not place this value in protocol responses because it
+    /// can contain backend paths, credentials, or other private details.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn message(&self) -> &str {
         &self.message
     }
 }
 
+const MAX_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES: usize = 512;
+
+fn bounded_diagnostic(mut message: String) -> String {
+    if message.len() <= MAX_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES {
+        return message;
+    }
+    let mut end = MAX_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES;
+    while !message.is_char_boundary(end) {
+        end -= 1;
+    }
+    message.truncate(end);
+    message
+}
+
 impl Display for HostError {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         formatter.write_str(&self.message)
@@ -230,12 +321,59 @@ pub enum DispatchError {
     Decode(CodecError),
     /// The implementation reported a host/runtime failure.
     Host(HostError),
+    /// The implementation panicked after invocation began.
+    ///
+    /// Panic payloads are deliberately discarded because they can contain
+    /// backend-private diagnostics.
+    Panic,
     /// The Rust result could not be encoded.
     Encode(CodecError),
     /// The encoded result did not match the generated declaration.
     InvalidResult(wip_protocol::ValidationError),
 }
 
+/// Whether generated dispatch failed before or after typed implementation
+/// invocation began.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DispatchPhase {
+    /// Typed implementation code was not invoked.
+    BeforeInvocation,
+    /// Typed implementation invocation began, so effects require an explicit
+    /// non-commit or rollback guarantee.
+    AfterInvocation,
+}
+
+impl DispatchError {
+    /// Returns the execution phase in which this dispatch failure occurred.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn phase(&self) -> DispatchPhase {
+        match self {
+            Self::UnknownOperation(_) | Self::InvalidArguments(_) | Self::Decode(_) => {
+                DispatchPhase::BeforeInvocation
+            }
+            Self::Host(_) | Self::Panic | Self::Encode(_) | Self::InvalidResult(_) => {
+                DispatchPhase::AfterInvocation
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a post-invocation effect guarantee when the implementation
+    /// supplied one.
+    ///
+    /// Panic, encode, and result-validation failures default to `Unknown` until
+    /// a provider confirms rollback. Pre-invocation failures return `None`.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn effect_guarantee(&self) -> Option<EffectGuarantee> {
+        match self {
+            Self::UnknownOperation(_) | Self::InvalidArguments(_) | Self::Decode(_) => None,
+            Self::Host(error) => Some(error.effect_guarantee()),
+            Self::Panic | Self::Encode(_) | Self::InvalidResult(_) => {
+                Some(EffectGuarantee::Unknown)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for DispatchError {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
@@ -245,6 +383,7 @@ impl Display for DispatchError {
             Self::InvalidArguments(error) => write!(formatter, "invalid arguments: {error}"),
             Self::Decode(error) => write!(formatter, "argument decoding failed: {error}"),
             Self::Host(error) => write!(formatter, "host operation failed: {error}"),
+            Self::Panic => formatter.write_str("operation implementation panicked"),
             Self::Encode(error) => write!(formatter, "result encoding failed: {error}"),
             Self::InvalidResult(error) => write!(formatter, "invalid operation result: {error}"),
         }
@@ -254,7 +393,7 @@ impl Display for DispatchError {
 impl Error for DispatchError {
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
         match self {
-            Self::UnknownOperation(_) => None,
+            Self::UnknownOperation(_) | Self::Panic => None,
             Self::InvalidArguments(error) | Self::InvalidResult(error) => Some(error),
             Self::Decode(error) | Self::Encode(error) => Some(error),
             Self::Host(error) => Some(error),
@@ -281,13 +420,101 @@ impl From<Bytes> for Vec<u8> {
     }
 }
 
-/// A typed protocol key/value entry.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct Entry<K, V> {
-    /// Entry key.
-    pub key: K,
-    /// Entry value.
-    pub value: V,
+/// A canonical absolute path to an entry in the current Worldspace.
+///
+/// This replaces the pre-canonical `Entry<K, V>` key/value pair. Construct an
+/// entry from a path such as `/articles/1`; application data associated with
+/// that entry belongs in an ordinary record alongside this value.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub struct Entry(String);
+
+impl Entry {
+    /// Validates and creates an entry path.
+    pub fn new(path: impl Into<String>) -> Result<Self, CodecError> {
+        let path = path.into();
+        validate_entry_path(&path)?;
+        Ok(Self(path))
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the canonical absolute Worldspace path.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Consumes the entry and returns its path.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn into_string(self) -> String {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<String> for Entry {
+    type Error = CodecError;
+
+    fn try_from(path: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Self::new(path)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::str::FromStr for Entry {
+    type Err = CodecError;
+
+    fn from_str(path: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Self::new(path)
+    }
+}
+
+/// One member in a [`JsonValue::Object`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct JsonMember {
+    /// Member name.
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Member value.
+    pub value: JsonValue,
+}
+
+/// JSON data represented independently of any application schema.
+///
+/// Its codec uses the ordinary schema-neutral [`Value`] variants. JSON null is
+/// [`Value::Unit`], arrays are [`Value::List`], and objects are
+/// [`Value::Record`]. Protocol bytes have no JSON representation and decoding
+/// a tree containing [`Value::Bytes`] is rejected.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum JsonValue {
+    /// JSON null.
+    Null,
+    /// A JSON boolean.
+    Boolean(bool),
+    /// An interoperable integral JSON number.
+    Integer(i64),
+    /// A finite non-integral JSON number.
+    Number(f64),
+    /// A JSON string.
+    String(String),
+    /// A JSON array.
+    Array(Vec<JsonValue>),
+    /// A JSON object. Duplicate member names are rejected while encoding.
+    Object(Vec<JsonMember>),
+}
+
+impl WipType for () {
+    fn type_expr() -> TypeExpr {
+        TypeExpr::Unit
+    }
+
+    fn collect_declarations(_: &mut Vec<TypeDeclaration>) {}
+
+    fn encode(self) -> Result<Value, CodecError> {
+        Ok(Value::Unit)
+    }
+
+    fn decode(value: Value) -> Result<Self, CodecError> {
+        match value {
+            Value::Unit => Ok(()),
+            other => Err(CodecError::expected("unit", &other)),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl WipType for bool {
@@ -456,52 +683,87 @@ impl WipType for JsonValue {
     fn collect_declarations(_: &mut Vec<TypeDeclaration>) {}
 
     fn encode(self) -> Result<Value, CodecError> {
-        validate_json(&self)?;
-        Ok(Value::Json(self))
+        encode_json(self)
     }
 
     fn decode(value: Value) -> Result<Self, CodecError> {
-        match value {
-            Value::Json(value) => {
-                validate_json(&value)?;
-                Ok(value)
+        decode_json(value)
+    }
+}
+
+fn encode_json(value: JsonValue) -> Result<Value, CodecError> {
+    match value {
+        JsonValue::Null => Ok(Value::Unit),
+        JsonValue::Boolean(value) => Ok(Value::Boolean(value)),
+        JsonValue::Integer(value) => {
+            ensure_safe_integer(value)?;
+            Ok(Value::Integer(value))
+        }
+        JsonValue::Number(value) => {
+            ensure_finite(value)?;
+            Ok(Value::Number(value))
+        }
+        JsonValue::String(value) => Ok(Value::String(value)),
+        JsonValue::Array(values) => values
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(index, value)| encode_json(value).map_err(|error| error.at(index.to_string())))
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map(Value::List),
+        JsonValue::Object(members) => {
+            let mut fields = BTreeMap::new();
+            for member in members {
+                let name = member.name;
+                let value = encode_json(member.value).map_err(|error| error.at(name.clone()))?;
+                if fields.insert(name.clone(), value).is_some() {
+                    return Err(CodecError::new(format!("duplicate JSON member `{name}`")).at(name));
+                }
             }
-            other => Err(CodecError::expected("json", &other)),
+            Ok(Value::Record(fields))
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn validate_json(value: &JsonValue) -> Result<(), CodecError> {
+fn decode_json(value: Value) -> Result<JsonValue, CodecError> {
     match value {
-        JsonValue::Integer(value) => ensure_safe_integer(*value),
-        JsonValue::Number(value) => ensure_finite(*value),
-        JsonValue::Array(values) => {
-            for (index, value) in values.iter().enumerate() {
-                validate_json(value).map_err(|error| error.at(index.to_string()))?;
-            }
-            Ok(())
+        Value::Unit => Ok(JsonValue::Null),
+        Value::Boolean(value) => Ok(JsonValue::Boolean(value)),
+        Value::Integer(value) => {
+            ensure_safe_integer(value)?;
+            Ok(JsonValue::Integer(value))
         }
-        JsonValue::Object(members) => {
-            let mut names = std::collections::HashSet::new();
-            for member in members {
-                if !names.insert(member.name.as_str()) {
-                    return Err(CodecError::new(format!(
-                        "duplicate JSON member `{}`",
-                        member.name
-                    ))
-                    .at(member.name.clone()));
-                }
-                validate_json(&member.value).map_err(|error| error.at(member.name.clone()))?;
-            }
-            Ok(())
+        Value::Number(value) => {
+            ensure_finite(value)?;
+            Ok(JsonValue::Number(value))
         }
-        JsonValue::Null | JsonValue::Boolean(_) | JsonValue::String(_) => Ok(()),
+        Value::String(value) => Ok(JsonValue::String(value)),
+        Value::Bytes(_) => Err(CodecError::new("bytes are not valid inside JSON")),
+        Value::List(values) => values
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(index, value)| decode_json(value).map_err(|error| error.at(index.to_string())))
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map(JsonValue::Array),
+        Value::Record(fields) => fields
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(name, value)| {
+                decode_json(value)
+                    .map(|value| JsonMember {
+                        name: name.clone(),
+                        value,
+                    })
+                    .map_err(|error| error.at(name))
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map(JsonValue::Object),
     }
 }
 
 impl<T: WipType> WipType for Vec<T> {
     fn type_expr() -> TypeExpr {
-        TypeExpr::List(Box::new(T::type_expr()))
+        TypeExpr::List {
+            items: Box::new(T::type_expr()),
+        }
     }
 
     fn collect_declarations(declarations: &mut Vec<TypeDeclaration>) {
@@ -528,37 +790,31 @@ impl<T: WipType> WipType for Vec<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<K: WipType, V: WipType> WipType for Entry<K, V> {
+impl WipType for Entry {
     fn type_expr() -> TypeExpr {
-        TypeExpr::Entry {
-            key: Box::new(K::type_expr()),
-            value: Box::new(V::type_expr()),
-        }
+        TypeExpr::Entry
     }
 
-    fn collect_declarations(declarations: &mut Vec<TypeDeclaration>) {
-        K::collect_declarations(declarations);
-        V::collect_declarations(declarations);
-    }
+    fn collect_declarations(_: &mut Vec<TypeDeclaration>) {}
 
     fn encode(self) -> Result<Value, CodecError> {
-        Ok(Value::Entry {
-            key: Box::new(self.key.encode().map_err(|error| error.at("key"))?),
-            value: Box::new(self.value.encode().map_err(|error| error.at("value"))?),
-        })
+        validate_entry_path(&self.0)?;
+        Ok(Value::String(self.0))
     }
 
     fn decode(value: Value) -> Result<Self, CodecError> {
-        let Value::Entry { key, value } = value else {
-            return Err(CodecError::expected("entry", &value));
+        let Value::String(path) = value else {
+            return Err(CodecError::expected("entry path string", &value));
         };
-        Ok(Self {
-            key: K::decode(*key).map_err(|error| error.at("key"))?,
-            value: V::decode(*value).map_err(|error| error.at("value"))?,
-        })
+        Self::new(path)
     }
 }
 
+fn validate_entry_path(path: &str) -> Result<(), CodecError> {
+    wip_protocol::validate_path(path)
+        .map_err(|error| CodecError::new(format!("invalid canonical Worldspace path: {error}")))
+}
+
 /// Implementation details used by code emitted from the facade's macros.
 ///
 /// These APIs are public only because macro expansions execute in the
@@ -566,12 +822,9 @@ impl<K: WipType, V: WipType> WipType for Entry<K, V> {
 /// and are not intended for direct use.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod __private {
-    use std::collections::HashSet;
+    use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
-    use wip_protocol::{
-        InterfaceDescriptor, NamedValue, ObjectId, OperationCall, OperationTarget, TypeDeclaration,
-        ValidationError, Value,
-    };
+    use wip_protocol::{InterfaceDescriptor, TypeDeclaration, ValidationError, Value};
 
     use crate::{CodecError, Documentation, WipType};
 
@@ -606,16 +859,9 @@ pub mod __private {
     pub fn validate_arguments(
         descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
         operation: &str,
-        arguments: &[NamedValue],
+        arguments: &BTreeMap<String, Value>,
     ) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-        descriptor.validate_call(&OperationCall {
-            target: OperationTarget {
-                object: ObjectId("<typed-dispatch>".into()),
-                interface: descriptor.name.clone(),
-                operation: operation.into(),
-            },
-            arguments: arguments.to_vec(),
-        })
+        descriptor.validate_arguments(operation, arguments)
     }
 
     /// Builds a codec error for a generated structural mismatch.
@@ -633,21 +879,13 @@ pub mod __private {
 
     /// Decoder for a protocol record or operation's named argument collection.
     pub struct RecordDecoder {
-        fields: Vec<NamedValue>,
+        fields: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
     }
 
     impl RecordDecoder {
-        /// Starts decoding record fields or named operation arguments and
-        /// rejects duplicate names.
-        pub fn new(fields: Vec<NamedValue>) -> Result<Self, CodecError> {
-            let mut seen = HashSet::new();
-            for field in &fields {
-                if !seen.insert(field.name.clone()) {
-                    return Err(CodecError::new(format!("duplicate field `{}`", field.name))
-                        .at(field.name.clone()));
-                }
-            }
-            Ok(Self { fields })
+        /// Starts decoding record fields or named operation arguments.
+        pub fn new(fields: BTreeMap<String, Value>) -> Self {
+            Self { fields }
         }
 
         /// Decodes a required field.
@@ -668,17 +906,15 @@ pub mod __private {
 
         /// Rejects any fields that were not consumed by generated code.
         pub fn finish(self) -> Result<(), CodecError> {
-            if let Some(field) = self.fields.first() {
-                Err(CodecError::new(format!("unknown field `{}`", field.name))
-                    .at(field.name.clone()))
+            if let Some(name) = self.fields.keys().next() {
+                Err(CodecError::new(format!("unknown field `{name}`")).at(name.clone()))
             } else {
                 Ok(())
             }
         }
 
         fn take(&mut self, name: &str) -> Option<Value> {
-            let index = self.fields.iter().position(|field| field.name == name)?;
-            Some(self.fields.remove(index).value)
+            self.fields.remove(name)
         }
     }
 }

crates/wip-interface/tests/codecs.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-use wip_interface::wip_protocol::{
-    EnumDeclaration, JsonMember, JsonValue, NamedValue, RecordDeclaration, TypeDeclaration,
-    TypeExpr, UnionDeclaration, Value,
-};
-use wip_interface::{Bytes, Entry, WipType};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use wip_interface::wip_protocol::{TypeExpr, UNION_CASE_FIELD, UNION_VALUE_FIELD, Value};
+use wip_interface::{Bytes, Entry, JsonMember, JsonValue, WipType};
 
 /// A request record.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, WipType)]
@@ -11,8 +10,8 @@ struct Request {
     title: String,
     /// Optional priority.
     priority: Option<i32>,
-    /// Related entries.
-    related: Vec<Entry<String, bool>>,
+    /// Related Worldspace entries.
+    related: Vec<Entry>,
     /// Opaque bytes.
     body: Bytes,
     /// Arbitrary metadata.
@@ -38,33 +37,53 @@ struct Receipt {
 /// Application-level publication outcome.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, WipType)]
 enum PublishOutcome {
+    /// Work has not completed and carries no payload.
+    Pending,
     /// Application success.
     Published(Receipt),
     /// Domain rejection, not a host failure.
     Rejected(String),
 }
 
+fn field<'a>(record: &'a BTreeMap<String, Value>, name: &str) -> &'a Value {
+    record
+        .get(name)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("missing `{name}`"))
+}
+
 #[test]
-fn supported_values_round_trip() {
+fn primitive_unit_record_list_entry_and_json_values_round_trip() {
+    assert_eq!(().encode().unwrap(), Value::Unit);
+    assert_eq!(<()>::decode(Value::Unit).unwrap(), ());
+    assert_eq!(<()>::type_expr(), TypeExpr::Unit);
+
     let request = Request {
         title: "hello".into(),
         priority: None,
-        related: vec![Entry {
-            key: "/articles/1".into(),
-            value: true,
-        }],
+        related: vec![Entry::new("/articles/1").unwrap()],
         body: Bytes(vec![1, 2, 3]),
         metadata: JsonValue::Object(vec![JsonMember {
             name: "source".into(),
-            value: JsonValue::String("test".into()),
+            value: JsonValue::Array(vec![JsonValue::String("test".into()), JsonValue::Null]),
         }]),
     };
 
     let encoded = request.clone().encode().unwrap();
     let Value::Record(fields) = &encoded else {
-        panic!("record derive must encode a protocol record")
+        panic!("record derive must encode a raw protocol record")
     };
-    assert!(fields.iter().all(|field| field.name != "priority"));
+    assert!(!fields.contains_key("priority"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        field(fields, "related"),
+        &Value::List(vec![Value::String("/articles/1".into())])
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        field(fields, "metadata"),
+        &Value::Record(BTreeMap::from([(
+            "source".into(),
+            Value::List(vec![Value::String("test".into()), Value::Unit]),
+        )]))
+    );
     assert_eq!(Request::decode(encoded).unwrap(), request);
 
     let number = 42.5_f64;
@@ -77,92 +96,136 @@ fn supported_values_round_trip() {
         f32::decode(narrow_number.encode().unwrap()).unwrap(),
         narrow_number
     );
+}
 
+#[test]
+fn enums_are_strings_and_unions_are_discriminated_records() {
     for color in [Color::Red, Color::Blue] {
         let encoded = color.clone().encode().unwrap();
-        let decoded = Color::decode(encoded).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(decoded, color);
+        assert!(matches!(encoded, Value::String(_)));
+        assert_eq!(Color::decode(encoded).unwrap(), color);
     }
 
+    let pending = PublishOutcome::Pending.encode().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        pending,
+        Value::Record(BTreeMap::from([(
+            UNION_CASE_FIELD.into(),
+            Value::String("Pending".into()),
+        )]))
+    );
+
+    let published = PublishOutcome::Published(Receipt { number: 7 })
+        .encode()
+        .unwrap();
+    let Value::Record(fields) = &published else {
+        panic!("union must encode as a record")
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        fields.get(UNION_CASE_FIELD),
+        Some(&Value::String("Published".into()))
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        fields.get(UNION_VALUE_FIELD),
+        Some(Value::Record(_))
+    ));
+
     for outcome in [
+        PublishOutcome::Pending,
         PublishOutcome::Published(Receipt { number: 7 }),
         PublishOutcome::Rejected("policy".into()),
     ] {
         let encoded = outcome.clone().encode().unwrap();
-        let decoded = PublishOutcome::decode(encoded).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(decoded, outcome);
+        assert_eq!(PublishOutcome::decode(encoded).unwrap(), outcome);
     }
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn derived_declarations_include_docs_optionality_and_dependencies() {
+fn derived_declarations_use_canonical_named_type_expressions() {
     let mut declarations = Vec::new();
     Request::collect_declarations(&mut declarations);
     Color::collect_declarations(&mut declarations);
     PublishOutcome::collect_declarations(&mut declarations);
 
-    let TypeDeclaration::Record(RecordDeclaration {
-        documentation,
-        fields,
-        ..
-    }) = &declarations[0]
-    else {
+    let request = declarations
+        .iter()
+        .find(|declaration| declaration.name == "Request")
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        request.documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary,
+        "A request record."
+    );
+    let TypeExpr::Record { fields } = &request.definition else {
         panic!("Request must be a record declaration")
     };
-    assert_eq!(documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary, "A request record.");
     assert_eq!(
         fields[0].documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary,
         "Required title."
     );
-    assert!(!fields[0].optional);
-    assert!(fields[1].optional);
-    assert_eq!(fields[1].ty, TypeExpr::Integer);
+    assert!(fields[0].required);
+    assert!(!fields[1].required);
+    assert_eq!(fields[1].r#type, TypeExpr::Integer);
     assert_eq!(
-        fields[2].ty,
-        TypeExpr::List(Box::new(TypeExpr::Entry {
-            key: Box::new(TypeExpr::String),
-            value: Box::new(TypeExpr::Boolean),
-        }))
+        fields[2].r#type,
+        TypeExpr::List {
+            items: Box::new(TypeExpr::Entry),
+        }
     );
 
     let color = declarations
         .iter()
-        .find(|declaration| declaration.name() == "Color")
+        .find(|declaration| declaration.name == "Color")
         .unwrap();
-    let TypeDeclaration::Enum(EnumDeclaration { variants, .. }) = color else {
+    let TypeExpr::Enum { cases } = &color.definition else {
         panic!("Color must be an enum declaration")
     };
     assert_eq!(
-        variants[0].documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary,
+        cases[0].documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary,
         "Warm red."
     );
 
     let outcome = declarations
         .iter()
-        .find(|declaration| declaration.name() == "PublishOutcome")
+        .find(|declaration| declaration.name == "PublishOutcome")
         .unwrap();
-    let TypeDeclaration::Union(UnionDeclaration { variants, .. }) = outcome else {
+    let TypeExpr::Union { cases } = &outcome.definition else {
         panic!("PublishOutcome must be a union declaration")
     };
-    assert_eq!(variants[0].ty, TypeExpr::Named("Receipt".into()));
+    assert_eq!(cases[0].payload, None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        cases[1].payload,
+        Some(TypeExpr::Named {
+            name: "Receipt".into(),
+        })
+    );
     assert!(
         declarations
             .iter()
-            .any(|declaration| declaration.name() == "Receipt")
+            .any(|declaration| declaration.name == "Receipt")
     );
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn codecs_reject_invalid_boundaries() {
+fn codecs_reject_invalid_boundaries_and_json_bytes() {
     assert!(i64::MAX.encode().is_err());
     assert!(f64::NAN.encode().is_err());
-    assert!(Request::decode(Value::Record(vec![])).is_err());
+    assert!(Request::decode(Value::Record(BTreeMap::new())).is_err());
     assert!(
-        Request::decode(Value::Record(vec![NamedValue {
-            name: "unknown".into(),
-            value: Value::String("value".into()),
-        }]))
+        Request::decode(Value::Record(BTreeMap::from([(
+            "unknown".into(),
+            Value::String("value".into()),
+        )])))
+        .is_err()
+    );
+    assert!(Color::decode(Value::String("Green".into())).is_err());
+    assert!(Entry::new("articles/1").is_err());
+    assert!(Entry::decode(Value::String("/articles/../1".into())).is_err());
+    assert!(JsonValue::decode(Value::Bytes(vec![1])).is_err());
+    assert!(
+        JsonValue::decode(Value::Record(BTreeMap::from([(
+            "nested".into(),
+            Value::List(vec![Value::Bytes(vec![1])]),
+        )])))
         .is_err()
     );
-    assert!(Color::decode(Value::Enum("Green".into())).is_err());
 }

crates/wip-interface/tests/interface.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-use wip_interface::wip_protocol::{NamedValue, TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr, Value};
-use wip_interface::{DispatchError, HostError, OperationResult, WipType, interface};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use wip_interface::wip_protocol::{INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, TypeExpr, Value};
+use wip_interface::{
+    DispatchError, DispatchPhase, EffectGuarantee, HostError, HostErrorKind, OperationResult,
+    WipType, interface,
+};
 
 /// Publication request.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, WipType)]
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ pub trait Catalog {
         note: Option<String>,
     ) -> OperationResult<PublishOutcome>;
 
-    /// Checks connectivity without returning an application value.
+    /// Checks connectivity without returning application data.
     fn ping(&self) -> OperationResult<()>;
 
     /// Demonstrates a host/runtime failure.
@@ -64,7 +69,10 @@ impl Catalog for AcceptingCatalog {
     }
 
     fn host_value(&self) -> OperationResult<String> {
-        Err(HostError::new("backend unavailable"))
+        Err(HostError::internal(
+            "backend unavailable",
+            EffectGuarantee::Unknown,
+        ))
     }
 }
 
@@ -88,36 +96,49 @@ impl Catalog for RejectingCatalog {
     }
 }
 
-fn named(name: &str, value: Value) -> NamedValue {
-    NamedValue {
-        name: name.into(),
-        value,
+struct PanickingCatalog;
+
+impl Catalog for PanickingCatalog {
+    fn publish(
+        &self,
+        _request: PublishRequest,
+        _note: Option<String>,
+    ) -> OperationResult<PublishOutcome> {
+        panic!("private panic payload")
+    }
+
+    fn ping(&self) -> OperationResult<()> {
+        panic!("private panic payload")
+    }
+
+    fn host_value(&self) -> OperationResult<String> {
+        panic!("private panic payload")
     }
 }
 
-fn publish_arguments(with_note: bool) -> Vec<NamedValue> {
-    let mut arguments = vec![named(
-        "request",
+fn publish_arguments(with_note: bool) -> BTreeMap<String, Value> {
+    let mut arguments = BTreeMap::from([(
+        "request".into(),
         PublishRequest {
             title: "example".into(),
         }
         .encode()
         .unwrap(),
-    )];
+    )]);
     if with_note {
-        arguments.push(named("note", Value::String("audit".into())));
+        arguments.insert("note".into(), Value::String("audit".into()));
     }
     arguments
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn descriptor_is_generated_only_from_the_trait_declaration() {
+fn descriptor_is_canonical_and_generated_only_from_the_trait_declaration() {
     let first = CatalogDefinition::descriptor();
     let second = CatalogDefinition::descriptor();
     assert_eq!(first, second);
     first.validate().unwrap();
 
-    assert_eq!(first.name, "Catalog");
+    assert_eq!(first.format, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1);
     assert_eq!(
         first.documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary,
         "Catalog editing capability."
@@ -139,84 +160,110 @@ fn descriptor_is_generated_only_from_the_trait_declaration() {
             .summary,
         "Item to publish."
     );
-    assert!(!publish.parameters[0].optional);
-    assert!(publish.parameters[1].optional);
+    assert!(publish.parameters[0].required);
+    assert!(!publish.parameters[1].required);
     assert_eq!(
-        publish
-            .returns
-            .as_ref()
-            .unwrap()
-            .documentation
-            .as_ref()
-            .unwrap()
-            .summary,
+        publish.returns.documentation.as_ref().unwrap().summary,
         "The application publication outcome."
     );
     assert_eq!(
-        publish.returns.as_ref().unwrap().ty,
-        TypeExpr::Named("PublishOutcome".into())
+        publish.returns.r#type,
+        TypeExpr::Named {
+            name: "PublishOutcome".into(),
+        }
     );
-    assert!(first.operations[1].returns.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(first.operations[1].returns.r#type, TypeExpr::Unit);
     assert!(
         first
-            .declarations
+            .types
             .iter()
-            .any(|declaration| matches!(declaration, TypeDeclaration::Record(_)))
+            .any(|declaration| matches!(declaration.definition, TypeExpr::Record { .. }))
     );
     assert!(
         first
-            .declarations
+            .types
             .iter()
-            .any(|declaration| matches!(declaration, TypeDeclaration::Union(_)))
+            .any(|declaration| matches!(declaration.definition, TypeExpr::Union { .. }))
     );
 
-    // Both implementation types satisfy the same generated dispatch boundary;
-    // neither can affect the descriptor shape.
+    // Both implementation types satisfy one immutable generated definition;
+    // implementation selection cannot contribute fields to the descriptor.
     fn accepts_definition<T: Catalog>(_: &T) {}
     accepts_definition(&AcceptingCatalog);
     accepts_definition(&RejectingCatalog);
+    assert_eq!(CatalogDefinition::descriptor(), first);
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn generated_argument_decoder_and_result_encoder_round_trip() {
+fn generated_argument_decoder_and_result_encoder_use_raw_values() {
     let decoded = CatalogPublishArguments::decode(publish_arguments(false)).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(decoded.request.title, "example");
     assert_eq!(decoded.note, None);
 
-    let encoded = CatalogPublishArguments::encode_result(PublishOutcome::Rejected("domain".into()))
-        .unwrap()
-        .unwrap();
+    let encoded =
+        CatalogPublishArguments::encode_result(PublishOutcome::Rejected("domain".into())).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(
         PublishOutcome::decode(encoded).unwrap(),
         PublishOutcome::Rejected("domain".into())
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        CatalogPingArguments::encode_result(()).unwrap(),
+        Value::Unit
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn typed_dispatch_validates_decodes_invokes_encodes_and_validates() {
-    let value = CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "publish", publish_arguments(true))
-        .unwrap()
-        .unwrap();
+    let value =
+        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "publish", publish_arguments(true)).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(
         PublishOutcome::decode(value).unwrap(),
         PublishOutcome::Published(true)
     );
 
     assert_eq!(
-        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "ping", vec![]).unwrap(),
-        None
+        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "ping", BTreeMap::new()).unwrap(),
+        Value::Unit
     );
 
-    let invalid = CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "publish", vec![]).unwrap_err();
+    let invalid =
+        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "publish", BTreeMap::new()).unwrap_err();
     assert!(matches!(invalid, DispatchError::InvalidArguments(_)));
+    assert_eq!(invalid.phase(), DispatchPhase::BeforeInvocation);
+    assert_eq!(invalid.effect_guarantee(), None);
 
-    let host = CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "host_value", vec![]).unwrap_err();
-    assert!(matches!(host, DispatchError::Host(error) if error.message() == "backend unavailable"));
+    let host =
+        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "host_value", BTreeMap::new()).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(
+        matches!(&host, DispatchError::Host(error) if error.message() == "backend unavailable")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(host.phase(), DispatchPhase::AfterInvocation);
+    assert_eq!(host.effect_guarantee(), Some(EffectGuarantee::Unknown));
 
-    let unknown = CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "missing", vec![]).unwrap_err();
+    let panic =
+        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&PanickingCatalog, "host_value", BTreeMap::new()).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(panic, DispatchError::Panic));
+    assert_eq!(panic.phase(), DispatchPhase::AfterInvocation);
+    assert_eq!(panic.effect_guarantee(), Some(EffectGuarantee::Unknown));
+    assert!(!panic.to_string().contains("private panic payload"));
+
+    let unknown =
+        CatalogDefinition::dispatch(&AcceptingCatalog, "missing", BTreeMap::new()).unwrap_err();
     assert!(matches!(unknown, DispatchError::UnknownOperation(name) if name == "missing"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn host_errors_require_a_typed_kind_and_effect_guarantee() {
+    let internal = HostError::internal("x".repeat(4_096), EffectGuarantee::NotCommitted);
+    assert_eq!(internal.kind(), HostErrorKind::Internal);
+    assert_eq!(internal.effect_guarantee(), EffectGuarantee::NotCommitted);
+    assert!(internal.message().len() <= 512);
+
+    let resource = HostError::resource_limit("deadline", EffectGuarantee::Unknown);
+    assert_eq!(resource.kind(), HostErrorKind::ResourceLimitExceeded);
+    assert_eq!(resource.effect_guarantee(), EffectGuarantee::Unknown);
+}
+
 /// Operations whose distinct source names normalize to the same PascalCase.
 #[interface]
 pub trait DistinctOperations {
@@ -245,12 +292,12 @@ fn distinct_operation_names_always_generate_distinct_public_items() {
     assert_eq!(descriptor.operations[0].name, "item");
     assert_eq!(descriptor.operations[1].name, "item_");
 
-    let first = DistinctOperationsDefinition::dispatch(&DistinctImplementation, "item", vec![])
-        .unwrap()
-        .unwrap();
-    let second = DistinctOperationsDefinition::dispatch(&DistinctImplementation, "item_", vec![])
-        .unwrap()
-        .unwrap();
+    let first =
+        DistinctOperationsDefinition::dispatch(&DistinctImplementation, "item", BTreeMap::new())
+            .unwrap();
+    let second =
+        DistinctOperationsDefinition::dispatch(&DistinctImplementation, "item_", BTreeMap::new())
+            .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(first, Value::String("item".into()));
     assert_eq!(second, Value::String("item_".into()));
 }

crates/wip-interface/tests/ui/mixed_enum.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use wip_interface::WipType;
 
 #[derive(WipType)]
-enum MixedEnum {
+enum UnsupportedEnum {
     Empty,
-    Payload(String),
+    Payload { value: String },
 }
 
 fn main() {}

crates/wip-interface/tests/ui/mixed_enum.stderr

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-error: a `WipType` enum must contain either only unit variants or only single-field tuple variants; mixed and named-field variants are unsupported
- --> tests/ui/mixed_enum.rs:4:1
+error: a `WipType` enum must contain unit variants and/or single-field tuple variants; named-field and multi-field variants are unsupported
+ --> tests/ui/mixed_enum.rs:6:5
   |
-4 | enum MixedEnum {
-  | ^^^^
+6 |     Payload { value: String },
+  |     ^^^^^^^

crates/wip-interface/tests/ui/unsupported_type.stderr

@@ -4,16 +4,11 @@ error[E0277]: the trait bound `(std::string::String, std::string::String): WipTy
 5 |     fn load(&self, pair: (String, String)) -> OperationResult<String>;
   |                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `WipType` is not implemented for `(std::string::String, std::string::String)`
   |
-  = help: the following other types implement trait `WipType`:
-            JsonValue
-            Vec<T>
-            bool
-            f32
-            f64
-            i128
-            i16
-            i32
-          and $N others
+help: the trait `WipType` is implemented for `()`
+ --> src/lib.rs
+  |
+  | impl WipType for () {
+  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error[E0277]: the trait bound `(std::string::String, std::string::String): WipType` is not satisfied
  --> tests/ui/unsupported_type.rs:5:26
@@ -24,16 +19,11 @@ error[E0277]: the trait bound `(std::string::String, std::string::String): WipTy
 5 |     fn load(&self, pair: (String, String)) -> OperationResult<String>;
   |                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `WipType` is not implemented for `(std::string::String, std::string::String)`
   |
-  = help: the following other types implement trait `WipType`:
-            JsonValue
-            Vec<T>
-            bool
-            f32
-            f64
-            i128
-            i16
-            i32
-          and $N others
+help: the trait `WipType` is implemented for `()`
+ --> src/lib.rs
+  |
+  | impl WipType for () {
+  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 note: required by a bound in `wip_interface::__private::RecordDecoder::required`
  --> src/lib.rs
   |

crates/wip-protocol/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 [package]
 name = "wip-protocol"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Transport-independent logical model and validation for WIP"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/wip-protocol"
 
 [dependencies]

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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
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+SOFTWARE.

crates/wip-protocol/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# wip-protocol
+
+Transport-independent logical types and validation for the Web Interface Protocol (WIP).
+
+This crate defines the canonical Object and Interface Descriptor models, the three Core interaction request and response types, schema-neutral operation `Value`s, validators, protocol errors, and structural validation. It does not define an HTTP mapping, application DTOs, persistence, or network I/O.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+wip-protocol = "0.1.0"
+```
+
+Interface identity is an exact `InterfaceReference { scope, name }` pair.
+`scope` is a canonical absolute Worldspace path and `name` is nonempty Unicode.
+Use `validate()` for shape, `validate_for_path()` for ancestor-or-self placement,
+and Object/interaction validation at response boundaries. Fetching needs no
+target Object path. Fetch responses and interface call targets carry optional
+opaque string `scope_ref` metadata, not a third identity field. Descriptors do
+not embed identity. See the repository's [migration guide](../../MIGRATION.md)
+for the breaking Rust and HTTP wire changes and deferred consumer semantics.
+
+See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/wip-protocol) for the complete model and validation rules.
+
+Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.

crates/wip-protocol/src/error.rs

@@ -8,79 +8,65 @@ pub enum NameNamespace {
     TypeDeclaration,
     /// Operations in an interface descriptor.
     Operation,
-    /// Fields in a record declaration.
+    /// Fields in an inline or named record type.
     Field,
     /// Parameters in an operation declaration.
     Parameter,
-    /// Variants in an enum declaration.
-    EnumVariant,
-    /// Variants in a union declaration.
-    UnionVariant,
-    /// Fields supplied in a record value.
-    RecordValueField,
-    /// Arguments supplied in an operation call.
-    Argument,
-    /// Members in a logical JSON object.
-    JsonMember,
-    /// Descriptors in an interface observation.
-    InterfaceDescriptor,
+    /// Cases in an enum type.
+    EnumCase,
+    /// Cases in a union type.
+    UnionCase,
+    /// Child object names beneath one tree node.
+    ChildObject,
 }
 
-/// Structural kind of a logical protocol value.
+/// Structural kind of a schema-neutral logical value.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ValueKind {
-    /// String value.
-    String,
+    /// Unit value.
+    Unit,
     /// Boolean value.
     Boolean,
     /// Integer value.
     Integer,
     /// Floating-point number value.
     Number,
+    /// String value.
+    String,
     /// Byte sequence.
     Bytes,
-    /// List value.
-    List,
-    /// Key/value entry.
-    Entry,
     /// Record value.
     Record,
-    /// Enum value.
-    Enum,
-    /// Tagged-union value.
-    Union,
-    /// Logical JSON value.
-    Json,
+    /// List value.
+    List,
 }
 
 /// A typed segment identifying a declaration or value location.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum PathSegment {
-    /// Interface descriptor.
-    Interface(String),
+    /// Descriptor root.
+    Descriptor,
     /// Named type declaration.
     Declaration(String),
     /// Operation declaration or call.
     Operation(String),
     /// Record field declaration or value.
     Field(String),
-    /// Operation parameter declaration or argument.
+    /// Operation parameter or argument.
     Parameter(String),
-    /// Enum or union variant.
-    Variant(String),
-    /// List or JSON array index.
+    /// Enum or union case.
+    Case(String),
+    /// List index.
     Index(usize),
-    /// Entry key.
-    EntryKey,
-    /// Entry value.
-    EntryValue,
     /// Operation return value.
     Return,
-    /// JSON object member.
-    JsonMember(String),
+    /// Object at a Worldspace path.
+    Object(String),
+    /// Child object in an observation response.
+    Child(String),
 }
 
-/// Machine-readable reason why protocol validation failed.
+/// Machine-readable reason why logical protocol validation failed.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ValidationErrorKind {
     /// A name occurred more than once in one namespace.
@@ -117,11 +103,15 @@ pub enum ValidationErrorKind {
         /// Missing field name.
         name: String,
     },
-    /// An enum or union value selected an undeclared variant.
-    UnknownVariant {
-        /// Unknown variant name.
+    /// An enum or union selected an undeclared case.
+    UnknownCase {
+        /// Unknown case name.
         name: String,
     },
+    /// A payload-bearing union case omitted `value`.
+    MissingUnionPayload,
+    /// A payload-free union case supplied `value`.
+    UnexpectedUnionPayload,
     /// An operation call contains an undeclared argument.
     UnknownParameter {
         /// Unknown parameter name.
@@ -132,44 +122,73 @@ pub enum ValidationErrorKind {
         /// Missing parameter name.
         name: String,
     },
-    /// An integer is outside the JavaScript-lossless range.
+    /// An operation is not declared by the descriptor.
+    UnknownOperation {
+        /// Unknown operation name.
+        name: String,
+    },
+    /// An integer is outside the interoperable safe range.
     IntegerOutOfRange {
         /// Rejected integer.
         value: i64,
     },
     /// A numeric value is NaN or infinite.
     NonFiniteNumber,
+    /// A JSON-interpreted value tree contains protocol bytes.
+    BytesInJson,
+    /// An object name is not a valid root or non-root path segment.
+    InvalidObjectName {
+        /// Rejected object name.
+        name: String,
+    },
     /// An object's ordered interface set contains a duplicate.
     DuplicateInterface {
-        /// Duplicate interface name.
-        name: String,
+        /// Duplicate structured interface reference.
+        reference: crate::InterfaceReference,
     },
-    /// An observation omits a descriptor named by its object.
-    MissingInterfaceDescriptor {
-        /// Missing interface name.
-        name: String,
+    /// The local interface name is empty.
+    EmptyInterfaceName,
+    /// A valid scope is not an ancestor-or-self of the target path.
+    InterfaceScopeMismatch {
+        /// Selected scope path.
+        scope: String,
+        /// Target Object path.
+        path: String,
     },
-    /// An observation contains a descriptor not named by its object.
-    UnexpectedInterfaceDescriptor {
-        /// Unexpected interface name.
-        name: String,
+    /// A string is not a canonical absolute Worldspace path.
+    InvalidPath {
+        /// Rejected path.
+        path: String,
     },
-    /// A call targets an interface other than the descriptor being used.
-    InterfaceMismatch {
-        /// Descriptor interface name.
+    /// An object name does not match the path where it was observed.
+    ObjectNameMismatch {
+        /// Name required by the observation path.
         expected: String,
-        /// Call target interface name.
+        /// Name supplied by the object.
         actual: String,
     },
-    /// An operation is not declared by the interface.
-    UnknownOperation {
-        /// Unknown operation name.
-        name: String,
+    /// Equivalent ref/validator observations disagree on object representation.
+    InconsistentObjectObservation {
+        /// Shared opaque object reference.
+        reference: String,
+    },
+    /// An observation omitted children before reaching the requested depth.
+    ChildrenMissingBeforeDepth {
+        /// Node depth where children were required.
+        depth: u32,
+    },
+    /// An observation included children at the requested depth boundary.
+    ChildrenAtDepthBoundary {
+        /// Boundary depth where children must be unobserved.
+        depth: u32,
+    },
+    /// A response refers to a different interface than its request.
+    InterfaceResponseMismatch {
+        /// Requested structured reference (boxed to keep validation errors small).
+        expected: Box<crate::InterfaceReference>,
+        /// Returned structured reference (boxed to keep validation errors small).
+        actual: Box<crate::InterfaceReference>,
     },
-    /// A no-return operation produced a value.
-    UnexpectedReturnValue,
-    /// An operation with a return declaration produced no value.
-    MissingReturnValue,
 }
 
 /// A validation failure with a typed path to the failing location.
@@ -211,30 +230,150 @@ impl Display for ValidationError {
 
 impl Error for ValidationError {}
 
-/// Stable category of an error returned by a protocol host runtime.
+/// One core interaction whose failure codes form a closed set.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum ProtocolErrorCategory {
-    /// The request is structurally invalid.
-    InvalidRequest,
-    /// The target object is not published.
-    ObjectNotFound,
-    /// The target interface is not implemented by the object.
-    InterfaceNotFound,
-    /// The target operation is not declared by the interface.
-    OperationNotFound,
-    /// Supplied operation arguments are invalid.
-    InvalidArguments,
-    /// The implementation rejected the call for a domain reason.
-    OperationFailed,
-    /// The host encountered an internal failure.
-    Internal,
+pub enum ProtocolInteraction {
+    /// Observe one object and its indexable descendants to a requested depth.
+    Observe,
+    /// Fetch one interface descriptor by its structured reference.
+    FetchInterface,
+    /// Invoke one operation on a path-targeted object.
+    CallOperation,
 }
 
-/// Transport-independent protocol failure returned by a host runtime.
+/// Stable protocol failure code returned by a host.
+///
+/// This is the complete wire-level code set. A Client treats a malformed success
+/// or failure response, including a code disallowed for its interaction, as a
+/// Client-local `InvalidResponse`. An unsupported descriptor format is likewise
+/// a Client-local `UnsupportedDescriptorFormat`; neither condition is a code a
+/// Host can return.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ProtocolErrorCode {
+    /// The request is structurally invalid before an operation descriptor is fixed.
+    InvalidRequest,
+    /// The target object is not published.
+    NotFound,
+    /// The interface reference is not currently published.
+    InterfaceNotFound,
+    /// The selected interface is not on the current object.
+    InterfaceMismatch,
+    /// The selected operation is not declared by the current interface.
+    OperationNotFound,
+    /// Supplied arguments do not match the fixed operation declaration.
+    InvalidArguments,
+    /// The operation requires an object validator and none was supplied.
+    ValidatorRequired,
+    /// The supplied object validator does not match current state.
+    ValidatorMismatch,
+    /// A mutable interface requires its validator and none was supplied.
+    InterfaceValidatorRequired,
+    /// The supplied interface validator does not match the descriptor.
+    InterfaceValidatorMismatch,
+    /// A published operation is not permitted for the caller.
+    PermissionDenied,
+    /// A bounded protocol resource limit was exceeded.
+    ///
+    /// For `call_operation`, the Host guarantees that the operation was not run
+    /// or that all of its effects were rolled back.
+    ResourceLimitExceeded,
+    /// The Host encountered an internal failure.
+    ///
+    /// For `call_operation`, the Host guarantees that the operation was not run
+    /// or that all of its effects were rolled back.
+    Internal,
+    /// The Host cannot guarantee that the operation was not run or rolled back.
+    ///
+    /// A Client must not automatically retry because the operation may have
+    /// committed effects even though no success response was available.
+    OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+}
+
+impl ProtocolErrorCode {
+    /// Every canonical wire-level error code.
+    pub const ALL: [Self; 14] = [
+        Self::InvalidRequest,
+        Self::NotFound,
+        Self::InterfaceNotFound,
+        Self::InterfaceMismatch,
+        Self::OperationNotFound,
+        Self::InvalidArguments,
+        Self::ValidatorRequired,
+        Self::ValidatorMismatch,
+        Self::InterfaceValidatorRequired,
+        Self::InterfaceValidatorMismatch,
+        Self::PermissionDenied,
+        Self::ResourceLimitExceeded,
+        Self::Internal,
+        Self::OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+    ];
+
+    /// Whether a Host may return this code for `interaction`.
+    ///
+    /// `false` identifies an invalid error response; it does not turn that
+    /// response into another wire-level protocol failure.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn is_allowed_for(self, interaction: ProtocolInteraction) -> bool {
+        use ProtocolErrorCode::{
+            InterfaceMismatch, InterfaceNotFound, InterfaceValidatorMismatch,
+            InterfaceValidatorRequired, Internal, InvalidArguments, InvalidRequest, NotFound,
+            OperationNotFound, OperationOutcomeUnknown, PermissionDenied, ResourceLimitExceeded,
+            ValidatorMismatch, ValidatorRequired,
+        };
+        use ProtocolInteraction::{CallOperation, FetchInterface, Observe};
+
+        match (interaction, self) {
+            (_, InvalidRequest | ResourceLimitExceeded | Internal) => true,
+            (Observe, NotFound) => true,
+            (FetchInterface, InterfaceNotFound) => true,
+            (
+                CallOperation,
+                NotFound
+                | InterfaceMismatch
+                | OperationNotFound
+                | InvalidArguments
+                | ValidatorRequired
+                | ValidatorMismatch
+                | InterfaceValidatorRequired
+                | InterfaceValidatorMismatch
+                | PermissionDenied
+                | OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+            ) => true,
+            (
+                _,
+                NotFound
+                | InterfaceNotFound
+                | InterfaceMismatch
+                | OperationNotFound
+                | InvalidArguments
+                | ValidatorRequired
+                | ValidatorMismatch
+                | InterfaceValidatorRequired
+                | InterfaceValidatorMismatch
+                | PermissionDenied
+                | OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+            ) => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Transport-independent protocol failure.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ProtocolError {
-    /// Stable programmatic category.
-    pub category: ProtocolErrorCategory,
-    /// Human-readable diagnostic. Consumers must not branch on this text.
+    /// Stable programmatic code. Consumers must branch on this field.
+    pub code: ProtocolErrorCode,
+    /// Bounded human-readable diagnostic. Consumers must not branch on it.
     pub message: String,
 }
+
+impl Display for ProtocolError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            formatter,
+            "protocol failure ({:?}): {}",
+            self.code, self.message
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ProtocolError {}

crates/wip-protocol/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,44 @@
-//! Transport-independent logical types for the Web Interface Protocol (WIP).
+//! Canonical transport-independent logical types for the Web Interface Protocol.
 //!
-//! This crate deliberately models interface declarations, published objects,
-//! operation calls, and operation results without assigning them HTTP routes,
-//! methods, headers, or JSON envelopes. A transport can encode these values,
-//! but the encoding is outside this crate's contract.
+//! This crate follows the Core Model and `3-protocol.md` without assigning HTTP
+//! routes, methods, headers, URL encodings, or JSON envelopes. The correspondence
+//! between canonical logical concepts and this crate is direct:
+//!
+//! | Canonical protocol concept | Rust API |
+//! | --- | --- |
+//! | Object projection and ordered interface set | [`Object`] |
+//! | Optional object identity / state precondition | `Object::ref` / [`Object::validator`] |
+//! | Interface Descriptor | [`InterfaceDescriptor`] |
+//! | Named declaration and all schema expressions | [`TypeDeclaration`] / [`TypeExpr`] |
+//! | Schema-neutral primitive/composite value | [`Value`] |
+//! | `observe` | [`ObserveRequest`] / [`ObserveResponse`] |
+//! | `fetch_interface` | [`FetchInterfaceRequest`] / [`FetchInterfaceResponse`] |
+//! | Object and interface call preconditions | [`Target`] / [`InterfaceTarget`] |
+//! | `call_operation` | [`CallOperationRequest`] / [`CallOperationResponse`] |
+//! | Stable Host failure taxonomy | [`ProtocolErrorCode`] / [`ProtocolError`] |
+//! | Per-interaction allowed failure codes | [`ProtocolInteraction`] / [`ProtocolErrorCode::is_allowed_for`] |
+//!
+//! [`ProtocolErrorCode`] is a closed set of Host-returned wire failures. After a
+//! Client receives a response, an invalid Object, Descriptor, operation result,
+//! malformed error, or error code disallowed by [`ProtocolInteraction`] is a
+//! Client-local `InvalidResponse`, not another wire error. A descriptor whose
+//! `format` is not supported is a Client-local `UnsupportedDescriptorFormat`.
+//!
+//! For `call_operation`, [`ProtocolErrorCode::Internal`] and
+//! [`ProtocolErrorCode::ResourceLimitExceeded`] guarantee that the operation did
+//! not run or that all effects were rolled back. Only
+//! [`ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown`] means the Host cannot make that
+//! guarantee; Clients must not automatically retry it.
+//!
+//! Paths, object refs, interface refs, and validators remain separate concepts.
+//! Interface refs use [`InterfaceReference`]; other metadata use strings/bytes in their
+//! fields. In particular, object refs are optional, operation targeting uses a
+//! path, and this crate defines no interaction that fetches an object by ref.
+//!
+//! [`Value`] contains only the canonical raw value kinds. A descriptor interprets
+//! enum values as strings, entries as canonical-path strings, and unions as
+//! records with a `$case` string plus an optional `value` payload. JSON uses the
+//! same value tree (`Unit` is JSON null) and rejects bytes.
 
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
@@ -12,19 +47,33 @@ mod model;
 mod validation;
 
 pub use error::{
-    NameNamespace, PathSegment, ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCategory, ValidationError,
-    ValidationErrorKind, ValueKind,
+    NameNamespace, PathSegment, ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction,
+    ValidationError, ValidationErrorKind, ValueKind,
 };
 pub use model::{
-    Documentation, EnumDeclaration, EnumVariantDeclaration, FieldDeclaration, InterfaceDescriptor,
-    InterfaceObservation, JsonMember, JsonValue, NamedValue, Object, ObjectId, OperationCall,
-    OperationDeclaration, OperationOutcome, OperationResult, OperationTarget, ParameterDeclaration,
-    RecordDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration, TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr, UnionDeclaration,
-    UnionVariantDeclaration, Value,
+    CallOperationRequest, CallOperationResponse, Documentation, EnumCase, FetchInterfaceRequest,
+    FetchInterfaceResponse, FieldDeclaration, InterfaceDescriptor, InterfaceReference,
+    InterfaceTarget, Object, ObjectObservation, ObserveRequest, ObserveResponse,
+    OperationDeclaration, ParameterDeclaration, ProtocolResult, ReturnDeclaration, Target,
+    TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr, UnionCase, Value,
 };
 
-/// Largest integer that is exactly interoperable with a JavaScript `Number`.
+/// Validates a canonical absolute Worldspace path.
+pub fn validate_path(path: &str) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+    validation::validate_path(path)
+}
+
+/// Canonical format identifier for the first Interface Descriptor format.
+pub const INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1: &str = "wip-interface/1";
+
+/// Discriminator field used by a union's raw record value.
+pub const UNION_CASE_FIELD: &str = "$case";
+
+/// Optional payload field used by a union's raw record value.
+pub const UNION_VALUE_FIELD: &str = "value";
+
+/// Largest integer exactly interoperable with a JavaScript `Number`.
 pub const MAX_SAFE_INTEGER: i64 = 9_007_199_254_740_991;
 
-/// Smallest integer that is exactly interoperable with a JavaScript `Number`.
+/// Smallest integer exactly interoperable with a JavaScript `Number`.
 pub const MIN_SAFE_INTEGER: i64 = -MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;

crates/wip-protocol/src/model.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
 use crate::{ProtocolError, ValidationError};
 
-/// Human-readable documentation attached to a protocol declaration.
+/// Human-readable plain-text documentation attached to a protocol declaration.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 pub struct Documentation {
     /// A short, self-contained description.
@@ -9,242 +11,234 @@ pub struct Documentation {
     pub details: Option<String>,
 }
 
-/// Stable logical identity of a published object.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
-pub struct ObjectId(pub String);
-
-/// A published object and the ordered set of interfaces it implements.
+/// An interface identified by an exact `(scope, name)` pair in one Worldspace.
 ///
-/// The vector order is significant. Call [`Object::validate`] before
-/// publication to reject duplicate interface names.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct Object {
-    /// Logical object identity.
-    pub id: ObjectId,
-    /// Interface names in publication order.
-    pub interfaces: Vec<String>,
+/// Neither field is normalized, case-folded, URL-decoded, or split on display
+/// delimiters. Descriptor identity is external to the descriptor itself.
+///
+/// ```
+/// use wip_protocol::{FetchInterfaceRequest, InterfaceReference};
+/// let reference = InterfaceReference {
+///     scope: "/世::界/#".into(),
+///     name: "read::書く#λ".into(),
+/// };
+/// reference.validate_for_path("/世::界/#/item")?;
+/// // Fetching is independent of an Object target path.
+/// FetchInterfaceRequest { interface: reference }.validate()?;
+/// # Ok::<(), wip_protocol::ValidationError>(())
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub struct InterfaceReference {
+    /// Canonical absolute Worldspace path of the interface's scope Object.
+    pub scope: String,
+    /// Nonempty Unicode local name, with no delimiter restrictions.
+    pub name: String,
 }
 
-/// A complete logical observation of an object and its interface descriptors.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct InterfaceObservation {
-    /// Observed object.
-    pub object: Object,
-    /// Descriptors corresponding to `object.interfaces`.
-    pub descriptors: Vec<InterfaceDescriptor>,
+impl InterfaceReference {
+    /// Validates reference shape without requiring a target Object path.
+    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_interface_reference(self)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates shape and that scope is an ancestor-or-self of `path`.
+    ///
+    /// This is independent of indexability. A Host maps a valid reference's
+    /// scope mismatch to `InterfaceMismatch` at the interface-selection stage,
+    /// not to the earlier shape-validation `InvalidRequest` stage.
+    pub fn validate_for_path(&self, path: &str) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_interface_scope(self, path)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The protocol projection currently published at one Worldspace path.
+///
+/// `name` is a path segment, `interfaces` is an ordered set of structured interface
+/// references, `r#ref` is optional object identity, and `validator` is an
+/// independent optional observation precondition. In particular, neither the
+/// path nor `r#ref` is a mandatory object identifier.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Object {
+    /// Path-segment name. The root object's name is empty.
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Short public description of the object.
+    pub description: Option<String>,
+    /// Structured interface references in host publication order.
+    pub interfaces: Vec<InterfaceReference>,
+    /// Optional opaque identity within one client-facing Worldspace.
+    pub r#ref: Option<String>,
+    /// Optional opaque validator for the object's observed state.
+    pub validator: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 /// Transport-independent description of one interface.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+///
+/// Interface identity is supplied by interaction fields such as
+/// [`FetchInterfaceResponse::interface`], not embedded in the descriptor.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct InterfaceDescriptor {
-    /// Interface name.
-    pub name: String,
+    /// Descriptor format version understood by clients and hosts.
+    pub format: String,
     /// Optional interface documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
-    /// Named type declarations local to this descriptor.
-    pub declarations: Vec<TypeDeclaration>,
+    /// Named declarations local to this descriptor.
+    pub types: Vec<TypeDeclaration>,
     /// Operations exposed by this interface.
     pub operations: Vec<OperationDeclaration>,
 }
 
-/// A named type declaration local to an interface descriptor.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum TypeDeclaration {
-    /// A record declaration.
-    Record(RecordDeclaration),
-    /// An enumeration declaration.
-    Enum(EnumDeclaration),
-    /// A tagged union declaration.
-    Union(UnionDeclaration),
-}
-
-impl TypeDeclaration {
-    /// Returns the descriptor-local declaration name.
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        match self {
-            Self::Record(declaration) => &declaration.name,
-            Self::Enum(declaration) => &declaration.name,
-            Self::Union(declaration) => &declaration.name,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Declaration of a record with named fields.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct RecordDeclaration {
+/// A descriptor-local named type declaration.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct TypeDeclaration {
     /// Descriptor-local type name.
     pub name: String,
-    /// Optional record documentation.
+    /// Optional type documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
-    /// Fields in declaration order.
-    pub fields: Vec<FieldDeclaration>,
+    /// Definition associated with `name`.
+    pub definition: TypeExpr,
+}
+
+/// A type expression used by declarations, fields, parameters, and returns.
+///
+/// [`TypeExpr::Named`] references are resolved only within the containing
+/// descriptor. Recursive references, including recursion through lists,
+/// records, and unions, are invalid.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TypeExpr {
+    /// A value carrying no data.
+    Unit,
+    /// A boolean.
+    Boolean,
+    /// A JavaScript-lossless signed integer.
+    Integer,
+    /// A finite IEEE-754 binary64 number.
+    Number,
+    /// A Unicode string.
+    String,
+    /// An opaque byte sequence.
+    Bytes,
+    /// A schema-opaque JSON-compatible value tree.
+    Json,
+    /// A canonical absolute Worldspace path represented by a string value.
+    Entry,
+    /// A descriptor-local named declaration.
+    Named {
+        /// Referenced declaration name.
+        name: String,
+    },
+    /// A record with named fields.
+    Record {
+        /// Fields in declaration order.
+        fields: Vec<FieldDeclaration>,
+    },
+    /// An ordered list.
+    List {
+        /// Type of every list item.
+        items: Box<TypeExpr>,
+    },
+    /// A closed set of payload-free cases represented by strings.
+    Enum {
+        /// Cases in declaration order.
+        cases: Vec<EnumCase>,
+    },
+    /// A discriminated union represented by a record.
+    Union {
+        /// Cases in declaration order.
+        cases: Vec<UnionCase>,
+    },
 }
 
 /// Declaration of a record field.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct FieldDeclaration {
     /// Field name.
     pub name: String,
+    /// Whether the field must be present.
+    pub required: bool,
     /// Optional field documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
     /// Field value type.
-    pub ty: TypeExpr,
-    /// Whether the field may be omitted.
-    ///
-    /// Optionality represents absence, not a `null` value.
-    pub optional: bool,
+    pub r#type: TypeExpr,
 }
 
-/// Declaration of an enumeration.
+/// One payload-free enum case.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct EnumDeclaration {
-    /// Descriptor-local type name.
+pub struct EnumCase {
+    /// Case name.
     pub name: String,
-    /// Optional enum documentation.
+    /// Optional case documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
-    /// Allowed variants in declaration order.
-    pub variants: Vec<EnumVariantDeclaration>,
 }
 
-/// Declaration of one enumeration variant.
+/// One union case with zero or one payload.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct EnumVariantDeclaration {
-    /// Variant name.
+pub struct UnionCase {
+    /// Case name.
     pub name: String,
-    /// Optional variant documentation.
+    /// Optional case documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
-}
-
-/// Declaration of a tagged union.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct UnionDeclaration {
-    /// Descriptor-local type name.
-    pub name: String,
-    /// Optional union documentation.
-    pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
-    /// Allowed tagged variants in declaration order.
-    pub variants: Vec<UnionVariantDeclaration>,
-}
-
-/// Declaration of one tagged-union variant.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct UnionVariantDeclaration {
-    /// Variant tag.
-    pub name: String,
-    /// Optional variant documentation.
-    pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
-    /// Payload type.
-    pub ty: TypeExpr,
-}
-
-/// A type expression used by fields, parameters, returns, and union payloads.
-///
-/// `Named` references are resolved only within the containing descriptor.
-/// Optional values are represented by the containing field or parameter and
-/// therefore are intentionally not a type expression.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum TypeExpr {
-    /// A UTF-8 string.
-    String,
-    /// A boolean.
-    Boolean,
-    /// A JavaScript-lossless integer.
-    Integer,
-    /// A finite IEEE-754 double precision number.
-    Number,
-    /// An opaque byte sequence.
-    Bytes,
-    /// An ordered sequence of values.
-    List(Box<TypeExpr>),
-    /// A key/value entry.
-    Entry {
-        /// Entry key type.
-        key: Box<TypeExpr>,
-        /// Entry value type.
-        value: Box<TypeExpr>,
-    },
-    /// A logical JSON value.
-    Json,
-    /// A descriptor-local named declaration.
-    Named(String),
+    /// Optional payload type.
+    pub payload: Option<TypeExpr>,
 }
 
 /// Declaration of one interface operation.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct OperationDeclaration {
-    /// Operation name, unique within its interface.
+    /// Operation name, unique within its descriptor.
     pub name: String,
     /// Optional operation documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
     /// Parameters in declaration order.
     pub parameters: Vec<ParameterDeclaration>,
-    /// Return declaration, or `None` for an operation with no return value.
-    pub returns: Option<ReturnDeclaration>,
+    /// Return declaration. No-data operations return [`TypeExpr::Unit`].
+    pub returns: ReturnDeclaration,
 }
 
 /// Declaration of one operation parameter.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ParameterDeclaration {
     /// Parameter name.
     pub name: String,
+    /// Whether the parameter must be present.
+    pub required: bool,
     /// Optional parameter documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
     /// Parameter value type.
-    pub ty: TypeExpr,
-    /// Whether the parameter may be omitted.
-    ///
-    /// Optionality represents absence, not a `null` value.
-    pub optional: bool,
+    pub r#type: TypeExpr,
 }
 
 /// Declaration of an operation return value.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ReturnDeclaration {
     /// Optional return-value documentation.
     pub documentation: Option<Documentation>,
     /// Return value type.
-    pub ty: TypeExpr,
+    pub r#type: TypeExpr,
 }
 
-/// A logical protocol value.
+/// A schema-neutral logical protocol value.
 ///
-/// There is no general `Null` variant: optional record fields and operation
-/// parameters are omitted. JSON null remains available inside [`Value::Json`].
+/// Enum cases, union cases, entries, and JSON are interpretations imposed by a
+/// descriptor. They are deliberately not variants of this enum. Record key
+/// ordering is not protocol-significant.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Value {
-    /// A UTF-8 string.
-    String(String),
+    /// A value carrying no data; it also represents JSON null under `Json`.
+    Unit,
     /// A boolean.
     Boolean(bool),
-    /// An integer, validated against the JavaScript safe integer range.
+    /// A JavaScript-lossless integer.
     Integer(i64),
-    /// A number, validated to be finite.
+    /// A finite IEEE-754 binary64 number.
     Number(f64),
+    /// A Unicode string.
+    String(String),
     /// An opaque byte sequence.
     Bytes(Vec<u8>),
+    /// String-keyed fields with order-insensitive semantics.
+    Record(BTreeMap<String, Value>),
     /// An ordered sequence.
     List(Vec<Value>),
-    /// A key/value entry.
-    Entry {
-        /// Entry key.
-        key: Box<Value>,
-        /// Entry value.
-        value: Box<Value>,
-    },
-    /// Record fields. Duplicate names are invalid.
-    Record(Vec<NamedValue>),
-    /// An enum variant name.
-    Enum(String),
-    /// A tagged-union value.
-    Union {
-        /// Selected variant tag.
-        variant: String,
-        /// Variant payload.
-        value: Box<Value>,
-    },
-    /// A logical JSON value.
-    Json(JsonValue),
 }
 
 impl Value {
@@ -252,132 +246,218 @@ impl Value {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn kind(&self) -> crate::ValueKind {
         match self {
-            Self::String(_) => crate::ValueKind::String,
+            Self::Unit => crate::ValueKind::Unit,
             Self::Boolean(_) => crate::ValueKind::Boolean,
             Self::Integer(_) => crate::ValueKind::Integer,
             Self::Number(_) => crate::ValueKind::Number,
+            Self::String(_) => crate::ValueKind::String,
             Self::Bytes(_) => crate::ValueKind::Bytes,
-            Self::List(_) => crate::ValueKind::List,
-            Self::Entry { .. } => crate::ValueKind::Entry,
             Self::Record(_) => crate::ValueKind::Record,
-            Self::Enum(_) => crate::ValueKind::Enum,
-            Self::Union { .. } => crate::ValueKind::Union,
-            Self::Json(_) => crate::ValueKind::Json,
+            Self::List(_) => crate::ValueKind::List,
         }
     }
 }
 
-/// A named value used by records and operation arguments.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct NamedValue {
-    /// Field or parameter name.
-    pub name: String,
-    /// Associated value.
-    pub value: Value,
-}
-
-/// A transport-independent JSON value.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum JsonValue {
-    /// JSON null.
-    Null,
-    /// JSON boolean.
-    Boolean(bool),
-    /// JSON integer, validated against the JavaScript safe integer range.
-    Integer(i64),
-    /// JSON number, validated to be finite.
-    Number(f64),
-    /// JSON string.
-    String(String),
-    /// JSON array.
-    Array(Vec<JsonValue>),
-    /// JSON object. Duplicate member names are invalid.
-    Object(Vec<JsonMember>),
-}
-
-/// A member of a logical JSON object.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct JsonMember {
-    /// Member name.
-    pub name: String,
-    /// Member value.
-    pub value: JsonValue,
-}
-
-/// Logical destination of an operation call.
+/// Request for the object currently published at one path and its indexable descendants.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct OperationTarget {
-    /// Target object.
-    pub object: ObjectId,
-    /// Target interface name.
-    pub interface: String,
-    /// Target operation name.
+pub struct ObserveRequest {
+    /// Canonical absolute path of the observation root.
+    pub path: String,
+    /// Maximum observed depth, where the requested object has depth zero.
+    pub depth: u32,
+}
+
+/// One node in an object observation.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ObjectObservation {
+    /// Object observed at this Worldspace position.
+    pub object: Object,
+    /// Complete direct children when observed, or `None` at the requested depth boundary.
+    pub children: Option<Vec<ObjectObservation>>,
+}
+
+/// Successful `observe` response.
+pub type ObserveResponse = ObjectObservation;
+
+/// Request for the current descriptor of one structured interface reference.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct FetchInterfaceRequest {
+    /// Structured interface reference obtained from an object.
+    pub interface: InterfaceReference,
+}
+
+/// Successful `fetch_interface` response.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct FetchInterfaceResponse {
+    /// Structured interface reference corresponding to the request.
+    pub interface: InterfaceReference,
+    /// Optional opaque ref of the scope Object, not part of interface identity.
+    pub scope_ref: Option<String>,
+    /// Current validated descriptor.
+    pub descriptor: InterfaceDescriptor,
+    /// Optional opaque validator for this descriptor observation.
+    pub validator: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+/// Object portion of an operation target.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Target {
+    /// Canonical absolute path of the target object.
+    pub path: String,
+    /// Optional validator copied from the object observation.
+    pub validator: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+/// Interface portion of an operation target.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct InterfaceTarget {
+    /// Structured reference selected from the object's interface set.
+    pub reference: InterfaceReference,
+    /// Optional scope Object ref copied from the same interface observation.
+    pub scope_ref: Option<String>,
+    /// Optional validator copied from the interface observation.
+    pub validator: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+/// Transport-independent request to execute one operation.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CallOperationRequest {
+    /// Path and optional object-state precondition.
+    pub target: Target,
+    /// Interface reference and its independent optional precondition.
+    pub interface: InterfaceTarget,
+    /// Operation name within the selected descriptor.
     pub operation: String,
+    /// Named arguments; map iteration order has no protocol meaning.
+    pub arguments: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
 }
 
-/// A transport-independent operation call.
+/// Successful operation response.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct OperationCall {
-    /// Logical call target.
-    pub target: OperationTarget,
-    /// Named arguments. Optional arguments are represented by omission.
-    pub arguments: Vec<NamedValue>,
+pub struct CallOperationResponse {
+    /// Application result validated against the operation return declaration.
+    pub result: Value,
+    /// Optional validator for the object state observed after execution.
+    pub validator: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
-/// Successful or failed logical outcome of an operation.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum OperationOutcome {
-    /// Operation returned. `None` represents a declared no-return operation.
-    Returned(Option<Value>),
-    /// Operation failed with a protocol-level error.
-    Failed(ProtocolError),
-}
-
-/// A transport-independent operation result.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct OperationResult {
-    /// Target corresponding to the result.
-    pub target: OperationTarget,
-    /// Logical outcome.
-    pub outcome: OperationOutcome,
+/// Logical outcome of any core interaction.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ProtocolResult<T> {
+    /// The interaction succeeded.
+    Success(T),
+    /// The interaction failed at the protocol boundary.
+    Failure(ProtocolError),
 }
 
 impl Object {
-    /// Validates ordered-set interface semantics.
+    /// Validates the object-independent name and ordered-interface-set rules.
     pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
         crate::validation::validate_object(self)
     }
-}
 
-impl InterfaceObservation {
-    /// Validates the object, descriptor structure, and their correspondence.
-    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-        crate::validation::validate_observation(self)
+    /// Validates this object as the response observed at `path`.
+    pub fn validate_at_path(&self, path: &str) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_object_at_path(self, path)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates equal representations for a shared ref and present validator.
+    pub fn validate_consistency_with(&self, other: &Self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_object_consistency(self, other)
     }
 }
 
 impl InterfaceDescriptor {
-    /// Validates declaration structure, references, and absence of recursion.
+    /// Validates declaration structure, named references, and absence of cycles.
     pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
         crate::validation::validate_descriptor(self)
     }
 
-    /// Validates a value against a type expression in this descriptor.
-    pub fn validate_value(&self, ty: &TypeExpr, value: &Value) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-        crate::validation::validate_root_value(self, ty, value)
+    /// Validates a raw value against a type expression in this descriptor.
+    pub fn validate_value(&self, r#type: &TypeExpr, value: &Value) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_root_value(self, r#type, value)
     }
 
-    /// Validates a call target and arguments against this descriptor.
-    pub fn validate_call(&self, call: &OperationCall) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-        crate::validation::validate_call(self, call)
-    }
-
-    /// Validates an operation's returned value against this descriptor.
-    pub fn validate_return(
+    /// Validates named arguments for one declared operation.
+    pub fn validate_arguments(
         &self,
         operation: &str,
-        value: Option<&Value>,
+        arguments: &BTreeMap<String, Value>,
     ) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-        crate::validation::validate_return(self, operation, value)
+        crate::validation::validate_arguments(self, operation, arguments)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates one operation result against its return declaration.
+    pub fn validate_result(&self, operation: &str, result: &Value) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_result(self, operation, result)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates the path, operation, and arguments in a call request.
+    pub fn validate_call(&self, request: &CallOperationRequest) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_call(self, request)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ObserveRequest {
+    /// Validates the request path.
+    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_path(&self.path)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates observation shape, names, and requested depth.
+    ///
+    /// Failure means the Client received an invalid success response; it is not a
+    /// Host-returned [`crate::ProtocolErrorCode`].
+    pub fn validate_response(&self, response: &ObserveResponse) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_observe_response(response, self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FetchInterfaceRequest {
+    /// Validates reference shape; fetching an interface needs no target path.
+    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        self.interface.validate()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FetchInterfaceResponse {
+    /// Validates request correspondence and descriptor semantics.
+    ///
+    /// Failure means the Client received an invalid success response; it is not a
+    /// Host-returned [`crate::ProtocolErrorCode`]. Descriptor format support is a
+    /// separate Client concern: an otherwise valid descriptor with an unsupported
+    /// `format` is a Client-local `UnsupportedDescriptorFormat`.
+    pub fn validate_for(&self, request: &FetchInterfaceRequest) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_fetch_interface_response(self, request)
+    }
+}
+
+impl CallOperationRequest {
+    /// Validates descriptor-independent request shape only.
+    ///
+    /// Scope compatibility is deliberately deferred to interface selection so
+    /// that `NotFound` precedes `InterfaceMismatch` at the Host boundary.
+    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        crate::validation::validate_call_shape(self)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates this call's shape and descriptor-bound operation/arguments.
+    /// Scope compatibility and membership require Host publication context.
+    pub fn validate_with(&self, descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        descriptor.validate_call(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl CallOperationResponse {
+    /// Validates this result against the named operation in `descriptor`.
+    ///
+    /// Failure means the Client received an invalid success response; it is not a
+    /// Host-returned [`crate::ProtocolErrorCode`].
+    pub fn validate_for(
+        &self,
+        descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+        operation: &str,
+    ) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        descriptor.validate_result(operation, &self.result)
     }
 }

crates/wip-protocol/tests/interface_references.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use wip_protocol::{
+    CallOperationRequest, FetchInterfaceRequest, FetchInterfaceResponse, InterfaceDescriptor,
+    InterfaceReference, InterfaceTarget, Object, ObjectObservation, ObserveRequest,
+    OperationDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration, Target, TypeExpr, ValidationErrorKind,
+};
+
+fn reference(scope: &str, name: &str) -> InterfaceReference {
+    InterfaceReference {
+        scope: scope.into(),
+        name: name.into(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn object(path: &str, interfaces: Vec<InterfaceReference>) -> Object {
+    Object {
+        name: path.rsplit('/').next().unwrap().into(),
+        description: None,
+        interfaces,
+        r#ref: None,
+        validator: None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn descriptor() -> InterfaceDescriptor {
+    InterfaceDescriptor {
+        format: wip_protocol::INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1.into(),
+        documentation: None,
+        types: vec![],
+        operations: vec![OperationDeclaration {
+            name: "run".into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            parameters: vec![],
+            returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                documentation: None,
+                r#type: TypeExpr::Unit,
+            },
+        }],
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scope_is_segment_based_ancestor_or_self_not_indexability() {
+    for (scope, path) in [
+        ("/", "/"),
+        ("/", "/a/b"),
+        ("/a", "/a"),
+        ("/a", "/a/b"),
+        ("/a/b", "/a/b/c"),
+    ] {
+        reference(scope, "read").validate_for_path(path).unwrap();
+        object(path, vec![reference(scope, "read")])
+            .validate_at_path(path)
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+    for (scope, path) in [
+        ("/a", "/ab"),
+        ("/a", "/ab/c"),
+        ("/a/b", "/a/c"),
+        ("/a/b", "/a"),
+        ("/a", "/"),
+    ] {
+        assert!(matches!(
+            reference(scope, "read")
+                .validate_for_path(path)
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind,
+            ValidationErrorKind::InterfaceScopeMismatch { .. }
+        ));
+        // Without the placement context, the Object/reference shape is valid.
+        let object = object(path, vec![reference(scope, "read")]);
+        object.validate().unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            object.validate_at_path(path).unwrap_err().kind,
+            ValidationErrorKind::InterfaceScopeMismatch { .. }
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shape_validation_does_not_normalize_or_parse_fields() {
+    for scope in ["", "relative", "//a", "/a/", "/a//b", "/a/./b", "/a/../b"] {
+        let reference = reference(scope, "read");
+        assert!(matches!(
+            reference.validate().unwrap_err().kind,
+            ValidationErrorKind::InvalidPath { .. }
+        ));
+        assert!(
+            FetchInterfaceRequest {
+                interface: reference.clone()
+            }
+            .validate()
+            .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(object("/a", vec![reference]).validate().is_err());
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        reference("/", "").validate().unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::EmptyInterfaceName
+    );
+    for name in [".", "..", "a/b", "::", "#", "読み::書き#λ", "e\u{301}"] {
+        let reference = reference("/世::界/#/%2F", name);
+        reference.validate().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(reference.name, name);
+        assert_eq!(reference.scope, "/世::界/#/%2F");
+    }
+    assert_ne!(reference("/", "é"), reference("/", "e\u{301}"));
+    assert_ne!(reference("/A", "read"), reference("/a", "read"));
+    assert_ne!(reference("/%61", "read"), reference("/a", "read"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn duplicate_membership_and_correlation_use_complete_pair() {
+    let root = reference("/", "read");
+    let scoped = reference("/a", "read");
+    let mut object = object("/a", vec![root.clone(), scoped.clone()]);
+    object.validate_at_path("/a").unwrap();
+    assert!(object.interfaces.contains(&scoped));
+    assert!(!object.interfaces.contains(&reference("/b", "read")));
+    object.interfaces.push(root.clone());
+    assert_eq!(
+        object.validate().unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::DuplicateInterface {
+            reference: root.clone()
+        }
+    );
+    let request = FetchInterfaceRequest { interface: root };
+    let mut response = FetchInterfaceResponse {
+        interface: scoped,
+        scope_ref: None,
+        descriptor: descriptor(),
+        validator: None,
+    };
+    assert!(matches!(
+        response.validate_for(&request).unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::InterfaceResponseMismatch { .. }
+    ));
+    response.interface = request.interface.clone();
+    for scope_ref in [None, Some(String::new()), Some("opaque::世界#/%".into())] {
+        response.scope_ref = scope_ref;
+        response.validate_for(&request).unwrap();
+    }
+    response.interface.name.clear();
+    assert_eq!(
+        response.validate_for(&request).unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::EmptyInterfaceName
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn observe_checks_scope_at_every_node_including_depth_boundary() {
+    let request = ObserveRequest {
+        path: "/a".into(),
+        depth: 1,
+    };
+    let mut response = ObjectObservation {
+        object: object("/a", vec![reference("/a", "read")]),
+        children: Some(vec![ObjectObservation {
+            object: object("/a/b", vec![reference("/a/b", "read")]),
+            children: None,
+        }]),
+    };
+    request.validate_response(&response).unwrap();
+    response.children.as_mut().unwrap()[0].object.interfaces[0].scope = "/a/c".into();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        request.validate_response(&response).unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::InterfaceScopeMismatch { .. }
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn fetch_needs_no_target_path_and_call_separates_shape_from_scope_selection() {
+    let reference = reference("/some/unrelated/scope", "read");
+    let fetch = FetchInterfaceRequest {
+        interface: reference.clone(),
+    };
+    fetch.validate().unwrap();
+    FetchInterfaceResponse {
+        interface: reference.clone(),
+        scope_ref: None,
+        descriptor: descriptor(),
+        validator: None,
+    }
+    .validate_for(&fetch)
+    .unwrap();
+    let mut call = CallOperationRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: "/a".into(),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            reference,
+            scope_ref: Some("opaque".into()),
+            validator: None,
+        },
+        operation: "run".into(),
+        arguments: BTreeMap::new(),
+    };
+    call.validate().unwrap();
+    call.validate_with(&descriptor()).unwrap();
+    // This stage is Host InterfaceMismatch, after NotFound, not shape InvalidRequest.
+    assert!(matches!(
+        call.interface
+            .reference
+            .validate_for_path(&call.target.path)
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::InterfaceScopeMismatch { .. }
+    ));
+    call.interface.reference.name.clear();
+    assert_eq!(
+        call.validate().unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::EmptyInterfaceName
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        call.validate_with(&descriptor()).unwrap_err().kind,
+        ValidationErrorKind::EmptyInterfaceName
+    );
+}

crates/wip-public-api-example/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "wip-public-api-example"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+description = "Public-only end-to-end conformance consumer for the WIP Rust APIs"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+wip-host.workspace = true
+wip-interface.workspace = true
+wip-protocol.workspace = true

crates/wip-public-api-example/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,592 @@
+//! Public-only conformance consumer for the WIP Rust crates.
+//!
+//! # Architectural boundary
+//!
+//! This package is an ordinary application consumer. Its direct dependencies are
+//! the public `wip-protocol`, `wip-interface`, and `wip-host` crates; it neither
+//! imports workspace-private modules nor depends on `wip-interface-macros`.
+//! `wip-protocol` owns transport-independent DTOs and schema-neutral values,
+//! while this package owns its application DTOs and interface traits. The
+//! request-scoped implementation, backend handle, authorization policy, and
+//! publication wiring remain host-private. A transport binding would translate
+//! its own wire routes and envelopes to the protocol call DTOs; no HTTP type is
+//! part of an application trait or interface descriptor.
+//!
+//! # Breaking migration exercised here
+//!
+//! The canonical API targets operations by `target.path` rather than a mandatory
+//! object identifier. Object `ref` and object/interface validators are separate,
+//! optional observation fields. This demo registers explicit `catalog`, `audit`
+//! and `diagnostics` names at the service Object self-scope. A private [`Scope`]
+//! lifetime and coherent [`ScopeObservation`] bind fetch and call to that Object;
+//! successful calls carry its optional `scope_ref` identity precondition.
+//! Interface references are structured scope/name values observed
+//! separately from descriptors, and descriptors contain neither a Rust trait
+//! name nor an opaque-reference `name` field. Application records, enums,
+//! unions, entry paths, and JSON all encode through the schema-neutral [`Value`]
+//! variants: entries and enums are strings, unions are discriminator records,
+//! and JSON recursively uses ordinary records/lists/primitives. The former
+//! `Entry<K, V>` and semantic `Value::Entry`, `Value::Enum`, `Value::Union`, and
+//! `Value::Json` forms are intentionally unsupported.
+//!
+//! # Supported authoring subset
+//!
+//! Public, non-generic traits use immutable `&self` receivers, owned named
+//! parameters, and explicit `wip::OperationResult<T>` returns. Derived DTOs are
+//! named-field records, all-unit enums, or unions with unit and single-payload
+//! cases. A direct `Option<T>` means field/argument omission, never protocol
+//! null. See `wip-interface` for the complete rejected-syntax list.
+
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::io;
+
+use wip_host::{
+    CallErrorKind, CallRequest, ExecutionContext, InterfaceRef, InterfaceRegistry, InterfaceTarget,
+    ObjectProvider, ProviderResult, PublishedObject, RegisteredInterface, Scope, ScopeObservation,
+    Target, Validator, WipObject,
+};
+use wip_interface as wip;
+use wip_interface::WipType;
+use wip_protocol::{InterfaceReference, ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, Value};
+
+const OBJECT_PATH: &str = "/article-service";
+const OBJECT_VALIDATOR: &[u8] = b"object-v1";
+const CATALOG_VALIDATOR: &[u8] = b"catalog-v1";
+
+/// Publication visibility represented as a protocol enum string.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, wip::WipType)]
+pub enum Visibility {
+    /// Visible to every authorized caller.
+    Public,
+    /// Visible only inside the application domain.
+    Private,
+}
+
+/// An application-owned request DTO mapped to a protocol record.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, wip::WipType)]
+pub struct PublishRequest {
+    /// Title of the article to publish.
+    pub title: String,
+    /// Optional article body; omission is distinct from JSON null.
+    pub body: Option<String>,
+    /// Canonical Worldspace path to the source entry.
+    pub source: wip::Entry,
+    /// Application enum represented by a schema-neutral string.
+    pub visibility: Visibility,
+    /// Schema-opaque JSON represented by ordinary protocol values.
+    pub metadata: wip::JsonValue,
+}
+
+/// The application domain result of a publication attempt.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, wip::WipType)]
+pub enum PublishOutcome {
+    /// Publication succeeded and returned its application identifier.
+    Published(String),
+    /// An application policy rejected the publication.
+    Rejected(String),
+}
+
+/// Article publication operations.
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait Catalog {
+    /// Publishes an article or reports an application-domain rejection.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// The typed application outcome.
+    fn publish(
+        &self,
+        /// Application publication request.
+        request: PublishRequest,
+    ) -> wip::OperationResult<PublishOutcome>;
+
+    /// Returns the catalog-qualified status.
+    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
+
+    /// Demonstrates a rollback-confirmed host/backend failure.
+    fn backend_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
+
+    /// Demonstrates a host/backend failure with an unknown operation outcome.
+    fn uncertain_backend_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
+
+    /// Demonstrates denial after every structural precondition succeeds.
+    fn restricted_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
+}
+
+/// Audit operations exposed by the same object.
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait Audit {
+    /// Returns the audit-qualified status.
+    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
+}
+
+/// A registered but deliberately unexposed interface.
+#[wip::interface]
+pub trait Diagnostics {
+    /// Returns host-private diagnostics when explicitly exposed.
+    fn diagnostics(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
+}
+
+/// Observable outcomes from the complete public-API scenario.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct DemoReport {
+    /// Path-segment name from the canonical object projection.
+    pub object_name: String,
+    /// Optional object identity, distinct from the resolution path.
+    pub object_reference: Option<String>,
+    /// Optional object-state validator.
+    pub object_validator: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    /// Structured interface references published by the object, in exposure order.
+    pub published_interfaces: Vec<InterfaceReference>,
+    /// Self-scoped reference assigned to the catalog descriptor.
+    pub catalog_interface_reference: InterfaceReference,
+    /// Self-scoped reference assigned to the audit descriptor.
+    pub audit_interface_reference: InterfaceReference,
+    /// Descriptor format observed separately for the catalog reference.
+    pub catalog_descriptor_format: String,
+    /// Descriptor format observed separately for the audit reference.
+    pub audit_descriptor_format: String,
+    /// Scope Object ref observed together with the catalog Descriptor.
+    pub catalog_scope_ref: Option<String>,
+    /// Scope Object ref observed together with the audit Descriptor.
+    pub audit_scope_ref: Option<String>,
+    /// Membership rejection when the supplied scope Object ref is stale.
+    pub scope_mismatch: ProtocolErrorCode,
+    /// Typed successful application result decoded from a validated [`Value`].
+    pub published: PublishOutcome,
+    /// Typed application-domain rejection decoded from a validated [`Value`].
+    pub rejected: PublishOutcome,
+    /// Result of the catalog-qualified `status` operation.
+    pub catalog_status: String,
+    /// Result of the audit-qualified `status` operation.
+    pub audit_status: String,
+    /// Stable failure kind produced by the deliberate host/backend failure.
+    pub host_failure: CallErrorKind,
+    /// Protocol failure whose operation effects are guaranteed not committed.
+    pub protocol_failure: ProtocolError,
+    /// Protocol failure whose operation effects cannot be proven absent.
+    pub unknown_protocol_failure: ProtocolError,
+    /// Authorization failure after a fully qualified valid request.
+    pub permission_failure: ProtocolErrorCode,
+    /// Recovery signal for a stale object validator.
+    pub validator_failure: ProtocolErrorCode,
+    /// Failure for a known but unexposed interface reference.
+    pub interface_mismatch: ProtocolErrorCode,
+    /// Failure for an unknown interface observation reference.
+    pub interface_not_found: ProtocolErrorCode,
+    /// First failure for a request with an invalid path and later invalid fields.
+    pub precedence_failure: ProtocolErrorCode,
+}
+
+/// Runs the complete end-to-end conformance example.
+///
+/// The provider resolves the current object from a Worldspace path for each
+/// call. Interface observations remain separate from object projection, and all
+/// successful calls carry independent object and interface validators.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns an error if registration, observation, path resolution, dispatch, or
+/// application-value decoding fails unexpectedly.
+pub fn run() -> Result<DemoReport, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
+    let scope = Scope::new(OBJECT_PATH)?;
+    let catalog = registry.register(
+        &scope,
+        "catalog",
+        CatalogDefinition,
+        Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
+    )?;
+    let audit = registry.register(&scope, "audit", AuditDefinition, None)?;
+    let diagnostics = registry.register(&scope, "diagnostics", DiagnosticsDefinition, None)?;
+    let provider = ApplicationProvider {
+        scope,
+        catalog: catalog.clone(),
+        audit: audit.clone(),
+    };
+
+    let object = provider.observe_object(OBJECT_PATH)?;
+    let catalog_response = provider
+        .fetch_interface(
+            &registry,
+            object
+                .interfaces
+                .first()
+                .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("catalog interface was not published"))?,
+        )?
+        .protocol_response()?;
+    let audit_response = provider
+        .fetch_interface(
+            &registry,
+            object
+                .interfaces
+                .get(1)
+                .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("audit interface was not published"))?,
+        )?
+        .protocol_response()?;
+
+    let published = dispatch_publish(
+        &provider,
+        catalog.reference(),
+        PublishRequest {
+            title: "Public APIs".into(),
+            body: Some("protocol values in, validated values out".into()),
+            source: wip::Entry::new("/drafts/public-apis")?,
+            visibility: Visibility::Public,
+            metadata: wip::JsonValue::Object(vec![wip::JsonMember {
+                name: "reviewed".into(),
+                value: wip::JsonValue::Boolean(true),
+            }]),
+        },
+    )?;
+    let rejected = dispatch_publish(
+        &provider,
+        catalog.reference(),
+        PublishRequest {
+            title: String::new(),
+            body: None,
+            source: wip::Entry::new("/drafts/untitled")?,
+            visibility: Visibility::Private,
+            metadata: wip::JsonValue::Null,
+        },
+    )?;
+    let catalog_status = dispatch_string(
+        &provider,
+        request(
+            OBJECT_PATH,
+            catalog.reference(),
+            Some(CATALOG_VALIDATOR),
+            "status",
+            BTreeMap::new(),
+        ),
+    )?;
+    let audit_status = dispatch_string(
+        &provider,
+        request(
+            OBJECT_PATH,
+            audit.reference(),
+            None,
+            "status",
+            BTreeMap::new(),
+        ),
+    )?;
+
+    let host_error = provider
+        .call_operation(request(
+            OBJECT_PATH,
+            catalog.reference(),
+            Some(CATALOG_VALIDATOR),
+            "backend_status",
+            BTreeMap::new(),
+        ))
+        .expect_err("backend_status must model a host failure");
+    ensure_kind(&host_error, CallErrorKind::Internal)?;
+    let protocol_failure = host_error.protocol_error();
+
+    let unknown_protocol_failure = provider
+        .call_operation(request(
+            OBJECT_PATH,
+            catalog.reference(),
+            Some(CATALOG_VALIDATOR),
+            "uncertain_backend_status",
+            BTreeMap::new(),
+        ))
+        .expect_err("uncertain_backend_status must preserve an unknown outcome")
+        .protocol_error();
+
+    let permission_failure = provider
+        .call_operation(request(
+            OBJECT_PATH,
+            catalog.reference(),
+            Some(CATALOG_VALIDATOR),
+            "restricted_status",
+            BTreeMap::new(),
+        ))
+        .expect_err("restricted_status must be denied")
+        .protocol_error()
+        .code;
+
+    let validator_failure = provider
+        .call_operation(CallRequest {
+            target: Target {
+                path: OBJECT_PATH.into(),
+                validator: Some(b"stale-object".to_vec()),
+            },
+            interface: InterfaceTarget {
+                scope_ref: None,
+                reference: diagnostics.reference().protocol_reference(),
+                validator: Some(b"stale-interface".to_vec()),
+            },
+            operation: "missing".into(),
+            arguments: BTreeMap::from([("unknown".into(), Value::Unit)]),
+        })
+        .expect_err("the stale object validator must fail first")
+        .protocol_error()
+        .code;
+
+    let interface_mismatch = provider
+        .call_operation(request(
+            OBJECT_PATH,
+            diagnostics.reference(),
+            None,
+            "diagnostics",
+            BTreeMap::new(),
+        ))
+        .expect_err("registered but unexposed interface must not dispatch")
+        .protocol_error()
+        .code;
+
+    let interface_not_found = provider
+        .fetch_interface(
+            &registry,
+            &InterfaceReference {
+                scope: OBJECT_PATH.into(),
+                name: "missing-interface".into(),
+            },
+        )
+        .expect_err("unknown interface references must not resolve")
+        .code;
+
+    let mut stale_scope = request(
+        OBJECT_PATH,
+        catalog.reference(),
+        Some(CATALOG_VALIDATOR),
+        "status",
+        BTreeMap::new(),
+    );
+    stale_scope.interface.scope_ref = Some("replaced-service-instance".into());
+    let scope_mismatch = provider
+        .call_operation(stale_scope)
+        .expect_err("stale scope identity must reject before operation dispatch")
+        .protocol_error()
+        .code;
+
+    let precedence_failure = provider
+        .call_operation(CallRequest {
+            target: Target {
+                path: "relative/path".into(),
+                validator: Some(b"stale-object".to_vec()),
+            },
+            interface: InterfaceTarget {
+                scope_ref: None,
+                reference: diagnostics.reference().protocol_reference(),
+                validator: Some(b"stale-interface".to_vec()),
+            },
+            operation: "missing".into(),
+            arguments: BTreeMap::from([("unknown".into(), Value::Unit)]),
+        })
+        .expect_err("invalid path must have canonical precedence")
+        .protocol_error()
+        .code;
+
+    Ok(DemoReport {
+        object_name: object.name,
+        object_reference: object.r#ref,
+        object_validator: object.validator,
+        published_interfaces: object.interfaces,
+        catalog_interface_reference: catalog.reference().protocol_reference(),
+        audit_interface_reference: audit.reference().protocol_reference(),
+        catalog_descriptor_format: catalog_response.descriptor.format,
+        audit_descriptor_format: audit_response.descriptor.format,
+        catalog_scope_ref: catalog_response.scope_ref,
+        audit_scope_ref: audit_response.scope_ref,
+        scope_mismatch,
+        published,
+        rejected,
+        catalog_status,
+        audit_status,
+        host_failure: host_error.kind(),
+        protocol_failure,
+        unknown_protocol_failure,
+        permission_failure,
+        validator_failure,
+        interface_mismatch,
+        interface_not_found,
+        precedence_failure,
+    })
+}
+
+fn ensure_kind(error: &wip_host::CallError, expected: CallErrorKind) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    if error.kind() == expected {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(io::Error::other(format!(
+            "unexpected host failure kind: {:?}",
+            error.kind()
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+fn dispatch_publish(
+    provider: &ApplicationProvider,
+    catalog: &InterfaceRef,
+    request_value: PublishRequest,
+) -> Result<PublishOutcome, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let encoded_request = request_value.encode()?;
+    let result = provider.call_operation(request(
+        OBJECT_PATH,
+        catalog,
+        Some(CATALOG_VALIDATOR),
+        "publish",
+        BTreeMap::from([("request".into(), encoded_request)]),
+    ))?;
+    Ok(PublishOutcome::decode(result.result)?)
+}
+
+fn dispatch_string(
+    provider: &ApplicationProvider,
+    request: CallRequest,
+) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let result = provider.call_operation(request)?;
+    Ok(String::decode(result.result)?)
+}
+
+fn request(
+    path: &str,
+    interface: &InterfaceRef,
+    interface_validator: Option<&[u8]>,
+    operation: &str,
+    arguments: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
+) -> CallRequest {
+    CallRequest {
+        target: Target {
+            path: path.into(),
+            validator: Some(OBJECT_VALIDATOR.to_vec()),
+        },
+        interface: InterfaceTarget {
+            scope_ref: Some("article-service-instance".into()),
+            reference: interface.protocol_reference(),
+            validator: interface_validator.map(<[u8]>::to_vec),
+        },
+        operation: operation.into(),
+        arguments,
+    }
+}
+
+struct ApplicationProvider {
+    scope: Scope,
+    catalog: RegisteredInterface<CatalogDefinition>,
+    audit: RegisteredInterface<AuditDefinition>,
+}
+
+impl ObjectProvider for ApplicationProvider {
+    type Object = ApplicationService;
+
+    fn with_object<R>(
+        &self,
+        _context: &ExecutionContext,
+        path: &str,
+        operation: impl FnOnce(&PublishedObject<Self::Object>) -> R,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<R> {
+        if path != OBJECT_PATH {
+            return ProviderResult::NotFound;
+        }
+        // The immutable demo has no mutable backend actors. A real backend
+        // must retain its transaction/lock across association and operation.
+        let service = ApplicationService::new();
+        let current = ScopeObservation::new(&self.scope, &service);
+        let publication = PublishedObject::new(service)
+            .bind_scope(current)
+            .expose(&self.catalog)
+            .expect("ApplicationService implements Catalog")
+            .expose(&self.audit)
+            .expect("ApplicationService implements Audit");
+        ProviderResult::Found(operation(&publication))
+    }
+
+    fn authorize(
+        &self,
+        _: &str,
+        _: &ApplicationService,
+        _: &InterfaceRef,
+        operation: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        operation != "restricted_status"
+    }
+}
+
+struct ApplicationService {
+    object_validator: Validator,
+    backend_connection: String,
+}
+
+impl ApplicationService {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            object_validator: Validator::new(OBJECT_VALIDATOR),
+            backend_connection: "private://article-database".into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl WipObject for ApplicationService {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "article-service"
+    }
+
+    fn description(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        Some("Article publication service")
+    }
+
+    fn reference(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        Some("article-service-instance")
+    }
+
+    fn validator(&self) -> Option<&Validator> {
+        Some(&self.object_validator)
+    }
+
+    fn requires_validator(&self, _: &InterfaceRef, _: &str) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+impl Catalog for ApplicationService {
+    fn publish(&self, request: PublishRequest) -> wip::OperationResult<PublishOutcome> {
+        if request.title.trim().is_empty() {
+            Ok(PublishOutcome::Rejected("a title is required".into()))
+        } else {
+            Ok(PublishOutcome::Published("article-1".into()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
+        Ok("catalog-ready".into())
+    }
+
+    fn backend_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
+        if self.backend_connection.starts_with("private://") {
+            Err(wip::HostError::internal(
+                "backend unavailable",
+                wip::EffectGuarantee::NotCommitted,
+            ))
+        } else {
+            Ok("backend-ready".into())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn uncertain_backend_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
+        Err(wip::HostError::internal(
+            "backend commit acknowledgement unavailable",
+            wip::EffectGuarantee::Unknown,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    fn restricted_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
+        Ok("authorization hook should prevent this call".into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Audit for ApplicationService {
+    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
+        Ok("audit-ready".into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Diagnostics for ApplicationService {
+    fn diagnostics(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
+        Ok("host-private".into())
+    }
+}

crates/wip-public-api-example/tests/end_to_end.rs

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+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use wip_host::CallErrorKind;
+use wip_interface::{Entry, JsonMember, JsonValue, WipType};
+use wip_protocol::{INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, InterfaceDescriptor, Object, ProtocolErrorCode, Value};
+use wip_public_api_example::{CatalogDefinition, PublishOutcome, PublishRequest, Visibility, run};
+
+#[test]
+fn public_crates_support_the_complete_qualified_end_to_end_scenario() {
+    let report = run().unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(report.object_name, "article-service");
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.object_reference.as_deref(),
+        Some("article-service-instance")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.object_validator.as_deref(),
+        Some(b"object-v1".as_slice())
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.published_interfaces,
+        [
+            report.catalog_interface_reference.clone(),
+            report.audit_interface_reference.clone(),
+        ],
+        "interfaces must retain explicit publication order"
+    );
+    assert_ne!(
+        report.catalog_interface_reference, report.audit_interface_reference,
+        "interfaces form an ordered set of distinct scope/name references"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(report.catalog_interface_reference.scope, "/article-service");
+    assert_eq!(report.catalog_interface_reference.name, "catalog");
+    assert_eq!(report.audit_interface_reference.scope, "/article-service");
+    assert_eq!(report.audit_interface_reference.name, "audit");
+    assert_eq!(report.catalog_descriptor_format, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1);
+    assert_eq!(report.audit_descriptor_format, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1);
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.catalog_scope_ref.as_deref(),
+        Some("article-service-instance")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(report.audit_scope_ref, report.catalog_scope_ref);
+    assert_eq!(report.scope_mismatch, ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch);
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.published,
+        PublishOutcome::Published("article-1".into())
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.rejected,
+        PublishOutcome::Rejected("a title is required".into())
+    );
+    assert_eq!(report.catalog_status, "catalog-ready");
+    assert_eq!(report.audit_status, "audit-ready");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn domain_host_permission_and_validator_failures_remain_distinct() {
+    let report = run().unwrap();
+
+    assert!(matches!(report.rejected, PublishOutcome::Rejected(_)));
+    assert_eq!(report.host_failure, CallErrorKind::Internal);
+    assert_eq!(report.protocol_failure.code, ProtocolErrorCode::Internal);
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.unknown_protocol_failure.code,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.permission_failure,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::PermissionDenied
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.validator_failure,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::ValidatorMismatch,
+        "validator recovery signals must not collapse to InvalidRequest"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn interface_mismatch_is_not_interface_not_found() {
+    let report = run().unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.interface_mismatch,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceMismatch
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.interface_not_found,
+        ProtocolErrorCode::InterfaceNotFound
+    );
+    assert_ne!(report.interface_mismatch, report.interface_not_found);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn invalid_path_keeps_canonical_failure_precedence() {
+    let report = run().unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(report.precedence_failure, ProtocolErrorCode::InvalidRequest);
+    assert_ne!(report.precedence_failure, report.validator_failure);
+    assert_ne!(report.precedence_failure, report.interface_mismatch);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn object_fields_keep_path_context_and_optional_ref_separate() {
+    // Listing every field makes this test fail to compile if a mandatory
+    // ObjectId is reintroduced into the canonical object DTO.
+    let object = Object {
+        name: "article".into(),
+        description: None,
+        interfaces: vec![root_reference("catalog-ref"), root_reference("audit-ref")],
+        r#ref: None,
+        validator: None,
+    };
+
+    object.validate_at_path("/library/article").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(object.name, "article");
+    assert_eq!(object.r#ref, None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        object.interfaces,
+        [root_reference("catalog-ref"), root_reference("audit-ref")]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn interface_reference_is_observed_separately_from_descriptor_fields() {
+    // An exact destructuring pattern is compile-time coverage that the
+    // descriptor has no trait-name or opaque-reference `name` field.
+    let InterfaceDescriptor {
+        format,
+        documentation,
+        types,
+        operations,
+    } = CatalogDefinition::descriptor();
+
+    assert_eq!(format, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1);
+    assert!(documentation.is_some());
+    assert!(!types.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(
+        operations
+            .iter()
+            .map(|operation| operation.name.as_str())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        [
+            "publish",
+            "status",
+            "backend_status",
+            "uncertain_backend_status",
+            "restricted_status",
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn application_record_enum_union_entry_and_json_use_schema_neutral_values() {
+    let request = PublishRequest {
+        title: "Canonical values".into(),
+        body: None,
+        source: Entry::new("/drafts/canonical-values").unwrap(),
+        visibility: Visibility::Public,
+        metadata: JsonValue::Object(vec![
+            JsonMember {
+                name: "tags".into(),
+                value: JsonValue::Array(vec![JsonValue::String("wip".into()), JsonValue::Null]),
+            },
+            JsonMember {
+                name: "ready".into(),
+                value: JsonValue::Boolean(true),
+            },
+        ]),
+    };
+
+    let encoded = request.encode().unwrap();
+    assert_schema_neutral(&encoded);
+    let Value::Record(fields) = encoded else {
+        panic!("derived DTO record must use Value::Record")
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        fields.get("title"),
+        Some(&Value::String("Canonical values".into()))
+    );
+    assert!(!fields.contains_key("body"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        fields.get("source"),
+        Some(&Value::String("/drafts/canonical-values".into()))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        fields.get("visibility"),
+        Some(&Value::String("Public".into()))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        fields.get("metadata"),
+        Some(&Value::Record(BTreeMap::from([
+            ("ready".into(), Value::Boolean(true)),
+            (
+                "tags".into(),
+                Value::List(vec![Value::String("wip".into()), Value::Unit])
+            ),
+        ])))
+    );
+
+    let outcome = PublishOutcome::Rejected("policy".into()).encode().unwrap();
+    assert_schema_neutral(&outcome);
+    assert_eq!(
+        outcome,
+        Value::Record(BTreeMap::from([
+            ("$case".into(), Value::String("Rejected".into())),
+            ("value".into(), Value::String("policy".into())),
+        ]))
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn entry_is_a_validated_canonical_absolute_path_string() {
+    let entry = Entry::new("/articles/one").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.encode().unwrap(),
+        Value::String("/articles/one".into())
+    );
+
+    for invalid in [
+        "articles/one",
+        "/articles/",
+        "/articles//one",
+        "/articles/./one",
+        "/articles/../one",
+    ] {
+        assert!(
+            Entry::new(invalid).is_err(),
+            "accepted invalid path {invalid}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            Entry::decode(Value::String(invalid.into())).is_err(),
+            "decoded invalid path {invalid}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_schema_neutral(value: &Value) {
+    // This exhaustive match is a compile-time regression guard: reintroducing
+    // semantic Entry/Enum/Union/Json variants makes the consumer non-exhaustive.
+    match value {
+        Value::Unit
+        | Value::Boolean(_)
+        | Value::Integer(_)
+        | Value::Number(_)
+        | Value::String(_)
+        | Value::Bytes(_) => {}
+        Value::Record(fields) => {
+            for value in fields.values() {
+                assert_schema_neutral(value);
+            }
+        }
+        Value::List(values) => {
+            for value in values {
+                assert_schema_neutral(value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn root_reference(name: &str) -> wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+    wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+        scope: "/".into(),
+        name: name.into(),
+    }
+}

crates/wip-tui/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "wip-tui"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+description = "Interactive terminal client for exploring and operating WIP Worldspaces"
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+base64 = "0.22"
+crossterm = "0.28.1"
+ratatui = "0.29.0"
+serde_json = "1"
+ureq = "3.1.2"
+wip-client.workspace = true
+wip-http.workspace = true
+wip-protocol.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
+wip-fs-server.workspace = true

crates/wip-tui/README.md

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+# wip-tui
+
+`wip-tui` is an interactive terminal client for exploring and operating a WIP
+Worldspace. It is a presentation and terminal-interaction layer over
+`wip-client`: Known Space, request identity, validators, immutable operation call
+contexts, stale transitions, response classification, and bounded histories remain
+owned by the client runtime.
+
+## Start
+
+Supply one `http` or `https` endpoint:
+
+```console
+cargo run -p wip-tui -- --endpoint https://wip.example.test/api/wip
+```
+
+The same canonical endpoint is used unchanged to construct requests, perform
+HTTP I/O, and partition the client cache. WIP over HTTP does not define separate
+HTTPS and development-HTTP profiles; URL scheme, TLS, certificate, authentication,
+and proxy policy belong to the HTTP implementation and deployment.
+
+The endpoint may instead be supplied as `WIP_ENDPOINT`. A non-secret cache
+partition identity may be supplied with `--security-context NAME` or
+`WIP_SECURITY_CONTEXT`. The default request timeout is 30 seconds and can be
+changed with `--timeout SECONDS`.
+
+An Authorization header can be read from an environment variable without placing
+its value in arguments, application state, errors, snapshots, or debug output:
+
+```console
+export WIP_AUTHORIZATION='Bearer …'
+cargo run -p wip-tui -- https://wip.example.test/wip
+```
+
+Use `--authorization-env OTHER_VARIABLE` to select another variable. The value is
+redacted from `Debug` and is never rendered. Shell and process environment security
+remain the operator's responsibility.
+
+### Filesystem server example
+
+In one terminal:
+
+```console
+mkdir -p /tmp/wip-example
+printf 'hello world' >/tmp/wip-example/notes.txt
+cargo run -p wip-fs-server -- \
+  --root /tmp/wip-example \
+  --listen 127.0.0.1:8080 \
+  --base-path /wip \
+  --read-write
+```
+
+In another:
+
+```console
+cargo run -p wip-tui -- http://127.0.0.1:8080/wip
+```
+
+Expand `/`, select `notes.txt`, focus the Interface/Operation pane, and choose
+`read`; descriptors advertised by visible Objects are normally prefetched already.
+The editor labels `offset` and `length` as optional; leave both blank to read the
+bounded file. `Bytes` results are shown as a bounded hex preview. For `replace`,
+enter `contents` as RFC 4648 base64—for example, `dXBkYXRlZA==` for
+`updated`—then review the target Entry, interface reference, operation, and value
+on the confirmation screen before pressing Enter again.
+
+## Keyboard bindings
+
+All required actions are keyboard-accessible.
+
+| Key | Action |
+| --- | --- |
+| `↑`/`k`, `↓`/`j` | Move within the focused tree, operation list, history, or editor |
+| `→`/`l`, `Enter` | Expand a tree node lazily; load/select an interface or operation |
+| `←`/`h` | Collapse a node or move to its parent |
+| `Tab` | Cycle Tree → Selected Entry → Operations → History |
+| `r` | Reobserve the selected Entry and its direct subtree |
+| `c` | Cancel the newest retrieval; a dispatched operation is never presented as canceled |
+| `R` | Reconnect after connection failure |
+| `?` | Open help |
+| `Esc` | Close a modal or return to the tree |
+| `q`, `Ctrl-C` | Exit and restore the terminal |
+
+Inside an argument editor, printable keys are field input, arrows move fields,
+Backspace edits, Enter validates, and Esc cancels. The confirmation screen requires
+a second explicit Enter (or `e`) to execute once. There is no operation auto-retry.
+
+## Screen model
+
+- **Worldspace tree** starts at `/`, lazily materializes expanded nodes, and
+  prefetches children for each visible Object so emptiness and the next expansion
+  frontier are known without selecting that Object first. Text labels distinguish
+  unloaded, loading, empty, stale, and failed state; color is supplemental. Every
+  successful expansion is complete for its requested depth.
+- **Selected Entry** shows only public WIP path, object name, description, ordered
+  interfaces, and freshness. Validators, credentials, Host internals, and backend
+  paths are deliberately hidden. If current metadata disappears, old text is not
+  presented as current.
+- **Interfaces / Operations** identifies every operation by `(interface scope,
+  interface name, operation name)` and explicitly displays `scope=…` and `name=…`.
+  Structured references remain intact in selection, acquisition, and call state;
+  display labels are never parsed back into references. Descriptor lookahead follows fresh visible Objects, shares the
+  client's in-flight/cache bounds, and never retries retained failures implicitly.
+  The pane shows descriptor documentation, ordered parameters, required/optional
+  status, and result types.
+- **Argument editor** supports Unit, Boolean, Integer, Number, String, base64 Bytes,
+  Record, List, Entry, Enum, Union, Json, and descriptor-local named types. Record,
+  List, Union, and Json values use JSON syntax. Union input is
+  `{"$case":"name","value":…}` when the selected case has a payload. Diagnostics
+  remain attached to the failing field.
+- **Recent results / diagnostics** explicitly distinguishes success, Host failure,
+  invalid protocol response, transport failure, client-local failure, and unknown
+  operation outcome. Large values, bytes, nesting, and control characters are
+  bounded before rendering. Only descriptor-declared `Entry` results become
+  navigation targets; path-looking String or Json values do not.
+
+Terminals below 48×14 show a minimum-size screen instead of attempting the full
+layout.
+
+## Validator and failure behavior
+
+Object and interface validators are observed and attached automatically by
+`wip-client`; users neither copy nor edit them. A successful operation may update the
+cached Object validator but does not by itself make the Object observation stale.
+Validator mismatch, interface mismatch, `OperationOutcomeUnknown`, undecodable
+post-dispatch responses, and post-dispatch timeout/disconnect are displayed using
+the runtime's authoritative transition.
+
+For an unknown outcome, the UI states that execution or side effects may have
+occurred, marks the related Entry stale, and tells the user to refresh. Refreshing
+does not recreate the call: the user must select the operation, review fresh input,
+and explicitly execute again. The same no-auto-retry rule applies after validator
+or interface mismatch.
+
+Retrieval work runs on I/O workers while the input/render loop continues. Responses
+return with the original `RequestId`, so an old completion cannot populate another
+Entry's details. Canceling a retrieval records a local cancellation and drops its
+late response. Once an operation crosses dispatch, cancellation is never described
+as undoing execution.
+
+## Tests
+
+The library form keeps reducers and rendering independent of a real terminal.
+`ratatui::TestBackend` snapshots cover tree/detail/result states and the minimum-size
+fallback. Unit tests cover reducer focus, selection, modal confirmation, key
+translation, descriptor inputs, bounded values, and descriptor-directed Entry
+results. The real HTTP integration test launches `wip-fs-server` on a temporary
+root and covers tree selection, reads, validator-protected replacement, external
+stale-validator rejection without retry, explicit refresh/re-execution, and
+symlink confinement.

crates/wip-tui/src/config.rs

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+//! Command-line and environment configuration for the HTTP client.
+
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display, Formatter};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use wip_http::Endpoint;
+
+/// Credential wrapper whose debug output is always redacted.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Secret(String);
+
+impl Secret {
+    pub(crate) fn expose(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl Debug for Secret {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str("Secret([REDACTED])")
+    }
+}
+
+/// Validated runtime configuration.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Config {
+    /// Canonical endpoint used for request construction, transport, and cache partitioning.
+    endpoint: String,
+    /// Non-secret cache partition identity.
+    security_context: String,
+    /// Bounded network timeout.
+    timeout: Duration,
+    /// Optional complete Authorization header value, never rendered or logged.
+    authorization: Option<Secret>,
+}
+
+impl Debug for Config {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        formatter
+            .debug_struct("Config")
+            .field("endpoint", &self.endpoint)
+            .field("security_context", &self.security_context)
+            .field("timeout", &self.timeout)
+            .field("authorization", &self.authorization)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    /// Returns the canonical endpoint used by the client and HTTP transport.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn endpoint(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.endpoint
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the non-secret session cache partition identity.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn security_context(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.security_context
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the end-to-end request timeout.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn timeout(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.timeout
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn authorization(&self) -> Option<&Secret> {
+        self.authorization.as_ref()
+    }
+
+    /// Parses process arguments and supported environment variables.
+    ///
+    /// Endpoint precedence is `--endpoint`, a positional endpoint, then
+    /// `WIP_ENDPOINT`. Authorization is read only from the variable named by
+    /// `--authorization-env` (default `WIP_AUTHORIZATION`).
+    pub fn from_env() -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
+        let arguments = std::env::args().skip(1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let endpoint_env = std::env::var("WIP_ENDPOINT").ok();
+        let security_context = std::env::var("WIP_SECURITY_CONTEXT").ok();
+        Self::parse(arguments, endpoint_env, security_context, |name| {
+            std::env::var(name).ok()
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Parses supplied values; exposed to make startup policy independently testable.
+    pub fn parse<I, S, F>(
+        arguments: I,
+        endpoint_env: Option<String>,
+        security_context_env: Option<String>,
+        mut read_secret: F,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ConfigError>
+    where
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
+        S: Into<String>,
+        F: FnMut(&str) -> Option<String>,
+    {
+        let mut endpoint = None;
+        let mut timeout = Duration::from_secs(30);
+        let mut security_context = security_context_env.unwrap_or_else(|| "anonymous".into());
+        let mut authorization_env = "WIP_AUTHORIZATION".to_owned();
+        let mut iter = arguments.into_iter().map(Into::into);
+        while let Some(argument) = iter.next() {
+            match argument.as_str() {
+                "--endpoint" => endpoint = Some(next_value(&mut iter, "--endpoint")?),
+                "--security-context" => {
+                    security_context = next_value(&mut iter, "--security-context")?;
+                }
+                "--authorization-env" => {
+                    authorization_env = next_value(&mut iter, "--authorization-env")?;
+                }
+                "--timeout" => {
+                    let raw = next_value(&mut iter, "--timeout")?;
+                    let seconds = raw
+                        .parse::<u64>()
+                        .ok()
+                        .filter(|seconds| *seconds > 0)
+                        .ok_or_else(|| {
+                            ConfigError::Invalid("--timeout must be a positive integer".into())
+                        })?;
+                    timeout = Duration::from_secs(seconds);
+                }
+                "--help" | "-h" => return Err(ConfigError::Help),
+                value if value.starts_with('-') => {
+                    return Err(ConfigError::Invalid(format!("unknown option {value}")));
+                }
+                value if endpoint.is_none() => endpoint = Some(value.to_owned()),
+                _ => return Err(ConfigError::Invalid("multiple endpoints supplied".into())),
+            }
+        }
+        let supplied = endpoint
+            .or(endpoint_env)
+            .ok_or_else(|| ConfigError::Invalid("endpoint is required".into()))?;
+        let endpoint =
+            Endpoint::parse(&supplied).map_err(|error| ConfigError::Invalid(error.to_string()))?;
+        if !endpoint.as_url().username().is_empty() || endpoint.as_url().password().is_some() {
+            return Err(ConfigError::Invalid(
+                "endpoint userinfo is not accepted; supply credentials through the configured environment variable"
+                    .into(),
+            ));
+        }
+        if !matches!(endpoint.as_url().scheme(), "http" | "https") {
+            return Err(ConfigError::Invalid(
+                "this HTTP client supports http and https endpoint schemes".into(),
+            ));
+        }
+        if security_context.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ConfigError::Invalid(
+                "security context must not be empty".into(),
+            ));
+        }
+        let authorization = read_secret(&authorization_env)
+            .filter(|value| !value.is_empty())
+            .map(Secret);
+        Ok(Self {
+            endpoint: endpoint.to_string(),
+            security_context,
+            timeout,
+            authorization,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns concise command usage without mentioning credential values.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn usage() -> &'static str {
+        "usage: wip-tui [--endpoint] URL [--security-context NAME] [--authorization-env VAR] [--timeout SECONDS]\n\
+         URL may also be supplied as WIP_ENDPOINT; the HTTP adapter supports http and https."
+    }
+}
+
+fn next_value(
+    iter: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>,
+    option: &str,
+) -> Result<String, ConfigError> {
+    iter.next()
+        .ok_or_else(|| ConfigError::Invalid(format!("{option} requires a value")))
+}
+
+/// Startup configuration failure.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    /// Help was requested.
+    Help,
+    /// A safe, non-secret configuration diagnostic.
+    Invalid(String),
+}
+
+impl Display for ConfigError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Help => formatter.write_str(Config::usage()),
+            Self::Invalid(detail) => write!(formatter, "{detail}\n{}", Config::usage()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ConfigError {}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn endpoint_is_canonical_and_secrets_are_redacted() {
+        let config = Config::parse(
+            ["https://example.test/wip", "--authorization-env", "TOKEN"],
+            None,
+            None,
+            |name| (name == "TOKEN").then(|| "Bearer secret-value".into()),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.endpoint(), "https://example.test/wip/");
+        let debug = format!("{config:?}");
+        assert!(debug.contains("[REDACTED]"));
+        assert!(!debug.contains("secret-value"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn endpoint_userinfo_is_rejected_before_it_can_reach_debug_or_render_state() {
+        for endpoint in [
+            "https://user:password@example.test/wip",
+            "http://user:password@localhost:3000/wip",
+        ] {
+            let error = Config::parse([endpoint], None, None, |_| None).unwrap_err();
+            assert!(error.to_string().contains("userinfo"));
+            assert!(!error.to_string().contains("password"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn http_and_https_are_preserved_as_the_single_endpoint() {
+        for expected in ["http://example.test:3000/wip/", "https://example.test/wip/"] {
+            let supplied = expected.trim_end_matches('/');
+            let config = Config::parse([supplied], None, None, |_| None).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(config.endpoint(), expected);
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/wip-tui/src/editor.rs

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+//! Descriptor-driven operation argument editing and validation.
+
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use base64::Engine as _;
+use base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD;
+use wip_protocol::{
+    InterfaceDescriptor, InterfaceReference, OperationDeclaration, TypeExpr, Value,
+};
+
+const MAX_FIELD_INPUT_BYTES: usize = 256 * 1024;
+
+/// One editable top-level operation parameter.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ArgumentField {
+    /// Parameter name.
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Whether the parameter must be supplied.
+    pub required: bool,
+    /// Canonical descriptor type.
+    pub r#type: TypeExpr,
+    /// User-entered text.
+    pub input: String,
+    /// Field-local validation diagnostic.
+    pub diagnostic: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Marker returned when one or more field diagnostics prevent submission.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct InvalidArguments;
+
+/// Pure, terminal-independent editor built from an operation descriptor.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ArgumentEditor {
+    /// Structured interface reference selected for the call.
+    pub interface: InterfaceReference,
+    /// Selected operation declaration.
+    pub operation: OperationDeclaration,
+    /// Complete descriptor used to resolve named types.
+    pub descriptor: InterfaceDescriptor,
+    /// Top-level parameter fields in declaration order.
+    pub fields: Vec<ArgumentField>,
+    /// Index of the active field.
+    pub cursor: usize,
+}
+
+impl ArgumentEditor {
+    /// Builds an editor whose fields preserve descriptor order.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(
+        interface: InterfaceReference,
+        descriptor: InterfaceDescriptor,
+        operation: OperationDeclaration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let fields = operation
+            .parameters
+            .iter()
+            .map(|parameter| ArgumentField {
+                name: parameter.name.clone(),
+                required: parameter.required,
+                r#type: parameter.r#type.clone(),
+                input: if parameter.required && parameter.r#type == TypeExpr::Unit {
+                    "null".into()
+                } else {
+                    String::new()
+                },
+                diagnostic: None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Self {
+            interface,
+            operation,
+            descriptor,
+            fields,
+            cursor: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Moves to the preceding field without wrapping.
+    pub fn previous_field(&mut self) {
+        self.cursor = self.cursor.saturating_sub(1);
+    }
+
+    /// Moves to the following field without wrapping.
+    pub fn next_field(&mut self) {
+        if self.cursor + 1 < self.fields.len() {
+            self.cursor += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Appends one printable character to the active field.
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, character: char) {
+        if !character.is_control()
+            && let Some(field) = self.fields.get_mut(self.cursor)
+        {
+            if field.input.len().saturating_add(character.len_utf8()) <= MAX_FIELD_INPUT_BYTES {
+                field.input.push(character);
+                field.diagnostic = None;
+            } else {
+                field.diagnostic = Some("field input reached the 256 KiB limit".into());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Removes one scalar value from the active field.
+    pub fn backspace(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(field) = self.fields.get_mut(self.cursor) {
+            field.input.pop();
+            field.diagnostic = None;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Validates all fields and returns protocol values when every field is valid.
+    ///
+    /// Invalid or missing values are retained as field-local diagnostics. Optional
+    /// blank fields are omitted from the resulting argument map.
+    pub fn validate(&mut self) -> Result<BTreeMap<String, Value>, InvalidArguments> {
+        let mut arguments = BTreeMap::new();
+        let mut invalid = false;
+        for field in &mut self.fields {
+            field.diagnostic = None;
+            if field.input.len() > MAX_FIELD_INPUT_BYTES {
+                field.diagnostic = Some("field input exceeds the 256 KiB limit".into());
+                invalid = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if field.input.trim().is_empty() {
+                if field.required {
+                    field.diagnostic = Some("required value is missing".into());
+                    invalid = true;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            match parse_value(
+                &self.descriptor,
+                &field.r#type,
+                field.input.trim(),
+                &field.name,
+            ) {
+                Ok(value) => {
+                    arguments.insert(field.name.clone(), value);
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    field.diagnostic = Some(error);
+                    invalid = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if invalid {
+            return Err(InvalidArguments);
+        }
+        if let Err(error) = self
+            .descriptor
+            .validate_arguments(&self.operation.name, &arguments)
+        {
+            if let Some(field) = self.fields.get_mut(self.cursor) {
+                field.diagnostic = Some(error.to_string());
+            }
+            return Err(InvalidArguments);
+        }
+        Ok(arguments)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Returns a compact canonical spelling for a type expression.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn type_name(r#type: &TypeExpr) -> String {
+    match r#type {
+        TypeExpr::Unit => "Unit".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Boolean => "Boolean".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Integer => "Integer".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Number => "Number".into(),
+        TypeExpr::String => "String".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Bytes => "Bytes(base64)".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Json => "Json".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Entry => "Entry".into(),
+        TypeExpr::Named { name } => name.clone(),
+        TypeExpr::Record { fields } => format!(
+            "Record{{{}}}",
+            fields
+                .iter()
+                .map(|field| format!(
+                    "{}{}: {}",
+                    field.name,
+                    if field.required { "" } else { "?" },
+                    type_name(&field.r#type)
+                ))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(", ")
+        ),
+        TypeExpr::List { items } => format!("List<{}>", type_name(items)),
+        TypeExpr::Enum { cases } => format!(
+            "Enum<{}>",
+            cases
+                .iter()
+                .map(|case| case.name.as_str())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" | ")
+        ),
+        TypeExpr::Union { cases } => format!(
+            "Union<{}>",
+            cases
+                .iter()
+                .map(|case| case.name.as_str())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" | ")
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_value(
+    descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+    r#type: &TypeExpr,
+    input: &str,
+    field: &str,
+) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    if let TypeExpr::Named { name } = r#type {
+        let declaration = descriptor
+            .types
+            .iter()
+            .find(|declaration| declaration.name == *name)
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: unknown named type {name}"))?;
+        return parse_value(descriptor, &declaration.definition, input, field);
+    }
+    let value = match r#type {
+        TypeExpr::Unit => {
+            if matches!(input, "null" | "()") {
+                Value::Unit
+            } else {
+                return Err(format!("{field}: expected null"));
+            }
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Boolean => input
+            .parse::<bool>()
+            .map(Value::Boolean)
+            .map_err(|_| format!("{field}: expected true or false"))?,
+        TypeExpr::Integer => input
+            .parse::<i64>()
+            .map(Value::Integer)
+            .map_err(|_| format!("{field}: expected a signed integer"))?,
+        TypeExpr::Number => {
+            let number = input
+                .parse::<f64>()
+                .map_err(|_| format!("{field}: expected a finite number"))?;
+            if !number.is_finite() {
+                return Err(format!("{field}: expected a finite number"));
+            }
+            Value::Number(number)
+        }
+        TypeExpr::String => Value::String(parse_string(input)),
+        TypeExpr::Bytes => Value::Bytes(
+            STANDARD
+                .decode(input)
+                .map_err(|_| format!("{field}: expected RFC 4648 base64"))?,
+        ),
+        TypeExpr::Entry => {
+            let path = parse_string(input);
+            wip_protocol::validate_path(&path)
+                .map_err(|error| format!("{field}: invalid Entry path: {error}"))?;
+            Value::String(path)
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Enum { cases } => {
+            let case = parse_string(input);
+            if !cases.iter().any(|candidate| candidate.name == case) {
+                return Err(format!("{field}: unknown enum case {case}"));
+            }
+            Value::String(case)
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Json => {
+            let json = serde_json::from_str(input)
+                .map_err(|error| format!("{field}: invalid JSON: {error}"))?;
+            json_to_untyped(&json, field)?
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Record { .. } | TypeExpr::List { .. } | TypeExpr::Union { .. } => {
+            let json = serde_json::from_str(input)
+                .map_err(|error| format!("{field}: invalid JSON: {error}"))?;
+            json_to_typed(descriptor, r#type, &json, field)?
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Named { .. } => unreachable!("named types handled above"),
+    };
+    descriptor
+        .validate_value(r#type, &value)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("{field}: {error}"))?;
+    Ok(value)
+}
+
+fn parse_string(input: &str) -> String {
+    serde_json::from_str::<String>(input).unwrap_or_else(|_| input.to_owned())
+}
+
+fn json_to_typed(
+    descriptor: &InterfaceDescriptor,
+    r#type: &TypeExpr,
+    json: &serde_json::Value,
+    field: &str,
+) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    if let TypeExpr::Named { name } = r#type {
+        let declaration = descriptor
+            .types
+            .iter()
+            .find(|declaration| declaration.name == *name)
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: unknown named type {name}"))?;
+        return json_to_typed(descriptor, &declaration.definition, json, field);
+    }
+    match r#type {
+        TypeExpr::Unit if json.is_null() => Ok(Value::Unit),
+        TypeExpr::Boolean => json
+            .as_bool()
+            .map(Value::Boolean)
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected boolean")),
+        TypeExpr::Integer => json
+            .as_i64()
+            .map(Value::Integer)
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected integer")),
+        TypeExpr::Number => json
+            .as_f64()
+            .filter(|value| value.is_finite())
+            .map(Value::Number)
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected finite number")),
+        TypeExpr::String => json
+            .as_str()
+            .map(|value| Value::String(value.into()))
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected string")),
+        TypeExpr::Bytes => json
+            .as_str()
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected base64 string"))
+            .and_then(|value| {
+                STANDARD
+                    .decode(value)
+                    .map(Value::Bytes)
+                    .map_err(|_| format!("{field}: expected RFC 4648 base64"))
+            }),
+        TypeExpr::Entry => {
+            let path = json
+                .as_str()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected Entry string"))?;
+            wip_protocol::validate_path(path)
+                .map_err(|error| format!("{field}: invalid Entry path: {error}"))?;
+            Ok(Value::String(path.into()))
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Enum { cases } => {
+            let case = json
+                .as_str()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected enum string"))?;
+            if !cases.iter().any(|candidate| candidate.name == case) {
+                return Err(format!("{field}: unknown enum case {case}"));
+            }
+            Ok(Value::String(case.into()))
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Json => json_to_untyped(json, field),
+        TypeExpr::List { items } => json
+            .as_array()
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected array"))?
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(index, item)| {
+                json_to_typed(descriptor, items, item, &format!("{field}[{index}]"))
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map(Value::List),
+        TypeExpr::Record { fields } => {
+            let object = json
+                .as_object()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected object"))?;
+            for name in object.keys() {
+                if !fields.iter().any(|candidate| candidate.name == *name) {
+                    return Err(format!("{field}.{name}: unknown field"));
+                }
+            }
+            let mut values = BTreeMap::new();
+            for declaration in fields {
+                match object.get(&declaration.name) {
+                    Some(value) => {
+                        values.insert(
+                            declaration.name.clone(),
+                            json_to_typed(
+                                descriptor,
+                                &declaration.r#type,
+                                value,
+                                &format!("{field}.{}", declaration.name),
+                            )?,
+                        );
+                    }
+                    None if declaration.required => {
+                        return Err(format!(
+                            "{field}.{}: required field is missing",
+                            declaration.name
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    None => {}
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(Value::Record(values))
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Union { cases } => {
+            let object = json
+                .as_object()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: expected union object"))?;
+            if object.keys().any(|name| name != "$case" && name != "value") {
+                return Err(format!("{field}: union accepts only $case and value"));
+            }
+            let case_name = object
+                .get("$case")
+                .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str)
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}.$case: required string is missing"))?;
+            let case = cases
+                .iter()
+                .find(|candidate| candidate.name == case_name)
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}.$case: unknown union case {case_name}"))?;
+            let mut values = BTreeMap::from([("$case".into(), Value::String(case_name.into()))]);
+            match (&case.payload, object.get("value")) {
+                (Some(payload), Some(value)) => {
+                    values.insert(
+                        "value".into(),
+                        json_to_typed(descriptor, payload, value, &format!("{field}.value"))?,
+                    );
+                }
+                (Some(_), None) => {
+                    return Err(format!("{field}.value: required payload is missing"));
+                }
+                (None, Some(_)) => {
+                    return Err(format!("{field}.value: payload-free case has a value"));
+                }
+                (None, None) => {}
+            }
+            Ok(Value::Record(values))
+        }
+        TypeExpr::Named { .. } => unreachable!("named types handled above"),
+        _ => Err(format!(
+            "{field}: value does not match {}",
+            type_name(r#type)
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+fn json_to_untyped(json: &serde_json::Value, field: &str) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    match json {
+        serde_json::Value::Null => Ok(Value::Unit),
+        serde_json::Value::Bool(value) => Ok(Value::Boolean(*value)),
+        serde_json::Value::Number(value) => {
+            if let Some(integer) = value.as_i64() {
+                Ok(Value::Integer(integer))
+            } else {
+                value
+                    .as_f64()
+                    .filter(|number| number.is_finite())
+                    .map(Value::Number)
+                    .ok_or_else(|| format!("{field}: number is not finite"))
+            }
+        }
+        serde_json::Value::String(value) => Ok(Value::String(value.clone())),
+        serde_json::Value::Array(values) => values
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(index, value)| json_to_untyped(value, &format!("{field}[{index}]")))
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map(Value::List),
+        serde_json::Value::Object(values) => values
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(name, value)| {
+                json_to_untyped(value, &format!("{field}.{name}"))
+                    .map(|value| (name.clone(), value))
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<BTreeMap<_, _>, _>>()
+            .map(Value::Record),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    fn root_reference(name: &str) -> wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+        wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+            scope: "/".into(),
+            name: name.into(),
+        }
+    }
+    use super::*;
+    use wip_protocol::{
+        EnumCase, FieldDeclaration, INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, ParameterDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration,
+        TypeDeclaration, UnionCase,
+    };
+
+    fn descriptor(
+        parameters: Vec<ParameterDeclaration>,
+        types: Vec<TypeDeclaration>,
+    ) -> InterfaceDescriptor {
+        InterfaceDescriptor {
+            format: INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1.into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            types,
+            operations: vec![OperationDeclaration {
+                name: "run".into(),
+                documentation: None,
+                parameters,
+                returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                    documentation: None,
+                    r#type: TypeExpr::Unit,
+                },
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn validates_every_canonical_shape_and_reports_fields() {
+        let parameters = vec![
+            parameter("unit", true, TypeExpr::Unit),
+            parameter("flag", true, TypeExpr::Boolean),
+            parameter("count", true, TypeExpr::Integer),
+            parameter("number", true, TypeExpr::Number),
+            parameter("text", true, TypeExpr::String),
+            parameter("bytes", true, TypeExpr::Bytes),
+            parameter("entry", true, TypeExpr::Entry),
+            parameter("json", true, TypeExpr::Json),
+            parameter(
+                "list",
+                true,
+                TypeExpr::List {
+                    items: Box::new(TypeExpr::Integer),
+                },
+            ),
+            parameter(
+                "record",
+                true,
+                TypeExpr::Record {
+                    fields: vec![FieldDeclaration {
+                        name: "name".into(),
+                        required: true,
+                        documentation: None,
+                        r#type: TypeExpr::String,
+                    }],
+                },
+            ),
+            parameter(
+                "choice",
+                true,
+                TypeExpr::Enum {
+                    cases: vec![EnumCase {
+                        name: "yes".into(),
+                        documentation: None,
+                    }],
+                },
+            ),
+            parameter(
+                "union",
+                true,
+                TypeExpr::Union {
+                    cases: vec![UnionCase {
+                        name: "some".into(),
+                        documentation: None,
+                        payload: Some(TypeExpr::Integer),
+                    }],
+                },
+            ),
+            parameter(
+                "named",
+                true,
+                TypeExpr::Named {
+                    name: "Alias".into(),
+                },
+            ),
+        ];
+        let descriptor = descriptor(
+            parameters,
+            vec![TypeDeclaration {
+                name: "Alias".into(),
+                documentation: None,
+                definition: TypeExpr::String,
+            }],
+        );
+        let operation = descriptor.operations[0].clone();
+        let mut editor = ArgumentEditor::new(root_reference("test"), descriptor, operation);
+        let inputs = [
+            "null",
+            "true",
+            "7",
+            "2.5",
+            "hello",
+            "aGk=",
+            "/item",
+            "{\"safe\":true}",
+            "[1,2]",
+            "{\"name\":\"n\"}",
+            "yes",
+            "{\"$case\":\"some\",\"value\":4}",
+            "value",
+        ];
+        for (field, input) in editor.fields.iter_mut().zip(inputs) {
+            field.input = input.into();
+        }
+        let values = editor.validate().expect("valid values");
+        assert_eq!(values["bytes"], Value::Bytes(b"hi".to_vec()));
+        assert_eq!(values["entry"], Value::String("/item".into()));
+        assert!(editor.fields.iter().all(|field| field.diagnostic.is_none()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn missing_invalid_and_optional_fields_are_field_local() {
+        let descriptor = descriptor(
+            vec![
+                parameter("required", true, TypeExpr::Integer),
+                parameter("optional", false, TypeExpr::Boolean),
+            ],
+            vec![],
+        );
+        let operation = descriptor.operations[0].clone();
+        let mut editor = ArgumentEditor::new(root_reference("test"), descriptor, operation);
+        editor.fields[1].input = "not-a-bool".into();
+        assert_eq!(editor.validate(), Err(InvalidArguments));
+        assert!(
+            editor.fields[0]
+                .diagnostic
+                .as_deref()
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("required")
+        );
+        assert!(
+            editor.fields[1]
+                .diagnostic
+                .as_deref()
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("true or false")
+        );
+        editor.fields[0].input = "1".into();
+        editor.fields[1].input.clear();
+        assert_eq!(editor.validate().unwrap().len(), 1);
+    }
+
+    fn parameter(name: &str, required: bool, r#type: TypeExpr) -> ParameterDeclaration {
+        ParameterDeclaration {
+            name: name.into(),
+            required,
+            documentation: None,
+            r#type,
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/wip-tui/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//! Presentation and terminal interaction for stateful WIP client sessions.
+
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+
+pub mod app;
+pub mod config;
+pub mod editor;
+pub mod render;
+pub mod runtime;
+pub mod terminal;

crates/wip-tui/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+fn main() {
+    if let Err(error) = wip_tui::runtime::run_from_env() {
+        eprintln!("wip-tui: {error}");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+}

crates/wip-tui/src/render.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,880 @@
+//! Deterministic bounded rendering for real and test terminal backends.
+
+use ratatui::Frame;
+use ratatui::layout::{Alignment, Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect};
+use ratatui::style::{Color, Modifier, Style};
+use ratatui::text::{Line, Span};
+use ratatui::widgets::{Block, Borders, Clear, List, ListItem, Paragraph, Wrap};
+
+use crate::app::{App, ConnectionState, Focus, HistoryKind, Modal, OperationRow, ViewState};
+use crate::editor::type_name;
+
+const MAX_RENDER_TEXT: usize = 512;
+
+fn interface_label(reference: &wip_protocol::InterfaceReference) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "scope={}, name={}",
+        sanitize(&reference.scope),
+        sanitize(&reference.name)
+    )
+}
+
+/// Draws the complete application without mutating it.
+pub fn draw(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, app: &App) {
+    let area = frame.area();
+    if area.width < 48 || area.height < 14 {
+        frame.render_widget(
+            Paragraph::new("wip-tui\nTerminal is too small. Resize to at least 48 x 14.\nq: quit")
+                .block(
+                    Block::default()
+                        .borders(Borders::ALL)
+                        .title(" Minimum size "),
+                )
+                .alignment(Alignment::Center)
+                .wrap(Wrap { trim: true }),
+            area,
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let vertical = Layout::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+        .constraints([
+            Constraint::Length(2),
+            Constraint::Min(8),
+            Constraint::Length(2),
+        ])
+        .split(area);
+    render_header(frame, vertical[0], app);
+    let columns = Layout::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Horizontal)
+        .constraints([Constraint::Percentage(38), Constraint::Percentage(62)])
+        .split(vertical[1]);
+    render_tree(frame, columns[0], app);
+    let right = Layout::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+        .constraints([
+            Constraint::Percentage(31),
+            Constraint::Percentage(39),
+            Constraint::Percentage(30),
+        ])
+        .split(columns[1]);
+    render_selected(frame, right[0], app);
+    render_operations(frame, right[1], app);
+    render_history(frame, right[2], app);
+    render_footer(frame, vertical[2], app);
+    render_modal(frame, app);
+}
+
+fn render_header(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, area: Rect, app: &App) {
+    let connection = match &app.connection {
+        ConnectionState::Disconnected => "DISCONNECTED",
+        ConnectionState::Connecting => "CONNECTING",
+        ConnectionState::Connected => "CONNECTED",
+        ConnectionState::Failed(_) => "FAILED (R reconnect / q quit)",
+    };
+    let text = format!(
+        " wip-tui  {}  [{}]  in-flight: {}",
+        sanitize(&app.endpoint),
+        connection,
+        app.in_flight.len()
+    );
+    frame.render_widget(
+        Paragraph::new(text).style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)),
+        area,
+    );
+}
+
+fn render_tree(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, area: Rect, app: &App) {
+    let mut paths = app.visible_paths();
+    let selected_index = paths
+        .iter()
+        .position(|path| path == &app.selected_path)
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    let (start, end) = list_window(paths.len(), selected_index, area.height.saturating_sub(2));
+    let rows = paths.drain(start..end).map(|path| {
+        let node = app.entries.get(&path);
+        let selected = path == app.selected_path;
+        let depth = if path == "/" {
+            0
+        } else {
+            path.trim_start_matches('/').split('/').count()
+        };
+        let marker = node.map_or('·', |node| if node.expanded { '▼' } else { '▶' });
+        let label = node.and_then(|node| node.object.as_ref()).map_or_else(
+            || path.clone(),
+            |object| {
+                if path == "/" {
+                    "/".into()
+                } else {
+                    object.name.clone()
+                }
+            },
+        );
+        let mut suffix = node.map_or_else(
+            || " [unloaded]".into(),
+            |node| {
+                let tree = match &node.tree_state {
+                    ViewState::Loading(_) => " [loading children]",
+                    ViewState::Stale => " [stale children]",
+                    ViewState::Error(_) => " [failed children]",
+                    ViewState::Fresh if node.children.is_empty() => " [empty]",
+                    _ => "",
+                };
+                let object = state_suffix(&node.state);
+                format!("{object}{tree}")
+            },
+        );
+        suffix = sanitize(&suffix);
+        let style = if selected {
+            Style::default().fg(Color::Black).bg(Color::Cyan)
+        } else {
+            Style::default()
+        };
+        ListItem::new(Line::from(vec![
+            Span::raw("  ".repeat(depth)),
+            Span::raw(format!("{marker} {}", sanitize(&label))),
+            Span::styled(suffix, state_style(node.map(|value| &value.state))),
+        ]))
+        .style(style)
+    });
+    frame.render_widget(
+        List::new(rows).block(focused_block(" Worldspace tree ", app.focus == Focus::Tree)),
+        area,
+    );
+}
+
+fn render_selected(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, area: Rect, app: &App) {
+    let mut lines = vec![Line::from(format!(
+        "Path: {}",
+        sanitize(&app.selected_path)
+    ))];
+    if let Some(entry) = app.entries.get(&app.selected_path) {
+        lines.push(Line::from(format!("State: {}", state_label(&entry.state))));
+        if entry.state == ViewState::Fresh {
+            if let Some(object) = &entry.object {
+                lines.push(Line::from(format!("Name: {}", sanitize(&object.name))));
+                lines.push(Line::from(format!(
+                    "Description: {}",
+                    object
+                        .description
+                        .as_deref()
+                        .map(sanitize)
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|| "(none)".into())
+                )));
+                lines.push(Line::from(format!(
+                    "Interfaces (ordered): {}",
+                    if object.interfaces.is_empty() {
+                        "(none)".into()
+                    } else {
+                        object
+                            .interfaces
+                            .iter()
+                            .map(interface_label)
+                            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                            .join(", ")
+                    }
+                )));
+            }
+        } else {
+            lines.push(Line::from(
+                "No current object metadata; refresh required (old metadata hidden).",
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+    frame.render_widget(
+        Paragraph::new(lines)
+            .block(focused_block(" Selected Entry ", app.focus == Focus::Entry))
+            .wrap(Wrap { trim: false }),
+        area,
+    );
+}
+
+fn render_operations(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, area: Rect, app: &App) {
+    let rows = app.operation_rows();
+    let selected_index = app.operation_cursor.min(rows.len().saturating_sub(1));
+    let (start, end) = list_window(rows.len(), selected_index, area.height.saturating_sub(2));
+    let items = rows[start..end].iter().enumerate().map(|(offset, row)| {
+        let index = start + offset;
+        let (text, style) = operation_line(app, row);
+        let selected = app.focus == Focus::Operations && index == app.operation_cursor;
+        ListItem::new(text).style(if selected {
+            Style::default().fg(Color::Black).bg(Color::Cyan)
+        } else {
+            style
+        })
+    });
+    let title = " Interfaces / Operations (Enter: load or edit) ";
+    if rows.is_empty() {
+        frame.render_widget(
+            Paragraph::new("No declared interfaces or no current object.")
+                .block(focused_block(title, app.focus == Focus::Operations)),
+            area,
+        );
+    } else {
+        frame.render_widget(
+            List::new(items).block(focused_block(title, app.focus == Focus::Operations)),
+            area,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn operation_line(app: &App, row: &OperationRow) -> (Line<'static>, Style) {
+    if let Some(name) = &row.operation {
+        let descriptor = app
+            .interfaces
+            .get(&row.interface)
+            .and_then(|view| view.descriptor.as_ref());
+        let declaration = descriptor.and_then(|descriptor| {
+            descriptor
+                .operations
+                .iter()
+                .find(|operation| operation.name == *name)
+        });
+        let signature = declaration.map_or_else(
+            || format!("  ({}, {})", interface_label(&row.interface), name),
+            |operation| {
+                let parameters = operation
+                    .parameters
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|parameter| {
+                        format!(
+                            "{}{}: {}",
+                            parameter.name,
+                            if parameter.required { "" } else { "?" },
+                            type_name(&parameter.r#type)
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join(", ");
+                let documentation = operation
+                    .documentation
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map(|documentation| format!(" — {}", documentation.summary))
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+                format!(
+                    "  ({}, {}) ({parameters}) -> {}{}",
+                    interface_label(&row.interface),
+                    name,
+                    type_name(&operation.returns.r#type),
+                    documentation
+                )
+            },
+        );
+        (Line::from(sanitize(&signature)), Style::default())
+    } else {
+        let interface = app.interfaces.get(&row.interface);
+        let state = interface.map_or("unloaded".into(), |view| state_label(&view.state));
+        let documentation = interface
+            .filter(|view| view.state == ViewState::Fresh)
+            .and_then(|view| view.descriptor.as_ref())
+            .and_then(|descriptor| descriptor.documentation.as_ref())
+            .map(|documentation| format!(" — {}", sanitize(&documentation.summary)))
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        (
+            Line::from(format!(
+                "Interface {} [{}]{}",
+                interface_label(&row.interface),
+                state,
+                documentation
+            )),
+            Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+fn render_history(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, area: Rect, app: &App) {
+    let selected_index = app.history_cursor.min(app.history.len().saturating_sub(1));
+    let (start, end) = list_window(
+        app.history.len(),
+        selected_index,
+        area.height.saturating_sub(2),
+    );
+    let items = app.history[start..end]
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(offset, item)| {
+            let index = start + offset;
+            let label = match item.kind {
+                HistoryKind::Success => "SUCCESS",
+                HistoryKind::DomainFailure => "HOST FAILURE",
+                HistoryKind::ProtocolError => "PROTOCOL ERROR",
+                HistoryKind::TransportFailure => "TRANSPORT FAILURE",
+                HistoryKind::ClientFailure => "CLIENT FAILURE",
+                HistoryKind::OutcomeUnknown => "OUTCOME UNKNOWN",
+                HistoryKind::Information => "INFO",
+            };
+            let link = item
+                .entry_target
+                .as_ref()
+                .map_or("", |_| " [Enter: go to Entry]");
+            let text = format!(
+                "[{label}] {}: {}{link}",
+                sanitize(&item.title),
+                sanitize(&item.detail)
+            );
+            let selected = app.focus == Focus::History && index == app.history_cursor;
+            ListItem::new(text).style(if selected {
+                Style::default().fg(Color::Black).bg(Color::Cyan)
+            } else if item.kind == HistoryKind::OutcomeUnknown {
+                Style::default().fg(Color::Red).add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)
+            } else {
+                Style::default()
+            })
+        });
+    let block = focused_block(
+        " Recent results / diagnostics ",
+        app.focus == Focus::History,
+    );
+    if app.history.is_empty() {
+        frame.render_widget(Paragraph::new("No results yet.").block(block), area);
+    } else {
+        frame.render_widget(List::new(items).block(block), area);
+    }
+}
+
+fn render_footer(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, area: Rect, app: &App) {
+    let help = " ↑↓/jk move  ←→/hl parent/expand  Tab focus  Enter select  r refresh  + larger tree  c cancel read  ? help  q quit ";
+    let text = format!("{}\n{}", help, sanitize(&app.status));
+    frame.render_widget(
+        Paragraph::new(text).style(Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray)),
+        area,
+    );
+}
+
+fn render_modal(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, app: &App) {
+    match &app.modal {
+        Modal::None => {}
+        Modal::Help => {
+            let area = centered(frame.area(), 76, 70);
+            frame.render_widget(Clear, area);
+            frame.render_widget(
+                Paragraph::new(
+                    "Keyboard help\n\n↑/↓ or j/k  move selection / editor field\n←/→ or h/l  collapse/expand or parent\nTab          next pane\nEnter        load interface, edit operation, confirm execute\nr            refresh selected Entry and subtree\nc            cancel newest retrieval (never cancels a sent operation)\nR            reconnect after failure\nEsc          close modal\nq            quit\n\nOperations are never sent until the confirmation screen is accepted.",
+                )
+                .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title(" Help "))
+                .wrap(Wrap { trim: false }),
+                area,
+            );
+        }
+        Modal::Editor(editor) => {
+            let area = centered(frame.area(), 86, 78);
+            frame.render_widget(Clear, area);
+            let mut lines = vec![Line::from(format!(
+                "Target: {}  Operation: ({}, {})",
+                sanitize(&app.selected_path),
+                interface_label(&editor.interface),
+                sanitize(&editor.operation.name)
+            ))];
+            if editor.fields.is_empty() {
+                lines.push(Line::from("(no parameters)"));
+            }
+            for (index, field) in editor.fields.iter().enumerate() {
+                let cursor = if index == editor.cursor { ">" } else { " " };
+                let requirement = if field.required {
+                    "required"
+                } else {
+                    "optional"
+                };
+                lines.push(Line::from(format!(
+                    "{cursor} {} [{requirement}, {}] = {}",
+                    sanitize(&field.name),
+                    sanitize(&type_name(&field.r#type)),
+                    sanitize(&field.input)
+                )));
+                if let Some(diagnostic) = &field.diagnostic {
+                    lines.push(Line::styled(
+                        format!("    ERROR: {}", sanitize(diagnostic)),
+                        Style::default().fg(Color::Red),
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            lines.push(Line::from(""));
+            lines.push(Line::from("Enter: validate and review  Esc: cancel"));
+            frame.render_widget(
+                Paragraph::new(lines)
+                    .block(
+                        Block::default()
+                            .borders(Borders::ALL)
+                            .title(" Argument editor "),
+                    )
+                    .wrap(Wrap { trim: false }),
+                area,
+            );
+        }
+        Modal::Confirm { editor, arguments } => {
+            let area = centered(frame.area(), 82, 58);
+            frame.render_widget(Clear, area);
+            let mut lines = vec![
+                Line::styled(
+                    "EXPLICIT EXECUTION CONFIRMATION",
+                    Style::default()
+                        .fg(Color::Yellow)
+                        .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
+                ),
+                Line::from(format!("Entry: {}", sanitize(&app.selected_path))),
+                Line::from(format!("Interface: {}", interface_label(&editor.interface))),
+                Line::from(format!("Operation: {}", sanitize(&editor.operation.name))),
+                Line::from("Input values:"),
+            ];
+            for (name, value) in arguments {
+                lines.push(Line::from(format!(
+                    "  {} = {}",
+                    sanitize(name),
+                    sanitize(&bounded_value(value))
+                )));
+            }
+            lines.push(Line::from(""));
+            lines.push(Line::styled(
+                "Enter/e: EXECUTE ONCE   Esc: back to editor",
+                Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
+            ));
+            frame.render_widget(
+                Paragraph::new(lines)
+                    .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title(" Confirm "))
+                    .wrap(Wrap { trim: false }),
+                area,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn list_window(total: usize, selected: usize, area_height: u16) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let capacity = usize::from(area_height);
+    if total == 0 || capacity == 0 {
+        return (0, 0);
+    }
+    let selected = selected.min(total - 1);
+    let start = selected
+        .saturating_add(1)
+        .saturating_sub(capacity)
+        .min(total.saturating_sub(capacity));
+    (start, start.saturating_add(capacity).min(total))
+}
+
+fn focused_block(title: &'static str, focused: bool) -> Block<'static> {
+    let style = if focused {
+        Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan)
+    } else {
+        Style::default()
+    };
+    Block::default()
+        .borders(Borders::ALL)
+        .title(title)
+        .border_style(style)
+}
+
+fn centered(area: Rect, percent_x: u16, percent_y: u16) -> Rect {
+    let vertical = Layout::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+        .constraints([
+            Constraint::Percentage((100 - percent_y) / 2),
+            Constraint::Percentage(percent_y),
+            Constraint::Percentage((100 - percent_y) / 2),
+        ])
+        .split(area);
+    Layout::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Horizontal)
+        .constraints([
+            Constraint::Percentage((100 - percent_x) / 2),
+            Constraint::Percentage(percent_x),
+            Constraint::Percentage((100 - percent_x) / 2),
+        ])
+        .split(vertical[1])[1]
+}
+
+fn state_suffix(state: &ViewState) -> &'static str {
+    match state {
+        ViewState::Unloaded => " [unloaded]",
+        ViewState::Loading(_) => " [loading]",
+        ViewState::Fresh => "",
+        ViewState::Stale => " [stale: refresh required]",
+        ViewState::Error(_) => " [error]",
+    }
+}
+
+fn state_label(state: &ViewState) -> String {
+    match state {
+        ViewState::Unloaded => "unloaded".into(),
+        ViewState::Loading(id) => format!("loading request #{id}"),
+        ViewState::Fresh => "fresh".into(),
+        ViewState::Stale => "stale — refresh required".into(),
+        ViewState::Error(error) => format!("error — {}", sanitize(error)),
+    }
+}
+
+fn state_style(state: Option<&ViewState>) -> Style {
+    match state {
+        Some(ViewState::Stale) => Style::default().fg(Color::Yellow),
+        Some(ViewState::Error(_)) => Style::default().fg(Color::Red),
+        Some(ViewState::Loading(_)) => Style::default().fg(Color::Blue),
+        _ => Style::default(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Replaces terminal control characters and bounds user/remote text by Unicode scalars.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn sanitize(input: &str) -> String {
+    let mut output = String::new();
+    for (count, character) in input.chars().enumerate() {
+        if count >= MAX_RENDER_TEXT {
+            output.push('…');
+            break;
+        }
+        if character.is_control() && !matches!(character, '\n' | '\t') {
+            output.push('�');
+        } else {
+            output.push(character);
+        }
+    }
+    output
+}
+
+/// Formats a protocol value with strict byte and collection bounds.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn bounded_value(value: &wip_protocol::Value) -> String {
+    bounded_value_at(value, 0)
+}
+
+fn bounded_value_at(value: &wip_protocol::Value, depth: usize) -> String {
+    if depth >= 8 {
+        return "…".into();
+    }
+    match value {
+        wip_protocol::Value::Unit => "null".into(),
+        wip_protocol::Value::Boolean(value) => value.to_string(),
+        wip_protocol::Value::Integer(value) => value.to_string(),
+        wip_protocol::Value::Number(value) => value.to_string(),
+        wip_protocol::Value::String(value) => format!("{:?}", sanitize(value)),
+        wip_protocol::Value::Bytes(bytes) => {
+            let shown = bytes
+                .iter()
+                .take(32)
+                .map(|byte| format!("{byte:02x}"))
+                .collect::<String>();
+            if bytes.len() > 32 {
+                format!("bytes[{}]: {shown}…", bytes.len())
+            } else {
+                format!("bytes[{}]: {shown}", bytes.len())
+            }
+        }
+        wip_protocol::Value::Record(values) => {
+            let mut fields = values
+                .iter()
+                .take(16)
+                .map(|(name, value)| {
+                    format!("{}: {}", sanitize(name), bounded_value_at(value, depth + 1))
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            if values.len() > 16 {
+                fields.push("…".into());
+            }
+            format!("{{{}}}", fields.join(", "))
+        }
+        wip_protocol::Value::List(values) => {
+            let mut items = values
+                .iter()
+                .take(16)
+                .map(|value| bounded_value_at(value, depth + 1))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            if values.len() > 16 {
+                items.push("…".into());
+            }
+            format!("[{}]", items.join(", "))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    fn root_reference(name: &str) -> wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+        wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+            scope: "/".into(),
+            name: name.into(),
+        }
+    }
+    use ratatui::Terminal;
+    use ratatui::backend::TestBackend;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::app::{EntryView, HistoryItem};
+    use crate::editor::ArgumentEditor;
+    use wip_client::{InterfaceObservation, ObjectObservation, ObservationState};
+    use wip_protocol::{
+        INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1, InterfaceDescriptor, Object, OperationDeclaration,
+        ParameterDeclaration, ReturnDeclaration, TypeExpr,
+    };
+
+    fn rendered(app: &App, width: u16, height: u16) -> String {
+        let backend = TestBackend::new(width, height);
+        let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();
+        terminal.draw(|frame| draw(frame, app)).unwrap();
+        terminal
+            .backend()
+            .buffer()
+            .content
+            .iter()
+            .map(|cell| cell.symbol())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .chunks(width as usize)
+            .map(|line| line.concat())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("\n")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn observed_empty_visible_entry_is_labeled_without_expansion() {
+        let mut app = App::new("https://example.test/wip/");
+        {
+            let root = app.entries.get_mut("/").unwrap();
+            root.children = vec!["/empty".into()];
+            root.tree_state = ViewState::Fresh;
+        }
+        app.entries.insert(
+            "/empty".into(),
+            EntryView {
+                path: "/empty".into(),
+                object: Some(Object {
+                    name: "empty".into(),
+                    description: None,
+                    interfaces: vec![],
+                    r#ref: None,
+                    validator: None,
+                }),
+                state: ViewState::Fresh,
+                children: vec![],
+                tree_state: ViewState::Fresh,
+                expanded: false,
+            },
+        );
+
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 80, 20);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("empty [empty]"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snapshot_contains_non_color_state_markers_and_hides_validators() {
+        let mut app = App::new("https://example.test/wip/");
+        app.connection = ConnectionState::Connected;
+        app.entries.get_mut("/").unwrap().state = ViewState::Stale;
+        app.push_history(HistoryItem {
+            kind: HistoryKind::OutcomeUnknown,
+            title: "replace".into(),
+            detail: "execution and side effects are unknown; refresh before deciding again".into(),
+            entry_target: None,
+        });
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 110, 30);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("stale"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("OUTCOME UNKNOWN"));
+        assert!(!snapshot.contains("validator"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snapshots_cover_selected_operation_editor_and_failure_categories() {
+        let mut app = App::new("https://example.test/wip/");
+        app.connection = ConnectionState::Connected;
+        app.apply_object(ObjectObservation {
+            path: "/".into(),
+            object: Some(Object {
+                name: String::new(),
+                description: Some("public root description".into()),
+                interfaces: vec![root_reference("demo-interface")],
+                r#ref: None,
+                validator: Some(b"must-not-render".to_vec()),
+            }),
+            validator: Some(b"must-not-render".to_vec()),
+            state: ObservationState::Fresh,
+        });
+        let descriptor = InterfaceDescriptor {
+            format: INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1.into(),
+            documentation: None,
+            types: vec![],
+            operations: vec![OperationDeclaration {
+                name: "run".into(),
+                documentation: None,
+                parameters: vec![ParameterDeclaration {
+                    name: "count".into(),
+                    required: true,
+                    documentation: None,
+                    r#type: TypeExpr::Integer,
+                }],
+                returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                    documentation: None,
+                    r#type: TypeExpr::String,
+                },
+            }],
+        };
+        app.apply_interface(InterfaceObservation {
+            scope_ref: None,
+            reference: root_reference("demo-interface"),
+            descriptor: Some(descriptor.clone()),
+            validator: Some(b"must-not-render".to_vec()),
+            state: ObservationState::Fresh,
+        });
+        for (kind, title) in [
+            (HistoryKind::Success, "result"),
+            (HistoryKind::ProtocolError, "invalid response"),
+            (HistoryKind::TransportFailure, "network"),
+            (HistoryKind::ClientFailure, "local"),
+        ] {
+            app.push_history(HistoryItem {
+                kind,
+                title: title.into(),
+                detail: "bounded detail".into(),
+                entry_target: None,
+            });
+        }
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 140, 40);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("public root description"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("(scope=/, name=demo-interface, run)"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("SUCCESS"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("PROTOCOL ERROR"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("TRANSPORT FAILURE"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("CLIENT FAILURE"));
+        assert!(!snapshot.contains("must-not-render"));
+
+        let mut editor = ArgumentEditor::new(
+            root_reference("demo-interface"),
+            descriptor.clone(),
+            descriptor.operations[0].clone(),
+        );
+        editor.fields[0].diagnostic = Some("expected integer".into());
+        app.modal = Modal::Editor(editor);
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 140, 40);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("Argument editor"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("count [required, Integer]"));
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("ERROR: expected integer"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn list_panes_keep_the_active_row_inside_the_bounded_viewport() {
+        let mut app = App::new("https://example.test/wip/");
+        app.connection = ConnectionState::Connected;
+
+        let children = (0..40)
+            .map(|index| format!("/tree-row-{index:02}"))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        {
+            let root = app.entries.get_mut("/").unwrap();
+            root.children = children.clone();
+            root.tree_state = ViewState::Fresh;
+            root.expanded = true;
+        }
+        for child in &children {
+            app.entries.insert(
+                child.clone(),
+                EntryView {
+                    path: child.clone(),
+                    object: None,
+                    state: ViewState::Unloaded,
+                    children: vec![],
+                    tree_state: ViewState::Unloaded,
+                    expanded: false,
+                },
+            );
+        }
+        app.selected_path = children.last().unwrap().clone();
+        app.focus = Focus::Tree;
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 100, 30);
+        let tree_pane = snapshot
+            .lines()
+            .map(|line| line.chars().take(38).collect::<String>())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("\n");
+        assert!(tree_pane.contains("tree-row-39"));
+
+        app.selected_path = "/".into();
+        app.apply_object(ObjectObservation {
+            path: "/".into(),
+            object: Some(Object {
+                name: String::new(),
+                description: None,
+                interfaces: vec![root_reference("many")],
+                r#ref: None,
+                validator: None,
+            }),
+            validator: None,
+            state: ObservationState::Fresh,
+        });
+        let operations = (0..20)
+            .map(|index| OperationDeclaration {
+                name: format!("operation-{index:02}"),
+                documentation: None,
+                parameters: vec![],
+                returns: ReturnDeclaration {
+                    documentation: None,
+                    r#type: TypeExpr::Unit,
+                },
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        app.apply_interface(InterfaceObservation {
+            scope_ref: None,
+            reference: root_reference("many"),
+            descriptor: Some(InterfaceDescriptor {
+                format: INTERFACE_FORMAT_V1.into(),
+                documentation: None,
+                types: vec![],
+                operations,
+            }),
+            validator: None,
+            state: ObservationState::Fresh,
+        });
+        app.focus = Focus::Operations;
+        app.operation_cursor = app.operation_rows().len() - 1;
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 100, 30);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("(scope=/, name=many, operation-19)"));
+
+        for index in 0..20 {
+            app.push_history(HistoryItem {
+                kind: HistoryKind::Information,
+                title: format!("history-{index:02}"),
+                detail: "diagnostic".into(),
+                entry_target: None,
+            });
+        }
+        app.focus = Focus::History;
+        app.history_cursor = app.history.len() - 1;
+        let snapshot = rendered(&app, 100, 30);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("[INFO] history-00"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tiny_terminal_has_a_safe_fallback() {
+        let snapshot = rendered(&App::new("https://example.test/"), 30, 8);
+        assert!(snapshot.contains("too small"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn interface_labels_show_scope_and_name_without_parsing() {
+        let reference = wip_protocol::InterfaceReference {
+            scope: "/nested".into(),
+            name: "#::操作".into(),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(interface_label(&reference), "scope=/nested, name=#::操作");
+        assert_ne!(
+            interface_label(&reference),
+            interface_label(&root_reference(&reference.name))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn control_characters_and_large_bytes_are_bounded() {
+        assert_eq!(sanitize("safe\u{1b}[31m"), "safe�[31m");
+        let display = bounded_value(&wip_protocol::Value::Bytes(vec![7; 1000]));
+        assert!(display.starts_with("bytes[1000]"));
+        assert!(display.ends_with('…'));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn entry_view_type_remains_constructible_for_external_snapshots() {
+        let entry = EntryView {
+            path: "/".into(),
+            object: None,
+            state: ViewState::Unloaded,
+            children: vec![],
+            tree_state: ViewState::Unloaded,
+            expanded: false,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(entry.path, "/");
+    }
+}

crates/wip-tui/src/terminal.rs

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+//! Terminal lifecycle guard and crossterm input translation.
+
+use std::io::{self, Stdout};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crossterm::cursor::{Hide, Show};
+use crossterm::event::{KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyModifiers};
+use crossterm::execute;
+use crossterm::terminal::{
+    EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen, disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode,
+};
+use ratatui::Terminal;
+use ratatui::backend::CrosstermBackend;
+
+use crate::app::InputKey;
+
+type PanicHook = dyn for<'a> Fn(&std::panic::PanicHookInfo<'a>) + Send + Sync + 'static;
+
+/// RAII owner of raw mode, alternate screen, cursor visibility, and panic recovery.
+pub struct TerminalGuard {
+    terminal: Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stdout>>,
+    previous_hook: Arc<PanicHook>,
+}
+
+impl TerminalGuard {
+    /// Enters terminal UI mode, restoring partial setup on failure.
+    pub fn enter() -> io::Result<Self> {
+        enable_raw_mode()?;
+        let mut stdout = io::stdout();
+        if let Err(error) = execute!(stdout, EnterAlternateScreen, Hide) {
+            let _ = disable_raw_mode();
+            return Err(error);
+        }
+        let terminal = match Terminal::new(CrosstermBackend::new(stdout)) {
+            Ok(terminal) => terminal,
+            Err(error) => {
+                restore_terminal();
+                return Err(error);
+            }
+        };
+        let previous_hook: Arc<PanicHook> = std::panic::take_hook().into();
+        let panic_hook = Arc::clone(&previous_hook);
+        let terminal_owner = std::thread::current().id();
+        std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(move |information| {
+            if std::thread::current().id() == terminal_owner {
+                restore_terminal();
+            }
+            panic_hook(information);
+        }));
+        Ok(Self {
+            terminal,
+            previous_hook,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the ratatui terminal for drawing.
+    pub fn terminal_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stdout>> {
+        &mut self.terminal
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for TerminalGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let previous = Arc::clone(&self.previous_hook);
+        std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(move |information| previous(information)));
+        restore_terminal();
+    }
+}
+
+fn restore_terminal() {
+    let _ = disable_raw_mode();
+    let _ = execute!(io::stdout(), Show, LeaveAlternateScreen);
+}
+
+/// Converts one crossterm key event into a terminal-independent reducer key.
+///
+/// When `editing` is true, printable command letters remain text input and only
+/// Ctrl-C/Escape retain global meaning.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn translate_key(event: KeyEvent, editing: bool) -> Option<InputKey> {
+    if event.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL) && event.code == KeyCode::Char('c') {
+        return Some(InputKey::Quit);
+    }
+    let key = match event.code {
+        KeyCode::Up => InputKey::Up,
+        KeyCode::Down => InputKey::Down,
+        KeyCode::Left => InputKey::Left,
+        KeyCode::Right => InputKey::Right,
+        KeyCode::Tab => InputKey::Tab,
+        KeyCode::Enter => InputKey::Enter,
+        KeyCode::Esc => InputKey::Escape,
+        KeyCode::Backspace => InputKey::Backspace,
+        KeyCode::Char(character) if editing => InputKey::Character(character),
+        KeyCode::Char('k') => InputKey::Up,
+        KeyCode::Char('j') => InputKey::Down,
+        KeyCode::Char('h') => InputKey::Left,
+        KeyCode::Char('l') => InputKey::Right,
+        KeyCode::Char('r') => InputKey::Refresh,
+        KeyCode::Char('R') => InputKey::Reconnect,
+        KeyCode::Char('c') => InputKey::CancelRead,
+        KeyCode::Char('?') => InputKey::Help,
+        KeyCode::Char('q') => InputKey::Quit,
+        KeyCode::Char(character) => InputKey::Character(character),
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+    Some(key)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn editing_keeps_command_letters_as_text_but_ctrl_c_quits() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            translate_key(KeyEvent::new(KeyCode::Char('q'), KeyModifiers::NONE), true),
+            Some(InputKey::Character('q'))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            translate_key(KeyEvent::new(KeyCode::Char('q'), KeyModifiers::NONE), false),
+            Some(InputKey::Quit)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            translate_key(
+                KeyEvent::new(KeyCode::Char('c'), KeyModifiers::CONTROL),
+                true
+            ),
+            Some(InputKey::Quit)
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/wip-tui/tests/filesystem_e2e.rs

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+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use tempfile::tempdir;
+use wip_fs_server::{AccessMode, ServerConfig, WipFsServer};
+use wip_tui::app::{Focus, HistoryKind, InputKey, Modal, ViewState};
+use wip_tui::config::Config;
+use wip_tui::runtime::{HttpTransport, Runtime, default_wire_limits};
+
+#[test]
+fn real_http_filesystem_workflow_is_lazy_validator_safe_and_symlink_confined() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let outside = tempdir().expect("outside root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("hello.txt"), b"hello world").expect("write file");
+    std::fs::create_dir(temporary.path().join("nested")).expect("create nested directory");
+    std::fs::write(outside.path().join("secret.txt"), b"outside-secret").expect("outside file");
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(outside.path(), temporary.path().join("outside-link"))
+        .expect("create symlink");
+
+    let mut server_config = ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path());
+    server_config.access = AccessMode::ReadWrite;
+    let bound = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(server_config)
+            .expect("build filesystem server")
+            .bind()
+            .expect("bind filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let worker = {
+        let bound = Arc::clone(&bound);
+        let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+        thread::spawn(move || bound.serve_until(shutdown))
+    };
+    let endpoint = format!("http://127.0.0.1:{}/wip", bound.local_addr().port());
+    let config = Config::parse([endpoint], None, Some("filesystem-test".into()), |_| None)
+        .expect("development config");
+    let transport = HttpTransport::new(&config, default_wire_limits().max_response_bytes())
+        .expect("HTTP transport");
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().selected_path, "/");
+    assert!(runtime.app().entries.contains_key("/hello.txt"));
+    assert!(runtime.app().entries.contains_key("/nested"));
+    assert!(runtime.app().entries.contains_key("/outside-link"));
+    let empty_directory = &runtime.app().entries["/nested"];
+    assert_eq!(empty_directory.tree_state, ViewState::Fresh);
+    assert!(empty_directory.children.is_empty());
+    assert!(!empty_directory.expanded);
+
+    // Visible Objects have their interface descriptors prefetched before selection.
+    let file_interfaces = runtime.app().entries["/hello.txt"]
+        .object
+        .as_ref()
+        .expect("file object")
+        .interfaces
+        .clone();
+    assert!(!file_interfaces.is_empty());
+    for reference in &file_interfaces {
+        assert_eq!(runtime.app().interfaces[reference].state, ViewState::Fresh);
+        assert!(runtime.app().interfaces[reference].descriptor.is_some());
+    }
+    let read_reference = file_interfaces[0].clone();
+    assert_eq!(
+        runtime.app().interfaces[&read_reference]
+            .descriptor
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("read descriptor")
+            .operations[0]
+            .name,
+        "read"
+    );
+
+    // Keyboard-select the already prefetched read operation.
+    runtime.app_mut().selected_path = "/hello.txt".into();
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Operations;
+    runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 1;
+    assert!(!runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter));
+
+    // Descriptor-driven read editor, explicit confirmation, and execution.
+    assert!(matches!(runtime.app().modal, Modal::Editor(_)));
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    assert!(matches!(runtime.app().modal, Modal::Confirm { .. }));
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().history[0].kind, HistoryKind::Success);
+    assert!(
+        runtime.app().history[0]
+            .detail
+            .contains("68656c6c6f20776f726c64")
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/hello.txt"].state, ViewState::Fresh);
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Operations;
+
+    // Use the separately-qualified prefetched write interface and replace with the
+    // automatically attached observed validator.
+    runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 3;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    set_only_field(&mut runtime, "dXBkYXRlZA=="); // "updated"
+    confirm_and_execute(&mut runtime);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(
+        std::fs::read(temporary.path().join("hello.txt")).expect("updated file"),
+        b"updated"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/hello.txt"].state, ViewState::Fresh);
+
+    // Prepare another replacement using the post-operation validator, then mutate
+    // the file externally before explicit execution. The stale validator is rejected,
+    // the Entry becomes stale, and no automatic call is created.
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Operations;
+    runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 3;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    set_only_field(&mut runtime, "c3RhbGUtd3JpdGU=");
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter); // confirmation fixes user input only
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("hello.txt"), b"external").expect("external change");
+    let history_before = runtime.app().history.len();
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(
+        std::fs::read(temporary.path().join("hello.txt")).expect("externally changed file"),
+        b"external"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/hello.txt"].state, ViewState::Stale);
+    assert!(runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().history.len(), history_before + 1);
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().history[0].kind, HistoryKind::DomainFailure);
+    assert!(
+        runtime.app().history[0]
+            .detail
+            .contains("no automatic retry")
+    );
+
+    // Refresh enables a new, separately confirmed execution.
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Tree;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Refresh);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Operations;
+    runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 3;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    set_only_field(&mut runtime, "ZmluYWw=");
+    confirm_and_execute(&mut runtime);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(
+        std::fs::read(temporary.path().join("hello.txt")).expect("final file"),
+        b"final"
+    );
+
+    // Symlink inspection exposes the link payload only. It never traverses or
+    // materializes the target directory outside the configured root.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        runtime.app_mut().selected_path = "/outside-link".into();
+        runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Operations;
+        runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 0;
+        runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+        settle(&mut runtime);
+        runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 1;
+        runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+        runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+        runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+        settle(&mut runtime);
+        assert_eq!(runtime.app().history[0].kind, HistoryKind::Success);
+        assert!(!runtime.app().history[0].detail.contains("outside-secret"));
+        assert!(
+            !runtime
+                .app()
+                .entries
+                .contains_key("/outside-link/secret.txt")
+        );
+    }
+
+    shutdown.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    worker
+        .join()
+        .expect("join filesystem listener")
+        .expect("filesystem listener exits");
+}
+
+fn settle(runtime: &mut Runtime<HttpTransport>) {
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    while !runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty() {
+        assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "runtime requests did not settle");
+        runtime.wait_and_poll(Duration::from_millis(20));
+    }
+}
+
+fn set_only_field(runtime: &mut Runtime<HttpTransport>, input: &str) {
+    let Modal::Editor(editor) = &mut runtime.app_mut().modal else {
+        panic!("operation editor was not open")
+    };
+    assert_eq!(editor.fields.len(), 1);
+    editor.fields[0].input = input.into();
+}
+
+fn confirm_and_execute(runtime: &mut Runtime<HttpTransport>) {
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    assert!(matches!(runtime.app().modal, Modal::Confirm { .. }));
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+}

crates/wip-tui/tests/runtime_async.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use tempfile::tempdir;
+use wip_fs_server::{ServerConfig, WipFsServer};
+use wip_http::encode_protocol_error_response;
+use wip_http::http::{Request, Response};
+use wip_protocol::{ProtocolError, ProtocolErrorCode, ProtocolInteraction};
+use wip_tui::app::{ConnectionState, Focus, HistoryKind, InputKey, Modal, ViewState};
+use wip_tui::config::Config;
+use wip_tui::runtime::{
+    Runtime, Transport, TransportError, TransportErrorKind, default_wire_limits,
+};
+
+struct ScriptedTransport {
+    server: Arc<WipFsServer>,
+    sequence: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+    delayed_after_startup: bool,
+    unknown_calls: bool,
+    fail_call_prepare: bool,
+    fail_tree_prepare: bool,
+    panic_calls: bool,
+    root_tree_protocol_failures: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+}
+
+impl ScriptedTransport {
+    fn new(server: Arc<WipFsServer>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            server,
+            sequence: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
+            delayed_after_startup: false,
+            unknown_calls: false,
+            fail_call_prepare: false,
+            fail_tree_prepare: false,
+            panic_calls: false,
+            root_tree_protocol_failures: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Transport for ScriptedTransport {
+    type Prepared = Request<Vec<u8>>;
+
+    fn prepare(&self, request: Request<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<Self::Prepared, TransportError> {
+        if self.fail_call_prepare && request.uri().path().ends_with("/v1/call_operation") {
+            return Err(TransportError {
+                kind: TransportErrorKind::Disconnect,
+                detail: "scripted local conversion failure".into(),
+            });
+        }
+        if self.fail_tree_prepare && request.uri().path().ends_with("/v1/observe") {
+            return Err(TransportError {
+                kind: TransportErrorKind::Disconnect,
+                detail: "scripted tree conversion failure".into(),
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(request)
+    }
+
+    fn execute(&self, request: Self::Prepared) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>, TransportError> {
+        let sequence = self.sequence.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
+        if request.uri().path().ends_with("/v1/observe")
+            && self
+                .root_tree_protocol_failures
+                .fetch_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Acquire, |remaining| {
+                    remaining.checked_sub(1)
+                })
+                .is_ok()
+        {
+            return Ok(encode_protocol_error_response(
+                ProtocolInteraction::Observe,
+                &ProtocolError {
+                    code: ProtocolErrorCode::Internal,
+                    message: "scripted startup failure".into(),
+                },
+                default_wire_limits(),
+            )
+            .expect("encode tree failure"));
+        }
+        if self.delayed_after_startup && sequence > 0 {
+            // Delay the first refresh so the second wins and exercises exact
+            // RequestId ownership.
+            let delay = if sequence == 1 { 80 } else { 5 };
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(delay));
+        }
+        if self.panic_calls && request.uri().path().ends_with("/v1/call_operation") {
+            panic!("scripted transport worker panic");
+        }
+        if self.unknown_calls && request.uri().path().ends_with("/v1/call_operation") {
+            return Ok(encode_protocol_error_response(
+                ProtocolInteraction::CallOperation,
+                &ProtocolError {
+                    code: ProtocolErrorCode::OperationOutcomeUnknown,
+                    message: "scripted commit uncertainty".into(),
+                },
+                default_wire_limits(),
+            )
+            .expect("encode unknown outcome"));
+        }
+        Ok(self.server.handle_http(request))
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn out_of_order_refresh_and_cancel_keep_request_identity_safe() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("file"), b"contents").expect("file");
+    let server = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path())).expect("filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let mut transport = ScriptedTransport::new(server);
+    transport.delayed_after_startup = true;
+    let config = config();
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Tree;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Refresh);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Refresh);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/"].state, ViewState::Fresh);
+    assert!(runtime.app().history.iter().any(|item| {
+        item.kind == HistoryKind::Information && item.title.contains("stale response")
+    }));
+
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Refresh);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::CancelRead);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::CancelRead);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert!(runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty());
+    assert!(
+        runtime
+            .app()
+            .history
+            .iter()
+            .any(|item| item.title == "retrieval canceled")
+    );
+
+    // When a refreshed tree omits a formerly selected Entry, the client marks
+    // it stale and the presentation no longer exposes old metadata/operations
+    // as current.
+    std::fs::remove_file(temporary.path().join("file")).expect("remove file");
+    runtime.app_mut().selected_path = "/".into();
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Refresh);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/file"].state, ViewState::Stale);
+    runtime.app_mut().selected_path = "/file".into();
+    assert!(runtime.app().operation_rows().is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn startup_transport_preparation_failure_enters_failed_state() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let server = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path())).expect("filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let mut transport = ScriptedTransport::new(server);
+    transport.fail_tree_prepare = true;
+    let config = config();
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        runtime.app().connection,
+        ConnectionState::Failed(ref detail) if detail.contains("scripted tree conversion failure")
+    ));
+    assert!(runtime.app().status.contains("press R to reconnect"));
+    assert!(runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn startup_protocol_failure_enters_failed_state_and_reconnects() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    let server = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path())).expect("filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let transport = ScriptedTransport::new(server);
+    transport
+        .root_tree_protocol_failures
+        .store(1, Ordering::Release);
+    let config = config();
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        runtime.app().connection,
+        ConnectionState::Failed(ref detail) if detail.contains("scripted startup failure")
+    ));
+    assert!(runtime.app().status.contains("press R to reconnect"));
+    assert!(runtime.app().history.iter().any(|item| {
+        item.kind == HistoryKind::DomainFailure && item.detail.contains("scripted startup failure")
+    }));
+
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Reconnect);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().connection, ConnectionState::Connected);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn local_transport_preparation_failure_is_definitely_not_dispatched() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("file"), b"contents").expect("file");
+    let server = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path())).expect("filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let mut transport = ScriptedTransport::new(server);
+    transport.fail_call_prepare = true;
+    let execute_calls = Arc::clone(&transport.sequence);
+    let config = config();
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+
+    open_read_editor(&mut runtime);
+    let calls_before_operation = execute_calls.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    assert_eq!(
+        execute_calls.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        calls_before_operation,
+        "preparation failure must not invoke transport I/O"
+    );
+    assert!(runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().history[0].kind, HistoryKind::TransportFailure);
+    assert!(runtime.app().history[0].detail.contains("not dispatched"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        runtime.app().status,
+        "operation not dispatched; not executed"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/file"].state, ViewState::Fresh);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn worker_panic_settles_as_unknown_instead_of_stranding_the_main_loop() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("file"), b"contents").expect("file");
+    let server = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path())).expect("filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let mut transport = ScriptedTransport::new(server);
+    transport.panic_calls = true;
+    let config = config();
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+
+    open_read_editor(&mut runtime);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+    assert!(runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().history[0].kind, HistoryKind::OutcomeUnknown);
+    assert!(
+        runtime.app().history[0]
+            .detail
+            .contains("transport worker failed")
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn post_dispatch_unknown_is_prominent_stale_and_never_retried() {
+    let temporary = tempdir().expect("temporary root");
+    std::fs::write(temporary.path().join("file"), b"contents").expect("file");
+    let server = Arc::new(
+        WipFsServer::new(ServerConfig::for_root(temporary.path())).expect("filesystem server"),
+    );
+    let mut transport = ScriptedTransport::new(server);
+    transport.unknown_calls = true;
+    let config = config();
+    let mut runtime = Runtime::new(&config, transport).expect("runtime");
+    runtime.connect();
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+
+    open_read_editor(&mut runtime);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    settle(&mut runtime);
+
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().history[0].kind, HistoryKind::OutcomeUnknown);
+    assert!(
+        runtime.app().history[0]
+            .detail
+            .contains("side effects are unknown")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(runtime.app().entries["/file"].state, ViewState::Stale);
+    assert!(runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty());
+    let history = runtime.app().history.len();
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+    runtime.poll();
+    assert_eq!(
+        runtime.app().history.len(),
+        history,
+        "no retry was manufactured"
+    );
+}
+
+fn config() -> Config {
+    Config::parse(
+        ["https://example.test/wip"],
+        None,
+        Some("scripted-test".into()),
+        |_| None,
+    )
+    .expect("config")
+}
+
+fn open_read_editor(runtime: &mut Runtime<ScriptedTransport>) {
+    runtime.app_mut().selected_path = "/file".into();
+    runtime.app_mut().focus = Focus::Operations;
+    runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 0;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    settle(runtime);
+    runtime.app_mut().operation_cursor = 1;
+    runtime.handle_key(InputKey::Enter);
+    assert!(matches!(runtime.app().modal, Modal::Editor(_)));
+}
+
+fn settle(runtime: &mut Runtime<ScriptedTransport>) {
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    while !runtime.app().in_flight.is_empty() {
+        assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "scripted runtime did not settle");
+        runtime.wait_and_poll(Duration::from_millis(10));
+    }
+}

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,627 +0,0 @@
-//! End-to-end use of the public WIP protocol, interface, and host APIs.
-//!
-//! This workspace package is deliberately separate from the three library
-//! crates. It defines application DTOs and interfaces with `wip-interface`,
-//! keeps its implementation private, publishes that implementation with
-//! `wip-host`, and crosses the call boundary only with `wip-protocol` values.
-//!
-//! The complete scenario can be run as a normal binary or called directly:
-//!
-//! ```
-//! let report = wip_public_api_example::run()?;
-//!
-//! assert_eq!(report.published_interfaces.len(), 2);
-//! assert_eq!(report.catalog_status, "catalog-ready");
-//! assert_eq!(report.audit_status, "audit-ready");
-//! assert_eq!(
-//!     report.host_failure,
-//!     wip_host::CallErrorKind::Implementation,
-//! );
-//! # Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
-//! ```
-
-#![deny(missing_docs)]
-
-use std::error::Error;
-use std::io;
-
-use wip_host::{
-    CallErrorKind, CallRequest, InterfaceRef, InterfaceRegistry, InterfaceTarget, PublishedObject,
-    Validator, WipObject,
-};
-use wip_interface as wip;
-use wip_interface::WipType;
-use wip_protocol::{
-    InterfaceObservation, NamedValue, ObjectId, OperationOutcome, OperationResult, OperationTarget,
-};
-
-const OBJECT_ID: &str = "article-service";
-const OBJECT_VALIDATOR: &[u8] = b"object-v1";
-const CATALOG_VALIDATOR: &[u8] = b"catalog-v1";
-
-/// An application-owned request DTO mapped to a protocol record.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, wip::WipType)]
-pub struct PublishRequest {
-    /// Title of the article to publish.
-    pub title: String,
-    /// Optional article body; omission is distinct from JSON null.
-    pub body: Option<String>,
-}
-
-/// The application domain result of a publication attempt.
-///
-/// Rejection is an ordinary typed result. It is intentionally distinct from a
-/// host or backend failure, which uses [`wip::HostError`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, wip::WipType)]
-pub enum PublishOutcome {
-    /// Publication succeeded and returned its application identifier.
-    Published(String),
-    /// An application policy rejected the publication.
-    Rejected(String),
-}
-
-/// Article publication operations.
-#[wip::interface]
-pub trait Catalog {
-    /// Publishes an article or reports an application-domain rejection.
-    ///
-    /// # Returns
-    /// The typed application outcome.
-    fn publish(
-        &self,
-        /// Application publication request.
-        request: PublishRequest,
-    ) -> wip::OperationResult<PublishOutcome>;
-
-    /// Returns the catalog-qualified status.
-    ///
-    /// # Returns
-    /// A catalog status label.
-    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
-
-    /// Demonstrates a host/backend failure rather than a domain result.
-    ///
-    /// # Returns
-    /// A backend status only when the host can reach it.
-    fn backend_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
-}
-
-/// Audit operations exposed by the same object.
-#[wip::interface]
-pub trait Audit {
-    /// Returns the audit-qualified status.
-    ///
-    /// This deliberately has the same operation name as [`Catalog::status`].
-    ///
-    /// # Returns
-    /// An audit status label.
-    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
-}
-
-/// A registered but deliberately unexposed interface used to demonstrate that
-/// Rust trait implementation does not imply protocol membership.
-#[wip::interface]
-pub trait Diagnostics {
-    /// Returns host-private diagnostics when the interface is explicitly exposed.
-    ///
-    /// # Returns
-    /// A diagnostic label.
-    fn diagnostics(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String>;
-}
-
-/// Observable outcomes from the complete public-API scenario.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct DemoReport {
-    /// Opaque interface references published by the object, in exposure order.
-    pub published_interfaces: Vec<String>,
-    /// Descriptor identity observed for the catalog interface.
-    pub catalog_descriptor: String,
-    /// Descriptor identity observed for the audit interface.
-    pub audit_descriptor: String,
-    /// Typed successful application result decoded from a validated `Value`.
-    pub published: PublishOutcome,
-    /// Typed application-domain rejection decoded from a validated `Value`.
-    pub rejected: PublishOutcome,
-    /// Result of the catalog-qualified `status` operation.
-    pub catalog_status: String,
-    /// Result of the audit-qualified `status` operation.
-    pub audit_status: String,
-    /// Stable failure kind produced by the deliberate host/backend failure.
-    pub host_failure: CallErrorKind,
-    /// A protocol-level operation result built from the host failure.
-    pub protocol_failure: OperationResult,
-}
-
-/// Runs the complete end-to-end example.
-///
-/// The function registers and observes generated descriptors, explicitly
-/// exposes two interfaces on one host-private object, validates the resulting
-/// protocol observation, dispatches interface-qualified calls using named
-/// [`wip_protocol::Value`] arguments, decodes validated values back to
-/// application types, and keeps a domain rejection distinct from a host
-/// failure.
-///
-/// # Errors
-///
-/// Returns an error if registration, publication, observation validation,
-/// dispatch, or application-value decoding fails unexpectedly.
-pub fn run() -> Result<DemoReport, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
-    let catalog = registry.register(CatalogDefinition, Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)))?;
-    let audit = registry.register(AuditDefinition, None)?;
-    let _diagnostics = registry.register(DiagnosticsDefinition, None)?;
-
-    let publication = PublishedObject::new(ApplicationService::new())
-        .expose(&catalog)?
-        .expose(&audit)?;
-    let object = publication.protocol_object();
-
-    // Model a transport/provider that retained only the protocol object's
-    // opaque strings, then resolved them back through the registry's public API.
-    let catalog_wire_reference = object
-        .interfaces
-        .first()
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("catalog interface was not published"))?;
-    let audit_wire_reference = object
-        .interfaces
-        .get(1)
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("audit interface was not published"))?;
-    let catalog_reference = registry
-        .resolve(catalog_wire_reference)
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("published catalog reference did not resolve"))?;
-    let audit_reference = registry
-        .resolve(audit_wire_reference)
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("published audit reference did not resolve"))?;
-    let catalog_observation = registry
-        .observe(&catalog_reference)
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("registered catalog descriptor was not observable"))?;
-    let audit_observation = registry
-        .observe(&audit_reference)
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("registered audit descriptor was not observable"))?;
-
-    InterfaceObservation {
-        object: object.clone(),
-        descriptors: vec![
-            catalog_observation.descriptor.clone(),
-            audit_observation.descriptor.clone(),
-        ],
-    }
-    .validate()?;
-
-    let published = dispatch_publish(
-        &publication,
-        &catalog_observation.reference,
-        PublishRequest {
-            title: "Public APIs".into(),
-            body: Some("protocol values in, validated values out".into()),
-        },
-    )?;
-    let rejected = dispatch_publish(
-        &publication,
-        &catalog_observation.reference,
-        PublishRequest {
-            title: String::new(),
-            body: None,
-        },
-    )?;
-
-    let catalog_status = dispatch_string(
-        &publication,
-        request(
-            catalog_observation.reference.clone(),
-            Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-            "status",
-            vec![],
-        ),
-        "catalog status",
-    )?;
-    let audit_status = dispatch_string(
-        &publication,
-        request(audit_observation.reference.clone(), None, "status", vec![]),
-        "audit status",
-    )?;
-
-    let host_error = match publication.dispatch(request(
-        catalog_observation.reference.clone(),
-        Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-        "backend_status",
-        vec![],
-    )) {
-        Ok(_) => {
-            return Err(io::Error::other(
-                "the deliberately unavailable example backend unexpectedly succeeded",
-            )
-            .into());
-        }
-        Err(error) => error,
-    };
-    if host_error.kind() != CallErrorKind::Implementation {
-        return Err(io::Error::other(format!(
-            "unexpected host failure kind: {:?}",
-            host_error.kind()
-        ))
-        .into());
-    }
-    let protocol_error = host_error.protocol_error();
-    let protocol_failure = OperationResult {
-        target: OperationTarget {
-            object: ObjectId(OBJECT_ID.into()),
-            interface: catalog_observation.reference.as_str().into(),
-            operation: "backend_status".into(),
-        },
-        outcome: OperationOutcome::Failed(protocol_error),
-    };
-
-    Ok(DemoReport {
-        published_interfaces: object.interfaces,
-        catalog_descriptor: catalog_observation.descriptor.name,
-        audit_descriptor: audit_observation.descriptor.name,
-        published,
-        rejected,
-        catalog_status,
-        audit_status,
-        host_failure: host_error.kind(),
-        protocol_failure,
-    })
-}
-
-fn dispatch_publish(
-    publication: &PublishedObject<ApplicationService>,
-    catalog: &InterfaceRef,
-    request_value: PublishRequest,
-) -> Result<PublishOutcome, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let encoded_request = request_value.encode()?;
-    let result = publication.dispatch(request(
-        catalog.clone(),
-        Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-        "publish",
-        vec![NamedValue {
-            name: "request".into(),
-            value: encoded_request,
-        }],
-    ))?;
-    let value = result
-        .value
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("publish returned no application value"))?;
-    Ok(PublishOutcome::decode(value)?)
-}
-
-fn dispatch_string(
-    publication: &PublishedObject<ApplicationService>,
-    request: CallRequest,
-    context: &str,
-) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let result = publication.dispatch(request)?;
-    let value = result
-        .value
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other(format!("{context} returned no value")))?;
-    Ok(String::decode(value)?)
-}
-
-fn request(
-    interface: InterfaceRef,
-    interface_validator: Option<Validator>,
-    operation: &str,
-    arguments: Vec<NamedValue>,
-) -> CallRequest {
-    CallRequest {
-        object: ObjectId(OBJECT_ID.into()),
-        object_validator: Some(Validator::new(OBJECT_VALIDATOR)),
-        interface: InterfaceTarget {
-            reference: interface,
-            validator: interface_validator,
-        },
-        operation: operation.into(),
-        arguments,
-    }
-}
-
-struct ApplicationService {
-    object_validator: Validator,
-    backend_connection: String,
-}
-
-impl ApplicationService {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            object_validator: Validator::new(OBJECT_VALIDATOR),
-            backend_connection: "private://article-database".into(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl WipObject for ApplicationService {
-    fn id(&self) -> ObjectId {
-        ObjectId(OBJECT_ID.into())
-    }
-
-    fn validator(&self) -> Option<&Validator> {
-        Some(&self.object_validator)
-    }
-
-    fn requires_validator(&self) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
-}
-
-impl Catalog for ApplicationService {
-    fn publish(&self, request: PublishRequest) -> wip::OperationResult<PublishOutcome> {
-        if request.title.trim().is_empty() {
-            Ok(PublishOutcome::Rejected("a title is required".into()))
-        } else {
-            Ok(PublishOutcome::Published("article-1".into()))
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
-        Ok("catalog-ready".into())
-    }
-
-    fn backend_status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
-        if self.backend_connection.starts_with("private://") {
-            Err(wip::HostError::new("backend unavailable"))
-        } else {
-            Ok("backend-ready".into())
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Audit for ApplicationService {
-    fn status(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
-        Ok("audit-ready".into())
-    }
-}
-
-impl Diagnostics for ApplicationService {
-    fn diagnostics(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<String> {
-        Ok("host-private".into())
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use wip_host::CallError;
-    use wip_interface::{CodecError, TypeDeclaration, TypeExpr};
-    use wip_protocol::{ProtocolErrorCategory, Value};
-
-    /// A deliberately inconsistent custom codec used to prove result validation.
-    pub struct InvalidValue;
-
-    impl WipType for InvalidValue {
-        fn type_expr() -> TypeExpr {
-            TypeExpr::String
-        }
-
-        fn collect_declarations(_: &mut Vec<TypeDeclaration>) {}
-
-        fn encode(self) -> Result<Value, CodecError> {
-            Ok(Value::Integer(7))
-        }
-
-        fn decode(_: Value) -> Result<Self, CodecError> {
-            Ok(Self)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Test-only interface whose custom codec emits an invalid result.
-    #[wip::interface]
-    pub trait BrokenResult {
-        /// Returns a value that violates its declared protocol type.
-        fn broken_result(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<InvalidValue>;
-    }
-
-    impl BrokenResult for ApplicationService {
-        fn broken_result(&self) -> wip::OperationResult<InvalidValue> {
-            Ok(InvalidValue)
-        }
-    }
-
-    struct Fixture {
-        publication: PublishedObject<ApplicationService>,
-        catalog: InterfaceRef,
-        audit: InterfaceRef,
-        diagnostics: InterfaceRef,
-    }
-
-    fn fixture() -> Fixture {
-        let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
-        let catalog = registry
-            .register(CatalogDefinition, Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)))
-            .unwrap();
-        let audit = registry.register(AuditDefinition, None).unwrap();
-        let diagnostics = registry.register(DiagnosticsDefinition, None).unwrap();
-        let publication = PublishedObject::new(ApplicationService::new())
-            .expose(&catalog)
-            .unwrap()
-            .expose(&audit)
-            .unwrap();
-        Fixture {
-            publication,
-            catalog: catalog.reference().clone(),
-            audit: audit.reference().clone(),
-            diagnostics: diagnostics.reference().clone(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn assert_failure(error: CallError, kind: CallErrorKind, category: ProtocolErrorCategory) {
-        assert_eq!(error.kind(), kind);
-        assert_eq!(error.protocol_error().category, category);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn interface_membership_and_same_name_operations_are_qualified() {
-        let fixture = fixture();
-
-        let catalog = dispatch_string(
-            &fixture.publication,
-            request(
-                fixture.catalog.clone(),
-                Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-                "status",
-                vec![],
-            ),
-            "catalog status",
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        let audit = dispatch_string(
-            &fixture.publication,
-            request(fixture.audit.clone(), None, "status", vec![]),
-            "audit status",
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(catalog, "catalog-ready");
-        assert_eq!(audit, "audit-ready");
-
-        let not_exposed = fixture
-            .publication
-            .dispatch(request(fixture.diagnostics, None, "diagnostics", vec![]))
-            .unwrap_err();
-        assert_failure(
-            not_exposed,
-            CallErrorKind::InterfaceMismatch,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::InterfaceNotFound,
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn every_host_precondition_and_dispatch_failure_is_typed() {
-        let fixture = fixture();
-
-        let mut wrong_object = request(
-            fixture.catalog.clone(),
-            Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-            "status",
-            vec![],
-        );
-        wrong_object.object = ObjectId("other-object".into());
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture.publication.dispatch(wrong_object).unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::ObjectNotFound,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::ObjectNotFound,
-        );
-
-        let mut missing_object_validator = request(
-            fixture.catalog.clone(),
-            Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-            "status",
-            vec![],
-        );
-        missing_object_validator.object_validator = None;
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(missing_object_validator)
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::ValidatorRequired,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::InvalidRequest,
-        );
-
-        let mut stale_object_validator = request(
-            fixture.catalog.clone(),
-            Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-            "status",
-            vec![],
-        );
-        stale_object_validator.object_validator = Some(Validator::new(b"stale-object"));
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(stale_object_validator)
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::ValidatorMismatch,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::InvalidRequest,
-        );
-
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(request(fixture.catalog.clone(), None, "status", vec![]))
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::InterfaceValidatorRequired,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::InvalidRequest,
-        );
-
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(request(
-                    fixture.catalog.clone(),
-                    Some(Validator::new(b"stale-interface")),
-                    "status",
-                    vec![],
-                ))
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::InterfaceValidatorMismatch,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::InvalidRequest,
-        );
-
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(request(
-                    fixture.catalog.clone(),
-                    Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-                    "missing",
-                    vec![],
-                ))
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::OperationNotFound,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::OperationNotFound,
-        );
-
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(request(
-                    fixture.catalog.clone(),
-                    Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-                    "publish",
-                    vec![NamedValue {
-                        name: "request".into(),
-                        value: Value::String("not a record".into()),
-                    }],
-                ))
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::InvalidArguments,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::InvalidArguments,
-        );
-
-        assert_failure(
-            fixture
-                .publication
-                .dispatch(request(
-                    fixture.catalog,
-                    Some(Validator::new(CATALOG_VALIDATOR)),
-                    "backend_status",
-                    vec![],
-                ))
-                .unwrap_err(),
-            CallErrorKind::Implementation,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::Internal,
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn invalid_implementation_result_never_crosses_the_host_boundary() {
-        let mut registry = InterfaceRegistry::new();
-        let broken = registry.register(BrokenResultDefinition, None).unwrap();
-        let publication = PublishedObject::new(ApplicationService::new())
-            .expose(&broken)
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let error = publication
-            .dispatch(request(
-                broken.reference().clone(),
-                None,
-                "broken_result",
-                vec![],
-            ))
-            .unwrap_err();
-        assert_failure(
-            error,
-            CallErrorKind::InvalidResult,
-            ProtocolErrorCategory::Internal,
-        );
-    }
-}

tests/end_to_end.rs

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-use wip_host::CallErrorKind;
-use wip_protocol::{OperationOutcome, ProtocolErrorCategory};
-use wip_public_api_example::{PublishOutcome, run};
-
-#[test]
-fn public_crates_support_the_complete_end_to_end_scenario() {
-    let report = run().unwrap();
-
-    assert_eq!(report.published_interfaces.len(), 2);
-    assert_eq!(report.catalog_descriptor, report.published_interfaces[0]);
-    assert_eq!(report.audit_descriptor, report.published_interfaces[1]);
-    assert_eq!(
-        report.published,
-        PublishOutcome::Published("article-1".into())
-    );
-    assert_eq!(
-        report.rejected,
-        PublishOutcome::Rejected("a title is required".into())
-    );
-    assert_eq!(report.catalog_status, "catalog-ready");
-    assert_eq!(report.audit_status, "audit-ready");
-    assert_eq!(report.host_failure, CallErrorKind::Implementation);
-    assert!(matches!(
-        report.protocol_failure.outcome,
-        OperationOutcome::Failed(error) if error.category == ProtocolErrorCategory::Internal
-    ));
-}