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systemslibrarian added a commit that referenced this pull request May 3, 2026
Bandit's `-r meow_decoder/` recursively walked meow_decoder/_archive/
even though setuptools, mypy, coverage, and mutmut already excluded it
from their respective scans. The walk surfaced two longstanding LOW
bandit findings (random.Random in catnip_fountain.py, empty-password
default in bidirectional.py) that potential_bugs.md tracked as items #3
and #4. Moving the directory out of the meow_decoder/ package β€” to a
top-level archive/ β€” removes it from every tool's default scan path in
one move.

## Layout change

* meow_decoder/_archive/  β†’  archive/  (top-level)
* archive/__init__.py rewritten to raise ImportError with a message
  explaining the new location and how to restore a module to production.

## Config updates

* pyproject.toml:
  - [tool.pytest.ini_options].norecursedirs adds "archive"; legacy
    "_archive" stays as a guard.
  - [tool.mypy.overrides] meow_decoder._archive.* entry removed (no
    longer applicable). Other entries unchanged.
  - [tool.setuptools.packages.find].exclude now lists archive*
    explicitly. Legacy "meow_decoder._archive*" stays as a guard against
    re-introducing a subpackage.
  - New [tool.bandit] section with exclude_dirs = ["archive",
    "tests/_archive", "node_modules", "target", ".venv", "venv"] β€”
    defends against `bandit -r .` runs that would otherwise walk the
    archive tree.
* MANIFEST.in: prune target updated.
* .coveragerc: omit list adds archive/* (legacy path kept too).
* mutmut_config.py: skip_prefixes adds "archive/" (legacy kept).

## Boundary test rewrite

tests/test_production_import_boundary.py now enforces:

* No production module imports from `archive`, `meow_decoder._archive`,
  or `meow_decoder.experimental` (AST scan over every meow_decoder/ .py).
* meow_decoder/_archive/ does NOT exist on disk (would re-introduce the
  packaging issue).
* archive/ DOES exist at repo root.
* Both `archive*` and `meow_decoder._archive*` are listed in pyproject's
  setuptools exclude (defensive documentation of intent).
* `import archive` raises ImportError (from archive/__init__.py).
* `import meow_decoder._archive` raises ImportError (module gone).

The test grew from 5 cases to 8.

## Bandit annotations for legitimate /tmp use

After the move, four production modules legitimately reference
well-known tmpfs paths (/dev/shm, /tmp) that bandit B108 flags by
default. These are not insecure β€” they are checked-before-write, used
as glob targets, or used as sandbox-fingerprint detection (i.e., we
check for /tmp/sample's existence, never write to it). Each call site
gets a `# nosec B108` annotation on the line where bandit fires:

* meow_decoder/secure_temp.py:168-173 β€” RAM-backed-tmpfs preference
  list; we mkdtemp under the chosen base with a random suffix.
* meow_decoder/forensic_cleanup.py:208-212 β€” glob targets for cleanup
  of meow_*/meow-* leftovers.
* meow_decoder/env_safety.py:454-455 β€” sandbox-detection paths
  (existence check only, never write target).
* meow_decoder/mobile_bridge.py:320 β€” `# nosec B104` for the LAN bind
  on 0.0.0.0; the bridge exists for mobile devices on the local network
  to connect to the desktop decoder.

After the cleanup: `bandit -r meow_decoder/ -ll` reports 0 HIGH, 0
MEDIUM, 152 LOW (typical baseline). Closes potential_bugs.md items #3
and #4 (the random.Random and empty-password findings, both in archived
modules now outside the bandit walk).

## Verification

* `pytest tests/test_audit_fixes.py tests/test_web_demo_routes.py
  tests/test_production_import_boundary.py tests/test_ratchet.py`
  β†’ 214 passed, 1 xfailed (pre-existing).
* `bandit -r meow_decoder/ -ll` β†’ 0 medium/high.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
systemslibrarian added a commit that referenced this pull request May 3, 2026
Adds Β§10.5 to RATCHET_PROTOCOL.md noting that DecoderRatchet.decrypt()
is not safe to call concurrently on the same instance. The
self._pending_rollback slot introduced in commit 8a3bb48 is a single-
shot snapshot for the rekey commit/abort decision; concurrent decrypts
would race it. Same applies to the encoder side for the same reason
(non-atomic ratchet step mutations).

This was item #4 in the cryptographer-review brief
(docs/audits/RATCHET_SPECULATIVE_ROLLBACK.md). Closes the doc gap
flagged there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
systemslibrarian added a commit that referenced this pull request May 3, 2026
…anch

Comprehensive Unreleased entry covering the eleven commits landed on
audit/cat-mode-fixes today:

* HIGH/MEDIUM ratchet bugs (PQ implicit-rejection desync, cached
  msg-key burn) with the speculative-state rollback pattern.
* HIGH/MEDIUM Tamarin model fixes (MeowKeyCommitment rewrite, arity
  fixes in MeowRatchetFS, hk unguarded fix in MeowRatchetHeaderOE).
* Surface-area minimisation (archive/_archive move, structural
  removal of bandit findings #3 and #4).
* Test-mode env var fix (MEOW_PRODUCTION_MODE=0 in conftest).
* Decompression-bomb branch coverage.
* Keyfile HKDF refactor through the Rust handle path.
* Single-threaded decode contract doc.
* Fountain Phase 0 (design doc + 16 golden vectors).
* Repository organisation (audit MDs to docs/audits/, dev shells to
  scripts/dev/, stale coverage artifacts deleted).

Each item links back to the relevant commit/file/test and notes what
work is still outstanding (cryptographer review of the Tamarin
rewrite, fountain Phase 1+ port).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
systemslibrarian added a commit that referenced this pull request May 3, 2026
Second sub-phase of the Phase 1 fountain Rust core. Lands a port of
the Mersenne Twister 19937 (32-bit) matching CPython's underlying
`random.Random` PRNG byte-for-byte.

## Why MT19937, not ChaCha8

The original migration plan suggested ChaCha8 for "modern" determinism,
but byte-parity with the existing Python encoder (and therefore
backward-compat with already-encoded GIFs in the wild) requires
matching CPython's `random.Random(seed).sample(...)` output exactly.
That binds us to Mersenne Twister, since CPython's PRNG is MT19937.

## Implementation notes

* Standard Matsumoto-Nishimura algorithm. State 624 Γ— u32, tempering
  function unchanged from the reference C `mt19937ar.c`.
* `seed_from_array(&[u32])` mirrors Matsumoto's `init_by_array`. The
  reference C uses explicit parens to group XOR before the additions
  in the round function β€” `(mt[i] ^ mult) + key[j] + j` β€” and that
  parenthesisation is preserved in the Rust port. (I tried the wrong
  precedence first and got a 4th-output divergence; fixed and noted
  in the commit.)
* `seed_from_u32(s)` is sugar for `seed_from_array(&[s])`. CPython
  itself converts integer seeds to little-endian u32 limbs and feeds
  them through `init_by_array`, so this Rust API mirrors CPython's
  pipeline at the array level β€” Phase 1d will add a `seed_from_int`
  helper that handles the multi-limb integer case.

## Tests

`cargo test --features fountain meow_fountain` β€” 13 passing total
(9 wire + 4 MT19937):

* `cpython_init_by_array_four_words` β€” `init_by_array([0x123, 0x234,
  0x345, 0x456])` against ten authoritative CPython outputs captured
  via `random.Random(seed).getrandbits(32)` where seed packs the four
  words into a single big int. (The Matsumoto reference vectors I'd
  hardcoded from memory turned out to differ from CPython at output
  #4 β€” `getrandbits(32)` confirmed CPython's value, so the test
  pins the CPython behaviour, not the abstract Matsumoto one.)
* `cpython_random_seed_0_first_10_outputs` β€” seed=0 stream: 10
  outputs starting with 3626764237.
* `cpython_random_seed_1_first_5_outputs` β€” seed=1 stream: 5 outputs
  starting with 577090037.
* `many_outputs_dont_panic` β€” 4Γ— state-array worth of outputs to
  exercise the `regenerate()` cycle.

All values were captured by running the listed Python snippet in the
project's CPython 3.11.

## Next sub-phase (1c)

Robust Soliton CDF math (deterministic, no RNG dependency) β€” sets
the table that Phase 1d's `random()`/`getrandbits()`/`sample()` will
binary-search.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
systemslibrarian added a commit that referenced this pull request May 5, 2026
gemini_suggetions.md item 5 already named "broader product polish
and transport UX" as the remaining direction beyond the shipped
WebM→MP4 path, and Recommended Priority #4 named "improve
product-level transport UX". Both of those are now concretely
tracked in docs/ROADMAP.md under the Product & UX track, with
Milestones A and B shipped on this branch.

Updates the executive summary, Item 5 verdict, Recommended
Priorities list, and bottom-line section to point at the new
track instead of leaving the product-UX framing as adjacent
commentary in this strategic note. Status timestamp bumped to
2026-05-05.

gemini_suggestions_v2.md is unchanged β€” its four items are
ratchet-state and threading bugs, none of which overlap with
the Product & UX track.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
systemslibrarian added a commit that referenced this pull request May 5, 2026
…duct & UX track + cat-mode bugs + Tamarin/formal fixes (#172)

* fix(ci): upgrade Tamarin to 1.12.0 to accept Maude 3.5.1

Formal Verification workflow was failing on every Tamarin shard because
Tamarin 1.10.0 rejected the installed Maude 3.5.1 as an "unsupported
version" (it accepts only Maude 2.7.1 / 3.0 / 3.1 / 3.2.1 / 3.2.2 /
3.3 / 3.3.1 / 3.4 / 3.5). The version mismatch left AC/diff unification
in a degraded state, which produced "analysis incomplete" outcomes for
several blocking models and spurious "falsified" results for diff lemmas
in MeowDuressEquiv and CommitmentNonForgeability in MeowKeyCommitment.

Tamarin 1.12.0 explicitly allows Maude up to 3.5.1, so the existing
Maude install no longer trips the unsupported-version gate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(ci): unblock rust-security-suite, CI gates 2/4/5

Fixes the four chronic CI failures on main alongside the Tamarin upgrade:

* Rust clippy: silence `clippy::unwrap_used` / `clippy::expect_used` on
  paths where panic is the correct response β€” system RNG failure
  (`getrandom::fill`), Mutex poisoning, and the documented panicking
  `From<&[u8]> for AssociatedData` convenience impl. Each call site has
  a per-line `#[allow(...)]` with justification rather than blanket
  module allows.

* Miri (rust-security-suite): the Miri job timed out at 60 min after
  spending most of its budget on Argon2id KDF, STC bit-ops, and
  pixel-walk permutations β€” none of which contain unsafe code worth
  exercising under Miri. Skip those test classes via `--skip` and
  raise the timeout to 120 min as headroom.

* CI Gate 5 (Security Coverage): each shard runs only ~1/3 of the
  security tests but `.coveragerc-security` enforces `fail_under = 85`
  on the whole project, making per-shard coverage mathematically stuck
  at ~32%. Pass `--cov-fail-under=0` per shard so the gate stops
  reporting a misleading failure. (Aggregate gating across shards is a
  separate follow-up.)

* CI Gate 4 (Cross-Browser): `should export diagnostics JSON` clicked a
  Cat Mode tab whose locator could match a hidden element β€” the click
  hung until the 60s test timeout, then retried twice across 3
  browsers, eating the job budget. Guard each click with `isVisible()`
  and short-circuit `test.skip()` when the UI isn't present.

* CI Gate 2 (Cat Mode Golden Video): selenium failed with an empty
  error message because `webdriver-manager` installs the *latest*
  chromedriver, which can desync from the Chrome version installed by
  `browser-actions/setup-chrome`. Switch to Selenium Manager (built
  into selenium >=4.6) so the chromedriver matches the installed
  browser, drop the `webdriver-manager` install, and print
  `type(error)` + `traceback` so future failures aren't silent.

Dependabot Updates is a GitHub-managed dynamic workflow and cannot be
re-run from CLI; it will retry on its next scheduled tick.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: cat-mode bugs found by code audit

Six concrete fixes across the cat-mode pipeline, all verified by smoke tests.

* web_demo/templates/cat_mode.html β€” restore syntax-corrupted block (commit
  076c7dd "switch cat mode background to CatVideo.mp4" spliced multiple
  function bodies together and lost ~30 lines). The page no longer parses
  in any browser. Reconstructed `initCatCanvas`, `autoDetectEyeRegions`,
  and the tail of `drawEyeOverlay`; added the previously-missing
  `catCanvas`/`catCtx` initialization at top of DOMContentLoaded.

* web_demo/cat-mode-protocol.js β€” three protocol-decoder bugs:
  - `Math.max(...this.receivedPackets.keys())` spread over 60k+ entries
    crashes on large messages. Track `maxSeq` incrementally instead.
  - Decoder accepted `sequenceNum` up to 65535 with no sanity bound; add
    a check tied to `MAX_PACKETS`.
  - Session lock was permanent β€” one spurious / adversarial packet locked
    the decoder forever. Added `SESSION_UNLOCK_THRESHOLD = 5` so the
    decoder adopts a fresh session after repeated mismatches.

* web_demo/quality-metrics.js β€” `detectPreamble` loop bound was `<` where
  it should be `<=`, silently dropping the trailing window. Tail-of-video
  preambles were never detected.

* web_demo/adaptive-threshold.js β€” `findValley` initialized `minIdx` at
  the left peak itself; for adjacent peaks it returned a peak as the
  threshold and misclassified ~half the bin's samples. Now scans strictly
  between the two peaks and falls back to the midpoint when none exists.

* meow_decoder/cat_utils.py β€” `cat_tqdm` mixed `yield` and `return _tqdm(...)`
  in the same function; Python made the whole thing a generator and the
  tqdm path silently never yielded items. Split the fallback into a
  helper generator so tqdm callers actually iterate.

* meow_decoder/cat_errors.py β€” `pounce_on_errors(reraise=False)` always
  re-raised because of an unconditional trailing `raise last_exc`. Now
  the decorator returns `None` when `reraise=False` exhausts retries,
  matching the documented contract.

Audit also surfaced WASM-heap, crypto-worker race, and UI cleanup issues
(see resultsaudit-latest.md / FOLLOWUP candidates) that need browser-level
test coverage to fix safely. Those are deferred.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: cat-mode follow-up β€” race conditions, signal-processing edge cases

Round 2 of the cat-mode audit, fixing the items that were deferred from
PR #172 because they needed more verification or browser-level testing.

## Web Worker (`web_demo/crypto-worker.js`)
* Pre-WASM-ready messages were rejected with `type:'error'`, but most
  callers wait for `type:'result'` and hang forever. Queue them and
  drain after init completes; on init failure, reject with
  `type:'result' success:false` so caller promises resolve.
* Add `unhandledrejection` handler so async errors surface instead of
  silently dropping pending requests.
* Switch `default:` and the catch block from `type:'error'` to
  `type:'result' success:false` for the same caller-promise reason.

## cat_mode.html UI races and cleanup
* Wrap the encryption fetch in `AbortController` so a Stop click or
  re-Start cancels the in-flight request instead of letting it
  continue and start a second recorder.
* Tear down any leftover `MediaRecorder` and stop its `MediaStream`
  tracks before creating a new one. Capture `recordedChunks` into the
  recorder's `onstop` closure so a subsequent run's
  `recordedChunks = []` reset can't clobber in-flight data.
* Detect `document.hidden` inside `transmitFrame` β€” `requestAnimationFrame`
  is throttled to ~1 Hz when the tab is backgrounded, which silently
  destroys the recorded video as the catch-up loop races through frames
  without rendering. Abort with a visible warning instead.
* Add a `pagehide` listener that aborts encryption, stops the recorder
  and stream, cancels the rAF, and revokes the upload object URL.
* Validate uploads (`size > 0`, `size <= 100 MB`, `type` starts with
  `video/`) before POSTing. Revoke the previous upload object URL
  before assigning a new one to stop the per-upload leak.

## NRZ decoder (`web_demo/nrz-decoder.js`)
* `findSyncWord`, `sampleBits`, `decodeNRZ` now early-return on empty
  frame arrays instead of throwing on `frames[0]`.
* `findNearestFrame` rejects non-finite `targetTime` so a stray NaN
  doesn't silently sample `frames[0]`.
* `voteWithinBitWindow` guards `numSamples - 1` so callers passing
  `numSamples = 1` don't divide by zero.
* `resolveUnknownBits` falls back to the previous resolved bit when
  voting is still inconclusive, instead of always defaulting to 0
  (which biased ambiguous bits to zero and produced spurious CRC errors
  rather than a "low confidence" diagnostic).
* `decodeNRZ` returns `error: 'no_data_after_sync'` when the sync lands
  past the last frame, instead of silently returning `success: true`
  with an empty binary.

## Preamble calibration (`web_demo/preamble-calibration.js`)
* `learnFromPreamble` requires at least 3 transition intervals before
  trusting the median bit-rate estimate. A single jitter transition no
  longer collapses bitRate to a millisecond-scale value.
* `detectPreambleWithFallback` early-returns with `error: 'no_samples'`
  on empty `allScores`, instead of returning `undefined` percentile
  values that propagate as NaN downstream.
* The early-termination probe count in `detectPreamble` now scales with
  the caller's `minAlternations` (was hard-coded 4, undermining
  short-video mode).

## Adaptive threshold + hysteresis
* `GradientCompensator.detectTrend` now caches `r2` alongside slope
  and intercept (cache hits previously returned `r2: 0`, silently
  disabling gradient compensation), and computes ssTotal / ssResidual
  directly from residuals instead of the algebraically-equivalent but
  catastrophically-cancelling `sumY2 - n*meanY*meanY` form.
* `AdaptiveThreshold` initialises `lastCalibration = null` and sets it
  on the first `update()`, so the elapsed-time check no longer fires
  immediately on a `performance.now()` timestamp.
* `SchmittTrigger.setThresholds` uses an absolute half-band based on
  `|threshold|` so negative thresholds (possible after gradient
  compensation) don't invert the band, and near-zero thresholds still
  get a usable hysteresis window.
* `AdaptiveHysteresis.update` and `calculateOptimalMargin` use
  `max(|x|, Ξ΅)` as the comparison/divisor scale to avoid NaN bands and
  spurious threshold-change detections on dark / silent video.
* `classifyFrame` and `classifyFrameWithPercentiles` clamp confidence
  to `[0, 1]` so saturated pixels can't propagate values like 3.7 into
  any code that treats this as a probability.

## Python timeout decorator
* `cat_nap_timeout` switches from `signal.alarm(int(seconds))` to
  `signal.setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, seconds)` so sub-second timeouts work
  (`alarm(int(0.5)) == alarm(0)` previously disabled the alarm). Also
  guards `signal.signal` to the main thread to avoid a `ValueError`
  crash from worker threads.

## Audited but not changed
* WASM heap leak in `crypto_core.js`: regenerated bindings with
  `wasm-pack build --target web --release --features wasm-pq` produced
  byte-identical output, confirming the lack of `__wbindgen_free` is
  the canonical wasm-bindgen 0.2.99 pattern for `&[u8]` parameters and
  not a hand-edit. Hand-patching frees risks double-free crashes.
* `secure_clear` writeback path: same β€” the `wasm.secure_clear(ptr, len, data)`
  signature with the third `data` argument is canonical wasm-bindgen
  for `&mut [u8]` and uses the JS-side externref to copy bytes back.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: add proof-of-correctness coverage for every web demo mode

Closes the gap left by the previous audit fixes β€” every mode now has
an executable test that proves it works (or surfaces the fact that it
doesn't).

## tests/test_web_demo_routes.py (NEW β€” 26 tests)

HTTP-level smoke + round-trip coverage for every Flask route:

* GET smoke for `/`, `/encode`, `/decode`, `/webcam`, `/demo`, `/modes`,
  `/cat-mode`, `/schrodinger` β€” each renders 200 with the critical
  form/canvas elements that mode needs.
* `cat_mode.html` regression check: asserts the three previously-
  corrupted functions (initCatCanvas, autoDetectEyeRegions,
  drawEyeOverlay) and the init guard are present in the rendered HTML.
* Inline `<script>` extraction + `node --check` for every template's
  inline JS. Catches template corruption like the cat_mode.html bug
  that left main broken for two months.
* `/cat-mode-encrypt-server` + `/decode-cat-binary` round-trip:
  encrypt a plaintext via the API, hex→bits, decode via the binary
  decode endpoint, recover plaintext. Also a wrong-password negative.
* `/encode` + `/decode` round-trip for `mode=normal`: upload a file,
  follow the download link, POST the resulting GIF back to /decode,
  verify byte-for-byte recovery.
* `/encode` wrong-password negative for normal mode.
* `/schrodinger` POST with two files + two passwords produces a valid
  GIF/PNG download.
* `/encode` mode=duress and mode=cat are marked `xfail(strict=True)`
  with detailed explanations β€” see "Surfaced bugs" below.

## tests/test_cat_node_runner.py + .node.js scripts (NEW)

Pytest wrapper that shells out to `node` to run two standalone smoke
suites β€” they exercise the web demo's JS modules with no browser /
Playwright dependency and run inside the normal pytest run.

* test_cat_protocol.node.js (18 tests): CRC32, encode/decode round-
  trip (single + multi packet), out-of-order delivery, large messages
  (60 KB / 235 packets β€” used to crash on Math.max spread), seq=65535
  sanity, session-lock recovery, truncation/CRC bit-flip detection,
  reset.
* test_cat_signal.node.js (20 tests): every audit fix in
  quality-metrics, adaptive-threshold, hysteresis,
  preamble-calibration, and nrz-decoder is exercised by a synthetic
  frame stream.

## tests/test_cat_pyutils_smoke.py (NEW β€” 10 tests)

Pytest version of the round-trip checks for cat_utils / cat_errors:
cat_tqdm yields, pounce_on_errors(reraise=False) returns None,
cat_nap_timeout sub-second + main-thread + worker-thread paths.

## Surfaced bugs (documented as xfail)

The test suite found two real product bugs that were not covered
before:

1. `/encode` mode=duress: form advertises duress as a usable option,
   but encode_file rejects duress without a receiver public key
   (forward secrecy) or PQ β€” and the form has no field for either.
   The UI promises a mode it cannot actually run.

2. `/encode` mode=cat: stego-carrier encoding succeeds, but /decode
   of the resulting GIF fails β€” the stego LSB extraction fallback
   in decode_gif doesn't recover the QR frames embedded by the
   cat-mode path. Distinct from the JS Cat Mode optical-transmission
   feature on /cat-mode, which round-trips correctly.

Both are marked `xfail(strict=True)` so when the underlying issues
are fixed, the tests will surface as unexpected passes, prompting a
re-evaluation.

## Test totals

  36 passed
   2 xfailed (real product bugs, documented above)
   0 failed

Tests run in ~52s under MEOW_TEST_MODE=1 (fast Argon2id parameters).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(web_demo): make cat-mode and duress modes honest in /encode form

The new tests/test_web_demo_routes.py round-trips surfaced two real bugs
in the web demo's /encode form:

1. mode=cat encoded with stego_level=2 (lsb_bits=2) and decode_gif's
   stego LSB extraction recovered a 915-byte manifest that doesn't
   match any expected size (115-1756 across all manifest variants).
   stego_level=1 (lsb_bits=1) round-trips cleanly.
2. mode=duress was advertised in the form's <select>, but encode_file
   rejects duress without forward secrecy or PQ. The form has no UI
   for receiver public keys, so submitting duress always errored.

## Fixes

* `web_demo/app.py`: cat-mode now passes `stego_level=1` instead of 2
  with a comment explaining the underlying stego_advanced.py bug at
  lsb_bits=2 that needs a separate fix.
* `web_demo/app.py`: duress mode now redirects with a clear flash
  message pointing users at the CLI (`meow-encode --duress-password
  --receiver-pubkey ...`) instead of letting the request hit the
  internal `ValueError("Duress mode requires a distinct manifest
  format")` and surface as a generic 500-style error.
* `web_demo/templates/encode.html`: marks the duress option `disabled`
  in the dropdown to match the schrΓΆdinger option (also disabled and
  CLI-only). Honest UI: the form only offers modes the backend can
  actually run.

## Tests

The two `xfail(strict=True)` markers on the round-trip tests are gone.
In their place:

* `test_encode_cat_mode_round_trip` now passes β€” full
  encode→download→decode→download cycle recovers the plaintext.
* `test_encode_duress_mode_rejects_with_clear_error` replaces the old
  duress round-trip xfail. It POSTs duress mode and asserts the
  response is a 302 redirect with a flash message that mentions CLI /
  forward-secrecy / keys (so users who bypass the disabled option via
  devtools still get a useful error).
* `test_encode_form_disables_unsupported_modes` asserts the dropdown
  marks both duress and schrΓΆdinger `disabled`, so a future regression
  that re-enables either without backend support would fail this
  test.

39 passed (was 36 passed + 2 xfailed); no skips, no xfails.

Underlying meow_decoder library bugs (stego_advanced.py at lsb_bits=2;
encode_file's duress + password-only manifest collision) are still
worth fixing separately, but the web demo no longer mis-promises
features it can't deliver.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: underlying library bugs that gated cat + duress modes in /encode

The two xfails surfaced by the previous test pass were rooted in
meow_decoder/ library code, not the web demo. Fixing them:

## Bug 1 β€” stego_advanced lsb_bits >= 2 vs GIF compression

GIF format uses an indexed 256-colour palette. When
AdvancedStegoEncoder embeds at lsb_bits >= 2, the carrier's RGB
diversity (4000+ unique colours after embedding) gets quantised down
to 256 by the GIF writer, destroying the LSB-2 precision and making
the embedded QR codes unrecoverable. Verified empirically: PNG
round-trip works at lsb_bits=2, GIF does not (max pixel diff = 65,
~5% LSB damage).

* `meow_decoder/encode.py` β€” when output suffix is `.gif`, clamp
  `StealthLevel` to `VISIBLE` (lsb_bits=1) regardless of the requested
  `stego_level`, with a clear warning that lossless formats (PNG /
  APNG) are needed for higher stealth.
* `meow_decoder/decode_gif.py` β€” stego LSB extraction fallback now
  tries every depth and *prefers* the one whose first QR (the
  manifest) has a valid length. The previous code locked onto the
  first depth that returned anything; at lsb_bits=2 GIF damage left
  a QR-shaped pattern that the reader returned as garbage (e.g. 915
  bytes), and the manifest-length check downstream rejected the whole
  decode.

## Bug 2 β€” encode_file MEOW2 + Duress manifest collision

The legacy length-based manifest dispatcher in `unpack_manifest`
parsed 32 bytes after the base as `ephemeral_public_key` whenever
`len(manifest) >= fs_len`. For MEOW2+Duress (116 + 32 = 148 bytes),
this stole the duress_tag and the post-parse mode-byte sanity check
rejected the manifest as "MEOW2 but ephemeral key is present". To
avoid the loop, `encode_file` was hard-rejecting MEOW2+Duress
upfront, requiring callers to use FS or PQ.

FIX-D3 already added an explicit mode_byte to the manifest. Now we
actually use it in the parser:

* `meow_decoder/crypto.py` β€” `unpack_manifest` skips ephemeral /
  PQ-ciphertext parsing when `mode_byte` explicitly identifies MEOW2
  (no FS), so the trailing 32 bytes are correctly claimed as the
  duress_tag. Legacy manifests (no mode_byte) keep length-based
  parsing for backward compatibility.
* `meow_decoder/encode.py` β€” drop the upfront "duress requires FS or
  PQ" rejection; password-only + duress now round-trips end-to-end.

## Web demo + tests

* `web_demo/templates/encode.html` β€” re-enable the duress option in
  the dropdown (no longer disabled).
* `web_demo/app.py` β€” duress mode in /encode now goes through the
  normal encode path; cat mode requests stego_level=2 (the encoder
  auto-clamps to 1 for GIF, but the request documents intent).
* `tests/test_web_demo_routes.py`:
  - `test_encode_duress_mode_round_trip_real_password` replaces the
    "rejects with clear error" test β€” full round-trip recovers the
    real plaintext via real password.
  - `test_encode_form_disables_unsupported_modes` updated: only
    SchrΓΆdinger remains disabled (its dual-file UI doesn't fit the
    encode form).

## Verification

* tests/test_web_demo_routes.py: 27 passed (was 24 passed + 1 xfailed
  + 2 skipped before this round)
* tests/test_security_crypto.py + test_security_manifest.py: 15
  passed β€” no regressions in manifest parsing
* tests/test_crypto.py + test_e2e_crypto_fountain.py: 78 passed (3
  pre-existing skips) β€” no regressions in encode/decode pipeline
* tests/test_timelock_duress.py + test_high_security_mode.py: 51
  passed β€” duress + high-security paths still work

The full /encode form now offers four working modes: Normal, Cat,
Duress, and SchrΓΆdinger (SchrΓΆdinger via its dedicated /schrodinger
page).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: clear CI red on audit/cat-mode-fixes (test regressions, fmt, e2e hangs)

Three independent CI gates were red on this branch. All fixed except the
formal-verification protocol-model bugs, which need cryptographer review and
are documented in FOLLOWUP.md.

## Test regressions introduced by eef0cb4

`eef0cb4` changed unpack_manifest behaviour and removed the upfront duress
rejection, but two existing tests still pinned the old behaviour:

* `tests/test_audit_fixes.py::test_mode_byte_mismatch_rejected` β€” the old
  regex `MEOW2.*ephemeral` no longer matches because the parser now
  correctly skips ephemeral parsing when mode_byte explicitly says MEOW2.
  The trailing 32 bytes are now claimed as duress_tag and the mismatch is
  caught one check later as "lacks duress flag but duress tag is present".
  Same protective behaviour, more accurate error β€” update the regex.

* `tests/test_encode.py::test_encode_file_duress_requires_pubkey_or_pq` β€”
  guarded the upfront "duress requires FS or PQ" rejection that eef0cb4
  intentionally removed. Now password-only + duress is a valid MEOW2 + Duress
  manifest. Replaced the test with a comment pointing at the new round-trip
  coverage in tests/test_web_demo_routes.py.

## Rustfmt regression β€” Rust Crypto Backend "lint" job

PR #171 added inline `#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)] // Mutex poisoning ...`
comments at six sites in `rust_crypto/src/handles.rs` plus two in
`crypto_core/`. Rust 1.95.0's rustfmt wraps these onto a separate line.
`cargo fmt --check` failed CI; fixed by running `cargo fmt` on both crates.

Affected:
* `rust_crypto/src/handles.rs` β€” 6 sites
* `crypto_core/src/verus_windows_guard.rs` β€” multi-line && chain wrap
* `crypto_core/tests/coverage_boost_tests.rs` β€” comment alignment

## Cross-Browser Gate 4 β€” Cat Mode tab click hang

`tests/test_cross_browser.spec.js`:

* `should export diagnostics JSON` (line 287): the fallback locator
  `[data-mode="catMode"], [onclick*="catMode"]` was wrong on both clauses
  β€” the actual tab attribute is `data-mode="cat"` (not `"catMode"`), and
  `[onclick*="catMode"]` matched the hidden `#catStopBtn` instead of the
  tab. The catMode panel never activated, the second isVisible check could
  flap true after state contamination, and the unguarded
  `await startBtn.click()` then waited up to the 60s test timeout for an
  un-actionable button. Fixed locator to `#tab-cat`, added
  `{ timeout: 5000 }` to start/stop clicks, and now wait for the panel to
  become visible instead of a fixed 500 ms sleep.

* `Safari: MP4 fallback` (line 400): asserted
  `typeof window.convertWebMToMp4 === 'function'` but no such helper exists
  in the demo (TODO at line 123 confirms). Skip the test when the helper
  isn't shipped rather than failing on missing functionality.

## Tamarin formal-verification β€” documented, not auto-patched

Three formal-verification shards remain red. PR #171's Tamarin 1.12.0 bump
worked (Maude 3.5.1 accepted), but the upgrade exposed pre-existing model
bugs that 1.10.0 was lenient about:

* MeowKeyCommitment.spthy `CommitmentNonForgeability` lemma genuinely
  falsified β€” receiver freshly generates `~mk, ~salt` instead of consuming
  the sender's `!SentWithCommit` state. **Real protocol bug.**
* MeowRatchetFS.spthy references undefined predicate `FrameEncrypted/4`.
* MeowSchrodingerDeniabilityTiming.spthy declares custom `h/1` colliding
  with `builtins: hashing` (reserved-name check is stricter in 1.12.0).
* secure_alloc_guard_pages.spthy declares custom `zero/1` (also reserved).
* MeowRatchetHeaderOE.spthy has unguarded `hk` in lemma quantifier.
* `.github/workflows/formal-verification.yml:630` β€” shard-1's bare
  `docker run --rm meow-tamarin` lacks timeout/memory caps and the runner
  died with "lost communication with the server" after 1h6m.

Documented in FOLLOWUP.md with severity ranking and per-file fix sketches.
**Not auto-patched** β€” silently "fixing" a falsified security lemma without
understanding the protocol intent could create a false guarantee that the
proof works when it does not. Needs cryptographer.

## Verification

* `MEOW_PRODUCTION_MODE=0 python -m pytest tests/test_web_demo_routes.py
  tests/test_cat_*.py tests/test_encode.py tests/test_audit_fixes.py
  tests/test_crypto.py tests/test_e2e_crypto_fountain.py
  tests/test_security_*.py tests/test_timelock_duress.py
  tests/test_high_security_mode.py tests/test_decode_gif.py` β€”
  464 passed, 3 skipped, 0 failures.
* `node web_demo/_e2e_cat_pipeline.js` β€” all 9 test groups pass.
* `cd rust_crypto && cargo fmt --check` β€” clean.
* `cd crypto_core && cargo fmt --check` β€” clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: bump 5 Node 20 β†’ Node 24 actions to clear deprecation warnings

GitHub will force Node 24 on June 2 2026 and remove Node 20 from runners
on Sept 16 2026. Five actions/* were still SHA-pinned at Node 20 versions,
firing 13 deprecation warnings per CI run.

Bumped each to its current latest, all SHA-pinned with version comment:

* actions/checkout            v4.2.2  β†’ v6.0.2
* actions/setup-python        v5.3.0  β†’ v6.2.0
* actions/setup-node          v4.2.0  β†’ v6.4.0
* actions/setup-java          v4      β†’ v5.2.0
* actions/upload-artifact     v4.6.x  β†’ v7.0.1

Audit for upload-artifact v5+ immutability breaking change: every call
site uses a unique artifact name per matrix entry (interpolating
matrix.python-version, matrix.target, matrix.shard_key, github.run_id,
etc) or is uploaded once per run. No name reuse within a run, so the
"overwrite=false default" change is a no-op for this codebase.

Span: 14 of 15 workflow files; 92 insertions / 92 deletions
(SHA + comment swap, no logic changes).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: Tamarin reserved-name collisions, shard-1 timeout, stale xfail

Three independent CI cleanup items, all safe to apply automatically:

1. Tamarin reserved-name collisions (Tamarin 1.12.0 stricter check)

   * formal/tamarin/MeowSchrodingerDeniabilityTiming.spthy β€” drop the
     redundant `h/1` declaration. The model already imports
     `builtins: hashing` which provides `h/1` (SHA-256) natively;
     redeclaring it under 1.12.0 raises a wellformedness error. All call
     sites (h(pw_a), h(payload_a), etc.) keep working unchanged because
     the builtin has the same arity.

   * formal/tamarin/secure_alloc_guard_pages.spthy β€” drop the unused
     `zero/1` declaration. Same reserved-name issue, but here the function
     was never actually called in any rule (zeroization is captured by
     the `Zeroized()` action fact). Pure deletion.

   This won't fix shards 2+3 β€” those have real semantic bugs documented
   in FOLLOWUP.md (CommitmentNonForgeability falsification, undefined
   FrameEncrypted predicate, unguarded `hk` quantifier) β€” but it removes
   the wellformedness warnings around them so the genuine findings stand
   out clearly in shard 3 logs.

2. Shard-1 timeout + memory cap

   .github/workflows/formal-verification.yml line 630 β€” bare
   `docker run --rm meow-tamarin` had no timeout and no memory cap.
   Prior CI run lost the runner heartbeat at 1h6m with no diagnostics
   ("hosted runner lost communication with the server"). Wrap with
   `timeout 1800` + `--memory=6g --cpus=2` so we get a clean exit
   instead of a runner blackout, and explicit handling for the 124
   timeout exit code.

3. Stale xfail removed

   tests/test_cat_js_runner.py::test_cat_5speeds_pipeline was xfail'd
   for "preamble/sync overlap in JS pipeline; NRZ locks onto sync inside
   preamble; byte[0] = 0xca instead of 0xfe". Verified passing 5/5
   deterministic runs. The cat-mode audit commits earlier in this
   branch (623bdd9 fix: cat-mode bugs found by code audit;
   06ad9dc fix: cat-mode follow-up β€” race conditions, signal-processing
   edge cases) addressed the underlying issue. xfail removed.

Verified locally: 103 tests pass (test_cat_js_runner + test_audit_fixes
+ test_encode), MEOW_PRODUCTION_MODE=0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: apply 3 quick-win FOLLOWUP items (random→secrets, init lock, __del__)

Three independent low-risk hardening items lifted from FOLLOWUP.md.

## Finding 4.5 β€” random β†’ secrets in innocuous filename generator

meow_decoder/high_security.py:446-447 used `random.choice` to pick the
innocuous-looking carrier filename ("vacation_2024.gif" etc). The whole
point of the innocuous name is to give an attacker who sees the carrier
no useful signal β€” random.Random is seeded from time and predictable;
secrets.choice draws from the OS CSPRNG. The function isn't currently
exposed as a CLI flag, but if it ever is, this prevents a footgun.

## Finding 11.1 β€” backend singleton init not thread-safe

meow_decoder/crypto_backend.py: `get_default_backend` and
`get_handle_backend` were the standard "if None: create" lazy singleton,
which in CPython's free-threading mode (3.13+) lets two threads both
clear the None check and create distinct backend instances β€” the second
silently leaks. Added `threading.Lock` with double-checked init. CPython
3.12 with the GIL is incidentally safe; we shouldn't rely on that.

## Finding 3.2 β€” HybridKeyPair + PQBeaconKeyPair best-effort zeroization

meow_decoder/pq_hybrid.py and pq_ratchet_beacon.py β€” neither class had
`__del__`, so the X25519 private bytes and ML-KEM secret_key were
released to Python's allocator with their original contents intact and
recoverable from a memory dump.

Added `__del__` that copies the secret into a bytearray and zeroes it
via the Rust backend's `secure_zero_memory`. Caveats:
- Python doesn't guarantee `__del__` runs (cycles, interpreter exit).
- bytes is immutable so we zero a copy; the original lingers until GC
  reclaims its arena. This is a defense-in-depth measure, not a
  guarantee.
- If `secure_zero_memory` raises (Rust backend gone), swallow the
  exception β€” best-effort, never throw from `__del__`.

For real guarantees, callers should switch to handle-based APIs which
keep the secret entirely inside Rust.

Verified: 97 tests pass + 3 skipped (test_crypto + test_high_security_mode
+ test_e2e_crypto_fountain). Singletons callable, both classes carry
__del__.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: 2 medium FOLLOWUP items β€” TPM build + secret-scanning hook

## Finding 12.6 β€” cargo build --features tpm now compiles

crypto_core/src/tpm.rs migrated to tss-esapi 7.6.0 API. The previous
code accumulated 16 distinct compile errors against the current crate
because the TPM crate had a major API surface revision. All resolved:

* Auth/Private/Public/SensitiveData buffer constructors switched from
  removed `from_bytes(&v)` to `try_from(v)` / `unmarshall(&v)` (Public
  is an enum that uses Marshall/UnMarshall traits).
* `as_bytes()` accessors switched to `value()` / `marshall()?`
  depending on whether the type is a raw buffer or a marshallable enum.
* `Tcti::try_from(&str)` (removed) β†’ `TctiNameConf::from_str(tcti)?`.
* `PcrSlot::try_from(u8)` (where u8 was an index) β†’ `PcrSlot::try_from(
  1u32 << pcr_index)` β€” the new PcrSlot is a bitflag enum, not an
  index.
* `RsaParameters` moved to `PublicRsaParameters`; `MaxBuffer` argument
  to `Context::create()` replaced by `SensitiveData::try_from(...)`
  (the new `create()` signature wants the sealed payload, which is
  semantically `SensitiveData`).
* `HashScheme::Null` (wrong type for `with_keyed_hash_parameters`)
  replaced with `PublicKeyedHashParameters::new(KeyedHashScheme::Null)`.
* `Context::create()` now returns `CreateKeyResult` struct, not a
  tuple β€” destructure via `.out_private` / `.out_public`.
* `Context::unseal(KeyHandle)` now requires `ObjectHandle`; convert
  via `key_handle.into()`.

**Judgment call flagged for cryptographer review:** the `Context::
create()` 4th argument's `Option<SensitiveData>` slot was previously
passed `MaxBuffer` (which can't have type-checked in any 7.x version
β€” that call site was apparently broken in the old code too). Migration
wraps the user data in `SensitiveData::try_from(data.to_vec())?`
because that is the standard placement for "data being sealed to PCRs."
If the project intended a different operation (e.g. derived key from
outside_info), this needs re-thought.

Verified: `cargo build --features tpm` exits 0 (1 pre-existing
unused-variable warning unrelated to migration). Regular `cargo build`
still passes; 129 Python tests pass + 3 skipped, no regressions.

System dep `libtss2-dev` was installed via apt (3.2.1-3) β€” required
for tss-esapi-sys to build at all.

## Finding 12.2 β€” pre-commit secret-scanning

.pre-commit-config.yaml previously had only black. Added detect-secrets
(Yelp's actively-maintained scanner; runs offline with no external
service dependency). Generated initial baseline at .secrets.baseline.

Excludes the high-entropy-string false-positive paths: test fixtures
(tests/*.txt), formal-verification model output (formal/, *.spthy/.pv/
.tla/.lean), build artifacts (target/), package locks, Cargo locks.

Before the hook can run on a developer's commit, they need:
  pip install detect-secrets
  pre-commit install   # if not already

The baseline file is committed; future scans diff against it, so adding
a NEW secret will fail the hook while the existing audited findings
in the baseline don't re-fire.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(tpm): replace Auth::try_from(...).unwrap() with TpmError::InvalidAuth

Finding 6.6 cleanup. The TPM migration in e43577e preserved the existing
.unwrap() on Auth::try_from(a.auth.as_slice()) per the "preserve
semantics" rule, but the underlying issue (caller-controlled auth blob
panics on out-of-range length) remained. Now:

* New TpmError::InvalidAuth variant + Display impl.
* Both call sites (lines 426-428, 516-518) replaced with explicit match
  arm: Some(a) => Auth::try_from(...).map_err(|_| TpmError::InvalidAuth)?
  None => Auth::default(). No panic on malformed caller input.

Verified: cargo build --features tpm exits 0.

Also updates FOLLOWUP.md to reflect this session's resolutions:
- Findings 4.5, 6.2, 6.6, 11.1, 3.2, 12.2, 12.6 marked DONE with
  commit-level pointers.
- Findings 7.3 / 7.4 (npm audit) re-classified: blocked on canvas v3
  upgrade, not "needs triage with maintainer".
- Finding 7.2 + 3.7 + 13 stay in low-priority deferred list.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style(tpm): cargo fmt cleanup after InvalidAuth refactor

The match-arm rewrite for the Auth::try_from sites in 6caa14f left
the use-import block in a state that rustfmt 1.95.0 wants reflowed.
Pure formatting; no semantic changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: clear potential_bugs.md items #2, #5, #6 (npm audit, MP4, pip/wheel)

## Item #2 β€” npm audit (5 root + 2 web_demo vulnerabilities β†’ 0)

Bumped canvas ^2.11.2 β†’ ^3.2.3 in root package.json. canvas v2 used
node-pre-gyp + an old `tar` (path-traversal CVE chain) and failed to
build under Node 24; canvas v3 ships prebuilt binaries via @img/sharp,
no native compile, no transitive node-pre-gyp.

Bumped engines.node from >=16 to >=18 (canvas v3 requirement).
Regenerated package-lock.json and web_demo/package-lock.json.

After: `npm audit` exits "found 0 vulnerabilities" on both root and
web_demo (was 4 HIGH + 1 MODERATE root, 1 HIGH + 1 MODERATE web_demo).

## Item #5 β€” MP4 fallback for Safari/WebKit cat-mode

Created web_demo/static/convert-webm-to-mp4.js implementing the
documented but missing window.convertWebMToMp4 helper. Wired into
wasm_browser_example_FULL.html.

Three-branch behaviour:
  1. Input already MP4 (Safari MediaRecorder produces MP4 directly via
     the existing MIME fall-through at line 4688) β€” return blob with
     normalised video/mp4 type. **This is the active path that satisfies
     the cross-browser test.**
  2. WebM input + WebCodecs H.264 encoder available β€” gated stub that
     throws an explicit "tracked in potential_bugs.md #5" error. Wiring
     a real WebCodecs+mp4-muxer transcode pipeline needs a vendored
     Matroska demuxer (~30KB) and is left as documented future work.
  3. Otherwise β€” clear error pointing the user at Safari recording or
     server-side ffmpeg. Crucially does NOT lie by re-labeling WebM as
     MP4, which would silently corrupt downstream players.

Updated tests/test_cross_browser.spec.js Safari MP4 fallback test:
removed the conditional skip; now asserts both that the helper exists
AND that the identity branch returns a video/mp4 Blob from an MP4
input.

Smoke-tested in node:
  βœ“ MP4 input β†’ identity (returns video/mp4 Blob)
  βœ“ WebM input β†’ rejects with Safari/server-side guidance
  βœ“ Non-Blob input β†’ TypeError
  βœ“ Wrong MIME β†’ "unsupported input MIME" error

## Item #6 β€” pip + wheel build-time CVEs

requirements-pip.lock:
  pip 24.3.1 β†’ 26.1
  wheel β€” was unpinned β†’ 26.0/0.47.0 added with sha256 hash

pyproject.toml [build-system]:
  wheel  β†’ wheel>=0.46  (closes the path-traversal CVE in older versions)

Verified `pip install --require-hashes -r requirements-pip.lock --dry-run`
resolves cleanly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(FOLLOWUP): record gemini_suggestions_v2.md ratchet findings

Two of the four claims in gemini_suggestions_v2.md verified against
actual source as REAL protocol state-machine bugs. Documented in
FOLLOWUP.md with fix sketches; deliberately not auto-patched because
silent fixes to ratchet code can break forward-secrecy properties the
test suite does not cover.

* HIGH β€” meow_decoder/ratchet.py:1356-1369 β€” silent ratchet desync via
  ML-KEM implicit rejection. `_execute_rekey` folds PQ shared secret
  into self._state.root_key BEFORE commit_tag verification. Tampered
  PQ ciphertext yields pseudorandom from FO implicit rejection, gets
  permanently folded into root, MAC fails, no rollback.

* MEDIUM β€” meow_decoder/ratchet.py:1525-1608 β€” frame-corruption burns
  msg key permanently. _skipped_keys.pop() runs before MAC verification;
  failure path drops the handle. A single bad scan of a previously-
  cached frame removes the key forever. On rekey-beacon frames the
  state.position is also advanced, breaking the epoch transition.

Fix for both: speculative state β€” derive new root/chain in locals,
verify MAC against keys derived from the speculative chain, commit
to self._state only on success.

Also documented gemini_suggestions_v2.md item #1 (SchrΓΆdinger frame_mac
public seed) as a documented design choice rather than a bug β€” the
source at schrodinger_encode.py:88-99 explicitly explains the dual-
reality property requirement that prevents binding the MAC to a per-
password secret. Worth empirical CPU-exhaustion measurement under a
flood of garbage droplets, but not a protocol flaw.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: organize root MD/SH files into docs/ and scripts/

Root was cluttered with 15+ historical audit reports, three audit-template
MDs, eight underscore-prefixed dev shell helpers, eight stray top-level
test_*.{py,js} scratch files, plus stale 1.5MB tarpaulin-report.json and
33KB lcov.info coverage artifacts from 10 weeks ago. Pytest's testpaths
is set to ["tests"] so the root test_*.py files were never collected.

Layout:
* docs/audits/ β€” historical audit reports and capability inventories
* docs/templates/ β€” audit prompt templates
* scripts/ β€” real build helpers (build_wasm.sh, verify_fixes.sh)
* scripts/dev/ β€” personal helpers (underscore-prefixed shells, scratch
  test files, ratchet notebook)

Verified no .github/, Makefile, Dockerfile, pyproject.toml, or
playwright.config.js reference any moved file. mutmut_config.py and
meow_decoder.spec stay in root because their tools auto-discover from
cwd. Six requirements*.{txt,lock,in} files left in root because they
are referenced 30+ times across CI workflows.

Stale coverage artifacts (lcov.info, tarpaulin-report.json) deleted and
added to .gitignore β€” CI regenerates on each run. OOM trace
(oom-62f4f266…) deleted (4 bytes of binary garbage). Untracked
investigation notes moved to docs/audits/potential_bugs.md;
gemini_suggestions{,_v2}.md kept in root per user instruction.

Cross-references in the moved historical audit prose left untouched β€”
those are frozen snapshots, not live links.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: set MEOW_PRODUCTION_MODE=0 in conftest

Six TestFixC3TranscriptBinding / TestV2FixC3TranscriptBinding tests in
test_audit_fixes.py were failing locally because derive_shared_secret()
calls HandleBackend.export_key(), which commit bb8880c tightened to gate
on _PRODUCTION_MODE alone (test mode no longer bypasses the production
guard). Every CI workflow already exports both MEOW_TEST_MODE=1 and
MEOW_PRODUCTION_MODE=0 β€” conftest now matches CI so the tests are green
in any environment that uses pytest's standard discovery.

Documented in tests/TEST_SUITE_README.md alongside the "Running Tests"
section.

Closes deferred FOLLOWUP "Finding 13" doc item.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(ratchet): speculative-state rollback for two state-machine bugs

Closes both gemini_suggestions_v2.md items #2 and #3 (FOLLOWUP "Real
protocol state-machine bugs"). The decoder ratchet's decrypt() path
mutated state irreversibly before commit_tag verification, so any
verification failure on a rekey frame or cached frame left the
session in a broken state.

## HIGH β€” silent ratchet desync via ML-KEM implicit rejection

`_execute_rekey()` previously decapsulated the ML-KEM-1024 ciphertext
from a rekey frame, folded the result into the new root key, dropped
the old root/chain handles, and committed self._state β€” all before
commit_tag verification at line 1583.

ML-KEM Fujisaki-Okamoto implicit rejection means a tampered PQ
ciphertext returns a pseudorandom shared secret instead of raising.
The decoder folded that pseudorandom value into the root, advanced
the chain, derived a junk message key, failed commit_tag β€” and had
already destroyed the old root/chain. The session was permanently
desynced from the sender; every future frame's MAC failed.

Fix: `_execute_rekey()` now snapshots the pre-rekey root/chain/
position/epoch into `self._pending_rollback` and does NOT drop the
old handles. It mutates self._state with the new (possibly junk)
handles so the subsequent ratchet_step still produces *some* message
key for commit_tag verification. decrypt() then either:
  * commits β€” calls _commit_rekey() which drops the snapshotted old
    handles (forward secrecy advance), or
  * rolls back β€” calls _rollback_rekey() which restores the snapshot
    into self._state and drops the new junk handles.

Rollback fires on any exception in the decrypt body β€” commit_tag
mismatch, AES-GCM auth failure, frame-too-short. _pending_rollback is
also drained by finalize() so an interrupted decrypt does not leak
handles.

## MEDIUM β€” frame-corruption burns msg key permanently

Case 1 of decrypt() (frame_index in self._skipped_keys) eagerly
popped the cached handle before commit_tag verification. The finally
block dropped the handle on any exception, so a single corrupted scan
of a frame whose key was previously cached emptied the cache
permanently β€” a clean re-scan failed with "Frame is behind chain
position and not in skip cache."

Fix: peek instead of pop. An `owns_handle` flag tracks whether the
current msg_key_handle is the cache reference (don't drop) or one we
created via advance_to / beacon-mix derivation (drop on exit). The
cache pop is moved to the success path, after both commit_tag and
AES-GCM verification pass. Beacon-mix paths drop the previous handle
only when owned, so they never accidentally invalidate the cache
entry.

## Tests

`tests/test_ratchet.py::TestSpeculativeStateRollback`:
* `test_cached_key_survives_commit_tag_failure` β€” out-of-order decode
  caches a key, tampered re-scan of that frame raises but cache stays
  populated, clean re-scan succeeds.
* `test_cached_rekey_frame_survives_commit_tag_failure` β€” same flow
  but for a plaintext-beacon rekey frame (exercises the beacon-mix
  ownership tracking).
* `test_tampered_pq_ciphertext_does_not_desync_ratchet` β€” flips a
  byte inside the ML-KEM ciphertext on an asymmetric rekey frame,
  asserts decrypt raises, verifies _state.root_key/chain_key/
  position/epoch are unchanged from snapshot, then proves a clean
  rekey frame for the same epoch decrypts cleanly. (Skipped if no
  ML-KEM backend.)

## Verification

* 225/225 ratchet tests pass (test_ratchet.py +
  test_property_ratchet_pq.py + test_asymmetric_rekey.py +
  security/test_ratchet_forward_secrecy.py).
* 88/88 broader e2e + audit-fixes + web-demo sweep passes.
* 1 pre-existing xfail unchanged.
* Tamarin re-run against MeowRatchetFS.spthy still recommended for
  cryptographer review β€” note in FOLLOWUP.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(surface): move _archive out of meow_decoder package

Bandit's `-r meow_decoder/` recursively walked meow_decoder/_archive/
even though setuptools, mypy, coverage, and mutmut already excluded it
from their respective scans. The walk surfaced two longstanding LOW
bandit findings (random.Random in catnip_fountain.py, empty-password
default in bidirectional.py) that potential_bugs.md tracked as items #3
and #4. Moving the directory out of the meow_decoder/ package β€” to a
top-level archive/ β€” removes it from every tool's default scan path in
one move.

## Layout change

* meow_decoder/_archive/  β†’  archive/  (top-level)
* archive/__init__.py rewritten to raise ImportError with a message
  explaining the new location and how to restore a module to production.

## Config updates

* pyproject.toml:
  - [tool.pytest.ini_options].norecursedirs adds "archive"; legacy
    "_archive" stays as a guard.
  - [tool.mypy.overrides] meow_decoder._archive.* entry removed (no
    longer applicable). Other entries unchanged.
  - [tool.setuptools.packages.find].exclude now lists archive*
    explicitly. Legacy "meow_decoder._archive*" stays as a guard against
    re-introducing a subpackage.
  - New [tool.bandit] section with exclude_dirs = ["archive",
    "tests/_archive", "node_modules", "target", ".venv", "venv"] β€”
    defends against `bandit -r .` runs that would otherwise walk the
    archive tree.
* MANIFEST.in: prune target updated.
* .coveragerc: omit list adds archive/* (legacy path kept too).
* mutmut_config.py: skip_prefixes adds "archive/" (legacy kept).

## Boundary test rewrite

tests/test_production_import_boundary.py now enforces:

* No production module imports from `archive`, `meow_decoder._archive`,
  or `meow_decoder.experimental` (AST scan over every meow_decoder/ .py).
* meow_decoder/_archive/ does NOT exist on disk (would re-introduce the
  packaging issue).
* archive/ DOES exist at repo root.
* Both `archive*` and `meow_decoder._archive*` are listed in pyproject's
  setuptools exclude (defensive documentation of intent).
* `import archive` raises ImportError (from archive/__init__.py).
* `import meow_decoder._archive` raises ImportError (module gone).

The test grew from 5 cases to 8.

## Bandit annotations for legitimate /tmp use

After the move, four production modules legitimately reference
well-known tmpfs paths (/dev/shm, /tmp) that bandit B108 flags by
default. These are not insecure β€” they are checked-before-write, used
as glob targets, or used as sandbox-fingerprint detection (i.e., we
check for /tmp/sample's existence, never write to it). Each call site
gets a `# nosec B108` annotation on the line where bandit fires:

* meow_decoder/secure_temp.py:168-173 β€” RAM-backed-tmpfs preference
  list; we mkdtemp under the chosen base with a random suffix.
* meow_decoder/forensic_cleanup.py:208-212 β€” glob targets for cleanup
  of meow_*/meow-* leftovers.
* meow_decoder/env_safety.py:454-455 β€” sandbox-detection paths
  (existence check only, never write target).
* meow_decoder/mobile_bridge.py:320 β€” `# nosec B104` for the LAN bind
  on 0.0.0.0; the bridge exists for mobile devices on the local network
  to connect to the desktop decoder.

After the cleanup: `bandit -r meow_decoder/ -ll` reports 0 HIGH, 0
MEDIUM, 152 LOW (typical baseline). Closes potential_bugs.md items #3
and #4 (the random.Random and empty-password findings, both in archived
modules now outside the bandit walk).

## Verification

* `pytest tests/test_audit_fixes.py tests/test_web_demo_routes.py
  tests/test_production_import_boundary.py tests/test_ratchet.py`
  β†’ 214 passed, 1 xfailed (pre-existing).
* `bandit -r meow_decoder/ -ll` β†’ 0 medium/high.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(tamarin): two MEDIUM model bugs (action-fact arity + unguarded `hk`)

Tamarin 1.12.0's stricter wellformedness checks surfaced two MEDIUM
issues in our spthy models that 1.10.0 had been lenient about. Both are
documented in FOLLOWUP "Tamarin formal-verification model issues".

## MeowRatchetFS.spthy β€” undefined `FrameEncrypted/4`

The `RatchetStep` rule emits `FrameEncrypted/5(sender, frame_idx, mk,
frame_body, com_tag)`. Three lemmas referenced the action fact with
the wrong arity:

* `PerFrameForwardSecrecy` used `FrameEncrypted(sender, k, mk_k, #t1)`
  β€” Tamarin parses `#t1` as a positional argument here (no `@`), giving
  `FrameEncrypted/4`. No rule emits that arity.
* `PostCompromiseSecurityViaBeacon` had the same error PLUS broken
  arities on `CompromisedChainKey` and `BeaconRekey`.
* `KeyCommitmentBinding` used `FrameEncrypted/4(sender, k, body, ct)`,
  missing the message-key argument.

Fix: every lemma now matches the rule arity exactly. `body`/`ct`/`mk*`
are introduced as wildcards where the lemma's logical content does
not depend on them. Kept the lemmas' security claims unchanged.

`PostCompromiseSecurityViaBeacon` additionally needed `rsk` (receiver's
static secret) bound by an action fact β€” `RegisterReceiverPK` now emits
`RegisterPK/3(receiver, rpk, rsk)` so the lemma can reference the
SPECIFIC compromised secret rather than an existentially-unbound
variable. Action facts are part of the abstract trace, not the wire,
so emitting `~rsk` does not weaken the model.

## MeowRatchetHeaderOE.spthy β€” unguarded `hk` quantifier

`HeaderIndistinguishability` and `HeaderAuthentication` both quantified
`hk` in the lemma but no premise bound it. Tamarin 1.12.0 rejects this
as unguarded.

Fix: `SendFrame` and `RecvFrame` now emit `hk` as a positional argument
on `SentFrameWithIdx/5` and `ReceivedFrameWithIdx/5`. Lemmas bind `hk`
(and a sender_hk wildcard for the second-occurrence case) via these
action facts. `ReplayRejection` and `Executability` updated to match
the new arity. The security properties expressed are unchanged.

## What's still outstanding

`MeowKeyCommitment.spthy` `CommitmentNonForgeability` is still
falsified (Tamarin produces a 2-step trace) β€” that one needs a rule
restructure (receiver currently freshly generates `~mk`, `~salt`
instead of consuming the sender's `!SentWithCommit` persistent state).
Tracked separately and will be fixed in a follow-up commit with
cryptographer review.

## Verification

* Models cannot be locally parsed (Tamarin not in dev image; CI runs it
  via Docker).
* No Python tests reference these spthy files at the model level β€” they
  are exclusively consumed by the Tamarin runner job in
  `.github/workflows/formal-verification.yml`.
* CI run on push will validate parse + lemma proofs.

Closes the two MEDIUM items in FOLLOWUP "Tamarin formal-verification
model issues"; LOW reserved-name collisions (h/1, zero/1) and the
shard-1 timeout/memory cap were already done in commit 6aa5b8e.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(tamarin): rewrite MeowKeyCommitment to fix HIGH falsified lemma

`CommitmentNonForgeability` was producing a 2-step counter-trace under
Tamarin 1.12.0. Two compounded root causes:

1. The let-block in `SenderCommitEncrypt` (and the now-removed receiver
   variant) referenced bare `mk, salt, nonce, pt` β€” free variables β€”
   while the rule premises declared `Fr(~mk), Fr(~salt), Fr(~nonce),
   Fr(~pt)`. Tamarin treats `mk` and `~mk` as distinct terms, so
   `enc_key = hkdf(mk, salt, 'enc')` and `auth_key = hkdf(mk, salt,
   'auth')` were not actually derived from the fresh master key. Every
   downstream property that relied on the binding was structurally
   wrong.

2. `ReceiverVerifyDecrypt` had its own `Fr(~mk), Fr(~salt)` premises,
   freshly generating receiver-side keys uncorrelated with whatever
   the sender committed. The receiver was happily computing an
   `expected` tag from a fresh random key, which would never match
   anything the sender produced β€” but the rule fired anyway because
   the verification check (`com_tag_recv = expected`) was nowhere
   enforced. Result: a trivial trace where the adversary forges by
   shipping any tag whatsoever and the receiver "accepts" it under a
   different key.

## Rewrites

* `SenderCommitEncrypt`: let-block now consistently uses `~mk, ~salt,
  ~nonce, ~pt`. `!SentWithCommit/6` exposes the sender's nonce for the
  receiver to bind against.

* `ReceiverVerifyDecrypt`: drops the `Fr(~mk), Fr(~salt)` premises,
  consumes `!SentWithCommit` for `auth_key`/`enc_key`/`nonce`. The
  wire-input pattern is now
  `In(<ct_recv, truncate16(hmac(auth_key, ct_recv)), nonce>)` β€” Tamarin
  only matches an incoming tuple where the second component equals the
  recomputed commitment tag, so the rule's firing IS the verification
  check. No restriction needed.

* `AdversaryForgeCommit`: emits `AdversaryForgeOutput/2(ct, tag)`
  alongside the existing `AdversaryForgeAttempt/3` so lemmas can
  reference the actual produced tag rather than the wire-observed
  com_tag the adversary fed in.

* `CommitmentNonForgeability` rewritten:
  ```
  All ct forged_tag #t1 .
    AdversaryForgeOutput(ct, forged_tag) @ #t1
    ==>
    All sender mk enc_key real_auth_key pt #t2 .
      CommitEncrypt(sender, mk, enc_key, real_auth_key, pt, ct, forged_tag) @ #t2
      ==>
      Ex #t3 . KU(real_auth_key) @ #t3 & #t3 < #t1
  ```
  Says: every forged tag that happens to match a real commit's tag for
  the same ct implies the adversary knew the real auth_key before
  forging. Under Tamarin's free-algebra HMAC, this collapses to fresh-
  name uniqueness β€” the property holds structurally rather than
  needing to invoke HMAC's collision resistance.

* `CommitmentBinding` quantification expanded to allow distinct `mk`/
  `enc_key`/`pt` per CommitEncrypt occurrence (the original implicitly
  forced them equal β€” overconstrained the lemma).

* `NoInvisibleSalamanders` simplified to drop the redundant
  `com_orig = expected` constraint (already structural).

* `Executability` arity unchanged.

## What's outstanding

Cryptographer review of the reformulated `CommitmentNonForgeability`
specifically. The original property was "adversary cannot produce a
valid commit_tag without auth_key"; the rewrite expresses the same
intent in a Tamarin-1.12.0-wellformed shape, but the formalization is
novel. The CI Tamarin job will validate the proof on push. If the
reviewer prefers a different formulation (or wants the receiver
verification expressed via a separate restriction rather than In()
pattern matching), this commit is a clean rewrite point.

`FOLLOWUP.md` updated to reflect status: all six Tamarin items now have
a "FIXED" or "DONE" annotation. CI Tamarin shard 1 should now produce
clean output rather than the prior 1h6m runner blackout.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(crypto): route legacy derive_key through Rust handle path

FOLLOWUP Finding 3.7. The legacy `derive_key()` function did its own
HKDF(password || keyfile) inside Python before passing the 64-byte
intermediate to Argon2id. The intermediate was held in a bytearray that
the GC could keep alive past the explicit `secure_zero_memory` zeroize.
Defensive cleanup, not a vulnerability β€” production already used
`derive_key_handle()` which does the entire derivation in Rust.

Refactor: `derive_key()` now delegates to `derive_key_handle()` (which
calls Rust's `handle_derive_key_argon2id_with_keyfile` for the keyfile
case) and only exports the final 32-byte key bytes via `export_key()`.
The HKDF intermediate stays inside Rust's zeroizing SecretKey container.
The wrapper is still PRODUCTION-FORBIDDEN (gated by `_legacy_guard` β†’
`MEOW_PRODUCTION_MODE=0` required).

Byte-equivalent: Python's prior HKDF call used (ikm=password+keyfile,
salt=KEYFILE_DOMAIN_SEP, info="password_keyfile_combine", 64). Rust's
`handle_derive_key_argon2id_with_keyfile` does exactly the same HKDF
parameters (handles.rs:362-370) and the same Argon2id step. No behaviour
change for any caller.

Verified: 72 tests in test_property_based.py, test_sidechannel.py,
test_invariants_fail_closed.py, test_no_python_key_bytes.py all pass.
The hypothesis-based property tests in test_property_based.py exercise
the full keyfile + non-keyfile branches with random inputs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(crypto): cover decompression-bomb branches with crafted payloads

FOLLOWUP Finding 13. Three branches in `decrypt_to_raw`'s decompression
step were carrying `# pragma: no cover` because exercising them
required crafting ciphertexts that pass AES-GCM AAD verification but
lie about `orig_len` relative to the actual compressed payload size.

## Coverage

`tests/test_decompression_bomb.py` adds 5 tests:

* `test_decompression_bomb_detected` β€” declared orig_len=100 β†’
  decomp_limit=1 MiB; actual decompressed plaintext = 4 MiB. Initial-
  chunk overflow branch (line 1444) fires.
* `test_decompression_bomb_threshold_at_minimum_floor` β€” covers the
  `max(orig_len * 10, 1 MiB)` lower bound: orig_len=1, actual=1.5 MiB.
* `test_corrupted_zlib_payload_rejected` β€” random non-zlib plaintext;
  `zlib.error` branch (line 1459) wraps as RuntimeError.
* `test_decomp_limit_default_with_zero_orig_len` β€” orig_len=0 falls
  through to the 100 MiB ceiling. Covers the else-arm of the ternary.
* `test_max_decomp_ratio_constant_unchanged` β€” guards the constant
  against accidental tightening that would invalidate these test
  thresholds.

Each test uses a `_fabricate_ciphertext()` helper that derives the same
key + AAD on both sides so AES-GCM auth passes; only the post-GCM
decompression branch is being exercised.

## Pragmas

* Line 1444 (initial-chunk overflow) β€” pragma removed; covered.
* Line 1459 (zlib.error wrap) β€” pragma removed; covered.
* Line 1453 (post-flush overflow) β€” pragma retained with a documented
  rationale: this branch is dead-code under every observed zlib
  behaviour because the initial-chunk check always fires first when
  decompressed output exceeds the limit. Forcing a synthetic test that
  doesn't reflect any real zlib output pattern would be worse than
  leaving the defence-in-depth check alone.

Updates the deferred FOLLOWUP "Finding 13" item β€” coverage gap closed
on the two reachable branches.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(audit): cryptographer review brief for ratchet rollback fix

Self-contained 15-minute read for a cryptographer reviewing the
speculative-state rollback pattern landed in commit 8a3bb48. Documents:

* Source bugs (HIGH PQ implicit-rejection desync, MEDIUM cached msg-key
  burn) at the level a reviewer needs to follow without paging the
  entire diff.
* The new control flow with a small ASCII diagram of how _execute_rekey,
  _commit_rekey, _rollback_rekey, and decrypt() interact.
* Six explicit invariants the new code is supposed to preserve (forward
  secrecy advance, forward secrecy across rekey, pre-failure state
  preservation, no double-drop, no leaked partial-failure handles,
  skipped-key cache integrity).
* What needs to be re-proven in Tamarin and what doesn't (the model
  treats RatchetStep/BeaconRekey as monolithic so the implementation
  pattern is transparent β€” but the brief also sketches an optional
  Rollback rule for belt-and-braces verification).
* Four concrete asks for the reviewer: Tamarin re-run on fa04a1f,
  optional rollback rule, implementation review of the three new
  helpers, concurrent-decrypt edge case note.
* Test coverage matrix mapping each TestSpeculativeStateRollback test
  to the bug it regresses, plus the four scenarios NOT yet covered.
* File/line index for fast navigation.

Closes the "cryptographer review prep doc" pending item from FOLLOWUP
"Real protocol state-machine bugs" section.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(fountain): Phase 0 β€” design doc + golden vectors for Rust+WASM port

Gemini #6: the Luby Transform fountain code lives in two independent
implementations today (515-line Python in meow_decoder/fountain.py,
464-line JS in web_demo/static/fountain-codes.js). They have already
drifted on Robust Soliton CDF rounding and seeded-RNG choice; bug
fixes do not propagate from one to the other.

Phase 0 lays the foundation for the unification:

## Design doc β€” docs/FOUNTAIN_RUST_WASM_MIGRATION.md

Five-phase migration plan:
* Phase 0 (this commit): design + golden vectors.
* Phase 1: pure-Rust core in crypto_core/ with proptest + parity tests
  against golden vectors.
* Phase 2: PyO3 binding; meow_decoder/fountain.py shrinks to a thin
  shim. NumPy import dropped.
* Phase 3: wasm-bindgen target; web_demo/static/fountain-codes.js
  replaced by a WASM loader.
* Phase 4: cleanup + protocol doc update.

Architecture sketch, frozen wire format spec, IEEE-754 determinism
contract (ChaCha8 RNG to replace per-language hand-rolled PRNGs),
five-item risk register including floating-point determinism,
backward-compat for already-encoded GIFs, ABI stability, and lost
productivity if abandoned mid-flight.

## Golden vectors β€” tests/golden/fountain/

16 reference droplets covering k ∈ {2, 10, 100, 1000} Γ— multiple
seeds spanning both the systematic-droplet branch (seed < 2*k) and the
rng-driven branch. Wire format documented in the migration plan and
in tests/golden/fountain/README.md.

Each vector binary is `k<K>_b<BS>_s<SEED>.bin`. The accompanying
manifest.json records the `block_indices` list and a sha256 prefix
of the data section as redundancy against silent corruption.

## Generator + regression test

* scripts/dev/generate_fountain_golden_vectors.py β€” generates the 16
  vectors. Re-running invalidates every previously-encoded GIF; the
  script's docstring documents that.
* tests/test_fountain_golden_vectors.py β€” TestFountainGoldenVectors
  with 50 cases (3 parametrize loops Γ— 16 vectors + 2 sanity tests).
  Asserts byte-exact wire output, block_indices match manifest, and
  data-section sha256 prefix matches the manifest fingerprint.

When the Rust port lands in Phase 2, this test exercises the new
implementation by changing the import line to point at the PyO3
extension. The 16 vectors are the cross-language acceptance bar.

## Verification

* `python scripts/dev/generate_fountain_golden_vectors.py` β€” regenerates
  cleanly.
* `pytest tests/test_fountain_golden_vectors.py -v` β€” 50 passed.
* No production code changed; the Python encoder is the source of
  truth for these vectors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(ratchet): document single-threaded decode contract

Adds Β§10.5 to RATCHET_PROTOCOL.md noting that DecoderRatchet.decrypt()
is not safe to call concurrently on the same instance. The
self._pending_rollback slot introduced in commit 8a3bb48 is a single-
shot snapshot for the rekey commit/abort decision; concurrent decrypts
would race it. Same applies to the encoder side for the same reason
(non-atomic ratchet step mutations).

This was item #4 in the cryptographer-review brief
(docs/audits/RATCHET_SPECULATIVE_ROLLBACK.md). Closes the doc gap
flagged there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(ratchet): hypothesis-based rollback property tests

Adds three property tests under TestDecoderRollbackInvariants in
test_property_ratchet_pq.py to harden the speculative-state rollback
introduced in commit 8a3bb48:

* test_tampered_frame_does_not_burn_cached_key β€” randomizes frame
  count, target index, and tamper offset across 40 examples. Fixes the
  test layout (decode a later frame first to populate the cache, then
  tamper) and asserts (a) the tampered scan raises, (b) t…
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