Permissions matrix rethink (wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md §"Permissions matrix",
open-questions #16) — the grid stays the enforcement layer:
- Move 1: each desk's money is guarded by that desk's own permissions. Manifest
tillGuards {read, shift, cash}: booth = shift:read / shift:create / drawer:create
(unchanged), carwash = carwash:read / carwash:cash (new). Shift + drawer routes
resolve the guard FROM THE TILL (requireTill); a wash role holds no shift:* and cannot
touch the booth by construction. Replaces the session:read borrowing (tillPermission).
/api/shift/tills lists the role's readable tills with canWork; history/movements
without a till filter return the union of readable tills.
- Move 2: jobs — manifest permission bundles (booth-operator, booth-supervisor,
merchant, wash-operator) as one-click chips in Setup → Roles, with "mixes desks" and
"partial job" lints (warnings, never blocks).
- Move 3: the live WebSocket admits any watch permission (event/session/device read or
a module's feedPermission) and filters every push per role; report:read is the
reports screen only.
Auth: the token's roleId is only a hint — refreshRole() after every jwtVerify resolves
the user's CURRENT role (cached, bumped on role/user writes), so reassigning a user's
role applies on the next request and a deleted user's session ends with 401.
Tests: till guards + look-only role, feed rules, every job's permissions exist, role
reassignment without re-login. 353/353.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FWncR69HgGPuei1dLrW3cU
Car Wash — the pilot venue module (wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md):
- Master data (categories × services price matrix) at /setup/carwash; the desk at /wash
(ticket lookup → order; open queue oldest-first: Done / Paid cash / Paid card / Void;
Finished list). Orders freeze names + price; their life is signed (carwash_order,
carwash_payment). Migration 0027.
- Where money is taken is a SITE setting (carwash_config.pay_at, migration 0028, signed
config_change on a flip) — no per-order radio; a stale client is refused (409).
- Core seams: PayStation charge providers (a booth-paid wash rides the parking payment as
chargeLines) + applyValidation() shared with the merchant route. A bay-paid, done wash
signs the $0 parking payment so the exit reader releases the car.
- "Parking discount" modes for the wash: free while the wash runs (+ tolerance) and wash
price off the fee (floored at 0), resolved at done and anchored at the order's intake
(the entry-anchored version comped a 74-day stay); typed-amount and percent hidden for
the wash. Long durations render y/d/h/m.
Tills — a shift belongs to a till, not the site (wiki/concepts/shift.md §Tills):
- TillId booth|carwash; every money event names its till (absent = booth, so the chain
re-folds identically). ShiftService is per till: single-open, folds, X/Z-reports,
vouchers, carry-forward. A bay payment needs the carwash shift.
- Working a till needs that till's module permission (manifest tillPermission; 403
till_forbidden); /api/shift/tills lists only the role's tills.
- Web: ShiftButton per till (header = booth, wash desk = carwash); shift hub lists every
open shift with till badges + filter; drawer hub switches tills.
Modules: landing per module (index route resolves booth → module landing → shifts →
profile); guards bounce to "/", /booth needs session:read.
Tests: carwash e2e suite (settings, intake, booth/bay paths, modes, void, gate, pay-at
policy, till permissions), 6 per-till shift tests; suite green (1 pre-existing flaky
backup test under the parallel run).
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FWncR69HgGPuei1dLrW3cU
Records the 2026-09-04/05 design sessions on wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md:
manifest-registry module system (folder per module, always-migrated schema,
one ledger union with prefixed event types, relations only via manifest
dependsOn + ledger events), enablement as entitled ∩ activated (vendor-set
Komodo env, site-admin site-config toggle recorded as config_change; server
enforces with requireModule, web only hides; disabling never deletes),
Parking recast as one module on a venue POS/audit core, Car Wash as the
pilot (inside the parking, entry snapshot as identity, bay camera for the
unrecorded-wash anti-fraud signals, v1 scope + build order), and vision
vehicle category as an advisory anomaly flag. Name stays parking-system;
validation stays for the Bar, only the Lavazh station retires with Car Wash.
Open-questions #15, index, log.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FWncR69HgGPuei1dLrW3cU
No secure element is on-site: event signing runs on the software HMAC
(EVENT_SIGNING_KEY, an env var on the host disk), so the ledger is
tamper-EVIDENT but forgeable by anyone who owns the host. Several pages
overstated it as present-tense "ATECC608-signed / unforgeable"; correct them.
- NEW concepts/hardware-signer-options.md: four options for a non-extractable
signing key (USB HSM / YubiKey / reuse the TPM / plain-dongle trap) + the
recommendation (TPM interim → USB-HSM target; ATECC608 stays for the embedded
ESP32, wrong part for a PC host).
- entities/atecc608.md: UPCOMING-not-present status banner + PC-vs-embedded.
- disk-os-hardening.md: fix the live-USB row (BIOS boot-order password is
load-bearing, not Secure Boot — a signed live USB runs); add a physical-tamper
chain (Dell 7070 CMOS-reset → live-USB → PCR-7 same-signer unseal) + accepted
risks (that unseal, unsigned-initramfs evil-maid, operator-USB read TODO).
- open-questions #6 reframed; standing-decisions / overview / threat-model /
index de-overstated; log query entry.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
No card processor / POS terminal on any site yet. Offering "Card" would let an
operator record a card payment that never cleared a terminal, corrupting the
till reconciliation — a fraud/error surface on an operator-adversary system.
Add apps/web/src/lib/features.ts → CARD_PAYMENTS_ENABLED=false, gating both
tender pickers (BoothPayModal, SubscriptionManager). With card off there's
nothing to choose, so the tender row is suppressed and payment defaults to
cash. UI-only gate: the Tender type, payment events, shift accounting, and
reports still understand `card`, so historical card events and a future
re-enable stay coherent.
Verified via Playwright: an unpaid-ticket modal shows Total + "Pay + open
barrier" with no tender/cash/card row.
Wiki: new concepts/card-payments.md records the current cash-only state, the
PCI-scope-out-of-app constraint, the future-POS device requirements, and the
re-enable path (flip the flag once a bank-certified P2PE terminal is
provisioned). Linked from index, parking-session, open-questions #3.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
The backup destination is now chosen by the on-site admin in the UI (Setup ->
Backup), not a server env var. An env-pinned target defeats the purpose: the admin
can't point backups at a freshly-plugged USB or a NAS mount without editing .env
and restarting. The encryption key stays a server secret.
Target storage:
- New site_config.backup_target_dir (migration 0016, nullable; null = not
configured). BackupService reads it fresh each run, so a UI change takes effect
with no restart. Only BACKUP_KEY stays env -- a key must never live in the DB it
backs up.
Routes:
- PUT /api/backup/config -- set/clear the target (backup:update; upserts id=1).
- POST /api/backup/test -- probe a candidate path server-side (exists / is a
directory / writable) so the admin gets feedback before relying on it.
- status() now exposes targetDir + keyPresent, so the UI distinguishes
'no target set' from 'BACKUP_KEY missing'.
UI (apps/web/src/BackupSettings.tsx):
- A Setup -> Backup tab (gated backup:read): an editable target-path field with a
Test-target probe (localized ok/missing/not-a-dir/not-writable), Save, the status
panel (config state, last-run size/pruned/error, a distinct amber missing-key
warning), a Back up now button, and the restore-is-out-of-band note. Full i18n
(sq + en); nav.backup.
- API client: fetchBackupStatus / setBackupTarget / testBackupTarget / runBackup.
Also includes a small in-progress copy trim to the setup-intro i18n strings.
Verified live with Playwright: typed a path -> Test reported writable -> Save
persisted it -> status reflected it and showed the key-missing warning. Whole
monorepo build/lint/test green. Wiki backup-recovery + open-question #5 updated.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
The SQLite DB is the signed append-only ledger, so a disk failure / stolen or
destroyed PC means total revenue-history loss (open-question #5). This is the first
slice of the backup-recovery design: the engine + a local/mounted target + a daily
timer + a manual route.
Engine (apps/server/src/backup.ts):
- Consistent online copy of the live WAL DB via better-sqlite3's native .backup()
(not a raw file copy, which can capture a torn WAL) — the restored copy is a
byte-identical, queryable DB.
- AES-256-GCM with a scrypt-derived key from BACKUP_KEY; self-describing header
(magic|version|salt|iv|...|authTag) so a restore tool needs only the key + file.
Zero new dependencies (Node crypto).
- The plaintext intermediate is kept in scratch (not the removable/network target)
and wiped in a finally, success or fail.
- Retention: keep-last-N + one-per-day within N days.
Wiring:
- BackupService (env config, single in-flight guard, last-success/last-error).
- routes/backup.ts: GET /api/backup/status (backup:read), POST /api/backup/run
(backup:create), 409 when unconfigured. No restore route — restore is an
out-of-band runbook action on a fresh appliance, not a console call.
- New permission resource in @parking/shared.
- server.ts: an unref'd daily timer, a no-op until BACKUP_TARGET_DIR + BACKUP_KEY
are set, deliberately not run at startup (a just-power-cut booth shouldn't write
to a possibly-unmounted disk).
- openRawDb() added to @parking/db/testing (open a file without migrating, for
restore-verification tests).
BACKUP_KEY is deliberately SEPARATE from EVENT_SIGNING_KEY (independent rotation;
backups travel, the signing key shouldn't). SMB/NFS work as mount paths; SFTP +
admin UI + restore runbook are deferred slices. Tests: round-trip byte-identical,
GCM tamper/wrong-key fail, short-key rejected, scratch cleaned, route auth/RBAC +
409. build/lint/test green (212 server tests). Wiki + open-question #5 updated.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
New concept page backup-recovery.md resolving the design half of open-question #5.
Driving scenario: a stolen/destroyed PC whose LUKS+TPM disk is unrecoverable by
design — recovery stands up a NEW PC, restores a backup, and keeps signing the
SAME chain.
Settled: admin-driven encrypted full-DB backup (SQLite online-backup/VACUUM INTO,
snapshots included) to local/USB, SMB/NFS, or SFTP targets; manual button + an
in-process daily timer; keep-last-N + dailies retention; restore is admin-only /
out-of-band (operator-adversary surface). A restored copy must still verifyChain.
Key custody (the load-bearing decision, bears on #6): three independent keys —
EVENT_SIGNING_KEY kept an extractable, escrowed software key DECOUPLED from the
TPM so the ledger survives total hardware loss (the conscious trade: a TPM-sealed
signing key would be unforgeable but permanently unverifiable after the machine
dies); a NEW dedicated park_buzi_backup_key in Komodo for backup encryption,
separate from the signing key; the LUKS/TPM disk key, appliance-only and
deliberately non-recoverable. Keys are never inside the backup they unlock.
Updated open-questions #5 (design SETTLED) + #10 note; disk-os-hardening deploy
runbook (why the signing key is not sealed + park_buzi_backup_key); index catalog
+ concept count. Design only — not yet built.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
New concepts/printer-usb-transport.md (the seam, usblp char device,
reachability-only status, threat model). open-questions #14: confirm the
on-site printer is USB and bake the usblp + udev write-access rule into the
appliance image (provisioning, not app code; unverified on hardware). Updated
rongta-printer.md (USB transport note), index.md, log.md.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
Add apps/desktop, a thin Tauri v2 shell wrapping the SAME @parking/web SPA so
the desktop and browser UIs never drift: dev loads the Vite dev server (HMR),
prod bundles the web app's dist/. No business logic in the shell (device/auth/
ledger stay in @parking/server); deny-by-default capabilities.
apps/web (single UI source of truth):
- lib/origin.ts: centralize the backend origin (API_BASE/apiUrl/wsUrl from
VITE_API_BASE); no-op in the browser, lets the desktop build target Fastify.
- lib/kiosk.ts: block the right-click context menu in PROD only (dev keeps it +
devtools).
- lib/desktop-updater.ts: prompt-on-update auto-update (no-op in browser/offline)
→ downloadAndInstall + relaunch; i18n update.* keys (sq+en).
- .env.production: VITE_API_BASE wired to the Fastify origin for the bundle.
Desktop:
- window starts maximized (not fullscreen — operator keeps OS access).
- auto-update via tauri-plugin-updater + -process; self-hosted endpoint is a
PLACEHOLDER to fill in. Updater keypair: pubkey embedded in tauri.conf.json;
private key + password kept OUTSIDE the repo (~/.parking-updater-keys) and as
TAURI_SIGNING_* build secrets.
- Turbo build is a no-op; the real signed bundle is `pnpm --filter
@parking/desktop bundle` (verified → .deb/.rpm/.AppImage + .sig signatures).
Verified: cargo check clean; turbo run build lint 14/14 green; i18n parity holds;
no key/sig/bundle artifacts in the repo.
Wiki (security + desktop analysis recorded alongside):
- new concepts/tpm.md (TPM 2.0: how it works, sealed-LUKS auto-unlock + non-
extractable signing key, limits — live-root, bus-sniff — TPM-vs-ATECC608 by
platform).
- new decisions/desktop-shell-tauri.md (Tauri v2 over Electron; best-case Ubuntu
26.04 LTS, worst-case Windows+WSL → kiosk browser; full as-built).
- pull-the-disk attack trace on append-only-event-chain; ATECC608 not-in-a-PC
caveat; cross-links from disk-os-hardening / threat-model.
- open-questions #11 (appliance WebKitGTK), #12 (TPM hardening impl), #13
(startup verifyChain self-check); index/overview/log/standing-decisions.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
A parking lot is one pool of spaces with a flexible set of entry/exit
points — no "lane". Direction is a property of each RELAY inside an access
controller; readers/cameras bind to a controller relay and inherit it.
Schema:
- drop `lane` from ledger_events, device_events, sessions
- rename lane_devices -> devices (no lane/direction columns)
- access config.relays=[{relay,direction,button?}]; reader/camera
config.controllerId+relay binding
- fresh 0000_baseline migration (history reset; dev data was throwaway)
Signed ledger:
- remove `lane` from canonicalize(); bump signer keyId sw-hmac-v1 -> v2
(v1 events won't verify under v2 — intentional, gated per-event by keyId)
Server:
- new device-resolve.ts (replaces lane-map.ts): relayForButton,
relayForDevice, firstRelayByDirection, devicesByDirection
- entry-flow: button terminal -> its relay; exit/permit: reader's bound
relay; dispatcher resolves the bound relay + inherited direction
- camera snapshots fire by direction site-wide, async, never block open
- DeviceConfig widened to nested JSON for relays[]
Web:
- wizard: no lane selector; add controllers (relay map + entry-button
terminal) first, then bind readers/cameras/printers to a controller relay
Wiki: new entry-exit-points.md (replaces lane-direction); reworked
entry-exit-readers, parking-session, first-run-setup, device-registry,
append-only-event-chain, device-events; removed stale lane/LaneMap mentions.
Neither UHPPOTE nor ZKTeco is used — the Dingtian relay controller was chosen
and verified. Remove their code and re-scope the wiki.
Code:
- delete access-uhppote.ts, uhppoted.d.ts, access.ts (zkteco/esp32-relay stubs),
and the three uhppote-*.mjs hardware test scripts.
- remove the `uhppoted` npm dependency from @parking/devices and @parking/server.
- unregister uhppote/zkteco/esp32-relay from the driver registry; drop their
exports. Catalog access drivers = dingtian only. Build green (5/5).
- refresh now-stale example comments (registry/interfaces/setup/api) to use
current examples; keep the two "UHPPOTE blocker" references that explain why
the precondition capability exists.
Wiki (kept pages, re-scoped):
- uhppote-controller, zkteco-controller -> rejected/historical with callouts;
uhppote-vs-esp32 -> historical (detection-vs-prevention lens still useful).
- re-point all "current device" framing (standing-decisions, bom, overview,
open-questions, device-registry, device-discovery, index) to dingtian-relay.
- transferable concepts (network-isolation, event-log-ingestion, barrier-not-a-
door, threat-model) untouched. Raw source immutable. Links lint clean.
- open-questions #7: symmetric vs. asymmetric JWT signing key (from the
commit security review). Prefer RS256/EdDSA so verifying hosts hold only a
public key — mirrors the ATECC608 / challenge-response "public key only"
property. Decide before multi-host/multi-lane deployment.
- Mark esp32-custom-controller status: deferred per decision not to build
device-level auth now; access control stays on UHPPOTE + network isolation
(noted in open-questions #6).
- local-jwt-auth: document hardened secret handling + 8h expiry and the
asymmetric-key pointer.
- Update index.md and append a log.md entry.
Turborepo (pnpm workspaces) with all dependencies pinned to latest
mutually-compatible versions: turbo 2.9, TypeScript 6, Fastify 5,
React 19, Vite 8, better-sqlite3 12 + Drizzle ORM 0.45.
Layout:
- apps/server Fastify backend (local JWT auth + role guard, /health)
- apps/web React 19 + Vite 8 operator SPA
- packages/db Drizzle schema on SQLite/WAL; append-only events + users
- packages/devices reader/printer/relay adapter interfaces (intent-only relay)
- packages/shared shared domain types
Architecture constraints from the design wiki are encoded in the scaffold:
append-only hash-chained + signed event log, device-agnostic adapters,
"a barrier is not a door" (relay expresses intent only), fully-local
offline-first auth.
wiki/ is an LLM-maintained Obsidian knowledge base (28 pages) ingested
from the architecture & design notes, with its own maintenance schema.
Verified: pnpm install, full turbo build (5/5), server boots and serves
/health, drizzle-kit generates the initial migration.
julian