Fragment Reassembly Race Condition (CRITICAL):
- Wrap all incomingFragments/fragmentMetadata access in collectionsQueue.sync
- Prevents concurrent modification crashes from multi-threaded access
- Minimizes lock contention by doing heavy work (reassembly/decode) outside locks
- Add upper bound check: reject fragments with total > 10,000 (DoS prevention)
- Add cumulative size validation before storing fragments (memory DoS prevention)
File Cleanup Path Traversal (CRITICAL):
- Use NSString.lastPathComponent to extract filename safely
- Prevents directory traversal attacks via malicious filenames
- Add path prefix validation before file deletion
- Now checks both incoming and outgoing directories (fixes disk leak)
Additional Protections:
- Fragment assemblies now limited by both count (128) and cumulative bytes (1MB)
- Explicit checks for "." and ".." filenames in cleanup
- Defense-in-depth: multiple validation layers
- Reduce sample rate from 44.1 kHz to 16 kHz (telephony standard)
- Lower bitrate from 32 kbps to 20 kbps
- Results in ~37% file size reduction (~150 KB/min vs 240 KB/min)
- Increases max voice note length from 4.4 to 7 minutes over 1 MiB BLE limit
- Maintains excellent voice quality using native AAC-LC codec
- Mark non-localizable strings with Text(verbatim:) to prevent extraction
- Update UI strings to lowercase per style guide (open, save, close, recording)
- Add complete translations for all 29 languages (194/194 strings at 100%)
- Remove empty/duplicate entries (@, bitchat/, Open, Recording %@)
- Add proper localization comments for all user-facing strings
Fix: /clear command and panicClearAllData() now properly delete media files
1. /clear (triple-tap on chat):
- Deletes outgoing media (voice notes, images, files)
- Conservative: only our sent media, preserves received media
- Runs in background to avoid UI freeze
2. panicClearAllData() (triple-tap on bitchat/ header):
- Deletes ALL media files (incoming + outgoing)
- Removes entire files directory and recreates structure
- Ensures complete data wipe for emergency scenarios
Both operations run async on .utility queue to prevent blocking UI.
Aggressive performance optimization to prevent UI freezes:
Problem: Even with async loading, creating 10+ VoiceNotePlaybackController
instances simultaneously (when scrolling past multiple voice notes) spawned
20+ concurrent background tasks, potentially starving main thread.
Solution - Ultra-lazy loading:
1. VoiceNotePlaybackController.init() now does ZERO work
- No duration loading
- No player creation
- Instant initialization
2. Duration loaded on-demand via public loadDuration() method
- Called from VoiceNoteView.onAppear after 150ms delay
- Reduced priority: .utility instead of .userInitiated
- Guard prevents duplicate loading
3. Waveform loading also deferred 150ms
- Gives UI time to settle after message appears
- Prevents task storms when multiple voice notes appear
This spreads the work over time instead of all at once.
Additional optimization for location channels (voice notes are mesh-only,
but this helps with text message rendering in geohash channels):
- Add cachedGeohashIdentity to avoid deriveIdentity calls during rendering
- Check cache before falling back to crypto derivation
- Reduces main thread crypto work in location channels
Critical performance fix:
Problem: formatMessageHeader() called deriveIdentity(forGeohash:) during
every SwiftUI render for every media message. Each call performed:
- Keychain I/O (getOrCreateDeviceSeed)
- HMAC-SHA256 computation
- Up to 10 secp256k1 key validations (elliptic curve crypto)
With multiple media messages, this resulted in 100s of milliseconds of
blocking crypto on main thread per render cycle.
Solution: Add thread-safe cache for derived identities
- Check cache before expensive crypto operations
- NSLock protects concurrent access
- Identity is deterministic per geohash, so caching is safe
This eliminates crypto from the hot rendering path.
Critical performance fix for UI freezes when receiving media:
Problem: mediaAttachment(for:) was called during every SwiftUI render,
performing synchronous disk I/O on main thread:
- FileManager.fileExists() called 2-6x per message (checking subdirs)
- applicationFilesDirectory() creating directories on every call
- With multiple media messages, this meant 20-100+ disk ops per render
Solution:
1. Remove fileExists checks - construct URLs directly
- Files are validated during playback/display (fail gracefully if missing)
- Sender determines subdirectory (outgoing vs incoming)
2. Cache applicationFilesDirectory() result
- Static cache prevents repeated FileManager.url() calls
- Directory created only once
3. Remove redundant playback.replaceURL() in VoiceNoteView.onAppear
- Controller already initialized with correct URL
This eliminates ALL disk I/O from the view rendering hot path.
Fixes:
1. Post-playback freeze: audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying now dispatches to main
thread before updating @Published properties (Swift concurrency violation)
2. Unbounded waveform cache: Implement LRU eviction with 20-entry limit
- Track last access time for each cached waveform
- Evict oldest entry when cache is full
- Prevents unlimited memory growth as voice notes accumulate
3. Audio buffer memory leaks: Wrap computeWaveform in autoreleasepool
- AVAudioPCMBuffer allocations are autoreleased
- Pool ensures buffers are freed promptly
4. Image processing memory: Add autoreleasepool around compression loops
- Each jpegData() call creates temporary objects
- Inner pool per iteration prevents memory spikes during quality search
Memory should now remain stable during extended use.
Problem: AVAudioPlayer initialization in VoiceNotePlaybackController.init()
was running synchronously on main thread during view creation, blocking
UI for 50-200ms per voice note.
Solution:
- Remove eager preparePlayer() call from init
- Load duration asynchronously on background queue
- Player is only prepared when playback is actually requested via ensurePlayerReady()
This prevents UI freezes when voice notes appear in the chat.
* Allow closing people sheet from X and swipe
* Swipe right to return from DM to people list
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* Align DM sheet toolbar with people list
* Gate stale gossip announcements
* Remove stale peer messages during gossip cleanup
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Restructured ContentView layout to prevent sidebar from covering input box
and removed gesture conflicts that caused jitter during slow drags.
Changes:
- Moved sidebar overlay to only cover messages area, not input box
- Input box now always accessible below sidebar (not covered by overlay)
- Removed blocking drag gesture from mainChatView
- Changed sidebar gesture from simultaneousGesture to gesture for priority
- Removed animation-disabling transactions that amplified touch noise
- Removed 2pt threshold checks that caused visible jumps
Result: Send button taps immediately, sidebar slides smoothly without jitter.
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* Location notes: fix performance and UI issues
Performance fixes:
- Add Set-based duplicate detection (O(1) vs O(n) lookup)
- Eliminates lag when receiving 200+ notes during EOSE
Correctness fixes:
- Fix optimistic echo timestamp to match signed event timestamp
- Add echo IDs to noteIDs set for consistency
UI improvements:
- Remove duplicate "loading recent notes" text in header
- Simplify toolbar icon color logic for immediate green indication
- Icon now reliably turns green when notes exist in geohash
Tests: All 3 LocationNotes tests passing
* Location notes: add remaining robustness fixes
Additional improvements:
- Align counter/manager limits to 200 (prevents showing count higher than displayable)
- Set loading state before clearing notes to eliminate UI flicker on geohash change
- Add geohash validation for building-level precision (8 valid base32 chars)
- Add defensive 500-note memory cap with automatic trimming
- Clear stale notesGeohash state on sheet dismiss
Tests:
- Fix test geohashes to use valid base32 characters
- All 3 LocationNotes tests passing
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The camera scanner was continuously detecting the same QR code (10-30+ times/second), causing multiple verification notifications to be sent. This happened because:
1. AVCaptureMetadataOutput fires repeatedly while QR is visible
2. Each detection triggered a new verification flow
3. After receiving response, pendingQRVerifications was cleared, allowing duplicate scans
Changes:
- Add deduplication using lastValid state to ignore re-scans of same QR code
- Only set lastValid after successful verification initiation
- Add onSuccess callback to close scanner after successful scan
- Automatically return to "My QR" view after verification starts
- Apply same logic to both iOS camera and macOS manual input paths
This ensures exactly one verification request per scan session.
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Problem:
- Ghost peers from yesterday appeared on app restart
- Old messages resurfaced after restarting
- Peers running 24+ hours synced stale data to restarting peers
Root causes:
1. GossipSyncManager stored packets indefinitely (no time limit)
2. handleAnnounce/handleMessage had no timestamp validation
3. Relayed announces from other peers could be arbitrarily old
Solution (defense in depth):
- Added 15-minute age window to GossipSyncManager config
- Gossip storage rejects expired packets at ingestion
- Gossip sync responses filter out expired packets
- GCS payload building excludes expired packets
- Periodic cleanup removes expired announcements/messages
- handleAnnounce rejects stale announces before processing
- handleMessage rejects stale broadcast messages before processing
This prevents ghost peers from appearing on restart and ensures
only recent mesh state is synchronized between peers.
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* Fix test suite peer ID collisions
Use unique peer IDs for each test suite to prevent global registry
collisions when Swift Testing runs suites in parallel.
- PrivateChatE2ETests: PRIV_* prefix
- PublicChatE2ETests: PUB_* prefix
- Update all peer ID references to use actual instance IDs
This fixes the race condition where simplePublicMessage() was receiving
duplicate deliveries due to registry contamination.
* Add Bluetooth permission & state alerts on launch and foreground
Wire up existing Bluetooth alert infrastructure to show notifications
when Bluetooth is off, unauthorized, or unsupported.
Changes:
- Add didUpdateBluetoothState() to BitchatDelegate protocol
- BLEService now notifies delegate when Bluetooth state changes
- ChatViewModel implements delegate method to show alerts
- Check Bluetooth state on app launch (after 100ms delay)
- Check Bluetooth state when app comes to foreground
- Add getCurrentBluetoothState() method to BLEService
The UI alert already existed but wasn't wired up. Now users will see
appropriate alerts for:
- Bluetooth turned off
- Bluetooth permission denied
- Bluetooth unsupported on device
Alert includes a button to open Settings on iOS.
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Use unique peer IDs for each test suite to prevent global registry
collisions when Swift Testing runs suites in parallel.
- PrivateChatE2ETests: PRIV_* prefix
- PublicChatE2ETests: PUB_* prefix
- Update all peer ID references to use actual instance IDs
This fixes the race condition where simplePublicMessage() was receiving
duplicate deliveries due to registry contamination.
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- Add NetworkActivationService to permit Tor/Nostr only when location is authorized OR at least one mutual favorite exists.
- Gate TorManager.startIfNeeded/ensureRunningOnForeground behind a global allowAutoStart flag.
- Always stop Tor on background for deterministic restarts; rebuild sessions on foreground when allowed.
- NostrRelayManager respects the gate in connect/ensureConnections/subscribe/send/connectToRelay and skips reconnection when disallowed.
- Symmetric shutdown when conditions become disallowed: disconnect relays and stop Tor.
- Fix double-start by avoiding restart if Tor is already ready; prevent background thrash.
- Improve UX: post "starting tor…" via TorWillStart, and "tor started…" on initial ready; keep existing restart messages.
Rationale: Avoid starting Tor/relays when the user has no location permission and no mutual favorites, and ensure a clean, predictable lifecycle (no stale sockets, no double starts).
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* UI: replace textual 'close' with X icon\n\n- AppInfoView (iOS): use xmark icon in nav bar to match Location Notes style.\n- LocationChannelsSheet: use xmark icon for close on iOS/macOS toolbars; add accessibility label.
* Location Notes: prefix usernames with @ and lighten #geohash\n\n- Show @ before usernames in notes list.\n- Split header into '@' and '#geohash' and color the geohash with secondary green for consistency.
* Header spacing: add breathing room between channel badge, notes button, and people count\n\n- Add trailing padding after #mesh/#geohash badge.\n- Add leading padding before notes button and people counter to improve readability.
* Header: nudge #mesh/#geohash badge right with leading padding
* Location Notes + Header polish\n\n- Header: add space in '@ #geohash' and use darker green for geohash.\n- Notes list: render '@name#abcd' with darker green for #abcd to match chat.\n- Header: move geochat bookmark icon after #geohash badge with consistent spacing.
* Location Notes: @name regular green, #abcd darker; nudge #hash\n\n- Render '@' and base name in regular green, suffix '#abcd' in darker green.\n- Add extra left padding before '#geohash' in notes header.\n- Increase leading padding for channel badge to push #mesh/#geohash further right.
* Fix notes icon color: subscribe/count at block-level geohash\n\n- Use block (precision 7) geohash for notes: when opening sheet, on channel changes, and when subscribing the counter.\n- Aligns with LocationNotesManager which publishes at street-level geohash, allowing the counter to detect notes and turn icon blue.
* Header spacing: move #mesh/#geohash closer to notes/bookmark\n\n- Reduce trailing padding on channel badge and leading padding on notes/bookmark to cluster them together.\n- Keeps larger gap before people count for readability.
* Notes: standardize on building-level (8 chars) for publish/read\n\n- Use .building geohash when opening notes, reacting to channel updates, and subscribing the counter.\n- Update comments to reflect building-level scope.
* Location Channels sheet: use black sheet background like other sheets\n\n- Add backgroundColor and apply to container and list.\n- Hide list default background with scrollContentBackground(.hidden).
* Notes icon: use green when notes exist (matches app green)
* Location Channels: boxed 'bookmarked' section; keep 'remove location access' outside box\n\n- Wrap bookmarked list in a rounded, subtle grey box within the list.\n- Ensure the 'remove location access' button is not inside the box and clears list row background.
* Notes counter UX: avoid grey flicker when closing sheet\n\n- Preserve last count during resubscribe to prevent brief 0 state.\n- Keep existing subscription when building geohash temporarily unavailable; only cancel if none or permission revoked.
* Notes counter: unsubscribe without clearing count on resubscribe\n\n- Avoid calling cancel() in subscribe; just unsubscribe old sub to prevent wiping count to 0.\n- Prevents green→grey flicker after closing sheet or location updates.
* Notes icon: use sheet count until counter finishes initial load; don’t zero on sheet close\n\n- Compute hasNotes using max(count, sheetCount) while initialLoadComplete is false.\n- Remove sheetNotesCount reset on sheet disappear to avoid transient grey.
* Location Notes header: remove extra gap before #geohash (drop leading padding)
* Notes sheet: color #abcd suffix as darker green via opacity (match chat)
* Notes sheet: show timestamp in brackets; drop #abcd from @name
* chore: commit remaining local changes
* Header: move notes + bookmark to left of #mesh/#geohash
* Header spacing: tighten gap between #mesh/#geohash and peer count
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* Location notes: Matrix loader with 1–3s minimum display; allow multiple notes; wire notes UI from mesh toolbar
* Location notes: prevent duplicate loading/subscriptions (StateObject manager, geohash captured at open, guard subscribe)
* Location notes: fix duplicate state redeclaration in ContentView
* Location notes: render note bodies with monospaced font in notes list
* Location notes: add close (x) button in sheet header (upper-right) using @Environment(\.dismiss)
* Location notes: acquire geohash on open (force refresh) and show Matrix loader until block-level geohash resolves; add LocationNotesSheet wrapper
* Location notes: inline sheet wrapper to avoid missing file in target; force location refresh and show Matrix loader until block geohash resolves
* Location notes: remove Matrix animation; use simple spinner when acquiring location; simplify notes view layout
* Location notes: remove per-note relative timestamp from sheet (no seconds display)
* Location notes: fix intermittent first load by ensuring resubscribe after geohash change, removing over-eager subscribe guard, and widening note fetch window (no since filter)
* Location notes: add background counter service and show count next to notes icon on mesh; auto-subscribe to current block geohash
* Location notes: move notes icon to the right of #mesh badge in toolbar
* Location notes: restore timestamps in notes list; remove loading state from manager and sheet (no spinner/animation)
* Location notes: drop 'teleport' tag from kind-1 events; simplify note builder API and usage
* Location notes: show timestamp as relative within 7 days, else absolute date (MMM d or MMM d, y); keep monospaced styling
* Location notes: append 'ago' to relative timestamps (within 7 days)
* Switch location notes and UI helpers to building-level geohash (precision 8): add GeohashChannelLevel.building, map length 8, use building for notes selection and counter, add building name mapping
* Location notes: change notes toolbar icon to SF Symbol 'long.text.page.and.pencil'
* Revert notes geohash selection back to block-level (precision 7); keep building level available but unused; update counter and sheet accordingly
* Location notes: show block name (from reverse geocode) in header instead of 'street-level notes'
* Nostr: add EOSE handling with callback support for subscriptions; wire to LocationNotesManager/Counter (initialLoadComplete). Remove 'building' level from channel enum and geocoder mapping; geohash list shows block/neighborhood/city/province/region only
* Fix Swift 6 isolation: hop to @MainActor inside Timer callback for EOSE tracker mutations
* Notes counter: show 0 by default; subscribe at building-level (precision 8) for notes and counter; keep building hidden in channel list
* Notes header: show building name when available (fallback to block name)
* Notes: subscribe counter to building + parent block (merge results); hide notes icon unless location is authorized; replace 10s timer with live location updates while sheet open
* Notes counter: subscribe only to building geohash (precision 8) so count reflects current 8-cell; auto-begin live location refresh on mesh (and permission) to update as you walk
* Notes header: show count in parentheses; icon shows blue if any notes, grey if none; only start live location updates while sheet is open; reduce nickname width; set live distance filter to 10m
* Notes header: show count as '(N note/notes)' with non-bold, secondary styling next to title
* Notes header: move count before title as '<N> note(s) @ #gh'; remove parentheses; keep count non-bold
* Notes header: bold count text; ensure sheet updates when building geohash changes by calling manager.setGeohash on geohash change
* Notes sheet: add light haptic feedback when building geohash changes (iOS only)
* Notes icon: force a one-shot location refresh before (re)subscribing the counter so icon turns blue immediately on current 8-cell
* Notes subscribe: fallback to default relays when GeoRelayDirectory has no entries (pass nil relayUrls) so counter/icon turn blue and sheet loads even before georelay fetch
* Notes icon: turn blue immediately when sheet shows notes by passing count up from sheet (closure) and OR-ing with counter; reset on sheet close
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