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jackandClaude Fable 5 7ad19ab4c3 Private groups: creator-managed encrypted group chat over the mesh
Small encrypted crews (hard cap 16) between public broadcast and 1:1 DMs:

Protocol
- MessageType.groupMessage = 0x25: broadcast packets with a cleartext
  16-byte group ID + epoch, ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphertext (epoch bound as
  AEAD AAD), inner Ed25519 sender signature over
  "bitchat-group-msg-v1"|groupID|messageID|timestamp|content
- NoisePayloadType.groupInvite = 0x06 / .groupKeyUpdate = 0x07:
  creator-signed group state (key, epoch, roster) 1:1 over Noise; signature
  over "bitchat-group-v1"|groupID|epoch|key-hash|roster-hash and the Noise
  session peer must BE the creator
- SyncTypeFlags bit 10 (groupMessage): variable-length LE bitfield widens
  1 -> 2 bytes inside the length-prefixed REQUEST_SYNC TLV; old clients
  ignore unknown bits and answer with types they know
- PeerCapabilities.localSupported now advertises .groups

Storage
- GroupStore: symmetric keys in the keychain, roster/name/epoch as
  protected JSON in Application Support; wiped in panicClearAllData()

Behavior
- Non-members relay 0x25 like any broadcast but cannot read it; group
  messages join gossip-sync backfill with the public-message window
- Receivers drop wrong-epoch envelopes, bad sender signatures, and
  senders missing from the creator-signed roster
- Fire-and-flood delivery (no per-member acks in v1)

UI
- Groups open as chat windows through the private-chat sheet (virtual
  "group_" peer IDs); groups section in the people sheet; /group
  create/invite/remove/leave/list commands; invitees get a system message
  + notification and the group appears in their people sheet

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 20:22:38 +02:00

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//
// GroupProtocol.swift
// bitchat
//
// Wire formats and crypto for private groups: creator-signed group state
// (invites and key updates over Noise) and ChaCha20-Poly1305 group messages
// broadcast as MessageType.groupMessage (0x25).
//
// This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
// For more information, see <https://unlicense.org>
//
import BitFoundation
import CryptoKit
import Foundation
// MARK: - Models
/// A member of a private group as pinned in the creator-signed roster.
struct GroupMember: Codable, Equatable {
/// SHA-256 fingerprint (64 hex chars) of the member's Noise static key.
let fingerprint: String
/// The member's Ed25519 signing public key (32 bytes, from their announce).
let signingKey: Data
/// Nickname at invite time; display fallback when the peer is offline.
var nickname: String
}
/// Creator-managed encrypted group. Metadata only — the symmetric key lives
/// in the keychain (see `GroupStore`).
struct BitchatGroup: Codable, Equatable {
static let maxMembers = 16
static let groupIDLength = 16
static let keyLength = 32
/// 16 random bytes; travels in cleartext on group message packets so
/// relays can dedup/filter without membership.
let groupID: Data
var name: String
/// Bumps on every key rotation; messages are bound to the epoch they
/// were sealed under.
var epoch: UInt32
var members: [GroupMember]
/// Fingerprint of the creator — the only identity allowed to sign group
/// state (invites, key updates) in v1.
let creatorFingerprint: String
/// Virtual conversation ID this group's chat is keyed under.
var peerID: PeerID { PeerID(groupID: groupID) }
var creator: GroupMember? {
members.first { $0.fingerprint == creatorFingerprint }
}
func isMember(fingerprint: String) -> Bool {
members.contains { $0.fingerprint == fingerprint }
}
func member(withSigningKey signingKey: Data) -> GroupMember? {
members.first { $0.signingKey == signingKey }
}
}
// MARK: - TLV helpers
private enum GroupTLV {
static func put(_ type: UInt8, _ value: Data, into out: inout Data) {
out.append(type)
let length = UInt16(clamping: value.count)
out.append(UInt8((length >> 8) & 0xFF))
out.append(UInt8(length & 0xFF))
out.append(value.prefix(Int(length)))
}
/// Iterates (type, value) pairs; returns nil on malformed framing.
static func parse(_ data: Data) -> [(type: UInt8, value: Data)]? {
var fields: [(UInt8, Data)] = []
var offset = data.startIndex
while offset < data.endIndex {
guard data.distance(from: offset, to: data.endIndex) >= 3 else { return nil }
let type = data[offset]
let high = Int(data[data.index(offset, offsetBy: 1)])
let low = Int(data[data.index(offset, offsetBy: 2)])
let length = (high << 8) | low
let valueStart = data.index(offset, offsetBy: 3)
guard data.distance(from: valueStart, to: data.endIndex) >= length else { return nil }
let valueEnd = data.index(valueStart, offsetBy: length)
fields.append((type, Data(data[valueStart..<valueEnd])))
offset = valueEnd
}
return fields
}
static func epochData(_ epoch: UInt32) -> Data {
var bigEndian = epoch.bigEndian
return withUnsafeBytes(of: &bigEndian) { Data($0) }
}
static func epoch(from data: Data) -> UInt32? {
guard data.count == 4 else { return nil }
return data.reduce(UInt32(0)) { ($0 << 8) | UInt32($1) }
}
static func timestampData(_ timestampMs: UInt64) -> Data {
var bigEndian = timestampMs.bigEndian
return withUnsafeBytes(of: &bigEndian) { Data($0) }
}
static func timestamp(from data: Data) -> UInt64? {
guard data.count == 8 else { return nil }
return data.reduce(UInt64(0)) { ($0 << 8) | UInt64($1) }
}
}
// MARK: - Roster wire form
enum GroupRosterCoding {
private static let fingerprintLength = 32
private static let signingKeyLength = 32
private static let maxNicknameBytes = 64
/// Deterministic roster blob: count byte, then per member the raw 32-byte
/// fingerprint, 32-byte signing key, and length-prefixed UTF-8 nickname.
/// The creator signature covers the SHA-256 of these exact bytes.
static func encode(_ members: [GroupMember]) -> Data? {
guard members.count <= BitchatGroup.maxMembers else { return nil }
var out = Data([UInt8(members.count)])
for member in members {
guard let fingerprintData = Data(hexString: member.fingerprint),
fingerprintData.count == fingerprintLength,
member.signingKey.count == signingKeyLength else { return nil }
out.append(fingerprintData)
out.append(member.signingKey)
let nickname = Data(member.nickname.utf8).prefix(maxNicknameBytes)
out.append(UInt8(nickname.count))
out.append(nickname)
}
return out
}
static func decode(_ data: Data) -> [GroupMember]? {
guard let count = data.first, count <= UInt8(BitchatGroup.maxMembers) else { return nil }
var members: [GroupMember] = []
var offset = data.index(after: data.startIndex)
for _ in 0..<count {
let fixed = fingerprintLength + signingKeyLength + 1
guard data.distance(from: offset, to: data.endIndex) >= fixed else { return nil }
let fingerprintEnd = data.index(offset, offsetBy: fingerprintLength)
let fingerprint = Data(data[offset..<fingerprintEnd]).hexEncodedString()
let signingKeyEnd = data.index(fingerprintEnd, offsetBy: signingKeyLength)
let signingKey = Data(data[fingerprintEnd..<signingKeyEnd])
let nickLength = Int(data[signingKeyEnd])
let nickStart = data.index(after: signingKeyEnd)
guard data.distance(from: nickStart, to: data.endIndex) >= nickLength else { return nil }
let nickEnd = data.index(nickStart, offsetBy: nickLength)
guard let nickname = String(data: Data(data[nickStart..<nickEnd]), encoding: .utf8) else { return nil }
members.append(GroupMember(fingerprint: fingerprint, signingKey: signingKey, nickname: nickname))
offset = nickEnd
}
guard offset == data.endIndex else { return nil }
return members
}
}
// MARK: - Group state payload (groupInvite / groupKeyUpdate over Noise)
/// Creator-signed group state. The same wire form serves invites (0x06) and
/// key updates (0x07); receivers verify the creator signature — computed over
/// "bitchat-group-v1" | groupID | epoch | SHA256(key) | SHA256(roster) —
/// against the creator's signing key pinned in the roster, and require the
/// Noise session peer to BE the creator before accepting any state.
struct GroupStatePayload: Equatable {
let groupID: Data
let name: String
/// Symmetric ChaCha20-Poly1305 group key (32 bytes) for `epoch`.
let key: Data
let epoch: UInt32
let members: [GroupMember]
let creatorFingerprint: String
/// Ed25519 signature by the creator.
let signature: Data
private enum FieldType: UInt8 {
case groupID = 0x01
case name = 0x02
case key = 0x03
case epoch = 0x04
case roster = 0x05
case creatorFingerprint = 0x06
case signature = 0x07
}
static let signingDomain = Data("bitchat-group-v1".utf8)
/// The bytes the creator signs. Binding the key and roster by hash keeps
/// the signed content fixed-size.
static func signingContent(groupID: Data, epoch: UInt32, key: Data, rosterBlob: Data) -> Data {
var content = signingDomain
content.append(groupID)
content.append(GroupTLV.epochData(epoch))
content.append(key.sha256Hash())
content.append(rosterBlob.sha256Hash())
return content
}
/// Builds a signed state payload. Returns nil when the roster cannot be
/// encoded (over cap, malformed member) or signing fails.
static func makeSigned(
group: BitchatGroup,
key: Data,
sign: (Data) -> Data?
) -> GroupStatePayload? {
guard let rosterBlob = GroupRosterCoding.encode(group.members) else { return nil }
let content = signingContent(groupID: group.groupID, epoch: group.epoch, key: key, rosterBlob: rosterBlob)
guard let signature = sign(content) else { return nil }
return GroupStatePayload(
groupID: group.groupID,
name: group.name,
key: key,
epoch: group.epoch,
members: group.members,
creatorFingerprint: group.creatorFingerprint,
signature: signature
)
}
func encode() -> Data? {
guard let rosterBlob = GroupRosterCoding.encode(members),
let fingerprintData = Data(hexString: creatorFingerprint),
fingerprintData.count == 32 else { return nil }
var out = Data()
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.groupID.rawValue, groupID, into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.name.rawValue, Data(name.utf8), into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.key.rawValue, key, into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.epoch.rawValue, GroupTLV.epochData(epoch), into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.roster.rawValue, rosterBlob, into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.creatorFingerprint.rawValue, fingerprintData, into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.signature.rawValue, signature, into: &out)
return out
}
static func decode(_ data: Data) -> GroupStatePayload? {
guard let fields = GroupTLV.parse(data) else { return nil }
var groupID: Data?
var name: String?
var key: Data?
var epoch: UInt32?
var rosterBlob: Data?
var members: [GroupMember]?
var creatorFingerprint: String?
var signature: Data?
for (type, value) in fields {
switch FieldType(rawValue: type) {
case .groupID where value.count == BitchatGroup.groupIDLength:
groupID = value
case .name:
name = String(data: value, encoding: .utf8)
case .key where value.count == BitchatGroup.keyLength:
key = value
case .epoch:
epoch = GroupTLV.epoch(from: value)
case .roster:
rosterBlob = value
members = GroupRosterCoding.decode(value)
case .creatorFingerprint where value.count == 32:
creatorFingerprint = value.hexEncodedString()
case .signature where value.count == 64:
signature = value
default:
break // forward compatible; ignore unknown TLVs
}
}
guard let groupID, let name, let key, let epoch,
rosterBlob != nil, let members, !members.isEmpty,
let creatorFingerprint, let signature else { return nil }
return GroupStatePayload(
groupID: groupID,
name: name,
key: key,
epoch: epoch,
members: members,
creatorFingerprint: creatorFingerprint,
signature: signature
)
}
/// Verifies the creator signature against the creator's signing key
/// pinned in the roster, and that the creator is actually in the roster.
func verifyCreatorSignature() -> Bool {
guard members.count <= BitchatGroup.maxMembers,
let creator = members.first(where: { $0.fingerprint == creatorFingerprint }),
let rosterBlob = GroupRosterCoding.encode(members) else { return false }
let content = GroupStatePayload.signingContent(groupID: groupID, epoch: epoch, key: key, rosterBlob: rosterBlob)
return GroupCrypto.verify(signature: signature, for: content, publicKey: creator.signingKey)
}
var asGroup: BitchatGroup {
BitchatGroup(
groupID: groupID,
name: name,
epoch: epoch,
members: members,
creatorFingerprint: creatorFingerprint
)
}
}
// MARK: - Group message envelope (MessageType 0x25 payload)
/// Cleartext framing of a group message broadcast. Only the group ID, epoch,
/// and nonce are visible to relays; everything about the message — sender,
/// content, timestamps — is inside the ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphertext.
struct GroupMessageEnvelope: Equatable {
let groupID: Data
let epoch: UInt32
let nonce: Data
/// ChaChaPoly ciphertext || 16-byte tag.
let ciphertext: Data
private enum FieldType: UInt8 {
case groupID = 0x01
case epoch = 0x02
case nonce = 0x03
case ciphertext = 0x04
}
func encode() -> Data {
var out = Data()
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.groupID.rawValue, groupID, into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.epoch.rawValue, GroupTLV.epochData(epoch), into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.nonce.rawValue, nonce, into: &out)
GroupTLV.put(FieldType.ciphertext.rawValue, ciphertext, into: &out)
return out
}
static func decode(_ data: Data) -> GroupMessageEnvelope? {
guard let fields = GroupTLV.parse(data) else { return nil }
var groupID: Data?
var epoch: UInt32?
var nonce: Data?
var ciphertext: Data?
for (type, value) in fields {
switch FieldType(rawValue: type) {
case .groupID where value.count == BitchatGroup.groupIDLength:
groupID = value
case .epoch:
epoch = GroupTLV.epoch(from: value)
case .nonce where value.count == 12:
nonce = value
case .ciphertext where !value.isEmpty:
ciphertext = value
default:
break
}
}
guard let groupID, let epoch, let nonce, let ciphertext else { return nil }
return GroupMessageEnvelope(groupID: groupID, epoch: epoch, nonce: nonce, ciphertext: ciphertext)
}
}
/// Decrypted, signature-verified inner content of a group message.
struct GroupMessagePlaintext: Equatable {
let messageID: String
let senderSigningKey: Data
let senderNickname: String
let timestampMs: UInt64
let content: String
}
// MARK: - Crypto
enum GroupCryptoError: Error, Equatable {
case malformedPayload
case signingFailed
case sealFailed
case wrongEpoch
case decryptionFailed
case badSenderSignature
}
enum GroupCrypto {
static let messageSigningDomain = Data("bitchat-group-msg-v1".utf8)
private enum InnerField: UInt8 {
case messageID = 0x01
case senderSigningKey = 0x02
case senderNickname = 0x03
case timestamp = 0x04
case content = 0x05
case signature = 0x06
}
/// Bytes the sender signs: domain | groupID | messageID | timestamp | content.
static func messageSigningContent(groupID: Data, messageID: String, timestampMs: UInt64, content: String) -> Data {
var data = messageSigningDomain
data.append(groupID)
data.append(Data(messageID.utf8))
data.append(GroupTLV.timestampData(timestampMs))
data.append(Data(content.utf8))
return data
}
static func verify(signature: Data, for data: Data, publicKey: Data) -> Bool {
guard let key = try? Curve25519.Signing.PublicKey(rawRepresentation: publicKey) else { return false }
return key.isValidSignature(signature, for: data)
}
/// Seals a group message: builds the signed inner TLV and encrypts it with
/// the epoch key. The cleartext group ID and epoch are bound into the AEAD
/// as additional data so ciphertext cannot be replayed across groups or
/// epochs. Returns the encoded 0x25 packet payload.
static func sealMessage(
content: String,
messageID: String,
senderNickname: String,
senderSigningKey: Data,
timestampMs: UInt64,
groupID: Data,
epoch: UInt32,
key: Data,
sign: (Data) -> Data?
) throws -> Data {
let signingContent = messageSigningContent(
groupID: groupID,
messageID: messageID,
timestampMs: timestampMs,
content: content
)
guard let signature = sign(signingContent), signature.count == 64 else {
throw GroupCryptoError.signingFailed
}
var inner = Data()
GroupTLV.put(InnerField.messageID.rawValue, Data(messageID.utf8), into: &inner)
GroupTLV.put(InnerField.senderSigningKey.rawValue, senderSigningKey, into: &inner)
GroupTLV.put(InnerField.senderNickname.rawValue, Data(senderNickname.utf8), into: &inner)
GroupTLV.put(InnerField.timestamp.rawValue, GroupTLV.timestampData(timestampMs), into: &inner)
GroupTLV.put(InnerField.content.rawValue, Data(content.utf8), into: &inner)
GroupTLV.put(InnerField.signature.rawValue, signature, into: &inner)
do {
let symmetricKey = SymmetricKey(data: key)
var aad = groupID
aad.append(GroupTLV.epochData(epoch))
let sealed = try ChaChaPoly.seal(inner, using: symmetricKey, authenticating: aad)
var ciphertext = sealed.ciphertext
ciphertext.append(sealed.tag)
let envelope = GroupMessageEnvelope(
groupID: groupID,
epoch: epoch,
nonce: Data(sealed.nonce),
ciphertext: ciphertext
)
return envelope.encode()
} catch {
throw GroupCryptoError.sealFailed
}
}
/// Opens a group message envelope with the epoch key: decrypts, parses the
/// inner TLV, and verifies the sender's Ed25519 signature. Roster
/// membership of the sender is the CALLER's check — this function only
/// proves the payload was authored by `senderSigningKey`.
static func openMessage(_ envelope: GroupMessageEnvelope, key: Data) throws -> GroupMessagePlaintext {
let inner: Data
do {
let symmetricKey = SymmetricKey(data: key)
var aad = envelope.groupID
aad.append(GroupTLV.epochData(envelope.epoch))
let nonce = try ChaChaPoly.Nonce(data: envelope.nonce)
guard envelope.ciphertext.count > 16 else { throw GroupCryptoError.decryptionFailed }
let tag = envelope.ciphertext.suffix(16)
let body = envelope.ciphertext.prefix(envelope.ciphertext.count - 16)
let sealedBox = try ChaChaPoly.SealedBox(nonce: nonce, ciphertext: body, tag: tag)
inner = try ChaChaPoly.open(sealedBox, using: symmetricKey, authenticating: aad)
} catch {
throw GroupCryptoError.decryptionFailed
}
guard let fields = GroupTLV.parse(inner) else { throw GroupCryptoError.malformedPayload }
var messageID: String?
var senderSigningKey: Data?
var senderNickname: String?
var timestampMs: UInt64?
var content: String?
var signature: Data?
for (type, value) in fields {
switch InnerField(rawValue: type) {
case .messageID:
messageID = String(data: value, encoding: .utf8)
case .senderSigningKey where value.count == 32:
senderSigningKey = value
case .senderNickname:
senderNickname = String(data: value, encoding: .utf8)
case .timestamp:
timestampMs = GroupTLV.timestamp(from: value)
case .content:
content = String(data: value, encoding: .utf8)
case .signature where value.count == 64:
signature = value
default:
break
}
}
guard let messageID, !messageID.isEmpty,
let senderSigningKey,
let senderNickname,
let timestampMs,
let content,
let signature else { throw GroupCryptoError.malformedPayload }
let signingContent = messageSigningContent(
groupID: envelope.groupID,
messageID: messageID,
timestampMs: timestampMs,
content: content
)
guard verify(signature: signature, for: signingContent, publicKey: senderSigningKey) else {
throw GroupCryptoError.badSenderSignature
}
return GroupMessagePlaintext(
messageID: messageID,
senderSigningKey: senderSigningKey,
senderNickname: senderNickname,
timestampMs: timestampMs,
content: content
)
}
}