feat(plugins): bind static reads to versioned snapshot sidecar

docs/plugin-platform/registry-client.md

@@ -1,56 +1,84 @@
-# Official registry client
+# Official static distribution client
 
-The Community page refreshes the fixed endpoint
-`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/binaricat/netcatty-plugins/main/catalog.json`
-in the main process. The renderer cannot choose a registry URL. This endpoint
-must be published separately; client implementation and synthetic tests do not
-prove the repository or an online artifact is available.
+Community starts at the fixed main-process endpoint
+`https://plugins.netcatty.app/v1/snapshot.json`. The renderer cannot choose an
+endpoint. All automatic catalog, README and potential package reads allow only
+that exact HTTPS origin: no credentials, query, fragment, noncanonical URL or
+redirect. No GitHub API/raw/avatar/release fallback exists. Explicit user-opened
+source links may still open GitHub in an external browser.
 
-## Catalog contract
+## Snapshot contract
 
-`catalog.json` is an array of at most 1,000 current entries. Each entry supplies
-`id`, `version`, `name`, `description`, `author`, `repository` (`owner/repository`),
-`commit` (full 40-character SHA), `license`, `readme` (relative Markdown path),
-and `manifest`. Optional `artifact` contains `url` and SHA-256 `sha256`.
-Unknown catalog-entry and artifact fields are rejected. The whole JSON value,
-including manifest defaults, uses the existing 128-level / 100,000-value budget
-and finite-number validation. The existing manifest schema, browser-only distribution policy, identity/version
-and license checks apply. Source-only entries remain build-and-import examples.
-No download counts, ratings, or timestamps are invented. Brand previews remain
-bundled and reviewed; arbitrary author image URLs are never loaded.
+This client implements the version-1 contract from
+`binaricat/netcatty-plugins@7bfe23e5627e16ba63806de6dded5b2667c02984`.
+The source catalog/index remain unchanged; **no `readmeAsset` field is added**.
 
-Reads are anonymous HTTPS, redirect-free for the registry, bounded to 2 MiB,
-and time out after 30 seconds. All entries must validate, safely clone, and generate every selection token before
-atomically replacing the current snapshot. Invalid JSON/schema, network failure, and oversized responses
-leave the previous good snapshot intact. Errors and Retry remain visible. The Community header also has Refresh, including
-when the last refresh succeeded; it is disabled while a request is pending.
-The last good catalog is retained **in memory for this application session**;
-a fresh offline launch uses bundled examples. There is no new disk cache,
-database migration, cloud sync record, or credential requirement.
+The pointer contains `schemaVersion: 1`, `registryCommit`, `snapshotId`, and
+`catalog`, `index`, `delivery` references, each `{path, sha256, size}`. Paths must
+be `/snapshots/<snapshotId>/<name>.json`; `snapshotId` equals the raw delivery
+SHA-256. The host checks the pointer before requesting its three documents,
+then checks raw byte counts/hashes, JSON budgets, schemas and cross-document
+identity. The three documents must all validate before replacing any cache.
 
-## Selection and installation
+Delivery contains `schemaVersion`, `registryCommit`, `catalogSha256`,
+`indexSha256`, `sourceLockSha256`, `builderSha256` and `plugins`. Each item matches
+one exact catalog `id/version/repository/commit` tuple and supplies `readme`,
+`iconLight`, `iconDark`, `avatar`, `artifact`. Asset references are
+`{path, sha256, size}`, with `/assets/<sha256>.md` for README and `.png`/`.webp`
+for brand icons. This v1 publishing schema requires **avatar and artifact to
+be null**. The client rejects unsupported delivery metadata rather than
+inventing installable packages or deriving a GitHub avatar URL.
 
-Each returned entry has a host-generated `selectionToken` covering its complete
-JSON contents. This is a concurrency check, **not a signature or trust proof**.
-README requests must still match that selection and fetch its pinned source
-commit. A changed entry requires refresh and renewed review.
+Index is validated with its pinned schema. Plugin/version identities must be
+unique; each catalog entry must exactly equal the index's current, non-withdrawn,
+source-only entry. Withdrawal does not disable, uninstall or delete any existing
+plugin: this is catalog admission, not a remote installed-code kill switch.
 
-A manual install must first refresh the official catalog successfully and match
-the selected token again. Failed refresh is browse-only, even if the cached
-entry has an artifact. Withdrawal, version changes, permission changes, README
-changes, or artifact hash changes cannot silently replace the selected package.
-Archive download then uses the existing approved-host, size, exact SHA-256,
-manifest and package validation pipeline. Installation leaves the plugin disabled;
-existing authorization gates still apply on activation/use.
+Schemas are vendored under `electron/plugins/distribution/`, with provenance and
+fixtures described there. All schema references resolve locally; schema validation
+does not fetch GitHub or netcatty.com.
 
-`index.json` release history and withdrawal records are not consumed by this
-first client. Removing an entry does **not** disable, uninstall, update, or delete
-data from an already installed plugin. There are no background code updates.
+## Bounds, cache and selection
 
-## Verification boundary
+Pointer reads are bounded to 16 KiB, each JSON document to 2 MiB, and each README
+to 256 KiB. Reads time out after 30 seconds. Whole JSON values retain the existing
+128-level / 100,000-value / finite-number boundary. Catalogs contain at most 1,000
+entries. Existing manifest identity, license and browser-only policies remain.
 
-Service regressions use synthetic network responses and package bytes; the
-existing package manager tests cover archive admission. No third-party plugin,
-real credential, real sync account, or live registry write is used. Native QA
-must separately verify the visible offline/retry state and eventual real catalog
-availability once the repository is published.
+The host prepares private entries, private delivery resources and all public
+selection tokens before one synchronous cache publication. Parse, integrity,
+schema, clone, tuple or network failures preserve the last complete good snapshot.
+The cache remains **in memory for this app session**; a fresh offline launch lists
+bundled examples. No new disk database, sync record or credential is introduced.
+
+A host-generated selection token binds the complete entry and its delivery item.
+This prevents silent selection changes; it is **not a signature**. README requests
+capture the matched static reference and verify its exact byte count and digest.
+Missing/offline snapshots show an error/Retry; they never synthesize a raw GitHub URL.
+README HTML and remote images remain inert in the existing safe renderer.
+
+The current v1 distribution cannot install packages. A later publishing/client
+schema revision must jointly introduce reviewed package mirroring, keep source
+manifest/hash admission, and recheck the current pointer and fresh root withdrawal
+ledger before any install. A historical snapshot alone cannot establish availability.
+The existing lower-level package downloader accepts only official static URLs and
+exact SHA-256 bytes; it does not relax those future gates or auto-enable code.
+
+## Network inventory
+
+| Path | Automatic source | Failure behavior |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Pointer / manual refresh | Fixed `/v1/snapshot.json` | Complete session cache, or bundled source-only entries |
+| Catalog/index/delivery | Pointer-bound same-origin immutable paths | Reject partial or mixed snapshots |
+| README details | Exact delivery `/assets/<hash>.md` | Visible error/Retry, no upstream fallback |
+| Uninstalled brand icons | Existing reviewed bundled previews | Default icon; delivery icon metadata validated but not fetched by UI |
+| Installed brand icons | Host-owned local package decoder | Default icon; no activation/network request |
+| Author avatars | Not implemented; delivery v1 requires null | Existing local presentation; no avatar lookup |
+| Package artifacts | Not published or admitted by delivery v1 | Source-only; no download action fabricated |
+| Source/README links | Explicit user-opened external HTTPS link | May open GitHub; no background dependency |
+
+The real PR3 bootstrap is retained as a test fixture with its original bytes and
+hashes. Tests also verify its brand-icon asset bytes; this does not claim a new
+remote icon renderer. The static publisher is not a proxy. Client tests do not
+prove deployment, mainland reachability or successful native CDN access. Native
+QA must independently verify the published endpoint and visible failure state.

electron/plugins/catalogService.cjs

@@ -12,23 +12,26 @@ const { assertPluginJsonValue } = require("./jsonBoundary.cjs");
 const MAX_CATALOG_BYTES = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
 const CATALOG_FIELDS = new Set(["id", "version", "name", "description", "author", "repository", "commit", "license", "readme", "manifest", "artifact"]);
 
-const DOWNLOAD_HOSTS = new Set(["github.com", "raw.githubusercontent.com", "release-assets.githubusercontent.com", "objects.githubusercontent.com"]);
+const DISTRIBUTION_ORIGIN = "https://plugins.netcatty.app";
 function assertDownloadUrl(value) {
+  if (typeof value !== "string" || /[\u0000-\u0020\u007f\\%?#]/u.test(value)) {
+    throw new Error("Catalog download URL is not an approved HTTPS static distribution source");
+  }
   const url = new URL(value);
-  if (url.protocol !== "https:" || url.username || url.password || url.port || !DOWNLOAD_HOSTS.has(url.hostname)) {
-    throw new Error("Catalog download URL is not an approved HTTPS GitHub source");
+  if (url.origin !== DISTRIBUTION_ORIGIN || url.username || url.password || url.port
+    || url.href !== value || url.pathname.split("/").some((part) => part === "." || part === "..")) {
+    throw new Error("Catalog download URL is not an approved HTTPS static distribution source");
   }
   return url.href;
 }
-function pinnedReadmeUrl(entry) {
+function assertReadmeSource(entry) {
   if (typeof entry.readme !== "string" || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f\\%?#]/u.test(entry.readme)
     || entry.readme.split("/").some((segment) => !segment || segment === "." || segment === "..")) {
     throw new Error("Invalid or unpinned README path");
   }
-  const prefix = `/${entry.repository}/${entry.commit}/`;
-  const url = new URL(`https://raw.githubusercontent.com${prefix}${entry.readme.split("/").map(encodeURIComponent).join("/")}`);
-  if (!url.pathname.startsWith(prefix)) throw new Error("README URL escapes the pinned commit");
-  return url.href;
+  if (entry.repository.split("/").some((part) => part === "." || part === "..")) {
+    throw new Error("README source escapes the pinned commit");
+  }
 }
 function validateCatalog(entries) {
   assertPluginJsonValue(entries, { maxBytes: MAX_CATALOG_BYTES });
@@ -43,51 +46,49 @@ function validateCatalog(entries) {
       || entry.readme.split("/").some((p) => !p || p === "." || p === "..") || /[\\%?#\0]/u.test(entry.readme)) {
       throw new Error("Invalid or unpinned plugin catalog entry");
     }
-    pinnedReadmeUrl(entry);
+    assertReadmeSource(entry);
     if (!validateManifest(entry.manifest)) throw new Error(`Catalog manifest is invalid: ${formatValidationErrors(validateManifest.errors)}`);
     assertCatalogManifest(entry.manifest, entry);
     ids.add(entry.id);
-    if (Object.hasOwn(entry, "artifact")) {
-      if (!entry.artifact || typeof entry.artifact !== "object" || Array.isArray(entry.artifact)
-        || Object.keys(entry.artifact).some((key) => key !== "url" && key !== "sha256")
-        || typeof entry.artifact.url !== "string" || typeof entry.artifact.sha256 !== "string") {
-        throw new Error("Invalid catalog artifact metadata");
+    for (const field of ["artifact"]) {
+      if (!Object.hasOwn(entry, field)) continue;
+      const asset = entry[field];
+      if (!asset || typeof asset !== "object" || Array.isArray(asset)
+        || Object.keys(asset).some((key) => key !== "url" && key !== "sha256")
+        || typeof asset.url !== "string" || typeof asset.sha256 !== "string") {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid catalog ${field} metadata`);
       }
-      assertDownloadUrl(entry.artifact.url);
-      if (!/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/u.test(entry.artifact.sha256)) throw new Error("Catalog artifact requires SHA-256");
+      assertDownloadUrl(asset.url);
+      if (!/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/u.test(asset.sha256)) throw new Error(`Catalog ${field} requires SHA-256`);
     }
   }
   return entries;
 }
-async function fetchBounded(url, limit, fetchImpl = fetch, maxRedirects = 4) {
+async function fetchBounded(url, limit, fetchImpl = fetch) {
   const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(30_000);
-  for (let redirects = 0; redirects <= maxRedirects; redirects++) {
-    const response = await fetchImpl(assertDownloadUrl(url), { redirect: "manual", signal, credentials: "omit", referrerPolicy: "no-referrer" });
-    if ([301, 302, 303, 307, 308].includes(response.status)) {
-      await response.body?.cancel();
-      url = new URL(response.headers.get("location"), url).href;
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (!response.ok) { await response.body?.cancel(); throw new Error(`Catalog download failed (${response.status})`); }
-    if (Number(response.headers.get("content-length")) > limit) {
-      await response.body?.cancel(); throw new Error("Catalog download exceeds size limit");
-    }
-    const reader = response.body?.getReader();
-    if (!reader) throw new Error("Catalog download has no body");
-    const chunks = [];
-    let size = 0;
-    try {
-      for (;;) {
-        const { done, value } = await reader.read();
-        if (done) break;
-        size += value.byteLength;
-        if (size > limit) throw new Error("Catalog download exceeds size limit");
-        chunks.push(Buffer.from(value));
-      }
-      return Buffer.concat(chunks, size);
-    } finally { await reader.cancel(); }
+  const response = await fetchImpl(assertDownloadUrl(url), { redirect: "manual", signal, credentials: "omit", referrerPolicy: "no-referrer" });
+  if ([301, 302, 303, 307, 308].includes(response.status)) {
+    await response.body?.cancel();
+    throw new Error("Catalog redirects are not allowed");
   }
-  throw new Error("Too many catalog redirects");
+  if (!response.ok) { await response.body?.cancel(); throw new Error(`Catalog download failed (${response.status})`); }
+  if (Number(response.headers.get("content-length")) > limit) {
+    await response.body?.cancel(); throw new Error("Catalog download exceeds size limit");
+  }
+  const reader = response.body?.getReader();
+  if (!reader) throw new Error("Catalog download has no body");
+  const chunks = [];
+  let size = 0;
+  try {
+    for (;;) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      if (done) break;
+      size += value.byteLength;
+      if (size > limit) throw new Error("Catalog download exceeds size limit");
+      chunks.push(Buffer.from(value));
+    }
+    return Buffer.concat(chunks, size);
+  } finally { await reader.cancel(); }
 }
 class PluginCatalogService {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -103,11 +104,6 @@ class PluginCatalogService {
     if (!entry) throw new Error("Plugin is not in the curated catalog");
     return entry;
   }
-  async readme(id) {
-    const entry = this.get(id);
-    const url = pinnedReadmeUrl(entry);
-    return (await fetchBounded(url, 256 * 1024, this.fetch, 0)).toString("utf8");
-  }
   async install(id) {
     const entry = this.get(id);
     if (!entry.artifact) throw new Error("This source example has no published package; build and import locally");
@@ -127,4 +123,4 @@ class PluginCatalogService {
     }
   }
 }
-module.exports = { PluginCatalogService, assertDownloadUrl, fetchBounded, validateCatalog, pinnedReadmeUrl, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES };
+module.exports = { PluginCatalogService, assertDownloadUrl, fetchBounded, validateCatalog, assertReadmeSource, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES, DISTRIBUTION_ORIGIN };

electron/plugins/catalogService.test.cjs

@@ -24,25 +24,17 @@ test("curated catalog uses pinned public first-party source and rejects advanced
   assert.throws(() => validateCatalog([{ ...entries[0], commit: "main" }]), /unpinned/);
 });
 
-test("README retrieval is bounded and pinned, never follows a redirect to latest", async () => {
-  const requested = [];
-  const service = new PluginCatalogService({ entries, fetch: async (url) => {
-    requested.push(url); return new Response("# First-party example");
-  } });
-  assert.equal(await service.readme(entries[0].id), "# First-party example");
-  assert.equal(requested[0], `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${entries[0].repository}/${entries[0].commit}/${entries[0].readme}`);
-  service.fetch = async () => new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a/b/main/README.md" } });
-  await assert.rejects(service.readme(entries[0].id), /redirects/);
-  await assert.rejects(fetchBounded("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a/b/c", 3, async () => new Response("1234")), /size limit/);
+test("static downloader is bounded and never follows redirects", async () => {
+  await assert.rejects(fetchBounded("https://plugins.netcatty.app/a", 3, async () => new Response("1234")), /size limit/);
   await assert.rejects(fetchBounded("https://127.0.0.1/a", 10), /approved HTTPS/);
-  await assert.rejects(fetchBounded("https://github.com/a", 10, async () => new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: "http://localhost/secret" } })), /approved HTTPS/);
+  await assert.rejects(fetchBounded("https://plugins.netcatty.app/a", 10, async () => new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: "https://github.com/a" } })), /redirects/);
 });
 
 test("catalog install verifies the digest, shares manager installation, and never auto-enables", async (context) => {
   const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "netcatty-catalog-test-"));
   context.after(() => fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
   const bytes = Buffer.from("synthetic bytes: package validation belongs to PackageStore");
-  const entry = { ...structuredClone(entries[0]), artifact: { url: "https://github.com/example/repo/releases/download/v1/plugin.ncpkg", sha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex") } };
+  const entry = { ...structuredClone(entries[0]), artifact: { url: "https://plugins.netcatty.app/packages/synthetic.ncpkg", sha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex") } };
   let installs = 0;
   const service = new PluginCatalogService({ entries: [entry], getTempFilePath: (name) => {
     assert.equal(name, "plugin-catalog-");

electron/plugins/distribution/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Pinned static distribution schemas
+
+`delivery.schema.json` and `index.schema.json` are unmodified UTF-8 files from
+binaricat/netcatty-plugins commit 7bfe23e5627e16ba63806de6dded5b2667c02984
+(PR 3). The host compiles them with the existing local plugin-contract schema;
+no schema reference causes network access.
+
+`../fixtures/static-distribution/` contains that commit's actual
+`distribution/bootstrap/v1/snapshot.json`, snapshot catalog/index/delivery and
+four referenced README/PNG assets. Raw-byte SHA-256 checks in
+`staticDistribution.test.cjs` verify the publisher's supplied pointer and delivery
+hashes; every document and asset is checked against the pointer/sidecar.
+The fixture includes no executable plugin package, avatar or credentials.
+
+Schema revisions must be coordinated with the registry publisher. In particular,
+artifact/avatar are deliberately null in v1; do not expand this consumer alone.

electron/plugins/distribution/delivery.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "Netcatty static delivery v1 (source-only bootstrap)",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": [
+    "schemaVersion",
+    "registryCommit",
+    "plugins",
+    "catalogSha256",
+    "indexSha256",
+    "sourceLockSha256",
+    "builderSha256"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "schemaVersion": {
+      "const": 1
+    },
+    "registryCommit": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{40}$"
+    },
+    "plugins": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "maxItems": 1000,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "version",
+          "repository",
+          "commit",
+          "readme",
+          "iconLight",
+          "iconDark",
+          "avatar",
+          "artifact"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "version": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "repository": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "commit": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{40}$"
+          },
+          "readme": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "required": [
+              "path",
+              "sha256",
+              "size"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "path": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(md|png|webp|ncpkg)$"
+              },
+              "sha256": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+              },
+              "size": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "minimum": 0,
+                "maximum": 262144
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "iconLight": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "object",
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "sha256",
+                  "size"
+                ],
+                "properties": {
+                  "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(md|png|webp|ncpkg)$"
+                  },
+                  "sha256": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                  },
+                  "size": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 0,
+                    "maximum": 262144
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "iconDark": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "object",
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "sha256",
+                  "size"
+                ],
+                "properties": {
+                  "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(md|png|webp|ncpkg)$"
+                  },
+                  "sha256": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                  },
+                  "size": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 0,
+                    "maximum": 262144
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "avatar": {
+            "type": "null"
+          },
+          "artifact": {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "catalogSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    },
+    "indexSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    },
+    "sourceLockSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    },
+    "builderSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    }
+  }
+}

electron/plugins/distribution/index.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": [
+    "schemaVersion",
+    "plugins"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "schemaVersion": {
+      "const": 1
+    },
+    "plugins": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "maxItems": 1000,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "current",
+          "versions"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1,
+            "maxLength": 4096,
+            "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]+$"
+          },
+          "current": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string",
+                "minLength": 1,
+                "maxLength": 4096,
+                "pattern": "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?(\\+[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "versions": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "maxItems": 1000,
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "additionalProperties": false,
+              "required": [
+                "entry",
+                "distribution",
+                "withdrawal"
+              ],
+              "properties": {
+                "entry": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": false,
+                  "required": [
+                    "id",
+                    "version",
+                    "name",
+                    "description",
+                    "author",
+                    "repository",
+                    "commit",
+                    "license",
+                    "readme",
+                    "manifest"
+                  ],
+                  "properties": {
+                    "id": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096,
+                      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]+$"
+                    },
+                    "version": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096,
+                      "pattern": "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?(\\+[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$"
+                    },
+                    "name": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096
+                    },
+                    "description": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096
+                    },
+                    "author": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096
+                    },
+                    "repository": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096,
+                      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+/[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$"
+                    },
+                    "commit": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096,
+                      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{40}$"
+                    },
+                    "license": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096
+                    },
+                    "readme": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "minLength": 1,
+                      "maxLength": 4096
+                    },
+                    "manifest": {
+                      "$ref": "https://netcatty.com/schemas/plugins/0.1.0-internal.1/plugin-contract.schema.json"
+                    },
+                    "artifact": {
+                      "type": "object",
+                      "additionalProperties": false,
+                      "required": [
+                        "url",
+                        "sha256"
+                      ],
+                      "properties": {
+                        "url": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "minLength": 1,
+                          "maxLength": 4096
+                        },
+                        "sha256": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "distribution": {
+                  "enum": [
+                    "source-only",
+                    "release"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "tag": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,127}$"
+                },
+                "withdrawal": {
+                  "oneOf": [
+                    {
+                      "type": "null"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "type": "object",
+                      "additionalProperties": false,
+                      "required": [
+                        "at",
+                        "reason",
+                        "advisory"
+                      ],
+                      "properties": {
+                        "at": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "format": "date-time"
+                        },
+                        "reason": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "minLength": 1,
+                          "maxLength": 4096
+                        },
+                        "advisory": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "pattern": "^https://github.com/"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

electron/plugins/distributionSnapshot.cjs

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+"use strict";
+
+const { createHash } = require("node:crypto");
+const { isDeepStrictEqual } = require("node:util");
+const Ajv2020 = require("ajv/dist/2020").default;
+const addFormats = require("ajv-formats").default;
+const { assertPluginJsonValue } = require("./jsonBoundary.cjs");
+const { fetchBounded, validateCatalog, DISTRIBUTION_ORIGIN, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES } = require("./catalogService.cjs");
+const { formatValidationErrors } = require("./contractValidator.cjs");
+const REGISTRY_URL = `${DISTRIBUTION_ORIGIN}/v1/snapshot.json`;
+const SHA256 = /^[a-f0-9]{64}$/u;
+const COMMIT = /^[a-f0-9]{40}$/u;
+const ajv = new Ajv2020({ allErrors: true, strict: false, validateFormats: true });
+addFormats(ajv);
+ajv.addSchema(require("./generated/plugin-contract.schema.json"));
+const validateIndex = ajv.compile(require("./distribution/index.schema.json"));
+const validateDelivery = ajv.compile(require("./distribution/delivery.schema.json"));
+const digest = (bytes) => createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex");
+const tuple = (entry) => JSON.stringify([entry.id, entry.version, entry.repository, entry.commit]);
+
+function exactKeys(value, keys) {
+  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
+    && Object.keys(value).length === keys.length && keys.every((key) => Object.hasOwn(value, key));
+}
+function assertReference(ref, path, limit) {
+  if (!exactKeys(ref, ["path", "sha256", "size"]) || typeof ref.sha256 !== "string" || !SHA256.test(ref.sha256)
+    || ref.path !== path || !Number.isSafeInteger(ref.size) || ref.size < 0 || ref.size > limit) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid static snapshot resource reference");
+  }
+}
+function parseJson(bytes, label, limit = MAX_CATALOG_BYTES) {
+  const value = JSON.parse(bytes.toString("utf8"));
+  assertPluginJsonValue(value, { maxBytes: limit });
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") throw new Error(`Invalid ${label}`);
+  return value;
+}
+function assertPointer(pointer) {
+  if (!exactKeys(pointer, ["schemaVersion", "registryCommit", "snapshotId", "catalog", "index", "delivery"])
+    || pointer.schemaVersion !== 1 || typeof pointer.registryCommit !== "string" || !COMMIT.test(pointer.registryCommit)
+    || typeof pointer.snapshotId !== "string" || !SHA256.test(pointer.snapshotId)) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid static snapshot pointer");
+  }
+  for (const name of ["catalog", "index", "delivery"]) {
+    assertReference(pointer[name], `/snapshots/${pointer.snapshotId}/${name}.json`, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES);
+  }
+  if (pointer.snapshotId !== pointer.delivery.sha256) throw new Error("Snapshot identity does not match delivery hash");
+}
+function assertAsset(ref, extensions) {
+  if (!ref || typeof ref.path !== "string" || !extensions.some((extension) => ref.path === `/assets/${ref.sha256}.${extension}`)) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid static asset path or format");
+  }
+  assertReference(ref, ref.path, 256 * 1024);
+}
+async function fetchVerified(ref, fetchImpl) {
+  const bytes = await fetchBounded(`${DISTRIBUTION_ORIGIN}${ref.path}`, ref.size, fetchImpl);
+  if (bytes.byteLength !== ref.size || digest(bytes) !== ref.sha256) throw new Error("Static resource size or SHA-256 mismatch");
+  return bytes;
+}
+function validateSet(pointer, entries, index, delivery) {
+  validateCatalog(entries);
+  if (!validateIndex(index)) throw new Error(`Invalid distribution index: ${formatValidationErrors(validateIndex.errors)}`);
+  if (!validateDelivery(delivery)) throw new Error(`Invalid static delivery: ${formatValidationErrors(validateDelivery.errors)}`);
+  if (delivery.registryCommit !== pointer.registryCommit || delivery.catalogSha256 !== pointer.catalog.sha256
+    || delivery.indexSha256 !== pointer.index.sha256) throw new Error("Static snapshot documents do not match");
+  // v1 publishing deliberately refuses packages and avatars. Do not extend this
+  // consumer ahead of the reviewed publishing schema or invent installable code.
+  if (entries.some((entry) => entry.artifact)) throw new Error("Static delivery v1 is source-only");
+  const current = new Map();
+  const indexIds = new Set();
+  for (const plugin of index.plugins) {
+    if (indexIds.has(plugin.id)) throw new Error("Duplicate distribution index plugin");
+    indexIds.add(plugin.id);
+    const versions = new Map();
+    for (const version of plugin.versions) {
+      if (version.entry.id !== plugin.id || versions.has(version.entry.version)) throw new Error("Invalid distribution version identity");
+      versions.set(version.entry.version, version);
+    }
+    if (plugin.current !== null) {
+      const version = versions.get(plugin.current);
+      if (!version || version.withdrawal !== null || version.distribution !== "source-only") throw new Error("Current distribution version is missing or withdrawn");
+      current.set(plugin.id, version.entry);
+    }
+  }
+  if (current.size !== entries.length || entries.some((entry) => !isDeepStrictEqual(current.get(entry.id), entry))) {
+    throw new Error("Catalog does not match the current non-withdrawn index");
+  }
+  const resources = new Map();
+  const catalogTuples = new Set(entries.map(tuple));
+  for (const plugin of delivery.plugins) {
+    const key = tuple(plugin);
+    if (!catalogTuples.has(key) || resources.has(key)) throw new Error("Delivery identity does not match catalog tuple");
+    assertAsset(plugin.readme, ["md"]);
+    for (const icon of [plugin.iconLight, plugin.iconDark]) if (icon !== null) assertAsset(icon, ["png", "webp"]);
+    resources.set(key, plugin);
+  }
+  if (resources.size !== entries.length) throw new Error("Missing delivery entry for catalog plugin");
+  return resources;
+}
+async function fetchDistribution(fetchImpl) {
+  const pointer = parseJson(await fetchBounded(REGISTRY_URL, 16 * 1024, fetchImpl), "snapshot pointer", 16 * 1024);
+  assertPointer(pointer);
+  const documents = await Promise.all(["catalog", "index", "delivery"].map(async (name) => parseJson(await fetchVerified(pointer[name], fetchImpl), name)));
+  const [entries, index, delivery] = documents;
+  const resources = validateSet(pointer, entries, index, delivery);
+  return { entries, resources, pointer };
+}
+module.exports = { REGISTRY_URL, fetchDistribution, fetchVerified, tuple, validateSet, assertPointer, assertAsset };

electron/plugins/fixtures/static-distribution/assets/1692573445e3688b4fe3612282becc086b191a034c0609deeaaebf615627c209.md

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+# Hello Netcatty
+
+This package is the runnable internal example for the plugin API. Package and install it to exercise native settings,
+command-palette contributions, lazy command and Provider activation,
+localization, terminal completion/decoration Providers, and the runtime SDK.
+
+From the repository root:
+
+```bash
+npm run build:plugin-packages
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js validate examples/plugins/hello-netcatty
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js compatibility examples/plugins/hello-netcatty --netcatty 0.0.0
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js pack examples/plugins/hello-netcatty --out /tmp/hello-netcatty.ncpkg
+```
+
+After installation, change **Greeting** under **Settings → Plugins**, then run
+**Examples: Say Hello** from the command palette. The setting is read through
+the host settings broker and the command handler is registered inside the
+sandboxed plugin runtime. Type `netc` at a shell prompt to exercise the bounded
+completion Provider, and print `Hello from Netcatty` to exercise the declarative
+decoration Provider. Neither Provider receives raw xterm objects or sensitive
+terminal input/output streams.
+
+## Import and inspect
+
+Launch the normal browser-only plugin build using a fresh Electron
+user-data directory for demonstrations. In **Settings > Plugins**, choose
+**Import .ncpkg**, select the generated archive, and open its details. Review the
+manifest permissions, engine ranges and SHA-256, then choose **Enable**. Native
+permission prompts still mediate activation and sensitive operations.
+
+Importing an update is a manual action and leaves it disabled, including when
+the previous version was enabled. Review the new package before enabling it.
+Changing unsigned package contents changes its security principal; previous
+persistent grants are not transferred to different bytes.
+
+An incompatible application/API upgrade disables installed plugins before
+publishing their contributions. The reason remains in the installed list, and
+package files and local data remain available. Returning to a compatible host
+requires explicit re-enable. Uninstall is different: package code and local KV
+are deleted; user-owned settings, secret storage and sync sidecars are retained.
+
+For a synthetic demonstration, use only this first-party example, change the
+Greeting, invoke **Examples: Say Hello**, disable/re-enable, restart the app and
+inspect the package again. Do not connect real hosts or a cloud account. The
+existing greeting setting is local; declaring `sync: true` on a non-secret
+setting opts it into the existing encrypted settings sidecar. Generic SDK KV
+storage does not sync.
+
+For a demonstration without terminal permissions, use `examples/plugins/starter-netcatty`.
+Enabling this lazy example does not grant permissions: required permissions are
+requested before its first command/provider activation, and optional permissions
+when used. Never treat Enabled as a security certification or grant.

electron/plugins/fixtures/static-distribution/assets/d685ec68558c81705f03195ca35a0a62ea6ec75d8837d5ddb5b5a970890aae6e.md

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+# Plugin Starter
+
+A minimal first-party browser plugin for learning import, settings and lifecycle.
+It requests `commands`, `settings.read`, `menus` and `views`: no terminal text, host credentials,
+network, files, secrets or advanced Node access. It works without OS key storage.
+Permission declarations are not grants; follow the app's normal mediation.
+
+From the repository root:
+
+```sh
+npm run build:plugin-packages
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js validate examples/plugins/starter-netcatty
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js pack examples/plugins/starter-netcatty --out /tmp/starter-netcatty.ncpkg
+```
+
+Start the actual app normally with a fresh test profile; no development flag is
+needed. Open **Settings > Plugins > Open plugin manager > Installed**, import the package, inspect its
+permissions and enable it. Change **Greeting**, then find **Starter: Greeting Panel** (入门：问候面板)
+in the command palette. Review the normal permission prompts, then click
+**Show greeting** to see the exact preference in the sandboxed panel.
+**Starter: Read Greeting** is also listed and refreshes an already-open panel.
+The panel inserts text using `textContent`, never HTML. It does not write to
+a terminal or connect to a host. Denied permissions remain denied.
+
+Disable, restart and re-enable to verify the preference persists. Re-importing
+the same package leaves it disabled for review. Uninstall removes code and local
+KV; user-owned settings remain. The greeting is local only, not cloud-synced.
+
+The separate Hello Netcatty example demonstrates terminal providers and requests
+terminal permissions. Use this Starter for the default no-sensitive-access demo.
+
+
+Version 0.1.2 adds light/dark PNG brand icons in `assets/`. Displaying these
+images does not activate the plugin or request permissions. This example now
+requires API `>=0.1.0-internal.1 <0.2.0` and `metadata.brand-icon`.
+Older Starter 0.1.1 packages remain compatible with the new host.
+See [brand icon author instructions](../../../docs/plugin-platform/plugin-icons.md).

electron/plugins/fixtures/static-distribution/catalog.json

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+[
+  {
+    "id": "com.netcatty.starter",
+    "version": "0.1.2",
+    "name": "Plugin Starter",
+    "description": "First-party greeting panel, local settings and commands, without terminal or secret access.",
+    "author": "Netcatty",
+    "repository": "binaricat/Netcatty",
+    "commit": "f4a6b205adca486d4e9cda0270e13a9ff0afd7be",
+    "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+    "readme": "examples/plugins/starter-netcatty/README.md",
+    "manifest": {
+      "manifestVersion": 1,
+      "id": "com.netcatty.starter",
+      "name": "starter-netcatty",
+      "displayName": {
+        "en": "Plugin Starter",
+        "zh-CN": "插件入门"
+      },
+      "description": "First-party settings and command example. No terminal, network, filesystem or secret access.",
+      "version": "0.1.2",
+      "publisher": "netcatty",
+      "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+      "engines": {
+        "netcatty": ">=0.0.0",
+        "api": ">=0.1.0-internal.1 <0.2.0"
+      },
+      "main": {
+        "browser": "dist/index.js"
+      },
+      "activationEvents": [
+        "onCommand:com.netcatty.starter.greet",
+        "onView:com.netcatty.starter.panel"
+      ],
+      "permissions": {
+        "required": [
+          "commands",
+          "settings.read",
+          "menus",
+          "views"
+        ],
+        "optional": []
+      },
+      "contributes": {
+        "settings": [
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.starter.greeting",
+            "label": {
+              "en": "Greeting",
+              "zh-CN": "问候语"
+            },
+            "description": "A local preference for the example command.",
+            "control": "text",
+            "scope": "application",
+            "default": "Hello, synthetic world!"
+          }
+        ],
+        "commands": [
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.starter.greet",
+            "title": {
+              "en": "Starter: Read Greeting",
+              "zh-CN": "入门：读取问候语"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "menus": [
+          {
+            "command": "com.netcatty.starter.greet",
+            "location": "commandPalette",
+            "group": "examples"
+          }
+        ],
+        "views": [
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.starter.panel",
+            "title": {
+              "en": "Starter: Greeting Panel",
+              "zh-CN": "入门：问候面板"
+            },
+            "location": "modal",
+            "entry": "panel.html"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "features": {
+        "required": [
+          "metadata.brand-icon"
+        ]
+      },
+      "icon": {
+        "kind": "package",
+        "light": "assets/logo-light.png",
+        "dark": "assets/logo-dark.png"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "com.netcatty.hello",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "name": "Hello Netcatty",
+    "description": "First-party example: greeting settings, commands and terminal providers. Build locally and import.",
+    "author": "Netcatty",
+    "repository": "binaricat/Netcatty",
+    "commit": "4336f8fd53a05a48d6bbc9ad3ce0ca88b121862f",
+    "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+    "readme": "examples/plugins/hello-netcatty/README.md",
+    "manifest": {
+      "$schema": "../../../packages/plugin-contract/schema/plugin-contract.schema.json",
+      "manifestVersion": 1,
+      "id": "com.netcatty.hello",
+      "name": "hello-netcatty",
+      "displayName": {
+        "en": "Hello Netcatty",
+        "zh-CN": "你好，Netcatty"
+      },
+      "description": "Minimal plugin contract and SDK example.",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "publisher": "netcatty",
+      "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+      "engines": {
+        "netcatty": ">=0.0.0",
+        "api": ">=0.1.0-internal <0.2.0"
+      },
+      "main": {
+        "browser": "dist/index.js"
+      },
+      "activationEvents": [
+        "onCommand:com.netcatty.hello.sayHello",
+        "onProvider:com.netcatty.hello.completion",
+        "onProvider:com.netcatty.hello.decoration",
+        "onProvider:com.netcatty.hello.theme"
+      ],
+      "permissions": {
+        "required": [
+          "commands",
+          "settings.read",
+          "menus",
+          "provider.terminal",
+          "terminal.complete",
+          "terminal.output",
+          "terminal.decorate"
+        ],
+        "optional": []
+      },
+      "contributes": {
+        "settings": [
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.hello.greeting",
+            "label": "Greeting",
+            "description": "Text used by the example command.",
+            "control": "text",
+            "scope": "application",
+            "default": "Hello from Netcatty"
+          }
+        ],
+        "commands": [
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.hello.sayHello",
+            "title": "Say Hello",
+            "category": "Examples"
+          }
+        ],
+        "menus": [
+          {
+            "command": "com.netcatty.hello.sayHello",
+            "location": "commandPalette",
+            "group": "examples",
+            "order": 10
+          }
+        ],
+        "providers": [
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.hello.completion",
+            "label": "Hello completion",
+            "description": "Suggests the example hello command.",
+            "kind": "terminal.completion"
+          },
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.hello.decoration",
+            "label": "Hello decoration",
+            "description": "Highlights the example greeting in terminal output.",
+            "kind": "terminal.decoration"
+          },
+          {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.hello.theme",
+            "label": "Hello theme",
+            "description": "Adds a subtle cursor color to the example terminal theme.",
+            "kind": "terminal.theme"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]

electron/plugins/fixtures/static-distribution/delivery.json

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+{
+  "builderSha256": "57199cc6a5d30f5f356adb072d51de9e2283dac6e26c647a4404e4c2261c4a70",
+  "catalogSha256": "47e967516437996e00eac8fbe97699baa72439ba1bf7ae791731e4964bb13774",
+  "indexSha256": "af2e953e3c631b36a0e712806d0dcfb0a058fd02f2051025eddded8cc115d461",
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "artifact": null,
+      "avatar": null,
+      "commit": "f4a6b205adca486d4e9cda0270e13a9ff0afd7be",
+      "iconDark": {
+        "path": "/assets/7a897a67ae6b652339c77a113d1c759919776fead82d2eefd0238d3c05ba87fe.png",
+        "sha256": "7a897a67ae6b652339c77a113d1c759919776fead82d2eefd0238d3c05ba87fe",
+        "size": 873
+      },
+      "iconLight": {
+        "path": "/assets/ec7bcd5e470ee3d3d9f7f77d120a4de7496a9c0ba984094f84e560d240bea947.png",
+        "sha256": "ec7bcd5e470ee3d3d9f7f77d120a4de7496a9c0ba984094f84e560d240bea947",
+        "size": 873
+      },
+      "id": "com.netcatty.starter",
+      "readme": {
+        "path": "/assets/d685ec68558c81705f03195ca35a0a62ea6ec75d8837d5ddb5b5a970890aae6e.md",
+        "sha256": "d685ec68558c81705f03195ca35a0a62ea6ec75d8837d5ddb5b5a970890aae6e",
+        "size": 2050
+      },
+      "repository": "binaricat/Netcatty",
+      "version": "0.1.2"
+    },
+    {
+      "artifact": null,
+      "avatar": null,
+      "commit": "4336f8fd53a05a48d6bbc9ad3ce0ca88b121862f",
+      "iconDark": null,
+      "iconLight": null,
+      "id": "com.netcatty.hello",
+      "readme": {
+        "path": "/assets/1692573445e3688b4fe3612282becc086b191a034c0609deeaaebf615627c209.md",
+        "sha256": "1692573445e3688b4fe3612282becc086b191a034c0609deeaaebf615627c209",
+        "size": 2951
+      },
+      "repository": "binaricat/Netcatty",
+      "version": "0.1.0"
+    }
+  ],
+  "registryCommit": "32578ae27ff86f0151511478d698a1cdc12fb2e0",
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "sourceLockSha256": "753711c1860ff0fcc10a558182f8c868d9d06b40e5c8de5522249d0d27b139d6"
+}

electron/plugins/fixtures/static-distribution/index.json

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+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "id": "com.netcatty.starter",
+      "current": "0.1.2",
+      "versions": [
+        {
+          "entry": {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.starter",
+            "version": "0.1.2",
+            "name": "Plugin Starter",
+            "description": "First-party greeting panel, local settings and commands, without terminal or secret access.",
+            "author": "Netcatty",
+            "repository": "binaricat/Netcatty",
+            "commit": "f4a6b205adca486d4e9cda0270e13a9ff0afd7be",
+            "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+            "readme": "examples/plugins/starter-netcatty/README.md",
+            "manifest": {
+              "manifestVersion": 1,
+              "id": "com.netcatty.starter",
+              "name": "starter-netcatty",
+              "displayName": {
+                "en": "Plugin Starter",
+                "zh-CN": "插件入门"
+              },
+              "description": "First-party settings and command example. No terminal, network, filesystem or secret access.",
+              "version": "0.1.2",
+              "publisher": "netcatty",
+              "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+              "engines": {
+                "netcatty": ">=0.0.0",
+                "api": ">=0.1.0-internal.1 <0.2.0"
+              },
+              "main": {
+                "browser": "dist/index.js"
+              },
+              "activationEvents": [
+                "onCommand:com.netcatty.starter.greet",
+                "onView:com.netcatty.starter.panel"
+              ],
+              "permissions": {
+                "required": [
+                  "commands",
+                  "settings.read",
+                  "menus",
+                  "views"
+                ],
+                "optional": []
+              },
+              "contributes": {
+                "settings": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.starter.greeting",
+                    "label": {
+                      "en": "Greeting",
+                      "zh-CN": "问候语"
+                    },
+                    "description": "A local preference for the example command.",
+                    "control": "text",
+                    "scope": "application",
+                    "default": "Hello, synthetic world!"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "commands": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.starter.greet",
+                    "title": {
+                      "en": "Starter: Read Greeting",
+                      "zh-CN": "入门：读取问候语"
+                    }
+                  }
+                ],
+                "menus": [
+                  {
+                    "command": "com.netcatty.starter.greet",
+                    "location": "commandPalette",
+                    "group": "examples"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "views": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.starter.panel",
+                    "title": {
+                      "en": "Starter: Greeting Panel",
+                      "zh-CN": "入门：问候面板"
+                    },
+                    "location": "modal",
+                    "entry": "panel.html"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "features": {
+                "required": [
+                  "metadata.brand-icon"
+                ]
+              },
+              "icon": {
+                "kind": "package",
+                "light": "assets/logo-light.png",
+                "dark": "assets/logo-dark.png"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "distribution": "source-only",
+          "withdrawal": null
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "com.netcatty.hello",
+      "current": "0.1.0",
+      "versions": [
+        {
+          "entry": {
+            "id": "com.netcatty.hello",
+            "version": "0.1.0",
+            "name": "Hello Netcatty",
+            "description": "First-party example: greeting settings, commands and terminal providers. Build locally and import.",
+            "author": "Netcatty",
+            "repository": "binaricat/Netcatty",
+            "commit": "4336f8fd53a05a48d6bbc9ad3ce0ca88b121862f",
+            "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+            "readme": "examples/plugins/hello-netcatty/README.md",
+            "manifest": {
+              "$schema": "../../../packages/plugin-contract/schema/plugin-contract.schema.json",
+              "manifestVersion": 1,
+              "id": "com.netcatty.hello",
+              "name": "hello-netcatty",
+              "displayName": {
+                "en": "Hello Netcatty",
+                "zh-CN": "你好，Netcatty"
+              },
+              "description": "Minimal plugin contract and SDK example.",
+              "version": "0.1.0",
+              "publisher": "netcatty",
+              "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+              "engines": {
+                "netcatty": ">=0.0.0",
+                "api": ">=0.1.0-internal <0.2.0"
+              },
+              "main": {
+                "browser": "dist/index.js"
+              },
+              "activationEvents": [
+                "onCommand:com.netcatty.hello.sayHello",
+                "onProvider:com.netcatty.hello.completion",
+                "onProvider:com.netcatty.hello.decoration",
+                "onProvider:com.netcatty.hello.theme"
+              ],
+              "permissions": {
+                "required": [
+                  "commands",
+                  "settings.read",
+                  "menus",
+                  "provider.terminal",
+                  "terminal.complete",
+                  "terminal.output",
+                  "terminal.decorate"
+                ],
+                "optional": []
+              },
+              "contributes": {
+                "settings": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.hello.greeting",
+                    "label": "Greeting",
+                    "description": "Text used by the example command.",
+                    "control": "text",
+                    "scope": "application",
+                    "default": "Hello from Netcatty"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "commands": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.hello.sayHello",
+                    "title": "Say Hello",
+                    "category": "Examples"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "menus": [
+                  {
+                    "command": "com.netcatty.hello.sayHello",
+                    "location": "commandPalette",
+                    "group": "examples",
+                    "order": 10
+                  }
+                ],
+                "providers": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.hello.completion",
+                    "label": "Hello completion",
+                    "description": "Suggests the example hello command.",
+                    "kind": "terminal.completion"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.hello.decoration",
+                    "label": "Hello decoration",
+                    "description": "Highlights the example greeting in terminal output.",
+                    "kind": "terminal.decoration"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "com.netcatty.hello.theme",
+                    "label": "Hello theme",
+                    "description": "Adds a subtle cursor color to the example terminal theme.",
+                    "kind": "terminal.theme"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "distribution": "source-only",
+          "withdrawal": null
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}

electron/plugins/fixtures/static-distribution/snapshot.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "catalog": {
+    "path": "/snapshots/53e5189d2cb58a02826931d5d6321ad3e556b924ef80d38636dc9e66a7df8c55/catalog.json",
+    "sha256": "47e967516437996e00eac8fbe97699baa72439ba1bf7ae791731e4964bb13774",
+    "size": 5739
+  },
+  "delivery": {
+    "path": "/snapshots/53e5189d2cb58a02826931d5d6321ad3e556b924ef80d38636dc9e66a7df8c55/delivery.json",
+    "sha256": "53e5189d2cb58a02826931d5d6321ad3e556b924ef80d38636dc9e66a7df8c55",
+    "size": 1869
+  },
+  "index": {
+    "path": "/snapshots/53e5189d2cb58a02826931d5d6321ad3e556b924ef80d38636dc9e66a7df8c55/index.json",
+    "sha256": "af2e953e3c631b36a0e712806d0dcfb0a058fd02f2051025eddded8cc115d461",
+    "size": 7726
+  },
+  "registryCommit": "32578ae27ff86f0151511478d698a1cdc12fb2e0",
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "snapshotId": "53e5189d2cb58a02826931d5d6321ad3e556b924ef80d38636dc9e66a7df8c55"
+}

electron/plugins/fixtures/staticDistributionFixture.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"use strict";
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const { createHash } = require("node:crypto");
+const root = path.join(__dirname, "static-distribution");
+const digest = (bytes) => createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex");
+const read = (name) => fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, name));
+const catalog = JSON.parse(read("catalog.json"));
+const delivery = JSON.parse(read("delivery.json"));
+function realFiles() {
+  const pointer = JSON.parse(read("snapshot.json"));
+  const files = new Map([["/v1/snapshot.json", read("snapshot.json")]]);
+  for (const name of ["catalog", "index", "delivery"]) files.set(pointer[name].path, read(`${name}.json`));
+  for (const name of fs.readdirSync(path.join(root, "assets"))) files.set(`/assets/${name}`, read(`assets/${name}`));
+  return files;
+}
+function makeFiles(entries = catalog, mutate = () => {}) {
+  const index = { schemaVersion: 1, plugins: entries.map((entry) => ({ id: entry.id, current: entry.version, versions: [{ entry: structuredClone(entry), distribution: "source-only", withdrawal: null }] })) };
+  const sidecar = { ...structuredClone(delivery), plugins: entries.map((entry) => ({ ...structuredClone(delivery.plugins.find((item) => item.id === entry.id) ?? delivery.plugins[0]), id: entry.id, version: entry.version, repository: entry.repository, commit: entry.commit })) };
+  mutate(index, sidecar);
+  const catalogBytes = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(entries));
+  const indexBytes = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(index));
+  sidecar.catalogSha256 = digest(catalogBytes); sidecar.indexSha256 = digest(indexBytes);
+  const deliveryBytes = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(sidecar));
+  const snapshotId = digest(deliveryBytes);
+  const pointer = { schemaVersion: 1, registryCommit: sidecar.registryCommit, snapshotId };
+  const files = realFiles();
+  for (const [name, bytes] of [["catalog", catalogBytes], ["index", indexBytes], ["delivery", deliveryBytes]]) {
+    const ref = { path: `/snapshots/${snapshotId}/${name}.json`, size: bytes.length, sha256: digest(bytes) };
+    pointer[name] = ref; files.set(ref.path, bytes);
+  }
+  files.set("/v1/snapshot.json", Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(pointer)));
+  return files;
+}
+function responseFor(files, url) {
+  if (new URL(url).origin !== "https://plugins.netcatty.app") throw new Error("Unexpected upstream origin");
+  const bytes = files.get(new URL(url).pathname);
+  return bytes ? new Response(bytes) : new Response("Missing fixture", { status: 404 });
+}
+module.exports = { root, read, digest, catalog, delivery, realFiles, makeFiles, responseFor };

electron/plugins/registryCatalogService.cjs

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const { createHash } = require("node:crypto");
-const { PluginCatalogService, fetchBounded, validateCatalog, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES } = require("./catalogService.cjs");
-const REGISTRY_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/binaricat/netcatty-plugins/main/catalog.json";
+const { PluginCatalogService, validateCatalog, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES } = require("./catalogService.cjs");
+const { REGISTRY_URL, fetchDistribution, fetchVerified, tuple } = require("./distributionSnapshot.cjs");
 const tokenFor = (entry) => createHash("sha256").update(JSON.stringify(entry)).digest("hex");
 
-function prepareSnapshot(value) {
+function prepareSnapshot(value, resources = new Map()) {
   const entries = structuredClone(validateCatalog(value));
-  const publicEntries = structuredClone(entries).map((entry) => ({ ...entry, selectionToken: tokenFor(entry) }));
-  return { entries, publicEntries };
+  const publicEntries = structuredClone(entries).map((entry) => ({ ...entry, selectionToken: tokenFor([entry, resources.get(tuple(entry)) ?? null]) }));
+  return { entries, publicEntries, resources: structuredClone(resources) };
 }
 
 class RegistryCatalogService extends PluginCatalogService {
   constructor(options) {
     super(options);
     this.publicEntries = prepareSnapshot(this.entries).publicEntries;
+    this.resources = new Map();
     this.source = "builtin";
     this.error = null;
     this.refreshing = null;
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ class RegistryCatalogService extends PluginCatalogService {
     this.refreshing = (async () => {
       try {
         // No redirects: only this exact registry endpoint can replace the catalog.
-        const bytes = await fetchBounded(REGISTRY_URL, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES, this.fetch, 0);
-        const next = prepareSnapshot(JSON.parse(bytes.toString("utf8")));
+        const distribution = await fetchDistribution(this.fetch);
+        const next = prepareSnapshot(distribution.entries, distribution.resources);
         // Publish only after full validation, clones and every token succeeded.
         this.entries = next.entries;
         this.publicEntries = next.publicEntries;
+        this.resources = next.resources;
         this.source = "registry";
         this.error = null;
         return true;
@@ -50,15 +52,16 @@ class RegistryCatalogService extends PluginCatalogService {
   }
   selected(id, token) {
     const entry = this.get(id);
-    if (typeof token !== "string" || token !== tokenFor(entry)) {
+    if (typeof token !== "string" || token !== this.publicEntries.find((item) => item.id === id)?.selectionToken) {
       throw new Error("Catalog entry changed. Refresh and review this version before continuing.");
     }
     return entry;
   }
   async readme(id, token) {
-    this.selected(id, token);
-    // Base method captures the pinned entry synchronously before its first await.
-    return super.readme(id);
+    const entry = this.selected(id, token);
+    const resource = this.resources.get(tuple(entry))?.readme;
+    if (!resource) throw new Error("No published README snapshot is available. Refresh the catalog or open its source link.");
+    return (await fetchVerified(resource, this.fetch)).toString("utf8");
   }
   async install(id, token) {
     this.selected(id, token);

electron/plugins/registryCatalogService.test.cjs

@@ -1,153 +1,93 @@
 "use strict";
 const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
 const test = require("node:test");
-const { RegistryCatalogService, REGISTRY_URL, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES } = require("./registryCatalogService.cjs");
-const builtin = require("./catalog.json");
+const { RegistryCatalogService, REGISTRY_URL } = require("./registryCatalogService.cjs");
+const { catalog, realFiles, makeFiles, responseFor } = require("./fixtures/staticDistributionFixture.cjs");
 
-test("registry uses a fixed bounded anonymous endpoint and retains only validated snapshots", async () => {
-  let response = () => new Response(JSON.stringify([builtin[0]]));
+test("registry starts at a fixed anonymous pointer and retains only complete validated snapshots", async () => {
+  let files = realFiles();
   const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url, options) => {
-    assert.equal(url, REGISTRY_URL);
+    assert.equal(new URL(url).origin, "https://plugins.netcatty.app");
     assert.equal(options.credentials, "omit"); assert.equal(options.redirect, "manual");
     assert.equal(options.referrerPolicy, "no-referrer"); assert.ok(options.signal);
-    return response();
+    return responseFor(files, url);
   } });
-  const online = await service.list();
-  assert.equal(online.source, "registry"); assert.equal(online.entries.length, 1);
-  assert.match(online.entries[0].selectionToken, /^[a-f0-9]{64}$/);
-  for (const invalid of ["{", '{}', JSON.stringify([{ ...builtin[0], author: {} }]), JSON.stringify([{ ...builtin[0], commit: "main" }])]) {
-    response = () => new Response(invalid);
+  const good = await service.list();
+  assert.equal(good.source, "registry"); assert.equal(good.entries.length, 2);
+  assert.match(good.entries[0].selectionToken, /^[a-f0-9]{64}$/);
+  for (const invalid of ["{", "{}", JSON.stringify({ schemaVersion: 2 }), '{"schemaVersion":1e999}', " ".repeat(16 * 1024 + 1)]) {
+    files = realFiles(); files.set("/v1/snapshot.json", Buffer.from(invalid));
     const cached = await service.list();
     assert.equal(cached.source, "cached"); assert.ok(cached.error);
-    assert.deepEqual(cached.entries, online.entries);
+    assert.deepEqual(cached.entries, good.entries);
   }
-  response = () => new Response("[]", { headers: { "content-length": String(MAX_CATALOG_BYTES + 1) } });
-  assert.match((await service.list()).error, /size limit/);
-  response = () => new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/other/repo/main/catalog.json" } });
-  assert.match((await service.list()).error, /redirects/);
-  response = () => new Response("[]");
-  const empty = await service.list();
-  assert.equal(empty.error, null); assert.deepEqual(empty.entries, []);
+  files = makeFiles([]);
+  assert.deepEqual((await service.list()).entries, []);
 });
 
-test("offline first launch returns bundled source examples and never mutates installed plugins", async () => {
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async () => { throw new Error("offline"); }, manager: {
+test("offline first launch returns bundled source examples with no GitHub README fallback", async () => {
+  let calls = 0;
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => { calls++; assert.equal(url, REGISTRY_URL); throw new Error("offline"); }, manager: {
     install() { assert.fail("offline must not install"); },
   } });
   const snapshot = await service.list();
   assert.equal(snapshot.source, "builtin"); assert.equal(snapshot.entries.length, 2);
-  assert.match(snapshot.error, /offline/);
+  await assert.rejects(service.readme(snapshot.entries[0].id, snapshot.entries[0].selectionToken), /No published README/);
+  assert.equal(calls, 1);
   await assert.rejects(service.install(snapshot.entries[0].id, snapshot.entries[0].selectionToken), /browse-only/);
 });
 
-test("selection binds manifest, README, version and artifact; refresh changes or withdrawal cannot silently install", async () => {
-  let entries = structuredClone(builtin);
-  let requests = 0;
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => {
-    requests++;
-    if (url === REGISTRY_URL) return new Response(JSON.stringify(entries));
-    return new Response("# Pinned README");
-  }, manager: { install() { assert.fail("changed selection must not install"); } } });
+test("selection binds source and delivery metadata; changes and withdrawal cannot silently install", async () => {
+  let files = realFiles(); const requests = [];
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => { requests.push(url); return responseFor(files, url); }, manager: { install() { assert.fail("source-only must not install"); } } });
   const selected = (await service.list()).entries[0];
-  assert.equal(await service.readme(selected.id, selected.selectionToken), "# Pinned README");
+  assert.match(await service.readme(selected.id, selected.selectionToken), /Starter/);
   await assert.rejects(service.readme(selected.id, "bad"), /changed/);
-  const before = requests;
-  await assert.rejects(service.install(selected.id), /changed/);
-  assert.equal(requests, before);
-  entries[0].description += " updated";
+  const before = requests.length;
+  await assert.rejects(service.install(selected.id), /changed/); assert.equal(requests.length, before);
+  await assert.rejects(service.install(selected.id, selected.selectionToken), /no published package/);
+  const changed = structuredClone(catalog); changed[0].description += " changed";
+  files = makeFiles(changed);
   await assert.rejects(service.install(selected.id, selected.selectionToken), /changed/);
   await assert.rejects(service.readme(selected.id, selected.selectionToken), /changed/);
-  entries = [];
-  const next = (await service.list()).entries;
-  assert.deepEqual(next, []);
+  files = makeFiles([]);
+  assert.deepEqual((await service.list()).entries, []);
   await assert.rejects(service.install(selected.id, selected.selectionToken), /curated catalog/);
 });
 
-test("concurrent list refreshes share one request", async () => {
-  let finish; let calls = 0;
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async () => { calls++; return new Promise((resolve) => { finish = resolve; }); } });
+test("concurrent list refreshes share one pointer request and complete document set", async () => {
+  let finish; const requests = []; const files = realFiles();
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => { requests.push(url); if (url === REGISTRY_URL) return new Promise((resolve) => { finish = resolve; }); return responseFor(files, url); } });
   const first = service.list(); const second = service.list();
-  finish(new Response(JSON.stringify(builtin)));
-  assert.deepEqual(await first, await second); assert.equal(calls, 1);
+  finish(responseFor(files, REGISTRY_URL));
+  assert.deepEqual(await first, await second); assert.equal(requests.length, 4);
 });
 
-test("fresh unchanged selection installs only its pinned bytes and stays disabled", async (context) => {
-  const fs = require("node:fs/promises"); const os = require("node:os"); const path = require("node:path");
-  const { createHash } = require("node:crypto");
-  const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "registry-test-"));
-  context.after(() => fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
-  const bytes = Buffer.from("synthetic validated-by-manager archive");
-  const entry = { ...structuredClone(builtin[0]), artifact: { url: "https://github.com/example/plugin/releases/download/v1/plugin.ncpkg", sha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex") } };
-  const requests = []; let installs = 0;
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({
-    getTempFilePath: (name) => path.join(root, name),
-    fetch: async (url) => { requests.push(url); return new Response(url === REGISTRY_URL ? JSON.stringify([entry]) : bytes); },
-    manager: { async install(archive, options) {
-      installs++; assert.deepEqual(await fs.readFile(archive), bytes); assert.equal(options.enable, false);
-      assert.deepEqual(options.catalog, entry); return { id: entry.id };
-    } },
-  });
-  const selected = (await service.list()).entries[0];
-  await service.install(selected.id, selected.selectionToken);
-  assert.deepEqual(requests, [REGISTRY_URL, REGISTRY_URL, entry.artifact.url]);
-  assert.equal(installs, 1); assert.deepEqual(await fs.readdir(root), []);
-});
-
-
-test("URL-stripped README controls cannot escape a selected commit or replace the good snapshot", async () => {
-  let entries = structuredClone(builtin);
-  const requested = [];
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => {
-    requested.push(url); return new Response(JSON.stringify(entries));
-  } });
+test("invalid sources and unknown JSON fields cannot poison good offline snapshots", async () => {
+  let files = realFiles(); let offline = false;
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => { if (offline) throw new Error("offline"); return responseFor(files, url); } });
   const good = await service.list();
-  for (const readme of ["\t../main/README.md", ".\n./main/README.md", "\r../main/README.md", "a/\t../../main/README.md", "README\u007f.md"]) {
-    entries = [{ ...builtin[0], readme }];
-    const snapshot = await service.list();
-    assert.equal(snapshot.source, "cached"); assert.match(snapshot.error, /unpinned/);
-    assert.deepEqual(snapshot.entries, good.entries);
-  }
-  entries = [{ ...builtin[0], repository: "example/.." }];
-  assert.match((await service.list()).error, /escapes the pinned commit/);
-  assert.ok(requested.every((url) => url === REGISTRY_URL));
-});
-
-test("whole-catalog JSON budgets and unknown fields cannot poison a good offline snapshot", async () => {
-  let response = JSON.stringify(builtin);
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async () => {
-    if (response === null) throw new Error("offline");
-    return new Response(response);
-  } });
-  const good = await service.list();
-  let nested = null;
-  for (let depth = 0; depth < 130; depth++) nested = { child: nested };
-  const nonfinite = structuredClone(builtin[0]);
-  nonfinite.manifest.contributes.settings[0].default = "finite-marker";
-  for (const invalid of [
-    JSON.stringify([{ ...builtin[0], unknownNestedField: nested }]),
-    JSON.stringify([{ ...builtin[0], unknownField: true }]),
-    JSON.stringify([nonfinite]).replace('"finite-marker"', '1e999'),
-    JSON.stringify([{ ...builtin[0], artifact: { url: "https://github.com/a/b", sha256: "a".repeat(64), unexpected: true } }]),
-  ]) {
-    response = invalid;
-    const rejected = await service.list();
-    assert.equal(rejected.source, "cached"); assert.ok(rejected.error);
+  let nested = null; for (let i = 0; i < 130; i++) nested = { child: nested };
+  const bad = [
+    { ...catalog[0], readme: "\t../main/README.md" }, { ...catalog[0], repository: "example/.." },
+    { ...catalog[0], unknownNestedField: nested }, { ...catalog[0], unknownField: true },
+    { ...catalog[0], readmeAsset: { url: "https://plugins.netcatty.app/a", sha256: "a".repeat(64) } },
+  ];
+  for (const entry of bad) {
+    files = makeFiles([entry]); offline = false;
+    const rejected = await service.list(); assert.equal(rejected.source, "cached"); assert.ok(rejected.error);
     assert.deepEqual(rejected.entries, good.entries);
-    response = null;
-    const offline = await service.list();
-    assert.deepEqual(offline.entries, good.entries); assert.match(offline.error, /offline/);
+    offline = true; assert.deepEqual((await service.list()).entries, good.entries);
   }
 });
 
-test("snapshot preparation failure leaves both private entries and public tokens unchanged", async () => {
-  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async () => new Response(JSON.stringify(builtin)) });
-  const good = await service.list();
+test("snapshot preparation failure leaves private resources and public tokens unchanged", async () => {
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => responseFor(realFiles(), url) });
+  const good = await service.list(); const resources = service.resources;
   const originalClone = global.structuredClone;
-  try {
-    global.structuredClone = () => { throw new Error("synthetic clone failure"); };
-    assert.equal(await service.refresh(), false);
-  } finally { global.structuredClone = originalClone; }
+  try { global.structuredClone = () => { throw new Error("synthetic clone failure"); }; assert.equal(await service.refresh(), false); }
+  finally { global.structuredClone = originalClone; }
+  assert.equal(service.resources, resources);
   service.fetch = async () => { throw new Error("offline"); };
   assert.deepEqual((await service.list()).entries, good.entries);
-  assert.equal(service.selected(good.entries[0].id, good.entries[0].selectionToken).id, good.entries[0].id);
 });

electron/plugins/staticDistribution.test.cjs

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+"use strict";
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const test = require("node:test");
+const { assertDownloadUrl, fetchBounded, validateCatalog } = require("./catalogService.cjs");
+const { RegistryCatalogService, REGISTRY_URL } = require("./registryCatalogService.cjs");
+const { fetchVerified, assertAsset } = require("./distributionSnapshot.cjs");
+const { read, digest, catalog, delivery, realFiles, makeFiles, responseFor } = require("./fixtures/staticDistributionFixture.cjs");
+
+test("exact registry PR3 bootstrap hashes and all README/icon assets verify without GitHub requests", async () => {
+  assert.equal(digest(read("snapshot.json")), "2878885057a01585e34897c226bcfd81615345d843ea94297980de7e397b4617");
+  assert.equal(digest(read("delivery.json")), "53e5189d2cb58a02826931d5d6321ad3e556b924ef80d38636dc9e66a7df8c55");
+  const requests = []; const files = realFiles();
+  const fetch = async (url, options) => {
+    requests.push(url); assert.equal(new URL(url).origin, "https://plugins.netcatty.app");
+    assert.equal(options.credentials, "omit"); assert.equal(options.redirect, "manual");
+    return responseFor(files, url);
+  };
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch });
+  const snapshot = await service.list();
+  assert.equal(snapshot.error, null); assert.equal(snapshot.source, "registry");
+  assert.equal(requests.length, 4); assert.equal(requests[0], REGISTRY_URL);
+  for (const entry of snapshot.entries) {
+    const resource = delivery.plugins.find((item) => item.id === entry.id);
+    assert.equal(await service.readme(entry.id, entry.selectionToken), read(resource.readme.path.slice(1)).toString());
+    for (const icon of [resource.iconLight, resource.iconDark]) if (icon) {
+      assertAsset(icon, ["png", "webp"]);
+      const bytes = await fetchVerified(icon, fetch);
+      assert.equal(bytes.length, icon.size); assert.equal(digest(bytes), icon.sha256);
+    }
+    assert.equal(entry.artifact, undefined);
+    assert.equal(resource.avatar, null); assert.equal(resource.artifact, null);
+  }
+  assert.ok(requests.every((url) => !/github/u.test(url)));
+});
+
+test("GitHub, tracking and noncanonical URLs are rejected before any upstream request", async () => {
+  for (const url of [
+    "https://api.github.com/repos/a/b", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a/b/main/README.md",
+    "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1", "https://github.com/a/b/releases/download/v1/a.ncpkg",
+    "https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/a", "https://objects.githubusercontent.com/a",
+    "https://plugins.netcatty.app.attacker.invalid/a", "https://plugins.netcatty.app@attacker.invalid/a",
+    "http://plugins.netcatty.app/a", "https://plugins.netcatty.app/a?track=1", "https://plugins.netcatty.app/a#fragment",
+    "https://plugins.netcatty.app/a/../b", "https://plugins.netcatty.app/%2e%2e/b", "https://plugins.netcatty.app/\ta",
+  ]) {
+    assert.throws(() => assertDownloadUrl(url));
+    assert.throws(() => validateCatalog([{ ...catalog[0], artifact: { url, sha256: "a".repeat(64) } }]));
+    await assert.rejects(fetchBounded(url, 1024, () => assert.fail("invalid source must not be requested")));
+  }
+});
+
+test("official responses never redirect to GitHub or another official path", async () => {
+  for (const location of ["https://github.com/a", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a/b/main/catalog.json", "https://plugins.netcatty.app/another.json"]) {
+    const requests = [];
+    await assert.rejects(fetchBounded(REGISTRY_URL, 1024, async (url) => {
+      requests.push(url); return new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location } });
+    }), /redirects/);
+    assert.deepEqual(requests, [REGISTRY_URL]);
+  }
+});
+
+test("cross-document mismatches, withdrawn versions and unsupported assets preserve the complete good cache", async () => {
+  let files = realFiles(); const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => responseFor(files, url) });
+  const good = await service.list(); const goodResources = service.resources;
+  const mutations = [
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.registryCommit = "a".repeat(40); },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].commit = "a".repeat(40); },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins.push(sidecar.plugins[0]); },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins.pop(); },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].readme.path = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a/b/main/README.md"; },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].readme.path = `/assets/${sidecar.plugins[0].readme.sha256}.png`; },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].iconLight.path = `/assets/${sidecar.plugins[0].iconLight.sha256}.md`; },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].avatar = { path: "/assets/avatar.png" }; },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].artifact = { path: "/assets/package.ncpkg" }; },
+    (index) => { index.plugins[0].versions[0].withdrawal = { at: "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z", reason: "synthetic withdrawal", advisory: "https://github.com/example/advisory" }; },
+    (index) => { index.plugins[0].versions[0].entry.description += " mismatch"; },
+    (index) => { index.plugins[0].current = "9.0.0"; },
+    (index) => { index.plugins.push(index.plugins[0]); },
+    (index, sidecar) => { sidecar.unknown = true; },
+  ];
+  for (const mutate of mutations) {
+    files = makeFiles(catalog, mutate);
+    // Preserve the pointer's trusted registry identity when testing delivery mismatch.
+    const pointer = JSON.parse(files.get("/v1/snapshot.json")); pointer.registryCommit = delivery.registryCommit;
+    files.set("/v1/snapshot.json", Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(pointer)));
+    const rejected = await service.list();
+    assert.equal(rejected.source, "cached"); assert.ok(rejected.error);
+    assert.deepEqual(rejected.entries, good.entries); assert.equal(service.resources, goodResources);
+  }
+});
+
+test("pointer/document/resource byte mismatches and partial availability never publish partial state", async () => {
+  let files = realFiles(); const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ fetch: async (url) => responseFor(files, url) });
+  const good = await service.list();
+  const pointer = JSON.parse(read("snapshot.json"));
+  for (const name of ["catalog", "index", "delivery"]) {
+    files = realFiles(); files.set(pointer[name].path, Buffer.from("{}"));
+    const rejected = await service.list(); assert.equal(rejected.source, "cached"); assert.deepEqual(rejected.entries, good.entries);
+    files = realFiles(); files.delete(pointer[name].path);
+    assert.deepEqual((await service.list()).entries, good.entries);
+  }
+  files = realFiles(); const altered = structuredClone(pointer); altered.catalog.path = "/catalog.json";
+  files.set("/v1/snapshot.json", Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(altered)));
+  assert.match((await service.list()).error, /resource reference/);
+  files = realFiles(); files.set(delivery.plugins[0].readme.path, Buffer.from("x".repeat(delivery.plugins[0].readme.size)));
+  await assert.rejects(service.readme(good.entries[0].id, good.entries[0].selectionToken), /SHA-256 mismatch/);
+});