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DanConwayDev aa543d8051 feat(relay): make discoverable hardening limits explicit
Motivation: rust-nostr 0.45 introduced a broad local-relay hardening series
whose effective defaults were mostly absent from its changelog and entirely
absent from ngit-grasp's custom NIP-11 response. One new 64 KiB event bound is
incompatible with production history containing a valid roughly 149 KiB
NIP-34 patch event. Leaving other defaults implicit risks another dependency
upgrade silently changing serving policy, while exposing every internal knob
would create configuration that peers cannot usefully negotiate.

Approach: explicitly select every retained rust-nostr hardening value in the
builder. Expose only the subscription and per-filter result limits that peers
can discover and ngit-grasp sync already consumes, plus the Git-specific event
size policy. Apply one filter-limit option consistently to explicit, query,
and omitted-limit caps. Raise the event default from 64 KiB to 192 KiB and
validate it remains beneath the fixed 5 MiB WebSocket message ceiling. Publish
the standard NIP-11 limitation fields and correct the architecture/reference
documentation, including removal of the obsolete max_filters claim.

Correctness: the NIP-11 max_subscriptions value feeds the existing per-session
subscription ledger; default_limit feeds adaptive pagination with its existing
verification-page safeguard. max_limit is advertised truthfully but is not
misused as an omitted-filter promise. The 192 KiB bound clears the observed
patch by about 29% while preserving a finite allocation boundary. All three
new options are synchronized across source, reference docs, NixOS, and the
environment example.

Excluded scope: message-size negotiation, filter-payload limits, per-IP
fairness, and non-standard NIP-11 extensions remain separate work. Rate,
handshake, subscription-memory, filter-count, and negentropy bounds are pinned
but deliberately not operator-configurable because our sync cannot negotiate
them through standard NIP-11 fields.

Validation: focused unit tests passed for explicit configuration defaults,
event/WebSocket size validation, configured NIP-11 advertisement, and the full
http::nip11::tests module (10 tests before adding the focused override case).
The previously validated full library suite and deployment build were not
repeated at the user's request.
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ngit-grasp Documentation

Welcome to the ngit-grasp documentation! We use the Diátaxis framework to organize our documentation into four types, each serving a different purpose.

                    PRACTICAL          THEORETICAL
                    ─────────          ───────────
                    
LEARNING      │   Tutorials    │    Explanation   │
              │                │                  │
              │  Getting       │   Architecture   │
              │  Started       │   Decisions      │
              │                │                  │
              ├────────────────┼──────────────────┤
              │                │                  │
WORKING       │  How-To        │    Reference     │
              │  Guides        │                  │
              │                │   API Docs       │
              │  Deployment    │   Protocols      │
              │  Testing       │                  │
              │                │                  │

📚 Documentation Types

🎓 Tutorials - Learning by Doing

Purpose: Learn the basics through practical steps
For: Newcomers getting started
Style: Step-by-step lessons with guaranteed outcomes

🔧 How-To Guides - Solving Problems

Purpose: Accomplish specific tasks
For: Users with basic knowledge solving real problems
Style: Practical recipes and solutions

📖 Reference - Technical Information

Purpose: Look up technical details
For: Users who know what they're looking for
Style: Dry, factual, comprehensive

💡 Explanation - Understanding Concepts

Purpose: Understand the "why" and design decisions
For: Users wanting deeper understanding
Style: Discussion, context, alternatives


🚀 Quick Start Paths

I'm brand new to ngit-grasp

  1. Read README.md for project overview
  2. Follow Getting Started Tutorial
  3. Understand Architecture Overview

I want to deploy ngit-grasp

  1. Review Configuration Reference
  2. Follow Deployment How-To
  3. Set up monitoring and backups

I want to develop on ngit-grasp

  1. Follow Getting Started Tutorial
  2. Read Architecture Overview
  3. Check Nix Flakes How-To
  4. Review Test Strategy

I want to understand the design

  1. Read Inline Authorization Explanation
  2. Review Design Decisions
  3. Compare with ngit-relay Comparison

I'm looking for specific information


📂 Additional Resources

Archive

Historical session notes and completed work. Useful for understanding project evolution but not required reading.

Learnings

DEPRECATED - Being migrated to Diátaxis structure:

  • Gotchas → How-To Guides
  • Patterns → Reference or Explanation
  • Notes → Appropriate category

🤝 Contributing to Documentation

When adding documentation, ask yourself:

Is it a tutorial?

  • Does it teach a beginner?
  • Is it a complete lesson with guaranteed outcome?
  • → Add to tutorials/

Is it a how-to guide?

  • Does it solve a specific problem?
  • Is it a recipe for accomplishing a task?
  • → Add to how-to/

Is it reference material?

  • Is it technical information?
  • Will people look it up when needed?
  • → Add to reference/

Is it explanation?

  • Does it explain "why"?
  • Does it discuss alternatives or design?
  • → Add to explanation/

See Diátaxis documentation for more guidance.


📊 Project Status

ALPHA - Under active development. Core functionality working, API may change.

Completed

  • ✅ grasp-audit compliance testing tool
  • ✅ Nix flake development environment
  • ✅ nostr-sdk 0.43 upgrade
  • ✅ Documentation restructure (Diátaxis)

In Progress

  • 🔄 Core ngit-grasp server implementation
  • 🔄 GRASP-01 compliance

Planned

  • 🔜 GRASP-02 (Proactive Sync)
  • 🔜 GRASP-05 (Archive)


Documentation structure based on Diátaxis
Last updated: November 4, 2025