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OPS-252: Port post-checkpoint security fixes - #9

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What changed

  • revalidate desktop agent mentions at message, forum, upload-deferred, and edit send boundaries
  • require fresh device authentication before mobile identity export
  • preserve upstream authorship/provenance and adapt only tests that depended on unported product work

Verification

  • desktop focused tests: 36 passed
  • desktop typecheck and check passed
  • mobile focused tests: 73 passed
  • mobile analyze passed
  • Namleh fork contract and diff checks passed

Linear: OPS-252

wesbillman and others added 3 commits August 16, 2026 23:27
…lock#5681)

- allow channel-member remote/headless agents only with current kind
`10100` directory evidence, while stale member identities remain hidden
- fail closed while managed/relay directories load, error, or
background-refetch across channel, forum, and cached autocomplete
surfaces
- revalidate agent mention authorization immediately before normal sends
and message-edit saves, including after deferred uploads
- in owner-only builds, fetch fresh authoritative profile ownership at
send time and deny missing, changed-owner, or unavailable proofs
- preserve human mention tags when agent authorization is revoked or
unknown

Supersedes block#5536 because its contributor-fork head cannot be updated by
maintainers.

Exact head: `7278cdd5fbcee676c7b858ea098503c62eeeff0d`

- mandatory pre-push suites passed: desktop check/typecheck/tests, Rust
tests, mobile tests, desktop Tauri checks, branch-skew
- desktop unit tests: 4,732 passed
- focused edit/ownership regressions: 8 passed
- focused mention E2E: 5 passed (remote positive, stale-member negative,
directory error, pre-send revocation, mid-send revocation)
- file-size ratchet passed

One first focused E2E batch had a timing-only miss where the send click
did not emit; the isolated rerun passed. One separate pre-push attempt
hit the existing randomized passphrase separator test; the successful
exact-head push reran and passed the mandatory suite.

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Signed-off-by: JDiz00 <174381550+JDiz00@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: JDiz00 <174381550+JDiz00@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carl <c7ebe626f000404285d3686e1dc74cc07cc60a9754a150041ba132e14bd3e2ec@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
(cherry picked from commit bcf353c)
…k#5116)

**Category:** new-feature
**User Impact:** Mobile users must confirm with Face ID, biometrics, or
their device passcode before sending their Buzz identity to Desktop.

**Problem:** A signed-in phone could send its full identity, including
the `nsec`, to a desktop without fresh local verification.

**Solution:** Require OS device authentication before opening the
identity-recovery scanner, retain that authorization only for the active
pairing session and short pairing window, and require fresh
authentication again if it expires before the identity payload is sent.
Normal app opening, identity import, and community removal remain
unchanged.

## Screencasts

| Enable Face ID | Use Face ID |
| --- | --- |
| ![Enabling Face ID during identity
import](https://d24qwcpro867f5.cloudfront.net/repos/buzz/prs/5116/enable-face-id.gif)
| ![Using Face ID for identity
export](https://d24qwcpro867f5.cloudfront.net/repos/buzz/prs/5116/use-face-id.gif)
|

<details>
<summary>File changes</summary>

**Android and iOS integration**
- `mobile/android/app/build.gradle.kts` declares the AppCompat
dependency required by the biometric activity theme.
-
`mobile/android/app/src/main/kotlin/xyz/block/buzz/mobile/MainActivity.kt`
uses the activity type required by the system authentication prompt.
- `mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml` and
`mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/styles.xml` use the
compatible launch theme.
- `mobile/ios/Podfile.lock` records the native local-authentication
dependency.
- `mobile/ios/Runner/Info.plist` explains why Buzz requests Face ID
access.

**Identity policy and pairing flow**
- `mobile/lib/shared/security/sensitive_action_authorizer.dart` wraps OS
authentication and maps platform errors to stable app-level outcomes.
- `mobile/lib/shared/community/community.dart` and
`mobile/lib/shared/community/community_storage.dart` persist the
sensitive-action policy.
- `mobile/lib/features/invites/invite_join_provider.dart` assigns the
explicit policy for invite-created communities.
- `mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_provider.dart` gates export,
binds grants to the active community/session, reauthenticates expired
grants, and clears grants on every terminal path.
- `mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_page.dart` lets users choose
biometric protection while importing an identity.
- `mobile/lib/features/settings/settings_page.dart` wires pairing into
settings.
- `mobile/lib/features/settings/settings_page/connection_section.dart`
authenticates before opening export recovery and bounds the
foreground-resume wait.
- `mobile/pubspec.yaml` and `mobile/pubspec.lock` add and lock
`local_auth`.

**Coverage**
- `mobile/test/shared/security/sensitive_action_authorizer_test.dart`
covers native result mapping, unsupported devices, and single-flight
behavior.
- `mobile/test/shared/community/community_test.dart` and
`mobile/test/shared/community/community_storage_test.dart` cover policy
defaults and persistence.
- `mobile/test/features/invites/invite_join_provider_test.dart` covers
the invite policy.
- `mobile/test/features/pairing/pairing_page_test.dart` covers import
protection controls.
- `mobile/test/features/pairing/pairing_provider_test.dart` covers
export/import authorization, stale/reset/concurrent guards, malformed
payload cleanup, and no-export failure paths.
- `mobile/test/features/settings/connection_section_test.dart` covers
the tap gate, lifecycle resume, and timeout behavior.

</details>

## Reproduction steps

1. Pair an identity into the mobile app.
2. Open Settings and choose “Send identity to desktop.”
3. Verify Face ID, biometrics, or the device passcode is required before
the recovery scanner opens.
4. Cancel device authentication and verify the scanner does not open and
no identity transfer begins.
5. Authenticate, scan a Desktop recovery code, confirm the SAS, and
verify the identity transfer completes.

## Validation

At `be5620f5f10aa6cc16e86a4f01f102f3d9aeef9b`:
- `cd mobile && ../bin/flutter analyze` — no issues
- `cd mobile && ../bin/flutter test` — 1,368 tests passed
- `cd mobile/android && JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 21)
./gradlew app:assembleDebug` — debug APK assembled successfully

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Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit d8281b9)
Signed-off-by: shelman09 <shelman09@outlook.com>
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shelman09 merged commit 5d091b8 into dev Aug 17, 2026
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