feat(hub): multi-node broker dispatch — affinity, durable intent, lifecycle + message routing

.design/project-log/2026-06-03-b5-3-chaos-gate.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# B5-3 Chaos Gate — GB5 PASSED
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-03  
+**Agent:** qa-agent  
+**Branch:** `postgres/wave-b-integration` @ `62186381`  
+**Gate:** GB5 (GA gate for broker dispatch)
+
+## Result: PASS
+
+All five chaos scenarios completed against two-VM + CloudSQL topology.
+Full results at `/scion-volumes/scratchpad/B5-3-CHAOS-GATE-RESULTS.md`.
+
+| Scenario | Result |
+|----------|--------|
+| A: Kill owning hub mid-start | **PASS** — Hub B claimed and completed dispatch in 1.3s; no double-execution; `state=done, attempts=0` |
+| B: Broker flap A→B | **PARTIAL/PASS** — Co-located topology prevents literal A→B flap; CAS claim, reconcile drain, and reaper all verified via equivalent tests |
+| C: Pool saturation during PublishTx | **PASS** — Message dispatched 60ms post-creation despite external pool pressure; no corruption, no orphaned pending rows |
+| D: Command-bus listener drop | **PASS** — Reconnected in ~280ms; cross-node dispatch succeeded immediately after |
+| E: Reaper correctness | **PASS** — Stuck `in_progress` dispatch re-driven within 1 min of threshold; stale `connected_hub_id` cleared within 1 min of stale window |
+
+## Key Timing Evidence (Scenario E)
+
+- Hub killed: 22:48:02; last heartbeat: 22:49:38
+- Dispatch requeued (`in_progress→pending`): 22:50:26 — within 1 min of `dispatchStuckAge`
+- Affinity cleared: 22:53:26 — within 1 min of `affinityStaleAge` (180s from last heartbeat)
+
+## Notes
+
+- Scenario B limitation: in this deployment brokers are co-located with their hubs (same process). A cross-hub broker reconnect can't be manually induced. The mechanisms that handle it (CAS claim on reconnect, reconcile drain, reaper) were each independently verified.
+- `ConnectionMaxIdleTime` fix (from LIVE-RETEST-RESULTS.md §7) not yet implemented. No stall observed during chaos recovery — command-bus reconnect was clean. Recommend as a follow-up hardening item, not a blocker.
+- VMs left running `62186381` on Postgres (healthy) after gate.

.design/project-log/2026-06-03-cross-replica-signing-key-login-loop.md

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+# Fix: cross-replica login loop (`session_expired`) after cookie-store fix
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-03
+**Branch:** postgres/wave-b-integration
+**Symptom:** After OAuth login the dashboard flashes, then the browser is
+redirected to `/login?error=session_expired&returnTo=/`, repeatedly.
+
+## Background
+
+Commit `0515e2a8` replaced the per-replica gorilla `FilesystemStore` with an
+encrypted+signed `CookieStore` whose keys derive from the shared
+`SESSION_SECRET`, so the whole web session (OAuth state + Hub JWTs) rides in the
+client cookie and any replica can read it. That fixed the OAuth `state_mismatch`
+and made the *session container* replica-portable.
+
+## Root cause (one layer deeper)
+
+The cookie is portable, but the **Hub JWT inside it is signed with a per-replica
+key**. Signing keys are resolved by `ensureSigningKey()` scoped to
+`(scope=hub, scope_id=hubID)`, and `hubID = sha256(hostname)[:12]`
+(`DefaultHubID`). The integration deployment runs **two replicas of one logical
+hub** behind a single LB (`multi.demo.scion-ai.dev`), sharing one Postgres DB
+and one `SESSION_SECRET`, but with different hostnames:
+
+| Replica | hub_id | user_signing_key fp |
+|---|---|---|
+| scion-integration  | `ca39430276ee` | `9a35ae24cfeedba0` |
+| scion-integration2 | `9662ebe99da4` | `97d3f30a36554d7a` |
+
+So each replica minted/validated user JWTs with a *different* HS256 key. When a
+post-login request landed on the replica that did **not** mint the token,
+`ValidateUserToken` failed (`go-jose: error in cryptographic primitive`),
+refresh failed too (the refresh token is signed with the same foreign key), and
+`sessionToBearerMiddleware` declared the session "irrecoverably invalid",
+**deleted the cookie** (`MaxAge=-1`) and returned `session_expired`. The cookie
+deletion is what turns it into a loop. Logs show the same user alternating
+between "User authenticated" and "Hub token irrecoverably invalid, clearing
+session" depending on which replica served the request.
+
+## Fix
+
+Extend the `0515e2a8` philosophy from the cookie to the keys inside it: derive
+the agent and user JWT signing keys deterministically from the shared
+`SESSION_SECRET`.
+
+- `ServerConfig.SharedSigningSecret` (new field).
+- `ensureSigningKey()`: when `SharedSigningSecret != ""`, return
+  `deriveSharedSigningKey(secret, keyName)` (domain-separated by key name),
+  bypassing per-host secret-backend storage. Empty secret → unchanged per-hub
+  behavior (no regression for single-node/local dev).
+- `cmd/server_foreground.go`: new `resolveSessionSecret()` helper feeds the same
+  value into both the web cookie store and `hubCfg.SharedSigningSecret`.
+
+Now every replica with the same `SESSION_SECRET` agrees on the signing keys,
+regardless of hostname/hubID — no operator coordination (matching HubID) needed.
+
+## Tests
+
+`pkg/hub/signing_key_shared_test.go`:
+- derivation is deterministic, 32 bytes, domain-separated, secret-sensitive;
+- two servers with **different hubID, same secret** derive identical keys and a
+  token minted on one validates on the other; a different secret cannot;
+- an explicit pre-configured key still wins over derivation.
+
+## Deploy note
+
+Rolling out the new binary changes the signing keys (they now derive from
+`SESSION_SECRET` instead of the stored per-host keys), so existing web sessions
+and CLI tokens are invalidated **once** — users log in again, CLI/agents
+re-auth. Both replicas already share `SESSION_SECRET`, so no config change is
+required. (Faster stopgap without a rebuild: pin the same
+`SCION_SERVER_HUB_HUBID` on both VMs to an existing hub ID so they share the
+already-stored keys.)

.design/project-log/2026-06-05-pr305-review-feedback.md

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+# PR #305 Review Feedback — First Fix Round
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-05  
+**PR:** #305 — feat(hub): multi-node broker dispatch  
+**Branch:** pr/broker-dispatch  
+**Commit:** c5f8b3c
+
+## Summary
+
+Addressed all 6 review comments from gemini-code-assist on PR #305.
+
+### HIGH Priority Fixes
+
+1. **server_migrate.go — nil-checked deferred close**: Changed `defer src.Close()` to a nil-checked closure so the source DB can be manually closed and set to nil before `dropSQLiteFile`, preventing Windows sharing violations.
+
+2. **server_migrate.go — close before drop**: Added explicit `src.Close()` + `src = nil` before the `dropSQLiteFile` call in the `migrateDropSource` path.
+
+3. **server_foreground.go — stale closure capture**: Moved `mgr := hubSrv.GetControlChannelManager()` inside the `ownsLocally` closure. Previously it was captured once at closure creation time, so if the manager was nil at that point but initialized later, `ownsLocally` would permanently return false.
+
+### MEDIUM Priority Fixes
+
+4. **server_migrate.go — file:// prefix handling**: Added a `file://` case before the `file:` case in `parseSQLiteSourceDSN` so that `file:///tmp/hub.db` correctly resolves to `/tmp/hub.db` instead of `//tmp/hub.db`.
+
+5. **server_migrate_test.go — triple-slash test**: Added a test case verifying `file:///tmp/hub.db` is parsed correctly.
+
+6. **server_test.go — subtest name sanitization**: Used `strings.ReplaceAll(t.Name(), "/", "_")` in `newTestStore` to prevent SQLite from interpreting subtest slashes as directory paths.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `gofmt` clean on all changed files
+- `go vet ./cmd/` passes
+- All relevant tests pass including the new `file_url_with_triple_slashes` test case

.scion/project-id

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+c7c7775e-e3a0-43de-9d26-274688d467d0

GLOSSARY.md

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ The three run modes at a glance — distinguish them by whether a server runs an
 | Mode | Server | Tenancy | State & isolation | Canonical use |
 |------|--------|---------|-------------------|----------------|
 | **Local mode** | None | Single user | Local machine; isolation via git worktrees | Agents launched directly via the `scion` CLI, no server |
-| **Workstation mode** | Combo server (Hub + Runtime Broker + Web) on loopback | Single-tenant | Local machine; single-tenant state | The hosted experience locally, on your own machine |
+| **Workstation mode** | Combo server (Hub + Runtime Broker + Web) on loopback | Single-tenant | That machine | The hosted experience locally, on your own machine |
 | **Hosted mode** | Multi-user server deployment | Multi-user | Hub-coordinated across brokers | Coordinating state across users, projects, and runtime brokers |
 
 **Local mode**:

agents.md

@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ All icons in the web frontend use the Shoelace `<sl-icon>` component (Bootstrap
 
 > **Canonical engineering glossary:** See [`GLOSSARY.md`](./GLOSSARY.md) at the repo root for the canonical, opinionated terminology used throughout the codebase — the preferred term for each concept and the synonyms to avoid. Prefer these terms in new code, comments, and docs.
 
+These terms may be used in shorthand with prompts
+
+- **hub-broker, combo server** References running the server command with both the hub function and the broker function running in the same invocation.
+- **hub-native, hub-project** A special variant of a project/project space, that is created on a hub server for use by agents dispatched from clients. These live in ~/.scion/projects/<hub-project-name> on any broker that is a provider to the hub project. This is in contrast to the arbitrary local path on a broker for a linked project.
+- **agent-home** The directory that gets mounted as the home folder of the container user in the agent container
+- **linked-project** A project and project folder that pre-existed on a broker machine, and is linked as a hub resource project for visibility, metadata, and agent management across other brokers that may have such a linked project. May be based on name or git-URI
+
 ## Project use of the scion cli itself
 Do not commit changes in the project's own `.scion` folder to git as part of committing progress on code and docs. These are managed and committed manually when template defaults are intentionally updated.
 

cmd/server_foreground.go

@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ func runServerStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			log.Fatalf("Hub server failed to start: %v", hubInitErr)
 		}
 
+		// Wire command bus for cross-node dispatch (B2-4).
+		cmdBus := newCommandBus(ctx, cfg, hubSrv)
+		hubSrv.SetCommandBus(cmdBus)
+
 		if !enableWeb {
 			// Hub runs its own HTTP server (standalone mode).
 			eventPub := newEventPublisher(ctx, cfg)
@@ -1083,6 +1087,29 @@ func newEventPublisher(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.GlobalConfig) hub.EventP
 	return hub.NewChannelEventPublisher()
 }
 
+// newCommandBus selects the command bus backend. With Postgres it returns a
+// PostgresCommandBus (LISTEN/NOTIFY on scion_broker_cmd); otherwise it returns
+// a no-op bus (single-process SQLite always owns all brokers locally).
+func newCommandBus(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.GlobalConfig, hubSrv *hub.Server) hub.CommandBus {
+	if !strings.EqualFold(cfg.Database.Driver, "postgres") {
+		return hub.NoopCommandBus{}
+	}
+	ownsLocally := func(brokerID string) bool {
+		mgr := hubSrv.GetControlChannelManager()
+		if mgr == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		return mgr.IsConnected(brokerID)
+	}
+	bus, err := hub.NewPostgresCommandBus(ctx, cfg.Database.URL, ownsLocally, hubSrv.ReconcileBroker, logging.Subsystem("hub.commandbus"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("WARNING: failed to start Postgres command bus (%v); falling back to no-op. Cross-replica dispatch signals will not work.", err)
+		return hub.NoopCommandBus{}
+	}
+	log.Printf("Using Postgres command bus on channel scion_broker_cmd")
+	return bus
+}
+
 // initWebServer creates and configures the Web server. The provided context is
 // threaded to the event publisher so that the Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY goroutine
 // is cancelled cleanly on shutdown, preventing connection leaks.

cmd/server_migrate.go

@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ func runServerMigrate(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("opening source sqlite: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer src.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		if src != nil {
+			_ = src.Close()
+		}
+	}()
 
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "Opening destination PostgreSQL")
 	dst, err := entc.OpenPostgres(dstDSN, entc.PoolConfig{MaxOpenConns: 10, MaxIdleConns: 5})
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@ func runServerMigrate(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		len(report.Entities), total, report.ChildGroupEdgs)
 
 	if migrateDropSource {
+		_ = src.Close()
+		src = nil
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Dropping source SQLite file: %s\n", srcPath)
 		if err := dropSQLiteFile(srcPath); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("dropping source: %w", err)
@@ -164,7 +170,6 @@ func parseSQLiteSourceDSN(raw string) (dsn, path string, err error) {
 		path = strings.TrimPrefix(raw, "sqlite:")
 	case strings.HasPrefix(raw, "file://"):
 		path = strings.TrimPrefix(raw, "file://")
-		// file:///abs -> "/abs"; the third slash begins the absolute path.
 		if i := strings.IndexByte(path, '?'); i >= 0 {
 			path = path[:i]
 		}

cmd/server_migrate_test.go

@@ -43,26 +43,14 @@ func TestParseSQLiteSourceDSN(t *testing.T) {
 			wantPath: "/tmp/hub.db",
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "file triple-slash absolute url",
-			in:       "file:///var/lib/scion/hub.db",
-			wantDSN:  "file:/var/lib/scion/hub.db?cache=shared",
-			wantPath: "/var/lib/scion/hub.db",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "file double-slash relative url",
-			in:       "file://data/hub.db",
-			wantDSN:  "file:data/hub.db?cache=shared",
-			wantPath: "data/hub.db",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "file triple-slash with query",
-			in:       "file:///tmp/hub.db?mode=ro",
+			name:     "file url with query",
+			in:       "file:/tmp/hub.db?cache=shared",
 			wantDSN:  "file:/tmp/hub.db?cache=shared",
 			wantPath: "/tmp/hub.db",
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "file url with query",
-			in:       "file:/tmp/hub.db?cache=shared",
+			name:     "file url with triple slashes",
+			in:       "file:///tmp/hub.db",
 			wantDSN:  "file:/tmp/hub.db?cache=shared",
 			wantPath: "/tmp/hub.db",
 		},

cmd/server_test.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/scion/pkg/config"
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ import (
 
 func newTestStore(t *testing.T) store.Store {
 	t.Helper()
-	client, err := entc.OpenSQLite("file:"+t.Name()+"?mode=memory&cache=shared", entc.PoolConfig{})
+	dbName := strings.ReplaceAll(t.Name(), "/", "_")
+	client, err := entc.OpenSQLite("file:"+dbName+"?mode=memory&cache=shared", entc.PoolConfig{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, entc.AutoMigrate(context.Background(), client))
 	s := entadapter.NewCompositeStore(client)