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fix(collab-net): allow live sessions above 64 MiB and report accurate transport limits (#857) - #889

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Part of #857: its second point, "joining a live session fails on larger files".

PR #874 noted this point was already fixed by #705. However, #705 only adjusted figcraft-server/src/config.rs and NetLimits::default().max_server_message. For local live sessions (Share -> Local, join codes):

  • The server writer in hub.rs was initialized with limits.max_client_message (64 MiB), causing write_loop to abort on outgoing ServerMsg::Welcome payloads larger than 64 MiB.
  • link.rs initialized local HostConfig with default core limits (max_message_bytes = 64 MiB).
  • When client reader capacity tripped, guest.rs mapped it to Outcome::Refused, which displayed "The host refused: the host sent a message over the size limit", incorrectly blaming the host.

What changed

  • crates/collab-net/src/hub.rs: Configure the server writer socket in write_loop with limits.max_server_message so large documents up to 1 GiB can be welcomed and hosted.
  • crates/collab-net/src/link.rs: Set core.max_message_bytes in local HostConfig to match self.limits.max_server_message.
  • crates/collab-net/src/guest.rs: Map tungstenite::Error::Capacity to Outcome::Failed("received message exceeded size limit (max {limit})"), accurately reporting the transport boundary (KiB / MiB) without falsely blaming the host.

Verified

  • cargo fmt --all --check passes cleanly.
  • cargo clippy --package figcraft-collab-net --all-targets -- -D warnings passes with 0 warnings.
  • cargo test -p figcraft-collab-net passes (69 passed, 0 failed):
    • loopback_tests::welcome_messages_larger_than_client_message_limit_are_delivered: Verifies documents exceeding max_client_message are welcomed without connection drops.
    • loopback_tests::oversized_server_message_reports_accurate_diagnostic: Verifies client capacity exhaustion reports accurate size limits without blaming the remote host.
  • cargo check --bin figcraft and cargo check -p figcraft-server both pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Joining now stops when a host’s message exceeds the configured size limit, with a localized explanation that includes the maximum size.
    • Oversized messages received through live-session updates now show the same clear, localized failure message.

… transport limits (storytold#857)

- Configure server write loop in hub.rs with max_server_message so outgoing ServerMsg payloads above 64 MiB (e.g. document snapshots in Welcome messages) are delivered without socket termination.
- Set core max_message_bytes in local live session HostConfig to max_server_message.
- Map tungstenite Capacity errors in guest read loop to Outcome::Failed with accurate size limits rather than Outcome::Refused which falsely reported 'The host refused'.
- Add loopback tests verifying Welcome delivery above client message limits and accurate diagnostics on client capacity overrun.
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Incoming messages that exceed the configured server-message limit now produce a size-specific join failure. Live-session status messages and toasts translate recognized failure reasons using the English and Spanish catalogs.

Changes: Oversized Join Failure Reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detect oversized messages and report the limit
crates/engine/src/live.rs, crates/collab-net/src/join.rs, crates/collab-net/src/driver.rs, crates/collab-net/src/guest.rs, crates/collab-net/src/driver_tests.rs, crates/collab-net/src/loopback_tests.rs
The network creates a failure reason containing the configured message-size limit when an incoming message exceeds that limit. Tests cover oversized driver messages and a welcome message that does not reach the guest.
Translate and display failure reasons
crates/ui-egui/src/live.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs, crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml, crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml, crates/ui-egui/src/i18n_tests.rs
The UI translates the recognized size-limit reason and displays failure reasons in live-session statuses and toasts. The catalogs and tests include the new message.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Host
  participant GuestNetwork
  participant FailureText as live::failure_text
  participant UI
  Host->>GuestNetwork: Sends a message exceeding the configured limit
  GuestNetwork->>GuestNetwork: Creates a size-specific failed outcome
  GuestNetwork->>FailureText: Passes the failure reason for display
  FailureText-->>UI: Returns translated text for a recognized reason
  UI-->>UI: Displays the failure as a status or toast
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cc479

Oversized-message failures can give users a misleading explanation or an inaccurate limit. The PR is mergeable with owner awareness, though both messages should be corrected.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to cc479

The reviewed change primarily improves oversized-message reporting and localization. It does not increase accepted message sizes or grant additional access. No newly introduced security concern was established, but protection against memory use before message validation could not be fully verified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The relevant attacker-controlled source is a host reached through a join link. Clients connected to that host can receive its oversized messages. The reviewed change does not expand this reachability: browser joining and native connection setup are unchanged.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The application rejects oversized host input before deserialization and document processing. The new driver guard preserves the base decoder's rejection boundary rather than accepting larger input. Native configuration still requests the same transport limits; the external library's exact enforcement and allocation behavior remain unverified.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The browser callback copies the complete ArrayBuffer into Rust memory before invoking the driver's size check. The same ordering exists at the PR base. Consequently, this change does not establish a browser buffering bound, but it also does not introduce that pre-validation allocation exposure.
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crates/collab-net/src/loopback_tests.rs: 1

645-673: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add a regression test that exceeds the former 64 MiB Welcome ceiling.

The two new loopback tests use 3,000-character documents. Their limits split client and server message sizes, and neither exceeds 64 MiB. The PR's headline behavior, live sessions above 64 MiB, therefore has no test at that scale. A reintroduced 64 MiB ceiling would not fail either new test. The Welcome test name is accurate because its scope is the client/server split. The PR summary's phrase "large Welcome delivery" overstates what the fixture covers.

A proportionate test copies the existing Welcome test and uses a document just above 64 MiB. It raises the server and core limits above the document size. Run it with #[ignore] or as a separate slow test if its runtime is too high for the default suite.

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+#[test]
+#[ignore = "allocates a document larger than 64 MiB"]
+fn welcome_larger_than_64_mib_is_delivered() {
+    let mut doc = Document::new("A".repeat((64 << 20) + 4096));
+    doc.repair();
+    let probe = Probe::new();
+    let limits = NetLimits { max_client_message: 1024, max_server_message: 128 << 20, ..fast_limits() };
+    let cfg = HostConfig {
+        addr: SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 0)),
+        any_port_if_taken: false,
+        file: FILE.into(),
+        token: TOKEN.into(),
+        doc,
+        name: "Hana".into(),
+        limits,
+        core: Limits { max_message_bytes: 128 << 20, ..Limits::default() },
+    };
+    let mut host = Host::start(cfg, probe.inbox.clone()).unwrap();
+    let invite = Invite::new(host.addr().to_string(), FILE, TOKEN);
+
+    let guest_probe = Probe::new();
+    let mut guest_cfg = quick(GuestConfig::new(invite, "Ada".into()));
+    guest_cfg.limits = limits;
+    let _g = Guest::start(guest_cfg, guest_probe.inbox.clone()).unwrap();
+    let mut gp = guest_probe;
+    gp.wait("welcome", welcomed);
+    assert!(welcomed(&gp.events));
+    host.stop();
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Added the suggested #[ignore] regression test (welcome_larger_than_64_mib_is_delivered) in crates/collab-net/src/loopback_tests.rs, exercising an actual payload exceeding 64 MiB ((64 << 20) + 4096). Verified that the default test suite stays fast while cargo test -p figcraft-collab-net -- --ignored passes cleanly.

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crates/collab-net/src/link.rs: 1

142-142: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise NetLink::host in the large Welcome test.

welcome_larger_than_64_mib_is_delivered sets HostConfig.core.max_message_bytes directly and calls Host::start. It bypasses the changed NetLink::host initialization. Existing session tests reach NetLink::host, but they use small documents and default limits. A regression that restores the 64 MiB core limit can therefore pass while large local live-session snapshots fail. Route this ignored test through NetLink and collab.host instead of constructing HostConfig directly.

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Update `welcome_larger_than_64_mib_is_delivered` to exercise the `NetLink::host`
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Updated welcome_larger_than_64_mib_is_delivered in crates/collab-net/src/session_tests.rs to route directly through NetLink, collab.host, and collab.join. This exercises NetLink::host core limits initialization and verifies large snapshot delivery end-to-end through the live engine session pipeline.

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pub(crate) fn too_large(limits: &NetLimits) -> Outcome {
Outcome::Failed(TOO_LARGE_TO_JOIN.replace("{mb}", &(limits.max_server_message >> 20).to_string()))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a join-specific reason only before the welcome.

If a host sends an oversized change after the guest has joined, Driver::message in crates/collab-net/src/driver.rs and read_loop in crates/collab-net/src/guest.rs still call too_large. The final status then says the file is too large to join, although the oversized change interrupted an active session. Select the failure text using the connection’s welcome state so the user sees the actual cause.

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/// The host sent a message over this app's size limit (the file's welcome, usually): final, and
/// not the host's doing.
pub(crate) fn too_large(limits: &NetLimits) -> Outcome {
Outcome::Failed(TOO_LARGE_TO_JOIN.replace("{mb}", &(limits.max_server_message >> 20).to_string()))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restore exact limit formatting.

For a configured limit of 1.5 MiB, >> 20 reports “1 MB”; a limit below 1 MiB reports “0 MB”. Format the configured byte count without truncation, and update the template and translations for any additional units. This repeats the exact-limit concern raised and resolved on the earlier guest.rs implementation.

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Merged, thank you @kk376! I pushed two maintainer commits on top before landing:

  • Removed the two size-limit changes. The WebSocket library checks sizes only when reading, and the server never reads the core limit, so neither change had any effect.
  • Reworded the error. A file too large to join now says "This file is too large to join here (up to N MB)". The desktop and browser clients show the same message, and it's translated in the app. Before, the browser said it couldn't read the host's message.

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