feat: feature-flag provekit dependencies behind provekit feature

[agentotto]

Summary

• add a provekit feature to world-id-primitives and world-id-proof
• make provekit-common optional in both crates
• make ownership proving/verifying features imply provekit
• gate ProveKit-backed public types and APIs (OwnershipProof, prove_credential_sub, Noir helpers) behind the new feature
• add feature propagation through world-id-authenticator and world-id-core

Motivation

Mobile consumers like WalletKit should be able to build without compiling any provekit-* crates. This keeps ProveKit-backed ownership proofs available as an explicit opt-in for platforms that support them.

Validation

• cargo check -p world-id-primitives --no-default-features
• cargo tree -p world-id-core --no-default-features --features authenticator | rg 'provekit[-_]|provekit_common' returns no actual ProveKit crate matches
• cargo tree -p world-id-core --no-default-features --features provekit | rg 'provekit[-_]|provekit_common' shows ProveKit crates are pulled in when opted in
• Downstream WalletKit validation in fix: exclude provekit deps from mobile builds via feature flags walletkit#386:
  • cargo check -p walletkit-core --no-default-features --features storage,issuers
  • cargo check -p walletkit-core --no-default-features --features storage,issuers,provekit

Related

• WalletKit follow-up PR: fix: exclude provekit deps from mobile builds via feature flags walletkit#386

[Dzejkop]

/otto review

[agentotto]

I'll spin up a subagent to clone the repo and do a thorough inline code review.
I've kicked off a thorough review of PR #708. A subagent is cloning the repo, inspecting all 8 changed files, and will post inline comments directly on the PR along with a high-level summary. I'll let you know when it's done.

[agentotto]

See inline comments.

[agentotto]

nit: world-id-primitives/provekit is already transitively activated via world-id-proof/zk-ownership-prove → world-id-proof/provekit → world-id-primitives/provekit. Similarly, world-id-proof/zk-ownership-prove is itself transitively activated through world-id-authenticator/provekit. So the minimal feature definition could be:

provekit = [
    "authenticator",
    "world-id-authenticator/provekit",
]

The explicit listing is fine as defensive redundancy (protects against dependency restructuring), but adds maintenance surface. Up to you whether to keep them — if you do, a brief comment like # explicit for clarity would help future readers.

[agentotto]

Same nit as in core/Cargo.toml: "world-id-primitives/provekit" is already transitively activated through world-id-proof/zk-ownership-prove → provekit → world-id-primitives/provekit. Harmless, but removable for simplicity.

[agentotto]

This widens the gate from any(feature = "zk-ownership-prove", feature = "zk-ownership-verify") to just provekit. Since both zk-ownership-prove and zk-ownership-verify imply provekit, this is semantically equivalent for those features. However, it means someone who enables only provekit (without prove or verify) will get the ownership_proof module compiled — which is effectively empty in that case since its prover and verifier sub-modules are still individually gated.

This is fine and simpler. Just noting the subtle behavior change for awareness. The build.rs correctly still uses the narrower any(zk-ownership-prove, zk-ownership-verify) gate for artifact downloads, which is right since the .pkp/.pkv files are only needed by those sub-features.

[agentotto]

Review Summary

Overall this PR looks correct and well-structured. The feature flag design cleanly gates provekit-common behind an opt-in feature across all three crates (primitives, proof, authenticator) with proper propagation through core. The cfg guards in Rust source files are complete and consistent.

Correctness: ✅ Feature implication chains are sound: zk-ownership-prove/zk-ownership-verify → provekit → dep:provekit-common + world-id-primitives/provekit. All public types, re-exports, imports, and trait impls that depend on provekit-common are properly gated. The build.rs correctly retains the narrower any(zk-ownership-prove, zk-ownership-verify) gate for artifact downloads.

One item not in the diff to consider: OwnershipProofCircuitInput in crates/proof/src/circuit_inputs.rs is not gated behind #[cfg(feature = "provekit")]. It compiles fine without provekit (it only uses always-available types), but it's a public struct that's only meaningful when provekit is enabled. All its consumers are already gated. Consider adding a #[cfg(feature = "provekit")] gate for consistency in a follow-up.

Semver note: Removing OwnershipProof from the unconditional public API of world-id-primitives is a breaking change for downstream consumers. Make sure the next publish accounts for this (if it hasn't already).

No blocking issues found. The inline comments are nits about redundant feature propagation entries.

[agentotto]

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The subagent is now continuing — it will analyze the diff in depth, post inline comments on specific lines in the PR, and finish with a top-level summary. I'll let you know when it's done.

[agentotto]

The review is complete! The subagent successfully posted on PR #708:

3 inline comments (review ID: 4206604465):

1. crates/core/Cargo.toml — world-id-primitives/provekit is redundant in the provekit feature since it's already implied transitively via world-id-authenticator/provekit
2. crates/authenticator/Cargo.toml — same redundancy: world-id-primitives/provekit already implied by the proof crate
3. crates/proof/src/lib.rs — the ownership_proof module gate was widened from any(zk-ownership-prove, zk-ownership-verify) to just provekit — worth confirming this is intentional (breaks anyone using zk-ownership-verify alone without provekit)

Summary comment covering:

• Overall correctness ✅ — feature chains are sound and cfg guards are consistent
• OwnershipProofCircuitInput in circuit_inputs is not explicitly gated (possible follow-up)
• Semver note: removing OwnershipProof from the default public API is a breaking change for existing consumers
• No blocking issues

[Dzejkop]

/otto - what is this about?

[agentotto]

This is a consequence of how Rust's #[cfg] works with use statements. Since OwnershipProof is now only compiled when the provekit feature is enabled (it's gated in primitives/src/proof.rs), it can't live in the shared use world_id_primitives::{...} block — that block is always compiled, so any item in it must always exist.

The fix is to split OwnershipProof out into its own use statement that can be individually gated:

#[cfg(feature = "provekit")]
use world_id_primitives::OwnershipProof;

Without this, you'd get a compilation error when building without provekit because OwnershipProof wouldn't be exported from the crate.

[agentotto]

This is a Rust #[cfg] constraint, not a review comment from us. Since OwnershipProof is now gated behind #[cfg(feature = "provekit")] in primitives/src/proof.rs, it simply doesn't exist in the crate when that feature is off. A use block is always compiled in full, so you can't conditionally include one item within a shared use world_id_primitives::{...} — instead it needs its own separately-gated use statement. Without this split, building --no-default-features would fail with an unresolved import error.

[Dzejkop]

/otto review this with Opus 4.6

[agentotto]

On it — running a fresh review with Claude Opus 4.6. I'll post inline comments and a summary directly on the PR when done.

[agentotto]

Feature gating looks correct overall. See inline comments.

[agentotto]

nit: world-id-proof/zk-ownership-prove and world-id-primitives/provekit are already implied transitively by world-id-authenticator/provekit (which activates both). Listing them here is redundant—though harmless and arguably self-documenting. Consider simplifying to just ["authenticator", "world-id-authenticator/provekit"] if you prefer minimal feature lists, or keep as-is for explicitness.

[agentotto]

Observation: this gate broadened from any(feature = "zk-ownership-prove", feature = "zk-ownership-verify") to just provekit. Semantically equivalent since both prove/verify now imply provekit, but it means enabling provekit alone (without prove or verify) will compile this module as an essentially-empty shell (no public items). Not a bug, just flagging the slight behavioral difference.

[agentotto]

Review Summary

Verdict: Looks good ✅ — no blocking issues found.

I reviewed all changed files and their surrounding context. The feature gating is comprehensive and correctly implemented:

• Feature propagation chain is sound: world-id-core/provekit → world-id-authenticator/provekit → world-id-proof/zk-ownership-prove → provekit → dep:provekit-common + world-id-primitives/provekit. All links in the chain are correct.
• All provekit-common usages are properly gated: imports, types (OwnershipProof), traits (NoirCircuitInput, NoirRepresentable), re-exports (NoirProof, WhirR1CSProof), and the ownership_proof module.
• Public API is clean: ZeroKnowledgeProof remains always available; OwnershipProof and Authenticator::prove_credential_sub are correctly gated behind provekit.
• Tests properly gated: ownership proof tests in both primitives and authenticator are behind #[cfg(feature = "provekit")].
• OwnershipProofCircuitInput remains ungated in circuit_inputs.rs — this is correct since it only depends on always-available types (FieldElement, EdDSASignature, etc.).
• ProofError enum keeps its GenerationError/Verification variants unconditionally — good for stable error matching across feature configurations.

The one consideration for consumers: world-id-authenticator previously enabled zk-ownership-prove unconditionally. After this PR, prove_credential_sub requires the provekit feature. This is the intended breaking change and the whole point of the PR, but downstream consumers will need to opt in.

[agentotto]

The Opus 4.6 review is done and posted on PR #708. Here's the verdict:

✅ Looks good — no blocking issues.

2 inline comments posted:

1. crates/core/Cargo.toml — nit: world-id-proof/zk-ownership-prove and world-id-primitives/provekit in the provekit feature are already transitively implied by world-id-authenticator/provekit, so they're redundant (harmless defensive redundancy, but adds maintenance surface)
2. crates/proof/src/lib.rs — observation: the ownership_proof module gate was broadened from any(zk-ownership-prove, zk-ownership-verify) to just provekit — semantically equivalent but worth being aware of

Overall: Feature gating is comprehensive and correct across all crates. The propagation chain is sound, all provekit-common usages are properly gated, and no public API is accidentally broken for builds without provekit.

[paolodamico]

curious to hear more about the use case for the segmentation of provekit. from my perspective provekit should already be included with all builds and sdks as it'll very soon become indispensable for using world id

[Dzejkop]

curious to hear more about the use case for the segmentation of provekit. from my perspective provekit should already be included with all builds and sdks as it'll very soon become indispensable for using world id

yeah, this is just a temporary workaround while I'm figuring out the cross build issues in WalletKit - I just don't want to block WalletKit releases for now

[agentotto]

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