samiandClaude Sonnet 5 201ebc55d4 core: net/probe + Content-Disposition parser + URL splitter (stage 3)
net/content_disposition — total parser for the mojibake-prone header:
RFC 6266 filename (quoted/token), RFC 5987 filename* ext-values
(charset'lang'pct-encoded, incl. RFC 2231 continuations), legacy RFC 2047
encoded-words (=?UTF-8?B?..?= / ?Q?), and raw Latin-1 bytes; prefers
filename* over filename; strips path components AFTER decoding (a base64
payload can hold '/'). 22-case test table.

net/text_codec (internal) — percent-decode, UTF-8 validation, Latin-1->
UTF-8, base64, RFC 2047 — shared by the CD parser and the URL splitter.

net/url — a small total URL splitter (scheme/userinfo/host/port/path/
query/fragment, http(s) validity) and url_filename() for the last path
segment; used for the filename fallback.

net/probe — HEAD then a ranged GET bytes=0-0 that PROVES resumability
(206 + matching Content-Range + a validator), rather than trusting
Accept-Ranges which servers lie about; the ranged GET is also the HEAD-
refused (403/405/501) fallback. 401/407 -> success result with
requires_auth, not an error. Runs on its own pool (max_concurrent,
default 4) outside the segment budget per ADR 0011 §5. suggest_filename()
does the resolution order (explicit -> disposition -> URL -> download.bin)
with a light strip; rules/ (stage 9) owns the authoritative sanitize.

tools/fuzz — libFuzzer targets for the CD parser and the URL splitter,
compiling the parser sources directly so they're fully instrumented;
self-guards on VELOX_BUILD_FUZZ + Clang (the top-level CMake adds every
tools/* unconditionally). Seed corpora included.

Fixed on the way: a p -> Transfer -> State -> cbs -> p reference cycle in
Prober that leaked every probe (drop the stored Transfer; the worker
keeps State alive). Tests green under ASan/UBSan and TSan.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01HPPSGhiArbvQgwC2DNiURS
2026-09-09 23:53:55 +04:00

Velox Download Manager (VDM)

An IDM-class download manager for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: multi-segment accelerated HTTP(S) downloading, resume, categories and automatic file distribution, queues and scheduler, speed limiter, a Firefox extension that captures downloads automatically, and clipboard link capture.

Name is a placeholder. Binaries are veloxd, velox-gui, velox, velox-nmhost. Rename before first release if you want something else — do it in M0, never later.


Status

Phase M0 — scaffolding. No implementation code exists yet. This repository currently contains the architecture, the wire contract, the roadmap, and one brief per build lane so that several agents can work in parallel without colliding.

Start here:

Document What it answers
docs/01-architecture.md Process model, why four binaries, framework choices and why
docs/02-roadmap.md Milestones M0M7, what runs in parallel, exit gates
docs/03-gui-spec.md IDM-parity UI: every window, dialog, column, menu
docs/04-engine-design.md Segmentation, resume, buffers, rate limiting, disk I/O
docs/05-extension-spec.md Firefox capture, transports, pairing, media grabber
docs/06-risks-and-spikes.md Snap Firefox, Wayland clipboard, and the other landmines
docs/07-packaging.md .deb/PPA, Flatpak, AMO signing, install layout
contracts/README.md The interface. Both sides build against this
CLAUDE.md Rules of engagement for agents working in this repo

Per-lane briefs live in docs/agents/ — one per agent, each with an owned directory list, a definition of done, and the files it must never touch. To dispatch the agents, use docs/agents/PROMPTS.md — six copy-paste prompts plus the worktree commands and the wave order.


Architecture in one picture

  ┌────────────────────┐   native messaging (stdio JSON)   ┌──────────────┐
  │  Firefox extension │◄─────────────  or  ──────────────►│ velox-nmhost │
  │       (MV3, TS)    │   loopback WS 127.0.0.1 + token   └──────┬───────┘
  └────────────────────┘                                          │
                                                                  │
  ┌────────────────────┐                                          ▼
  │  velox-gui (Qt 6)  │◄──── JSON-RPC 2.0 over Unix socket ──► ┌─────────────┐
  └────────────────────┘      $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/velox/velox.sock │   veloxd    │
                                                                │  (daemon)   │
  ┌────────────────────┐                                        │             │
  │   velox (CLI)      │◄───────────────────────────────────────┤ libveloxcore│
  └────────────────────┘                                        └──────┬──────┘
                                                                       │
                                                              SQLite + sparse files

The daemon owns all state and all sockets. The GUI is a view — closing it does not stop a download. The extension never touches the disk; it hands URL + headers + cookies to the daemon and gets a task id back.


Repository layout

vdm/
├── contracts/          ⭐ Wire contract: JSON Schema, fixtures, codegen. Frozen per version.
├── core/               C++23  libveloxcore — engine. No UI, no RPC, no SQL.
├── daemon/             C++23  veloxd — RPC server, scheduler, queues, SQLite store.
├── gui/                C++23  velox-gui — Qt 6 Widgets, IDM-parity UI.
├── cli/                C++23  velox — scriptable client.
├── nmhost/             C++23  velox-nmhost — Firefox native-messaging bridge (thin pipe).
├── extension/          TS     Firefox MV3 WebExtension.
├── tools/
│   ├── mockd/          TS mock daemon — lets GUI + extension work before veloxd exists.
│   ├── testserver/     Deliberately hostile HTTP server (no Range, flaky, redirects, auth).
│   ├── bench/          Throughput and CPU benchmarks.
│   └── fuzz/           libFuzzer targets for parsers.
├── tests/
│   ├── conformance/    Protocol suite. Every lane must pass it. Gate for merging.
│   ├── integration/    veloxd + testserver.
│   └── e2e/            Playwright: real Firefox + real daemon + real file on disk.
├── packaging/          debian/, flatpak/, appimage/, native-host manifests.
└── docs/               Everything above, plus adr/ and agents/.

Toolchain bootstrap

Surveyed on this machine 2026-09-09 — most of it is already installed:

Present Version
git · cmake · ninja · g++ · gdb 2.53.0 · 4.2.3 · — · 15.2.0 (C++23 ready)
qt6-base-dev · qt6-tools-dev · qt6-tools-dev-tools
libcurl4-openssl-dev · libsqlite3-dev · nlohmann-json3-dev · libssl-dev
libavformat-dev · libavcodec-dev · ffmpeg
clang-format · clang-tidy · python3 · pkg-config

Only these four are missing:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
  libqt6svg6-dev \    # GUI: SVG icon rendering
  libsecret-1-dev \   # DAEMON: Secret Service for site logins
  nodejs npm \        # EXT + PROTO: extension build, mockd, conformance runner
  clang               # optional: libFuzzer targets in M7

Node in the 26.04 archive may lag; if the extension toolchain needs 22+, use nvm.

Verify with cmake --preset dev && cmake --build --preset dev once lane CORE lands its first target. Note CMake 4.2.3 is installed — newer than the 3.28 floor in CMakeLists.txt, and it hard-errors on cmake_minimum_required below 3.5, so no dependency may ship a pre-3.5 CMake file.

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