samiandClaude Sonnet 5
4f6c0cc9d2
rules.list/rules.upsert: new store/rules.{hpp,cpp} (list in priority order; apply()
upserts+removes atomically, generating an id when absent, per the schema's own "never
leaves the table in a half-valid state"). Found and fixed along the way: migration
0001's rules table had no column for Rule.name at all — every rules.list/.upsert call
failed outright ("no such column: name"), unit tests included, since :memory: migrates
through the same path. Migration 0004 adds it.
queue.reorder: new store::Queues::reorder — taskIds must be an exact permutation of
the queue's current membership (compared as sorted sets) or nothing is written and
-32602 names the queue; a valid permutation rewrites every member's queue_position in
one transaction.
schedule.get/schedule.set: a thin wrapper over the queues.schedule column (already
read since D3b, never independently settable). nextRunAt is deliberately left unset —
computing it needs the same local-time, DST-aware window logic
sched/schedule_window.hpp's window_open() only has half of; called out rather than
approximated, and the field is optional.
limiter.get/limiter.set: backed by the same downloads.speedLimitEnabled/
downloads.speedLimitBps settings keys D9 already wired — one bag of truth, not two.
The new part is reaching the engine: EnginePort/TaskActionPort gain
set_global_speed_limit(bps) (0 = unlimited, TokenBucket's own convention), wired to
Engine::rate_limiter().set_global_limit(). Pushed live on every limiter.set *and* on
Scheduler::reload_config() so a limit from a previous run isn't silently unlimited
again after a restart. applyToRunning is accepted but has no lever to pull
differently — a single shared global bucket has no "next task only" variant. Also
found, not chased further: the schema's "globalBps:0 with enabled:true means 'stop
everything'" is the opposite of what TokenBucket does with rate_bps==0 (unlimited) —
a real discrepancy, but the schema says the GUI must not offer that combination.
download.update: "moving saveDir or filename moves the file on disk in the same
operation" — resolved and root-checked like download.add's destination, then the
.veloxpart/.veloxpart.meta pair (or the finished file, if complete) is moved via
rename, falling back to copy+remove across filesystems, only when the resolved
location actually differs. categoryId/queueId(appended to the new queue's run
order)/description/segments/bufferBytes/checksum apply through new
store::Tasks::apply_update.
download.refreshUrl: same async server-layer special-case as download.probe (a real
network round trip, same 30s deadline). Re-probes, flags contentChanged only when
size or validator are both known and actually differ, persists the new URL and probe
result, and swaps the URL on a live engine handle via a newly-widened
EnginePort::refresh_url (now takes headers too, matching DownloadHandle's real
signature — the seam had silently dropped them).
Found and documented, not fixed: the generated parser collapses "field absent" and
"field explicitly null" to the same nullopt for every optional<T> patch field
(DownloadUpdateParamsPatch, Settings) — both schemas document "an explicit null
clears the field" but neither handler can act on it because the wire distinction is
already gone by the time either sees the parsed struct. A generator-level gap
(PROTO's), not something to hand-route around locally.
Verified against real veloxd + tools/testserver: rules create/list, limiter.set
takes effect and reads back, schedule.set/get round-trips, queue.reorder against real
membership (and rejects a non-permutation), download.update renames+recategorizes a
task, download.refreshUrl swaps a paused task's URL and reports contentChanged
correctly. Full ctest: 55/55 (excluding the pre-existing, unrelated conformance
failure noted two commits back).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GRDjHGgpYmMoPE2UFbe7pP
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 M0–M7, 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 | ✓ |
| python3-jsonschema · python3-referencing (conformance static runner) | ✓ |
Only these four are missing:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
qt6-svg-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.