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Rebase of #349 ("Person's usernames - read from AH dotNS instead of PC", by @Zebedeusz — kept as the first commit) onto main, with the review fixes on top. Tracks #397; the client half of paritytech/individuality#755 and paritytech/dotns#230.


What the host does after this PR

Usernames come from the dotNS contracts on Asset Hub. host_logic::dotns_gateway holds the resolution steps once, over a two-method transport (storage, view = ReviveApi_call dry-run from the always-mapped VIEW_CALL_ORIGIN); the CLI drives it over plain RPC (dotns_read.rs) and the in-core runtime over one chainHead_v1 follow opened with runtime (runtime/identity.rs). Every session-identity site (pairing_host.rs, sso_pairing.rs) resolves against the Asset Hub genesis.

Resolution: DotnsGateway.DispatcherAddressRootGatewayDispatcher.TARGET()DotnsPopControllerpendingClaims(user) (gateway-minted names not yet settled by claimLabelStore) merged with the user's LabelStore labels via protocolRegistry()get(storeFactory)getLabelStore(user) → paged getLabels. Store labels carry the network TLD (protocolRegistry.tld(), .paseo on paseo-next-v2; .dot where the registry has no tld() view, as on previewnet); it is stripped and subnames are dropped. label_available asks DotnsRegistrar.available for a label's node under that TLD. classify_labels re-dots flat lite labels (alice01alice.01, per StringUtils.isSingleDotLiteLabel) and treats the rest as full names. HOST_CLI_DOTNS_POP_CONTROLLER overrides discovery when needed.

register-name (CLI) registers a full-person username through DotnsGateway.register_name: reads the People-collection ring index, members and root revision at one pinned People block, waits for Asset Hub's members-subscriber to hold that revision, then submits a General (v5) extrinsic authorized by AsDotnsGateway = RegisterFullName { proof, ring_index, revision, signature } (shape asserted from metadata before signing) with RestrictOrigins(true); Link::LiteUsername (default: the account's own lite name from dotNS) or Link::None(chat_key). Labels are validated with the pallet's rules ([a-z]+, ≤32 bytes; lite stem.NN) and checked against the registrar up front. signing-host --reserved-username <label> reserves a full-person name for a newly created auto account, after the same label and registrar checks.

Configuration: every host config carries the Asset Hub genesis — PairingHostConfig/SigningHostConfig, NativeRuntimeConfig/NativeHostRuntimeConfig (uniffi, Swift/Kotlin wrappers), wasm runtimeConfig.assetHub.genesisHash (required), JS types. Presets: paseo-next-v2 and previewnet (own People/Bulletin/Asset Hub and identity backend), documented in SPEC §14.1 and pinned by the genesis-table test; HOST_CLI_IDENTITY_BACKEND_BASE/_TOKEN override the backend. statement_allowance ring/root helpers take a collection identifier (LitePeople wrappers unchanged; PGAS and allowance paths untouched).


Verified

  • CI-equivalent locally: cargo build/test --workspace --all-features (812 tests), wasm32 check, fmt, clippy -D warnings, iOS bindings --check, codegen no drift.
  • Live, previewnet: auto-managed onboarding (host reservation signature → identity backend 202 → name visible through dotNS/Asset Hub → ring onboarding → paired); identity-check resolves it; pairing-host ⇄ signing-host SSO with getUserId resolved in-core from Asset Hub.
  • Live, paseo-next-v2: identity-check cold path; ignored live tests for the RegisterFullName shape and for a settled store (TLD stripped, ~90 labels paged); the ignored preset-genesis test passes for all six roles.
  • Reservation message, Link, proof message, DOTNS_GATEWAY_CONTEXT, RegisterFullName and the label rules match pallets/dotns-gateway on paritytech/individuality main; contract selectors and ABI shapes match paritytech/dotns master.

Review pointers

Each commit message carries the rationale for its change; the first commit is #349 as authored.


Known, outside this PR

  • The paseo-next-v2 identity backend answers POST /usernames with "dotNS gateway is not enabled in this environment", so accounts registered through it cannot get a dotNS-readable username; the CLI says so and points at previewnet.
  • hosts/dotli must send runtimeConfig.assetHub.genesisHash (required by the wasm host config) — companion change in dotli-community.
  • claimLabelStore is user-signed from the user's own funded H160 and stays outside the host; pending claims expire after 7 days (dotns side).
  • No mainnet preset until the deploy (dotns#223).

Zebedeusz and others added 8 commits August 17, 2026 11:28
…eo-assethub address

The documented 0x1c858C… value predates the Paseo Asset Hub Next V2 reset;
the live DotnsPopController is 0xCC9323… (paritytech/dotns DEPLOYMENTS.md,
same drift as paritytech/dotns#221). Discovery is on-chain, so this only
touches the env-override docs.
…inst the live gateway

Review findings on #349 after the rebase, verified against the live
paseo-next-v2 and previewnet Asset Hubs (spec 2000036, identical) and the
dotNS contracts on master.

In-core identity lookup
- Open the identity follow withRuntime=true. chainHead_v1_call is refused on
  a follow opened without runtime, so every ReviveApi_call view failed and no
  in-core session ever resolved a username; only the CLI's plain-RPC path
  worked. Adds a scripted chainHead test that fails on the old value.
- LabelStore labels carry the network TLD (DotnsPopController._writeRecord
  appends protocolRegistry.tld(); ".paseo" on paseo-next-v2), and the
  classifier only stripped ".dot", so a settled "alice01.paseo" became the
  full username "alice01.paseo". resolve_labels now reads tld(), strips it,
  and drops subnames; classify_labels takes bare labels.
- Always merge pendingClaims with the store: a public registration or an
  incoming transfer deploys the store while gateway names stay pending, so
  the store alone hid them. Page the store (append-only ledger shared with
  public names) instead of reading only the first 16 labels.
- Probe TARGET() and pendingClaims first; target()/pendingClaim are the
  legacy fallbacks (the deployed dispatcher and controller only have the
  former). checked_add on chain-supplied ABI lengths.
- Lite stems follow StringUtils.isSingleDotLiteLabel (DNS label + two
  digits), not alphabetic-only.

register-name
- AsDotnsGatewayInfo::RegisterFullName is {proof, ring_index, revision,
  signature} on the live runtime (individuality#1013); the shape assertion
  and the extra encoding lacked revision, so the command failed at the
  metadata check. Read the People-collection root revision at the pinned
  block, wait for Asset Hub's members-subscriber to import it, and encode
  it. Ring/root/roots helpers take the collection identifier; the LitePeople
  wrappers keep their behaviour.
- Refresh the Asset Hub metadata fixture to the live V16 (spec 2000036).
- Fail early when the member key is onboarded but not yet built into a root
  (the sliced members read cannot prove it), and validate the label and
  --link-lite shape before signing.
…sets

- Previewnet has a live Bulletin chain (wss://previewnet.substrate.dev/bulletin,
  genesis 0x2778b1c9…, "Bulletin Local"), which dotli and dotns-sdk already
  use; the preset borrowed paseo's, so the host advertised and routed a
  Bulletin genesis that disagreed with the app's config.
- The live drift test accepts "Individuality" for the People role
  (previewnet's People chain calls itself "Individuality Local"); it now
  passes for all six roles.
- SPEC.md: previewnet endpoint table (pinned by the genesis-table test for
  every preset), register-name section, env/override wording; README:
  register-name, previewnet, HOST_CLI_* env vars.
- Doc comments still describing usernames as People-chain
  Resources.Consumers reads now name the dotNS contracts on Asset Hub
  (regenerated Swift bindings and codegen golden follow).
…warm-path reads

Ignored network tests against paseo-next-v2 Asset Hub: the live
AsDotnsGatewayInfo::RegisterFullName shape (4 fields) the host asserts before
signing, and the full dotNS resolution chain (pallet storage → dispatcher
TARGET() → controller → registry → store factory → LabelStore) for an
account with a settled store, proving the TLD is stripped and paging covers
the store. Same rationale as the PGAS live tests: a fixture is a snapshot.
is_person_label in paritytech/individuality (support/src/labels.rs) accepts
lowercase ASCII letters only, no digits or hyphens; the register-name
pre-check now enforces the same instead of a looser DNS-label rule.
The paseo-next-v2 identity backend answers POST /usernames with
"dotNS gateway is not enabled in this environment" (verified live), and
since usernames are now read only from dotNS on Asset Hub, accounts
registered through such a backend can never resolve one. Say so, and point
at the previewnet preset / HOST_CLI_IDENTITY_BACKEND_BASE.
…already minted

Review on #349 (re-gius) and paritytech/dotns#235: the gateway enqueues a
reservation for a reserved_base_label without asking the registrar, so a
reservation over a registered name can never be claimed and holds the whole
stem's reservation queue for the reservation window. The contract-side guard
lands in dotns; the client asks first so an attestation cannot fail as a
whole (and lose the lite name) once that guard exists.

label_available reads DotnsRegistrar.available(uint256(node)) for the label's
node under the network tldNode(), through the same transport as the username
reads. attest() checks the reserved base name (shape per the pallet's
is_valid_person, then availability); register-name checks its label. Live
test on paseo: a minted name reports unavailable, an unminted one available.
…tNS registries

Previewnet's DotnsProtocolRegistry predates the configurable TLD (dotns
b4096968) and has no tld()/tldNode(); its TLD is ".dot". Username reads
of a settled LabelStore and the registrar availability check therefore
reverted there. network_tld() reads tld() and falls back to ".dot" when the
view reverts; the TLD node is derived locally (namehash) instead of read.
Live: settled-store labels and available() resolve on both paseo-next-v2
(".paseo") and previewnet (".dot"). The live tests take LIVE_ASSET_HUB_WS,
LIVE_MINTED_LABEL and LIVE_TLD to point at another network.
main's #431 introduced PersonhoodCollection and made the ring, root and
subscriber-root helpers take it; the branch's identifier-based
generalisation of the same helpers folds into that API. read_member_ring_index
and read_subscriber_ring_exponent take a PersonhoodCollection; register-name
uses PersonhoodCollection::People. ChainState literals carry restrict_origins.
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Testing — done against the live identity backend and live chains (previewnet and paseo-next-v2), not local nodes.

  • previewnet, IB + full lite flow: CLI onboarding of a fresh identity → host reservation signature → POST /usernames 202 → the name is read back from the dotNS contracts on Asset Hub → ring onboarding → paired (fbrbnkbohovy.18; identity-check resolves it).
  • paseo-next-v2, IB: rejects the dotns payload with "dotNS gateway is not enabled in this environment"; the CLI now surfaces that and points at previewnet. That environment cannot be exercised end to end until the backend enables the gateway.
  • In-core path: pairing-host ⇄ signing-host over SSO, getUserId resolved by the core from Asset Hub → WHOAMI fbrbnkbohovy.18.
  • Chain reads, both networks: cold path (identity-check), warm path on a settled LabelStore (TLD stripped, .paseo and legacy .dot, paging), registrar available pre-flight, live RegisterFullName shape, preset genesis drift for all six roles — the #[ignore]d live tests in truapi-host-cli/tests/live_asset_hub.rs (LIVE_ASSET_HUB_WS, LIVE_MINTED_LABEL, LIVE_TLD select the network).
  • Not exercised: an actual register_name submission — it needs a full person and the test identities are lite-only. The encoding is checked against pallets/dotns-gateway on individuality main and the live V16 metadata instead.

CI (Rust workspace, codegen, iOS bindings/swift, TS, playground, explorer, licenses) is green on the current head; the same suite passes locally.


lovely testing evidence available here

… the reserved name reachable

Repo-conventions review of #426.

- discover_pop_controller reads DotnsGateway.DispatcherAddress and the
  dispatcher's TARGET(); pending claims come from pendingClaims(address).
  The target(), pendingClaim(address) and PopControllerAddress fallbacks,
  and the singular pending-claim decoder, are gone: no deployed network
  answers them (live-probed on paseo-next-v2 and previewnet). The ".dot"
  fallback stays: previewnet's registry has no tld() view.
- is_full_person_label now matches the pallet's is_person_label
  ([a-z]+, at most 32 bytes); the earlier commit changed only the messages.
- signing-host takes --reserved-username for a newly created auto account
  (same conflict rules as --lite-username-prefix), so the reserved-name
  pre-flight added for re-gius' review is reachable; live: a minted name
  and a malformed label are refused before the backend is called.
- Comments describe current behaviour only; availability responses are the
  flat map both identity backends serve; backend token env/mint share one
  cell; MemberRingPosition projects only the fields it reads (covered by
  the projection test); read_member_ring_index_at names the pinned read;
  the scripted identity test asserts the H160 argument.
…at the gateway rejects

Findings of the second five-agent verification pass on #426.

- DotnsTransport::view returns DotnsViewError: a contract revert is an
  answer, a transport or decode failure is not. network_tld() falls back to
  ".dot" only on a revert (a registry without tld(), as on previewnet); any
  other failure is an error, since guessing the TLD would drop every label
  carrying the real one and let label_available approve minted names.
- label_available asks DotnsRegistrar.ownerOf: a minted name is taken
  whoever holds it, the escrow included, because the gateway only mints
  fresh ids. classify_labels skips non-ASCII store labels instead of
  panicking. A malformed DispatcherAddress is an error, not "not deployed".
- register-name refuses up front what the gateway extension rejects: an
  account that already holds a DotnsGateway.AccountAlias, and a lite link the
  account does not own per DotnsGateway.LiteLabelOwner. Labels follow the
  PopRules tiers as well as the pallet rule: registrable full names are six
  to thirty-two lowercase letters, reservable base names six to eight;
  --reserved-username is validated before startup.
- The Asset Hub metadata fixture is main's paseo-next-asset-hub-metadata.scale
  (byte-identical). The settled-store live test proves paging. The scripted
  in-core test asserts the exact view sequence, origin and H160 argument.
- Docs: previewnet is the only preset whose identity backend onboards new
  auto accounts today; register-name output lines; HOST_CLI_SIGNER_MNEMONIC
  scope; availability response shape; SigningHostConfig's Asset Hub genesis
  is a parity field.
Comment thread rust/crates/truapi-server/src/host_logic/dotns_gateway.rs
Comment thread rust/crates/truapi-server/src/runtime/identity.rs Outdated
Comment thread rust/crates/truapi-host-cli/src/attestation.rs Outdated
Comment thread rust/crates/truapi-host-cli/src/dotns_read.rs Outdated
Comment thread rust/crates/truapi-host-cli/src/register_name.rs
SessionUiInfo/SessionInfo carry the identity material from #403 next to the
dotNS username fields; the codegen golden and Swift bindings are regenerated.
… harden the CLI reads

Review of #426 by sphamjoli.

- The in-core dotNS lookup has a 45 s budget for the whole walk (best block,
  discovery, contract views, label pages) and 10 s per step, instead of 10 s
  for everything.
- resolve_labels warns when the last label page read was still full, so a
  name past the paged range shows in the logs rather than as "no username".
- Backend access tokens are cached per backend base, so two backends in one
  process never share a token.
- AssetHubReader errors on AccountAlias / LiteLabelOwner values of the wrong
  length instead of treating them as absent, and resolves the controller
  once per reader.
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/// characters or fewer as reserved for governance.
pub const MIN_PERSON_LABEL_LEN: usize = 6;
/// Lengths `PopRules.reserveBaseName` accepts for a reserved base name.
pub const RESERVED_LABEL_LEN: core::ops::RangeInclusive<usize> = 6..=8;

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The doc cites PopRules.reserveBaseName (6-8), but the gateway path goes through reserveBaseNameForPop, which has no upper band, and the pallet only requires letters-only up to 32 bytes; so a 9+ letter --reserved-username is legal and claimable on chain yet rejected here.


/// Decodes `DotnsPopController.pendingClaims(address)`, an ABI
/// `(string label, uint64 mintedAt)[]`. Returns the labels.
pub fn decode_pending_claims_array(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<String>, DotnsContractError> {

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This drops mintedAt, so an expired pending claim (7 days, _claimLabelStoreFor skips it, expirePendingClaim sweeps it) still resolves as a username until swept, then silently disappears for store-less users who still own the name on the registrar. Since mintedAt is already decoded, could we filter lapsed entries?

identity
.lite_username
.get_or_insert_with(|| format!("{stem}.{digits}"));
} else if !label.is_empty() {

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identity.full_username is first-wins, but this is not 100% correct. A self-registered or purchased letters-only name that predates the gateway username may be selected instead. chatKey(node) proves gateway provenance but is never cleared on transfer, so filtering on it is not airtight either. We should add a DotnsPopController.usernameNodeOf(address) endpoint and use that here.

Can you just add a TODO comment?

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