@serfab/cadre-core 0.10.0 → 0.11.0

package/src/strand-solicitation.ts

@@ -1,472 +1,472 @@
-import debug from 'debug';
-import { toString as uint8ArrayToString } from 'uint8arrays';
-import { generateKeyPair, privateKeyToProtobuf } from '@libp2p/crypto/keys';
-import { peerIdFromPrivateKey } from '@libp2p/peer-id';
-import type { Libp2p } from '@libp2p/interface';
-import { sign } from '@optimystic/quereus-plugin-crypto';
-import type {
-  OpenInvitation,
-  FormStrandResult,
-  StrandFormationDisclosure
-} from './types.js';
-// control-database does not import this service, so these imports introduce no cycle.
-import { generateStampId, formationConsentMessage } from './control-database.js';
-import { canonicalJson } from './canonical-json.js';
-import { ed25519KeyPairFromLibp2p } from './ed25519-key.js';
-import {
-  StrandFormationManager,
-  type StrandFormationManagerConfig
-} from './strand-formation-manager.js';
-import {
-  isValidResponderCreatesResult,
-  type FormationResultMessage
-} from './strand-formation-protocol.js';
-
-const log = debug('sereus:cadre:solicitation');
-
-/**
- * Interface for validating formation disclosures
- */
-export interface DisclosureValidator {
-  /**
-   * Validate the disclosure provided by an initiator
-   * @param token The invitation token
-   * @param disclosure The disclosure object from the initiator
-   * @returns Whether the disclosure is acceptable
-   */
-  validateDisclosure(token: string, disclosure: StrandFormationDisclosure): Promise<boolean>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Discriminated result of resolving the host strand an invite binds to (responder side):
- *
- * - `unbound`: the invite carries no `StrandId` → the responder-provisions path (provision
- *   a NEW strand; legacy/open).
- * - `bound`: the invite names a host strand AND that strand row is present on this responder
- *   → provision-then-record (record consent against it, return it + its membership key).
- * - `missing`: the invite names a host strand but the row is ABSENT on this responder (e.g.
- *   not yet converged) → the manager rejects cleanly rather than recording usage against a
- *   non-existent strand, which would fail the deferred `FormationUsage.StrandExists` CHECK at
- *   commit and drop the result frame.
- *
- * Replaces the older `{ strandId, memberPrivateKey } | null` shape, which conflated `bound`
- * and `missing` (both produced a non-null result whenever the invite had a `StrandId`).
- *
- * The invite's `ValidationUrl` (the outside approval hook) is deliberately NOT surfaced here:
- * the recorder that performs the write reads it itself, so the choice of which hook to trust
- * never travels through a caller.
- */
-export type ResolvedHostStrand =
-  | { kind: 'unbound' }
-  | { kind: 'bound'; strandId: string; memberPrivateKey: string | null }
-  | { kind: 'missing'; strandId: string };
-
-/**
- * Interface for recording formation usage
- */
-export interface FormationUsageRecorder {
-  /**
-   * Record that a formation invite was used
-   */
-  recordUsage(params: {
-    token: string;
-    /** The joining peer's own ed25519 public key — written to `FormationUsage.PeerKey` and inside BOTH signed digests. */
-    peerKey: string;
-    /** The joiner's signature over the `'consent'` digest — written to `FormationUsage.PeerSig`. */
-    peerSignature: string;
-    /** Joiner-minted single-use nonce; both signed digests cover it. */
-    usageStampId: string;
-    strandId: string;
-    /** Exact text to write to `FormationUsage.Disclosure`; joiner and approver both sign these bytes. */
-    disclosure: string;
-    /** Aborted when the caller has given up; observed BEFORE any write so the invite stays unspent. */
-    signal?: AbortSignal;
-  }): Promise<void>;
-
-  /**
-   * Check if a token has already been used (for single-use invites)
-   */
-  isTokenUsed(token: string): Promise<boolean>;
-
-  /**
-   * Check if a token is valid and not expired
-   */
-  isTokenValid(token: string): Promise<{ valid: boolean; invitation?: OpenInvitation }>;
-
-  /**
-   * Resolve the host strand an invite binds to, classifying it as unbound / bound /
-   * missing (see {@link ResolvedHostStrand}). Optional: a recorder that does not bind
-   * strands omits it, and {@link StrandFormationManager} treats every invite as `unbound`
-   * and falls back to its provisioner. Keeping resolution behind this interface keeps the
-   * manager DB-agnostic and unit-testable with an in-memory fake.
-   */
-  resolveStrand?(token: string): Promise<ResolvedHostStrand>;
-
-  /**
-   * Provision a NEW strand for an UNBOUND invite and record consent against it
-   * ATOMICALLY (single `FormationUsage` row → single-use enforced on the next redemption).
-   * Optional: a recorder that only supports provision-then-record omits it, and the
-   * manager falls back to its {@link StrandProvisioner}. Mirrors the create-strand-by-consent
-   * path the schema's `Strand.AuthorizedInsert` `FormationUsage` branch authorizes. Returns the
-   * minted strand id plus its membership key (null for an open responder-provisioned strand).
-   */
-  provisionAndRecord?(params: {
-    token: string;
-    /** The joining peer's own ed25519 public key — written to `FormationUsage.PeerKey` and inside BOTH signed digests. */
-    peerKey: string;
-    /** The joiner's signature over the `'consent'` digest — written to `FormationUsage.PeerSig`. */
-    peerSignature: string;
-    /** Joiner-minted single-use nonce; both signed digests cover it. */
-    usageStampId: string;
-    sAppId: string;
-    /** Exact text to write to `FormationUsage.Disclosure`; joiner and approver both sign these bytes. */
-    disclosure: string;
-    /** Aborted when the caller has given up; observed BEFORE any write so the invite stays unspent. */
-    signal?: AbortSignal;
-  }): Promise<{ strandId: string; memberPrivateKey: string | null }>;
-
-  /**
-   * Is ANY invitation this recorder knows about unexpired and not fully
-   * consumed? Optional: a recorder that cannot enumerate invitations omits it,
-   * and only locally-minted invitations hold the connection gate's formation
-   * exemption open. Distinct from the per-token {@link isTokenValid} /
-   * {@link isTokenUsed} pair — the connection gate has no token to ask about.
-   */
-  hasOutstandingInvitation?(): Promise<boolean>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Interface for strand provisioning during formation
- */
-export interface StrandProvisioner {
-  /**
-   * Provision a new strand after formation is validated
-   */
-  provisionStrand(
-    sAppId: string,
-    initiatorKey: string,
-    responderKey: string
-  ): Promise<{ strandId: string }>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Interface for validating the responder's formation result on the initiator side.
- *
- * Symmetric to {@link DisclosureValidator} (which runs responder→initiator): it lets
- * the initiator verify the responder's disclosed identity, cadre, and provisioned
- * strand against the invitation/disclosure it used to form the strand. The manager
- * owns one dialer session per `formStrand` call, so the per-session invitation +
- * disclosure context is local — no hook-signature gymnastics needed.
- */
-export interface FormationResponseValidator {
-  /** Validate the responder's result against the invitation/disclosure used to form the strand. */
-  validateResponse(ctx: {
-    invitation: OpenInvitation;
-    disclosure: StrandFormationDisclosure;
-    response: FormationResultMessage;
-  }): Promise<boolean>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Built-in structural {@link FormationResponseValidator}.
- *
- * `validateResponse` rejects when the responder did not approve, omitted a disclosed
- * identity, returned no/placeholder cadre addresses, or returned a missing/empty or
- * non-responder-created strand (see {@link isValidResponderCreatesResult}).
- * Apps can supply a stricter validator via {@link StrandSolicitationServiceOptions}.
- */
-export function createDefaultFormationResponseValidator(): FormationResponseValidator {
-  return {
-    async validateResponse({ response }) {
-      return isValidResponderCreatesResult(response);
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-export interface StrandSolicitationServiceOptions {
-  disclosureValidator?: DisclosureValidator;
-  formationUsageRecorder?: FormationUsageRecorder;
-  strandProvisioner?: StrandProvisioner;
-  /** Validates the responder's result on the initiator side (defaults to a structural check) */
-  formationResponseValidator?: FormationResponseValidator;
-  /** Party ID for this node (used in protocol messages) */
-  partyId?: string;
-  /** Cadre peer addresses for this node */
-  cadrePeerAddrs?: string[];
-  /** Configuration for the formation manager */
-  formationConfig?: StrandFormationManagerConfig;
-}
-
-/**
- * Strand Solicitation API for forming strands via open invitations.
- *
- * This service handles the high-level API defined in api.md:
- * - formStrand(invitation, disclosure, node) - called by initiator
- *
- * Outside approval of a redemption (an invite's `ValidationUrl`) is NOT here: it belongs to
- * the redeeming node, which alone mints the nonce the approval is bound to. See
- * `formation-approval.ts`.
- *
- * When a libp2p node is provided, the underlying protocol is handled by the
- * native cadre-core formation transport via StrandFormationManager.
- */
-export class StrandSolicitationService {
-  private readonly disclosureValidator?: DisclosureValidator;
-  private readonly formationUsageRecorder?: FormationUsageRecorder;
-  private readonly strandProvisioner?: StrandProvisioner;
-  private readonly formationResponseValidator?: FormationResponseValidator;
-  private readonly partyId: string;
-  private readonly cadrePeerAddrs: string[];
-  private formationManager?: StrandFormationManager;
-  private readonly formationConfig?: StrandFormationManagerConfig;
-  /**
-   * Tokens this process has minted (or published), mapped to their expiry
-   * epoch-ms — the in-memory half of {@link hasOutstandingInvitation}. Dies with
-   * the process, exactly like `CadreNode`'s enrollment window; a token that also
-   * reached the durable `FormationInvite` table survives via the recorder.
-   *
-   * NOTE: pruned only while {@link hasOutstandingInvitation} runs, so a node that
-   * mints steadily and never receives an inbound stranger retains every entry for
-   * the process's life. Bounded by mint rate today; if a host ever mints at scale,
-   * prune on a timer (or cap the map) instead of only on read.
-   */
-  private readonly mintedInvitations = new Map<string, number>();
-
-  constructor(options?: StrandSolicitationServiceOptions) {
-    this.disclosureValidator = options?.disclosureValidator;
-    this.formationUsageRecorder = options?.formationUsageRecorder;
-    this.strandProvisioner = options?.strandProvisioner;
-    this.formationResponseValidator = options?.formationResponseValidator;
-    this.partyId = options?.partyId ?? `party-${Date.now()}`;
-    this.cadrePeerAddrs = options?.cadrePeerAddrs ?? [];
-    this.formationConfig = options?.formationConfig;
-    log('StrandSolicitationService created for party: %s', this.partyId);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Get or create the StrandFormationManager.
-   * Lazily initialized to allow configuration after construction.
-   */
-  private getFormationManager(): StrandFormationManager {
-    if (!this.formationManager) {
-      this.formationManager = new StrandFormationManager({
-        disclosureValidator: this.disclosureValidator,
-        formationUsageRecorder: this.formationUsageRecorder,
-        strandProvisioner: this.strandProvisioner,
-        formationResponseValidator: this.formationResponseValidator,
-        partyId: this.partyId,
-        cadrePeerAddrs: this.cadrePeerAddrs,
-        config: this.formationConfig
-      });
-    }
-    return this.formationManager;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Register as a responder on a libp2p node.
-   * This enables the node to handle incoming strand formation requests.
-   */
-  registerResponder(node: Libp2p): void {
-    this.getFormationManager().registerResponder(node);
-    log('Registered as responder');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Unregister as a responder from a libp2p node.
-   */
-  unregisterResponder(node: Libp2p): void {
-    this.getFormationManager().unregisterResponder(node);
-    log('Unregistered as responder');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Form a strand with a responder via an open invitation.
-   *
-   * Called by the initiator (the party who received an out-of-band invitation).
-   * This generates a member key, contacts the responder's cadre, and negotiates
-   * strand formation.
-   *
-   * @param invitation The open invitation (or just token for legacy API)
-   * @param disclosure Identity/context information to share with the responder
-   * @param node Optional libp2p node for real protocol handling
-   * @returns The member key and strand info if successful
-   */
-  async formStrand(
-    invitation: OpenInvitation | string,
-    disclosure: StrandFormationDisclosure,
-    node?: Libp2p
-  ): Promise<FormStrandResult> {
-    // Handle legacy API where just token was passed
-    const token = typeof invitation === 'string' ? invitation : invitation.token;
-    log('Forming strand with token: %s', token);
-
-    // Generate a new keypair for this strand membership
-    const privateKey = await generateKeyPair('Ed25519');
-    const peerId = peerIdFromPrivateKey(privateKey);
-    const privateKeyBytes = privateKeyToProtobuf(privateKey);
-
-    const memberKey = peerId.toString();
-    const invitePrivateKey = uint8ArrayToString(privateKeyBytes, 'base64');
-
-    log('Generated member key: %s', memberKey);
-
-    // If we have a full invitation and a node, use the real protocol
-    if (typeof invitation !== 'string' && node) {
-      log('Using native cadre-core formation transport');
-      const { privateKeyB64, publicKeyB64 } = ed25519KeyPairFromLibp2p(privateKey);
-      const usageStampId = generateStampId(memberKey);
-      // Built ONCE, AFTER the partyId override: this exact object travels to the
-      // responder, and its canonical serialization is the disclosure text the consent
-      // signature covers and the responder writes to `FormationUsage.Disclosure`.
-      const fullDisclosure = { ...disclosure, partyId: memberKey };
-      const peerSignature = sign(
-        formationConsentMessage({
-          token,
-          usageStampId,
-          peerKey: publicKeyB64,
-          disclosure: canonicalJson(fullDisclosure)
-        }),
-        privateKeyB64,
-        'ed25519',
-        'bytes',
-        'base64url',
-        'base64url'
-      ) as string;
-      const result = await this.getFormationManager().formStrand(
-        invitation,
-        fullDisclosure,
-        { peerKey: publicKeyB64, usageStampId, peerSignature },
-        node
-      );
-      return {
-        memberKey,
-        invitePrivateKey,
-        strandId: result.strandId,
-        // Carry the host strand's membership key delivered over the protocol (closed-strand
-        // provision-then-record). invitePrivateKey stays the initiator's generated signing key.
-        memberPrivateKey: result.memberPrivateKey
-      };
-    }
-
-    // Fallback: placeholder strandId (for testing without network)
-    log('No node provided, using placeholder strandId');
-    const strandId = `strand-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
-
-    return {
-      memberKey,
-      invitePrivateKey,
-      strandId
-    };
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create an open invitation for others to form strands with this party.
-   *
-   * @param sAppId The sApp to use for formed strands
-   * @param expirationMs How long the invitation is valid (ms from now)
-   * @param bootstrap Bootstrap addresses for contacting this party's cadre
-   * @returns The open invitation to share out-of-band
-   */
-  async createOpenInvitation(
-    sAppId: string,
-    expirationMs: number,
-    bootstrap: string[]
-  ): Promise<OpenInvitation> {
-    // Generate a unique token
-    const token = `invite-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 11)}`;
-    const expiration = new Date(Date.now() + expirationMs);
-    this.registerMintedInvitation(token, expiration.getTime());
-
-    log('Created open invitation: %s (expires %s)', token, expiration.toISOString());
-
-    return {
-      token,
-      sAppId,
-      expiration,
-      bootstrap
-    };
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Remember a token this node minted (or published) so
-   * {@link hasOutstandingInvitation} can answer "yes" before the durable
-   * `FormationInvite` row is readable — or when there is no durable store at
-   * all. `expiresAtMs` may be `Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY` for an invitation that
-   * never expires.
-   */
-  registerMintedInvitation(token: string, expiresAtMs: number): void {
-    this.mintedInvitations.set(token, expiresAtMs);
-    log('Registered minted invitation %s (expires %d)', token, expiresAtMs);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Does this node currently expect a stranger — i.e. is at least one open
-   * invitation unexpired and not yet fully consumed? Sole input to the
-   * control-network connection gate's formation exemption.
-   *
-   * Two sources, in order:
-   *
-   *  1. The local mint registry ({@link registerMintedInvitation}), which is
-   *     in-memory and dies with the process. Expired entries are dropped. With
-   *     no {@link FormationUsageRecorder} configured there is no consumption
-   *     oracle, so an unexpired minted token counts as outstanding by
-   *     construction; with one, a token it reports used is deleted (consumption
-   *     is permanent, so the registry never reconsiders it).
-   *  2. The recorder's optional {@link FormationUsageRecorder.hasOutstandingInvitation},
-   *     which survives restarts and sees invitations replicated in from siblings.
-   *
-   * Re-entrant: concurrent inbound connections each call this independently and
-   * the only mutation is deleting expired/consumed entries, which is monotonic.
-   */
-  async hasOutstandingInvitation(): Promise<boolean> {
-    const now = Date.now();
-    for (const [token, expiresAtMs] of this.mintedInvitations) {
-      if (expiresAtMs <= now) {
-        this.mintedInvitations.delete(token);
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (!this.formationUsageRecorder) {
-        return true;
-      }
-      if (!(await this.formationUsageRecorder.isTokenUsed(token))) {
-        return true;
-      }
-      this.mintedInvitations.delete(token);
-    }
-    return (await this.formationUsageRecorder?.hasOutstandingInvitation?.()) ?? false;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Record that a formation was completed successfully.
-   * Called after strand provisioning to track usage.
-   *
-   * `consent` carries the joiner-signed fields `recordUsage` now requires
-   * (see {@link FormationUsageRecorder.recordUsage}); this helper only passes them through.
-   *
-   * NOTE: this reaches `recordUsage` without passing through
-   * `StrandFormationManager.provisionAsResponder`, so `disclosure` skips that path's
-   * `MAX_DISCLOSURE_BYTES` cap. Harmless today — its only callers are integration-test mocks
-   * that all default to `''` — but if a production caller ever passes a real disclosure here,
-   * cap it too (the approver signs those bytes verbatim).
-   */
-  async recordFormationComplete(
-    token: string,
-    peerKey: string,
-    strandId: string,
-    consent: { usageStampId: string; peerSignature: string },
-    disclosure = ''
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.formationUsageRecorder) {
-      await this.formationUsageRecorder.recordUsage({
-        token,
-        peerKey,
-        peerSignature: consent.peerSignature,
-        usageStampId: consent.usageStampId,
-        strandId,
-        disclosure
-      });
-      log('Recorded formation usage: token=%s strand=%s', token, strandId);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
+import debug from 'debug';
+import { toString as uint8ArrayToString } from 'uint8arrays';
+import { generateKeyPair, privateKeyToProtobuf } from '@libp2p/crypto/keys';
+import { peerIdFromPrivateKey } from '@libp2p/peer-id';
+import type { Libp2p } from '@libp2p/interface';
+import { sign } from '@optimystic/quereus-plugin-crypto';
+import type {
+  OpenInvitation,
+  FormStrandResult,
+  StrandFormationDisclosure
+} from './types.js';
+// control-database does not import this service, so these imports introduce no cycle.
+import { generateStampId, formationConsentMessage } from './control-database.js';
+import { canonicalJson } from './canonical-json.js';
+import { ed25519KeyPairFromLibp2p } from './ed25519-key.js';
+import {
+  StrandFormationManager,
+  type StrandFormationManagerConfig
+} from './strand-formation-manager.js';
+import {
+  isValidResponderCreatesResult,
+  type FormationResultMessage
+} from './strand-formation-protocol.js';
+
+const log = debug('sereus:cadre:solicitation');
+
+/**
+ * Interface for validating formation disclosures
+ */
+export interface DisclosureValidator {
+  /**
+   * Validate the disclosure provided by an initiator
+   * @param token The invitation token
+   * @param disclosure The disclosure object from the initiator
+   * @returns Whether the disclosure is acceptable
+   */
+  validateDisclosure(token: string, disclosure: StrandFormationDisclosure): Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Discriminated result of resolving the host strand an invite binds to (responder side):
+ *
+ * - `unbound`: the invite carries no `StrandId` → the responder-provisions path (provision
+ *   a NEW strand; legacy/open).
+ * - `bound`: the invite names a host strand AND that strand row is present on this responder
+ *   → provision-then-record (record consent against it, return it + its membership key).
+ * - `missing`: the invite names a host strand but the row is ABSENT on this responder (e.g.
+ *   not yet converged) → the manager rejects cleanly rather than recording usage against a
+ *   non-existent strand, which would fail the deferred `FormationUsage.StrandExists` CHECK at
+ *   commit and drop the result frame.
+ *
+ * Replaces the older `{ strandId, memberPrivateKey } | null` shape, which conflated `bound`
+ * and `missing` (both produced a non-null result whenever the invite had a `StrandId`).
+ *
+ * The invite's `ValidationUrl` (the outside approval hook) is deliberately NOT surfaced here:
+ * the recorder that performs the write reads it itself, so the choice of which hook to trust
+ * never travels through a caller.
+ */
+export type ResolvedHostStrand =
+  | { kind: 'unbound' }
+  | { kind: 'bound'; strandId: string; memberPrivateKey: string | null }
+  | { kind: 'missing'; strandId: string };
+
+/**
+ * Interface for recording formation usage
+ */
+export interface FormationUsageRecorder {
+  /**
+   * Record that a formation invite was used
+   */
+  recordUsage(params: {
+    token: string;
+    /** The joining peer's own ed25519 public key — written to `FormationUsage.PeerKey` and inside BOTH signed digests. */
+    peerKey: string;
+    /** The joiner's signature over the `'consent'` digest — written to `FormationUsage.PeerSig`. */
+    peerSignature: string;
+    /** Joiner-minted single-use nonce; both signed digests cover it. */
+    usageStampId: string;
+    strandId: string;
+    /** Exact text to write to `FormationUsage.Disclosure`; joiner and approver both sign these bytes. */
+    disclosure: string;
+    /** Aborted when the caller has given up; observed BEFORE any write so the invite stays unspent. */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+  }): Promise<void>;
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a token has already been used (for single-use invites)
+   */
+  isTokenUsed(token: string): Promise<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a token is valid and not expired
+   */
+  isTokenValid(token: string): Promise<{ valid: boolean; invitation?: OpenInvitation }>;
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve the host strand an invite binds to, classifying it as unbound / bound /
+   * missing (see {@link ResolvedHostStrand}). Optional: a recorder that does not bind
+   * strands omits it, and {@link StrandFormationManager} treats every invite as `unbound`
+   * and falls back to its provisioner. Keeping resolution behind this interface keeps the
+   * manager DB-agnostic and unit-testable with an in-memory fake.
+   */
+  resolveStrand?(token: string): Promise<ResolvedHostStrand>;
+
+  /**
+   * Provision a NEW strand for an UNBOUND invite and record consent against it
+   * ATOMICALLY (single `FormationUsage` row → single-use enforced on the next redemption).
+   * Optional: a recorder that only supports provision-then-record omits it, and the
+   * manager falls back to its {@link StrandProvisioner}. Mirrors the create-strand-by-consent
+   * path the schema's `Strand.AuthorizedInsert` `FormationUsage` branch authorizes. Returns the
+   * minted strand id plus its membership key (null for an open responder-provisioned strand).
+   */
+  provisionAndRecord?(params: {
+    token: string;
+    /** The joining peer's own ed25519 public key — written to `FormationUsage.PeerKey` and inside BOTH signed digests. */
+    peerKey: string;
+    /** The joiner's signature over the `'consent'` digest — written to `FormationUsage.PeerSig`. */
+    peerSignature: string;
+    /** Joiner-minted single-use nonce; both signed digests cover it. */
+    usageStampId: string;
+    sAppId: string;
+    /** Exact text to write to `FormationUsage.Disclosure`; joiner and approver both sign these bytes. */
+    disclosure: string;
+    /** Aborted when the caller has given up; observed BEFORE any write so the invite stays unspent. */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+  }): Promise<{ strandId: string; memberPrivateKey: string | null }>;
+
+  /**
+   * Is ANY invitation this recorder knows about unexpired and not fully
+   * consumed? Optional: a recorder that cannot enumerate invitations omits it,
+   * and only locally-minted invitations hold the connection gate's formation
+   * exemption open. Distinct from the per-token {@link isTokenValid} /
+   * {@link isTokenUsed} pair — the connection gate has no token to ask about.
+   */
+  hasOutstandingInvitation?(): Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for strand provisioning during formation
+ */
+export interface StrandProvisioner {
+  /**
+   * Provision a new strand after formation is validated
+   */
+  provisionStrand(
+    sAppId: string,
+    initiatorKey: string,
+    responderKey: string
+  ): Promise<{ strandId: string }>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for validating the responder's formation result on the initiator side.
+ *
+ * Symmetric to {@link DisclosureValidator} (which runs responder→initiator): it lets
+ * the initiator verify the responder's disclosed identity, cadre, and provisioned
+ * strand against the invitation/disclosure it used to form the strand. The manager
+ * owns one dialer session per `formStrand` call, so the per-session invitation +
+ * disclosure context is local — no hook-signature gymnastics needed.
+ */
+export interface FormationResponseValidator {
+  /** Validate the responder's result against the invitation/disclosure used to form the strand. */
+  validateResponse(ctx: {
+    invitation: OpenInvitation;
+    disclosure: StrandFormationDisclosure;
+    response: FormationResultMessage;
+  }): Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Built-in structural {@link FormationResponseValidator}.
+ *
+ * `validateResponse` rejects when the responder did not approve, omitted a disclosed
+ * identity, returned no/placeholder cadre addresses, or returned a missing/empty or
+ * non-responder-created strand (see {@link isValidResponderCreatesResult}).
+ * Apps can supply a stricter validator via {@link StrandSolicitationServiceOptions}.
+ */
+export function createDefaultFormationResponseValidator(): FormationResponseValidator {
+  return {
+    async validateResponse({ response }) {
+      return isValidResponderCreatesResult(response);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+export interface StrandSolicitationServiceOptions {
+  disclosureValidator?: DisclosureValidator;
+  formationUsageRecorder?: FormationUsageRecorder;
+  strandProvisioner?: StrandProvisioner;
+  /** Validates the responder's result on the initiator side (defaults to a structural check) */
+  formationResponseValidator?: FormationResponseValidator;
+  /** Party ID for this node (used in protocol messages) */
+  partyId?: string;
+  /** Cadre peer addresses for this node */
+  cadrePeerAddrs?: string[];
+  /** Configuration for the formation manager */
+  formationConfig?: StrandFormationManagerConfig;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Strand Solicitation API for forming strands via open invitations.
+ *
+ * This service handles the high-level API defined in api.md:
+ * - formStrand(invitation, disclosure, node) - called by initiator
+ *
+ * Outside approval of a redemption (an invite's `ValidationUrl`) is NOT here: it belongs to
+ * the redeeming node, which alone mints the nonce the approval is bound to. See
+ * `formation-approval.ts`.
+ *
+ * When a libp2p node is provided, the underlying protocol is handled by the
+ * native cadre-core formation transport via StrandFormationManager.
+ */
+export class StrandSolicitationService {
+  private readonly disclosureValidator?: DisclosureValidator;
+  private readonly formationUsageRecorder?: FormationUsageRecorder;
+  private readonly strandProvisioner?: StrandProvisioner;
+  private readonly formationResponseValidator?: FormationResponseValidator;
+  private readonly partyId: string;
+  private readonly cadrePeerAddrs: string[];
+  private formationManager?: StrandFormationManager;
+  private readonly formationConfig?: StrandFormationManagerConfig;
+  /**
+   * Tokens this process has minted (or published), mapped to their expiry
+   * epoch-ms — the in-memory half of {@link hasOutstandingInvitation}. Dies with
+   * the process, exactly like `CadreNode`'s enrollment window; a token that also
+   * reached the durable `FormationInvite` table survives via the recorder.
+   *
+   * NOTE: pruned only while {@link hasOutstandingInvitation} runs, so a node that
+   * mints steadily and never receives an inbound stranger retains every entry for
+   * the process's life. Bounded by mint rate today; if a host ever mints at scale,
+   * prune on a timer (or cap the map) instead of only on read.
+   */
+  private readonly mintedInvitations = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  constructor(options?: StrandSolicitationServiceOptions) {
+    this.disclosureValidator = options?.disclosureValidator;
+    this.formationUsageRecorder = options?.formationUsageRecorder;
+    this.strandProvisioner = options?.strandProvisioner;
+    this.formationResponseValidator = options?.formationResponseValidator;
+    this.partyId = options?.partyId ?? `party-${Date.now()}`;
+    this.cadrePeerAddrs = options?.cadrePeerAddrs ?? [];
+    this.formationConfig = options?.formationConfig;
+    log('StrandSolicitationService created for party: %s', this.partyId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get or create the StrandFormationManager.
+   * Lazily initialized to allow configuration after construction.
+   */
+  private getFormationManager(): StrandFormationManager {
+    if (!this.formationManager) {
+      this.formationManager = new StrandFormationManager({
+        disclosureValidator: this.disclosureValidator,
+        formationUsageRecorder: this.formationUsageRecorder,
+        strandProvisioner: this.strandProvisioner,
+        formationResponseValidator: this.formationResponseValidator,
+        partyId: this.partyId,
+        cadrePeerAddrs: this.cadrePeerAddrs,
+        config: this.formationConfig
+      });
+    }
+    return this.formationManager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register as a responder on a libp2p node.
+   * This enables the node to handle incoming strand formation requests.
+   */
+  registerResponder(node: Libp2p): void {
+    this.getFormationManager().registerResponder(node);
+    log('Registered as responder');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Unregister as a responder from a libp2p node.
+   */
+  unregisterResponder(node: Libp2p): void {
+    this.getFormationManager().unregisterResponder(node);
+    log('Unregistered as responder');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Form a strand with a responder via an open invitation.
+   *
+   * Called by the initiator (the party who received an out-of-band invitation).
+   * This generates a member key, contacts the responder's cadre, and negotiates
+   * strand formation.
+   *
+   * @param invitation The open invitation (or just token for legacy API)
+   * @param disclosure Identity/context information to share with the responder
+   * @param node Optional libp2p node for real protocol handling
+   * @returns The member key and strand info if successful
+   */
+  async formStrand(
+    invitation: OpenInvitation | string,
+    disclosure: StrandFormationDisclosure,
+    node?: Libp2p
+  ): Promise<FormStrandResult> {
+    // Handle legacy API where just token was passed
+    const token = typeof invitation === 'string' ? invitation : invitation.token;
+    log('Forming strand with token: %s', token);
+
+    // Generate a new keypair for this strand membership
+    const privateKey = await generateKeyPair('Ed25519');
+    const peerId = peerIdFromPrivateKey(privateKey);
+    const privateKeyBytes = privateKeyToProtobuf(privateKey);
+
+    const memberKey = peerId.toString();
+    const invitePrivateKey = uint8ArrayToString(privateKeyBytes, 'base64');
+
+    log('Generated member key: %s', memberKey);
+
+    // If we have a full invitation and a node, use the real protocol
+    if (typeof invitation !== 'string' && node) {
+      log('Using native cadre-core formation transport');
+      const { privateKeyB64, publicKeyB64 } = ed25519KeyPairFromLibp2p(privateKey);
+      const usageStampId = generateStampId(memberKey);
+      // Built ONCE, AFTER the partyId override: this exact object travels to the
+      // responder, and its canonical serialization is the disclosure text the consent
+      // signature covers and the responder writes to `FormationUsage.Disclosure`.
+      const fullDisclosure = { ...disclosure, partyId: memberKey };
+      const peerSignature = sign(
+        formationConsentMessage({
+          token,
+          usageStampId,
+          peerKey: publicKeyB64,
+          disclosure: canonicalJson(fullDisclosure)
+        }),
+        privateKeyB64,
+        'ed25519',
+        'bytes',
+        'base64url',
+        'base64url'
+      ) as string;
+      const result = await this.getFormationManager().formStrand(
+        invitation,
+        fullDisclosure,
+        { peerKey: publicKeyB64, usageStampId, peerSignature },
+        node
+      );
+      return {
+        memberKey,
+        invitePrivateKey,
+        strandId: result.strandId,
+        // Carry the host strand's membership key delivered over the protocol (closed-strand
+        // provision-then-record). invitePrivateKey stays the initiator's generated signing key.
+        memberPrivateKey: result.memberPrivateKey
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: placeholder strandId (for testing without network)
+    log('No node provided, using placeholder strandId');
+    const strandId = `strand-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
+
+    return {
+      memberKey,
+      invitePrivateKey,
+      strandId
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create an open invitation for others to form strands with this party.
+   *
+   * @param sAppId The sApp to use for formed strands
+   * @param expirationMs How long the invitation is valid (ms from now)
+   * @param bootstrap Bootstrap addresses for contacting this party's cadre
+   * @returns The open invitation to share out-of-band
+   */
+  async createOpenInvitation(
+    sAppId: string,
+    expirationMs: number,
+    bootstrap: string[]
+  ): Promise<OpenInvitation> {
+    // Generate a unique token
+    const token = `invite-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 11)}`;
+    const expiration = new Date(Date.now() + expirationMs);
+    this.registerMintedInvitation(token, expiration.getTime());
+
+    log('Created open invitation: %s (expires %s)', token, expiration.toISOString());
+
+    return {
+      token,
+      sAppId,
+      expiration,
+      bootstrap
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remember a token this node minted (or published) so
+   * {@link hasOutstandingInvitation} can answer "yes" before the durable
+   * `FormationInvite` row is readable — or when there is no durable store at
+   * all. `expiresAtMs` may be `Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY` for an invitation that
+   * never expires.
+   */
+  registerMintedInvitation(token: string, expiresAtMs: number): void {
+    this.mintedInvitations.set(token, expiresAtMs);
+    log('Registered minted invitation %s (expires %d)', token, expiresAtMs);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Does this node currently expect a stranger — i.e. is at least one open
+   * invitation unexpired and not yet fully consumed? Sole input to the
+   * control-network connection gate's formation exemption.
+   *
+   * Two sources, in order:
+   *
+   *  1. The local mint registry ({@link registerMintedInvitation}), which is
+   *     in-memory and dies with the process. Expired entries are dropped. With
+   *     no {@link FormationUsageRecorder} configured there is no consumption
+   *     oracle, so an unexpired minted token counts as outstanding by
+   *     construction; with one, a token it reports used is deleted (consumption
+   *     is permanent, so the registry never reconsiders it).
+   *  2. The recorder's optional {@link FormationUsageRecorder.hasOutstandingInvitation},
+   *     which survives restarts and sees invitations replicated in from siblings.
+   *
+   * Re-entrant: concurrent inbound connections each call this independently and
+   * the only mutation is deleting expired/consumed entries, which is monotonic.
+   */
+  async hasOutstandingInvitation(): Promise<boolean> {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    for (const [token, expiresAtMs] of this.mintedInvitations) {
+      if (expiresAtMs <= now) {
+        this.mintedInvitations.delete(token);
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (!this.formationUsageRecorder) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (!(await this.formationUsageRecorder.isTokenUsed(token))) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      this.mintedInvitations.delete(token);
+    }
+    return (await this.formationUsageRecorder?.hasOutstandingInvitation?.()) ?? false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Record that a formation was completed successfully.
+   * Called after strand provisioning to track usage.
+   *
+   * `consent` carries the joiner-signed fields `recordUsage` now requires
+   * (see {@link FormationUsageRecorder.recordUsage}); this helper only passes them through.
+   *
+   * NOTE: this reaches `recordUsage` without passing through
+   * `StrandFormationManager.provisionAsResponder`, so `disclosure` skips that path's
+   * `MAX_DISCLOSURE_BYTES` cap. Harmless today — its only callers are integration-test mocks
+   * that all default to `''` — but if a production caller ever passes a real disclosure here,
+   * cap it too (the approver signs those bytes verbatim).
+   */
+  async recordFormationComplete(
+    token: string,
+    peerKey: string,
+    strandId: string,
+    consent: { usageStampId: string; peerSignature: string },
+    disclosure = ''
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.formationUsageRecorder) {
+      await this.formationUsageRecorder.recordUsage({
+        token,
+        peerKey,
+        peerSignature: consent.peerSignature,
+        usageStampId: consent.usageStampId,
+        strandId,
+        disclosure
+      });
+      log('Recorded formation usage: token=%s strand=%s', token, strandId);
+    }
+  }
+}
+