Major architectural change: page function dispatch and handler execution
now go through the OCaml kernel instead of the Python bootstrapped evaluator.
OCaml integration:
- Page dispatch: bridge.eval() evaluates SX URL expressions (geography, marshes, etc.)
- Handler aser: bridge.aser() serializes handler responses as SX wire format
- _ensure_components loads all .sx files into OCaml kernel (spec, web adapter, handlers)
- defhandler/defpage registered as no-op special forms so handler files load
- helper IO primitive dispatches to Python page helpers + IO handlers
- ok-raw response format for SX wire format (no double-escaping)
- Natural list serialization in eval (no (list ...) wrapper)
- Clean pipe: _read_until_ok always sends io-response on error
SX adapter (aser):
- scope-emit!/scope-peek aliases to avoid CEK special form conflict
- aser-fragment/aser-call: strings starting with "(" pass through unserialized
- Registered cond-scheme?, is-else-clause?, primitive?, get-primitive in kernel
- random-int, parse-int as kernel primitives; json-encode, into via IO bridge
Handler migration:
- All IO calls converted to (helper "name" args...) pattern
- request-arg, request-form, state-get, state-set!, now, component-source etc.
- Fixed bare (effect ...) in island bodies leaking disposer functions as text
- Fixed lower-case → lower, ~search-results → ~examples/search-results
Reactive islands:
- sx-hydrate-islands called after client-side navigation swap
- force-dispose-islands-in for outerHTML swaps (clears hydration markers)
- clear-processed! platform primitive for re-hydration
Content restructuring:
- Design, event bridge, named stores, phase 2 consolidated into reactive overview
- Marshes split into overview + 5 example sub-pages
- Nav links use sx-get/sx-target for client-side navigation
Playwright test suite (sx/tests/test_demos.py):
- 83 tests covering hypermedia demos, reactive islands, marshes, spec explorer
- Server-side rendering, handler interactions, island hydration, navigation
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shared
Shared infrastructure, models, contracts, services, and templates used by all five Rose Ash microservices (blog, market, cart, events, federation). Included as a git submodule in each app.
Structure
shared/
db/
base.py # SQLAlchemy declarative Base
session.py # Async session factory (get_session, register_db)
models/ # Canonical domain models
user.py # User
magic_link.py # MagicLink (auth tokens)
(domain_event.py removed — table dropped, see migration n4l2i8j0k1)
kv.py # KeyValue (key-value store)
menu_item.py # MenuItem (deprecated — use MenuNode)
menu_node.py # MenuNode (navigation tree)
container_relation.py # ContainerRelation (parent-child content)
ghost_membership_entities.py # GhostNewsletter, UserNewsletter
federation.py # ActorProfile, APActivity, APFollower, APFollowing,
# RemoteActor, APRemotePost, APLocalPost,
# APInteraction, APNotification, APAnchor, IPFSPin
contracts/
dtos.py # Frozen dataclasses for cross-domain data transfer
protocols.py # Service protocols (Blog, Calendar, Market, Cart, Federation)
widgets.py # Widget types (NavWidget, CardWidget, AccountPageWidget)
services/
registry.py # Typed singleton: services.blog, .calendar, .market, .cart, .federation
blog_impl.py # SqlBlogService
calendar_impl.py # SqlCalendarService
market_impl.py # SqlMarketService
cart_impl.py # SqlCartService
federation_impl.py # SqlFederationService
federation_publish.py # try_publish() — inline AP publication helper
stubs.py # No-op stubs for absent domains
navigation.py # get_navigation_tree()
relationships.py # attach_child, get_children, detach_child
widget_registry.py # Widget registry singleton
widgets/ # Per-domain widget registration
infrastructure/
factory.py # create_base_app() — Quart app factory
cart_identity.py # current_cart_identity() (user_id or session_id)
cart_loader.py # Cart data loader for context processors
context.py # Jinja2 context processors
jinja_setup.py # Jinja2 template environment setup
urls.py # URL helpers (blog_url, market_url, etc.)
user_loader.py # Load current user from session
http_utils.py # HTTP utility functions
events/
bus.py # emit_activity(), register_activity_handler()
processor.py # EventProcessor (polls ap_activities, runs handlers)
handlers/ # Shared activity handlers
container_handlers.py # Navigation rebuild on attach/detach
login_handlers.py # Cart/entry adoption on login
order_handlers.py # Order lifecycle events
ap_delivery_handler.py # AP activity delivery to follower inboxes (wildcard)
utils/
__init__.py
calendar_helpers.py # Calendar period/entry utilities
http_signatures.py # RSA keypair generation, HTTP signature signing/verification
ipfs_client.py # Async IPFS client (add_bytes, add_json, pin_cid)
anchoring.py # Merkle trees + OpenTimestamps Bitcoin anchoring
webfinger.py # WebFinger actor resolution
browser/
app/ # Middleware, CSRF, errors, Redis caching, authz, filters
templates/ # ~300 Jinja2 templates shared across all apps
containers.py # ContainerType, container_filter, content_filter helpers
config.py # YAML config loader
log_config/setup.py # Logging configuration (JSON formatter)
static/ # Shared static assets (CSS, JS, images, FontAwesome)
editor/ # Koenig (Ghost) rich text editor build
alembic/ # Database migrations
Key Patterns
- App factory: All apps call
create_base_app()which sets up DB sessions, CSRF, error handling, event processing, logging, widget registration, and domain service wiring. - Service contracts: Cross-domain communication via typed Protocols + frozen DTO dataclasses. Apps call
services.calendar.method(), never import models from other domains. - Service registry: Typed singleton (
services.blog,.calendar,.market,.cart,.federation). Apps wire their own domain + stubs for others viaregister_domain_services(). - Activity bus:
emit_activity()writes toap_activitiestable in the caller's transaction.EventProcessorpolls pending activities and dispatches to registered handlers. Internal events usevisibility="internal"; federation activities usevisibility="public"and are delivered to follower inboxes by the wildcard delivery handler. - Widget registry: Domain services register widgets (nav, card, account); templates consume via
widgets.container_nav,widgets.container_cards. - Cart identity:
current_cart_identity()returns{"user_id": int|None, "session_id": str|None}from the request session.
Alembic Migrations
All apps share one PostgreSQL database. Migrations are managed here and run from the blog app's entrypoint (other apps skip migrations on startup).
alembic -c shared/alembic.ini upgrade head