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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions package.json
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
{
"name": "safe-write-mcp-core",
"version": "0.1.0",
"description": "Two-phase write core for MCP servers: preview-then-execute plan tokens, out-of-band localhost approval, audit hooks.",
"version": "0.2.0",
"description": "Two-phase write core for MCP servers: preview-then-execute plan tokens, out-of-band localhost approval, crash-safe execution journal, audit hooks.",
"license": "MIT",
"type": "module",
"main": "./dist/index.js",
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/audit.ts
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export type AuditStatus =
| "previewed"
| "awaiting_approval"
| "approved"
| "executing"
| "executed"
| "rejected"
| "refused"
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion src/errors.ts
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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ export type PlanErrorCode =
| "PLAN_USED"
| "PLAN_MISMATCH"
| "AWAITING_APPROVAL"
| "PLAN_REJECTED";
| "PLAN_REJECTED"
| "PLAN_EXECUTING"
| "PLAN_NOT_EXECUTING"
| "RECONCILE_NOT_DONE"
| "RECONCILE_UNKNOWN";

/**
* Structured error, mirroring the sw-postgres-mcp convention: `code` is
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions src/index.ts
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Expand Up @@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ export { fingerprint } from "./fingerprint.js";
export { PlanStore } from "./planStore.js";
export type {
ApproveResult,
BeginExecuteResult,
ConsumeResult,
ConfirmResult,
PendingPlan,
PlanCreated,
PlanCreateOptions,
PlanMeta,
PlanStoreOptions,
ReconcileCallback,
ReconcileResult,
RejectResult,
} from "./planStore.js";
export { createApprovalServer, startApprovalServer } from "./approvalServer.js";
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RenderablePlan,
RenderPlan,
} from "./approvalServer.js";

// Journal exports
export { FileJournal, NoopJournal } from "./journal.js";
export type { Journal, JournalEntry, JournalStatus } from "./journal.js";
export { replayJournal } from "./replay.js";
167 changes: 167 additions & 0 deletions src/journal.ts
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import { closeSync, existsSync, openSync, readFileSync, fsyncSync, mkdirSync, writeSync } from "node:fs";
import { dirname } from "node:path";

import type { AuditStatus } from "./audit.js";
import type { PlanMeta } from "./planStore.js";

/**
* The lifecycle statuses the core records in the journal. Subset of
* AuditStatus — only the transitions the core itself emits.
*/
export type JournalStatus =
| "previewed"
| "awaiting_approval"
| "approved"
| "executing"
| "executed"
| "rejected"
| "failed";

/**
* One immutable journal line. Every appends records a single plan transition;
* replaying all lines rebuilds the in-memory state on restart.
*/
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the grammar in the doc comment.

"Every appends records a single plan transition" is not grammatical.

- * One immutable journal line. Every appends records a single plan transition;
+ * One immutable journal line. Every append records a single plan transition;
   * replaying all lines rebuilds the in-memory state on restart.
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/**
* One immutable journal line. Every appends records a single plan transition;
* replaying all lines rebuilds the in-memory state on restart.
*/
/**
* One immutable journal line. Every append records a single plan transition;
* replaying all lines rebuilds the in-memory state on restart.
*/
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In `@src/journal.ts` around lines 20 - 23, Correct the grammar in the
documentation comment for the immutable journal line so the sentence describing
each append recording one plan transition is grammatically valid, without
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export interface JournalEntry {
/** Schema version for forward compatibility. */
version: 1;
/** Epoch milliseconds when the entry was appended. */
ts: number;
/** The plan token this entry describes. */
token: string;
/** The lifecycle status after this transition. */
status: JournalStatus;
/** Plan expiry in epoch milliseconds — replay enforces TTL on restore. */
expiresAt: number;
/** sha256 fingerprint of the payload at create time. */
fingerprint: string;
/** The PlanMeta as recorded at create time. */
meta: {
tool: string;
reason: string | null;
callerId: string;
previewCount: number | null;
dataDigest: string | null;
extra: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>;
};
/** Boolean flags restored on replay. */
flags: {
requiresApproval: boolean;
approved: boolean;
rejected: boolean;
rejectionReason: string | null;
used: boolean;
executing: boolean;
};
}

/**
* A host-supplied journal. The core appends one line per transition; on
* startup the host replays the journal to restore state. The journal is the
* crash-safety mechanism — without it, an `executing` plan is silently
* forgotten on restart.
*/
export interface Journal {
/** Append one entry. Must fsync before returning. */
append(entry: JournalEntry): void;
/** Read all entries in order. Called once on startup. */
replay(): JournalEntry[];
/** Release any underlying file handle. */
close(): void;
}

/** Default: no persistence. Used when the host does not configure a journal. */
export const NoopJournal: Journal = {
append(): void {},
replay(): JournalEntry[] {
return [];
},
close(): void {},
};

/**
* Append-only JSONL journal with fsync per line. Each entry is one JSON object
* terminated by a newline; partial writes from a crash mid-line are skipped on
* replay (the line won't parse).
*/
export class FileJournal implements Journal {
private fd: number | null;

constructor(private path: string) {
const dir = dirname(path);
if (dir && !existsSync(dir)) {
mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
}
this.fd = openSync(path, "a");
}
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Fsync the parent directory after creating the journal file.

The constructor creates the directory and the file. append() fsyncs the file data only. The directory entry for a newly created file is not fsynced. If the process crashes soon after the first append(), the file can be absent after a filesystem recovery even though the data was fsynced. This defeats the crash-safety guarantee this class exists for.

Fsync the parent directory once when the journal file is created.

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   constructor(private path: string) {
     const dir = dirname(path);
     if (dir && !existsSync(dir)) {
       mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
     }
+    const isNew = !existsSync(path);
     this.fd = openSync(path, "a");
+    if (isNew && dir) {
+      // Persist the new directory entry, not just the file data.
+      const dirFd = openSync(dir, "r");
+      try {
+        fsyncSync(dirFd);
+      } finally {
+        closeSync(dirFd);
+      }
+    }
   }
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constructor(private path: string) {
const dir = dirname(path);
if (dir && !existsSync(dir)) {
mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
}
this.fd = openSync(path, "a");
}
constructor(private path: string) {
const dir = dirname(path);
if (dir && !existsSync(dir)) {
mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
}
const isNew = !existsSync(path);
this.fd = openSync(path, "a");
if (isNew && dir) {
// Persist the new directory entry, not just the file data.
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try {
fsyncSync(dirFd);
} finally {
closeSync(dirFd);
}
}
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In `@src/journal.ts` around lines 89 - 95, Update the Journal constructor to fsync
the parent directory after creating the journal file, ensuring the directory
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append(entry: JournalEntry): void {
if (this.fd === null) return;

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Do not drop entries silently after close().

After close(), append() returns without writing. The caller receives no error. PlanStore then mutates in-memory state for a transition that was never journaled, so the state is lost on restart. Throw instead, so a host that closes the journal too early fails loudly.

-    if (this.fd === null) return;
+    if (this.fd === null) {
+      throw new Error("FileJournal is closed; cannot append.");
+    }
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const line = JSON.stringify(entry) + "\n";
writeSync(this.fd, line);
fsyncSync(this.fd);
}
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In Node.js, the fs.writeSync function returns the number of bytes written to the file [1]. When performing a write operation, if the function is unable to write the entire amount of data specified, it will return the number of bytes successfully written. Because fs.writeSync is a wrapper around the underlying operating system's write(2) system call, a return value smaller than the input buffer's length indicates that a partial write occurred. Callers should check this return value and potentially issue subsequent writeSync calls to write the remaining data, adjusting the offset and length parameters accordingly. Regarding append mode ('a' or 'a+' flags): 1. Positional writes are typically ignored in append mode on many platforms (including Linux) [2][3]. Even if you provide a specific position argument to fs.writeSync, the operating system kernel will often disregard it and append the data to the current end of the file [2][3]. 2. If you are using fs.writeSync in a loop to write a large buffer that might result in partial writes, you must manually track the number of bytes written to ensure that subsequent calls to fs.writeSync continue from the correct offset within your buffer [4][5]. If you ignore the return value and incorrectly increment your position, you risk data corruption or inconsistent file states [5]. For scenarios requiring reliable, partial-write-aware streaming, consider using fs.createWriteStream() instead, which manages these complexities automatically [1].

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Handle partial writes in append().

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JSON line as a Buffer and loop around writeSync until all bytes are written,
advancing by the returned byte count; reject zero or negative progress, then
call fsyncSync only after the complete buffer has been written.


replay(): JournalEntry[] {
if (!existsSync(this.path)) return [];
const content = readFileSync(this.path, "utf-8");
if (!content.trim()) return [];
const entries: JournalEntry[] = [];
for (const line of content.split("\n")) {
if (!line.trim()) continue;
try {
const entry = JSON.parse(line) as JournalEntry;
if (entry.version === 1) {
entries.push(entry);
}
} catch {
// Malformed line (crash mid-write) — skip it.
}
}
return entries;
}

close(): void {
if (this.fd !== null) {
closeSync(this.fd);
this.fd = null;
}
}
}

/**
* Builds a JournalEntry from the current state of a TokenEntry. Called on
* every state transition that the journal must record.
*/
export function makeJournalEntry(
token: string,
status: JournalStatus,
expiresAt: number,
fingerprint: string,
meta: PlanMeta,
flags: {
requiresApproval: boolean;
approved: boolean;
rejected: boolean;
rejectionReason: string | null;
used: boolean;
executing: boolean;
},
): JournalEntry {
return {
version: 1,
ts: Date.now(),
token,
status,
expiresAt,
fingerprint,
meta: {
tool: meta.tool,
reason: meta.reason,
callerId: meta.callerId,
previewCount: meta.previewCount,
dataDigest: meta.dataDigest,
extra: { ...meta.extra },
},
flags: { ...flags },
};
}
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