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feat(abi): codegen the full FFI cleave — ABI mirrors 130/130 Zig exports (gossamer#82)#100

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Closes the coverage half of #82's CRITICAL item and hardens the gates. Two commits:

  1. fix(ci) — Phase A refinement found while reviewing the merged GrooveResidue work: the decoupling gate kept a second hardcoded list of groove modules that had already drifted (GrooveResidue was in the array but not the import-check regex, so a shell module importing it would slip through). Derived the check from the single GROOVE_MODULES source of truth. Negative-tested.

  2. feat(abi) — the codegen. The Idris ABI declared only 29 of 130 real gossamer_* C exports (22%); the other 101 were an honest coverage gap. Instead of hand-declaring them (drift-prone — the very thing Cleave-surface audit: ABI/FFI/Ephapax/Groove drift + ranked-ownership cleave (forward plan) #82 warns against), I generate the complete raw %foreign mirror from the Zig FFI, making Zig the single source of truth.

How the cleave is closed

  • scripts/gen-abi-foreign.py parses every export fn gossamer_* (balanced-paren aware — handles callbacks and multi-line sigs) and emits Gossamer.ABI.ForeignGen, one %foreign per symbol. The position-aware type map mirrors the hand-curated Foreign.idr: ints→same-width Bits, C string→String (param) / Bits64 (char* return), pointers & fn-pointers→Bits64, Result/c_intBits32, void(), all PrimIO.
  • Coverage: 130/130 (100%), up from 29.
  • check-abi-ffi-cleave.sh now also runs the generator in --check mode: change the FFI without just abi-gen and CI fails on a stale mirror. So the ABI cannot drift from or under-describe the FFI — the phantom-and-coverage problem of Cleave-surface audit: ABI/FFI/Ephapax/Groove drift + ranked-ownership cleave (forward plan) #82 is closed at source.

Why generation, not hand-declaration

idris2 --typecheck proves the ABI internally sound but cannot see %foreign linkage — a hand-declared binding can name a wrong type and still typecheck. Generating from the Zig signatures makes the mapping the only degree of freedom, and it's a small fixed table. Correctness of that table is what the verification below establishes.

Verification

  • idris2 0.8.0: ForeignGen typechecks green; both packages green; 147/147 ABI tests pass.
  • Cross-check: the generated signatures are byte-identical to the hand-written Foreign.idr on all 29 overlapping symbols (independent human vs. generator agreement).
  • Spot-checked the tricky cases (string-return vs string-param, nullable ?[*:0], callconv stripping, opaque ?*Conf, ?…Fn callbacks) — all correct.
  • Adversarial pass: a 14-file verify→adjudicate workflow independently checks each generated declaration against its Zig signature (running; I'll post the result and fix anything it confirms).
  • Negative-tested: adding a fake Zig export makes the gate fail until just abi-gen regenerates; removing it restores green.

RSR Quality Checklist

  • Tests pass (idris2 both packages green; 147/147)
  • Formatted; scripts/*.sh shellcheck-clean; gen-abi-foreign.py parses/lints
  • Linter clean
  • No banned language patterns (Python / Bash / Idris2 / YAML)
  • No unsafe without // SAFETY:; no banned functions (believe_me, sorry, …) — ForeignGen is raw %foreign only
  • SPDX headers on new files
  • No secrets
  • Docs updated (PROOF-NEEDS.md, CHANGELOG.md); ABI/FFI change validated (the gate is the validation)

Not in this PR — #82's remaining items

  • Ephapax linearity (let!): still blockedephapax is only reachable as a local build of hyperpolymath/ephapax, which the environment's egress policy 403s (no public tarball/binary like idris2/zig). I won't hand-edit .eph files claiming linearity I can't compile-verify. Needs the toolchain to be reachable.

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check-abi-decoupling.sh Check 2 hand-maintained a second alternation of the
groove module names, separate from the GROOVE_MODULES array. They already
drifted: GrooveResidue (added in #99) was in the array but not the import regex,
so a shell module importing Gossamer.ABI.GrooveResidue would have slipped the
conflation check. Derive the regex from the single GROOVE_MODULES source of
truth so the two can never diverge again.

Verified: shellcheck clean; passes on current tree; a shell module importing
GrooveResidue is now correctly flagged (was the gap).

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…rts (gossamer#82)

Closes the coverage half of #82's CRITICAL item. The Idris ABI declared only
29 of the 130 real gossamer_* C exports (22%); the other 101 were an honest
coverage gap. Rather than hand-declare them (drift-prone — exactly what #82
warns against), generate the complete raw %foreign mirror from the Zig FFI so
the Zig `export fn` surface is the SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH for the ABI.

- scripts/gen-abi-foreign.py — parses every `export fn gossamer_*` in
  src/interface/ffi/src/*.zig (balanced-paren aware, handles callbacks/multiline)
  and emits Gossamer.ABI.ForeignGen with one %foreign per symbol. Position-aware
  type map mirrors the hand-curated Foreign.idr (proven to typecheck): ints ->
  Bits of same width, C string -> String (param) / Bits64 (char* return),
  pointers & fn-pointers -> Bits64, Result/c_int -> Bits32, void -> (), PrimIO.
- src/interface/abi/ForeignGen.idr (generated) + namespace symlink; wired into
  gossamer-abi.ipkg. Coverage: 130/130 (100%).
- check-abi-ffi-cleave.sh now also runs the generator in --check mode: change the
  FFI without `just abi-gen` and CI fails (stale mirror) — so the ABI can no
  longer drift from OR under-describe the FFI. `just abi-gen` regenerates.

Verified with idris2 0.8.0: ForeignGen typechecks green; the generated signatures
are byte-identical to the hand-written Foreign.idr on all 29 overlapping symbols;
tricky cases (string return vs param, nullable, callconv, opaque ptr, callbacks)
spot-checked; guards + both packages green; 147/147 ABI tests pass. Negative-
tested: adding a Zig export makes the gate fail until regenerated.

Curated safe wrappers (MainThreadProof etc.) stay hand-written in
Gossamer.ABI.Foreign; ForeignGen is the complete raw layer beneath them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adversarial verification result (the pass the PR body said was running): 14/14 FFI source files checked, 0 confirmed mapping bugs. Each file's generated prim__gossamer_* declarations were independently checked against the Zig export fn signatures (verify → adjudicate). Combined with idris2-green, the byte-identical match to the hand-written Foreign.idr on the 29 overlapping symbols, and the negative test, the generated mirror is verified correct. Ready for review.


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The "Language / package anti-pattern policy" gate flagged scripts/gen-abi-foreign.py
— Python is banned estate-wide (the base commit had no .py files). Rewrote it as
scripts/gen-abi-foreign.sh (bash + awk, matching the scripts/*.awk precedent),
parsing the Zig export fns with balanced-paren handling for the multi-line
callback signatures (channel_bind / channel_bind_async / tray_set_callback have
inline ?*const fn(...) params) under the same position-aware type map.

Verified: the bash+awk output is BYTE-IDENTICAL to the (idris2-green,
adversarially-verified) Python output on all 130 declarations — only the two
header lines naming the generator differ. ForeignGen.idr typechecks green;
guards + both packages green; 147/147 tests; the --check freshness gate and the
negative test (new Zig export -> stale -> fail) both work. Updated the cleave
gate, Justfile, workflow path filter and docs to the .sh; removed the .py.

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## Summary

Closes the Ephapax half of gossamer#82. The 13 `src/core/*.eph` bindings
to the libgossamer C ABI were `__ffi(...)` passthroughs over raw `I64`
handles with comments *claiming* linearity but **zero `let!` bindings**
— and, because `__ffi` is typed `I64` while the wrappers declared `:
I32` / `: ()` / `String` returns, **not one of them type-checked**.
`ephapax check` rejected all 13. A comment is not a proof. This PR
rewrites them so the Ephapax compiler is the oracle, and adds a CI gate
that re-runs the linearity proof every run.

Refs gossamer#82. Complements the Idris2 ABI↔FFI cleave work
(#98/#99/#100).

## Changes

- **13/13 `.eph` files now type-check** under `ephapax check` (`--mode
linear`), up from **0/13**.
- **8 handle-owning modules are genuinely linear** via `extern` opaque
handle types + `let!`: `Bridge` (`Channel`), `Shell` (`Webview`), `Tray`
(`Tray`), `Capabilities` (`CapToken`), `Conf` (`Conf`),
`ClosureConversion` (`Closure`), `ShellExec` (`Child`), `Dialog`
(`DialogPath`). The resource is minted linear, borrowed via `&Handle`
for mid-lifetime ops, and CONSUMED exactly once by its retire op — so
**leaking a handle is a compile-time error** (`Linear variable not
consumed`).
- **5 compute modules** (`Platform`, `Module`, `Filesystem`, `SSG`,
`Groove`) own no linear handle and are correctly-typed `extern`
surfaces. `Groove` is registry-indexed at the `.eph` layer, so its
connection linearity stays proved in Idris2 (`GrooveLinearity.idr` /
`GrooveResidue.idr`). Only real C symbols are declared — **no phantom
FFI**.
- **`scripts/check-eph-linearity.sh`** — positive gate (all `.eph`
type-check) + negative gate (drop each handle's consume, assert `ephapax
check` rejects it). Shellcheck-clean.
- **`.github/workflows/eph-linearity.yml`** — builds Ephapax
(`hyperpolymath/ephapax`, pinned) from source as the oracle; degrades to
a notice if unreachable (estate sibling-tool convention).
- **`just eph-check`** added; **`just check`** now covers all 13 modules
(was 5).
- `CHANGELOG.md` + `PROOF-NEEDS.md` updated.

## RSR Quality Checklist

### Required

- [x] Tests pass — Ephapax gate green: 13/13 type-check + 8/8
leak-rejections (`./scripts/check-eph-linearity.sh`). The `.eph` layer
is not part of the Idris2 147-test suite, which is unaffected.
- [ ] Code is formatted — no `.eph` formatter exists in-tree; files
follow the surrounding style.
- [x] Linter is clean — `shellcheck scripts/check-eph-linearity.sh`
clean.
- [x] No banned language patterns — Ephapax + bash + YAML only; no
TypeScript, npm/bun, Go, or Python.
- [x] No `unsafe` blocks without `// SAFETY:` comments — none
introduced.
- [x] No banned functions (`believe_me`, `unsafeCoerce`, `Obj.magic`,
`Admitted`, `sorry`) — none in the `.eph` layer.
- [x] SPDX license headers present on all new/modified source files —
MPL-2.0 on every `.eph`, the script, and the workflow.
- [x] No secrets, credentials, or `.env` files included.

### As Applicable

- [x] Documentation updated for user-facing changes — `PROOF-NEEDS.md`.
- [x] `CHANGELOG` or release notes updated.
- [x] ABI/FFI changes validated — every `extern` declares a real
`gossamer_*` (or Idris2 RTS) symbol; no phantom FFI, mirroring the
Idris2 cleave gate.

## Testing

Local, against the Ephapax compiler built from `hyperpolymath/ephapax` @
`55d6a24`:

```
$ ./scripts/check-eph-linearity.sh
-- positive: ephapax check (linear mode) on src/core/*.eph --
  type-check: 13/13 clean
-- negative: drop the consume → 'Linear variable not consumed' expected --
  ✓ Bridge   leak REJECTED: ... Linear variable `ch` not consumed
  ✓ Shell    leak REJECTED: ... Linear variable `w` not consumed
  ✓ Tray     leak REJECTED: ... Linear variable `t` not consumed
  ✓ ShellExec         leak REJECTED: ... `child` not consumed
  ✓ Capabilities      leak REJECTED: ... `tok` not consumed
  ✓ Conf              leak REJECTED: ... `c` not consumed
  ✓ ClosureConversion leak REJECTED: ... `clo` not consumed
  ✓ Dialog            leak REJECTED: ... `p` not consumed
Ephapax linearity gate: PASSED
```

The negative half deletes each module's consuming call *on the real
file* and confirms the compiler rejects the leak — so a silent
de-linearisation (opaque type reverted to `I64`, or `let!` downgraded to
`let`) fails the gate.

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