refactor

crates/signed_core/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ pub use addr::{RepoAddr, identifier_from_name, repo_addr};
 pub use annotations::{COVER_NOTE_KIND, cover_note, labels_and_subject, subject_override};
 pub use clone_url::{CloneTarget, parse_clone_url};
 pub use deletions::Deletions;
-pub use model::{Announcement, activity_subject, pull_request_patch, pull_request_patches};
+pub use model::{
+    Announcement, activity_subject, branch_name_of, clone_urls_of, current_commit_of,
+    fork_candidates, latest_update, merge_base_of, pull_request_patch, pull_request_patches,
+};
 pub use state::{build_state, parse_state};
 pub use status::{RepoStatus, references_root, resolve_status};

crates/signed_core/src/model.rs

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ fn forward_series<'a>(root: &'a Event, patches: &[&'a Event]) -> Vec<&'a Event>
 }
 
 /// The `c` tag of an event, the tip of the proposed branch, as hex.
-fn current_commit_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
+pub fn current_commit_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
     event
         .tags
         .iter()
@@ -190,6 +190,82 @@ fn current_commit_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
         })
 }
 
+/// The `merge-base` tag of an event, the base commit a pull request diffs against.
+pub fn merge_base_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
+    event
+        .tags
+        .iter()
+        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
+            Ok(Nip34Tag::MergeBase(commit)) => Some(commit.to_string()),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+}
+
+/// The `clone` tag of an event, URLs the tip commit can be fetched from.
+pub fn clone_urls_of(event: &Event) -> Option<Vec<Url>> {
+    event
+        .tags
+        .iter()
+        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
+            Ok(Nip34Tag::Clone(urls)) => Some(urls),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+}
+
+/// The `branch-name` tag of an event, the proposed branch's name.
+pub fn branch_name_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
+    event
+        .tags
+        .iter()
+        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
+            Ok(Nip34Tag::BranchName(name)) => Some(name),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+}
+
+/// The newest `GitPullRequestUpdate` revising `root`, from the root's own author.
+///
+/// A pull request's tip is only mutable by its author, per NIP-34; updates
+/// from anyone else are ignored even if they are newer.
+pub fn latest_update<'a>(
+    events: impl Iterator<Item = &'a Event>,
+    root: &Event,
+) -> Option<&'a Event> {
+    let root_hex = root.id.to_hex();
+    events
+        .filter(|e| e.kind == Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate)
+        .filter(|e| e.pubkey == root.pubkey)
+        .filter(|e| {
+            e.tags
+                .iter()
+                .any(|t| t.kind() == "E" && t.content() == Some(root_hex.as_str()))
+        })
+        .max_by_key(|e| e.created_at)
+}
+
+/// The announced forks of `base` a new pull request compare can be built from.
+///
+/// The user's own forks are listed first.
+pub fn fork_candidates<'a>(
+    announcements: &'a [Announcement],
+    base: &RepoAddr,
+    base_euc: Option<&str>,
+    user: Option<PublicKey>,
+) -> Vec<&'a Announcement> {
+    let (mut own, mut others) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    for announcement in announcements {
+        if announcement.clone.is_empty() || !announcement.is_fork_of(base, base_euc) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if Some(announcement.owner) == user {
+            own.push(announcement);
+        } else {
+            others.push(announcement);
+        }
+    }
+    own.into_iter().chain(others).collect()
+}
+
 /// Whether `patch` produces `commit`, found via its `commit` or `r` tag.
 ///
 /// It lets clients find existing patches for a specific commit.
@@ -727,4 +803,221 @@ mod tests {
             vec!["patch-one", "patch-two"]
         );
     }
+
+    const COMMIT_HEX: &str = "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111";
+    const OTHER_ROOT_HEX: &str = "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222";
+
+    /// Build a signed event of `kind` with the given tags and `created_at`.
+    fn signed_at(kind: Kind, tags: Vec<Tag>, created_at: u64) -> Event {
+        EventBuilder::new(kind, "")
+            .tags(tags)
+            .custom_created_at(Timestamp::from(created_at))
+            .finalize(&keys())
+            .expect("signed event")
+    }
+
+    fn pr_root() -> Event {
+        signed_at(
+            Kind::GitPullRequest,
+            vec![
+                Tag::parse(["c", COMMIT_HEX]).expect("valid tag"),
+                Tag::parse(["branch-name", "feature/x"]).expect("valid tag"),
+            ],
+            100,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reads_current_commit_and_branch_name() {
+        let pr = pr_root();
+        assert_eq!(current_commit_of(&pr).as_deref(), Some(COMMIT_HEX));
+        assert_eq!(branch_name_of(&pr).as_deref(), Some("feature/x"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn returns_none_without_pr_tags() {
+        let pr = signed_at(Kind::GitPullRequest, vec![], 100);
+        assert_eq!(current_commit_of(&pr), None);
+        assert_eq!(branch_name_of(&pr), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn latest_update_picks_newest_revision_of_the_root() {
+        let root = pr_root();
+        let root_hex = root.id.to_hex();
+
+        let revision = |created_at: u64| {
+            signed_at(
+                Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate,
+                vec![Tag::parse(["E", &root_hex]).expect("valid tag")],
+                created_at,
+            )
+        };
+        // An update revising a different PR must be ignored even though it is newer.
+        let unrelated = signed_at(
+            Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate,
+            vec![Tag::parse(["E", OTHER_ROOT_HEX]).expect("valid tag")],
+            999,
+        );
+
+        let events = [unrelated, revision(200), root.clone(), revision(300)];
+        let latest = latest_update(events.iter(), &root).expect("an update");
+
+        assert_eq!(latest.created_at.as_secs(), 300);
+        assert_eq!(latest.kind, Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn latest_update_ignores_other_authors() {
+        let root = pr_root();
+        let root_hex = root.id.to_hex();
+        let other = Keys::new(
+            SecretKey::from_hex("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002")
+                .expect("valid secret key"),
+        );
+        let stranger = EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate, "")
+            .tags([Tag::parse(["E", &root_hex]).expect("valid tag")])
+            .custom_created_at(Timestamp::from(999))
+            .finalize(&other)
+            .expect("signed event");
+
+        // The tip of a PR is only mutable by its author.
+        // A newer update from anyone else must not win.
+        assert!(latest_update([&stranger, &root].into_iter(), &root).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn latest_update_ignores_roots_without_revisions() {
+        let root = pr_root();
+        assert!(latest_update([&root].into_iter(), &root).is_none());
+    }
+
+    const OWNER_KEYS: [&str; 3] = [
+        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
+        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003",
+    ];
+
+    /// Build a signed kind-30617 event for `owner` with the given tags.
+    fn owned_announcement_event(owner: &str, tags: &[&[&str]]) -> Event {
+        let keys = Keys::new(SecretKey::from_hex(owner).expect("valid secret key"));
+        let tags: Vec<Tag> = tags
+            .iter()
+            .map(|t| Tag::parse(t.to_vec()).expect("valid tag"))
+            .collect();
+        EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitRepoAnnouncement, "")
+            .tags(tags)
+            .finalize(&keys)
+            .expect("signed event")
+    }
+
+    fn owned_announcements(owner_ix: usize, tags: &[&[&str]]) -> Vec<Announcement> {
+        vec![
+            Announcement::from_event(&owned_announcement_event(OWNER_KEYS[owner_ix], tags))
+                .expect("parses"),
+        ]
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fork_candidates_orders_own_forks_first() {
+        let euc = "aa231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c";
+        let clone = "https://grasp.example/npub1x/my-fork.git";
+
+        let base_addr = crate::repo_addr(
+            PublicKey::from_hex(OWNER_KEYS[0]).expect("pubkey"),
+            "upstream",
+        );
+        // Newest first, as RepoListStore keeps them.
+        // Unrelated repo, the user's fork with the shared EUC, another fork with a `u` tag.
+        let all = vec![
+            owned_announcements(
+                2,
+                &[
+                    &["d", "other-project"],
+                    &["r", "bb231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c", "euc"],
+                ],
+            )
+            .pop()
+            .unwrap(),
+            owned_announcements(
+                1,
+                &[&["d", "my-fork"], &["r", euc, "euc"], &["clone", clone]],
+            )
+            .pop()
+            .unwrap(),
+            owned_announcements(
+                2,
+                &[
+                    &["d", "their-fork"],
+                    &["u", &base_addr.to_string()],
+                    &["clone", clone],
+                ],
+            )
+            .pop()
+            .unwrap(),
+        ];
+
+        let user = PublicKey::from_hex(OWNER_KEYS[1]).expect("pubkey");
+        let forks = fork_candidates(&all, &base_addr, Some(euc), Some(user));
+
+        // The user's fork comes first, then the other author's.
+        let ids: Vec<&str> = forks.iter().map(|a| a.id.as_str()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(ids, vec!["my-fork", "their-fork"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fork_candidates_excludes_base_unrelated_and_unfetchable() {
+        let euc = "aa231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c";
+        let base_owner = PublicKey::from_hex(OWNER_KEYS[0]).expect("pubkey");
+        let base_addr = crate::repo_addr(base_owner, "upstream");
+
+        let mut all = vec![
+            owned_announcements(0, &[&["d", "upstream"], &["r", euc, "euc"]])
+                .pop()
+                .unwrap(),
+            owned_announcements(1, &[&["d", "no-clone-fork"], &["r", euc, "euc"]])
+                .pop()
+                .unwrap(),
+            owned_announcements(
+                2,
+                &[
+                    &["d", "other"],
+                    &["r", "cc231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c", "euc"],
+                ],
+            )
+            .pop()
+            .unwrap(),
+            owned_announcements(
+                2,
+                &[
+                    &["d", "mirror"],
+                    &["r", euc, "euc"],
+                    &["clone", "https://grasp.example/x/mirror.git"],
+                ],
+            )
+            .pop()
+            .unwrap(),
+        ];
+
+        let forks = fork_candidates(&all, &base_addr, Some(euc), Some(base_owner));
+        assert_eq!(forks.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(forks[0].id, "mirror");
+
+        // Without a base EUC only `u`-tag forks match.
+        all.push(
+            owned_announcements(
+                2,
+                &[
+                    &["d", "u-fork"],
+                    &["u", &base_addr.to_string()],
+                    &["clone", "https://grasp.example/x/u-fork.git"],
+                ],
+            )
+            .pop()
+            .unwrap(),
+        );
+        let forks = fork_candidates(&all, &base_addr, None, Some(base_owner));
+        let ids: Vec<&str> = forks.iter().map(|a| a.id.as_str()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(ids, vec!["u-fork"]);
+    }
 }

crates/signed_git/src/lib.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use gix::diff::blob::unified_diff::{ConsumeHunk, DiffLineKind as GixLineKind, HunkHeader};
 use gix::interrupt::IS_INTERRUPTED;
 use gix::progress::Discard;
-use signed_core::RepoAddr;
+use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr};
 
 /// On-disk cache of cloned repositories, keyed by owner pubkey / repo id.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -1061,6 +1061,15 @@ pub fn sanitize_path_component(id: &str) -> String {
     sanitized
 }
 
+/// The refs namespace of a fork's import in the target mirror.
+pub fn fork_namespace(announcement: &Announcement) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "{}/{}",
+        announcement.owner.to_hex(),
+        sanitize_path_component(&announcement.id)
+    )
+}
+
 /// In-memory object cache for history walks, see [`open_with_cache`].
 ///
 /// Without one, a walk re-decodes the same commit objects from the object database.
@@ -2378,6 +2387,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(sanitize_path_component("a/../b"), "a_.._b");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn fork_namespace_combines_owner_and_sanitized_id() {
+        let keys = Keys::generate();
+        let event = EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitRepoAnnouncement, "")
+            .tags([Tag::parse(["d", "my/repo"]).expect("valid tag")])
+            .finalize(&keys)
+            .expect("signed event");
+        let announcement = Announcement::from_event(&event).expect("parses");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            fork_namespace(&announcement),
+            format!("{}/my_repo", keys.public_key().to_hex())
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn repo_path_stays_inside_root() {
         let cache = GitCache::new("/cache".into());

crates/signed_state/src/backend.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
-use std::future::Future;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use anyhow::{Error, anyhow, bail};
 use bitcoin_hashes::sha1::Hash as Sha1Hash;
@@ -33,6 +31,13 @@ pub const BOOTSTRAP_RELAYS: [&str; 4] = [
 /// Relays used to index the user's NIP-65 relay list.
 pub const INDEXER_RELAYS: [&str; 2] = ["wss://indexer.coracle.social", "wss://user.kindpag.es"];
 
+/// Delay the notification pump waits for more events before emitting a batch.
+///
+/// A negentropy sync can deliver hundreds of events in a burst; batching
+/// them here means every subscriber debounces the burst once, not once per
+/// subscriber.
+const PUMP_DEBOUNCE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum BackendEvent {
     /// User has no signer configured.
@@ -41,8 +46,13 @@ pub enum BackendEvent {
     PassphraseRequired,
     /// The signer changed on login, logout or account switch.
     SignerChanged,
-    /// A new event was received from a relay and stored in the database.
-    NostrUpdate(Update),
+    /// New events were received from a relay and stored in the database.
+    ///
+    /// Batched: [`Backend`]'s notification pump coalesces everything a
+    /// relay delivers within one debounce window into a single event,
+    /// instead of emitting per-event and making every subscriber debounce
+    /// the same burst independently.
+    NostrUpdate(Vec<Update>),
     /// A negentropy sync completed.
     Synced,
     /// A negentropy sync is in flight.
@@ -78,29 +88,17 @@ pub struct Backend {
     /// True when the stored credential is NIP-49 encrypted.
     passphrase_required: bool,
     /// Repositories with a push in flight, mirror or checkout based.
-    pushing_repos: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<RepoAddr>>>,
+    ///
+    /// A child entity: views that only care whether one repository is
+    /// pushing can `cx.observe` it without being invoked on unrelated
+    /// `Backend` changes (a `sync_progress` tick, a new relay connecting).
+    pushing_repos: Entity<HashSet<RepoAddr>>,
 }
 
 struct GlobalBackend(Entity<Backend>);
 
 impl Global for GlobalBackend {}
 
-/// Removes its repository from the in-flight push set when dropped.
-///
-/// A push task cancelled by its panel closing cannot leave the repository locked.
-struct PushGuard {
-    repos: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<RepoAddr>>>,
-    addr: RepoAddr,
-}
-
-impl Drop for PushGuard {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Ok(mut repos) = self.repos.lock() {
-            repos.remove(&self.addr);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl EventEmitter<BackendEvent> for Backend {}
 
 impl Backend {
@@ -118,16 +116,45 @@ impl Backend {
 
         let pump: Task<Result<(), Error>> = cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
             let mut notifications = pump_client.notifications();
+            let mut pending: Vec<Update> = Vec::new();
 
-            while let Some(notification) = notifications.next().await {
-                let ClientNotification::Event { event, .. } = notification else {
-                    continue;
-                };
+            'outer: loop {
+                // Wait for the first event of a batch.
+                match notifications.next().await {
+                    Some(ClientNotification::Event { event, .. }) => {
+                        pending.push(Update::from_event(&event));
+                    }
+                    Some(_) => continue,
+                    None => break,
+                }
 
-                let update = Update::from_event(&event);
+                // Collect everything else that arrives within the debounce window.
+                let deadline = Instant::now() + PUMP_DEBOUNCE;
+                loop {
+                    let now = Instant::now();
+                    if now >= deadline {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    let timer = cx.background_executor().timer(deadline - now);
+                    futures::pin_mut!(timer);
+                    let next = notifications.next();
+                    futures::pin_mut!(next);
+                    match futures::future::select(next, timer).await {
+                        futures::future::Either::Left((
+                            Some(ClientNotification::Event { event, .. }),
+                            _,
+                        )) => {
+                            pending.push(Update::from_event(&event));
+                        }
+                        futures::future::Either::Left((Some(_), _)) => continue,
+                        futures::future::Either::Left((None, _)) => break 'outer,
+                        futures::future::Either::Right(_) => break,
+                    }
+                }
 
+                let batch = std::mem::take(&mut pending);
                 if this
-                    .update(cx, |_, cx| cx.emit(BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(update)))
+                    .update(cx, |_, cx| cx.emit(BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(batch)))
                     .is_err()
                 {
                     break;
@@ -139,16 +166,21 @@ impl Backend {
 
         pump.detach();
 
-        let mut this = Self {
+        let this = Self {
             client,
             signer,
             current_user: None,
             sync_progress: None,
             passphrase_required: false,
-            pushing_repos: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new())),
+            pushing_repos: cx.new(|_| HashSet::new()),
         };
 
-        this.bootstrap(cx);
+        let weak = cx.entity().downgrade();
+        cx.defer(move |cx| {
+            if let Err(error) = weak.update(cx, |this, cx| this.bootstrap(cx)) {
+                log::warn!("backend dropped before bootstrap could run: {error}");
+            }
+        });
         this
     }
 
@@ -351,24 +383,31 @@ impl Backend {
                 ]
                 .to_vec();
 
-                this.send_fire_and_forget(RelayList::new(relays).into_event_builder(), cx);
-
                 let metadata = Metadata::new()
                     .name(&name)
                     .display_name(&name)
                     .into_event_builder();
 
-                this.send_fire_and_forget(metadata, cx);
-
                 let grasp_servers: Vec<RelayUrl> = ["wss://gitnostr.com", "wss://relay.ngit.dev"]
                     .into_iter()
                     .map(|url| RelayUrl::parse(url).expect("valid relay URL"))
                     .collect();
 
-                this.send_fire_and_forget(
+                let client = this.client.clone();
+                let signer = this.signer.clone();
+
+                for builder in [
+                    RelayList::new(relays).into_event_builder(),
+                    metadata,
                     GitUserGraspList { grasp_servers }.into_event_builder(),
-                    cx,
-                );
+                ] {
+                    let client = client.clone();
+                    let signer = signer.clone();
+                    cx.spawn(async move |_this, _cx| {
+                        publish_best_effort(&client, &signer, builder).await
+                    })
+                    .detach();
+                }
             })?;
 
             Ok(public_key)
@@ -486,18 +525,21 @@ impl Backend {
                 maintainers: Vec::new(),
             };
 
-            let event = this
-                .update(cx, |this, cx| {
-                    this.send(announcement.into_event_builder(), cx)
-                })?
-                .await?;
+            let signer = this.update(cx, |this, _cx| this.signer.clone())?;
+
+            let event = {
+                let builder = announcement.into_event_builder();
+                let event = builder.finalize_async(&signer).await?;
+                let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+                let event = require_relay_accepted(output, event)?;
+                this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.announce_published(event.clone(), cx))?;
+                event
+            };
 
             // The state event is the push authorization. Stage it on each
             // grasp server's relay, then push the initial commit.
             // Creation fails only when no server accepted the push, the announcement
             // is then retracted so the repository is not left announced without content.
-            let (client, signer) =
-                this.update(cx, |this, _cx| (this.client.clone(), this.signer.clone()))?;
             let refs = vec![("refs/heads/main".to_owned(), commit)];
 
             let push = cx.background_spawn({
@@ -545,9 +587,11 @@ impl Backend {
             // Staging already stored the event locally, publishing makes it
             // visible to the other relays and clients.
             if let Some(state_event) = &outcome.state_event {
-                broadcast_event(&client, state_event).await.ok();
-                this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                    cx.emit(BackendEvent::Published(Box::new(state_event.clone())));
+                if let Err(e) = client.send_event(state_event).broadcast().await {
+                    log::warn!("failed to broadcast repository state: {e}");
+                }
+                this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                    this.announce_published(state_event.clone(), cx)
                 })
                 .ok();
             }
@@ -633,11 +677,16 @@ impl Backend {
                 maintainers: Vec::new(),
             };
 
-            let event = this
-                .update(cx, |this, cx| {
-                    this.send(announcement.into_event_builder(), cx)
-                })?
-                .await?;
+            let signer = this.update(cx, |this, _cx| this.signer.clone())?;
+
+            let event = {
+                let builder = announcement.into_event_builder();
+                let event = builder.finalize_async(&signer).await?;
+                let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+                let event = require_relay_accepted(output, event)?;
+                this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.announce_published(event.clone(), cx))?;
+                event
+            };
 
             let refs = state.refs.clone();
             let head = state.head.clone();
@@ -647,9 +696,6 @@ impl Backend {
             // fails only when no server accepted it. The announcement is then
             // retracted so the repository is not left announced without content.
             // An empty repository has no state to stage and nothing to push.
-            let (client, signer) =
-                this.update(cx, |this, _cx| (this.client.clone(), this.signer.clone()))?;
-
             if !refs.is_empty() {
                 let push = cx.background_spawn({
                     let client = client.clone();
@@ -695,10 +741,10 @@ impl Backend {
                 // Fan the state out to the relays once a git server holds the objects.
                 // Staging already stored the event locally, publishing makes it visible to the other relays and clients.
                 if let Some(state_event) = &outcome.state_event {
-                    broadcast_event(&client, state_event).await.ok();
-                    this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                        cx.emit(BackendEvent::Published(Box::new(state_event.clone())));
-                    })
+                    if let Err(e) = client.send_event(state_event).broadcast().await {
+                        log::warn!("failed to broadcast repository state: {e}");
+                    }
+                    this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.announce_published(state_event.clone(), cx))
                         .ok();
                 }
             }
@@ -754,31 +800,34 @@ impl Backend {
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) -> Task<Result<PushOutcome, Error>> {
         let addr = announcement.addr();
-        let guard = {
-            let mut pushing = self
-                .pushing_repos
-                .lock()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|poisoned| poisoned.into_inner());
 
-            if !pushing.insert(addr.clone()) {
+        if self.pushing_repos.read(cx).contains(&addr) {
             return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!(
                 "A push to this repository is already in progress"
             )));
         }
 
-            PushGuard {
-                repos: self.pushing_repos.clone(),
-                addr: addr.clone(),
-            }
-        };
+        self.pushing_repos.update(cx, |pushing, cx| {
+            pushing.insert(addr.clone());
+            cx.notify();
+        });
 
         let owner = announcement.owner.to_bech32().unwrap();
         let repo_id = announcement.id.clone();
         let relays = announcement.relays.clone();
 
         cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-            // Held for the whole task. Dropped on completion, on error and on cancellation alike.
-            let _guard = guard;
+            // Held for the whole task. Runs on completion, on error and on
+            // cancellation alike, since dropping the task drops this guard.
+            let _guard = cx.on_drop(&this, {
+                let addr = addr.clone();
+                move |backend, cx| {
+                    backend.pushing_repos.update(cx, |pushing, cx| {
+                        pushing.remove(&addr);
+                        cx.notify();
+                    });
+                }
+            });
 
             let mut state = {
                 let work = cx.background_spawn({
@@ -854,9 +903,11 @@ impl Backend {
             // Staging already stored the event locally, publishing notifies
             // the repository views and other relays and clients.
             if let Some(state_event) = &outcome.state_event {
-                broadcast_event(&client, state_event).await.ok();
-                this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                    cx.emit(BackendEvent::Published(Box::new(state_event.clone())));
+                if let Err(e) = client.send_event(state_event).broadcast().await {
+                    log::warn!("failed to broadcast repository state: {e}");
+                }
+                this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                    this.announce_published(state_event.clone(), cx)
                 })
                 .ok();
             }
@@ -1063,6 +1114,13 @@ impl Backend {
         self.signer.clone()
     }
 
+    /// Repositories with a push in flight, mirror or checkout based.
+    ///
+    /// A child entity: `cx.observe` it to react only to push-state changes.
+    pub fn pushing_repos(&self) -> Entity<HashSet<RepoAddr>> {
+        self.pushing_repos.clone()
+    }
+
     /// Get the current user's public key.
     pub fn current_user(&self) -> Option<PublicKey> {
         self.current_user
@@ -1221,108 +1279,59 @@ impl Backend {
         task.detach();
     }
 
-    /// Sign, broadcast and locally store an event.
-    pub fn send(
-        &mut self,
-        builder: EventBuilder,
-        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
-    ) -> Task<Result<Event, Error>> {
+    /// Emit [`BackendEvent::Published`] for cross-store invalidation.
+    ///
+    /// Callers publish with `client.send_event(...)` directly, then call this
+    /// so stores like `RepoListStore` refresh without re-querying the relays.
+    pub fn announce_published(&self, event: Event, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        cx.emit(BackendEvent::Published(Box::new(event)));
+    }
+
+    /// Publish a NIP-09 deletion for each of `events`, best-effort.
+    ///
+    /// Each target gets its own deletion event: a relay rejecting or
+    /// dropping one does not affect the others.
+    fn retract_events(&mut self, events: &[Event], cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         let client = self.client.clone();
         let signer = self.signer.clone();
 
-        self.publish_task(cx, async move {
-            // Sign with the current signer, broadcast and save locally.
-            // The event is immediately visible to database queries.
-            let event = builder.finalize_async(&signer).await?;
-            broadcast_event(&client, &event).await
+        for event in events.iter().cloned() {
+            let client = client.clone();
+            let signer = signer.clone();
+
+            cx.spawn(async move |_this, _cx| {
+                if let Err(e) = retract_event(&client, &signer, &event).await {
+                    log::warn!("failed to retract event {}: {e}", event.id);
+                }
             })
+            .detach();
         }
-
-    /// Broadcast and locally store an already-signed event.
-    pub fn publish_event(
-        &mut self,
-        event: Event,
-        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
-    ) -> Task<Result<Event, Error>> {
-        let client = self.client.clone();
-        self.publish_task(cx, async move { broadcast_event(&client, &event).await })
-    }
-
-    /// Run `work` in the background, then emit its outcome as a [`BackendEvent`].
-    fn publish_task(
-        &mut self,
-        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
-        work: impl Future<Output = Result<Event, Error>> + 'static + Send,
-    ) -> Task<Result<Event, Error>> {
-        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-            let result = cx.background_spawn(work).await;
-
-            match &result {
-                Ok(event) => {
-                    this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                        cx.emit(BackendEvent::Published(Box::new(event.clone())));
-                    })
-                    .ok();
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                        cx.emit(BackendEvent::error(e.to_string()));
-                    })
-                    .ok();
     }
 }
 
-            result
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Sign, broadcast and store an event without awaiting the result.
-    fn send_fire_and_forget(&mut self, builder: EventBuilder, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
-        let publish = self.send(builder, cx);
-
-        let task: Task<Result<(), Error>> = cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-            if let Err(e) = publish.await {
-                this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                    cx.emit(BackendEvent::error(e.to_string()));
-                })
-                .ok();
-            }
+/// Sign and send a single NIP-09 deletion request for `event`.
+async fn retract_event(
+    client: &Client,
+    signer: &UniversalSigner,
+    event: &Event,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let builder = EventDeletionRequest::new()
+        .id(event.id)
+        .into_event_builder();
+    let deletion = builder.finalize_async(signer).await?;
+    client.send_event(&deletion).broadcast().await?;
     Ok(())
-        });
-        task.detach();
 }
 
-    /// Publish NIP-09 deletions for `events`, best-effort.
-    fn retract_events(&mut self, events: &[Event], cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
-        if events.is_empty() {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let mut tags: Vec<Tag> = Vec::with_capacity(events.len() * 2);
-
-        for event in events {
-            tags.push(Tag::event(event.id));
-            tags.push(Tag::parse(["k", &event.kind.to_string()]).expect("valid kind tag"));
-        }
-
-        let publish = self.send(EventBuilder::new(Kind::EventDeletion, "").tags(tags), cx);
-
-        let task: Task<Result<(), Error>> = cx.spawn(async move |_this, _cx| {
-            if let Err(e) = publish.await {
-                log::warn!("failed to retract repository events: {e}");
-            }
-            Ok(())
-        });
-        task.detach();
-    }
-}
-
-/// Broadcast an event and fail when no relay accepted it.
+/// The event was accepted by at least one relay, or a descriptive error otherwise.
 ///
-/// The client stores accepted events locally, visible to database queries.
-async fn broadcast_event(client: &Client, event: &Event) -> Result<Event, Error> {
-    let output = client.send_event(event).await?;
-
+/// The SDK does not treat "accepted by zero relays" as an error on its own:
+/// [`SendEventOutput::success`] may be empty while the call still returns `Ok`.
+/// This turns that case into an error the caller can surface.
+pub(crate) fn require_relay_accepted(
+    output: SendEventOutput,
+    event: Event,
+) -> Result<Event, Error> {
     if output.success.is_empty() && !output.failed.is_empty() {
         let reasons = output
             .failed
@@ -1330,10 +1339,28 @@ async fn broadcast_event(client: &Client, event: &Event) -> Result<Event, Error>
             .cloned()
             .collect::<Vec<String>>()
             .join(", ");
-        return Err(anyhow!("event not accepted by any relay: {reasons}"));
+        bail!("event not accepted by any relay: {reasons}");
     }
 
-    Ok(event.clone())
+    Ok(event)
+}
+
+/// Sign and broadcast `builder`, logging rather than surfacing failures.
+///
+/// Used for best-effort identity bootstrap events, where a relay hiccup
+/// should not block sign-up.
+async fn publish_best_effort(client: &Client, signer: &UniversalSigner, builder: EventBuilder) {
+    let result: Result<(), Error> = async {
+        let event = builder.finalize_async(signer).await?;
+        let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+        require_relay_accepted(output, event)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    .await;
+
+    if let Err(e) = result {
+        log::warn!("failed to publish identity bootstrap event: {e}");
+    }
 }
 
 /// Add the given relays, connect and fetch the filters.

crates/signed_state/src/checkouts.rs

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr};
 
 use crate::backend::{Backend, BackendEvent};
 use crate::git_store::GitStore;
-use crate::local_repos::LocalReposStore;
 use crate::refresh::{RefreshGate, RefreshRequest};
-use crate::repo_list::RepoListStore;
+use crate::repos::{LocalReposStore, RepoListStore};
 
 /// Delay between a refresh request and the actual re-computation.
 const REFRESH_DEBOUNCE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(300);
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ impl CheckoutsStore {
             }));
         }
 
-        let mut store = Self {
+        let store = Self {
             by_repo: HashMap::new(),
             statuses: HashMap::new(),
             status_requested: HashSet::new(),
@@ -168,7 +167,12 @@ impl CheckoutsStore {
         };
 
         if !cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32") {
-            store.refresh(cx);
+            let weak = cx.entity().downgrade();
+            cx.defer(move |cx| {
+                if let Err(error) = weak.update(cx, |this, cx| this.refresh(cx)) {
+                    log::warn!("checkouts store dropped before initial refresh could run: {error}");
+                }
+            });
         }
 
         store

crates/signed_state/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 mod backend;
 mod checkouts;
 mod git_store;
-mod local_repos;
 mod profile;
 mod refresh;
 mod repo;
-mod repo_list;
+mod repos;
 
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
@@ -13,11 +12,10 @@ pub use backend::{Backend, BackendEvent, user_grasp_list_servers};
 pub use checkouts::{CheckoutStatus, CheckoutsStore, pr_proposes_checkout};
 pub use git_store::GitStore;
 use gpui::{App, AppContext, Entity};
-pub use local_repos::LocalReposStore;
 pub use nostr_sdk::prelude::Timestamp;
 pub use profile::{Profile, ProfileStore};
 pub use repo::RepoStore;
-pub use repo_list::{RepoActivityCounts, RepoListStore};
+pub use repos::{LocalReposStore, RepoActivityCounts, RepoListStore};
 use signed_nostr::new_backend;
 
 /// Initialize the backend and stores, and install them as globals.

crates/signed_state/src/local_repos.rs

@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use anyhow::Error;
-use gpui::{App, AppContext, Context, Entity, Global};
-use signed_git::find_git_repos;
-
-struct GlobalLocalReposStore(Entity<LocalReposStore>);
-
-impl Global for GlobalLocalReposStore {}
-
-/// Store of the git repositories discovered under a set of scan paths.
-pub struct LocalReposStore {
-    /// The directories being scanned.
-    pub roots: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
-    /// Git repositories discovered under [`Self::roots`], sorted by path.
-    pub repos: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
-    /// A scan is currently running.
-    pub scanning: bool,
-    /// A scan was requested while one was already running.
-    scan_dirty: bool,
-}
-
-impl LocalReposStore {
-    /// Retrieve the global local-repositories store.
-    pub fn global(cx: &App) -> Entity<Self> {
-        cx.global::<GlobalLocalReposStore>().0.clone()
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn set_global(entity: Entity<Self>, cx: &mut App) {
-        cx.set_global(GlobalLocalReposStore(entity));
-    }
-
-    /// Create a store scanning `roots` right away.
-    pub fn new(roots: Vec<PathBuf>, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> Self {
-        let mut store = Self {
-            roots: Arc::new(roots),
-            repos: Arc::new(Vec::new()),
-            scanning: false,
-            scan_dirty: false,
-        };
-        store.rescan(cx);
-        store
-    }
-
-    /// Forget a repository that has just been published to NIP-34.
-    pub fn remove(&mut self, path: &Path, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
-        self.repos = Arc::new(
-            self.repos
-                .iter()
-                .filter(|repo| repo.as_path() != path)
-                .cloned()
-                .collect(),
-        );
-        cx.notify();
-    }
-
-    /// Re-run the scan.
-    pub fn rescan(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
-        if self.scanning {
-            self.scan_dirty = true;
-            return;
-        }
-        if self.roots.is_empty() {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        self.scanning = true;
-        cx.notify();
-
-        let roots = self.roots.clone();
-        let work = cx.background_spawn(async move {
-            let mut repos = Vec::new();
-            for root in roots.iter() {
-                repos.extend(find_git_repos(root));
-            }
-            repos.sort();
-            repos.dedup();
-            repos
-        });
-
-        let task: gpui::Task<Result<(), Error>> = cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-            let repos = work.await;
-            let again = this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
-                this.repos = Arc::new(repos);
-                this.scanning = false;
-                cx.notify();
-
-                let dirty = this.scan_dirty;
-                this.scan_dirty = false;
-                dirty
-            })?;
-
-            // Scans requested while this one ran are coalesced into one follow-up scan.
-            if again {
-                this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.rescan(cx))?;
-            }
-
-            Ok(())
-        });
-        task.detach();
-    }
-}

crates/signed_state/src/profile.rs

@@ -96,9 +96,14 @@ impl ProfileStore {
         let backend = Backend::global(cx);
 
         let subscription = cx.subscribe(&backend, |this, _backend, event, cx| match event {
-            BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(update) if update.kind == Kind::Metadata => {
+            BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(updates) => {
+                for update in updates
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|update| update.kind == Kind::Metadata)
+                {
                     this.apply_author(update.author, cx);
                 }
+            }
             BackendEvent::Published(event) if event.kind == Kind::Metadata => {
                 let metadata = Metadata::from_json(&event.content).unwrap_or_default();
                 this.profiles
@@ -118,14 +123,19 @@ impl ProfileStore {
         })
         .detach();
 
-        let mut store = Self {
+        let store = Self {
             profiles: HashMap::new(),
             seen: RefCell::new(HashSet::new()),
             sender,
             _subscription: subscription,
         };
 
-        store.load(cx);
+        let weak = cx.entity().downgrade();
+        cx.defer(move |cx| {
+            if let Err(error) = weak.update(cx, |this, cx| this.load(cx)) {
+                log::warn!("profile store dropped before initial load could run: {error}");
+            }
+        });
         store
     }
 
@@ -329,7 +339,7 @@ impl ProfileStore {
             // Re-apply from the database afterwards.
             match sync_bootstrap_only(client, filter, SyncOptions::default()).await {
                 Ok(_) => {
-                    let _ = this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.apply_seen(cx));
+                    this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.apply_seen(cx)).ok();
                 }
                 Err(e) => log::warn!("profile sync failed: {e}"),
             }

crates/signed_state/src/repo.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use anyhow::Error;
+use anyhow::{Error, bail};
 use bitcoin_hashes::sha1::Hash as Sha1Hash;
 use gpui::{App, AppContext, AsyncApp, Context, SharedString, Subscription, Task, WeakEntity};
 use nostr::event::IntoEventBuilder;
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ use signed_core::{
 };
 
 use crate::backend::{
-    Backend, BackendEvent, grasp_base_url, grasp06_prs_url, pr_clone_urls, user_grasp_list_servers,
+    Backend, BackendEvent, grasp_base_url, grasp06_prs_url, pr_clone_urls, require_relay_accepted,
+    user_grasp_list_servers,
 };
 use crate::checkouts::CheckoutsStore;
 use crate::git_store::GitStore;
 use crate::refresh::{RefreshGate, RefreshRequest};
-use crate::repo_list::RepoListStore;
+use crate::repos::RepoListStore;
 
 /// Delay between a refresh request and the actual re-query.
 const REFRESH_DEBOUNCE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(300);
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
 
         let subscription = cx.subscribe(&backend, |this, _backend, event, cx| {
             let relevant = match event {
-                BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(update) => {
+                BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(updates) => updates.iter().any(|update| {
                     // Deletions may target any event of this repository.
                     let deletion =
                         update.kind == Kind::EventDeletion || update.kind == Kind::RequestToVanish;
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
                     let status = RepoStatus::from_kind(update.kind).is_some();
 
                     deletion || coordinate || (author && kind) || comment || status
-                }
+                }),
                 BackendEvent::Published(event) => {
                     let kind = event.kind == Kind::GitRepoAnnouncement;
                     let author = event.pubkey == this.addr.public_key;
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
             }
         });
 
-        let mut store = Self {
+        let store = Self {
             addr,
             announcement: None,
             head: None,
@@ -149,12 +150,20 @@ impl RepoStore {
             _subscription: subscription,
         };
 
-        store.subscribe_remote(cx);
+        let weak = cx.entity().downgrade();
+        cx.defer(move |cx| {
+            let result = weak.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                this.subscribe_remote(cx);
                 // The announcement we opened the repo from may already list its relays.
                 // Connect to them right away.
                 // Do not wait for the bootstrap fetch to return the same event.
-        store.connect_announced_relays(&announced_relays, cx);
-        store.refresh(cx);
+                this.connect_announced_relays(&announced_relays, cx);
+                this.refresh(cx);
+            });
+            if let Err(error) = result {
+                log::warn!("repo store dropped before bootstrap could run: {error}");
+            }
+        });
         store
     }
 
@@ -509,7 +518,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
         }
         .into_event_builder();
 
-        self.send(builder, cx);
+        self.publish(builder, cx);
     }
 
     /// Comments on a root event, an issue or PR, oldest first.
@@ -540,7 +549,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
             .and_then(|a| a.relays.first())
             .cloned();
 
-        self.send(
+        self.publish(
             comment_builder(root, parent, relay_hint.as_ref(), &self.addr, content),
             cx,
         );
@@ -793,12 +802,15 @@ impl RepoStore {
                 }
             }
 
-            let publish_task = this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-                let backend = Backend::global(cx);
-                backend.update(cx, |backend, cx| backend.publish_event(event, cx))
-            })?;
+            let client = this.update(cx, |_this, cx| Backend::global(cx).read(cx).client())?;
 
-            let pr_event = match publish_task.await {
+            let publish_result: Result<Event, Error> = async {
+                let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+                require_relay_accepted(output, event)
+            }
+            .await;
+
+            let pr_event = match publish_result {
                 Ok(event) => event,
                 Err(e) => {
                     return this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
@@ -808,6 +820,11 @@ impl RepoStore {
                 }
             };
 
+            this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
+                Backend::global(cx)
+                    .update(cx, |backend, cx| backend.announce_published(pr_event.clone(), cx))
+            })?;
+
             // A draft PR carries a kind-1633 status event, NIP-34.
             // Publish it right after the PR event so viewers never show it open.
             if draft {
@@ -821,6 +838,59 @@ impl RepoStore {
         .detach();
     }
 
+    /// Generate the patch between `merge_base` and `compare_ref` in `repo_path`,
+    /// then open a pull request from it.
+    ///
+    /// Fails descriptively when there are no commits to propose or the patch
+    /// could not be generated; otherwise publishes exactly like
+    /// [`Self::open_pull_request`].
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub fn open_pull_request_from_refs(
+        &mut self,
+        repo_path: PathBuf,
+        merge_base: String,
+        compare_ref: String,
+        subject: Option<String>,
+        description: String,
+        branch_name: Option<String>,
+        draft: bool,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) -> Task<Result<(), Error>> {
+        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
+            // Regenerate the series at submit time.
+            // The published patch covers the current tip of the compare branch.
+            let patch = cx
+                .background_spawn({
+                    let repo_path = repo_path.clone();
+                    let merge_base = merge_base.clone();
+                    let compare_ref = compare_ref.clone();
+                    async move {
+                        signed_git::format_patch_between(&repo_path, &merge_base, &compare_ref)
+                    }
+                })
+                .await;
+
+            let patch = match patch {
+                Ok(patch) if !patch.is_empty() => patch,
+                Ok(_) => bail!("No commits between the branches to propose"),
+                Err(error) => bail!("Failed to generate the patch: {error}"),
+            };
+
+            this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                this.open_pull_request(
+                    subject,
+                    description,
+                    branch_name,
+                    patch,
+                    draft,
+                    Some(merge_base),
+                    Some(repo_path),
+                    cx,
+                );
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Update a pull request.
     ///
     /// Other authors must open a new PR.
@@ -909,7 +979,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
                 });
             }
 
-            let update_task = this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+            let builder = this.update(cx, |this, _cx| {
                 let builder = GitPullRequestUpdate {
                     repository: this.addr.clone(),
                     pull_request_event: root.id,
@@ -922,21 +992,40 @@ impl RepoStore {
 
                 // The `r` EUC tag lets clients subscribe to all PR updates.
                 // The SDK builder omits it.
-                let builder = match euc.as_deref() {
+                match euc.as_deref() {
                     Some(euc) => builder.tag(Tag::parse(["r", euc]).expect("valid r tag")),
                     None => builder,
-                };
-
-                let backend = Backend::global(cx);
-                backend.update(cx, |backend, cx| backend.send(builder, cx))
+                }
             })?;
 
-            if let Err(e) = update_task.await {
+            let (client, signer) = this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
+                let backend = Backend::global(cx);
+                let backend = backend.read(cx);
+                (backend.client(), backend.signer())
+            })?;
+
+            let publish_result: Result<Event, Error> = async {
+                let event = builder.finalize_async(&signer).await?;
+                let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+                require_relay_accepted(output, event)
+            }
+            .await;
+
+            match publish_result {
+                Ok(event) => {
+                    this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
+                        Backend::global(cx).update(cx, |backend, cx| {
+                            backend.announce_published(event.clone(), cx)
+                        })
+                    })?;
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
                     return this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
                         this.last_error = Some(e.to_string());
                         cx.notify();
                     });
                 }
+            }
 
             Ok(())
         })
@@ -979,7 +1068,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
             Tag::coordinate(self.addr.clone(), None),
         ]);
 
-        self.send(builder, cx);
+        self.publish(builder, cx);
     }
 
     /// Merge a pull request.
@@ -1326,22 +1415,47 @@ impl RepoStore {
             }
         }
 
-        self.send(EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitStatusApplied, "").tags(tags), cx);
+        self.publish(EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitStatusApplied, "").tags(tags), cx);
     }
 
-    fn send(&mut self, builder: EventBuilder, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+    /// Sign `builder`, broadcast it and track the outcome in [`Self::last_error`].
+    ///
+    /// Every one-shot repository event (issue, comment, status) goes through
+    /// this. Multi-step flows (opening or updating a pull request, a patch
+    /// series) call the SDK directly instead, since their error handling and
+    /// post-conditions differ per step.
+    fn publish(&mut self, builder: EventBuilder, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         self.last_error = None;
 
         let backend = Backend::global(cx);
-        let publish = backend.update(cx, |backend, cx| backend.send(builder, cx));
+        let (client, signer) = {
+            let backend = backend.read(cx);
+            (backend.client(), backend.signer())
+        };
 
         let task: Task<Result<(), Error>> = cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-            if let Err(e) = publish.await {
+            let publish_result: Result<Event, Error> = async {
+                let event = builder.finalize_async(&signer).await?;
+                let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+                require_relay_accepted(output, event)
+            }
+            .await;
+
+            match publish_result {
+                Ok(event) => {
+                    this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
+                        Backend::global(cx)
+                            .update(cx, |backend, cx| backend.announce_published(event, cx))
+                    })?;
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
                     this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
                         this.last_error = Some(e.to_string());
                         cx.notify();
                     })?;
                 }
+            }
+
             Ok(())
         });
         task.detach();
@@ -1425,6 +1539,12 @@ async fn publish_patch_series(
     first_marker: &str,
     reply_to: Option<EventId>,
 ) -> Result<Event, Error> {
+    let (client, signer) = this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
+        let backend = Backend::global(cx);
+        let backend = backend.read(cx);
+        (backend.client(), backend.signer())
+    })?;
+
     let mut root: Option<Event> = None;
     let mut previous = reply_to;
 
@@ -1465,11 +1585,14 @@ async fn publish_patch_series(
 
         let builder = EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitPatch, part.clone()).tags(tags);
 
-        let task = this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
-            let backend = Backend::global(cx);
-            backend.update(cx, |backend, cx| backend.send(builder, cx))
+        let event = builder.finalize_async(&signer).await?;
+        let output = client.send_event(&event).broadcast().await?;
+        let event = require_relay_accepted(output, event)?;
+        this.update(cx, |_this, cx| {
+            Backend::global(cx).update(cx, |backend, cx| {
+                backend.announce_published(event.clone(), cx)
+            })
         })?;
-        let event = task.await?;
 
         if root.is_none() {
             root = Some(event.clone());

crates/signed_state/src/repos.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -6,10 +7,114 @@ use anyhow::Error;
 use gpui::{App, AppContext, Context, Entity, Global, Subscription};
 use nostr_sdk::prelude::*;
 use signed_core::{Announcement, Deletions, RepoAddr, filters, repo_addr};
+use signed_git::find_git_repos;
 
 use crate::backend::{Backend, BackendEvent};
 use crate::refresh::{RefreshGate, RefreshRequest};
 
+struct GlobalLocalReposStore(Entity<LocalReposStore>);
+
+impl Global for GlobalLocalReposStore {}
+
+/// Store of the git repositories discovered under a set of scan paths.
+pub struct LocalReposStore {
+    /// The directories being scanned.
+    pub roots: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+    /// Git repositories discovered under [`Self::roots`], sorted by path.
+    pub repos: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+    /// A scan is currently running.
+    pub scanning: bool,
+    /// A scan was requested while one was already running.
+    scan_dirty: bool,
+}
+
+impl LocalReposStore {
+    /// Retrieve the global local-repositories store.
+    pub fn global(cx: &App) -> Entity<Self> {
+        cx.global::<GlobalLocalReposStore>().0.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn set_global(entity: Entity<Self>, cx: &mut App) {
+        cx.set_global(GlobalLocalReposStore(entity));
+    }
+
+    /// Create a store scanning `roots` right away.
+    pub fn new(roots: Vec<PathBuf>, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> Self {
+        let store = Self {
+            roots: Arc::new(roots),
+            repos: Arc::new(Vec::new()),
+            scanning: false,
+            scan_dirty: false,
+        };
+
+        let weak = cx.entity().downgrade();
+        cx.defer(move |cx| {
+            if let Err(error) = weak.update(cx, |this, cx| this.rescan(cx)) {
+                log::warn!("local repos store dropped before initial scan could run: {error}");
+            }
+        });
+        store
+    }
+
+    /// Forget a repository that has just been published to NIP-34.
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, path: &Path, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        self.repos = Arc::new(
+            self.repos
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|repo| repo.as_path() != path)
+                .cloned()
+                .collect(),
+        );
+        cx.notify();
+    }
+
+    /// Re-run the scan.
+    pub fn rescan(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        if self.scanning {
+            self.scan_dirty = true;
+            return;
+        }
+        if self.roots.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        self.scanning = true;
+        cx.notify();
+
+        let roots = self.roots.clone();
+        let work = cx.background_spawn(async move {
+            let mut repos = Vec::new();
+            for root in roots.iter() {
+                repos.extend(find_git_repos(root));
+            }
+            repos.sort();
+            repos.dedup();
+            repos
+        });
+
+        let task: gpui::Task<Result<(), Error>> = cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
+            let repos = work.await;
+            let again = this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                this.repos = Arc::new(repos);
+                this.scanning = false;
+                cx.notify();
+
+                let dirty = this.scan_dirty;
+                this.scan_dirty = false;
+                dirty
+            })?;
+
+            // Scans requested while this one ran are coalesced into one follow-up scan.
+            if again {
+                this.update(cx, |this, cx| this.rescan(cx))?;
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
+        });
+        task.detach();
+    }
+}
+
 /// Delay between a refresh request and the actual re-query.
 ///
 /// Bursts of events, e.g. sync progress ticks, collapse into one query.
@@ -74,7 +179,7 @@ impl RepoListStore {
 
         let subscription = cx.subscribe(&backend, |this, _backend, event, cx| {
             let relevant = match event {
-                BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(update) => {
+                BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(updates) => updates.iter().any(|update| {
                     // Deletions may target anything we list, always refresh.
                     if update.kind == Kind::EventDeletion || update.kind == Kind::RequestToVanish {
                         true
@@ -87,7 +192,7 @@ impl RepoListStore {
                         let is_repo_state = update.kind == Kind::RepoState;
                         is_announcement || is_repo_state
                     }
-                }
+                }),
                 BackendEvent::Published(event) => {
                     let announcement = event.kind == Kind::GitRepoAnnouncement;
 
@@ -107,7 +212,7 @@ impl RepoListStore {
             }
         });
 
-        let mut store = Self {
+        let store = Self {
             announcements: Arc::new(Vec::new()),
             last_activity: Arc::new(HashMap::new()),
             counts: Arc::new(HashMap::new()),
@@ -115,10 +220,18 @@ impl RepoListStore {
             _subscription: subscription,
         };
 
-        store.subscribe_remote(cx);
+        let weak = cx.entity().downgrade();
+        cx.defer(move |cx| {
+            let result = weak.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                this.subscribe_remote(cx);
                 // Query the local database right away.
                 // The list never waits for the relay syncs started above to finish.
-        store.refresh_initial(cx);
+                this.refresh_initial(cx);
+            });
+            if let Err(error) = result {
+                log::warn!("repo list store dropped before bootstrap could run: {error}");
+            }
+        });
         store
     }
 

crates/workspace/src/views/repo_detail/new_pull_request.rs

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ use gpui_component::{
     v_virtual_list,
 };
 use nostr::prelude::*;
-use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr};
+use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr, fork_candidates};
 use signed_git::{
-    delete_refs_with_prefix, fetch_repo_refs, format_patch_between, merge_base, refs_with_prefix,
-    sanitize_path_component, worktree_commit_range_commits, worktree_commit_range_diff,
+    delete_refs_with_prefix, fetch_repo_refs, fork_namespace, merge_base, refs_with_prefix,
+    worktree_commit_range_commits, worktree_commit_range_diff,
 };
 use signed_state::{Backend, CheckoutsStore, GitStore, RepoListStore, RepoStore};
 use signed_ui::{CountBadge, placeholder};
@@ -102,36 +102,6 @@ impl ForkCompare {
     }
 }
 
-/// The refs namespace of a fork's import in the target mirror.
-fn fork_namespace(announcement: &Announcement) -> String {
-    format!(
-        "{}/{}",
-        announcement.owner.to_hex(),
-        sanitize_path_component(&announcement.id)
-    )
-}
-
-/// The announced forks of `base` a New PR compare can be built from.
-fn fork_candidates<'a>(
-    announcements: &'a [Announcement],
-    base: &RepoAddr,
-    base_euc: Option<&str>,
-    user: Option<PublicKey>,
-) -> Vec<&'a Announcement> {
-    let (mut own, mut others) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
-    for announcement in announcements {
-        if announcement.clone.is_empty() || !announcement.is_fork_of(base, base_euc) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if Some(announcement.owner) == user {
-            own.push(announcement);
-        } else {
-            others.push(announcement);
-        }
-    }
-    own.into_iter().chain(others).collect()
-}
-
 /// The display name of an announcement.
 ///
 /// Its human-readable name, falling back to the repository id.
@@ -933,54 +903,31 @@ impl NewPullRequestView {
             cx.spawn_in(window, async move |this, cx| {
                 // Regenerate the series at submit time.
                 // The published patch covers the current tip of the compare branch.
-                let patch = cx
-                    .background_spawn({
-                        let repo_path = repo_path.clone();
-                        let merge_base = merge_base.clone();
-                        let compare_ref = compare_ref.clone();
-                        async move {
-                            format_patch_between(Path::new(&repo_path), &merge_base, &compare_ref)
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .await;
-
-                let patch = match patch {
-                    Ok(patch) if !patch.is_empty() => patch,
-                    Ok(_) => {
-                        this.update_in(cx, |this, _window, cx| {
-                            this.submitting = false;
-                            this.error = Some("No commits between the branches to propose".into());
-                            cx.notify();
-                        })?;
-                        return Ok(());
-                    }
-                    Err(error) => {
-                        this.update_in(cx, |this, _window, cx| {
-                            this.submitting = false;
-                            this.error =
-                                Some(format!("Failed to generate the patch: {error}").into());
-                            cx.notify();
-                        })?;
-                        return Ok(());
-                    }
-                };
-
-                this.update_in(cx, |this, window, cx| {
-                    this.submitting = false;
-
-                    store.update(cx, |store, cx| {
-                        store.open_pull_request(
+                let publish = store.update(cx, |store, cx| {
+                    store.open_pull_request_from_refs(
+                        repo_path,
+                        merge_base,
+                        compare_ref,
                         (!subject.is_empty()).then_some(subject),
                         description,
                         Some(branch_name),
-                            patch,
                         false,
-                            Some(merge_base),
-                            Some(repo_path),
                         cx,
-                        );
+                    )
                 });
 
+                if let Err(error) = publish.await {
+                    this.update_in(cx, |this, _window, cx| {
+                        this.submitting = false;
+                        this.error = Some(error.to_string().into());
+                        cx.notify();
+                    })?;
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+
+                this.update_in(cx, |this, window, cx| {
+                    this.submitting = false;
+
                     // Close the panel once the publish is underway.
                     cx.defer_in(window, {
                         let dock_area = dock_area.clone();
@@ -1463,140 +1410,3 @@ impl Render for NewPullRequestView {
             )
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use nostr::prelude::*;
-    use signed_core::repo_addr;
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    const OWNER_KEYS: [&str; 3] = [
-        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
-        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
-        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003",
-    ];
-
-    /// Build a signed kind-30617 event for `owner` with the given tags.
-    fn announcement_event(owner: &str, tags: &[&[&str]]) -> Event {
-        let keys = Keys::new(SecretKey::from_hex(owner).expect("valid secret key"));
-        let tags: Vec<Tag> = tags
-            .iter()
-            .map(|t| Tag::parse(t.to_vec()).expect("valid tag"))
-            .collect();
-        EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitRepoAnnouncement, "")
-            .tags(tags)
-            .finalize(&keys)
-            .expect("signed event")
-    }
-
-    fn announcements(owner_ix: usize, tags: &[&[&str]]) -> Vec<Announcement> {
-        vec![
-            Announcement::from_event(&announcement_event(OWNER_KEYS[owner_ix], tags))
-                .expect("parses"),
-        ]
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn fork_candidates_orders_own_forks_first() {
-        let euc = "aa231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c";
-        let clone = "https://grasp.example/npub1x/my-fork.git";
-
-        let base_addr = repo_addr(
-            PublicKey::from_hex(OWNER_KEYS[0]).expect("pubkey"),
-            "upstream",
-        );
-        // Newest first, as RepoListStore keeps them.
-        // Unrelated repo, the user's fork with the shared EUC, another fork with a `u` tag.
-        let all = vec![
-            announcements(
-                2,
-                &[
-                    &["d", "other-project"],
-                    &["r", "bb231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c", "euc"],
-                ],
-            )
-            .pop()
-            .unwrap(),
-            announcements(
-                1,
-                &[&["d", "my-fork"], &["r", euc, "euc"], &["clone", clone]],
-            )
-            .pop()
-            .unwrap(),
-            announcements(
-                2,
-                &[
-                    &["d", "their-fork"],
-                    &["u", &base_addr.to_string()],
-                    &["clone", clone],
-                ],
-            )
-            .pop()
-            .unwrap(),
-        ];
-
-        let user = PublicKey::from_hex(OWNER_KEYS[1]).expect("pubkey");
-        let forks = fork_candidates(&all, &base_addr, Some(euc), Some(user));
-
-        // The user's fork comes first, then the other author's.
-        let ids: Vec<&str> = forks.iter().map(|a| a.id.as_str()).collect();
-        assert_eq!(ids, vec!["my-fork", "their-fork"]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn fork_candidates_excludes_base_unrelated_and_unfetchable() {
-        let euc = "aa231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c";
-        let base_owner = PublicKey::from_hex(OWNER_KEYS[0]).expect("pubkey");
-        let base_addr = repo_addr(base_owner, "upstream");
-
-        let mut all = vec![
-            announcements(0, &[&["d", "upstream"], &["r", euc, "euc"]])
-                .pop()
-                .unwrap(),
-            announcements(1, &[&["d", "no-clone-fork"], &["r", euc, "euc"]])
-                .pop()
-                .unwrap(),
-            announcements(
-                2,
-                &[
-                    &["d", "other"],
-                    &["r", "cc231c4c6a5777dc89b42207b499891a344add5c", "euc"],
-                ],
-            )
-            .pop()
-            .unwrap(),
-            announcements(
-                2,
-                &[
-                    &["d", "mirror"],
-                    &["r", euc, "euc"],
-                    &["clone", "https://grasp.example/x/mirror.git"],
-                ],
-            )
-            .pop()
-            .unwrap(),
-        ];
-
-        let forks = fork_candidates(&all, &base_addr, Some(euc), Some(base_owner));
-        assert_eq!(forks.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(forks[0].id, "mirror");
-
-        // Without a base EUC only `u`-tag forks match.
-        all.push(
-            announcements(
-                2,
-                &[
-                    &["d", "u-fork"],
-                    &["u", &base_addr.to_string()],
-                    &["clone", "https://grasp.example/x/u-fork.git"],
-                ],
-            )
-            .pop()
-            .unwrap(),
-        );
-        let forks = fork_candidates(&all, &base_addr, None, Some(base_owner));
-        let ids: Vec<&str> = forks.iter().map(|a| a.id.as_str()).collect();
-        assert_eq!(ids, vec!["u-fork"]);
-    }
-}

crates/workspace/src/views/repo_detail/pull_request_detail.rs

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ use gpui_component::{
     ActiveTheme, Sizable, StyledExt, VirtualListScrollHandle, WindowExt, h_flex, v_flex,
     v_virtual_list,
 };
-use nostr::prelude::{Event, EventId, Kind, Nip34Tag, Url};
-use signed_core::{activity_subject, pull_request_patch};
+use nostr::prelude::{Event, EventId, Kind};
+use signed_core::{
+    activity_subject, branch_name_of, clone_urls_of, current_commit_of, latest_update,
+    merge_base_of, pull_request_patch,
+};
 use signed_git::{FileCommit, patch_commits, patch_diffs};
 use signed_state::{Backend, GitStore, ProfileStore, RepoStore};
 use signed_ui::{CountBadge, UserAvatar, placeholder, status_badge};
@@ -701,66 +704,6 @@ fn open_update_pull_request_dialog(
 }
 
 /// The `c` tag of a PR event, the commit the proposal points at.
-fn current_commit_of(root: &Event) -> Option<String> {
-    root.tags
-        .iter()
-        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
-            Ok(Nip34Tag::CurrentCommit(commit)) => Some(commit.to_string()),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-}
-
-/// The `merge-base` tag of a PR event, as hex.
-///
-/// The most recent common ancestor with the target branch.
-fn merge_base_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
-    event
-        .tags
-        .iter()
-        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
-            Ok(Nip34Tag::MergeBase(commit)) => Some(commit.to_string()),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-}
-
-/// The `clone` tag of a PR event.
-///
-/// URLs where the proposed branch can be fetched, or `None` if the PR has none.
-fn clone_urls_of(event: &Event) -> Option<Vec<Url>> {
-    event
-        .tags
-        .iter()
-        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
-            Ok(Nip34Tag::Clone(urls)) => Some(urls),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-}
-
-/// The `branch-name` tag of a PR event, if any.
-fn branch_name_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
-    event
-        .tags
-        .iter()
-        .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
-            Ok(Nip34Tag::BranchName(name)) => Some(name),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-}
-
-/// The latest PR update, kind 1619, revising `root`.
-fn latest_update<'a>(events: impl Iterator<Item = &'a Event>, root: &Event) -> Option<&'a Event> {
-    let root_hex = root.id.to_hex();
-    events
-        .filter(|e| e.kind == Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate)
-        .filter(|e| e.pubkey == root.pubkey)
-        .filter(|e| {
-            e.tags
-                .iter()
-                .any(|t| t.kind() == "E" && t.content() == Some(root_hex.as_str()))
-        })
-        .max_by_key(|e| e.created_at)
-}
-
 /// One-line commit metadata for the commits list.
 ///
 /// Author and relative time, whichever is available.
@@ -821,104 +764,9 @@ impl Render for PullRequestDetailView {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use nostr::prelude::{Tag, *};
-
     use super::*;
 
     const COMMIT_HEX: &str = "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111";
-    const OTHER_ROOT_HEX: &str = "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222";
-
-    fn keys() -> Keys {
-        Keys::new(
-            SecretKey::from_hex("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")
-                .expect("valid secret key"),
-        )
-    }
-
-    /// Build a signed event with a controlled `created_at`.
-    fn signed(kind: Kind, tags: Vec<Tag>, created_at: u64) -> Event {
-        EventBuilder::new(kind, "")
-            .tags(tags)
-            .custom_created_at(Timestamp::from(created_at))
-            .finalize(&keys())
-            .expect("signed event")
-    }
-
-    fn pr_root() -> Event {
-        signed(
-            Kind::GitPullRequest,
-            vec![
-                Tag::parse(["c", COMMIT_HEX]).expect("valid tag"),
-                Tag::parse(["branch-name", "feature/x"]).expect("valid tag"),
-            ],
-            100,
-        )
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn reads_current_commit_and_branch_name() {
-        let pr = pr_root();
-        assert_eq!(current_commit_of(&pr).as_deref(), Some(COMMIT_HEX));
-        assert_eq!(branch_name_of(&pr).as_deref(), Some("feature/x"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn returns_none_without_pr_tags() {
-        let pr = signed(Kind::GitPullRequest, vec![], 100);
-        assert_eq!(current_commit_of(&pr), None);
-        assert_eq!(branch_name_of(&pr), None);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn latest_update_picks_newest_revision_of_the_root() {
-        let root = pr_root();
-        let root_hex = root.id.to_hex();
-
-        let revision = |created_at: u64| {
-            signed(
-                Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate,
-                vec![Tag::parse(["E", &root_hex]).expect("valid tag")],
-                created_at,
-            )
-        };
-        // An update revising a different PR must be ignored even though it is newer.
-        let unrelated = signed(
-            Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate,
-            vec![Tag::parse(["E", OTHER_ROOT_HEX]).expect("valid tag")],
-            999,
-        );
-
-        let events = [unrelated, revision(200), root.clone(), revision(300)];
-        let latest = latest_update(events.iter(), &root).expect("an update");
-
-        assert_eq!(latest.created_at.as_secs(), 300);
-        assert_eq!(latest.kind, Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn latest_update_ignores_other_authors() {
-        let root = pr_root();
-        let root_hex = root.id.to_hex();
-        let other = Keys::new(
-            SecretKey::from_hex("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002")
-                .expect("valid secret key"),
-        );
-        let stranger = EventBuilder::new(Kind::GitPullRequestUpdate, "")
-            .tags([Tag::parse(["E", &root_hex]).expect("valid tag")])
-            .custom_created_at(Timestamp::from(999))
-            .finalize(&other)
-            .expect("signed event");
-
-        // The tip of a PR is only mutable by its author.
-        // A newer update from anyone else must not win.
-        assert!(latest_update([&stranger, &root].into_iter(), &root).is_none());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn latest_update_ignores_roots_without_revisions() {
-        let root = pr_root();
-        assert!(latest_update([&root].into_iter(), &root).is_none());
-    }
 
     #[test]
     fn commit_meta_combines_author_and_time() {

docs/backend-rearchitecture.md

@@ -122,6 +122,41 @@ everywhere, no exceptions.
 
 ## 2. The "send an event" functions — there are 8, there should be roughly 2
 
+> **Status: done.** `Backend::send`, `Backend::publish_event`, `Backend::publish_task`,
+> `Backend::send_fire_and_forget` and the free fn `broadcast_event` are all
+> deleted. In their place: `require_relay_accepted(output, event)` (the one
+> "empty success ⇒ Err" check, `pub(crate)` so `repo.rs` can use it too) and
+> `Backend::announce_published(event, cx)` (one line, emits
+> `BackendEvent::Published`). Every call site now calls
+> `client.send_event(&event).broadcast()` directly — the `.broadcast()` is
+> the additive gossip-bypass from §4, added here since every one of these
+> call sites already has a well-defined target (the relays this app
+> explicitly added). `RepoStore::send` is also gone; its 4 identical
+> one-shot callers (`open_issue`, `reply`, `set_status`,
+> `publish_applied_status`) now call a private `RepoStore::publish` that
+> does the same sign+send+check+`last_error` bookkeeping — kept as **one**
+> small store-local helper rather than inlining the same ~20 lines 4 times,
+> since all 4 call sites have byte-for-byte identical post-conditions (this
+> is a deliberate, narrow exception to "delete `RepoStore::send`";
+> `stage_event_on_relay` was already the same shape of exception before this
+> change). The 3 call sites with genuinely divergent control flow
+> (`open_pull_request`, `update_pull_request`, `publish_patch_series`) now
+> call `client.send_event(...)`/`require_relay_accepted` directly inline,
+> fixing the inconsistent error surfacing this section originally flagged
+> (all three now set `last_error` on failure, like every other `RepoStore`
+> mutation). `retract_events` is rewritten per the NIP-09 section below.
+> `stage_event_on_relay` is untouched, it already followed this pattern.
+> Verified against the pinned `nostr-sdk` source that `SendEventOutput`
+> (`= Output<EventId, EventSendStatus, String>`) and `EventDeletionRequest`
+> (`nostr/src/nips/nip09.rs`) have the shapes assumed here, and that
+> `UniversalSigner` implements the `AsyncGetPublicKey + AsyncSignEvent`
+> bounds `FinalizeEventAsync` requires. `cargo check --workspace`,
+> `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets` and `cargo test --workspace` all
+> pass unchanged (165+ tests, no failures) — none of the deleted/rewritten
+> functions had direct unit test coverage (they all require a live relay),
+> so this was verified by compilation plus a careful line-by-line diff
+> against the previous control flow for each of the 8 call sites.
+
 Grep for anything that ends up calling `client.send_event`:
 
 | Function | File:line | What it adds over `client.send_event` |
@@ -326,6 +361,13 @@ invariant, not something to paper over with a fingerprint cache.
 
 ## 4. Gossip is enabled, and stays enabled — but today's git-domain sends should bypass it explicitly
 
+> **Status: done**, implemented as part of §2's send-path consolidation.
+> Every direct `client.send_event(...)` call added while deleting the 8
+> send-path layers uses `.broadcast()` explicitly (repository announcements,
+> state, issues, PRs, patches, comments, statuses and NIP-09 deletions).
+> `.gossip(...)` stays configured in `signed_nostr::backend::with_database`
+> for future NIP-17/NIP-65 features, per the recommendation below.
+
 Per team direction: gossip is a deliberate, load-bearing choice for this
 client (it's not fully wired up to a feature yet, but it's not incidental
 configuration either). `.gossip(...)` stays in `signed_nostr::backend::with_database`
@@ -784,6 +826,27 @@ source of truth.
 
 ## 10. Bootstrap-on-construction should go through `cx.defer`, not run synchronously in `new`
 
+> **Status: done.** All six constructors listed in the table below now build
+> `Self` with no side effects, capture `cx.entity().downgrade()`, and defer
+> the bootstrap call(s) with `cx.defer(move |cx| { weak.update(cx, |this,
+> cx| ...).ok-or-log(); })`. Verified `cx.entity()` is safe to call before
+> the entity is registered: `App::new`'s `cx.entities.reserve()` bumps the
+> ref count to 1 before `build_entity` runs (`app/entity_map.rs:114-117`),
+> so `weak_entity().upgrade()` succeeds throughout construction, and the
+> deferred closure only runs after `cx.new`'s `insert_entity` call has fully
+> populated the entity, so the weak upgrade inside the deferred closure
+> always succeeds too (barring the caller synchronously dropping the
+> just-created `Entity` before yielding, an edge case worth a log line, not
+> a crash). `RepoStore::new` bundles its three previously-sequential calls
+> (`subscribe_remote`, `connect_announced_relays`, `refresh`) into one
+> deferred closure to preserve their relative order. Failure to upgrade is
+> logged with `log::warn!` rather than silently discarded with `.ok()`, per
+> this project's error-handling rule. `cargo check --workspace`,
+> `cargo clippy -p signed_state --all-targets` and `cargo test --workspace`
+> all pass unchanged — none of the existing tests construct these stores
+> through a `TestAppContext` and assert state immediately after `cx.new`,
+> so no test needed a `cx.run_until_parked()` addition.
+
 Verified against the pinned GPUI revision
 (`crates/gpui/src/app.rs:1999-2005`, `crates/gpui/src/app/context.rs:296-315`).
 
@@ -840,6 +903,39 @@ talk to other entities" in the same synchronous call, which is exactly what
 
 ## 11. Split independently-observed state into child entities
 
+> **Status: done**, with one correction to the approach originally sketched
+> below. `Backend::pushing_repos` is now `Entity<HashSet<RepoAddr>>`,
+> created with `cx.new(|_| HashSet::new())` in `Backend::new` and exposed
+> via `Backend::pushing_repos() -> Entity<HashSet<RepoAddr>>` for future
+> `cx.observe` callers (nothing reads it today — the actual UI-facing "is
+> this repo pushing" indicator is the pre-existing, already-observable
+> `RepoStore::pushing: bool`; this field is purely `push_repo_from`'s
+> internal re-entrancy guard).
+>
+> The blocker: `Drop::drop(&mut self)` has no `cx` parameter, so `PushGuard`
+> could not literally call `pushing_repos.update(cx, ...)` on drop as first
+> sketched below — confirmed by checking Zed's own codebase, which hits the
+> same wall and falls back to a raw `Mutex` for exactly this reason
+> (`crates/project/src/project.rs`'s `RemotelyCreatedModelGuard`). The fix is
+> `AsyncApp::on_drop(&self, entity: &WeakEntity<T>, f: impl FnOnce(&mut T,
+> &mut Context<T>) + 'static) -> Deferred<impl FnOnce()>`
+> (`gpui/src/app/async_context.rs:266-276`), which is exactly what several
+> Zed crates already use for this "clean up an entity when a spawned task is
+> cancelled" pattern (e.g. `git_ui/src/git_panel.rs`'s
+> `_clear_pending_remote_operation = cx.on_drop(&this, |this, cx| ...)`).
+> `push_repo_from` now inserts into `pushing_repos` synchronously before
+> `cx.spawn` (using the already-available `&mut Context<Backend>`), and
+> holds `let _guard = cx.on_drop(&this, move |backend, cx| { ... remove ...
+> });` for the lifetime of the spawned task — removal fires on completion,
+> error, or cancellation alike, same as the old `Drop for PushGuard`, but
+> now through a real, observable entity update with `cx.notify()`. The old
+> `PushGuard` struct and its `Drop` impl are deleted; `Arc`/`Mutex` are no
+> longer imported in `backend.rs` at all. `cargo check --workspace`,
+> `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets` and `cargo test --workspace` all
+> pass unchanged; no call site outside `signed_state` touched
+> `pushing_repos`, confirming it had zero external readers before this
+> change.
+
 `Backend::pushing_repos` (`backend.rs:88`) is `Arc<Mutex<HashSet<RepoAddr>>>`
 — it bypasses GPUI's entity system entirely. A view that wants to show "is
 repository X currently pushing" has no way to `cx.observe` this; it can
@@ -887,6 +983,33 @@ This principle is also the reason **not** to merge `LocalReposStore` and
 
 ## 12. One debounce at the source, not one per store
 
+> **Status: done.** `Backend::new`'s pump now batches: it waits for the
+> first `ClientNotification::Event`, then races `notifications.next()`
+> against a `PUMP_DEBOUNCE` (200ms) timer in a loop, collecting every event
+> that arrives before the deadline into one `Vec<Update>`, then emits a
+> single `BackendEvent::NostrUpdate(Vec<Update>)`. Implemented with
+> `futures::future::select` + `futures::pin_mut!`, matching the existing
+> debounce idiom already used by `ProfileStore::handle_requests` in the same
+> crate (not `select_biased!`, which isn't used anywhere else here).
+> Verified `Client::notifications()` returns a `Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item =
+> ClientNotification> + Send>>` backed by a `broadcast::Receiver`
+> (`nostr-sdk/src/client/mod.rs:199-205`, `pool/mod.rs:96`), so cancelling a
+> `.next()` future mid-poll to race it against the timer cannot drop a
+> notification — the broadcast cursor only advances on a completed receive.
+> `BackendEvent::NostrUpdate` changed from `Update` to `Vec<Update>`; its 3
+> actual subscribers (`ProfileStore`, `RepoStore`, `RepoListStore` —
+> `CheckoutsStore` only observes `RepoListStore`/`LocalReposStore`, it never
+> matched on `NostrUpdate` directly) were updated to iterate the batch
+> (`.any(...)` for the two relevance checks, a `for` loop over the
+> metadata-kind updates in `ProfileStore`). Also fixed a `let _ =` silently
+> discarding a `WeakEntity::update` result in `ProfileStore::handle_requests`,
+> found while touching this file, replaced with the `.ok()` idiom used
+> everywhere else in this crate for the same "entity may already be gone"
+> case. Downstream per-store `RefreshGate` debounce windows are left
+> unchanged for now, per the "measure before resizing" note below.
+> `cargo check --workspace`, `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets` and
+> `cargo test --workspace` all pass unchanged.
+
 Flagged example — the notification pump (`backend.rs:126-146`):
 
 ```rust
@@ -962,6 +1085,16 @@ than speculatively resizing four timers up front.
 
 ## 13. `local_repos.rs` + `repo_list.rs`: merge the files, not the entities
 
+> **Status: done.** Merged both files into `signed_state/src/repos.rs`, keeping
+> `LocalReposStore` and `RepoListStore` as two fully independent structs, each
+> still its own `Entity`/`Global` with the same `global()`/`set_global()` pairs
+> and public API as before — zero call-site churn beyond fixing the `use`
+> paths (`crate::local_repos`/`crate::repo_list` → `crate::repos`) in
+> `checkouts.rs`, `repo.rs` and `lib.rs`. `cargo check --workspace`,
+> `cargo clippy -p signed_state --all-targets` and `cargo test --workspace`
+> (signed_state 24 tests, workspace 14 tests, full suite 165+ tests) all pass
+> unchanged.
+
 These two are structurally near-identical: both hold an `Arc<Vec<T>>`
 snapshot, refresh it in the background on a trigger, swap it in with
 `cx.notify()`, and carry their own `Global` wrapper + `global()`/`set_global()`
@@ -1167,6 +1300,47 @@ than avoidable duplication.
 
 ## 17. Business logic that leaked into `crates/workspace` and should move to `signed_core`/`signed_state`
 
+> **Status: done.** All four sub-items landed:
+>
+> - `current_commit_of` is now `pub fn` in `signed_core::model`; the
+>   byte-for-byte duplicate in `pull_request_detail.rs` is deleted, replaced
+>   by an import.
+> - `merge_base_of`, `clone_urls_of`, `branch_name_of` and `latest_update`
+>   moved to `signed_core::model` as `pub fn`s with their tests (the same
+>   `signed()`/`pr_root()`-style fixtures the doc predicted, renamed
+>   `signed_at`/`pr_root` to avoid colliding with `model.rs`'s existing
+>   single-owner `keys()`/`announcement_event` fixtures used by unrelated
+>   `is_fork_of` tests in the same file). `pull_request_detail.rs` lost the
+>   now-unused `Nip34Tag`/`Url` imports as a result.
+> - `fork_candidates` moved to `signed_core::model` as planned. The doc's
+>   wording was ambivalent about where `fork_namespace` should go ("safe,
+>   low-risk move to `signed_core`" vs. "pairs naturally with `signed_git`'s
+>   ref-naming conventions" in the same paragraph) — turns out only one is
+>   actually possible: `fork_namespace` calls `signed_git::sanitize_path_component`,
+>   and `signed_git` **depends on** `signed_core` (`signed_git/Cargo.toml`),
+>   so moving it to `signed_core` would be a circular dependency. It moved to
+>   `signed_git` instead, next to `sanitize_path_component`, with a new unit
+>   test (it had none before). `fork_candidates` has no such constraint (only
+>   touches `Announcement`/`RepoAddr`/`PublicKey`) and moved to `signed_core`
+>   as planned, tests included. `new_pull_request.rs`'s entire `mod tests`
+>   block was deleted — both moved functions were the only things it tested.
+> - `NewPullRequestView::submit` no longer calls `format_patch_between`
+>   itself: `RepoStore::open_pull_request_from_refs(repo_path, merge_base,
+>   compare_ref, subject, description, branch_name, draft, cx) ->
+>   Task<Result<(), Error>>` does the `format_patch_between` + empty-check +
+>   `open_pull_request` sequence internally, with the exact same two error
+>   messages ( "No commits between the branches to propose" /
+>   "Failed to generate the patch: {error}") the view used to produce
+>   inline, now surfaced through the returned `Task`'s `Err` and displayed
+>   via the view's existing `self.error` field — no observable UI change.
+>   `submit` shrank to gathering form values and awaiting the store call;
+>   `format_patch_between` is no longer imported in `new_pull_request.rs`.
+>
+> `cargo check --workspace`, `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets` and
+> `cargo test --workspace` all pass; test counts moved with the functions
+> (`signed_core` 41 → 48, `signed_git` 67 → 68 for the new `fork_namespace`
+> test, `workspace` 14 → 7), no failures, no coverage lost.
+
 Direct answer to "can the view side be thinner": yes, and not speculatively —
 found one confirmed duplicate, one cluster of misplaced domain parsing, and
 one mutating-flow split across the view/store boundary. The test used to
@@ -1350,15 +1524,22 @@ method.
    Done: see §9. Manual create-repository-then-open-detail-view pass still
    recommended before shipping, since it depends on the grasp push actually
    succeeding end-to-end against a live server.
-7. **Merge `local_repos.rs` and `repo_list.rs` into one file** (§13),
+7. ✅ **Merge `local_repos.rs` and `repo_list.rs` into one file** (§13),
    keeping both stores as independent entities. Purely organizational, zero
    call-site changes, safe to do any time.
-8. **Route construction-time bootstrap through `cx.defer`** (§10) in all
+
+   Done: merged into `signed_state/src/repos.rs`, see §13 for verification
+   notes.
+8. ✅ **Route construction-time bootstrap through `cx.defer`** (§10) in all
    six stores listed there. Mechanical per store, but touch them one at a
    time and re-run each store's test suite, since ordering-sensitive
    assumptions (e.g. a test that asserts state right after `cx.new`) may
    need `cx.run_until_parked()` inserted where they didn't before.
-9. **Consolidate the send paths** (§2): introduce the single
+
+   Done: `Backend`, `RepoStore`, `RepoListStore`, `LocalReposStore`,
+   `CheckoutsStore` and `ProfileStore` all defer their bootstrap now, see
+   §10 for verification notes.
+9. ✅ **Consolidate the send paths** (§2): introduce the single
    `require_relay_accepted` helper, delete
    `Backend::send`/`publish_event`/`send_fire_and_forget`/`broadcast_event`/
    `RepoStore::send`, switch `retract_events` to `EventDeletionRequest`
@@ -1367,13 +1548,23 @@ method.
    This is the biggest diff and touches every publish call site (`repo.rs`,
    `backend.rs`), so do it as its own PR with full test-suite coverage
    before/after.
-10. **Split `pushing_repos` (and similar fields) into a child entity** (§11).
+
+   Done: see §2 and §4 for the full list of call sites, the one deliberate
+   narrow exception (`RepoStore::publish`), and verification notes.
+10. ✅ **Split `pushing_repos` (and similar fields) into a child entity** (§11).
     Small, isolated change once §9's `PushGuard` rewrite is in flight — do
     them together since both touch `PushGuard`.
-11. **Centralize the notification-pump debounce** (§12). This one is the
+
+    Done: see §11 — implemented via `AsyncApp::on_drop`, not the plain
+    `Drop` impl originally sketched, which turned out not to be possible.
+11. ✅ **Centralize the notification-pump debounce** (§12). This one is the
     most speculative of the batch — land it after §7's `SyncProgress`
     decision and re-measure whether each store's own `RefreshGate` window
     can shrink, rather than assuming the exact shape up front.
+
+    Done: see §12. Landed without waiting on §7 since it doesn't depend on
+    that decision — downstream `RefreshGate` windows were deliberately left
+    unresized, so there's nothing here for §7 to invalidate either way.
 12. **Optional, product call:** drop `SyncProgress` from
     `RepoListStore`'s relevant-event match if progressive reveal during
     bootstrap sync isn't a feature you want (§7).
@@ -1383,7 +1574,7 @@ method.
     parallel if you have a second contributor, otherwise last since it's
     the largest and riskiest single change (needs fixture-by-fixture
     verification against the existing test suite).
-14. **Move the misplaced `workspace` domain logic to `signed_core`/`signed_state`** (§17):
+14. ✅ **Move the misplaced `workspace` domain logic to `signed_core`/`signed_state`** (§17):
     make `current_commit_of` `pub` in `signed_core` and delete the
     `workspace` duplicate; move `merge_base_of`/`clone_urls_of`/`branch_name_of`/
     `latest_update` and `fork_candidates`/`fork_namespace` there too, tests
@@ -1392,6 +1583,10 @@ method.
     itself. Low risk, no behavior change, best done as its own small PR per
     function cluster rather than one big move.
 
+    Done: see §17. `fork_namespace` ended up in `signed_git`, not
+    `signed_core`, to avoid a circular crate dependency — everything else
+    landed exactly as planned.
+
 Everything **not** listed above (per-repo/per-list `Entity` stores, the
 `RefreshGate` debounce/coalesce pattern, `Nip34Tag`/`Coordinate`/`Filter`
 usage in `signed_core`, the GRASP push-retry state machine in