wtclaude 1a7d2da4dd docs(events): the cutover, the outage it survived, and the defect it exposed (Phase 16b)
`EVENTS_PLAN.md` gains the 16b record: the six steps and why core lands before
the module, the four decisions taken, the releases cut, and the re-verify against
artefacts an operator would actually download.

Three things in it are worth more than the chronology.

A job's log IS readable on this Gitea, through the web route rather than the
API. Every earlier phase diagnosed CI by reproducing jobs locally on the belief
that logs were unreachable; reading one turned four red jobs into four known
causes in about ten minutes. Three were the ten-minute Cloudflare outage in the
middle of the window and a runner that could not resolve sh.rustup.rs -- and
because neither release pushed its tag before dying, the orphaned-tag failure
mode did not occur and a plain workflow_dispatch recovered both.

The seventh defect of this phase: `server-tests` had been red on every events PR
since Phase 10, always the same single test, and the workstream merged over it
eight times. `announce.js` asked for `hour12: true`, which is not the same
request as a 12-hour clock -- for a locale whose default cycle is h23, Node 20
resolves it to h11 and midnight renders "0:00 am", while Node 22+ resolves it to
h12. Same ICU on both sides, so it is V8's ECMA-402 behaviour and not locale
data; the image ships node:20-alpine and a dev machine is newer, so it rendered
correctly for everyone who reviewed it and wrongly for every real recipient. The
rule is now written down: `hour12` is a request about a locale's preference,
`hourCycle` is a request about the clock -- ask for the clock.

And the re-verify itself: the released installer resolved bundle 2026.09.10,
verified both checksums, did a first install into a stock 57.4 tree, the overlay
compiled 0/0 -- which no release had ever been asked to prove -- the shard came
up with the events plane on and dialed the sidecar, the whole protocol-7 event
plane answered, and an event published on released `main` ran to `completed`
with its results published and its finished run visible on /site/events two
minutes later. That last line is 16a's calendar fix holding on `main`.

The module's own install through core's https installer is named as the one leg
still owed: it cannot run until Module-uo#34 cuts the release it fetches.

Diff is 102/1, content only -- no CRLF rewrite (checked against --numstat).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_016wDDVXWMDz82WqE1i969r4
2026-09-09 20:10:47 -05:00

Runic Gateway — Documentation

Central documentation for the Runic Gateway platform. The docs here were extracted from the two code repositories (with full commit history preserved) so they live in one place, independent of either codebase.

Layout

website/    docs from the website core (Node/Express + MariaDB + React/Vite)
modules/    docs for installable game modules — one directory per module id
link/       docs from the ServUO bridge (C# plugin + Rust sidecar + Node WS)
android/    docs from the native Android client (Kotlin + Jetpack Compose)
installer/  docs for the installer that deploys a shard's bridge components
ci/         cross-cutting CI/quality notes

Setting up a shard? installer/INSTALL.md is the operator guide, and the installer is the supported path: one binary deploys the plugin overlay, installs the uo-link sidecar as a service, and hands you the values the website needs.

website/

Doc What it covers
BACKEND_DESIGN.md API contract, DB schema, security model
ARCHITECTURE.md The system diagram — how core, an installed module, the sidecar and the clients fit together
TEAMS.md Teams as a platform primitive: roster, forums, notifications, Discord slash commands and voice — design of record
ENGAGEMENT.md The engagement system: module-declared event triggers, rules, cooldowns, templates and the email / push / in-app delivery channels — design of record
HERO_EDITOR.md Hero canvas editor feature spec
THEMING_AND_NAV.md Admin-configurable theme, brand assets and navigation — build contract
MODULE_SYSTEM.md Making the site game-agnostic: game logic becomes an installable module — design of record
MODULE_API.md The module ↔ core contract: ctx, the register* calls, the client registry and the loader's obligations
UPGRADE_NOTES.md Operator-facing, newest first — the upgrades that need an operator to do something, or that change behaviour quietly enough to be discovered by accident
WIKI_UPGRADE.md Wiki subsystem upgrade notes
SHARD_VISIBILITY.md Who sees which shard data — the admin-configurable audience framework
TRUSTED_DEVICES_MFA.md TOTP two-factor, trusted devices and recovery codes
MODERATION_APPEALS.md Moderation actions, content reports and the appeals flow
SPAWN_ATLAS.md The bestiary / spawn atlas: what the shard contains, parsed from its own ServUO tree
CLILOCS.md UO's id → name table: converting one from your client so items have names
UOFIDDLER.md Operator runbook — step-by-step extraction from your own UO client (cliloc table, creature art)
MARKETPLACE.md The player-vendor index: how it is gathered, what it costs, how to tune it
website-README.md Snapshot of the website repo's README (setup/run reference)
test-plan.md The website's test strategy and harness
API_V2_PLAN.md Router domain split + CSP hardening. The split is complete; only the CSP enforce step remains
API_V2_SKELETON.md Superseded — the /api/v2 scaffold that was never built. Kept as the record of why the split was done in place instead
PROJECT_TREE.md Auto-generated snapshot of the repo's tracked file layout

modules/

Documentation for installable game modules aggregates here rather than in each module's repo (MODULE_SYSTEM.md §2.10). The website core knows nothing about any particular game; a module is what makes it a site for one.

Doc What it covers
uo/ module-uo — the Ultima Online module: what it serves, what it owns, and what an operator needs
uo/API.md · uo/SCHEMA.md module-uo's own route surface and the tables it owns
kit-acceptance.md The Integration Kit acceptance run — building a module by following the kit alone, and what it found
rust-dryrun.md A written, deliberately unimplemented module-rust — the test that the module contract generalises past the game it was extracted from
Doc What it covers
INTEGRATION.md How the website integrates with the uo-link sidecar
PROTOCOL_2.md Protocol 2.0 / 2.1 design
v3.md Protocol 3.0 design — shard content/standings streams + the visibility framework
v4.md Protocol 4.0 — guild membership on the wire (guild.roster, guild.leave)
v5.md Protocol 5 — three enrichments in one bump: house.decay's decay schedule, vendor.listing's fee state, and account.login.result. The current protocol, shipped 2026-09-01 as bundle 2026.09.01 (sidecar v2.1.0 + overlay v1.1.0)
v6.md Protocol 6 — idempotent commands, config leases with a shard-side deadline, and the run-scoped participation ledger. On edge; reaches main at the events cutover
v7.md Protocol 7 — the world verbs an event OWNS: creatures, bosses, oracle NPCs, temporary gates, decoration, and the persisted ownership registry behind them. On edge
ADMIN_CONTROLS.md Staff write-plane (kick/ban/broadcast, page queue)
SHARD_PREREQS.md Shard-side prerequisites for the bridge
PLAN.md uo-link build plan
RESEARCH.md Research notes
link-README.md Snapshot of the link repo's README
PROJECT_TREE.md Auto-generated snapshot of the repo's tracked file layout

android/

Doc What it covers
PLAN.md Android client build plan / milestones
COVERAGE_PLAN.md Test-coverage rollout plan
APP_LINKS.md Android App Links / deep-link setup
theme-plan.md Theming plan
THEMING_AND_NAV.md The app's half of admin-configurable theming and navigation — build contract
TRUSTED_DEVICES_APP_HANDOFF.md Trusted-devices app handoff notes
PROJECT_TREE.md Auto-generated snapshot of the repo's tracked file layout

installer/

Doc What it covers
INSTALL.md Start here to set up a shard — the installer deploys the plugin overlay and the uo-link sidecar, registers the service, and connects it to the website. Appendix A is the same thing by hand, still supported
PLAN.md Installer design of record — phases, locked decisions, the bundle/compat-matrix model
PROJECT_TREE.md Auto-generated snapshot of the repo's tracked file layout

ci/

Doc What it covers
SONARQUBE.md The SonarQube setup: project keys, how analysis runs, and how to read a report

Provenance

  • website/* was extracted from RunicGateway/website via git filter-repo.
  • link/* was extracted from RunicGateway/link via git filter-repo.

Commit history and authorship for each doc are preserved. The two source repos retain a short pointer to this repo in their own READMEs; the authoritative copy of each document now lives here.


License

Runic Gateway's documentation is free: licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later — see LICENSE.md.

Copyright (C) 2026 Runic Gateway

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. You may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Contributions are welcome — please read CONTRIBUTING.md (note the AI-usage disclosure requirement) and our Code of Conduct.

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