spacebarchat / spacebarchat/server

Authority and identity oriented federation (server-server API)

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Description

Since the early days of this project, federating multiple servers with one another has been a much wanted feature. This ticket is to track the progress of various federation related features:

  • Server identification
  • Object ID remapping facility to resolve ID conflicts
  • Server-server message format
  • Federation proxying
  • Server ACLs

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by identifying the existing server-server API and federation-related code, then separate the work into server identification, object ID remapping, message format, proxying, and server ACLs; done requires resolving the five unchecked checklist items.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
api, backend, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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