requestlog: publish collector-readable evidence boundary

Publish the reviewed Gamertan Web Foundations v0.1.0-preview.6 snapshot with a narrow mode-0640 collector boundary, private mode-0600 default, explicit setgid ownership guidance, and native macOS-safe release verification.

Exported from reviewed private source 120d660fa432761f85316ca3dde990e2dd142f19 after trusted Gitea CI run 681 and the complete native Mac verification suite.

Material implementation assistance provided by OpenAI Codex; reviewed and verified through the maintainer workflow.

Signed-off-by: Cole Speelman <crspeelman@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v0.1.0-preview.6 — 2026-08-24
+
+- Add an explicit mode-`0640` JSONL option for applications that authorize one
+  narrowly scoped collector group, while keeping private mode `0600` as the
+  default and rejecting permissive modes.
+- Document the setgid-directory ownership boundary for Observatory-style
+  collection without granting the collector broader application access.
+- Make vendored dependency and public-snapshot verification portable across
+  the maintained Linux gate and native macOS development environments.
+- Keep Previews 1–5 immutable; applications select Preview 6 explicitly when
+  adopting collector-readable request evidence.
+
 ## v0.1.0-preview.5 — 2026-08-21
 
 - Add storage-neutral passkey registration, discoverable login, and

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Gamertan Web Foundations
 
-> Status: `v0.1.0-preview.5` public preview. APIs may change before a stable
+> Status: `v0.1.0-preview.6` public preview. APIs may change before a stable
 > release; Linux is the maintained release platform.
 
 Small, composable Go packages for the unglamorous boundaries of a careful web
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ Pin the preview in an application module, then import only the packages that
 application needs:
 
 ```bash
-go get gamertan.com/web@v0.1.0-preview.5
+go get gamertan.com/web@v0.1.0-preview.6
 go mod verify
 ```
 
 An application may also name the first package it intends to adopt:
 
 ```bash
-go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.5
+go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.6
 ```
 
 The version belongs to the `gamertan.com/web` module. Go compiles and links

docs/GETTING_STARTED.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The packages are ordinary Go imports. Pin the current preview and verify its
 module checksum:
 
 ```bash
-go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.5
+go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.6
 go mod verify
 ```
 
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ handler = resolver.Middleware(handler)
 The complete, copyable composition is in [`starters/basic`](../starters/basic).
 It binds to loopback, shuts down gracefully, and keeps request logging optional.
 
+`requestlog.OpenJSONL` creates a private mode-`0600` file. If a separate,
+unprivileged collector such as Observatory is the only approved reader, prepare
+a trusted setgid directory whose group is that collector, then opt into
+`requestlog.OpenJSONLWithOptions(path, requestlog.JSONLOptions{FileMode: 0o640})`.
+The application still owns rotation, retention, disk monitoring, and sink-error
+health. Never use a world-readable log or add the collector to the application
+account's broader groups merely to make collection convenient.
+
 Configure trusted proxy networks narrowly. A forwarding header is not evidence
 by itself; it becomes usable only when the immediate peer and skipped proxy
 hops satisfy the resolver's trust policy. Metadata, authentication, or storage

docs/MODULES.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import "gamertan.com/web/requestmeta"
 and request the containing module at an exact version:
 
 ```bash
-go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.5
+go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.6
 ```
 
 Only imported packages are compiled and linked. The packages nevertheless

docs/THREAT_MODEL.md

@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ accepted from request input. Break-glass access lasts at most one hour and is
 not a substitute for ordinary role policy.
 
 Local storage adapters assume the parent directory and host account are trusted.
-They reject a symlink at the configured final path and apply private file modes,
+They reject a symlink at the configured final path and apply bounded file modes,
 but they do not defend against a concurrent privileged actor replacing path
 ancestors during an open. The synchronous JSONL adapter deliberately favors
 durable, bounded evidence over maximum request throughput; the application owns
-rotation, retention, disk monitoring, and health escalation.
+rotation, retention, disk monitoring, and health escalation. Its default is
+mode `0600`; the sole wider option is mode `0640` for a deployment-assigned
+collector group. The toolkit does not select or change that group.

requestlog/jsonl.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
@@ -20,20 +21,39 @@ type JSONL struct {
 	err    error
 }
 
+// JSONLOptions controls the local file boundary. A zero FileMode preserves the
+// private 0600 default. Mode 0640 may be used when the deployment has assigned
+// the file to one explicit collector group; world-readable or writable modes
+// are never accepted.
+type JSONLOptions struct {
+	FileMode fs.FileMode
+}
+
 func OpenJSONL(path string) (*JSONL, error) {
+	return OpenJSONLWithOptions(path, JSONLOptions{})
+}
+
+func OpenJSONLWithOptions(path string, options JSONLOptions) (*JSONL, error) {
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(path) || filepath.Clean(path) != path {
 		return nil, errors.New("requestlog: JSONL path must be clean and absolute")
 	}
+	mode := options.FileMode
+	if mode == 0 {
+		mode = 0o600
+	}
+	if mode != 0o600 && mode != 0o640 {
+		return nil, errors.New("requestlog: JSONL mode must be 0600 or 0640")
+	}
 	if info, err := os.Lstat(path); err == nil && (info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 || !info.Mode().IsRegular()) {
 		return nil, errors.New("requestlog: JSONL destination must be a regular file")
 	} else if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o600)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, mode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err = file.Chmod(0o600); err != nil {
+	if err = file.Chmod(mode); err != nil {
 		file.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}

requestlog/requestlog_test.go

@@ -101,6 +101,33 @@ func TestJSONLRoundTripAndMode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestJSONLAllowsExplicitCollectorGroupRead(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "access.jsonl")
+	sink, err := OpenJSONLWithOptions(path, JSONLOptions{FileMode: 0o640})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = sink.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" && info.Mode().Perm() != 0o640 {
+		t.Fatalf("mode=%o", info.Mode().Perm())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJSONLRejectsOverlyPermissiveMode(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, mode := range []os.FileMode{0o400, 0o620, 0o644, 0o660, 0o666} {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "access.jsonl")
+		if _, err := OpenJSONLWithOptions(path, JSONLOptions{FileMode: mode}); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("accepted mode %o", mode)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPanicIsRecordedAndRepanicked(t *testing.T) {
 	sink := &memorySink{}
 	handler := Middleware(sink, Policy{})(http.HandlerFunc(func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) { panic("expected") }))

scripts/check-embedded-webauthn.sh

@@ -17,22 +17,34 @@ packages=(
 	webauthn
 )
 
-install -D -m 0644 "$source_root/LICENSE" "$derived/LICENSE"
+install_file() {
+	source=$1
+	destination=$2
+	mkdir -p "$(dirname "$destination")"
+	install -m 0644 "$source" "$destination"
+}
+
+install_file "$source_root/LICENSE" "$derived/LICENSE"
 for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
-	while IFS= read -r source; do
+	for source in "$source_root/$package"/*.go; do
+		case $source in
+			*_test.go) continue ;;
+		esac
 		relative=${source#"$source_root"/}
-		install -D -m 0644 "$source" "$derived/$relative"
-	done < <(find "$source_root/$package" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.go' ! -name '*_test.go' | sort)
+		install_file "$source" "$derived/$relative"
+	done
 done
 
 while IFS= read -r source; do
-	sed -i \
+	temporary="$source.tmp"
+	sed \
 		's#github.com/go-webauthn/webauthn#gamertan.com/web/internal/webauthnvendored#g' \
-		"$source"
+		"$source" >"$temporary"
+	mv "$temporary" "$source"
 done < <(find "$derived" -type f -name '*.go' | sort)
 
 cmp -s LICENSES/BSD-3-Clause-go-webauthn.txt "$embedded_root/LICENSE"
-if ! diff -ru --no-dereference "$derived" "$embedded_root"; then
+if ! diff -ru "$derived" "$embedded_root"; then
 	echo 'compiled WebAuthn verifier differs from its audited mechanical derivation' >&2
 	exit 1
 fi

scripts/check-vendored-webauthn.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ cd "$root"
 
 test -f third_party/go-webauthn/LICENSE
 cmp -s LICENSES/BSD-3-Clause-go-webauthn.txt third_party/go-webauthn/LICENSE
+if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	sha256sum -c third_party/go-webauthn.SHA256SUMS >/dev/null
+else
+	shasum -a 256 -c third_party/go-webauthn.SHA256SUMS >/dev/null
+fi
 expected=$(sed -n 's#  third_party/go-webauthn/.*#&#p' third_party/go-webauthn.SHA256SUMS | wc -l)
 actual=$(find third_party/go-webauthn -type f | wc -l)
 test "$expected" -eq "$actual"

scripts/export-public.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ output=$1
 [[ $output = /* && $output != / && ! -e $output ]] || usage
 cd "$root"
 [[ -z $(git status --porcelain=v1 --untracked-files=all) ]] || { echo "private source must be clean" >&2; exit 1; }
-mapfile -t files < <(grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' scripts/public-snapshot.allow)
+files=()
+while IFS= read -r file; do
+	files+=("$file")
+done < <(grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' scripts/public-snapshot.allow)
 [[ ${#files[@]} -gt 0 ]] || exit 1
 for file in "${files[@]}"; do
 	[[ $file != /* && $file != *..* ]] || { echo "invalid allowlisted path: $file" >&2; exit 1; }

scripts/test-public-snapshot.sh

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ cd "$root"
 temporary=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$temporary"' EXIT
 ./scripts/export-public.sh "$temporary/export"
-(cd "$temporary/export" && find . -type f -printf '%P\n' | sort) >"$temporary/actual"
+(cd "$temporary/export" && find . -type f -print | sed 's#^\./##' | LC_ALL=C sort) >"$temporary/actual"
 while IFS= read -r path; do
 	if [[ $path = */ ]]; then
-		find "${path%/}" -type f -printf '%p\n'
+		find "${path%/}" -type f -print
 	else
 		echo "$path"
 	fi
-done < <(grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' scripts/public-snapshot.allow) | sort >"$temporary/expected"
+done < <(grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' scripts/public-snapshot.allow) | LC_ALL=C sort >"$temporary/expected"
 diff -u "$temporary/expected" "$temporary/actual"
 private_word='PRI''VATE'
 token_word='to''ken'

scripts/verify.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ root=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)
 cd "$root"
 ./scripts/check-licenses.sh
 ./scripts/check-dependencies.sh
+./scripts/test-public-snapshot.sh
 test -z "$(find . \( -path ./third_party -o -path ./internal/webauthnvendored \) -prune -o -name '*.go' -print0 | xargs -0 gofmt -l)"
 go test ./...
 go test -race ./...