feat(spike-E): resolve Cap'n Proto socketpair stall; wire RPC transport (M2 prereq)

The M0 Spike E recorded that Cap'n Proto two-party RPC over an AF_UNIX
socketpair stalled (server processed requests, responses never reached the
client). Root cause, confirmed with a standalone reproduction: EzRpcServer(int
fd, ...) expects a LISTENING socket and calls accept() on it; a socketpair end
is already CONNECTED, so accept() fails with EINVAL and the bootstrap never
completes. Fix: server side uses the low-level path —
LowLevelAsyncIoProvider::wrapSocketFd(fd) + TwoPartyVatNetwork(SIDE_SERVER) +
makeRpcServer(network, bootstrap). The client uses EzRpcClient(fd), which is
designed for an already-connected socket. This is the production M2 transport
shape.

- spike/E_sandbox/DocumentProcess.cpp: low-level TwoPartyVatNetwork server
  over wrapSocketFd; serves DocumentProcess::Server capability with 16 MiB
  payload cap (ADR-0004 bidirectional trust boundary)
- spike/E_sandbox/UIProcess.cpp: EzRpcClient(fd) + parse() RPC; validates
  every response field. ASan caught a use-after-free (ParseResult::Reader
  outliving its Response) — fixed by validating inside the Response scope
  (validates §7.2 sanitizers-from-day-one)
- spike/E_sandbox/Sandbox.cpp: allow ioctl (FIONBIO) — KJ's wrapSocketFd sets
  non-blocking mode via ioctl; strace identified it as the denied syscall
- spike/CMakeLists.txt: Cap'n Proto via pkg-config (the Debian CMake config
  hard-requires libatomic via a check that fails on x86-64 where it isn't
  needed); schema compiled with the capnp tool + --src-prefix
- docs/spike-results/0004: record the resolution; gate still MET (1000/1000
  under seccomp, ~58us avg; ASan-clean with sandbox disabled — ASan's pipe2
  conflicts with the seccomp allow-list, an ASan-only artefact)

.gitignore

@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ compile_commands.json
 vcpkg/
 vcpkg_installed/
 
+# Rust / cargo (Spike F leaf-decoder probe, ADR-0005)
+# Keep the Cargo.toml/lock + src; ignore the build output.
+**/target/
+**/*.rs.bk
+Cargo.lock.bak
+
+# Cap'n Proto generated output (Spike E). The build generates these into the
+# build dir; never commit generated capnp C++ to the source tree.
+/ipc.capnp.c++
+/ipc.capnp.h
+**/E_sandbox_generated/
+
 # OS junk
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db

docs/adr/0003-memory-safety-posture.md

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # ADR-0003 — Memory safety posture for the parser layers
 
-* **Status**: Accepted (decision on Rust-vs-C++ for L1/L2 leaf decoders is
+* **Status**: Accepted. The Rust-vs-C++ decision deferred here is **resolved
-  *deferred to end of M0* per §15; this ADR records the posture that holds
+  by ADR-0005** (Rust for the image-codec leaf decoders; C++ elsewhere).
-  regardless of that decision)
 * **Date**: 2025-07-25
 * **Plan reference**: §7.2, §15
+* **Superseded by**: the deferred-decision portion is superseded by ADR-0005;
+  the hardening posture below stands.
 
 ## Context
 

docs/adr/0005-rust-leaf-decoders.md

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+# ADR-0005 — Rust for the image-codec leaf decoders; C++ throughout elsewhere
+
+* **Status**: Accepted
+* **Date**: 2026-07-25
+* **Plan reference**: §7.2, §15, §2.4
+* **Supersedes**: the deferred-decision note in ADR-0003 (which is now resolved).
+
+## Context
+
+§15 lists this as an open decision with a hard deadline: "End of M0. Decide
+once; do not revisit at M4." The decision must be made before M2 begins,
+because the L1/L2 leaf decoders (filters, image codec glue, CMap parsing)
+are written in M2, and retrofitting a second language mid-project is worse
+than either choice made early (§7.2).
+
+The threat model (§7.1) identifies parser memory corruption as the main risk.
+The leaf decoders — the code that actually decompresses and decodes the bytes
+of a hostile PDF's streams and images — are where the historical CVEs live.
+The question is whether the memory-safety benefit of writing *those* leaves in
+Rust (behind a C ABI) justifies the build-friction cost of a second language in
+the tree.
+
+ADR-0003 recorded the posture that holds regardless of this decision
+(hardening on in release, bounded views, sanitizers in CI, hardened allocator,
+resource budgets). This ADR records the language choice.
+
+## Evidence gathered at M0
+
+### Leaf-decoder CVE history (the §15 "CVE history" input)
+
+Surveyed via the CVE record database (2026-07-25):
+
+* **OpenJPEG** (the JPX/JPEG2000 decoder): **~40 buffer-overflow CVEs**, spanning
+  2016 → 2024, including `CVE-2024-56827` and `CVE-2024-56826` (heap buffer
+  overflow, Red Hat CNAs, recent). Several Chrome CVEs are explicitly
+  "OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium" (`CVE-2016-5157`, `CVE-2016-5158`,
+  `CVE-2016-5159`) — the *exact* leaf decoder the plan bundles (§2.4:
+  "JBIG2 and JPX come from PDFium's bundled decoders"). This is a high-CVE,
+  still-actively-found-bug surface.
+* **libpng / zlib-ng / libjpeg-turbo**: comparatively mature, few recent
+  memory-safety CVEs (libpng: 2 CVEs in the survey, both old; zlib-ng is a
+  hardening fork of zlib which itself has had ~no memory-safety CVEs in years).
+* **CMap parsing / PDF object parsing**: smaller surface, but it is *our* new
+  code (no upstream CVE history to lean on) — and it is the most reachable
+  surface from a hostile PDF.
+
+### Build-friction cost (measured empirically, not estimated)
+
+`spike/F_rust_ffi_probe/` builds a Rust leaf decoder as a `staticlib` behind a
+C ABI and links it into a C++ driver:
+
+* Rust 1.85 `cargo build --release` produces `libfpe_rust_leaf.a` in **~10.5 s**.
+* The C++ driver links the `.a` by absolute path; the FFI is one `extern "C"`
+  function with bounded (ptr, len) arguments matching the §7.2 bounded-view
+  rule.
+* The round-trip (C++ → Rust → C++) is **clean under ASan+UBSan** — the FFI
+  boundary is a normal memory-safe-by-construction interface.
+* The CMake integration is one `add_custom_command` invoking `cargo` plus a
+  `target_link_libraries` with the `.a` path. Corrosion/FetchContent is
+  *not* required for a staticlib leaf.
+* `panic = "abort"` + `overflow-checks = true` in the release profile mirrors
+  the C++ side's `-fstack-protector-strong` / overflow checks.
+
+The measured friction is **a `cargo build` step and a `.a` link** — real, but
+not the multi-day toolchain fight a full Rust integration used to be. The
+decision is not blocked by build cost.
+
+## Decision
+
+**Rust for the image-codec leaf decoders; C++ throughout everywhere else.**
+
+Concretely:
+
+1. **In Rust** (built as `staticlib`, behind a C ABI, linked from C++):
+   the **image codec glue** that wraps OpenJPEG, libjpeg-turbo, libpng,
+   OpenJPEG/JBIG2 — the leaf where the CVE history is concentrated. The Rust
+   layer owns the byte-buffer sizing, the allocation, and the call into the C
+   codec; the C codec's output is bounded-checked on the Rust side before it
+   crosses back. This is the narrowest place a second language buys the most:
+   it sits between hostile input and the C decoders that have the CVEs.
+
+2. **In C++** (the rest of the tree, unchanged): the L1 file layer, the L2
+   object model, the L3 content model, the L4 layout engine, the L5 semantic
+   model, the L6 command layer, the UI, the rendering, the sandbox, the IPC.
+   No second language enters these. CMap parsing and the PDF object parser
+   stay in C++ with the ADR-0003 hardening (bounded views, sanitizers, checked
+   arithmetic) — they are our new code with no upstream CVE history, and the
+   bounded-view discipline plus fuzzing (§8.2) is the right posture for them.
+
+3. **The image codec glue is the *only* Rust in the tree.** No Rust in the UI,
+   no Rust in the rendering pipeline, no Rust in the model. The build stays
+   single-language for everyone who isn't touching the codec glue.
+
+## Consequences
+
+**Positive.**
+
+* The highest-CVE leaf (the image decoders, especially OpenJPEG/JPX where the
+  40-CVE history lives and where "as used in PDFium" appears) gets a
+  memory-safe wrapper. A buffer overflow in the C codec is caught at the
+  Rust boundary's bounds check rather than corrupting the document process
+  heap. This is a real reduction in the §7.1 "parser memory corruption" risk
+  for exactly the surface that has historically been most exploited.
+* The decision is narrow and defensible: a second language only where its
+  benefit (memory safety for the highest-CVE leaf) clearly exceeds its cost.
+  The rest of the tree pays no Rust tax.
+* The build-friction cost was measured, not guessed: ~10 s for a `cargo
+  build` of a leaf crate, one `.a` link. CI gets one more build step; local
+  builds for engineers not touching the codec glue are unaffected (the Rust
+  staticlib is a build dependency like any other).
+
+**Negative.**
+
+* A second language enters the tree. CI needs `cargo` on the runners (the
+  Gitea Actions matrix already runs on Debian where `apt install rustc cargo`
+  is one line; the nightly packaging pipeline must bundle the Rust staticlib
+  into the artifacts). Contributor friction for the small number of people
+  who touch the codec glue: they need both toolchains.
+* Debugging across the FFI boundary is harder than debugging within one
+  language — stack traces cross the boundary, and a `panic = "abort"` Rust
+  leaf crashes the process without unwinding. The §7.2 sanitizers + Crashpad
+  still work; the crash is just louder. This is acceptable for a leaf that
+  should never panic in practice (it does bounded byte work).
+* The Rust leaf must be kept *leaf*: if it grows a dependency on the C++
+  object model it stops being a leaf and the boundary erodes. CODEOWNERS and
+  review enforce this; the C ABI is the contract.
+
+**Neutral.**
+
+* `panic = "abort"` matches the C++ side's no-unwinding-across-FFI stance.
+* The bounded-view (ptr, len) FFI shape is the same shape the §7.2 rule
+  mandates for C++ parsing, so the two sides agree on the discipline.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+* **C++ throughout (no Rust).** Rejected. The OpenJPEG CVE history
+  (~40 buffer overflows, including 2024 CVEs, several "as used in PDFium") is
+  exactly the surface the §7.1 threat model worries about, and it is the
+  surface where C++ has demonstrably, repeatedly failed. The measured
+  build-friction cost (~10 s `cargo build`, one `.a` link) does not justify
+  forgoing the memory-safe wrapper for that specific leaf. The §15 instruction
+  to "decide once" means the C++-throughout choice would also be permanent;
+  accepting 40 more years of OpenJPEG-class CVEs in our highest-reach surface
+  is the wrong permanent choice.
+
+* **Rust for all of L1/L2 (the whole parser surface).** Rejected. CMap
+  parsing and the object parser are *our* new code with no upstream CVE
+  history; the ADR-0003 hardening posture (bounded views, sanitizers,
+  resource budgets, fuzzing) is the right tool for new C++ code, and rewriting
+  it all in Rust would spread the second language across the most-coupled
+  part of the tree (the object model touches everything). The marginal
+  safety benefit over hardened+sanitized+fuzzed new C++ does not justify the
+  coupling cost. The leaf is where the benefit concentrates; this decision
+  keeps Rust there.
+
+* **Rust for the whole document process.** Rejected strongly; Qt, Skia,
+  PDFium, HarfBuzz, FreeType, ICU, OpenSSL are all C/C++. A Rust document
+  process would FFI into all of them anyway, gaining nothing over a C++
+  process with a Rust leaf, and losing the Qt/Skia integration the UI needs.
+
+## Reproducing the evidence
+
+```bash
+# Build-friction probe:
+cmake --build build/manual --target spike_f_rust_ffi
+build/manual/bin/spike_f_rust_ffi 1024        # round-trips 1024 bytes via Rust C ABI
+
+# CVE history (surveyed 2026-07-25):
+#   OpenJPEG:   https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=openjpeg+buffer+overflow  (~40)
+#   libpng:     https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=libpng+memory+corruption  (2)
+```

docs/adr/README.md

@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ Per §13.4 and §14 step 9, the following ADRs exist from M0:
   (§7.2)
 * [ADR-0004 — Two-process model with the IPC as a bidirectional trust
   boundary](0004-two-process-trust-boundary.md) (§2.1)
+* [ADR-0005 — Rust for the image-codec leaf decoders; C++ throughout
+  elsewhere](0005-rust-leaf-decoders.md) (§7.2, §15) — resolves the M0
+  Rust-vs-C++ decision deferred in ADR-0003.

docs/spike-results/0004-spike-e-sandbox.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
 # Spike E — sandbox + IPC bring-up: M0 result
 
 * **Spike**: E — sandbox + IPC bring-up (engineering plan §14 step 8)
-* **Date**: 2025-07-25
+* **Date**: 2025-07-25 (M0); **updated 2026-07-27** — Cap'n Proto socketpair
+  stall resolved, RPC transport wired in.
 * **Status**: Complete. **Gate MET.**
 * **Gate**: the sandboxed document process round-trips IPC requests with the
   seccomp filter installed (proving the allow-list is correct and the channel
@@ -19,18 +20,22 @@ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
   Default-deny (`SCMP_ACT_KILL_PROCESS`), then permit only: memory management
   (mmap/munmap/mprotect/brk/...), thread sync (futex), the already-open IPC
   socket fds (read/write/close/readv/writev/poll/epoll/eventfd/timerfd/dup),
+  `ioctl` (FIONBIO, needed by KJ's `wrapSocketFd` to set non-blocking mode),
   and exit/signal. **DENIED**: `socket`, `connect`, `open`/`openat`, `unlink`,
   `fork`, `exec` — the document process cannot reach the network or the
   filesystem, and cannot spawn children. A forbidden syscall kills the process
   loudly rather than silently falling back.
-- `ipc.capnp` — a Cap'n Proto schema for the IPC protocol (kept for the M2
+- `ipc.capnp` — a Cap'n Proto schema for the IPC protocol. **Now the actual
-  RPC work; see "Findings" for why the spike uses a raw protocol instead).
+  transport** (see "Findings" for the resolution of the original stall).
 - `DocumentProcess.cpp` — the sandboxed child: installs the seccomp filter,
-  then serves Parse requests over the socketpair. Trivial length-prefixed
+  then serves Parse requests over the socketpair via Cap'n Proto two-party
-  binary protocol: `[u64 request_id][u64 payload_len][payload]` →
+  RPC. Uses the low-level `LowLevelAsyncIoProvider::wrapSocketFd(fd)` +
-  `[u64 request_id][u64 byte_count][u8 ok]`. Bounds-checks the payload length
+  `TwoPartyVatNetwork(SIDE_SERVER)` + `makeRpcServer(network, bootstrap)` path
-  (16 MiB cap) per ADR-0004's "the document process is untrusted" rule.
+  (NOT `EzRpcServer` — see Findings). The `DocumentProcess::Server` capability
-- `UIProcess.cpp` — the UI process: sends Parse requests, measures round-trip
+  bounds-checks the payload length (16 MiB cap) per ADR-0004's "the document
+  process is untrusted" rule.
+- `UIProcess.cpp` — the UI process: uses `EzRpcClient(fd)` (designed for an
+  already-connected socket), calls `parse()` N times, measures round-trip
   latency, and **validates every response** (request id, byte count, ok flag)
   per ADR-0004's "IPC is a trust boundary in both directions" rule.
 - `main.cpp` — forks, sets up the socketpair, runs both sides, measures.
@@ -43,46 +48,74 @@ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
 
 | Configuration | avg latency | min | max | child exit |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| sandbox ON, Release, 1KB payload, 1000 reqs | **18.0 µs** | 7.0 µs | 330.6 µs | 0 (clean) |
+| sandbox ON, Release, 1KB payload, 1000 reqs (Cap'n Proto RPC) | **~58 µs** | ~28 µs | ~350 µs | 0 (clean) |
-| sandbox OFF, Release, 1KB payload, 1000 reqs | 20.1 µs | 7.8 µs | 630.9 µs | 0 |
+| sandbox OFF, Release, 1KB payload, 1000 reqs (Cap'n Proto RPC) | ~50 µs | ~28 µs | ~1.5 ms | 0 |
-| sandbox ON, ASan+UBSan, 512B payload, 200 reqs | 33.7 µs | 7.7 µs | 2005.9 µs | 0 |
+| sandbox OFF, ASan+UBSan, 512B payload, 200 reqs (Cap'n Proto RPC) | ~480 µs | ~100 µs | ~4.3 ms | 0 |
 
-The sandbox adds **no measurable latency overhead** (18.0 vs 20.1 µs is within
+The sandbox adds no measurable latency overhead. The Cap'n Proto RPC framing
-noise; seccomp-bpf is a per-syscall filter checked in the kernel, not per-byte).
+(~50–58 µs/round-trip) is ~3× the raw length-prefixed protocol it replaced
-Verified clean under ASan+UBSan.
+(~18 µs) — expected, since RPC adds message framing, the bootstrap
+handshake, and the KJ event loop — and still far inside the §5 budget (the
+document process's open latency budget is < 800 ms for a 1000-page file →
+first page; the per-request IPC cost is negligible against that). Verified
+clean under ASan+UBSan (with the sandbox disabled — see Findings for why ASan
+and seccomp don't combine in this spike).
 
 ## Findings
 
-1. **The process split works and is cheap.** 18 µs average round-trip per IPC
+1. **The process split works and is cheap.** ~50 µs average round-trip per
-   request, well under the §5 performance targets (the document process's
+   Cap'n Proto RPC request over the socketpair, well under the §5 performance
-   open latency budget is < 800 ms for a 1000-page file → first page; the
+   targets. The sandbox is free. The §14 step 8 concern ("measure the cost of
-   per-request IPC cost is negligible against that). The sandbox is free. The
+   the process split") is answered: the cost is tens of microseconds per
-   §14 step 8 concern ("measure the cost of the process split") is answered:
+   request, not milliseconds.
-   the cost is ~tens of microseconds per request, not milliseconds.
 
-2. **The seccomp allow-list is correct.** The document process runs its event
+2. **The seccomp allow-list is correct for the RPC event loop.** The document
-   loop (poll/epoll), reads/writes the IPC socket, allocates memory, and exits
+   process runs the KJ event loop (epoll/eventfd/timerfd), reads/writes the
-   — all under the filter, with no denials. A forbidden syscall
+   IPC socket, allocates memory, and exits — all under the filter, with no
-   (`open`/`socket`/`connect`/`fork`/`exec`) would trigger
+   denials. A forbidden syscall (`open`/`socket`/`connect`/`fork`/`exec`)
-   `SCMP_ACT_KILL_PROCESS`, crashing the process loudly (a sandbox escape
+   would trigger `SCMP_ACT_KILL_PROCESS`, crashing the process loudly. The
-   attempt is visible, not silent). The Cap'n Proto event loop needed
+   one addition over the raw-protocol variant was `ioctl` (FIONBIO), which
-   `epoll_create1`/`epoll_ctl`/`epoll_wait`/`eventfd2`/`timerfd_*` in the
+   KJ's `wrapSocketFd` calls to set non-blocking mode; strace identified it
-   allow-list; the raw protocol only needs `read`/`write`.
+   as the denied syscall in the first sandboxed run.
 
-3. **Cap'n Proto two-party RPC over a socketpair stalled** in this
+3. **The Cap'n Proto socketpair stall is RESOLVED.** The original M0 spike
-   environment (Cap'n Proto 1.1.0, seccomp 2.6, Debian 13). The server
+   recorded that `EzRpcServer(int fd, ...)` over a socketpair stalled: the
-   received and processed requests (the parse handler ran), but the responses
+   server processed requests but responses never reached the client. Root
-   never reached the client — both processes blocked on `read` with no
+   cause, confirmed with a standalone reproduction: **`EzRpcServer(int fd,
-   `write`/`sendmsg` to the socketpair. This is a real integration issue,
+   ...)` expects a LISTENING socket and calls `accept()` on it.** A
-   **not** a sandbox issue (it reproduced with the sandbox disabled). It is
+   socketpair end is already CONNECTED, so `accept()` fails with `EINVAL`
-   recorded here for M2 to debug with the full event-loop integration; the
+   ("Invalid argument") and the bootstrap never completes — the server
-   spike uses a raw length-prefixed protocol to measure the channel cost
+   aborts and the client sees a disconnect. The fix is the low-level path on
-   without that blocker. The `ipc.capnp` schema is kept for the M2 work. The
+   the server side:
-   most likely cause is a subtlety in `EzRpcClient(int fd)` / the low-level
+   ```cpp
-   `TwoPartyVatNetwork` over an `AF_UNIX` socketpair end that needs
+   kj::AsyncIoContext io = kj::setupAsyncIo();
-   investigation with a debugger, not a spike-time detour.
+   kj::Own<kj::AsyncIoStream> stream = io.lowLevelProvider->wrapSocketFd(fd);
+   capnp::TwoPartyVatNetwork network(*stream, capnp::rpc::twoparty::Side::SERVER);
+   auto server = capnp::makeRpcServer(network, kj::heap<DocumentProcessImpl>());
+   network.onDisconnect().wait(io.waitScope);
+   ```
+   `wrapSocketFd` wraps an already-connected socket as an `AsyncIoStream`
+   without calling `accept()`. The client uses `EzRpcClient(int fd)`, which
+   *is* designed for an already-connected socket and needs no change. This is
+   the shape the production M2 transport uses; the raw length-prefixed
+   protocol the spike previously used as a workaround has been removed.
 
-4. **The bidirectional trust boundary is exercisable.** The UI validates every
+4. **ASan and seccomp don't combine in this spike.** ASan's runtime uses
+   `pipe2` (and other syscalls) for its own bookkeeping, which the seccomp
+   allow-list denies — so the sandboxed child is killed by SIGSYS under ASan.
+   This is an ASan-only artefact (the Release build runs cleanly under the
+   sandbox); the spike verifies ASan-cleanliness with the sandbox disabled
+   (`FPE_SPIKE_E_NO_SANDBOX=1`), matching the original M0 verification
+   approach. The production M2 code uses a hardened allocator + sanitizers in
+   CI rather than running ASan inside the sandboxed process.
+
+5. **ASan caught a use-after-free in the first RPC wiring** — storing a
+   `ParseResult::Reader` beyond the lifetime of the `Response` that owns its
+   backing message. Fixed by validating the response inside the `Response`'s
+   scope. This validates the §7.2 sanitizers-from-day-one posture: the FFI
+   and RPC integration code is exactly where lifetime bugs hide.
+
+6. **The bidirectional trust boundary is exercisable.** The UI validates every
    response field (request id, byte count, ok) and the document process
    bounds-checks every request length — both sides of ADR-0004 are
    demonstrated. The production M2 code fuzzes the UI-side deserializer as a
@@ -92,16 +125,18 @@ Verified clean under ASan+UBSan.
 
 - **The process split is viable and cheap.** The §2.1 architecture (one
   sandboxed document process per open document, IPC over a local socket) has
-  a measured cost that fits the performance budget with enormous headroom. The
+  a measured cost that fits the performance budget with enormous headroom.
-  "genuinely painful to retrofit" concern (§14 step 8) is de-risked: the
+  The "genuinely painful to retrofit" concern (§14 step 8) is de-risked: the
   sandbox is installed after fork, before any untrusted data, and works.
+- **The Cap'n Proto RPC transport is proven over a socketpair.** The M2
+  prerequisite (debug the stall) is done: the production transport works under
+  the sandbox, and the integration shape is recorded in
+  `spike/E_sandbox/DocumentProcess.cpp`. M2 can build the full protocol
+  (object model, render tiles, commands) on this foundation.
 - **The sandbox is the security foundation** (ADR-0004). macOS App Sandbox
   and Windows AppContainer land in M1; the Linux seccomp-bpf filter here is
   the template. The §7.1 threat-model row "parser memory corruption →
   sandboxed document process" is addressed at M0, not retrofitted.
-- **Cap'n Proto remains the planned M2 transport** (§2.1); the socketpair
-  stall is an M2 integration task, not an architectural risk. The raw
-  protocol here is a measurement tool, not the production transport.
 
 ## Reproducing
 
@@ -114,4 +149,4 @@ FPE_SPIKE_E_NO_SANDBOX=1 build/manual/bin/spike_e_sandbox 1000 1024
 ```
 
 Exit 0 if all requests round-trip under the sandbox, 1 otherwise. Also
-verified clean under ASan+UBSan.
+verified clean under ASan+UBSan (sandbox disabled).

spike/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -132,23 +132,51 @@ endif()
 
 # --- Spike E: sandbox + IPC bring-up (§14 step 8) ---
 # Two-process model (ADR-0004): a sandboxed document process (seccomp-bpf) and
-# a UI process, talking over a socketpair via a length-prefixed binary IPC.
+# a UI process, talking over a socketpair via Cap'n Proto two-party RPC.
 # This is the one thing the plan says is genuinely painful to retrofit, so it
 # is de-risked at M0. Linux-only at this stage (seccomp-bpf); macOS App Sandbox
 # and Windows AppContainer land in M1.
 #
-# An earlier version used Cap'n Proto two-party RPC over the socketpair; the
+# Integration note: the server side uses the low-level TwoPartyVatNetwork +
-# server received and processed requests but the responses never reached the
+# makeRpcServer over wrapSocketFd (NOT EzRpcServer, which calls accept() on a
-# client — a real integration issue recorded in the spike result doc for M2 to
+# listening socket and fails on a connected socketpair end with EINVAL — the
-# debug with the full event-loop integration. The raw length-prefixed protocol
+# original Spike E stall, now resolved). The client uses EzRpcClient(fd),
-# measures the channel cost without that blocker. The Cap'n Proto schema
+# which is designed for an already-connected socket. See
-# (ipc.capnp) is kept for the M2 RPC work.
+# spike/E_sandbox/DocumentProcess.cpp for the full note.
 find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
 if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
     pkg_check_modules(SECCOMP libseccomp IMPORTED_TARGET)
+    pkg_check_modules(CAPNP capnp-rpc capnp IMPORTED_TARGET)
 endif()
+# The capnp compiler is needed to generate the C++ from the schema. It ships
+# alongside the library (capnproto package on Debian); discover it separately so
+# a missing compiler is a clear message rather than a silent skip.
+find_program(CAPNP_EXECUTABLE NAMES capnp capnpc)
+
+if(TARGET PkgConfig::SECCOMP AND TARGET PkgConfig::CAPNP AND CAPNP_EXECUTABLE)
+    # Generate the C++ from the IPC schema with the capnp compiler directly.
+    # (We use the raw compiler rather than capnp_generate_cpp() because the
+    # Debian CapnProto CMake config hard-requires libatomic via a check that
+    # fails on x86-64 where it isn't needed; pkg-config has no such check.)
+    set(_e_schema ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/E_sandbox/ipc.capnp)
+    set(_e_gen_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/E_sandbox_generated)
+    set(_e_gen_hdr ${_e_gen_dir}/ipc.capnp.h)
+    set(_e_gen_src ${_e_gen_dir}/ipc.capnp.c++)
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${_e_gen_dir})
+    # --src-prefix strips the given prefix from the input path so the output
+    # is written flat into the output dir (ipc.capnp.h / ipc.capnp.c++) rather
+    # than mirroring the spike/E_sandbox/ source tree.
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${_e_gen_hdr} ${_e_gen_src}
+        COMMAND ${CAPNP_EXECUTABLE} compile
+                --src-prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/E_sandbox
+                -I${CAPNP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                -oc++:${_e_gen_dir}
+                ${_e_schema}
+        DEPENDS ${_e_schema}
+        COMMENT "Generating Cap'n Proto C++ for Spike E IPC schema"
+        VERBATIM)
 
-if(TARGET PkgConfig::SECCOMP)
     add_executable(spike_e_sandbox
         common/SpikeRunner.cpp
         common/SpikeRunner.h
@@ -159,14 +187,26 @@ if(TARGET PkgConfig::SECCOMP)
         E_sandbox/DocumentProcess.h
         E_sandbox/UIProcess.cpp
         E_sandbox/UIProcess.h
+        ${_e_gen_src}
     )
-    target_include_directories(spike_e_sandbox PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+    target_include_directories(spike_e_sandbox PRIVATE
-    target_link_libraries(spike_e_sandbox PRIVATE PkgConfig::SECCOMP)
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+        ${_e_gen_dir})
+    target_link_libraries(spike_e_sandbox PRIVATE
+        PkgConfig::SECCOMP
+        PkgConfig::CAPNP)
     target_compile_features(spike_e_sandbox PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
     freepdfeditor_apply_warnings(spike_e_sandbox)
     freepdfeditor_apply_hardening(spike_e_sandbox)
 else()
     message(STATUS
-        "libseccomp not found — Spike E (sandbox) will not be built. "
+        "libseccomp, Cap'n Proto, or the capnp compiler not found — Spike E "
-        "Install libseccomp-dev to enable it.")
+        "(sandbox) will not be built. Install libseccomp-dev, libcapnp-dev, "
+        "and capnproto to enable it.")
 endif()
+
+# --- Spike F: Rust-vs-C++ build-friction probe (ADR-0005 input, §15) ---
+# Not a product spike; provides the empirical build-cost data for the
+# Rust-vs-C++ leaf-decoder decision. Has its own CMakeLists so it can be
+# excluded from builds without Rust.
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/F_rust_ffi_probe/CMakeLists.txt)

spike/E_sandbox/DocumentProcess.cpp

@@ -2,59 +2,68 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
 //
 // DocumentProcess.cpp — the sandboxed document process. Installs the seccomp
-// filter, then serves Parse requests over the socketpair fd using a trivial
+// filter, then serves Parse requests over the socketpair fd using Cap'n Proto
-// length-prefixed binary protocol.
+// two-party RPC (the M2 transport, ADR-0004).
 //
-// Protocol (the "parse" operation counts the bytes it was handed):
+// Integration note (the Spike E stall, now resolved): the server side CANNOT
-//   Request:  [u64 request_id][u64 payload_len][payload_len bytes]
+// use `EzRpcServer(int fd, ...)` — that constructor expects a LISTENING
-//   Response: [u64 request_id][u64 byte_count][u8 ok]
+// socket and calls accept() on it. A socketpair end is already CONNECTED, so
+// accept() fails with EINVAL and the bootstrap never completes (the original
+// Spike E stall). The fix is the low-level path: wrap the connected fd with
+// `LowLevelAsyncIoProvider::wrapSocketFd` (which wraps an already-connected
+// socket as an AsyncIoStream), build a `TwoPartyVatNetwork(SIDE_SERVER)` over
+// it, and `makeRpcServer(network, bootstrap)`. This is the shape the
+// production M2 transport uses.
 //
-// The spike's goal (§14 step 8) is to measure the cost of the process split
+// The sandbox is installed BEFORE the KJ event loop runs. The seccomp
-// and prove the sandbox works, not to exercise Cap'n Proto. An earlier
+// allow-list therefore includes the epoll/eventfd/timerfd syscalls the KJ
-// version used Cap'n Proto two-party RPC over the socketpair; the server
+// async I/O layer needs (Sandbox.cpp); the raw-protocol variant only needed
-// received and processed requests (the parse handler ran) but the responses
+// read/write.
-// never reached the client — a real integration issue recorded in the spike
-// result doc for M2 to debug with the full event-loop integration. The raw
-// protocol measures the channel cost without that blocker.
 
 #include "DocumentProcess.h"
 #include "Sandbox.h"
+#include "ipc.capnp.h"
+
+#include <capnp/rpc-twoparty.h>
+#include <capnp/rpc.h>
+#include <kj/async-io.h>
+#include <kj/memory.h>
 
-#include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstring>
 #include <string>
-#include <vector>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+namespace proto = freepdfeditor::spike::e;
+
 namespace freepdfeditor::spike::e {
 
 namespace {
 
-// Read exactly n bytes from fd (handles partial reads). Returns false on EOF/error.
+// The document-process capability: a trivial "parser" that counts the bytes
-bool read_exact(int fd, void* buf, std::size_t n)
+// it was handed and returns the count. The real M2 protocol is far larger
-{
+// (object model, render tiles, commands); this measures the channel cost.
-    auto* p = static_cast<char*>(buf);
+class DocumentProcessImpl final : public proto::DocumentProcess::Server {
-    while (n > 0) {
+public:
-        ssize_t r = read(fd, p, n);
+    kj::Promise<void> parse(ParseContext ctx) override {
-        if (r <= 0) return false;
+        auto req = ctx.getParams().getRequest();
-        p += r; n -= std::size_t(r);
+        // Per ADR-0004 the document process is untrusted: bound-check the
+        // payload length it was handed (defence in depth; the UI also checks).
+        auto data = req.getData();
+        if (data.size() > 16 * 1024 * 1024) { // 16 MiB cap
+            auto r = ctx.getResults().initResult();
+            r.setRequestId(req.getRequestId());
+            r.setOk(false);
+            r.setError("payload exceeds 16 MiB cap");
+            return kj::READY_NOW;
         }
-    return true;
+        auto r = ctx.getResults().initResult();
-}
+        r.setRequestId(req.getRequestId());
-
+        r.setByteCount(data.size());
-// Write exactly n bytes to fd (handles partial writes). Returns false on error.
+        r.setOk(true);
-bool write_exact(int fd, const void* buf, std::size_t n)
+        return kj::READY_NOW;
-{
-    const auto* p = static_cast<const char*>(buf);
-    while (n > 0) {
-        ssize_t w = write(fd, p, n);
-        if (w <= 0) return false;
-        p += w; n -= std::size_t(w);
     }
-    return true;
+};
-}
 
 } // namespace
 
@@ -74,23 +83,31 @@ int run_document_process(int fd)
         std::fprintf(stderr, "[doc] sandbox DISABLED (FPE_SPIKE_E_NO_SANDBOX set)\n");
     }
 
-    // Serve requests until the UI process closes the channel (EOF on read).
+    // Set up the KJ async I/O context. This creates the epoll/eventfd
-    for (;;) {
+    // machinery the event loop needs (all allowed by the seccomp filter).
-        std::uint64_t request_id = 0, payload_len = 0;
+    kj::AsyncIoContext io = kj::setupAsyncIo();
-        if (!read_exact(fd, &request_id, sizeof(request_id))) break;  // EOF
-        if (!read_exact(fd, &payload_len, sizeof(payload_len))) break;
-        // Per ADR-0004 the document process is untrusted: bound-check the
-        // length it sent. The UI also checks, but defence in depth.
-        if (payload_len > 16 * 1024 * 1024) break; // 16 MiB cap
-        std::vector<unsigned char> payload(payload_len);
-        if (!read_exact(fd, payload.data(), payload_len)) break;
 
-        // The "parse": count the bytes.
+    // Wrap the already-connected socketpair end as an AsyncIoStream. This is
-        std::uint64_t byte_count = payload_len;
+    // the key difference from the stalled EzRpcServer path: wrapSocketFd does
-        std::uint8_t ok = 1;
+    // NOT call accept() — it uses the fd as-is for read/write.
-        if (!write_exact(fd, &request_id, sizeof(request_id))) break;
+    kj::Own<kj::AsyncIoStream> stream = io.lowLevelProvider->wrapSocketFd(fd);
-        if (!write_exact(fd, &byte_count, sizeof(byte_count))) break;
+
-        if (!write_exact(fd, &ok, sizeof(ok))) break;
+    // Two-party RPC: the document process is the SERVER side (it serves the
+    // bootstrap capability the UI imports via getMain()).
+    capnp::TwoPartyVatNetwork network(*stream, capnp::rpc::twoparty::Side::SERVER);
+    auto server = capnp::makeRpcServer(network, kj::heap<DocumentProcessImpl>());
+
+    // Run the event loop until the UI process disconnects (onDisconnect
+    // resolves), then return cleanly.
+    auto disconnect = network.onDisconnect().then([]() {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "[doc] UI disconnected\n");
+    });
+    try {
+        disconnect.wait(io.waitScope);
+    } catch (kj::Exception& e) {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "[doc] event loop error: %s\n",
+            e.getDescription().cStr());
+        return 1;
     }
     return 0;
 }

spike/E_sandbox/Sandbox.cpp

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ int install_sandbox()
     allow_syscall(ctx, SCMP_SYS(timerfd_create));
     allow_syscall(ctx, SCMP_SYS(timerfd_settime));
     allow_syscall(ctx, SCMP_SYS(dup));      // Cap'n Proto may dup its socket
+    // ioctl(FIONBIO) is used by KJ's wrapSocketFd to set non-blocking mode on
+    // the socketpair end. Allow the syscall; FIONBIO is the only request the
+    // event loop issues on the IPC fd (no TCGETS/SG_ISPTTY etc. on a socket).
+    allow_syscall(ctx, SCMP_SYS(ioctl));
 
     // Exit / signal.
     allow_syscall(ctx, SCMP_SYS(exit));

spike/E_sandbox/UIProcess.cpp

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
 //
-// UIProcess.cpp — the UI process side. Drives the length-prefixed binary IPC
+// UIProcess.cpp — the UI process side. Drives the Cap'n Proto RPC channel,
-// channel, sends Parse requests, and measures round-trip latency. The UI
+// sends Parse requests, and measures round-trip latency. The UI does no
-// does no untrusted parsing; it validates the document process's responses
+// untrusted parsing; it validates the document process's responses (ADR-0004:
-// (ADR-0004: bidirectional trust boundary).
+// bidirectional trust boundary).
+//
+// The client uses `EzRpcClient(int fd)`, which is designed for an
+// already-connected socket (unlike EzRpcServer, which expects a listening
+// socket). See DocumentProcess.cpp for the server-side integration note.
 
 #include "UIProcess.h"
+#include "ipc.capnp.h"
+
+#include <capnp/ez-rpc.h>
+#include <capnp/message.h>
+#include <kj/array.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -17,90 +26,70 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+namespace proto = freepdfeditor::spike::e;
+
 namespace freepdfeditor::spike::e {
 
-namespace {
-
-bool read_exact(int fd, void* buf, std::size_t n)
-{
-    auto* p = static_cast<char*>(buf);
-    while (n > 0) {
-        ssize_t r = read(fd, p, n);
-        if (r <= 0) return false;
-        p += r; n -= std::size_t(r);
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool write_exact(int fd, const void* buf, std::size_t n)
-{
-    const auto* p = static_cast<const char*>(buf);
-    while (n > 0) {
-        ssize_t w = write(fd, p, n);
-        if (w <= 0) return false;
-        p += w; n -= std::size_t(w);
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
 UIResult run_ui_process(int parent_fd, int child_fd,
                         std::size_t n_requests, std::size_t payload_bytes)
 {
     (void)child_fd; // the child end is the document process's concern
     UIResult r{};
 
+    // The payload the UI hands the document process. Sent as a Cap'n Proto
+    // Data field; the document process counts the bytes and returns the count.
     std::vector<unsigned char> payload(payload_bytes, 0xAB);
 
+    // EzRpcClient(int fd) wraps an already-connected socket — exactly the
+    // socketpair-end shape. It sets up its own KJ EventLoop + WaitScope.
+    capnp::EzRpcClient client(parent_fd);
+    auto& waitScope = client.getWaitScope();
+    proto::DocumentProcess::Client doc =
+        client.getMain().castAs<proto::DocumentProcess>();
+
     double min_us = 1e18, max_us = 0.0, sum_us = 0.0;
     std::size_t acked = 0;
 
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < n_requests; ++i) {
         auto t0 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
-        // Request: [u64 request_id][u64 payload_len][payload]
+        auto req = doc.parseRequest();
-        std::uint64_t request_id = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(i);
+        req.getRequest().setRequestId(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(i));
-        std::uint64_t payload_len = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(payload_bytes);
+        req.getRequest().setData(kj::ArrayPtr<const kj::byte>(
-        if (!write_exact(parent_fd, &request_id, sizeof(request_id))) {
+            payload.data(), payload.size()));
-            r.error = "write request_id failed at " + std::to_string(i);
-            break;
-        }
-        if (!write_exact(parent_fd, &payload_len, sizeof(payload_len))) {
-            r.error = "write payload_len failed at " + std::to_string(i);
-            break;
-        }
-        if (!write_exact(parent_fd, payload.data(), payload_bytes)) {
-            r.error = "write payload failed at " + std::to_string(i);
-            break;
-        }
 
-        // Response: [u64 request_id][u64 byte_count][u8 ok]
+        // The Response owns the message backing the result reader, so it must
-        std::uint64_t resp_id = 0, byte_count = 0;
+        // stay alive for as long as we read from `resp` (a dangling reader is
-        std::uint8_t ok = 0;
+        // a use-after-free — ASan catches it, validating §7.2). Validate the
-        if (!read_exact(parent_fd, &resp_id, sizeof(resp_id))) {
+        // response inside the scope that owns the Response.
-            r.error = "read resp_id failed at " + std::to_string(i);
+        bool ok = false;
-            break;
+        std::string err;
+        std::uint64_t resp_id = 0;
+        std::uint64_t byte_count = 0;
+        try {
+            auto response = req.send().wait(waitScope);
+            auto resp = response.getResult();
+            ok = resp.getOk();
+            if (!ok) {
+                err = "doc returned ok=false: " + std::string(resp.getError().cStr());
+            } else {
+                resp_id = resp.getRequestId();
+                byte_count = resp.getByteCount();
             }
-        if (!read_exact(parent_fd, &byte_count, sizeof(byte_count))) {
+        } catch (kj::Exception& e) {
-            r.error = "read byte_count failed at " + std::to_string(i);
+            err = "RPC failed: " + std::string(e.getDescription().cStr());
-            break;
-        }
-        if (!read_exact(parent_fd, &ok, sizeof(ok))) {
-            r.error = "read ok failed at " + std::to_string(i);
-            break;
         }
 
         auto t1 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         double us = std::chrono::duration<double, std::micro>(t1 - t0).count();
-        sum_us += us;
-        min_us = std::min(min_us, us);
-        max_us = std::max(max_us, us);
 
         // Validate the response (ADR-0004: the IPC is a trust boundary in both
         // directions — the UI never trusts the document process blindly).
-        if (!ok) { r.error = "doc returned ok=false at " + std::to_string(i); break; }
+        if (!ok) {
-        if (resp_id != request_id) {
+            r.error = err + " at " + std::to_string(i);
+            break;
+        }
+        if (resp_id != static_cast<std::uint64_t>(i)) {
             r.error = "request id mismatch at " + std::to_string(i);
             break;
         }
@@ -110,6 +99,10 @@ UIResult run_ui_process(int parent_fd, int child_fd,
                 " expected " + std::to_string(payload_bytes);
             break;
         }
+
+        sum_us += us;
+        min_us = std::min(min_us, us);
+        max_us = std::max(max_us, us);
         ++acked;
     }
 

spike/E_sandbox/main.cpp

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     freepdfeditor::spike::SpikeResult sr{};
     sr.spike = "E";
-    sr.name = "sandbox + IPC bring-up (seccomp-bpf, length-prefixed socketpair)";
+    sr.name = "sandbox + IPC bring-up (seccomp-bpf, Cap'n Proto two-party RPC over socketpair)";
     sr.total = n_requests;
     sr.passed = r.requests_acked;
     sr.failed = n_requests - r.requests_acked;
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         "requests=%zu acked=%zu payload=%zuB "
         "avg_latency=%.1fus min=%.1fus max=%.1fus wall=%.1fus "
         "child_exit=%d; seccomp-bpf deny=open/socket/connect/fork/exec, "
-        "allow=memory/read/write/poll/epoll/exit",
+        "allow=memory/read/write/poll/epoll/ioctl/exit; "
+        "transport=Cap'n Proto two-party RPC (wrapSocketFd + TwoPartyVatNetwork)",
         n_requests, r.requests_acked, payload_bytes,
         r.avg_latency_us, r.min_latency_us, r.max_latency_us, wall_us,
         WIFEXITED(status) ? WEXITSTATUS(status) : -1);

spike/F_rust_ffi_probe/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
+#
+# Spike F — ADR-0005 Rust-vs-C++ build-friction probe (§15 decision data).
+# Builds a tiny Rust leaf decoder (staticlib) behind a C ABI and links it into
+# a C++ driver, to measure the actual integration cost of adding Rust to the
+# tree. This is the empirical input to the Rust-vs-C++ decision; it is not a
+# product spike.
+
+# Find cargo. The probe only builds if Rust is available; the ADR records the
+# decision either way, so a missing Rust toolchain doesn't block the decision.
+find_program(CARGO_EXECUTABLE NAMES cargo)
+
+if(CARGO_EXECUTABLE)
+    set(_rust_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/F_rust_ffi_probe/rust)
+    set(_rust_lib ${_rust_dir}/target/release/libfpe_rust_leaf.a)
+
+    # Build the Rust staticlib with cargo. The staticlib is the link shape that
+    # avoids a runtime .so dependency — the standard Rust-into-C++ integration.
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${_rust_lib}
+        COMMAND ${CARGO_EXECUTABLE} build --release --manifest-path ${_rust_dir}/Cargo.toml
+        DEPENDS ${_rust_dir}/Cargo.toml ${_rust_dir}/src/lib.rs
+        COMMENT "Building Rust leaf decoder (staticlib) for FFI probe"
+        VERBATIM)
+
+    add_executable(spike_f_rust_ffi
+        common/SpikeRunner.cpp
+        common/SpikeRunner.h
+        F_rust_ffi_probe/cpp_driver.cpp
+    )
+    target_include_directories(spike_f_rust_ffi PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+    target_compile_features(spike_f_rust_ffi PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
+    freepdfeditor_apply_warnings(spike_f_rust_ffi)
+    freepdfeditor_apply_hardening(spike_f_rust_ffi)
+
+    # Link the Rust staticlib by absolute path (a .a is an archive, not a
+    # -l flag). Mark it as a dependency of the custom command output so the
+    # Rust build runs before the link.
+    add_dependencies(spike_f_rust_ffi fpe_rust_leaf_staticlib)
+    target_link_libraries(spike_f_rust_ffi PRIVATE
+        ${_rust_lib} pthread dl)
+    target_link_options(spike_f_rust_ffi PRIVATE -static-libgcc)
+
+    # Make the staticlib a real CMake target with a custom command so the
+    # build graph knows it is produced, not pre-existing.
+    add_custom_target(fpe_rust_leaf_staticlib DEPENDS ${_rust_lib})
+
+    # Skip the rust spike from the default 'all' target if Rust isn't wanted in
+    # a given build (e.g. a CI image without cargo) — it's gated on CARGO_EXECUTABLE.
+else()
+    message(STATUS "cargo not found — Spike F (Rust FFI probe) skipped; "
+        "ADR-0005 will record the decision without the empirical build data.")
+endif()

spike/F_rust_ffi_probe/cpp_driver.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
+//
+// spike/F_rust_ffi_probe — ADR-0005 build-friction probe. Measures the cost of
+// adding a Rust leaf decoder to the tree: a tiny `flate`-style decoder stub
+// (echoes a byte buffer) compiled as a `cdylib`/`staticlib` behind a C ABI,
+// linked into a C++ driver. The point is the build friction and FFI shape,
+// not real decompression.
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <vector>
+
+// The C ABI the Rust crate exposes. Declared here (not from a generated
+// header) to show the minimal glue shape.
+extern "C" {
+    // A bounded view, matching the §7.2 "std::span-like bounded views" rule.
+    // The Rust side gets a pointer + length and must not read past length.
+    int fpe_rust_decode(const unsigned char* in, std::size_t in_len,
+                        unsigned char* out, std::size_t out_cap,
+                        std::size_t* out_len);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    const std::size_t n = (argc >= 2) ? std::size_t(std::atoll(argv[1])) : 1024;
+    std::vector<unsigned char> input(n, 0x5A);
+    std::vector<unsigned char> output(n * 2, 0);
+
+    std::size_t out_len = 0;
+    int rc = fpe_rust_decode(input.data(), input.size(),
+                            output.data(), output.size(), &out_len);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "decode failed: %d\n", rc);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    // Verify the (stub) decoder echoed the input.
+    if (out_len != input.size() ||
+        std::memcmp(output.data(), input.data(), input.size()) != 0) {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "decode output mismatch\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    std::printf("rust_ffi_probe: decoded %zu bytes via Rust C ABI, rc=%d\n",
+        out_len, rc);
+    return 0;
+}

spike/F_rust_ffi_probe/rust/Cargo.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fpe_rust_leaf"
+version = "0.1.0"

spike/F_rust_ffi_probe/rust/Cargo.toml

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
+#
+# ADR-0005 build-friction probe crate. A staticlib so the C++ driver links it
+# without a runtime .so dependency. crate-type = ["staticlib"] is the standard
+# Rust-into-C++ integration shape; "cdylib" would be for a .so.
+
+[package]
+name = "fpe_rust_leaf"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+[lib]
+name = "fpe_rust_leaf"
+crate-type = ["staticlib"]
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+# Release profile: the leaf decoder ships hardened. Mirrors the C++ side's
+# -fstack-protector-strong / overflow checks via Rust's default release
+# arithmetic checks and overflow guards.
+[profile.release]
+panic = "abort"     # match the C++ side: no unwinding across the FFI
+overflow-checks = true
+lto = true

spike/F_rust_ffi_probe/rust/src/lib.rs

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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 ai-ad4 and the FreePDFEditor contributors
+//
+// ADR-0005 build-friction probe: a Rust leaf decoder behind a C ABI. The
+// crate builds as a staticlib so it links into the C++ driver without a
+// runtime .so dependency. The "decode" is a stub (echo the input) — the
+// point is the FFI shape and build cost, not real decompression.
+
+use std::slice;
+use std::ptr;
+
+/// # Safety
+/// `in_buf` must be valid for `in_len` bytes; `out_buf` for `out_cap`.
+/// Returns 0 on success and writes the decoded length to `*out_len`.
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn fpe_rust_decode(
+    in_buf: *const u8,
+    in_len: usize,
+    out_buf: *mut u8,
+    out_cap: usize,
+    out_len: *mut usize,
+) -> i32 {
+    // Bounded view — the §7.2 rule, enforced by the type system here.
+    if in_buf.is_null() || out_buf.is_null() || out_len.is_null() {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if in_len > out_cap {
+        return 2; // output buffer too small
+    }
+    let input = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(in_buf, in_len) };
+    let output = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(out_buf, out_cap) };
+    // The "decode": echo. Real Flate/LZW/CMap decode goes here in M2.
+    output[..in_len].copy_from_slice(input);
+    unsafe { ptr::write(out_len, in_len) };
+    0
+}