feat(crypto): self-rolled encrypted file vault, replaces flaky stronghold

apps/desktop/package.json

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "@livekit/components-react": "^2.9.0",
     "@supabase/supabase-js": "^2.46.0",
     "@tauri-apps/api": "^2.1.1",
+    "@tauri-apps/plugin-fs": "^2.5.0",
     "@tauri-apps/plugin-global-shortcut": "^2.3.1",
     "@tauri-apps/plugin-notification": "^2.0.1",
     "@tauri-apps/plugin-sql": "^2.0.1",

apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
+ "tauri-plugin-fs",
  "tauri-plugin-global-shortcut",
  "tauri-plugin-notification",
  "tauri-plugin-sql",
@@ -5483,6 +5484,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tauri-plugin-fs"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36e1ec28b79f3d0683f4507e1615c36292c0ea6716668770d4396b9b39871ed8"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "dunce",
+ "glob",
+ "log",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "schemars 0.8.22",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_repr",
+ "tauri",
+ "tauri-plugin",
+ "tauri-utils",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "toml 0.9.12+spec-1.1.0",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-plugin-global-shortcut"
 version = "2.3.1"

apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ tauri = { version = "2", features = ["devtools"] }
 tauri-plugin-notification = "2"
 tauri-plugin-sql = { version = "2", features = ["sqlite"] }
 tauri-plugin-stronghold = "2"
+tauri-plugin-fs = "2"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 

apps/desktop/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@
     "stronghold:allow-save",
     "stronghold:allow-get-store-record",
     "stronghold:allow-save-store-record",
-    "stronghold:allow-remove-store-record"
+    "stronghold:allow-remove-store-record",
+    "fs:default",
+    "fs:allow-read-file",
+    "fs:allow-write-file",
+    "fs:allow-mkdir",
+    "fs:allow-exists",
+    "fs:allow-rename",
+    "fs:allow-remove",
+    {
+      "identifier": "fs:scope",
+      "allow": [
+        { "path": "$APPLOCALDATA/**" }
+      ]
+    }
   ]
 }

apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pub fn run() {
     let mut builder = tauri::Builder::default()
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_notification::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_sql::Builder::default().build())
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_fs::init())
         .plugin(
             tauri_plugin_stronghold::Builder::new(|password| {
                 // TODO: derive stronghold key from password using argon2 / blake2b.

apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "ChatApp",
-  "version": "0.3.8",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "identifier": "com.meinname.chatapp",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "pnpm vite:dev",

apps/desktop/src/lib/secretStore.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import { base64FromBytes, bytesFromBase64, type SecretStore } from '@chat-app/shared/auth';
 
 import { isTauriRuntime } from './globalShortcut';
-import { makeStrongholdStore, migrateLocalStorageToStronghold } from './strongholdStore';
+import { makeSecureFileStore, migrateLocalStorageToVault } from './secureFileStore';
 
-// Secret store with two backends:
-//   - Tauri: Stronghold-encrypted vault file in appLocalDataDir. Survives app
-//     reinstalls and is encrypted at rest with a password derived from the
-//     authenticated user-id.
-//   - Web / pre-auth: localStorage (legacy dev fallback).
+// Two-tier SecretStore:
+//   - Tauri runtime: encrypted single-file vault in `appLocalDataDir`
+//     (`secureFileStore` — XSalsa20-Poly1305 + Argon2id KDF). Survives app
+//     reinstalls when the OS preserves the data dir.
+//   - Web / pre-auth: plain localStorage (legacy fallback).
 //
-// Callers don't need to care which one is active — they import a singleton
-// and call setSecretStoreUser(userId) once the session is known. Until that
-// happens, calls fall through to localStorage.
+// Callers import `devLocalSecretStore` and call `setSecretStoreUser(userId)`
+// once the session is known. The singleton object's identity is stable so
+// existing imports keep working.
 
 const PREFIX = 'chatapp.secret:';
 
@@ -38,21 +38,20 @@ export async function setSecretStoreUser(userId: string | null): Promise<void> {
   activeUserId = userId;
 
   if (userId && isTauriRuntime()) {
-    const stronghold = makeStrongholdStore(userId);
+    const fileStore = makeSecureFileStore(userId);
     try {
-      // Force a tiny round-trip to verify Stronghold can actually open the
-      // vault on this machine. If not (broken vault file, bundled rust crate
-      // mismatch, etc.) we fall back to localStorage so the rest of the app
-      // remains usable instead of bricking device registration.
-      await stronghold.getSecret('__probe');
-      activeBackend = stronghold;
+      // Probe write/read to confirm the vault is usable on this machine.
+      // If anything throws (perm denied, disk full, KDF error), fall back to
+      // localStorage so the rest of the app keeps working.
+      await fileStore.getSecret('__probe');
+      activeBackend = fileStore;
       try {
-        await migrateLocalStorageToStronghold(userId, PREFIX);
+        await migrateLocalStorageToVault(userId, PREFIX);
       } catch (err: unknown) {
-        console.warn('stronghold migration failed', err);
+        console.warn('vault migration failed', err);
       }
     } catch (err: unknown) {
-      console.warn('stronghold init failed — falling back to localStorage', err);
+      console.warn('secure file vault init failed — falling back to localStorage', err);
       activeBackend = localStore;
     }
   } else {
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ export async function setSecretStoreUser(userId: string | null): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-// Singleton with stable identity — internals delegate to whichever backend is
-// currently active. Existing call-sites that imported `devLocalSecretStore`
-// keep working without changes.
 export const devLocalSecretStore: SecretStore = {
   async getSecret(key) {
     return activeBackend.getSecret(key);
@@ -75,6 +71,6 @@ export const devLocalSecretStore: SecretStore = {
   },
 };
 
-export function isStrongholdActive(): boolean {
+export function isEncryptedVaultActive(): boolean {
   return activeBackend !== localStore;
 }

apps/desktop/src/lib/secureFileStore.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import type { SecretStore } from '@chat-app/shared/auth';
+import { exists, mkdir, readFile, rename, writeFile } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
+import { appLocalDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
+import sodium from 'libsodium-wrappers';
+
+// Encrypted single-file SecretStore for Tauri. Replaces the flaky
+// tauri-plugin-stronghold implementation.
+//
+// File layout (binary, little-endian):
+//   bytes  0..7   magic: ASCII "CHATVLT1"
+//   bytes  8..23  salt for KDF (16 bytes)
+//   bytes 24..47  XSalsa20-Poly1305 nonce (24 bytes)
+//   bytes 48..    secretbox(plaintext_json, key, nonce)
+//
+// `plaintext_json` is a UTF-8 JSON object  { [key: string]: base64url(value) }.
+//
+// Key derivation: Argon2id (libsodium MODERATE ops/mem) over a passphrase
+// derived from the authenticated user-id + a constant. Same userId on the
+// same machine after re-install ⇒ same key ⇒ vault recovers automatically.
+//
+// Atomic writes: serialised vault is first written to `<file>.tmp` then
+// renamed onto `<file>` so an interrupted write never corrupts the existing
+// vault.
+
+const FILE_NAME = 'chatapp-vault.bin';
+const MAGIC = new TextEncoder().encode('CHATVLT1'); // 8 bytes
+const SALT_LEN = 16;
+const NONCE_LEN = 24;
+const KEY_LEN = 32;
+
+interface VaultState {
+  path: string;
+  tmpPath: string;
+  key: Uint8Array; // derived encryption key
+  data: Map<string, Uint8Array>;
+}
+
+let initPromise: Promise<VaultState> | null = null;
+let vault: VaultState | null = null;
+let initializedFor: string | null = null;
+
+async function ensureSodium(): Promise<typeof sodium> {
+  await sodium.ready;
+  return sodium;
+}
+
+function joinPath(dir: string, name: string): string {
+  const sep = dir.endsWith('/') || dir.endsWith('\\') ? '' : '/';
+  return dir + sep + name;
+}
+
+function b64url(bytes: Uint8Array): string {
+  let s = '';
+  for (const b of bytes) s += String.fromCharCode(b);
+  return btoa(s).replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_').replace(/=+$/, '');
+}
+
+function unb64url(s: string): Uint8Array {
+  let str = s.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
+  while (str.length % 4) str += '=';
+  const bin = atob(str);
+  const out = new Uint8Array(bin.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < bin.length; i++) out[i] = bin.charCodeAt(i);
+  return out;
+}
+
+async function deriveKey(userId: string, salt: Uint8Array, s: typeof sodium): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+  const passphrase = 'chatapp-vault-v1:' + userId;
+  return s.crypto_pwhash(
+    KEY_LEN,
+    passphrase,
+    salt,
+    s.crypto_pwhash_OPSLIMIT_MODERATE,
+    s.crypto_pwhash_MEMLIMIT_MODERATE,
+    s.crypto_pwhash_ALG_ARGON2ID13,
+  );
+}
+
+async function loadOrCreateVault(userId: string): Promise<VaultState> {
+  const s = await ensureSodium();
+  const dir = await appLocalDataDir();
+  const path = joinPath(dir, FILE_NAME);
+  const tmpPath = path + '.tmp';
+
+  try {
+    await mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });
+  } catch {
+    /* parent likely already exists */
+  }
+
+  const fileExists = await exists(path).catch(() => false);
+  if (!fileExists) {
+    const salt = s.randombytes_buf(SALT_LEN);
+    const key = await deriveKey(userId, salt, s);
+    const state: VaultState = { path, tmpPath, key, data: new Map() };
+    await persist(state, salt, s);
+    return state;
+  }
+
+  const raw = await readFile(path);
+  if (raw.length < MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN + NONCE_LEN + 1) {
+    throw new Error('vault file too short');
+  }
+  for (let i = 0; i < MAGIC.length; i++) {
+    if (raw[i] !== MAGIC[i]) throw new Error('vault magic mismatch');
+  }
+  const salt = raw.slice(MAGIC.length, MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN);
+  const nonce = raw.slice(MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN, MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN + NONCE_LEN);
+  const ciphertext = raw.slice(MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN + NONCE_LEN);
+
+  const key = await deriveKey(userId, salt, s);
+  let plain: Uint8Array;
+  try {
+    plain = s.crypto_secretbox_open_easy(ciphertext, nonce, key);
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'vault decrypt failed (wrong user / corrupted file): ' +
+        (err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)),
+    );
+  }
+  const json = new TextDecoder().decode(plain) || '{}';
+  const obj = JSON.parse(json) as Record<string, string>;
+  const data = new Map<string, Uint8Array>();
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(obj)) {
+    try {
+      data.set(k, unb64url(v));
+    } catch {
+      /* skip malformed entries */
+    }
+  }
+  return { path, tmpPath, key, data };
+}
+
+async function persist(state: VaultState, salt: Uint8Array, s: typeof sodium): Promise<void> {
+  const obj: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const [k, v] of state.data) obj[k] = b64url(v);
+  const plain = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(obj));
+  const nonce = s.randombytes_buf(NONCE_LEN);
+  const ciphertext = s.crypto_secretbox_easy(plain, nonce, state.key);
+
+  const out = new Uint8Array(MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN + NONCE_LEN + ciphertext.length);
+  out.set(MAGIC, 0);
+  out.set(salt, MAGIC.length);
+  out.set(nonce, MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN);
+  out.set(ciphertext, MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN + NONCE_LEN);
+
+  // Atomic write: tmp → rename. `rename` on the same filesystem is atomic
+  // on macOS, Linux, and Windows (NTFS).
+  await writeFile(state.tmpPath, out);
+  await rename(state.tmpPath, state.path);
+}
+
+// Re-derives the salt by reading the existing file header so persist() can
+// keep using the same KDF salt across writes (we don't rotate KDF on every
+// save — only on initial vault creation).
+async function readSalt(state: VaultState): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+  const raw = await readFile(state.path);
+  return raw.slice(MAGIC.length, MAGIC.length + SALT_LEN);
+}
+
+async function ensureInit(userId: string): Promise<VaultState> {
+  if (initializedFor === userId && vault) return vault;
+  if (initPromise) return initPromise;
+  initPromise = loadOrCreateVault(userId)
+    .then((v) => {
+      vault = v;
+      initializedFor = userId;
+      return v;
+    })
+    .finally(() => {
+      initPromise = null;
+    });
+  return initPromise;
+}
+
+export function makeSecureFileStore(userId: string): SecretStore {
+  return {
+    async getSecret(key: string): Promise<Uint8Array | null> {
+      const v = await ensureInit(userId);
+      const found = v.data.get(key);
+      return found ? new Uint8Array(found) : null;
+    },
+    async setSecret(key: string, value: Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+      const v = await ensureInit(userId);
+      v.data.set(key, new Uint8Array(value));
+      const s = await ensureSodium();
+      const salt = await readSalt(v);
+      await persist(v, salt, s);
+    },
+    async removeSecret(key: string): Promise<void> {
+      const v = await ensureInit(userId);
+      v.data.delete(key);
+      const s = await ensureSodium();
+      const salt = await readSalt(v);
+      await persist(v, salt, s);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+// Migrates legacy localStorage entries (chatapp.secret:*) into the encrypted
+// vault on first init. Idempotent — checks for marker key.
+export async function migrateLocalStorageToVault(
+  userId: string,
+  prefix: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const v = await ensureInit(userId);
+  if (v.data.has('__migrated_from_localstorage')) return;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < window.localStorage.length; i++) {
+    const fullKey = window.localStorage.key(i);
+    if (!fullKey || !fullKey.startsWith(prefix)) continue;
+    const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(fullKey);
+    if (!raw) continue;
+    try {
+      const decoded = Uint8Array.from(atob(raw), (c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
+      const shortKey = fullKey.slice(prefix.length);
+      v.data.set(shortKey, decoded);
+    } catch {
+      /* skip malformed */
+    }
+  }
+  v.data.set('__migrated_from_localstorage', new Uint8Array([1]));
+  const s = await ensureSodium();
+  const salt = await readSalt(v);
+  await persist(v, salt, s);
+}

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ importers:
       '@tauri-apps/api':
         specifier: ^2.1.1
         version: 2.10.1
+      '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs':
+        specifier: ^2.5.0
+        version: 2.5.0
       '@tauri-apps/plugin-global-shortcut':
         specifier: ^2.3.1
         version: 2.3.1
@@ -1766,6 +1769,9 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>= 10'}
     hasBin: true
 
+  '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs@2.5.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-c83kbz61AK+rKjhS+je9+stIO27nXj7p9cqeg36TwkIUtxpCFTttlHHtqon6h6FN54cXjyAjlMPOJcW3mwE5XQ==}
+
   '@tauri-apps/plugin-global-shortcut@2.3.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-vr40W2N6G63dmBPaha1TsBQLLURXG538RQbH5vAm0G/ovVZyXJrmZR1HF1W+WneNloQvwn4dm8xzwpEXRW560g==}
 
@@ -7401,6 +7407,10 @@ snapshots:
       '@tauri-apps/cli-win32-ia32-msvc': 2.10.1
       '@tauri-apps/cli-win32-x64-msvc': 2.10.1
 
+  '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs@2.5.0':
+    dependencies:
+      '@tauri-apps/api': 2.10.1
+
   '@tauri-apps/plugin-global-shortcut@2.3.1':
     dependencies:
       '@tauri-apps/api': 2.10.1