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Closes the ipc.rtt.macos.library-arm gap research note 238 records: a real cross-process kipc echo measurement (client and server as two separate OS processes over a Unix domain socket, using the actual keld-ipc wire path — SessionToken HELLO, echo_call/echo_invoke, serve_echo_session) rather than the in-process, no-OS-boundary shape research note 140 used.

Pinned via git/rev to gyldlab/keld@4fbf94bbb755854058067b986877177f00b25a39. Proposed as research note 242 Gap 1 and executed the same session (2026-09-10): negative-control verified (forged token rejected KELD-IPC-007, no output file produced), then run as the full registry-compliant campaign — 20 sessions x 100,000 calls per tier (small = codec-pinned 6-byte payload, representative = 1,024-byte payload), fresh-process cache state, client-owned monotonic clock, handshake excluded from timed deltas.

Pooled p99 (block-bootstrap 95% CI, 2,000 resamples, session blocks): small [9.25, 9.625] us, representative [10.083, 10.459] us — both far under the 100 us budget. Full statistics and the aggregate write-up are in a companion keld-research note (not part of this PR).

40 raw session documents under macos/bench/results/ipc-rtt/, named .raw.json: schema/result.v2.schema.json models one session with multiple comparator arms, not this registry's block-bootstrap-by-independent-session sample_policy.ipc — the same gap the only prior IPC-RTT result (KEL-99, Windows, 1 session) already left unresolved. Not fixed here; named as a known registry/schema gap.

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none (test fixture + raw evidence, no product/schema/dependency change)

Tests

  • python3 schema/check.py: all contract checks passed (unaffected by this addition — it validates the schemas/registry themselves, not the results corpus)
  • Negative control: forged token rejected (KELD-IPC-007), no output file produced — verified twice, including immediately before this commit
  • 40/40 sessions completed with matching client/server exit codes; every session's calls_timed == 99999 (call 1 folds into handshake_ns)

Platforms

macOS only (Apple M4 Mac mini, macOS 26.5.1 25F80, arm64, CENTILLIONAIREs-Mac-mini.local, AC power). No Windows/Linux claim.

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none (new diagnostic fixture; adds no product code)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a macOS Rust-to-Rust IPC echo tool with separate server and client applications.
    • Supports authenticated Unix-socket sessions, configurable call counts, and small or representative payload sizes.
    • Measures handshake and per-call round-trip times and saves structured JSON results.
    • Includes a security check confirming forged session tokens are rejected without producing output.
  • Documentation
    • Added setup, usage, benchmarking, and validation guidance for the echo tool.

… 40-session raw evidence

Closes the ipc.rtt.macos.library-arm gap research note 238 records: a real cross-process (not in-process, unlike research note 140) client/server pair over the same authenticated kipc wire path the product uses (SessionToken HELLO, echo_call/echo_invoke, serve_echo_session), pinned via git/rev to Keld gyldlab/keld@4fbf94b.

Proposed as research note 242 Gap 1 (2026-09-10); built, negative-control-verified (forged token rejected with KELD-IPC-007, no output file produced), and run as the full registry-compliant campaign the same session: 20 sessions x 100,000 calls per tier (small = codec-pinned 6-byte payload, representative = 1,024-byte payload binary-searched against the live postcard encoding), fresh-process cache state, client-owned monotonic clock, handshake excluded from the timed deltas per the IPC-RTT oracle.

40 raw session documents under macos/bench/results/ipc-rtt/ (.raw.json: no schema/result.v2.schema.json wrapper -- that schema models one session with multiple comparator arms, not this registry's block-bootstrap-by-independent-session sample_policy; the same gap the sole prior IPC-RTT result, KEL-99 on Windows, already left unresolved at 1 session. Aggregate statistics live in the companion research note, computed from and citing these raw files directly.

Device: Apple M4 Mac mini (Mac16,10), macOS 26.5.1 (25F80), arm64, CENTILLIONAIREs-Mac-mini.local, AC power. rustc/cargo 1.97.1. python3 schema/check.py: all contract checks passed (unaffected by this addition; it validates the schemas themselves, not the results corpus).
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Adds a macOS Rust KIPC echo fixture with server and client binaries. The client supports authenticated sessions, two payload tiers, timing collection, forged-token validation, and JSON result output. Documentation defines build, execution, and sampling procedures.

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Rust KIPC echo fixture

Layer / File(s) Summary
Fixture contract and build setup
macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/Cargo.toml, macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/README.md
Defines the pinned keld-ipc dependency, server and client binaries, release settings, payload tiers, negative-control procedure, and measurement policy.
Authenticated server session
macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/src/server.rs, macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/README.md
Creates a Unix socket, writes a tokenized app link, serves one authenticated session, handles failures, and removes the socket.
Client payload and authenticated calls
macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/src/client.rs
Builds small and representative requests, parses app links, performs authenticated echo calls, validates replies, and records handshake and per-call timings.
Measurement result output and validation
macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/src/client.rs, macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/README.md
Rejects forged-token sessions without writing results, discovers optional Bun revision context, and writes structured JSON output.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant Server
  participant KIPC
  participant ResultFile
  Client->>Server: Read app link and connect
  Server->>KIPC: Serve authenticated echo session
  Client->>KIPC: Send handshake and echo calls
  KIPC-->>Client: Return validated replies
  Client->>Client: Measure handshake and call durations
  Client->>ResultFile: Write JSON measurements
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In `@macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/Cargo.toml`:
- Around line 12-13: Update the fixture’s README build command to use cargo
build --release --locked, ensuring the existing Cargo.lock dependency graph is
used without re-resolving dependencies.

In `@macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/src/client.rs`:
- Around line 151-156: Update the --bad-token handling around echo_call so
Err(error) returns a client failure instead of treating every error as
successful token rejection; preserve success only when the expected forged-token
rejection is explicitly confirmed. Update the README negative-control command to
capture server stderr, wait for server termination, require nonzero client and
server exit statuses, and verify KELD-IPC-007 before reporting success.

In `@macos/keld/kipc-rust-echo/src/server.rs`:
- Line 47: Update the app-link file creation in the server’s match expression to
use OpenOptions with create_new(true), and place the file in a private run
directory rather than the predictable shared /tmp path. Preserve the existing
write behavior while ensuring symlink replacement cannot redirect file creation.
- Line 47: Update the app-link file creation around File::create to create it
exclusively with mode 0o600, preventing access by other local identities. Ensure
the app-link file is removed after the client finishes using it on both
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- server.rs: mint the app-link file with create_new + mode 0o600 instead
  of File::create, so a pre-planted symlink at the (predictable /tmp)
  path cannot redirect the write, and the live session token is not
  world-readable. Remove the file once a connection is accepted (the
  client has already read it) and on the accept-error path.
- client.rs: the --bad-token negative control no longer claims a
  confirmed KELD-IPC-007 reject from the client's own Err(_) alone.
  Verified empirically that handshake_server closes without a reply on
  a token mismatch (an intentional anti-oracle design in
  crates/keld-ipc/src/admission.rs), so the client can only observe a
  plain I/O EOF, never IpcError::HelloAuth directly.
- README.md: build with --locked (uses the committed Cargo.lock as-is);
  the negative-control procedure now captures the server's stderr and
  greps it for KELD-IPC-007 as the actual confirmation, alongside the
  client's own exit code and the absence of an output file.

Rebuilt, reran the negative control, a symlink-preplant attempt, and one
real session end-to-end; all behave as documented.
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* test(macos/keld): add the KEL-129 kipc Rust-Rust echo fixture and its 40-session raw evidence

Closes the ipc.rtt.macos.library-arm gap research note 238 records: a real cross-process (not in-process, unlike research note 140) client/server pair over the same authenticated kipc wire path the product uses (SessionToken HELLO, echo_call/echo_invoke, serve_echo_session), pinned via git/rev to Keld gyldlab/keld@4fbf94b.

Proposed as research note 242 Gap 1 (2026-09-10); built, negative-control-verified (forged token rejected with KELD-IPC-007, no output file produced), and run as the full registry-compliant campaign the same session: 20 sessions x 100,000 calls per tier (small = codec-pinned 6-byte payload, representative = 1,024-byte payload binary-searched against the live postcard encoding), fresh-process cache state, client-owned monotonic clock, handshake excluded from the timed deltas per the IPC-RTT oracle.

40 raw session documents under macos/bench/results/ipc-rtt/ (.raw.json: no schema/result.v2.schema.json wrapper -- that schema models one session with multiple comparator arms, not this registry's block-bootstrap-by-independent-session sample_policy; the same gap the sole prior IPC-RTT result, KEL-99 on Windows, already left unresolved at 1 session. Aggregate statistics live in the companion research note, computed from and citing these raw files directly.

Device: Apple M4 Mac mini (Mac16,10), macOS 26.5.1 (25F80), arm64, CENTILLIONAIREs-Mac-mini.local, AC power. rustc/cargo 1.97.1. python3 schema/check.py: all contract checks passed (unaffected by this addition; it validates the schemas themselves, not the results corpus).

* fix(macos/keld): harden kipc-rust-echo per CodeRabbit review

- server.rs: mint the app-link file with create_new + mode 0o600 instead
  of File::create, so a pre-planted symlink at the (predictable /tmp)
  path cannot redirect the write, and the live session token is not
  world-readable. Remove the file once a connection is accepted (the
  client has already read it) and on the accept-error path.
- client.rs: the --bad-token negative control no longer claims a
  confirmed KELD-IPC-007 reject from the client's own Err(_) alone.
  Verified empirically that handshake_server closes without a reply on
  a token mismatch (an intentional anti-oracle design in
  crates/keld-ipc/src/admission.rs), so the client can only observe a
  plain I/O EOF, never IpcError::HelloAuth directly.
- README.md: build with --locked (uses the committed Cargo.lock as-is);
  the negative-control procedure now captures the server's stderr and
  greps it for KELD-IPC-007 as the actual confirmation, alongside the
  client's own exit code and the absence of an output file.

Rebuilt, reran the negative control, a symlink-preplant attempt, and one
real session end-to-end; all behave as documented.
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