Closes #86. Closes #85. These land together on purpose. Fixing the encoder alone changes nothing for the blobs already in the zone, because `emit` skips whatever is already present. ## #86 — the framing fix `klauspost/compress` omits the zstd `Frame_Content_Size` field for inputs under 256 bytes, which the format permits. Reference libzstd never does, so the NWN client — which sizes its output buffer from `ZSTD_getFrameContentSize` and has therefore never met a frame without one — rejected roughly 6% of our blobs outright. Any single one stops a sync dead, so no client could complete a sync of the live manifest. No encoder option changes this, so `compressBlob` re-headers the affected frames into the shape libzstd itself emits: `Single_Segment_flag` set, `Window_Descriptor` dropped, and the freed byte spent on a one-byte `Frame_Content_Size`. Same length in, same length out, and the same descriptor byte (`0x24`) the issue recorded from libzstd. `compressBlob` then asserts its own output. An encoder upgrade that finds another way to omit the field would otherwise reproduce #86 in silence, and a blob is skipped by every later emit once written. `emitter_version` goes to `2`, so `assemble` refuses to merge an index written by the encoder that omitted the field. **Proved against the reference decoder, not just a round trip.** A real emitted 175-byte blob: ``` Frames Skips Compressed Uncompressed Ratio Check Filename 1 0 48 B 175 B 3.646 XXH64 frame.zst c59d6620d4ffd4bf3fe73df43b19b7afcfe8fea4 - <- zstd -dc | sha1sum c59d6620d4ffd4bf3fe73df43b19b7afcfe8fea4 <- the blob's own name ``` Before the fix that `Uncompressed` column was blank. ## #85 — `nwsync verify` `crucible nwsync verify <manifest-sha1>` reads a manifest and its blobs back through the **public pull zone**, with no credential, because what matters is the bytes a client is served, edge behaviour included. Every distinct blob is decompressed and hashed; failures are reported per blob as missing / malformed framing / size mismatch / hash mismatch, and the exit code is 1. - `--sample N` makes a routine check cheap against a manifest that is ~69,000 blobs and 15 GB; the default is a full sweep. - `--base URL` / `NWSYNC_PULL_BASE` overrides the public host. - The manifest is checked against its own sha1 before a single blob is fetched. - `emit --verify` applies the same check where `emit` would otherwise trust presence, and replaces a stored blob that is not what its name claims. This is what makes the #86 blobs repairable. ## Why the existing checks missed this Both new checks assert the **frame property**, not just a round trip. The conformance suite (#59) compares decompressed bytes, so a frame that decodes correctly passes regardless of its header; and the earlier zone audit decompressed 68 blobs with the `zstd` CLI, a *more* capable decoder than the client's, which certified exactly the blobs the client rejects. ## Checks `make check` and `make smoke` green. Second commit is the fixes from a two-axis review of the first. ## Not in this PR Three follow-ups, filed separately: the backfill has not been run, replacing a blob does not purge the pull-zone edge cache, and #85's runbook line belongs to `sow-platform`. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)Reviewed-on: #87 Co-authored-by: vickydotbat <vickydotbat@tutamail.com>
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sow-tools — Crucible
Crucible is the Shadows Over Westgate build/conversion/sync toolchain: one Go
module producing several small binaries plus a crucible dispatcher (D11). It is
the only repo that owns builder logic; the artifact repos (sow-module,
sow-topdata, sow-assets-manifest) invoke Crucible through wrapper scripts and
never embed a toolkit.
Repos produce artifacts. sow-platform deploys artifacts.
Crucible is how the artifact repos turn source into artifacts.
Binaries
| Binary | Dispatcher form | Owns |
|---|---|---|
crucible |
— | dispatcher: crucible <builder> [args] |
crucible-depot |
crucible depot |
content-addressed depot blob verify/move |
crucible-hak |
crucible hak |
ERF/HAK pack/unpack + hak manifests |
crucible-module |
crucible module |
build/extract/validate/compare the .mod |
crucible-nwsync |
crucible nwsync |
NWSync blob emit + manifest assemble + verify |
crucible-topdata |
crucible topdata |
compile 2da/tlk topdata + packages |
crucible-wiki |
crucible wiki |
render + deploy mechanical wiki pages |
The dispatcher and the standalone shims share one registry
(internal/dispatch); the shims exist so consumer wrapper scripts can resolve a
single-token command. The full legacy nwn-tool command surface and where each
command lands is mapped in docs/command-surface.md.
Status (cutover performed)
The internal app/pipeline/project/erf/gff/topdata/changelog/
validator packages from gitea/sow-tools have been migrated into this tree, and
the module, topdata, hak, and wiki builders now delegate to the migrated
nwn-tool command surface (mapped in
docs/command-surface.md). config and changelog
are global commands on the dispatcher. depot has no migrated logic yet, so it
keeps the fail-closed path: exit 70, never a faked artifact.
See docs/migration-from-nwn-tool.md for what
was done and what remains (the consumer --manifest/--source/--out flag contract
is the open Phase-6 item).
Quick start (no Nix)
Teammates without Nix don't build anything — they run the bootstrap wrapper,
which downloads the latest released crucible for your OS and runs it:
./crucible # interactive menu (pick a command)
./crucible module build
./crucible topdata validate
Windows (PowerShell):
.\crucible.ps1 module build
The binary is cached under ~/.cache/crucible/<version>/ (%LOCALAPPDATA%\crucible
on Windows); --repo-local caches inside the repo instead. Private releases:
set CRUCIBLE_TOKEN or write the token to ~/.config/crucible/token.
Develop
Self-contained (D8) — a host with only Nix can run everything:
nix develop # Go + shellcheck + yamllint + make
make check # go vet + go test + shellcheck + yamllint
make build # build every cmd/* into ./bin (gitignored)
make smoke # build + assert the fail-closed contract
Binaries are never committed — they are CI artifacts (D19).
This retires the old habit of checking in nwn-tool / sow-toolkit.
CI
PR-first (D7): checks run once on pull requests; the only publish event is a
v* tag (see runbooks/ci-trigger-standard.md in sow-docs,
https://git.westgate.pw/ShadowsOverWestgate/sow-docs).
ci.yml— vet, test, shellcheck, yamllint, binary smoke, and cross-build all targets once per pull request.build-binaries.yml— on av*tag, cross-build and upload the binaries,SHA256SUMS, and the wrappers to the Gitea release, then delete the assets of every release except the newest two — Gitea keeps them forever otherwise, and every binary is reproducible from its tag.sync-wrappers.yml— on amainpush that toucheswrappers/, auto-PR the canonical wrappers to the consumer repos inwrappers/consumers.txt. Consumer drift checks run after those PRs merge tomain, not on the PRs themselves, to avoid recursive cross-repo checks.
Consumers
How the artifact repos resolve a Crucible binary is
documented in docs/consumer-contract.md.