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# FamilySync Architecture

FamilySync is a self-hosted family organization hub — a unified, color-coded calendar and shared collaborative lists — delivered as a React PWA. The system is a two-container Docker Compose stack (API + MariaDB) running on Unraid, exposed through a Pangolin/Newt tunnel with Authelia providing OIDC authentication.

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## System Overview

FamilySync follows a layered architecture with Fastmail CalDAV as the external calendar source of truth. The React PWA talks exclusively to a single Hono API backend. The backend handles authentication (Authelia OIDC), calendar read/write via CalDAV (Fastmail), list persistence (MariaDB), and real-time push delivery.

```mermaid
graph TD
    subgraph "Client (Browser / Home Screen PWA)"
        PWA["React 19 PWA\n(Vite + vite-plugin-pwa)"]
        SW["Service Worker\n(Workbox precache + push)"]
    end

    subgraph "API (apps/api — Hono on Node 22)"
        AUTH["OIDC Auth\n(@hono/oidc-auth)"]
        ROUTES["API Routes\n/events /lists /me /push /sse"]
        BROKER["CalDAV Broker\n(tsdav + ical.js + rrule)"]
        OUTBOX["Outbox Worker\n(15s drain loop)"]
        POLLER["CalDAV Poller\n(5-min setInterval)"]
        REMINDER["Reminder Scheduler\n(1-min setInterval)"]
        SSE_LIB["List Emitter\n(in-process EventEmitter)"]
        PUSH_LIB["Push Dispatcher\n(web-push VAPID)"]
    end

    subgraph "Persistence"
        DB["MariaDB 11\n(Drizzle ORM)"]
    end

    subgraph "External Services"
        AUTHELIA["Authelia\n(OIDC / OAuth2 IdP)"]
        FASTMAIL["Fastmail CalDAV\ncaldav.fastmail.com"]
        PUSH_SVC["Browser Push Services\n(APNs / FCM)"]
    end

    PWA -- "HTTPS (same-origin via Pangolin)" --> ROUTES
    SW -- "push events" --> PWA
    ROUTES --> AUTH
    AUTH -- "authorization-code + PKCE" --> AUTHELIA
    ROUTES --> BROKER
    ROUTES --> SSE_LIB
    ROUTES --> DB
    BROKER -- "PROPFIND / REPORT / PUT / DELETE" --> FASTMAIL
    POLLER --> BROKER
    OUTBOX --> BROKER
    BROKER --> DB
    REMINDER --> DB
    REMINDER --> PUSH_LIB
    OUTBOX --> PUSH_LIB
    SSE_LIB -- "text/event-stream" --> PWA
    PUSH_LIB -- "VAPID push" --> PUSH_SVC
    PUSH_SVC --> SW
```

---

## Directory Structure

```text
familysync/
├── apps/
│   ├── api/                  # Hono backend (Node 22 + TypeScript)
│   │   └── src/
│   │       ├── index.ts      # App entry: mounts routes, starts background workers
│   │       ├── routes/       # HTTP route handlers
│   │       ├── auth/         # OIDC middleware + dev-bypass + session persistence
│   │       ├── broker/       # CalDAV integration layer
│   │       ├── db/           # Drizzle schema, client, migrations
│   │       └── lib/          # Shared dispatchers and utilities
│   └── pwa/                  # React 19 PWA (Vite + vite-plugin-pwa)
│       └── src/
│           ├── App.tsx        # BrowserRouter shell with persistent nav chrome
│           ├── routes/        # Page-level React components
│           ├── components/    # Shared UI components
│           ├── api/           # Typed fetch wrappers (client.ts, listsClient.ts)
│           ├── hooks/         # Custom hooks (useListSSE, usePushSubscription)
│           ├── store/         # Zustand UI-state stores
│           ├── lib/           # Pure utilities (event date/time, login redirect)
│           └── sw.ts          # Custom Workbox service worker
├── docker-compose.yml         # Production stack
└── docker-compose.dev.yml     # Dev overrides (port-binds, volume mounts)
```

### Directory Rationale

| Directory              | Purpose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `apps/api/src/routes/` | One file per resource — `events.ts`, `lists.ts`, `me.ts`, `push.ts`, `sse.ts`, `health.ts`                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `apps/api/src/broker/` | All CalDAV I/O: `client.ts` (tsdav factory), `sync.ts` (REPORT→DB), `poller.ts` (5-min ctag check), `outboxWorker.ts` (async write-back), `expand.ts` (RRULE expansion), `write.ts` (PUT/DELETE), `vevent.ts` (ICS builder), `crypto.ts` (AES-256-GCM for app passwords) |
| `apps/api/src/auth/`   | `middleware.ts` (re-exports `@hono/oidc-auth`), `devBypass.ts` (DEV_AUTH_BYPASS inject), `persistSessionCookie.ts` (session lifetime extension), `user.ts` (upsert on first OIDC login)                                                                                  |
| `apps/api/src/db/`     | `schema.ts` (Drizzle `mysqlTable` definitions), `client.ts` (mysql2 pool), `migrations/` (drizzle-kit output)                                                                                                                                                            |
| `apps/api/src/lib/`    | Stateless helpers: `listEmitter.ts` (EventEmitter fan-out), `listChangeDispatcher.ts`, `eventChangeDispatcher.ts`, `pushDispatcher.ts` (VAPID send), `pushCoalescer.ts`, `listAccess.ts`, `rank.ts` (fractional indexing)                                                |
| `apps/pwa/src/api/`    | Thin typed fetch wrappers — `client.ts` (events, me, sync-status), `listsClient.ts` (lists and items)                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `apps/pwa/src/store/`  | `calendarStore.ts` and `listsStore.ts` — Zustand UI-only state (no server data)                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `apps/pwa/src/hooks/`  | `useListSSE.ts` (bounded-backoff EventSource), `usePushSubscription.ts` (VAPID subscribe)                                                                                                                                                                                |

---

## Key Abstractions

| Abstraction                                | File                                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `app` (Hono)                               | `apps/api/src/index.ts`               | Root Hono app; mounts all routes and serves the PWA static build                                                                                                                          |
| Drizzle schema                             | `apps/api/src/db/schema.ts`           | Single source of truth for all table definitions (`users`, `memberCredentials`, `calendars`, `calendarEvents`, `calendarOutbox`, `lists`, `listShares`, `listItems`, `pushSubscriptions`) |
| `syncCalendar`                             | `apps/api/src/broker/sync.ts`         | REPORT → ical.js parse → `onDuplicateKeyUpdate` upsert into MariaDB                                                                                                                       |
| `expandOccurrences`                        | `apps/api/src/broker/expand.ts`       | Server-side RRULE expansion using `ical.js` + `rrule`; never runs in the browser                                                                                                          |
| `CalendarOccurrence`                       | `apps/api/src/broker/expand.ts`       | Wire type for a single concrete event occurrence; mirrored in the PWA's `api/client.ts`                                                                                                   |
| `calendarOutbox` table                     | `apps/api/src/db/schema.ts`           | Transactional outbox pattern — CalDAV writes are enqueued here and drained asynchronously                                                                                                 |
| `runOutboxDrain`                           | `apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts` | Drains pending outbox rows every 15s; handles retry backoff, 412 conflict, dead-lettering, and edit-as-move ordering                                                                      |
| `publishListEvent` / `subscribeListEvents` | `apps/api/src/lib/listEmitter.ts`     | In-process EventEmitter fan-out keyed per list; SSE route subscribes on open and unsubscribes on disconnect                                                                               |
| `dispatchPush`                             | `apps/api/src/lib/pushDispatcher.ts`  | Centralised VAPID-signed push sender; handles 410/404 subscription pruning                                                                                                                |
| `SessionExpiredError`                      | `apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts`          | Typed error thrown by all fetch wrappers on 401/opaqueredirect; global `QueryCache` handler arms the session-expiry interstitial                                                          |
| Zustand stores                             | `apps/pwa/src/store/`                 | UI-only ephemeral state (open panels, selected date, active tab); server state always in TanStack Query                                                                                   |

---

## Data Flow

### Calendar read (typical request)

1. On mount, the PWA's `CalendarShell` computes a date window and fires `fetchEvents(start, end)` via TanStack Query.
2. `GET /api/events?start=&end=` hits the Hono `eventsRouter`.
3. The route queries `calendarEvents` + `calendars` from MariaDB, filtering by the authenticated user's accessible calendars.
4. Raw `rawVevent` blobs are passed through `expandOccurrences()` (ical.js + rrule) to produce concrete `CalendarOccurrence` objects for the window.
5. The JSON response is cached by TanStack Query; Schedule-X renders the events.

### Calendar write (create/edit/delete)

1. The PWA calls `POST /api/events/create` (or `PATCH /api/events/:uid/edit` / `DELETE /api/events/:uid`).
2. The route validates the payload with Zod, assigns a UID, and inserts a `pending` row into `calendarOutbox`. Returns `202 Accepted` immediately.
3. Every 15 seconds `runOutboxDrain` picks up `pending` rows, decrypts the member's Fastmail app password (AES-256-GCM), and dispatches the CalDAV write via `tsdav` (PUT/DELETE).
4. On success, the worker triggers a targeted `syncCalendar` re-sync for that calendar, then marks the outbox row `done`.
5. The PWA's `SyncStateToast` polls `GET /api/events/sync-status?uid=` and invalidates the `['events']` TanStack Query cache when status transitions to `done`.

### Calendar background sync (poller)

1. `startBrokerPoller` fires every 5 minutes via `setInterval`.
2. For each row in `member_credentials`, the poller decrypts the app password, builds a `tsdav` client, and runs `fetchCalendars()` (PROPFIND).
3. Each calendar's live `ctag` is compared against the stored value. If unchanged, the calendar is skipped.
4. On change, `syncCalendar` fetches all objects (REPORT), parses with ical.js, and upserts `calendarEvents` rows.
5. Detected event changes are passed to `dispatchEventChange`, which sends VAPID push notifications to non-actor members' subscriptions.

### Live list sync

1. When the PWA opens a list, `useListSSE` opens an `EventSource` to `GET /api/sse/lists` with `withCredentials: true`.
2. The SSE route resolves the caller's accessible list IDs via `getAccessibleListIds`, then calls `subscribeListEvents(listId, handler)` for each one.
3. When any list is mutated via the REST routes (`POST /api/lists`, `PATCH /api/list-items/:id`, etc.), the route calls `publishListEvent(listId, event)`.
4. The in-process `EventEmitter` fans the event out to all active `subscribeListEvents` handlers, which write it to the SSE stream.
5. The PWA's SSE handler calls `queryClient.invalidateQueries(['list', listId])`, triggering a full refetch.
6. A 30-second polling fallback (`refetchInterval: 30000`) is always active in `ListDetail` as a safety net.

### Authentication

1. An unauthenticated browser navigates to `/api/login`.
2. The `oidcAuthMiddleware` (`@hono/oidc-auth`) issues a `302` to Authelia's `/authorize` endpoint with PKCE (S256).
3. After login, Authelia posts the authorization code to `/callback`; `processOAuthCallback` exchanges it for tokens and issues a signed JWT session cookie.
4. `persistSessionCookie` middleware re-issues the cookie as persistent on every authenticated response so the PWA session survives browser close.
5. All `/api/*` routes require the session cookie; a missing or expired session returns a `302` which the PWA's fetch wrappers detect as `opaqueredirect` and convert to a `SessionExpiredError`.

---

## Component Interaction

### Backend modules

```text
routes/events.ts  ──→  broker/expand.ts     (read: RRULE expansion)
                  ──→  calendarOutbox (DB)   (write: enqueue)
                  ──→  broker/sync.ts        (write-sync after outbox drain)

broker/outboxWorker.ts  ──→  broker/write.ts      (CalDAV PUT/DELETE)
                        ──→  broker/sync.ts        (targeted re-sync)
                        ──→  lib/eventChangeDispatcher.ts → lib/pushDispatcher.ts

broker/poller.ts  ──→  broker/sync.ts
                  ──→  lib/eventChangeDispatcher.ts

routes/lists.ts   ──→  db (MariaDB)
                  ──→  lib/listEmitter.ts  (publishListEvent)

routes/sse.ts     ──→  lib/listEmitter.ts  (subscribeListEvents)
                  ──→  lib/listAccess.ts
```

### Frontend data ownership

| Concern                       | Owner                                          |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Calendar events               | TanStack Query `['events', start, end]`        |
| List data + items             | TanStack Query `['lists']`, `['list', listId]` |
| Current user                  | TanStack Query `['me']`                        |
| Writable calendars            | TanStack Query `['writableCalendars']`         |
| Outbox sync status            | TanStack Query `['syncStatus', uid]`           |
| Selected calendar view + date | Zustand `calendarStore`                        |
| Event form open/mode          | Zustand `calendarStore`                        |
| Active tab, create-list sheet | Zustand `listsStore`                           |

---

## Infrastructure

| Component            | Technology                                                                                                          |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Runtime              | Node.js 22 LTS                                                                                                      |
| HTTP framework       | Hono 4.x (`@hono/node-server`)                                                                                      |
| Database             | MariaDB 11 (Docker volume)                                                                                          |
| ORM                  | Drizzle ORM 0.45.x (`mysql2` dialect)                                                                               |
| Auth IdP             | Authelia (pre-deployed, external) — OIDC authorization code + PKCE                                                  |
| Session middleware   | `@hono/oidc-auth` — storage-less signed JWT cookies                                                                 |
| Calendar source      | Fastmail CalDAV (`caldav.fastmail.com`) — read via `tsdav`, write via transactional outbox                          |
| Calendar parsing     | `ical.js` (VCALENDAR/VEVENT parse) + `rrule` (RRULE expansion)                                                      |
| App password storage | AES-256-GCM encrypted in `member_credentials.encrypted_password`                                                    |
| Push notifications   | `web-push` (VAPID) → APNs (iOS) / FCM (Android)                                                                     |
| Live list sync       | In-process Node.js `EventEmitter` → SSE (`text/event-stream`)                                                       |
| Redis                | Present in stack (image: `redis:7-alpine`); not used in current runtime (reserved for future multi-process pub/sub) |
| PWA                  | React 19 + Vite 8 + `vite-plugin-pwa` (Workbox `injectManifest` mode)                                               |
| Networking           | Pangolin/Newt tunnel — no open ports; split-DNS internal domain                                                     |
| Deployment           | Docker Compose on Unraid; single `api` container serves both the API and the PWA static build                       |
