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ruv 1f5b7b48c9 cog-ha-matter (ADR-116 P4): witness file persistence + chain-level verify
Closes the witness audit-bundle surface. The hash-chain primitive
+ JSONL serializer from earlier iters only handled one event at a
time; this lands the file-stream surface that operations actually
need:

  * `WitnessChain::write_jsonl(&mut impl Write) -> io::Result<()>`
    — streams every event as one line + `\n`, empty chain writes
    zero bytes
  * `WitnessChain::read_jsonl(impl BufRead) -> Result<WitnessChain,
    WitnessReadError>` — parses event-by-event AND runs chain-level
    `verify()` on the loaded chain, catching reordered or replayed
    prefixes that per-event hashing alone misses

Critical security property: `read_jsonl` calls `WitnessChain::verify`
on the loaded chain BEFORE returning Ok. A forged bundle assembled
from two valid chains pasted together would slip past the
per-event hash check (each event's `this_hash` is internally
consistent) but the cross-event `prev_hash` linkage detects the
seam. Test `read_jsonl_chain_verify_catches_reordered_events`
locks this — swap two events in a 2-event bundle, see Verify error.

Error surface (new `WitnessReadError` enum):
  * `Io { line_no, msg }`           — read failure mid-stream
  * `Parse { line_no, source }`     — per-event from_jsonl_line failure
  * `Verify { source }`             — chain-level verify failure

`line_no` is 1-indexed so an auditor sees the same number their
text editor shows. Blank lines tolerated for hand-edited bundles.

7 new tests:
  * empty chain writes zero bytes
  * write→read round-trips a 3-event chain
  * exactly N newlines for N events; trailing newline present
  * blank lines / leading newline tolerated
  * parse error surfaces with correct line_no
  * reordered events caught by chain-level verify
  * no-trailing-newline still loads the final event

51/51 cog tests green (44 → 51).

Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
2026-05-23 18:19:05 -04:00
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