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This PR implements the map-local compound-proof profile tracked by #938, including reproducible test vectors, bounded discovery and verification, portable-object policy checks, and inbox enforcement. It discovers secured maps in a frozen raw JSON snapshot and rejects the entire document if any required check fails.

Profile

Each raw JSON map with a direct proof property is a separate secured document. Verification removes only the proof on the current map. An outer proof therefore retains the complete secured child in its JCS input, and replacing a valid inner proof invalidates the original outer proof.

FEP-8b32 and Verifiable Credential Data Integrity do not currently specify boundaries for compound documents, so this PR defines an interoperability profile for them. An inner proof authenticates the extracted child map as a standalone JSON document. The outer proof covers the compound document, including the child and its proof. The child may still expand differently on its own than it does within the parent.

Test vectors and discovery

The deterministic Create(Note) baseline uses two fixed Ed25519 did:key identities. For each secured map, the vector records the map with its own proof removed, the proof configuration, the intermediate JCS and SHA-256 values, the signing input, the proof value, and the expected result. Tests derive these values from the recorded documents and test keys; the duplicate fixture fields are comparison data only.

The second vector gives the parent a default language that the child's local context does not reset. Both map-local proofs remain cryptographically valid, but standalone and in-parent expansion assign different languages to the child's content. Cryptographic verification uses the frozen raw map; equivalence between the two JSON-LD expansions is outside this profile.

The checked-in generator lets other implementations reproduce the vectors. The vectors are excluded from the published JSR package.

Discovery validates and freezes the input JSON, then returns maps with one direct literal proof in deepest-first order. Each result includes a stable JSON Pointer path and, when present, an object ID. Inputs are unsupported if they exceed the depth, map, proof, or byte limit, contain an unsupported proof shape, or include a non-JSON container. Values inside @context definitions are not traversed.

Map-local verification

Each discovered proof is verified independently against the same frozen snapshot. The verifier removes only the current map's literal proof member and preserves descendant proofs and aliases as signed data. Verification uses the received document context only. It does not retry with the proof context or with Fedify's outgoing compatibility normalization.

Proof contexts are resolved only from Fedify's preloaded contexts. This inbound path ignores caller-supplied context loaders. A malformed context or invalid proof still produces a result for that map. Results for valid siblings remain intact. An input with no direct proofs is not reported as verified.

The tests cover successful inner and outer verification and failures caused by tampered content or replacement of a valid inner proof. They also cover proof aliases in the JCS input, separate document and proof contexts, malformed contexts, and scalar or array changes hidden by outgoing normalization.

Portable-object policy

The compound policy layer finds portable maps independently of proof discovery, so the result includes unsigned portable children, embedded collections, and portable objects inside arrays. Each map is classified and checked with the FEP-ef61 policy introduced in #832. The policy uses the cryptographic result for that map without reconstructing the signing input or fetching the object by ID.

A successful result binds the verified key and policy-expanded proof to the frozen raw map. It also identifies the direct literal proof that passed map-local verification. Policy checks the purpose of that proof, including under property-scoped contexts. When raw id and JSON-LD @id disagree, the result reports the canonical portable ID validated by policy.

Nested portable maps require a local @context. Policy expansion uses only preloaded contexts and does not fetch through a caller-supplied context loader. The top-level gateway allowance for an unsigned portable collection does not apply to an embedded collection. Malformed portable IDs and policy inputs produce per-path failures. Verification succeeds only if every discovered proof and portable map passes.

Inbox enforcement

After the normal outer authentication and actor ownership checks, inbox processing inspects the received raw JSON for portable maps. If portable maps are present, or the bounded inspection cannot determine whether they are present, the compound policy must pass before Fedify consumes a deferred nonce or dispatches the activity. A valid outer proof therefore cannot authenticate an unsigned or invalid nested portable object.

The inbox uses fixed depth, map, proof, and byte limits. Unsupported proof shapes and inputs whose applicability cannot be established within those bounds are rejected.

Current boundaries

The compound verifier and the code that applies portable-object policy are internal. Proof sets, chains, aliases used as proof properties, and remote proof references are unsupported by the initial profile. The profile has no dedicated marker and accepts only one direct inline proof per secured map. Fedify's ordinary activity signer creates one proof per Ed25519 key, so producers of portable compound documents must attach exactly one direct proof to each map. Issue #1045 tracks producer-side handling of this limitation.

This does not change top-level verifyProof(), handling of ordinary non-portable activities or top-level Object Integrity Proofs, or the option to skip signature verification.

Typed Create serialization still drops the document and proof contexts of an embedded signed Note, even after the child is reparsed through the vocabulary JSON-LD cache. Supporting producers exactly requires a representation carrier that preserves the signed child JSON instead of reconstructing it from the parent. On the inbound path, verification never reconstructs a missing child context from the parent. Issue #1044 tracks preserving signed child representations during typed serialization.

The profile, inbox behavior, and interoperability limits are documented in the Object Integrity Proofs and inbox sections of the Fedify manual. Signed child representations are out of scope because supporting them requires changes to the vocabulary runtime or generated serializers.

Closes #938.

Add a deterministic Create(Note) vector for the initial map-local
compound-proof profile.  Verify its JCS inputs, hashes, signatures,
tampering, proof replacement, and expected verification outcomes.

Record the current typed serialization and inbound verification
boundaries without changing runtime behavior.  Keep the vector
reproducible with a test-only generator, and exclude repository-only
vectors from JSR publication.

fedify-dev#938

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This change adds bounded discovery and verification for map-local compound portable proofs. Inbox processing rejects unsupported or invalid nested proofs before dispatch. It also adds deterministic vectors, tests, documentation, and package exclusions.

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Compound portable proofs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Proof contracts and verification primitives
packages/fedify/src/sig/compound-proof.ts, packages/fedify/src/sig/proof.ts, packages/fedify/src/sig/mod.ts
Adds bounded JSON discovery, immutable snapshots, map-local proof verification, portable-object policy validation, result types, and explicit signature-module exports.
Inbox enforcement and dispatch protection
packages/fedify/src/federation/handler.ts, packages/fedify/src/federation/handler-compound-proof.test.ts
Applies compound-proof verification after outer authentication and returns 401 for unsupported or invalid documents before dispatch. Tests cover valid, tampered, missing-proof, and unsupported-proof cases.
Discovery and verification validation
packages/fedify/src/sig/compound-proof-discovery.test.ts, packages/fedify/src/sig/compound-proof-verification.test.ts, packages/fedify/src/sig/compound-proof.test.ts
Tests traversal limits, JSON validation, immutable snapshots, deterministic ordering, contexts, tampering, policy binding, typed serialization, and nested verification results.
Reproducible vectors and interoperability profile
packages/fedify/scripts/generate-map-local-vector.ts, packages/fedify/test-vectors/fep-8b32/*, docs/manual/inbox.md, docs/manual/send.md, packages/fedify/deno.json, CHANGES.md, changes.d/fedify/compound-portable-proofs.md
Adds deterministic FEP-8b32 vectors and regeneration tooling, documents the map-local profile and typed serialization behavior, records the change, and excludes test vectors from published packages.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Sender
  participant InboxHandler
  participant CompoundProof
  participant Dispatcher
  Sender->>InboxHandler: send authenticated compound JSON
  InboxHandler->>CompoundProof: inspect and verify nested map-local proofs
  CompoundProof-->>InboxHandler: return aggregate result
  InboxHandler->>Dispatcher: dispatch only when verification succeeds
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Add a bounded, immutable raw JSON discovery primitive for compound
proof-bearing maps and record a deterministic context-conflict vector.
The vector separates cryptographic validity from standalone JSON-LD
interpretation, while the discovery tests cover atomic resource limits
and non-JSON container edge cases.

fedify-dev#938

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Verify every discovered direct proof against one immutable JSON
snapshot.  Remove only the current map's literal proof so descendant
proofs, aliases, and the received context remain bound by JCS.

Return complete deepest-first results, reject nested maps without a
local context, and avoid compatibility normalization or remote context
loading on the inbound map-local path.

fedify-dev#938

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Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-fable-5-1
Apply the FEP-ef61 policy independently to portable maps found in the
immutable compound snapshot, including unsigned maps in nested arrays.
Reuse map-local cryptographic results so policy checks cannot change the
received signing input.

Keep malformed maps isolated in per-path results and ignore JSON-LD
context definitions during secured-document discovery.

fedify-dev#938

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Require the proof interpreted by FEP-ef61 policy to match the direct
literal proof that passed map-local cryptographic verification.  This
prevents property-scoped contexts from assigning the same proof a
different purpose at the policy layer.

fedify-dev#938

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Carry the expanded portable identity validated by FEP-ef61 policy into
the compound result.  This prevents a conflicting raw id property from
being reported as authenticated when JSON-LD policy actually checked a
different @id.

fedify-dev#938

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Verify every portable map in an authenticated inbox document against the
immutable received JSON before consuming a nonce or dispatching the
activity.  Reject unsupported proof shapes and bounded-traversal failures
atomically while preserving ordinary top-level proof handling.

Add HTTP Signature, Linked Data Signature, tampering, proof-set, and
non-portable regression coverage.

fedify-dev#938

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Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-fable-5-1
Describe the map-local secured-document boundary, immutable inbox
verification, and atomic rejection of unsupported compound documents.
Document the JSON-LD interpretation boundary and the current typed
producer and single-proof limitations.

fedify-dev#938

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Derive verification method IDs from each checked-in vector so their
assertions remain stable if the shared test key changes.

fedify-dev#1041 (comment)

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Treat own symbol properties as non-JSON input so bounded discovery does
not accept values containing data that traversal and snapshots omit.

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