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Blake McAnally b0f68a06ad feat(cli): user status expiry and status read (#8777)
> Replaces #8768, which was opened from a fork.

## Summary

This change adds two things to `buzz-cli`.

`buzz users set-status` now accepts `--expires`. The status then clears
itself at that time.

`buzz users status` is a new command. It reads the visible status of one
or more users.

## Design

`--expires` takes a unix timestamp or a duration. A duration is a number
with a unit: `s`, `m`, `h`, `d`, or `w`. A bare number is a unix
timestamp. The CLI had no duration parser to reuse. The only one is
private to `buzz-workflow`. A small parser now lives in `users.rs`.

The CLI rejects an expiry that is not in the future. It does this before
it signs anything. The error text says that a bare number is a
timestamp.

`--expires` cannot combine with `--clear`. A status with no text and no
emoji cannot have an expiry. The SDK rejects that shape.

`buzz-sdk` has a new builder, `build_user_status_expiring`. It adds
`["expiration", ts]` after the emoji tag. This is the tag order desktop
uses. `build_user_status` now calls the new builder with no expiry. Its
output is unchanged. Existing callers need no change.

`users status` queries kind 30315 with `#d: general`. It picks the
newest event for each author. A higher `created_at` wins. On a tie, the
lower event id wins. Desktop uses the same rule.

The CLI then drops a user when the newest event has no text and no
emoji. It also drops a user when the status has expired. An expired
status means `expiration <= now`. An older status never shows behind a
newer cleared or expired one.

The expiration tag is read like desktop's `parseInt`. A value such as
`90abc` reads as 90. A value such as `soon` reads as no expiry.

The output is an array: `[{pubkey, text, emoji, expires_at,
updated_at}]`. `emoji` is an empty string when there is none.
`expires_at` is `null` when the status does not expire. A user with no
visible status has no row.

`--pubkey` takes hex, npub, or an exact display name. It reuses the name
resolver of `messages`. It is repeatable. The limit is 100, because each
name costs one profile search. With no `--pubkey`, the command reads
your own status.

A relay response that is not valid JSON is an error. It is never an
empty result.

## Testing

What ran:

- `cargo test -p buzz-cli -p buzz-sdk` passes.
- `cargo clippy -p buzz-cli -p buzz-sdk --all-targets -- -D warnings`
passes.
- `cargo fmt --all --check` passes.
- `just file-size-check` passes.

The CLI tests use an axum fake relay. They call the production functions
`publish_status` and `read_statuses`. These are the same functions that
the commands call. The tests cover these cases:

- One publish carries the right tags.
- Bad expiries cause no publish.
- Expired, cleared, and malformed statuses.
- Newest-event choice and tie-break.
- Hex, npub, and name input.
- The 100-pubkey limit.
- An invalid relay response.
- A publish followed by a read.

Interop evidence: I ran the real `buzz` binary against a local fake
relay. No live relay was used. I fed the published event to desktop's
own `parseUserStatusEvent` and `fetchUserStatusLookup` with node.
Desktop showed the same text, emoji, and `expiresAt` that `buzz users
status` printed. The check printed `INTEROP OK`.

Mutation checks: I broke each guard once. Each break made a test fail.
The guards were:

- the expiry comparison, `<=` changed to `<`
- the future-expiry check
- the `d=general` filter
- the newest-first order
- the tie-break
- the 100-pubkey limit
- the author de-duplication
- the invalid-response error
- the hide-cleared-status check
- the duration overflow check
- the SDK expiration tag
- the SDK empty-status check

I restored each guard after the check.

One note on process: I wrote the code and the tests in the same pass. I
did not write the tests first. The mutation checks cover the gap.

## Manual test steps

Use a test identity on a relay that you may write to. Set
`BUZZ_RELAY_URL` and `BUZZ_PRIVATE_KEY` first.

1. Set a status that expires in two minutes.

   ```bash
buzz users set-status --text "testing expiry" --emoji "🧪" --expires 2m
   ```

   Success: the output has `"accepted":true`.

2. Read the status.

   ```bash
   buzz users status
   ```

Success: the output is one row. `text` is `testing expiry`. `emoji` is
`🧪`. `expires_at` is about two minutes from now.

3. Open the desktop app as the same user. Success: your status shows on
your profile.

4. Wait for the expiry. Read again.

   ```bash
   buzz users status
   ```

   Success: the output is `[]`. Desktop also hides the status.

5. Try a bad expiry.

   ```bash
   buzz users set-status --text x --expires 3600
   ```

Success: exit code 1. The error says that the value must be in the
future. Nothing is published.

6. Try the clear conflict.

   ```bash
   buzz users set-status --clear --expires 1h
   ```

Success: exit code 1. The error says `--clear` cannot be used with
`--expires`.

7. Read another user.

   ```bash
   buzz users status --pubkey <hex|npub|name>
   ```

Success: you get that user's visible status. You get `[]` if they have
none.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Signed-off-by: bmcanally <bmcanally@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 17:28:24 -06:00
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