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buzz/CONTEXT.md
Tom Brow 12f3d51001 feat(mobile): one Builderlab per build, internal and public distributions (#9224)
The mobile app can now be built as a public build or an internal build,
set explicitly with `BUZZ_DISTRIBUTION=internal|public`. Each build
trusts exactly one Builderlab (`BUZZ_BUILDERLAB_URL`), and sends that
Builderlab's relay assertions only to the relays in
`BUZZ_BUILDERLAB_RELAYS`. The three settings are set together or not at
all; with none set, the app is a Nostr-only development build. The
decision is recorded in
`docs/adr/0001-internal-and-public-mobile-builds.md`, and the terms are
defined in `CONTEXT.md`.

Before this change, one build supported a public Builderlab and an
organization Builderlab at the same time, with two sessions. An
organization's members could reach public communities from the
organization's app.

### Behavior

- **Public build:** QR pairing, email sign-in and multiple communities
are unchanged. It has no knowledge of any organization. An
organization's relay already rejects clients that can't present its
Builderlab's assertion, and the public build relies on that.
- **Internal build:** the first screen has a single **Sign in** button
that goes straight to the organization's single sign-on and then joins
the organization's community. There is no QR pairing, community link or
community creation, and the community switcher is hidden. Only the exact
relay hosts listed in `BUZZ_BUILDERLAB_RELAYS` are reachable.
- **Identity (internal):** a member whose account has no Nostr identity
yet gets a new key on first sign-in; the first relay assertion binds it,
and the app backs it up to the organization automatically. A member
whose account is already bound uses that key from this device, or
restores it from the organization's backup. If neither is possible, Sign
in says it couldn't restore the identity and saves nothing.
- **Sign-out (internal):** a destructive **Sign out** row at the bottom
of Settings, the build's only way out. It removes the community, closes
Settings and returns to Sign in. The Builderlab session is cleared from
storage immediately and can never be reused to sign back in. The relay
push-stop keeps the retired credential in memory only, for up to 10
minutes, and uses it only to get an assertion for a key that is already
bound. It is a best-effort request.
- **Upgrade to an internal build:** a saved public Builderlab session is
cleared. Communities on other relays are hidden, not deleted, and their
keys stay on the device.
- `BUZZ_HOSTED_RELAY_AUTH` is unchanged here.

### Screenshots (internal build)

| Sign in | Community menu | Settings |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![Internal build landing with a single Sign in
button](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/05f076a2-1552-4095-8322-626754a8765b)
| ![Community menu with Agents, Appearance and Settings, without Switch
community](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c0cf4e0-3fa9-458e-817f-b4665374505b)
| ![Settings ending with a red Sign out
row](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f3d60dc1-8170-45e3-a16d-0a1156fdae1a)
|

Gateway-side push revocation, which needs no Builderlab session, is
planned as a separate PR.

### Validation

Added tests:
- An internal-build journey: one Sign in creates and binds a key, and a
retry after a cancelled join reuses it. The app uploads that key's
backup itself. Sign out from Settings closes it and returns to the
landing, which ends the session, and Sign in then restores the same
identity from the backup. Communities on other relays stay stored but
hidden.
- Internal Sign in for a bound account: the key on this device, a key
restored from backup, and no backup (clear error, nothing saved). Each
guard was shown to fail when removed.
- Organization relay assertions: assertions go only to exact listed
hosts, not subdomains. After sign-out, only a push stop for a bound key
gets an assertion, and nothing can sign back in. Proven to fail without
the fix.
- Builderlab build setting parsing.

CI runs the internal and public journeys in their own lanes with those
settings. The full suite passes in the default configuration. The full
suite isn't meant to run under the internal configuration, because most
fixtures use relays that an internal build hides.

Automated full-app run on an iPhone 17 Pro simulator at the current
head:
- Public build, upgraded in place over a signed-in install: home loads,
a channel opens and a message sends.
- Internal build: a fresh install shows only Sign in. With a saved
organization community, the community menu has no Switch community, and
Settings → Sign out → confirm returns to Sign in.

Real single sign-on can't run in the simulator.

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

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Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <tomb@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: Tom Brow <tomb@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: studio <dc2fc481343672df31a689840c09299972e704dac592e0da6f18486646a7ee3e@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: studio <dc2fc481343672df31a689840c09299972e704dac592e0da6f18486646a7ee3e@localhost>
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Buzz domain language

Shared terminology for Buzz product behavior. This glossary currently covers mobile push suppression and mobile builds; it is not a complete model of Buzz.

Notifications

Mobile push notification

A notification directed to a user's mobile installation through the platform's push service.

Push suppression

Withholding an otherwise eligible mobile push notification based on desktop activity and a working connection to the relevant community. It does not depend on whether desktop alerts can be shown.

Avoid: Read receipt, mark as read, mute

Desktop activity

User interaction with the computer running Buzz, including interaction with another application. It is the interaction itself, not a state that lasts afterward, and does not imply that a particular Buzz message was displayed or read.

Avoid: Message visibility, read activity

In-app activity

User interaction inside Buzz. Recent in-app activity remains evidence of desktop activity after Buzz loses focus; current window focus is a separate condition.

Desktop inactivity

The state reached when the duration specified in the spec has elapsed since the last observed desktop activity.

Additional notification delay

A waiting period after desktop inactivity begins before mobile push notifications resume. This is distinct from the inactivity threshold itself.

Suppressed message

A message whose otherwise eligible mobile push notification was withheld. The term refers to its notification, not withholding the message itself, and says nothing about whether the message has been read.

Suppression activity signal

Information communicated for deciding whether desktop activity warrants push suppression. It is distinct from visible presence and is not a read receipt.

Visible presence

The availability status shown to other members, such as online, away, or offline. A chosen visible presence status does not necessarily reflect actual desktop activity.

Suppression renewal

A suppression activity signal that extends how long push suppression applies based on activity on one desktop.

Inactivity cutoff

The time of the last observed desktop activity plus the duration specified in the spec, when desktop inactivity begins. New desktop activity moves this cutoff forward.

Mobile builds

Internal build

A mobile app an organization distributes only to its own members, for example through device management. It uses only that organization's Builderlab and reaches only that organization's community.

Avoid: Dogfood build, enterprise build, org build

Public build

The mobile app distributed through the App Store and TestFlight. It uses only the public Builderlab and cannot reach any organization's community.

Avoid: App Store build, external build