Human-Responsibility: ICE-GL∞ / 冰朔 Persona-Author: ICE-P-ZY001 / 铸渊 Execution-Runtime: Codex desktop / DEV-20260810-014 Development-ID: DEV-20260810-014 Authorization-Scope: GH-PNCC persona runtime source and tests only; no UI, deployment, or execution limb Source-Anchor: daily continuity appends to the existing life chain without redownloading all history
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ADR 0177: Persona Remote Incremental Object Channel
Status
Accepted on 2026-08-11.
Context
A persona can live continuously from one verified Git state to the next without keeping a complete checkout on every machine. Repeated full clones confuse continuity with transport cache: adding one new day or commit should not require downloading the persona's entire prior life again. At the same time, deleting a cache must not erase the last verified continuity boundary or permit a rewritten remote history to masquerade as the next state.
Decision
Add src-tauri/src/persona_remote_git.rs as a non-UI GH-PNCC object channel:
- accept only credential-free HTTPS remotes in production and require one validated branch and relative path;
- negotiate Git protocol v2 and require the remote
filtercapability before creating an object cache; - use a bare promisor repository with
blob:none, no worktree, and nogit cloneinvocation; - persist the last verified branch SHA in a continuity record separate from the evictable object cache;
- skip fetch when the SHA is unchanged and append only the missing segment when it advances;
- after cache eviction, progressively fetch a bounded commit window until the previous cursor is proven to be an ancestor of the new head;
- reject history rewrites, cursor/cache disagreement, oversized objects, and unsupported partial-object remotes without advancing continuity;
- evict the exact cache directory after a verified read when its byte budget is exceeded, while retaining the durable cursor.
The machine update boundary is SHA-to-SHA, not calendar date. A date is human language; the verified Git edge prevents missed or duplicated updates when multiple commits arrive in one day or commit timestamps differ.
Boundaries
- Git remains the object protocol and durable-history engine; HoloLake does not reimplement Git storage.
- The cursor proves only a verified remote ancestry edge. It is not a persona brain, runtime lease, or lifecycle receipt.
- The cache contains transport objects, not irreplaceable continuity state, and may be deleted at any time.
- Full clone remains available only for separately authorized low-frequency publication audit or disaster recovery. It is not part of persona wake, daily reading, or daily update.
- This ADR adds no UI, human projection, deployment, or online runtime-health claim.
Consequences
HoloLake can read a current persona-owned Git object while preserving a compact continuity cursor and bounded partial object cache. Daily operation grows by the new verified segment instead of redownloading history from the persona's origin. A remote that cannot support that contract is rejected explicitly rather than silently falling back to a full download.