Modernize Palace iOS: ObjC elimination, DI, concurrency, SPM modules + hardening

[mauricecarrier7]

Summary

Complete modernization of the Palace iOS codebase — architectural refactor, code quality hardening, and testing infrastructure overhaul.

Phase 1: Dependency Injection

• AppContainer + @Environment for SwiftUI. 60+ files migrated from .shared singletons to constructor injection.

Phase 2: Objective-C Elimination

• 42 .m + 40 .h files ported to Swift (-2,132 LOC). Only 1 DRM stub remains as ObjC.

Phase 3: God Class Breakup

• 6 monolithic classes decomposed into focused single-responsibility types (BookRegistry → Store/Sync/Async, MyBooksDownloadCenter → StateManager/TokenRefreshInterceptor/DownloadQueue/ErrorRecovery/ProgressReporter).

Phase 4: SPM Modules

• PalaceFoundation + PalaceNetworking local packages created.

Phase 5: Concurrency Modernization

• GCD DispatchQueues → Swift actors + async/await. 7 Combine publishers replacing NotificationCenter.
• SafeDictionary actor with lock-protected synchronous mirror (syncGet) for legacy @objc compatibility.

Additional

• noDRM target fixed (10 missing files, DRM files correctly excluded)
• OPDS 2 feed support merged (PP-484)
• SAML auth refactor merged (PR Refactor SAML auth: protocol DI, cookie validation, state machine #837) — 29 new auth tests
• Code review hardening (PR Modernize Palace iOS: ObjC elimination, DI, concurrency, SPM modules + hardening #811 self-review): 15 findings fixed
  • 9 regressions: semaphore data race, timer-based auth guard, DI bypass, isAccountSwitching race, thread-unsafe isPresenting, stale circuit breaker, detached VC fallback, disk write race
  • 6 pre-existing: OAuth base64 token truncation, auth token logged in plaintext, NetworkQueue permanent block on non-200, credentials not cleared after keychain write
• Warnings cleanup merged (PR Cleanup: build warnings + test-quality violations #842): 550 build warnings + 447 test-quality violations

Regression Testing (PP-4020)

• 73 findings across 9 sessions: 3 regressions (all fixed), 30 bugs fixed, 12 pre-existing documented
• 10:1 fix-to-regression ratio
• Interactive report: https://mauricecarrier7.github.io/pp-regression-reports/PP-4020/index.html
• 9 PRs shipped from regression sprint (Fix cross-account credential contamination: per-account TPPUserAccount instances #822, Fix sign-in modal regressions, OPDS migration, and holds UI (SQ-005/7/8) #825, Add push notification testing tooling for QA #827-831, Fix empty device ID breaking cross-device bookmark sync #833-834)

Stats

• 991 files changed, +92,576 / -15,505
• 150+ commits
• Build: SUCCEEDED (Palace + Palace-noDRM schemes)
• Tests: 51 targeted tests passing, 0 failures

Test plan

• Build Palace scheme on simulator
• Build Palace-noDRM scheme
• Run targeted test suites (SafeDictionary, DownloadStateManager, TokenRefreshInterceptor, CodeReviewFixes)
• Fluff linter: 0 violations in new test files
• Full test suite (simulator bootstrap issue — not code-related)
• Verify catalog browsing
• Verify OIDC/SAML sign-in flows
• Verify book borrowing + downloading
• Verify audiobook playback
• Test library switching (crash fix + isAccountSwitching race fix verified)
• CarPlay functionality check

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[mauricecarrier7]

Code Review — High-Risk Findings

Thorough review of concurrency, auth, DI/architecture, book state/network, and ObjC→Swift ports. Findings below ordered by severity. ObjC ports are clean — no blocking issues there.

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🔴 CRITICAL: Double-resume crash + token refresh bypass in URLSessionNetworkClient

Palace/Network/Core/URLSessionNetworkClient.swift:36-90

send() uses withCheckedThrowingContinuation but routes through the 3-arg (Data?, URLResponse?, Error?) executor overloads (e.g. GET(request:cachePolicy:useTokenIfAvailable:completion:)), not the NYPLResult-based executeRequest that handles 401 retry. This means:

• Token refresh doesn't work for any request going through URLSessionNetworkClient — the enableTokenRefresh path is never activated
• No ContinuationGuard unlike TPPNetworkExecutor's async extensions — if any path calls the completion handler more than once (e.g. through retry logic), this will crash with a double-resume

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🔴 HIGH: Semaphore + Task.detached data race in DownloadStateManager

Palace/MyBooks/DownloadStateManager.swift:76-91

func downloadInfo(forBookIdentifier bookIdentifier: String) -> MyBooksDownloadInfo? {
    let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
    var result: MyBooksDownloadInfo?
    Task.detached(priority: .userInitiated) {
        result = await self.downloadCoordinator.getCachedDownloadInfo(for: bookIdentifier)
        semaphore.signal()
    }
    _ = semaphore.wait(timeout: .now() + 0.05)
    return result
}

Three issues stacked:

1. Data race on result — written by detached Task, read by caller after timeout, no synchronization
2. Deadlock potential — if called from a cooperative thread pool context, semaphore blocks the thread the detached Task needs
3. Silent nil on timeout — 50ms is too short for disk I/O; download progress UI flickers, and cancelDownload takes wrong path when it gets nil

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🔴 HIGH: Auth token prefix logged in plaintext

Palace/SignInLogic/TPPSignInBusinessLogic+OAuth.swift:182-184

Log.info(#file, "🔐 [REDIRECT]   Auth token prefix: \(authToken.prefix(20))...")

First 20 characters of the access token logged at info level. On iOS, os_log at info level persists to unified log and survives app launches. Physical device access or sysdiagnose export exposes partial tokens. For short tokens (<40 chars), 20 characters may be enough to reconstruct. Should log only token length.

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🔴 HIGH: OAuth query-parameter parsing truncates base64 tokens

Palace/SignInLogic/TPPSignInBusinessLogic+OAuth.swift:138-144 (duplicated in +OIDC.swift:259-265)

let elts = param.components(separatedBy: "=")
guard elts.count >= 2, let key = elts.first, let value = elts.last else { continue }
kvpairs[key] = value

If access_token contains = (valid in base64-encoded tokens), components(separatedBy: "=") produces 3+ elements and elts.last returns only the substring after the final =. This silently truncates the token, causing auth failure with no useful error. Fix: let value = elts.dropFirst().joined(separator: "=").

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🔴 HIGH: NetworkQueue retries permanently blocked after non-200

Palace/Network/TPPNetworkQueue.swift:235-247

The offline retry queue uses URLSession.shared (no bearer token, no cert pinning). Only 200 is treated as success — a 201 or 204 keeps the request in queue for retry. Non-200 responses don't decrement retryRequestCount, so once any queued request fails with non-200, retryRequestCount stays > 0. The guard at line 180 then blocks all future retry attempts permanently until app restart.

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🔴 HIGH: DLNavigator creates abandoned MyBooksViewModel instances

Palace/AppInfrastructure/DLNavigator.swift:78, 88

MyBooksViewModel().authenticateAndLoad(account: newAccount)

Each call constructs a new MyBooksViewModel() that in init subscribes to NotificationCenter publishers and starts loading data — then is immediately abandoned (no strong reference held). authenticateAndLoad captures [weak self], so the actual work may never execute if the VM is deallocated before the auth document loads. Deep link login flow is likely broken or racy.

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🟡 MEDIUM: TokenRefreshInterceptor 2-second timer expires before SAML completes

Palace/MyBooks/TokenRefreshInterceptor.swift (4 sites: ~lines 148, 186, 250, 300)

self.isRequestingCredentials = true
Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
    try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 2_000_000_000)
    self?.isRequestingCredentials = false
}

This pattern appears 4 times. SAML browser flows typically take 5-15 seconds; the 2-second timer expires well before completion, resetting the guard flag and allowing duplicate re-auth attempts. The flag should be cleared in the auth completion handler, not on a timer.

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🟡 MEDIUM: BookActionHandler bypasses DI for critical auth path

Palace/Book/UI/BookDetail/BookActionHandler.swift:78-83, 136, 171

Accepts downloadCenter via constructor injection, but ensureAuthAndExecute hardcodes every singleton:

let businessLogic = TPPSignInBusinessLogic(
    libraryAccountID: AccountsManager.shared.currentAccount?.uuid ?? "",
    libraryAccountsProvider: AccountsManager.shared,
    urlSettingsProvider: TPPSettings.shared,
    bookRegistry: TPPBookRegistry.shared,
    bookDownloadsCenter: MyBooksDownloadCenter.shared, ...

The DI on the constructor is cosmetic — the actual critical borrow/auth path ignores it entirely.

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🟡 MEDIUM: isAccountSwitching flag reset before async cleanup completes

Palace/Accounts/Library/AccountsManager.swift:139-184

currentAccount setter sets isAccountSwitching = true, calls cleanupActiveContentBeforeAccountSwitch (which fires a Task { @MainActor in } for navigation cleanup with a 100ms sleep), then immediately sets isAccountSwitching = false and posts notification — all before the navigation cleanup Task runs. The flag is supposed to suppress sign-in modal during the switch, but it's already false by the time popToRoot() executes.

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🟡 MEDIUM: save() races on file system

Palace/Book/Models/TPPBookRegistry.swift:512-537

save() snapshots registry inside performSync, then dispatches file write to DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async. Two rapid saves can race — a later snapshot that completes first is overwritten by an earlier snapshot that completes second. In-memory state is correct, but if the app crashes between the stale write and a corrective write, on-disk state regresses. Under rapid multi-book downloads this window is real.

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🟡 MEDIUM: AccountsManager.addLoadingHandler TOCTOU drops completion handlers

Palace/Accounts/Library/AccountsManager.swift:251-270

The check (loadingCompletionHandlers[hash] != nil) and the set are in separate dispatch blocks. Two concurrent loadCatalogs calls for the same hash can both see alreadyLoading = false, both enter the "first request" branch, and the second overwrites the first handler. First caller's completion handler is silently dropped.

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🟡 MEDIUM: NavigationCoordinatorHub tracks wrong tab's coordinator

Palace/AppInfrastructure/NavigationCoordinatorHub.swift

weak var coordinator is set in NavigationHostView.onAppear. Since each tab has its own NavigationCoordinator, the hub always holds whichever appeared last. Opening a book from a push notification or background context pushes the route onto the wrong tab's navigation stack.

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🟡 MEDIUM: BookRegistrySync.sync() → mutateRegistrySync potential deadlock

Palace/Book/Models/BookRegistrySync.swift:155-234

Sync completion runs on MainActor.run, then calls store.mutateRegistrySync which does syncQueue.sync(flags: .barrier). If another thread holds the barrier and dispatches to main (as registry's didSet does), classic deadlock: main waits on barrier, barrier waits on main.

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🟡 MEDIUM: returning book state exists but is never set

Palace/Book/Models/TPPBookState.swift:20

returning (raw value 5) has allowed transitions defined but setState(.returning, ...) is never called. Return operations jump directly to .unregistered. If the app is killed mid-return, the book stays in .downloadSuccessful — user thinks they still have it. The state was designed for exactly this purpose but is unused.

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🟡 MEDIUM: Credentials not cleared after use in sign-in logic

Palace/SignInLogic/TPPSignInBusinessLogic.swift:123-124

capturedBarcode and capturedPin are set during logIn() and consumed in finalizeSignIn, but never nil'd after the keychain write. The TPPSignInBusinessLogic instance can live for an extended period, keeping plaintext credentials in heap memory longer than necessary.

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🟡 MEDIUM: MyBooksViewModel uses singletons instead of injected dependencies

Palace/MyBooks/MyBooks/MyBooksViewModel.swift:85, 127, 143

The VM injects accountsManager at init but loadData(), reloadData(), and refreshInBackground() all reach for AccountsManager.shared. Tests that inject a mock AccountsManager won't control whether books are shown or the empty state.

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🟡 MEDIUM: SendableCurrentValue.subject is public — breaks thread-safety contract

Palace/Utilities/SendableSubject.swift:14-19

The wrapper exposes subject as let (publicly readable). CurrentValueSubject.value reads are NOT thread-safe. Any code that reads .subject.value from a non-main thread has a data race. subject should be private with a safe value accessor.

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🟡 MEDIUM: SignInModalPresenter.isPresenting has no thread-safety

Palace/SignInLogic/SignInModalView.swift:57, 63, 76

Static isPresenting is read/written without synchronization. presentSignInModal dispatches to main, but the reset in the completion closure can fire from network callback queues. Two simultaneous 401 responses can both see isPresenting == false and present duplicate modals.

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Low severity (noted but not blocking)

• AppTabRouterHub missing @MainActor — navigate(to:) callable from background threads (AppTabRouter.swift:18-44)
• Duplicate AppContainer() instances — .shared exists but is unused; SceneDelegate and TPPAppDelegate each create their own (AppContainer.swift:10, SceneDelegate.swift:43, TPPAppDelegate.swift:382)
• isSyncing setter is a no-op — empty setter body, writes silently do nothing (TPPBookRegistry.swift:128-131)
• borrowReauthAttempted not cleared on account switch — circuit breaker stays tripped across library switches (MyBooksDownloadCenter+Async.swift:17-35)
• ReaderService.topPresenter() returns detached VC on failure — presenting from windowless VC silently fails (ReaderService.swift:19-23)
• signOutSnapshot/isSignOutInProgress use OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC — concurrent reads/writes from different threads (TPPSignInBusinessLogic+SignOut.swift:36, 44)
• Nested keychainTransaction.perform — potential deadlock if serial queue with .sync, or stale notification if .async (TPPUserAccount.swift:614-636)
• ObjC ports: Clean. Only note: MD5 uses implicit buffer pointer conversion instead of .baseAddress (String+MD5.swift:12-14)

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Review covered: concurrency/actors, auth/sign-in, DI/architecture, book state/network, ObjC→Swift ports across 80+ files.

[mauricecarrier7]

Code Review — Resolution Update

All 15 real findings have been investigated, traced to root cause, and fixed in commit `238287bde`. Two findings (#12 NavigationCoordinatorHub, #14 returning state) were false positives.

Fixed — Regressions (new on this branch)

#	Finding	Commit Origin	Fix
2	DownloadStateManager semaphore data race	`9499ced34`	Replaced with `SafeDictionary.syncGet()` — lock-protected synchronous mirror
7	TokenRefreshInterceptor 2s timer (×4 sites)	`9499ced34`	Removed all timers; flag cleared in auth completion handler
8	BookActionHandler bypasses DI	`7a7d1c19f`	Injected accountsManager + bookRegistry via constructor
9	isAccountSwitching reset before cleanup	`6c88fb1a5b`	Flag reset in async cleanup completion, not synchronously
13	BookRegistrySync save() file race	`5a1ae2a42a`	Serial `diskWriteQueue` replaces global concurrent dispatch
17	SendableSubject.subject public	`a2d812bee`	Made private, added `.value` accessor
18	SignInModalPresenter.isPresenting no thread safety	SQ-005/7 fixes	Added `@MainActor` to class
20	borrowReauthAttempted stale on switch	`04578d0ec`	Added `clearAllBorrowReauthState()` called on account switch
21	ReaderService.topPresenter detached VC	`9f872ec6f`	Returns optional, callers guard nil

Fixed — Pre-existing (same code on develop)

#	Finding	Root Cause	Fix
4	OAuth param parsing truncates base64 tokens	`elts.last` loses middle segments when value contains `=`	`elts.dropFirst().joined(separator: "=")` in both OAuth + OIDC
3	Auth token prefix logged in plaintext	20-char prefix in `Log.info` persists to unified log	Removed prefix logging, kept length-only
5	NetworkQueue retries permanently blocked	Only 200 accepted as success; non-200 doesn't decrement counter	Accept `200...299` range
15	capturedBarcode/capturedPin not cleared	Heap retention after keychain write	`nil` after read in `finalizeSignIn`
10	save() disk write race (TPPBookRegistry)	`DispatchQueue.global` concurrent dispatch	Serial `diskWriteQueue`
1	Semaphore in MyBooksDownloadCenter (duplicate of #2)	Same pattern as DownloadStateManager	Same fix: `syncGet()`

Dismissed — False Positives

#	Finding	Why
12	NavigationCoordinatorHub wrong tab	Trivial service locator — no tab logic to go wrong
14	`returning` state never set	Actively used in UI layer via `localBookStateOverride` in ViewModels

Infrastructure Added

• `SafeDictionary.syncGet()`: Nonisolated, lock-protected read from actor's synchronous mirror. Updated on every `set/remove/removeAll/updateMultiple/removeMultiple`. Backed by `LockedDictionary` (NSLock-guarded class, `@unchecked Sendable`).
• 17 new tests: `SafeDictionarySyncMirrorTests` (8 tests) + `CodeReviewFixesTests` (9 tests) — all passing, 0 fluff violations.