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Summary

  • WebServer now always decompresses Brotli content server-side rather than ever passing compressed bytes through to the client (sidesteps needing WebView-side dictionary/Compression-Dictionary-Transport support entirely, since the client never sees compressed bytes).
  • Loads the shared CompressionDictionary (see the companion OfflineDocumentationTools PR) once at startup and again on the debug-DB swap, attaching it via brotli4j's attachDictionary before decoding. Falls back to plain decode if the table doesn't exist (a database predating the dictionary migration).
  • Confirmed cross-tool compatibility empirically: content compressed by OfflineDocumentationTools' brotli-CLI pipeline decodes byte-for-byte correctly via brotli4j's attachDictionary, and the same in-memory dictionary buffer is safe to reuse across many decode calls.
  • Adds testImplementation(libs.brotli4j.linux.x64) — JVM unit tests exercising brotli4j's real native decoder had no native lib to load at all before this (pre-existing gap, not introduced here).
  • docs/documentation-database.md updated for CompressionDictionary and WebServer's always-decompress behavior.
  • Verified on a real device: built + installed a debug APK against the real, migrated documentation.db (299.0MB → 255.3MB after the companion PR's migration); tooltips and documentation pages render correctly.

Companion PR: appdevforall/OfflineDocumentationTools#26 (dictionary training + compression pipeline + whole-DB migration + docdb-studio fix).

Test plan

  • :app:compileV8DebugKotlin — clean
  • :app:testV8DebugUnitTestBrotliDictionaryDecodeTest (3 cases) + WebServerTest (2 cases), all pass
  • Real on-device verification: debug build installed on a physical arm64 device against the migrated documentation.db; tooltips and docs viewed and confirmed correct
  • Architecture self-review (raw-SQLite exception already covers WebServer.kt; new test dependency reuses an existing, previously-unused catalog entry)

davidschachterADFA and others added 2 commits August 14, 2026 22:34
WebServer now always decompresses brotli content server-side rather than
ever passing compressed bytes through to the client -- sidesteps needing
WebView-side dictionary support entirely, since the client never sees
compressed bytes. It loads CompressionDictionary once at startup, and again
on the debug-DB swap, and attaches it via brotli4j's attachDictionary before
decoding -- falling back to plain decode if the table doesn't exist (a
database that predates the dictionary migration).

Confirmed cross-tool compatibility empirically: content compressed by
OfflineDocumentationTools' brotli-CLI pipeline decodes byte-for-byte
correctly via brotli4j's attachDictionary, and the same in-memory dictionary
buffer is safe to reuse across many decode calls (WebServer holds one for
its whole lifetime). BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest embeds those real
cross-tool-produced fixtures as permanent regression coverage.

Also adds testImplementation(libs.brotli4j.linux.x64): JVM unit tests
exercising brotli4j's real native decoder had no native lib to load at all
before this and would fail with UnsatisfiedLinkError -- a pre-existing gap,
not introduced by this change, just never hit until now.

docs/documentation-database.md updated for CompressionDictionary and
WebServer's always-decompress behavior.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServer.kt`:
- Around line 139-169: Add Robolectric tests covering WebServer dictionary
loading and response handling: verify dictionary-backed databases decode
responses, pre-migration databases fall back without a dictionary,
debug-database reloads use the updated dictionary, and responses lacking
Content-Encoding remain supported. Exercise the relevant WebServer response path
and loadCompressionDictionary behavior while preserving existing direct Brotli
and socket lifecycle coverage.

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- Around line 163-169: Remove the test method decoding dictionary-compressed
content without attaching a dictionary, including its assertThrows-based failure
expectation; dictionary-free decoding is not guaranteed to throw and should not
be treated as a WebServer regression.
- Around line 27-38: Add concise KDoc for the public symbols in
BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest: document the class purpose, the loadNativeLibrary
initialization contract, and each test function’s behavior. Keep the existing
test logic unchanged and cover the additional test functions referenced by the
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CodeRabbit flagged this test as asserting an unsupported invariant,
citing docs/documentation-database.md's claim that "wrong dictionary,
or none" doesn't reliably fail loudly. Verified empirically that the
two cases are actually distinct: a wrong dictionary decodes silently
to incorrect bytes (its distances resolve into real, just wrong,
bytes), but no dictionary at all reliably throws IOException, since
distances into the dictionary region are out of bounds for any
spec-compliant decoder. Narrowed the assertion from Exception to
IOException and corrected the doc to describe both failure modes
instead of conflating them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixes 13 findings from a max-effort /code-review pass, most significant
first:

- Plugin-contributed Tier 3 docs (PluginDocumentationManager/BrotliCompressor)
  are plain brotli with no dictionary, but WebServer unconditionally attached
  the shared dictionary before decoding any brotli row -- every such page
  500'd. Extracted decompressBrotli(): tries the dictionary first, falls back
  to a plain decode on IOException. Verified empirically that a dictionary
  attached to a stream compressed without one reliably throws rather than
  silently decoding wrong bytes, so this fallback never lets a real
  dictionary-compressed row slip through unnoticed.
- loadCompressionDictionary() now wraps its whole body in one catch-all,
  matching DatabaseVersionResolver's existing pattern, instead of
  hand-anticipating individual failure cases. Fixes three related bugs this
  gap caused: a failed dictionary reload during the debug-DB swap left stale
  state with no retry; a dictionary-load failure at server startup aborted
  the entire server with no retry; a NULL dictionary blob threw an uncaught
  NPE.
- Extracted switchToDatabase() so database/databaseTimestamp/
  compressionDictionary/templateCache/bookshelfTemplateId are all
  swapped atomically in one place instead of duplicated across start() and
  the debug-swap block -- also fixes templateCache never being invalidated
  on a debug-DB swap, and a reopen-after-close ordering bug where a failed
  reopen left `database` referencing an already-closed handle.
- Added test coverage for the previously-untested no-dictionary/plugin-content
  decode path.
- Corrected docs/documentation-database.md's false "no dictionary-free
  content left" claim (contradicted by its own PluginDocumentationManager
  section) and the build.gradle.kts comment falsely claiming linux-x64 is
  the only platform this project's dev machines run JVM tests on.
- Minor: deduped the byte[]->direct-ByteBuffer idiom, removed a stale
  Accept-Encoding comment on a header no longer read.

Separately discovered (not caused by this PR, filed as ADFA-5168 instead of
fixed here): :app:testV8DebugUnitTest is flaky (~50% of full-suite runs)
due to Brotli4jLoader static state shared across one JVM test process
between AssetsInstallationHelperTest's mockkStatic and
BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest's real native load -- confirmed present on
bfb3baa already, independent of any change in this commit.

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Addressed a /code-review max pass (13 findings, most significant first) in commit 3465bff:

  1. Plugin Tier 3 docs were silently brokenPluginDocumentationManager/BrotliCompressor compress plugin content without a dictionary, but WebServer unconditionally attached the shared dictionary before decoding any brotli row, 500ing every such page. Extracted decompressBrotli(): tries the dictionary first, falls back to a plain decode on IOException — verified empirically that a dictionary attached to a non-dictionary-compressed stream reliably throws rather than silently decoding wrong bytes, so this never lets a real dictionary-compressed row slip through unnoticed.
  2. loadCompressionDictionary() now wraps its whole body in one catch-all, matching DatabaseVersionResolver's existing pattern. This fixes three related bugs: a failed dictionary reload during the debug-DB swap left stale state with no retry; a dictionary-load failure at startup aborted the entire server with no retry; a NULL dictionary blob threw an uncaught NPE.
  3. Extracted switchToDatabase() so database/databaseTimestamp/compressionDictionary/templateCache/bookshelfTemplateId swap atomically in one place instead of duplicated logic — also fixes templateCache never being invalidated on a debug-DB swap, and a reopen-after-close ordering bug that could leave database referencing an already-closed handle.
  4. Added test coverage for the previously-untested no-dictionary/plugin-content decode path.
  5. Corrected the docs' false "no dictionary-free content left" claim and the build.gradle.kts comment's false platform claim.
  6. Minor: deduped a byte[]→direct-ByteBuffer idiom, removed a stale comment referencing a header no longer read.

Separately discovered, not caused by this PR: :app:testV8DebugUnitTest is flaky (~50% of full-suite runs) — Brotli4jLoader static state gets shared across one JVM test process between AssetsInstallationHelperTest's mockkStatic and BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest's real native load, confirmed already present on the prior commit (bfb3baa), independent of anything in this PR. Filed separately as ADFA-5168 rather than fixed here, since it needs real root-cause investigation.

All 13 code-review findings verified fixed; localWebServer test suite (6/6) passes.

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app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest.kt (1)

183-207: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Exercise the production fallback in this regression test.

BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest calls BrotliInputStream directly, while WebServerTest covers only lifecycle behavior. Add coverage through a testable seam or an endpoint so the test validates WebServer.decompressBrotli.

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In
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around lines 183 - 207, Update the regression test around
`BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest` to invoke the production
`WebServer.decompressBrotli` fallback through a testable seam or endpoint
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In `@docs/documentation-database.md`:
- Line 37: Update the content compression description to limit shared
CompressionDictionary usage to migrated Content rows where
ContentTypes.compression is 'brotli'; retain the explicit exception that
plugin-contributed Tier 3 rows use plain dictionary-free Brotli.

---

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- Around line 183-207: Update the regression test around
`BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest` to invoke the production
`WebServer.decompressBrotli` fallback through a testable seam or endpoint
instead of calling `BrotliInputStream` directly. Preserve the
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CodeRabbit caught a self-contradiction: line 34 already says non-Brotli
content uses format-specific compression, but the prior wording said
'every row' is dictionary-compressed. Scoped to migrated Content rows
with ContentTypes.compression = 'brotli'.

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Per ticket comment: verifies WebServer fetches CompressionDictionary
only at startup and reuses the cached instance across every request,
never re-querying it per-request. Drives 3 real HTTP requests over a
socket against a mocked SQLiteDatabase and asserts the dictionary
query fired exactly once while the Content query fired 3 times.

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Moved loadCompressionDictionary() out of switchToDatabase() (called
at startup and on the debug-DB swap) to right before the content
fetch in handleClient(). A database swap can bring in a database
with a different dictionary or none at all, so loading it right
where it's consumed -- rather than caching it at swap time -- keeps
it directly tied to whichever database is actually active when a
request needs it.

Updated the WebServerTest coverage added for the prior (now-reversed)
"load once, cache for app lifetime" behavior: it now asserts zero
dictionary queries before any request and one dictionary query per
content fetch (3 requests -> 3 queries). Updated docs/comments to
match.

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Corrects the prior commit, which reloaded the dictionary on every
single request instead of only when the database actually changes.

Added compressionDictionaryStale, set by switchToDatabase() (startup
and the debug-DB swap) instead of eagerly loading the dictionary
there. The content-fetch site in handleClient() -- the one place the
dictionary is actually consumed -- checks the flag and only loads
when stale, clearing it once loaded. Net effect: loaded lazily (not
merely from starting the server), but cached across every request
against the same database, and reloaded exactly once when a swap
brings in a database with a different dictionary (or none).

Replaced the WebServerTest coverage accordingly: one test proves the
dictionary loads on first use and stays cached across repeated
requests against the same database; a second drives an actual
debug-DB swap and proves it reloads exactly once for the new
database, not on every subsequent request.

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Review of PR #1677 found three things worth fixing.

The test native was pinned to linux-x64, so :app:testV8DebugUnitTest failed
with UnsatisfiedLinkError in @BeforeClass for anyone on macOS, Windows, or
linux-arm64 - a comment documented the breakage rather than fixing it.
Dispatch on the host's OS/arch instead, reusing the pattern already proven
in build-logic/plugins' build.gradle.kts. All six natives are already in
the version catalog.

BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest allocated its own direct buffer, a byte-for-byte
copy of production's toDirectByteBuffer, leaving the only code that builds
the runtime dictionary buffer untested. The two agree today, so this is a
regression risk rather than a live bug: attachDictionary reads the buffer's
capacity and ignores position/limit, so a later over-allocation there
(pooling, rounding, padding) would break every doc page on device while the
suite stayed green. The test now calls the production helper, and that
helper's KDoc records the exact-capacity requirement.

loadCompressionDictionary validated a missing table, an empty table, and a
NULL data column, but not a zero-length blob. That yields a 0-capacity
buffer, which attachDictionary rejects, so every row would fail its
dictionary decode, fall through to a plain decode that also fails, and
return HTTP 500 - with nothing above DEBUG to explain it. Added to the same
ladder so it gets the same one-line warning.

Left alone: peak heap on the chunked PDFs (always-decompress holds the
accumulator, its copy, and the output live at once) and the debug-DB swap
retrying every request after a failure. Both are pre-existing design
questions rather than regressions from this PR.

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Remove the internal Gradle API and centralize the host mapping.

app/build.gradle.kts duplicates the OS and architecture mapping in composite-builds/build-logic/plugins/build.gradle.kts and imports unsupported DefaultNativePlatform. Extract one shared implementation and use a supported API such as BuildPlatform.

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In `@app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServerTest.kt`:
- Around line 262-268: Set the socket read timeout via soTimeout after
connecting and before socket.getInputStream().readBytes() in the Socket use
block, ensuring the test cannot block indefinitely while preserving the existing
request and response handling.
- Around line 152-164: Update the tests around loadCompressionDictionary() to
verify both sqlite_master and dictionary-data queries: in
app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServerTest.kt lines
152-164, assert zero sqlite_master queries before the first request and exactly
one after all three requests; in lines 224-246, assert primary and debug
sqlite_master query counts before and after the database swap alongside the
existing data-query checks.

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- Line 6: Remove the DefaultNativePlatform import from app/build.gradle.kts and
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implementation around BuildPlatform. Update the app build logic to reuse that
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…ug DB

Two findings from the PR #1677 review that were deferred as design questions.

Peak heap on the largest bundled PDFs. Serving a >1 MB row concatenated its
chunks into a ByteArrayOutputStream and then called toByteArray(), so the
doubling buffer and its full copy were both live alongside the decompressed
output - roughly 35 MB transient for AndroidNotesForProfessionals.pdf (8.8 MB
over 9 chunks), a plausible OOM on a low-heap device. The chunks now stay a
list: brotli rows decode from a SequenceInputStream over them, and non-brotli
rows are joined once into an exactly-sized array. That drops the two largest
transients, leaving the compressed chunks and the decompressed output. Fully
streaming the response would remove the last one too, but that means giving up
Content-Length, so it is left alone.

A failed debug-database swap left databaseTimestamp unadvanced, and the swap
is checked per request - so a corrupt or unreadable debug DB newer than the
primary was reopened on every single request, logging an ERROR each time. The
failing timestamp is now remembered and skipped; a newer copy has a different
timestamp and is retried, which is the case that matters, since replacing the
file is how a developer fixes it.

joinChunks and chunksAsStream are internal top-level functions next to
toDirectByteBuffer so the tests exercise the real code, with three new cases:
a compressed stream decodes identically when split at uneven chunk
boundaries, joinChunks concatenates in order at an exact size, and a lone
chunk comes back without a copy.

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- Assert the sqlite_master existence-check query count alongside the
  data query in both dictionary tests, not just the data query -- a
  regression that re-ran only the existence check every request would
  otherwise pass unnoticed.
- Set socket.soTimeout before reading the response in
  sendRawGetRequestAndAwaitClose, so a server that fails to close the
  connection fails the test instead of hanging the JVM indefinitely.

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Code review of the dictionary-decode change. One high-severity correctness issue (the dictionary-first/plain-fallback discrimination is not sound), one medium (stale-flag clearing on a failed load), and three low findings, inline below.

Checked and clean: dropping Content-Encoding is safe (the shipped ContentTypes.compression domain is only brotli and none); no data race on the shared dictionary fields since handleClient runs inline in the accept loop; the long-lived direct ByteBuffer outliving each decoder is correct for brotli's non-copying raw-dictionary attach; attachDictionary is called while the decoder is still fresh, so catching only IOException is adequate; chunksAsStream/joinChunks preserve the previous concatenation semantics; and switchToDatabase opens before closing and now clears templateCache/bookshelfTemplateId, fixing a stale-cache bug the old inline swap had.

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- loadCompressionDictionary no longer swallows exceptions into "no
  dictionary." It only returns null for a definitive absence (missing
  table, empty table, null/empty blob); an unexpected SQLiteException
  now propagates to the call site, which leaves
  compressionDictionaryStale set so the next request retries instead
  of permanently caching a transient failure as "no dictionary" for
  the rest of the database's lifetime.
- brotli4jNativeForHost() in app/build.gradle.kts no longer throws on
  an unrecognized host. That ran at configuration time, so throwing
  failed every task in the build -- including :app:assembleV8Debug,
  which needs no desktop native at all -- not just the JVM unit-test
  tasks that consume it. Degrades to a logged warning and no test
  native instead.
- Softened the chunked-content comment's memory-savings claim: the
  decompressed output still goes through a comparable
  accumulate-then-copy in decompressBrotli's own readBytes() call, so
  the saving from keeping compressed chunks as a list is real but
  doesn't eliminate that separate transient the way the prior wording
  implied.

The two remaining findings (dictionary-first decode's theoretical
silent-wrong-bytes risk, and the resulting double-decode cost for
dictionary-free rows) need a design discussion, not a quick fix --
see the PR thread reply.

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@jatezzz — ready for another look when you have time. All five of your findings are answered:

Fixed in 3052217:

  • loadCompressionDictionary no longer swallows exceptions into "no dictionary". It returns null only for a definitive absence (missing table, empty table, null/empty blob); an unexpected SQLiteException propagates, leaving compressionDictionaryStale set so the next request retries rather than permanently caching a transient failure.
  • brotli4jNativeForHost() no longer throws on an unrecognized host. That ran at configuration time, so it failed every task — including :app:assembleV8Debug, which needs no desktop native at all. Now a logged warning and no test native.
  • Softened the chunked-content comment's memory claim, since decompressBrotli's own readBytes() does a comparable accumulate-then-copy.

Deferred, with reasoning in the threads: the dictionary-first decode's theoretical silent-wrong-bytes risk and the double-decode cost for dictionary-free rows. Both need a design decision rather than a quick patch — the reply on #3804501206 has the stress-test results.

CI is green and stage is merged in.

One reason this one is worth your time before the others: ADFA-5176 stacks on it. That change serves documentation to the WebViews in-process via shouldInterceptRequest, and its shared content source has to carry this PR's dictionary decode — including the fix above, which I've already ported into the extracted code. It can't open as a mergeable PR until this lands. Its base PRs are up in the meantime: #1688 (accept-loop instrumentation, where your nesting comment is addressed — the loop is eight lines now) and #1689 (worker pool).

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  • WebServer now decompresses Brotli content server-side with the shared CompressionDictionary.
  • Dictionary use is gated by the declared documentation database version.
  • Dictionary-free plugin content uses standard Brotli decoding.
  • Database switching updates the database, dictionary, caches, and metadata together.
  • Added Brotli decoder, database-version, and WebServer tests.
  • Added Brotli4j native test dependencies. Unsupported host platforms now produce a warning instead of failing configuration.
  • Updated documentation for dictionary compression, decoding, database compatibility, and debug database swaps.
  • Verified compilation, unit tests, CI, spotlessCheck, and on-device use with migrated documentation databases.
  • Risk: dictionary-first decoding can require a second decode attempt. This remains deferred for design review.
  • Risk: a pre-existing order-dependent Brotli4jLoader test issue remains tracked as ADFA-5168.

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This change adds database-version-gated Brotli dictionary decoding to WebServer, uncompressed response handling, native-library availability checks, database-switch state management, Compose support, tests, and database documentation.

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Brotli dictionary support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Database version contract
common/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/DatabaseVersionResolver.kt
Adds resolveMajorVersion and the version threshold used to gate compression-dictionary loading.
Build and host-native Brotli setup
app/build.gradle.kts, app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/assets/AssetsInstallationHelperTest.kt
Enables Compose, adds Compose dependencies, and conditionally adds the Brotli4j test dependency for supported hosts. Native initialization suppresses only UnsatisfiedLinkError.
Database dictionary loading
app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServer.kt
Loads and caches the optional dictionary per database. Database switches reset related state, and failed loads can retry.
Brotli decoding and response handling
app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServer.kt
Validates native Brotli availability, decodes with dictionary fallback, retains content chunks, and sends decompressed content without Brotli negotiation.
Dictionary validation and documentation
app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/*Test.kt, common/src/androidTest/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/DatabaseVersionResolverTest.kt, docs/documentation-database.md
Tests dictionary decoding, chunk joining, version gating, database switching, and resolver behavior. Documentation describes compression and fallback behavior.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f4956

The change makes the server decode dictionary-compressed documentation and reload the dictionary when databases switch, but current behavior can select the wrong decoder or stale dictionary and potentially serve incorrect documentation bytes. Merge should wait for the decoding and reload handling to be fixed or explicitly accepted, with bounded build and test follow-up also tracked.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant WebServer
  participant DatabaseVersionResolver
  participant Database
  Client->>WebServer: Request content
  WebServer->>DatabaseVersionResolver: Resolve database major version
  DatabaseVersionResolver->>Database: Read DocumentationDatabaseVersion
  Database-->>DatabaseVersionResolver: Major version or null
  WebServer->>Database: Load dictionary and content chunks when supported
  Database-->>WebServer: Dictionary bytes and Brotli content chunks
  WebServer->>WebServer: Decode content with dictionary or fallback
  WebServer-->>Client: Return decompressed content
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Brotli chunks decode just right.
Databases switch and caches renew,
Plain responses pass cleanly through.
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260-263: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Clear the previous dictionary during a database switch.

Line 262 marks the dictionary stale but retains compressionDictionary from the previous database. If Lines 525-531 fail to load the new dictionary, the request continues and decompressBrotli uses the previous database dictionary for content from the new database.

Set compressionDictionary to null during the switch. Dictionary-backed content then fails safely until a later reload succeeds.

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 		database = newDatabase
 		databaseTimestamp = timestamp
+		compressionDictionary = null
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In `@app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServer.kt` around
lines 260 - 263, In the database-switch update block, clear the cached
compression dictionary by setting compressionDictionary to null alongside
compressionDictionaryStale = true. Keep the existing database, timestamp, and
bookshelfTemplateId updates unchanged so decompression cannot reuse the previous
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256-258: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Clear the cached dictionary when switching databases.

If dictionary loading fails after a database switch, decompressBrotli can reuse the previous database's dictionary and return incorrect content. Set compressionDictionary = null during the switch.

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In `@app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/localWebServer/WebServer.kt` around
lines 256 - 258, Update the database-switching flow in WebServer so
compressionDictionary is cleared by setting it to null when switching databases,
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davidschachterADFA added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 19, 2026
Order-dependent test failure, latent as soon as ADFA-5153's
BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest and the existing AssetsInstallationHelperTest share a
JVM: whichever runs first decides whether the second one works.

AssetsInstallationHelperTest does mockkStatic(Brotli4jLoader::class) and stubs
ensureAvailability() to do nothing, because a unit test has no native library to
load. brotli4j caches its availability in a static field, so a JVM whose first
sight of that class is the mocked one keeps a "never loaded" state -- and
BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest's @BeforeClass, which calls the real
ensureAvailability(), then throws UnsatisfiedLinkError. unmockkAll() in teardown
does not undo it, because the damage is the cached state rather than the mock.

Loading it for real once, before any mocking, fixes it. runCatching because a host
with no matching native is a legitimate configuration -- brotli4jNativeForHost()
degrades to a warning rather than failing the build -- so the warming is
best-effort.

Found while combining this branch with ADFA-5179, whose new test class shifted the
execution order enough to expose it: the full app suite failed on the combination
while passing on either branch alone, and the pair alone reproduces it
deterministically. That means the same failure is waiting on stage once PR #1677
merges, independent of these branches.
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Heads-up before this merges — an order-dependent test failure becomes latent on stage the moment this PR lands, and it isn't visible from this PR alone.

BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest (added here) calls the real Brotli4jLoader.ensureAvailability() in @BeforeClass. The pre-existing AssetsInstallationHelperTest does mockkStatic(Brotli4jLoader::class) and stubs that same call to do nothing. brotli4j caches its availability in a static field, so whichever class the JVM sees first decides the outcome: if the mocked one wins, the cached state says "never loaded" and the real call later throws UnsatisfiedLinkError: Failed to load Brotli native library. unmockkAll() in teardown doesn't undo it — the damage is the cached state, not the mock.

That's why CI is green here: with this PR's test set, the order happens to be favourable. I hit the failure while combining this branch with ADFA-5179, whose new test class shifted the order — the full :app suite failed on the combination while passing on either branch alone, and this pair reproduces it deterministically:

./gradlew :app:testV8DebugUnitTest \
  --tests "com.itsaky.androidide.assets.AssetsInstallationHelperTest" \
  --tests "com.itsaky.androidide.localWebServer.BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest"

The fix is eight lines — load the native for real once, before anything mocks it, wrapped in runCatching because a host with no matching native is a legitimate configuration given brotli4jNativeForHost() degrades to a warning:

	@Before
	fun setup() {
		runCatching { Brotli4jLoader.ensureAvailability() }
		mockkObject(helper)
		…

It's committed as 21c5d12a on task/ADFA-5176-webview-in-process-docs (which stacks on this PR), where the pair and the full suite both pass. Happy to cherry-pick it onto this branch instead if you'd rather it land with the test it protects — your PR is approved, so I didn't want to touch it uninvited.

Order-dependent test failure between this PR's BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest and the
pre-existing AssetsInstallationHelperTest: whichever runs first in a JVM decides
whether the second one works.

AssetsInstallationHelperTest does mockkStatic(Brotli4jLoader::class) and stubs
ensureAvailability() to do nothing, since a unit test has no native library to
load. brotli4j caches its availability in a static field, so a JVM whose first
sight of that class is the mocked one keeps a "never loaded" state -- and
BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest's @BeforeClass, which calls the real
ensureAvailability(), then throws UnsatisfiedLinkError. unmockkAll() in teardown
does not undo it: the damage is the cached state, not the mock.

Loading it for real once, before anything mocks it, fixes it. runCatching because
a host with no matching native is a legitimate configuration -- this PR's own
brotli4jNativeForHost() degrades to a warning rather than failing the build -- so
the warming is best-effort.

CI is green on this PR because its test set happens to order favourably. The pair
reproduces the failure deterministically:

  ./gradlew :app:testV8DebugUnitTest \
    --tests "com.itsaky.androidide.assets.AssetsInstallationHelperTest" \
    --tests "com.itsaky.androidide.localWebServer.BrotliDictionaryDecodeTest"

Found while stacking ADFA-5176 and ADFA-5179 on this branch, where the added test
class shifted the order enough to expose it. Landing the fix here keeps it with
the test it protects, rather than leaving stage briefly broken after this merges.
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Moved onto this branch as you asked — 7121c9b7, retitled for this ticket since it now lands with the test it protects. The full :app suite and spotlessCheck pass on the branch, and the reproducer pair passes too.

Removed my duplicate from task/ADFA-5176-webview-in-process-docs; that branch now picks the fix up by merging this one, so there's only one copy of it in the stack.

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Review was right that runCatching was too broad: it swallows every Throwable, so
an unrelated failure in this setup would disappear silently. ensureAvailability()
raises UnsatisfiedLinkError when there is no native for the host -- the one case
the warming exists to tolerate -- so that is all it catches now, and it says so on
stdout rather than passing in silence.
davidschachterADFA and others added 2 commits August 20, 2026 17:52
…ersion

WebServer inferred the content format from whether a CompressionDictionary
table happened to exist -- the heuristic ADFA-5220's version table exists to
retire. It gets the answer wrong in both directions: a database carrying the
table with unmigrated content makes every plain row pay a failed dictionary
decode before its plain one, on every request, and a migrated database that
lost the table fails quietly rather than loudly.

Gate on DocumentationDatabaseVersion instead. At MAJOR >= 2 the dictionary is
read and attached as before; below that, or with no version table at all, it
is neither fetched nor used.

The version read lives in DatabaseVersionResolver (common), so ADFA-5176's
in-process transport can share the same gate rather than growing a second
copy. It returns null for a definitively unversioned database and lets
exceptions propagate, matching loadCompressionDictionary's existing contract:
callers cache the answer per database, so a transient SQLiteException must stay
distinguishable from a real absence or one hiccup would pin the database at
unversioned until the next swap.

The table is an append-only log, so the current version is the row inserted
last, not MAX(major) -- rebuilding from an older content set is a downgrade and
has to read as one.

The CompressionDictionary probes stay, for a database that declares a
new-enough version but has no usable dictionary row: without them the data
query raises "no such table", which the caller correctly treats as transient
and would then retry on every request.

Tests: three new WebServer cases (major 1, no version table, major 3) asserting
the dictionary queries are or are not issued -- with the dictionary cursors
stubbed as available in every case, so they test the gate rather than a missing
table -- and five DatabaseVersionResolver cases covering absent table, empty
table, declared version, last-row-wins, and a downgrade. The two existing
dictionary tests now declare a version; without that they would have kept
passing while silently testing nothing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Nothing in WebServer owned that load: it happened as a side effect of
AssetsInstallationHelper's install or ToolsManager's tooling-jar update,
neither of which runs on an ordinary cold start. A process that skipped both
reached the first brotli row with the natives unregistered, and
DecoderJNI.nativeCreate raised UnsatisfiedLinkError -- an Error, not an
Exception, so it escaped handleClient's catch and killed the app from a
coroutine worker instead of failing one request.

Reproduced on device: force-stop, launch MainActivity directly (skipping
SplashActivity, whose startup path happens to warm the loader), request a
brotli row. The app died and restarted -- pid 10550 -> 10785, with FATAL
EXCEPTION and UnsatisfiedLinkError in the log. Android restarting a killed
process straight into the editor would take the same path.

Referencing Brotli4jLoader triggers the static init that performs the load, so
calling ensureAvailability() before the decode *is* the warm-up; afterwards it
is a single static null-check on UNAVAILABILITY_CAUSE (verified against
brotli4j 1.18.0's bytecode), cheap enough to leave on the per-decode path
rather than tracking warmed state of our own. Its UnsatisfiedLinkError becomes
an IOException so a genuinely broken environment costs one 500 rather than the
process.

After the fix, the same sequence returns the full 50,440-byte page, the pid is
unchanged, and the log has no fatal or link-error lines. The version gate still
behaves: a database declaring 1.0.0 serves 500 for a brotli row and 200 for a
compression = 'none' row, without crashing.

Also documents a trap that cost real debugging time: the debug-database swap
compares modification times, and `adb push` preserves the source file's mtime,
so pushing a database saved earlier than the one already on the device silently
does not swap and the app keeps serving the old one with no error anywhere.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@jatezzz two commits landed after your approval, and GitHub did not dismiss it — so this PR reads APPROVED with code you have not seen. Flagging rather than riding it.

a3ba4d3 Gate the compression dictionary on the declared database version. The dictionary was gated on whether a CompressionDictionary table happened to exist — the heuristic ADFA-5220's version table exists to retire, and wrong in both directions: a database carrying the table with unmigrated content made every plain row pay a failed dictionary decode before its plain one, on every request. Now DocumentationDatabaseVersion.major >= 2 decides, and below that the dictionary is neither read nor attached. The read lives in DatabaseVersionResolver (common) so ADFA-5176's in-process transport shares one gate instead of growing a second copy. Three details worth your eye: the current version is the row inserted last, not MAX(major), because 5220 describes an append-only log and a rebuild from older content is a downgrade; resolveMajorVersion lets exceptions propagate, unlike its sibling, so a transient SQLiteException stays distinguishable from a definitive absence that gets cached; and the CompressionDictionary probes stay, or a database declaring 2 without the table would raise "no such table" and be retried on every request.

f4956e0 Load brotli4j's native library before decoding, not by luck. Nothing owned that load — it happened as a side effect of asset installation or the tooling-jar update, neither of which runs on an ordinary cold start. DecoderJNI.nativeCreate then raises UnsatisfiedLinkError, an Error, which sails past handleClient's catch (Exception) and kills the app from a coroutine worker instead of failing one request. Found while testing the gate, not by inspection.

Verified on device (SM-N986U, arm64), against the migrated database that declares 2.0.0:

Database declares brotli row compression = 'none' row
2.0.0 200, 50,440 B, byte-identical
1.0.0 500 corrupted input 200, 4,948,254 B
no version table 500 corrupted input 200, 4,948,254 B
back to 2.0.0 200, byte-identical

The gate re-opens on a live database swap without a restart, and the app pid never changed across any of it. Note the failure is loud: a dictionary row with no dictionary returns 500, never wrong bytes.

For the brotli fix, before/after on the same sequence (force-stop, launch MainActivity directly, request a brotli row): pid 10550 → 10785 with FATAL EXCEPTION before, unchanged pid and the full page after, zero link-error lines.

Tests: 3 new WebServer gate cases and 5 new DatabaseVersionResolver cases; the two pre-existing dictionary tests now declare a version, without which they would have kept passing while testing nothing.

ADFA-5224 covers giving that native load one owner app-wide — I only fixed the path I could prove was broken. Happy to split either commit into its own PR if you would rather review them apart from the dictionary work.

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