fix: remove build artifacts from repo, build SPA in Docker

- Remove web/dist/ from git tracking (build output)
- Add web/dist/ to .gitignore
- Add Node.js web-builder stage to Dockerfile to compile SPA at build time
- Update REPO_POLICIES.md from upstream sneak/prompts (build artifacts policy)

Dockerfile

@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ WORKDIR /src
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
 COPY . .
-# Create placeholder files so //go:embed dist/* in web/embed.go resolves
+COPY --from=web-builder /web/dist/ web/dist/
-# without depending on the web-builder stage (lint should fail fast)
-RUN mkdir -p web/dist && touch web/dist/index.html web/dist/style.css web/dist/app.js
 RUN make fmt-check
 RUN make lint
 

README.md

@@ -1374,16 +1374,14 @@ Return server metadata. No authentication required.
 ```json
 {
   "name": "My NeoIRC Server",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
   "motd": "Welcome! Be nice.",
   "users": 42
 }
 ```
 
 | Field   | Type    | Description |
-|-----------|---------|-------------|
+|---------|---------|-------------|
 | `name`  | string  | Server display name |
-| `version` | string  | Server version |
 | `motd`  | string  | Message of the day |
 | `users` | integer | Number of currently active user sessions |
 
@@ -1624,10 +1622,6 @@ authenticity.
   termination.
 - **CORS**: The server allows all origins by default (`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`).
   Restrict this in production via reverse proxy configuration if needed.
-- **Content-Security-Policy**: The server sets a strict CSP header on all
-  responses, restricting resource loading to same-origin and disabling
-  dangerous features (object embeds, framing, base tag injection). The
-  embedded SPA works without `'unsafe-inline'` for scripts or styles.
 
 ---
 
@@ -1856,16 +1850,26 @@ docker run -p 8080:8080 \
   neoirc
 ```
 
-The Dockerfile is a four-stage build:
+The Dockerfile is a multi-stage build:
-1. **web-builder**: Installs Node dependencies and compiles the SPA (JSX →
+1. **Build stage**: Compiles `neoircd` and `neoirc-cli` (CLI built to verify
-   bundled JS via esbuild) into `web/dist/`
-2. **lint**: Runs formatting checks and golangci-lint against the Go source
-   (uses empty placeholder files for `web/dist/` so it runs independently of
-   web-builder for fast feedback)
-3. **builder**: Runs tests and compiles static `neoircd` and `neoirc-cli`
-   binaries with the real SPA assets from web-builder (CLI built to verify
    compilation, not included in final image)
-4. **final**: Minimal Alpine image with only the `neoircd` binary
+2. **Final stage**: Alpine Linux + `neoircd` binary only
+
+```dockerfile
+FROM golang:1.24-alpine AS builder
+WORKDIR /src
+RUN apk add --no-cache make
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+COPY . .
+RUN go build -o /neoircd ./cmd/neoircd/
+RUN go build -o /neoirc-cli ./cmd/neoirc-cli/
+
+FROM alpine:latest
+COPY --from=builder /neoircd /usr/local/bin/neoircd
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["neoircd"]
+```
 
 ### Binary
 
@@ -2314,14 +2318,10 @@ neoirc/
 │       └── http.go         # HTTP timeouts
 ├── web/
 │   ├── embed.go            # go:embed directive for SPA
-│   ├── build.sh            # SPA build script (esbuild, runs in Docker)
+│   └── dist/               # Built SPA (vanilla JS, no build step)
-│   ├── package.json        # Node dependencies (preact, esbuild)
+│       ├── index.html
-│   ├── package-lock.json
+│       ├── style.css
-│   ├── src/                # SPA source files (JSX + HTML + CSS)
+│       └── app.js
-│   │   ├── app.jsx
-│   │   ├── index.html
-│   │   └── style.css
-│   └── dist/               # Generated at Docker build time (not committed)
 ├── schema/                 # JSON Schema definitions (planned)
 ├── go.mod
 ├── go.sum
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ neoirc/
 | Purpose    | Library |
 |------------|---------|
 | DI         | `go.uber.org/fx` |
-| Router     | `github.com/go-chi/chi/v5` |
+| Router     | `github.com/go-chi/chi` |
 | Logging    | `log/slog` (stdlib) |
 | Config     | `github.com/spf13/viper` |
 | Env        | `github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload` |

REPO_POLICIES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Repository Policies
-last_modified: 2026-03-09
+last_modified: 2026-03-10
 ---
 
 This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
@@ -92,19 +92,20 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
 - Never commit secrets. `.env` files, credentials, API keys, and private keys
   must be in `.gitignore`. No exceptions.
 
+- Build artifacts and code-derived data (compiled output, bundled JS, minified
+  CSS, generated code) must NOT be committed to the repository if they can be
+  generated during the build process. The Dockerfile or build system should
+  produce these artifacts at build time. Notable exception: Go
+  protobuf-generated files (`.pb.go`) may be committed because Go module
+  consumers use `go get` which downloads source code but does not execute build
+  steps.
+
 - `.gitignore` should be comprehensive from the start: OS files (`.DS_Store`),
   editor files (`.swp`, `*~`), language build artifacts, and `node_modules/`.
   Fetch the standard `.gitignore` from
   `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitignore` when setting up
   a new repo.
 
-- **No build artifacts in version control.** Code-derived data (compiled
-  bundles, minified output, generated assets) must never be committed to the
-  repository if it can be avoided. The build process (e.g. Dockerfile, Makefile)
-  should generate these at build time. Notable exception: Go protobuf generated
-  files (`.pb.go`) ARE committed because repos need to work with `go get`, which
-  downloads code but does not execute code generation.
-
 - Never use `git add -A` or `git add .`. Always stage files explicitly by name.
 
 - Never force-push to `main`.

go.mod

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/99designs/basicauth-go v0.0.0-20230316000542-bf6f9cbbf0f8
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.13.8
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.42.0
-	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.1
+	github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.5
 	github.com/go-chi/cors v1.2.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1

go.sum

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.13.8 h1:Mys/Kl5wfC/GcC5Cx4C2BIQH9dbnhnkPgS9/wF3Rl
 github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.13.8/go.mod h1:+Wfe208WDdB7INEtCsNrAN6O2m+wsTPk1RAovjaILlo=
 github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.42.0 h1:eeFMACuZTbUQf90RE8dE4tXeSe4CZyfvR1MBL7RLEt8=
 github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.42.0/go.mod h1:eRXCoh3uvmjQLY6qu63BjUZnaBu5L5WhMV1RwYO8W5s=
-github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.1 h1:KOIHODQj58PmL80G2Eak4WdvUzjSJSm0vG72crDCqb8=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.5 h1:vOB/HbEMt9QqBqErz07QehcOKHaWFtuj87tTDVz2qXE=
-github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.1/go.mod h1:L2yAIGWB3H+phAw1NxKwWM+7eUH/lU8pOMm5hHcoops=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.5/go.mod h1:C9JqLr3tIYjDOZpzn+BCuxY8z8vmca43EeMgyZt7irw=
 github.com/go-chi/cors v1.2.2 h1:Jmey33TE+b+rB7fT8MUy1u0I4L+NARQlK6LhzKPSyQE=
 github.com/go-chi/cors v1.2.2/go.mod h1:sSbTewc+6wYHBBCW7ytsFSn836hqM7JxpglAy2Vzc58=
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 h1:J6MZopCL4uSllY1OfXM374weqZFFItUbrImctkmUxIA=

internal/db/auth.go

@@ -64,14 +64,12 @@ func (database *Database) RegisterUser(
 
 	sessionID, _ := res.LastInsertId()
 
-	tokenHash := hashToken(token)
-
 	clientRes, err := transaction.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO clients
 		 (uuid, session_id, token,
 		  created_at, last_seen)
 		 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
-		clientUUID, sessionID, tokenHash, now, now)
+		clientUUID, sessionID, token, now, now)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = transaction.Rollback()
 
@@ -139,14 +137,12 @@ func (database *Database) LoginUser(
 
 	now := time.Now()
 
-	tokenHash := hashToken(token)
-
 	res, err := database.conn.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO clients
 		 (uuid, session_id, token,
 		  created_at, last_seen)
 		 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
-		clientUUID, sessionID, tokenHash, now, now)
+		clientUUID, sessionID, token, now, now)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, "", fmt.Errorf(
 			"create login client: %w", err,

internal/db/errors.go

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Package db provides database access and migration management.
-package db
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-
-	"modernc.org/sqlite"
-	sqlite3 "modernc.org/sqlite/lib"
-)
-
-// IsUniqueConstraintError reports whether err is a SQLite
-// unique-constraint violation.
-func IsUniqueConstraintError(err error) bool {
-	var sqliteErr *sqlite.Error
-	if !errors.As(err, &sqliteErr) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return sqliteErr.Code() == sqlite3.SQLITE_CONSTRAINT_UNIQUE
-}

internal/db/queries.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package db
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -32,14 +31,6 @@ func generateToken() (string, error) {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
 }
 
-// hashToken returns the lowercase hex-encoded SHA-256
-// digest of a plaintext token string.
-func hashToken(token string) string {
-	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(token))
-
-	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
-}
-
 // IRCMessage is the IRC envelope for all messages.
 type IRCMessage struct {
 	ID      string          `json:"id"`
@@ -114,14 +105,12 @@ func (database *Database) CreateSession(
 
 	sessionID, _ := res.LastInsertId()
 
-	tokenHash := hashToken(token)
-
 	clientRes, err := transaction.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO clients
 		 (uuid, session_id, token,
 		  created_at, last_seen)
 		 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
-		clientUUID, sessionID, tokenHash, now, now)
+		clientUUID, sessionID, token, now, now)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = transaction.Rollback()
 
@@ -154,8 +143,6 @@ func (database *Database) GetSessionByToken(
 		nick      string
 	)
 
-	tokenHash := hashToken(token)
-
 	err := database.conn.QueryRowContext(
 		ctx,
 		`SELECT s.id, c.id, s.nick
@@ -163,7 +150,7 @@ func (database *Database) GetSessionByToken(
 		 INNER JOIN sessions s
 		   ON s.id = c.session_id
 		 WHERE c.token = ?`,
-		tokenHash,
+		token,
 	).Scan(&sessionID, &clientID, &nick)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, "", fmt.Errorf(

internal/handlers/api.go

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/internal/db"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/internal/irc"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 )
 
 var validNickRe = regexp.MustCompile(
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleCreateSessionError(
 	request *http.Request,
 	err error,
 ) {
-	if db.IsUniqueConstraintError(err) {
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "UNIQUE") {
 		hdlr.respondError(
 			writer, request,
 			"nick already taken",
@@ -1428,7 +1427,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) executeNickChange(
 		request.Context(), sessionID, newNick,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		if db.IsUniqueConstraintError(err) {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "UNIQUE") {
 			hdlr.respondIRCError(
 				writer, request, clientID, sessionID,
 				irc.ErrNicknameInUse, nick, []string{newNick},
@@ -2394,7 +2393,6 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) HandleServerInfo() http.HandlerFunc {
 
 		hdlr.respondJSON(writer, request, map[string]any{
 			"name":  hdlr.params.Config.ServerName,
-			"version": hdlr.params.Globals.Version,
 			"motd":  hdlr.params.Config.MOTD,
 			"users": users,
 		}, http.StatusOK)

internal/handlers/auth.go

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
-
-	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/internal/db"
 )
 
 const minPasswordLength = 8
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleRegisterError(
 	request *http.Request,
 	err error,
 ) {
-	if db.IsUniqueConstraintError(err) {
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "UNIQUE") {
 		hdlr.respondError(
 			writer, request,
 			"nick already taken",

internal/middleware/middleware.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/internal/globals"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/internal/logger"
 	basicauth "github.com/99designs/basicauth-go"
-	chimw "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
+	chimw "github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
 	"github.com/go-chi/cors"
 	metrics "github.com/slok/go-http-metrics/metrics/prometheus"
 	ghmm "github.com/slok/go-http-metrics/middleware"
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ func (mware *Middleware) CORS() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
+// Auth returns middleware that performs authentication.
+func (mware *Middleware) Auth() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(
+			func(
+				writer http.ResponseWriter,
+				request *http.Request,
+			) {
+				mware.log.Info("AUTH: before request")
+				next.ServeHTTP(writer, request)
+			})
+	}
+}
+
 // Metrics returns middleware that records HTTP metrics.
 func (mware *Middleware) Metrics() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	metricsMiddleware := ghmm.New(ghmm.Config{ //nolint:exhaustruct // optional fields
@@ -166,36 +180,3 @@ func (mware *Middleware) MetricsAuth() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// cspPolicy is the Content-Security-Policy header value applied to all
-// responses.  The embedded SPA loads scripts and styles from same-origin
-// files only (no inline scripts or inline style attributes), so a strict
-// policy works without 'unsafe-inline'.
-const cspPolicy = "default-src 'self'; " +
-	"script-src 'self'; " +
-	"style-src 'self'; " +
-	"connect-src 'self'; " +
-	"img-src 'self'; " +
-	"font-src 'self'; " +
-	"object-src 'none'; " +
-	"frame-ancestors 'none'; " +
-	"base-uri 'self'; " +
-	"form-action 'self'"
-
-// CSP returns middleware that sets the Content-Security-Policy header on
-// every response for defense-in-depth against XSS.
-func (mware *Middleware) CSP() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		return http.HandlerFunc(
-			func(
-				writer http.ResponseWriter,
-				request *http.Request,
-			) {
-				writer.Header().Set(
-					"Content-Security-Policy",
-					cspPolicy,
-				)
-				next.ServeHTTP(writer, request)
-			})
-	}
-}

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/web"
 
 	sentryhttp "github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/http"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ func (srv *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 	}
 
 	srv.router.Use(srv.mw.CORS())
-	srv.router.Use(srv.mw.CSP())
 	srv.router.Use(middleware.Timeout(routeTimeout))
 
 	if srv.sentryEnabled {

internal/server/server.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
 
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 
 	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload" // loads .env file
 )