Stop startup when a setting does not parse (closes #219)

config.New read the number and true/false settings with viper's
GetInt, GetFloat64 and GetBool. These return zero or false for a value
that does not parse, so a typo silently changed how the server ran.

config.New now parses these settings with strconv and checks the
duration settings with time.ParseDuration. Each number and duration
must also be finite and above zero. PORT and NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS may
be zero: port 0 lets the system pick a port, and 0 bits turns proof of
work off. A bad value makes config.New return an error naming the
setting and its value, and startup stops. Unset settings keep their
defaults.

Model: opus-5-5

.golangci.yml

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ linters:
               desc: >-
                 Test-support code belongs in test files and in packages whose
                 directory name ends in test, not in the shipped binary.
+            - pkg: sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/dbtest
+              desc: >-
+                Test-support code belongs in test files and in packages whose
+                directory name ends in test, not in the shipped binary.
     # Only decisions already recorded in the Go package defaults are
     # listed here. Every entry matches the module path exactly.
     gomodguard_v2:

README.md

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ For users who want to access the same session from multiple devices:
 - **Set password via IRC PASS command**: the authenticated client sends
   `POST /api/v1/messages` with `{"command":"PASS","body":["mypassword"]}`. The
   server hashes the password with bcrypt and stores it on the session. Password
-  must be at least 8 characters.
+  must be 8 to 72 bytes.
 - **Login from another client**: `POST /api/v1/login` with nick and password →
   server verifies the password, creates a new client for the existing session,
   and sets an auth cookie. Channel memberships are shared; the new client gets
@@ -268,10 +268,15 @@ rules). Case-sensitive comparison is unambiguous.
 A single user session can have multiple clients (phone, laptop, terminal).
 
 - Each client gets a **separate server-to-client (S2C) message queue**.
-- The server fans out messages and events from other users, and the user's own
-  DMs and the channel messages it sends over the HTTP API, to every client queue
-  for that user session. Replies to a command (numerics) go only to the client
-  that sent it.
+- The server fans out messages and events from other users to every client queue
+  for that user session.
+- When the user sends a `PRIVMSG`, `NOTICE`, `JOIN`, `PART`, `NICK`, `TOPIC`,
+  `MODE` or `KICK` from one of its clients, the resulting event goes to every
+  client queue of the user's own session, as well as to the other users it is
+  meant for. The one exception is an IRC listener connection that sent the
+  command, which gets nothing queued for it: it has already sent its user the
+  echo, or, for `PRIVMSG` and `NOTICE`, IRC sends none.
+- Replies to a command (numerics) go only to the client that sent it.
 - `GET /api/v1/messages` delivers from the calling client's specific queue,
   identified by the auth cookie.
 - Client queues have **independent expiry/pruning** — one client going offline
@@ -744,7 +749,7 @@ Leave a channel.
 {"command": "PART", "to": "#general", "body": ["goodbye"]}
 ```
 
-**S2C (broadcast to the other channel members):**
+**S2C (broadcast to all channel members, including the departing user):**
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -760,9 +765,8 @@ Leave a channel.
 
 **Behavior:**
 
-- The PART event goes to the other channel members, not to the departing user;
-  the HTTP response confirms the part. (The IRC listener echoes the PART to its
-  own connection.)
+- The PART event goes to every channel member, the departing user's own clients
+  included. (An IRC listener connection that sends a PART echoes it itself.)
 - If the channel is empty after the user leaves, the channel is **deleted**
   (ephemeral channels).
 - If the user is not in the channel, the server returns an error.
@@ -835,10 +839,11 @@ Set a password on the current session, enabling multi-client login via
 
 **Behavior:**
 
-- `body[0]` is the password. Must be at least 8 characters.
+- `body[0]` is the password. Must be 8 to 72 bytes; bcrypt cannot hash a longer
+  one.
 - On success, the server responds with `{"status": "ok"}`.
-- If the password is too short or missing, the server sends ERR_NEEDMOREPARAMS
-  (461) via the message queue.
+- If the password is too short, too long or missing, the server sends
+  ERR_NEEDMOREPARAMS (461) via the message queue.
 - Calling PASS again overwrites the previous password.
 - Once a password is set, `POST /api/v1/login` can be used with the nick and
   password to create additional clients on the same session.
@@ -1018,9 +1023,8 @@ On the IRC listener, `MODE #channel <modes> [values...]` takes several letters
 in one string, e.g. `MODE #general +mt-i` or `MODE #general +ov alice bob`. It
 accepts `i`, `m`, `n`, `s`, `t`, `o` and `v` (with a nick) and `H` (with bits
 from 1 to 40 when setting), but not `b`, `k` or `l`. A letter whose value is
-missing is skipped. The changes made are echoed to the operator's connection and
-also sent to every channel member, the operator included, as one `MODE` line,
-e.g. `+o-v alice bob`.
+missing is skipped. The changes made are sent to every channel member as one
+`MODE` line, e.g. `+o-v alice bob`; the operator gets that line once.
 
 **Channel errors:**
 
@@ -1404,7 +1408,8 @@ Include the hashcash stamp in the `meta` field:
 **Server validation:** The server checks that the stamp is well-formed, meets
 the required difficulty, is bound to the correct channel and message body, has a
 recent date, and has not been previously used. Spent stamps are cached for 1
-year to prevent replay attacks.
+year to prevent replay attacks. The stamp is checked after membership, bans and
+`+m`, so a message refused for one of those does not spend it.
 
 **Error responses:** If the channel requires hashcash and the stamp is missing,
 invalid, or replayed, the server returns `ERR_CANNOTSENDTOCHAN (404)` with a
@@ -2606,7 +2611,7 @@ listener.
 | Variable               | Type   | Default                                                                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | ---------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `PORT`                 | int    | `8080`                                                                                 | HTTP listen port                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
-| `DBURL`                | string | `file:///var/lib/neoirc/state.db?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)` | SQLite connection string. For file-based: `file:///path/to/db.db?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)`. For in-memory (testing): `file::memory:?cache=shared`. See [SQLite Considerations](#sqlite-considerations).                                                     |
+| `DBURL`                | string | `file:///var/lib/neoirc/state.db?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)` | SQLite connection string. For file-based: `file:///path/to/db.db?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)`. For in-memory (testing): `file::memory:?cache=shared`. It must not set `foreign_keys`. See [SQLite Considerations](#sqlite-considerations).                     |
 | `DEBUG`                | bool   | `false`                                                                                | Switch logging to debug level                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `MESSAGE_MAX_AGE`      | string | `720h`                                                                                 | Maximum age of messages as a Go duration string (e.g. `720h`, `24h`). Messages older than this are pruned. Default is 30 days.                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT` | string | `720h`                                                                                 | Idle timeout as a Go duration string (e.g. `720h`, `24h`). Clients with no authenticated HTTP API request or IRC listener command for this long are removed, and a session left with none is expired and its nick released (see [Data Lifecycle](#data-lifecycle)). Default is 30 days. |
@@ -2677,9 +2682,11 @@ IRC_LISTEN_ADDR: ""
 
 - **Wire format**: CR-LF delimited lines, max 512 bytes per line
 - **Connection registration**: Clients must send `NICK` and `USER` to register.
-  An optional `PASS` before registration sets the session password (minimum 8
-  characters). Registering creates a session without a hashcash stamp; closing
-  the connection ends the session, as `QUIT` does.
+  An optional `PASS` before registration sets the session password (8 to 72
+  bytes); one outside that range is refused with a `NOTICE` once registration
+  completes, as `PASS` after registration is. Registering creates a session
+  without a hashcash stamp; closing the connection ends the session, as `QUIT`
+  does.
 - **PING**: a connection that sends nothing for 90 seconds is sent a `PING`, and
   is closed if it sends nothing in the 30 seconds after that; any line, such as
   the client's `PONG`, starts both waits again.
@@ -2716,7 +2723,9 @@ Each line of a multi-line `body` reaches an IRC listener user as its own
 is sent, so it cannot start a line of its own. A mode change made over the HTTP
 API reaches IRC listener members as an IRC `MODE` line with its value as a
 separate parameter, e.g. `MODE #general +k secretpass` or
-`MODE #general +o bob`.
+`MODE #general +o bob`. An `INVITE` from either transport reaches the invited
+IRC listener user as an IRC `INVITE` line from the inviter, e.g.
+`:alice!alice@* INVITE bob #general`.
 
 ### Docker Usage
 
@@ -3084,6 +3093,10 @@ limits that punish shared networks.
     - Stamp has not been used before (replay prevention; the spent stamps are
       kept in memory, so a restart forgets them)
 
+    The stamp is spent only when the session is created. A request refused with
+    400 or 409 leaves it unspent, and the client can send the same stamp again
+    with another nick or username.
+
 ### Stamp Format
 
 Standard hashcash format:
@@ -3156,12 +3169,13 @@ creating one session pays once and keeps their session.
 ### Why Hashcash and Not Rate Limits?
 
 - **Little state to track**: No IP tables, no token buckets, no sliding windows.
-  The server verifies a single hash and remembers the stamps already spent.
+  The server hashes the stamp and remembers the stamps already spent.
 - **Works through NATs and proxies**: Doesn't punish shared IPs (university
   campuses, corporate networks, Tor exits). Every client computes their own
   proof independently.
 - **Cost falls on the requester**: The server's verification cost is constant
-  (one SHA-256 hash) regardless of difficulty. Only the client does more work.
+  regardless of difficulty: at most two SHA-256 hashes of the stamp per session
+  request, one to check it and one to spend it. Only the client does more work.
 - **Fits the "no accounts" philosophy**: Proof-of-work is the cost of entry. No
   registration, no email, no phone number, no CAPTCHA. Just compute.
 - **Language-agnostic**: SHA-256 is available in every programming language. The
@@ -3328,6 +3342,7 @@ neoirc/
 │   │   └── schema/
 │   │       ├── 000.sql     # schema_migrations bootstrap
 │   │       └── 001_initial.sql
+│   ├── dbtest/             # Gives each test its own database; only tests import it
 │   ├── globals/            # Application-wide metadata
 │   │   └── globals.go
 │   ├── handlers/           # HTTP request handlers

internal/cli/api/client.go

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ const (
 	httpErrThreshold = 400
 )
 
-var errHTTP = errors.New("HTTP error")
+var (
+	errHTTP        = errors.New("HTTP error")
+	errJoinRefused = errors.New("the server refused the join")
+)
 
 // Client wraps HTTP calls to the neoirc server API.
 type Client struct {
@@ -206,13 +209,35 @@ func (client *Client) PollMessages(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// JoinChannel joins a channel.
+// JoinChannel joins a channel. It returns an error unless the
+// server answers that the session joined. When the server
+// refuses the join, it sends the reason to the message queue as
+// an error numeric.
 func (client *Client) JoinChannel(channel string) error {
-	return client.SendMessage(
+	data, err := client.do(
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/messages",
 		&Message{ //nolint:exhaustruct // only command+to needed
 			Command: irc.CmdJoin, To: channel,
 		},
 	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var resp struct {
+		Status string `json:"status"`
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("decode join: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if resp.Status != "joined" {
+		return errJoinRefused
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // PartChannel leaves a channel.

internal/cli/api/client_test.go

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func TestCreateSessionSendsNickAndStamp(t *testing.T) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		err = validator.Validate(payload.Hashcash, stampBits)
+		err = validator.Claim(payload.Hashcash, stampBits)
 		if err != nil {
 			writer.WriteHeader(http.StatusPaymentRequired)
 

internal/cli/app.go

@@ -96,20 +96,7 @@ func (a *App) handleInput(text string) {
 		a.ui.AddStatus(
 			"[red]Send error: " + err.Error(),
 		)
-
-		return
 	}
-
-	timestamp := time.Now().Format(timeFormat)
-
-	a.mu.Lock()
-	nick := a.nick
-	a.mu.Unlock()
-
-	a.ui.AddLine(target, fmt.Sprintf(
-		"[gray]%s [green]<%s>[white] %s",
-		timestamp, nick, text,
-	))
 }
 
 func (a *App) handleCommand(text string) {
@@ -301,9 +288,6 @@ func (a *App) cmdJoin(channel string) {
 	a.mu.Unlock()
 
 	a.ui.SwitchToBuffer(channel)
-	a.ui.AddLine(channel,
-		"[yellow]*** Joined "+channel,
-	)
 	a.ui.SetStatus(nick, channel, "connected")
 }
 
@@ -338,10 +322,6 @@ func (a *App) cmdPart(channel string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	a.ui.AddLine(channel,
-		"[yellow]*** Left "+channel,
-	)
-
 	a.mu.Lock()
 	if a.target == channel {
 		a.target = ""
@@ -368,7 +348,6 @@ func (a *App) cmdMsg(args string) {
 
 	a.mu.Lock()
 	connected := a.connected
-	nick := a.nick
 	a.mu.Unlock()
 
 	if !connected {
@@ -386,16 +365,7 @@ func (a *App) cmdMsg(args string) {
 		a.ui.AddStatus(fmt.Sprintf(
 			"[red]Send failed: %v", err,
 		))
-
-		return
 	}
-
-	timestamp := time.Now().Format(timeFormat)
-
-	a.ui.AddLine(target, fmt.Sprintf(
-		"[gray]%s [green]<%s>[white] %s",
-		timestamp, nick, text,
-	))
 }
 
 func (a *App) cmdQuery(nick string) {
@@ -757,7 +727,7 @@ func (a *App) handleServerMessage(msg *api.Message) {
 	case irc.CmdJoin:
 		a.handleJoinEvent(msg, timestamp)
 	case irc.CmdPart:
-		a.handlePartEvent(msg, timestamp)
+		a.handlePartEvent(msg, timestamp, myNick)
 	case irc.CmdQuit:
 		a.handleQuitEvent(msg, timestamp)
 	case irc.CmdNick:
@@ -785,12 +755,10 @@ func (a *App) handlePrivmsgEvent(
 	lines := msg.BodyLines()
 	text := strings.Join(lines, " ")
 
-	if msg.From == myNick {
-		return
-	}
-
+	// A direct message shows in the buffer of the other user:
+	// the recipient of one the user sent, else the sender.
 	target := msg.To
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(target, "#") {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(target, "#") && msg.From != myNick {
 		target = msg.From
 	}
 
@@ -813,8 +781,11 @@ func (a *App) handleJoinEvent(
 	))
 }
 
+// handlePartEvent shows a part in the channel's buffer. The
+// user's own part does not mark the channel unread: the user
+// has just left it.
 func (a *App) handlePartEvent(
-	msg *api.Message, timestamp string,
+	msg *api.Message, timestamp, myNick string,
 ) {
 	if msg.To == "" {
 		return
@@ -823,17 +794,22 @@ func (a *App) handlePartEvent(
 	lines := msg.BodyLines()
 	reason := strings.Join(lines, " ")
 
+	line := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"[gray]%s [yellow]*** %s has left %s",
+		timestamp, msg.From, msg.To,
+	)
+
 	if reason != "" {
-		a.ui.AddLine(msg.To, fmt.Sprintf(
-			"[gray]%s [yellow]*** %s has left %s (%s)",
-			timestamp, msg.From, msg.To, reason,
-		))
-	} else {
-		a.ui.AddLine(msg.To, fmt.Sprintf(
-			"[gray]%s [yellow]*** %s has left %s",
-			timestamp, msg.From, msg.To,
-		))
+		line += " (" + reason + ")"
 	}
+
+	if msg.From == myNick {
+		a.ui.AddLineAsRead(msg.To, line)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	a.ui.AddLine(msg.To, line)
 }
 
 func (a *App) handleQuitEvent(

internal/cli/app_internal_test.go

@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
 	api "sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/cli/api"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/pkg/irc"
+)
+
+// The user's nick, a channel it is in, another user's nick and
+// a message text, for the tests below.
+const (
+	testNick      = "erin"
+	testChannel   = "#chan"
+	testOtherNick = "bob"
+	testText      = "hello"
 )
 
 func TestMemberPrefix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,3 +63,275 @@ func TestMemberPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPartEvent checks that a PART event adds a line to the
+// channel's buffer and marks it unread, except that the
+// user's own part does not mark it unread.
+func TestPartEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		from       string
+		wantUnread int
+	}{
+		{name: "own part", from: testNick, wantUnread: 0},
+		{name: "other member", from: testOtherNick, wantUnread: 1},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			app := &App{ui: NewUI(), nick: testNick}
+			runUI(t, app.ui)
+
+			app.handleServerMessage(&api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: test.from, To: testChannel,
+			})
+
+			lines, unread := bufferState(app.ui, testChannel)
+			if lines != 1 || unread != test.wantUnread {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d lines and %d unread, want 1 and %d",
+					lines, unread, test.wantUnread)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestOwnCommandShownOnce checks that a message, join or
+// part made from neoirc-cli shows as one line in the
+// channel's buffer once the server's event for it arrives,
+// and does not mark the channel unread.
+func TestOwnCommandShownOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		send  func(app *App)
+		event api.Message
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "message",
+			send: func(app *App) { app.handleInput(testText) },
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPrivmsg, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "join",
+			send: func(app *App) { app.cmdJoin(testChannel) },
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdJoin, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "part",
+			send: func(app *App) { app.cmdPart(testChannel) },
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			// The server accepts every command. Only the response
+			// to a JOIN is read, and it says the session joined.
+			server := newServer(t, `{"status": "joined"}`)
+
+			app := &App{
+				ui:        NewUI(),
+				client:    api.NewClient(server.URL),
+				nick:      testNick,
+				target:    testChannel,
+				connected: true,
+			}
+			runUI(t, app.ui)
+			app.ui.SwitchToBuffer(testChannel)
+
+			test.send(app)
+			app.handleServerMessage(&test.event)
+
+			lines, unread := bufferState(app.ui, testChannel)
+			if lines != 1 || unread != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d lines and %d unread, want 1 and 0",
+					lines, unread)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJoinResponse checks that /join switches to the channel's
+// buffer and makes it the target only when the server answers
+// that the session joined.
+func TestJoinResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		response string
+		// The buffer shown and the target after the join.
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "joined",
+			response: `{"status": "joined", "channel": "#chan"}`,
+			want:     testChannel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "refused",
+			response: `{"status": "error"}`,
+			want:     testOtherNick,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			app := &App{
+				ui:        NewUI(),
+				client:    api.NewClient(newServer(t, test.response).URL),
+				nick:      testNick,
+				target:    testOtherNick,
+				connected: true,
+			}
+			runUI(t, app.ui)
+			app.ui.SwitchToBuffer(testOtherNick)
+
+			app.cmdJoin(testChannel)
+
+			var shown string
+
+			app.ui.app.QueueUpdate(func() {
+				shown = app.ui.buffers[app.ui.currentBuffer].Name
+			})
+
+			if shown != test.want || app.target != test.want {
+				t.Fatalf("got buffer %s and target %s, want %s",
+					shown, app.target, test.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestOwnEventFromOtherClient checks that a message, notice,
+// join or part that the user's session makes from another
+// client shows as one line in the buffer it belongs to.
+func TestOwnEventFromOtherClient(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		event  api.Message
+		buffer string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "channel message",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPrivmsg, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+			buffer: testChannel,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "direct message",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPrivmsg, From: testNick, To: testOtherNick,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+			buffer: testOtherNick,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "notice",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdNotice, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+			buffer: "(status)",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "join",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdJoin, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+			buffer: testChannel,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "part",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+			buffer: testChannel,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			app := &App{ui: NewUI(), nick: testNick}
+			runUI(t, app.ui)
+
+			app.handleServerMessage(&test.event)
+
+			lines, _ := bufferState(app.ui, test.buffer)
+			if lines != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d lines in %s, want 1", lines, test.buffer)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// bufferState returns the number of lines in the named
+// buffer and how many of them are unread.
+func bufferState(ui *UI, name string) (int, int) {
+	var lines, unread int
+
+	ui.app.QueueUpdate(func() {
+		buf := ui.getOrCreateBuffer(name)
+		lines = len(buf.Lines)
+		unread = buf.Unread
+	})
+
+	return lines, unread
+}
+
+// newServer starts a server that answers every request with
+// body until the test ends.
+func newServer(t *testing.T, body string) *httptest.Server {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(writer http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			_, _ = io.WriteString(writer, body)
+		},
+	))
+	t.Cleanup(server.Close)
+
+	return server
+}
+
+// runUI runs ui on a simulated screen until the test ends.
+func runUI(t *testing.T, ui *UI) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	ui.app.SetScreen(tcell.NewSimulationScreen(""))
+
+	done := make(chan error)
+
+	go func() { done <- ui.Run() }()
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		ui.Stop()
+
+		err := <-done
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("run ui: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+}

internal/cli/ui.go

@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ func (ui *UI) AddLine(bufferName, line string) {
 	})
 }
 
+// AddLineAsRead adds a line to the specified buffer, as
+// AddLine does, but does not mark the buffer unread.
+func (ui *UI) AddLineAsRead(bufferName, line string) {
+	ui.app.QueueUpdateDraw(func() {
+		buf := ui.getOrCreateBuffer(bufferName)
+		buf.Lines = append(buf.Lines, line)
+
+		if ui.buffers[ui.currentBuffer] == buf {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(ui.messages, line)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // AddStatus adds a line to the status buffer.
 func (ui *UI) AddStatus(line string) {
 	ts := time.Now().Format("15:04")

internal/config/config.go

@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"math"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@ Type /help for available commands.`
 const DefaultDBURL = "file:///var/lib/neoirc/state.db" +
 	"?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)"
 
+var errOutOfRange = errors.New("setting out of range")
+
 // Params defines the dependencies for creating a Config.
 type Params struct {
 	fx.In
@@ -63,6 +69,8 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 // New creates a new Config by reading from files and environment variables.
+// It returns an error when a number, true/false or duration setting does
+// not parse or is out of range.
 func New(
 	_ fx.Lifecycle, params Params,
 ) (*Config, error) {
@@ -107,29 +115,27 @@ func New(
 
 	cfg := &Config{
 		DBURL:              viper.GetString("DBURL"),
-		Debug:              viper.GetBool("DEBUG"),
-		Port:               viper.GetInt("PORT"),
 		SentryDSN:          viper.GetString("SENTRY_DSN"),
-		MaintenanceMode:    viper.GetBool("MAINTENANCE_MODE"),
 		MetricsUsername:    viper.GetString("METRICS_USERNAME"),
 		MetricsPassword:    viper.GetString("METRICS_PASSWORD"),
 		MessageMaxAge:      viper.GetString("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE"),
-		MaxMessageSize:     viper.GetInt("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE"),
 		QueueMaxAge:        viper.GetString("QUEUE_MAX_AGE"),
 		MOTD:               viper.GetString("MOTD"),
 		ServerName:         viper.GetString("SERVER_NAME"),
 		FederationKey:      viper.GetString("FEDERATION_KEY"),
 		SessionIdleTimeout: viper.GetString("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT"),
-		HashcashBits:       viper.GetInt("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS"),
 		OperName:           viper.GetString("NEOIRC_OPER_NAME"),
 		OperPassword:       viper.GetString("NEOIRC_OPER_PASSWORD"),
-		LoginRateLimit:     viper.GetFloat64("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT"),
-		LoginRateBurst:     viper.GetInt("LOGIN_RATE_BURST"),
 		IRCListenAddr:      viper.GetString("IRC_LISTEN_ADDR"),
 		log:                log,
 		params:             &params,
 	}
 
+	err = parseSettings(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// Viper counts an empty environment variable as unset, but an
 	// empty IRC_LISTEN_ADDR must turn the IRC listener off.
 	ircListenAddr, set := os.LookupEnv("IRC_LISTEN_ADDR")
@@ -144,3 +150,93 @@ func New(
 
 	return cfg, nil
 }
+
+// parseSettings reads the number and true/false settings into cfg and
+// checks the duration settings. Each number and duration must be above
+// zero. PORT and NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS may also be zero: port 0 lets the
+// system pick a port, and 0 bits turns proof of work off. The error
+// names each setting that does not parse or is out of range.
+func parseSettings(cfg *Config) error {
+	return errors.Join(
+		parseInt("PORT", 0, &cfg.Port),
+		parseInt("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", 1, &cfg.MaxMessageSize),
+		parseInt("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", 0, &cfg.HashcashBits),
+		parseInt("LOGIN_RATE_BURST", 1, &cfg.LoginRateBurst),
+		parseFloat("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", &cfg.LoginRateLimit),
+		parseBool("DEBUG", &cfg.Debug),
+		parseBool("MAINTENANCE_MODE", &cfg.MaintenanceMode),
+		checkDuration("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", cfg.MessageMaxAge),
+		checkDuration("QUEUE_MAX_AGE", cfg.QueueMaxAge),
+		checkDuration("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", cfg.SessionIdleTimeout),
+	)
+}
+
+// parseInt sets *value to the setting key read as a whole number. It
+// returns an error when the value does not parse or is below minimum.
+func parseInt(key string, minimum int, value *int) error {
+	raw := viper.GetString(key)
+
+	parsed, err := strconv.Atoi(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
+	}
+
+	if parsed < minimum {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s is %s, but must be at least %d",
+			errOutOfRange, key, raw, minimum)
+	}
+
+	*value = parsed
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// parseFloat sets *value to the setting key read as a decimal number. It
+// returns an error when the value does not parse or is not a finite
+// number above zero.
+func parseFloat(key string, value *float64) error {
+	raw := viper.GetString(key)
+
+	parsed, err := strconv.ParseFloat(raw, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
+	}
+
+	if math.IsNaN(parsed) || math.IsInf(parsed, 0) || parsed <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"%w: %s is %s, but must be a finite number above zero",
+			errOutOfRange, key, raw)
+	}
+
+	*value = parsed
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// parseBool sets *value to the setting key read as true or false.
+func parseBool(key string, value *bool) error {
+	parsed, err := strconv.ParseBool(viper.GetString(key))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
+	}
+
+	*value = parsed
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// checkDuration returns an error naming the setting key when value is
+// not a Go duration above zero.
+func checkDuration(key, value string) error {
+	duration, err := time.ParseDuration(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
+	}
+
+	if duration <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s is %s, but must be above zero",
+			errOutOfRange, key, value)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config_test
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/logger"
 )
 
-func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
+// loadConfig runs config.New and returns its result.
+func loadConfig(t *testing.T) (*config.Config, error) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	globs := &globals.Globals{
@@ -24,9 +26,15 @@ func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	cfg, err := config.New(
+	return config.New(
 		nil, config.Params{Globals: globs, Logger: log},
 	)
+}
+
+func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	cfg, err := loadConfig(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -34,6 +42,143 @@ func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
 	return cfg
 }
 
+func TestUnsetSettingsKeepDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	// Viper counts an empty environment variable as unset.
+	t.Setenv("PORT", "")
+	t.Setenv("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", "")
+	t.Setenv("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", "")
+	t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_BURST", "")
+	t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", "")
+	t.Setenv("DEBUG", "")
+	t.Setenv("MAINTENANCE_MODE", "")
+	t.Setenv("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", "")
+	t.Setenv("QUEUE_MAX_AGE", "")
+	t.Setenv("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", "")
+
+	// Each duration setting defaults to 30 days.
+	const thirtyDays = "720h"
+
+	want := settings{
+		Port:               8080,
+		MaxMessageSize:     4096,
+		HashcashBits:       20,
+		LoginRateBurst:     5,
+		LoginRateLimit:     1,
+		Debug:              false,
+		MaintenanceMode:    false,
+		MessageMaxAge:      thirtyDays,
+		QueueMaxAge:        thirtyDays,
+		SessionIdleTimeout: thirtyDays,
+	}
+
+	got := settingsOf(newConfig(t))
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("settings = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidSettingsAreUsed(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("PORT", "9000")
+	t.Setenv("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", "1024")
+	t.Setenv("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", "0")
+	t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_BURST", "10")
+	t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", "0.5")
+	t.Setenv("DEBUG", "true")
+	t.Setenv("MAINTENANCE_MODE", "true")
+	t.Setenv("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", "24h")
+	t.Setenv("QUEUE_MAX_AGE", "1h30m")
+	t.Setenv("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", "45m")
+
+	want := settings{
+		Port:               9000,
+		MaxMessageSize:     1024,
+		HashcashBits:       0,
+		LoginRateBurst:     10,
+		LoginRateLimit:     0.5,
+		Debug:              true,
+		MaintenanceMode:    true,
+		MessageMaxAge:      "24h",
+		QueueMaxAge:        "1h30m",
+		SessionIdleTimeout: "45m",
+	}
+
+	got := settingsOf(newConfig(t))
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("settings = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+// settings holds the Config fields whose settings config.New parses.
+type settings struct {
+	Port               int
+	MaxMessageSize     int
+	HashcashBits       int
+	LoginRateBurst     int
+	LoginRateLimit     float64
+	Debug              bool
+	MaintenanceMode    bool
+	MessageMaxAge      string
+	QueueMaxAge        string
+	SessionIdleTimeout string
+}
+
+func settingsOf(cfg *config.Config) settings {
+	return settings{
+		Port:               cfg.Port,
+		MaxMessageSize:     cfg.MaxMessageSize,
+		HashcashBits:       cfg.HashcashBits,
+		LoginRateBurst:     cfg.LoginRateBurst,
+		LoginRateLimit:     cfg.LoginRateLimit,
+		Debug:              cfg.Debug,
+		MaintenanceMode:    cfg.MaintenanceMode,
+		MessageMaxAge:      cfg.MessageMaxAge,
+		QueueMaxAge:        cfg.QueueMaxAge,
+		SessionIdleTimeout: cfg.SessionIdleTimeout,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBadSettingStopsStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	// For each setting, the first value does not parse and the others
+	// parse but are out of range.
+	tests := []struct {
+		key    string
+		values []string
+	}{
+		{key: "PORT", values: []string{"80a", "-1"}},
+		{key: "MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", values: []string{"4k", "0", "-4096"}},
+		{key: "NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", values: []string{"twenty", "-1"}},
+		{key: "LOGIN_RATE_BURST", values: []string{"five", "0", "-5"}},
+		{key: "LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", values: []string{
+			"fast", "0", "-1", "NaN", "Inf", "-Inf",
+		}},
+		{key: "DEBUG", values: []string{"yes"}},
+		{key: "MAINTENANCE_MODE", values: []string{"on"}},
+		{key: "MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", values: []string{"30d", "0", "-1h"}},
+		{key: "QUEUE_MAX_AGE", values: []string{"720", "0s", "-24h"}},
+		{key: "SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", values: []string{"a month", "0", "-1m"}},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		for _, value := range test.values {
+			t.Run(test.key+"="+value, func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Setenv(test.key, value)
+
+				_, err := loadConfig(t)
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Fatalf("%s=%q: got no error", test.key, value)
+				}
+
+				msg := err.Error()
+				if !strings.Contains(msg, test.key) ||
+					!strings.Contains(msg, value) {
+					t.Errorf("error %q does not name %s and %q",
+						msg, test.key, value)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIRCListenAddrUnsetKeepsDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	// t.Setenv puts back whatever value was there after the test.
 	t.Setenv("IRC_LISTEN_ADDR", "")

internal/db/db.go

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"embed"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net/url"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ import (
 
 const minMigrationParts = 2
 
+var errForeignKeysInDBURL = errors.New(
+	"DBURL must not set foreign_keys, which the server always turns on",
+)
+
 // SchemaFiles contains embedded SQL migration files.
 //
 //go:embed schema/*.sql
@@ -90,6 +96,33 @@ func (database *Database) connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 		dbURL = config.DefaultDBURL
 	}
 
+	// SQLite keeps the foreign keys setting per connection. The driver
+	// runs each _pragma parameter on every connection it opens. So the
+	// one added below also covers the connection the pool opens after
+	// a cancelled query breaks the old one. A foreign_keys pragma in
+	// DBURL could undo it, because the driver sorts the pragmas.
+	_, query, hasQuery := strings.Cut(dbURL, "?")
+
+	urlParams, err := url.ParseQuery(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parse DBURL: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, pragma := range urlParams["_pragma"] {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(pragma), "foreign_keys") {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"%w: _pragma=%s", errForeignKeysInDBURL, pragma,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	separator := "?"
+	if hasQuery {
+		separator = "&"
+	}
+
+	dbURL += separator + "_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"
+
 	database.log.Info(
 		"connecting to database", "url", dbURL,
 	)
@@ -109,13 +142,6 @@ func (database *Database) connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 	database.conn = conn
 	database.log.Info("database connected")
 
-	_, err = database.conn.ExecContext(
-		ctx, "PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON",
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("enable foreign keys: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	return database.runMigrations(ctx)
 }
 

internal/db/db_test.go

@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
 package db_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/fx/fxtest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/config"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/db"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/dbtest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/globals"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/logger"
 )
 
 const wantBusyTimeoutMS = 5000
 
+const (
+	// endlessQuery counts the rows of a recursive query that never
+	// stops, so it runs until its context ends.
+	endlessQuery = `WITH RECURSIVE n(x) AS
+		(SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT x + 1 FROM n)
+		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM n`
+
+	endlessQueryTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
+)
+
 // TestDefaultDBURLSetsWALAndBusyTimeout opens a file database
 // with the default URL's parameters the way the server does,
 // and checks the journal mode and busy timeout it ends up with.
@@ -73,3 +88,191 @@ func TestDefaultDBURLSetsWALAndBusyTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestForeignKeysOnAfterCancelledQuery cancels a query while it
+// runs, which makes the pool close its only connection and open a
+// new one. A TEMP table lasts only as long as its connection, so
+// its absence shows the connection was replaced. The test then
+// checks that the file database keeps its tables and that the new
+// connection has foreign keys on.
+func TestForeignKeysOnAfterCancelledQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	_, defaultParams, _ := strings.Cut(config.DefaultDBURL, "?")
+
+	urlParams := map[string]string{
+		"default parameters": "?" + defaultParams,
+		"no parameters":      "",
+	}
+
+	for name, params := range urlParams {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			dbURL := "file://" +
+				filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "state.db") + params
+
+			database, err := startDatabase(t, dbURL)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			_, err = database.GetDB().ExecContext(
+				t.Context(), "CREATE TEMP TABLE first_connection (x)",
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(
+				t.Context(), endlessQueryTimeout,
+			)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			_, err = database.GetDB().ExecContext(ctx, endlessQuery)
+			if !errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+				t.Fatalf("endless query: err = %v", err)
+			}
+
+			tempTables := queryInt(
+				t, database, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_temp_schema",
+			)
+			if tempTables != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("the pool kept its first connection")
+			}
+
+			migrations := queryInt(
+				t, database, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM schema_migrations",
+			)
+			if migrations == 0 {
+				t.Error("schema_migrations is empty")
+			}
+
+			foreignKeys := queryInt(t, database, "PRAGMA foreign_keys")
+			if foreignKeys != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("foreign_keys = %d, want 1", foreignKeys)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNewURLKeepsDataAfterCancelledQuery cancels a query on a test
+// database while it runs, which makes the pool close its only
+// connection and open a new one. A TEMP table lasts only as long as
+// its connection, so its absence shows the connection was replaced.
+// The database must still have its tables and rows.
+func TestNewURLKeepsDataAfterCancelledQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	database, err := startDatabase(t, dbtest.NewURL(t))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = database.GetOrCreateChannel(t.Context(), "#test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = database.GetDB().ExecContext(
+		t.Context(), "CREATE TEMP TABLE first_connection (x)",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), endlessQueryTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	_, err = database.GetDB().ExecContext(ctx, endlessQuery)
+	if !errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+		t.Fatalf("endless query: err = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tempTables := queryInt(
+		t, database, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_temp_schema",
+	)
+	if tempTables != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("the pool kept its first connection")
+	}
+
+	channels := queryInt(t, database, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM channels")
+	if channels != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("channels = %d, want 1", channels)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDBURLSettingForeignKeysFailsStartup checks that the database
+// refuses to start when DBURL sets foreign_keys itself, however it
+// is spelled.
+func TestDBURLSettingForeignKeysFailsStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pragmas := []string{
+		"foreign_keys(0)",
+		"foreign_keys(off)",
+		"foreign_keys=0",
+		"FOREIGN_KEYS(FALSE)",
+		" Foreign_Keys = 1",
+	}
+
+	for _, pragma := range pragmas {
+		t.Run(pragma, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			dbURL := "file://" +
+				filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "state.db") +
+				"?_pragma=" + url.QueryEscape(pragma)
+
+			_, err := startDatabase(t, dbURL)
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatal("the database started")
+			}
+
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "DBURL") {
+				t.Errorf("error %q does not name DBURL", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// startDatabase starts a Database for dbURL the way the server does.
+// It returns the error that stopped it from starting, if any.
+func startDatabase(t *testing.T, dbURL string) (*db.Database, error) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	lifecycle := fxtest.NewLifecycle(t)
+
+	log, err := logger.New(lifecycle, logger.Params{
+		Globals: &globals.Globals{},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	database, err := db.New(lifecycle, db.Params{
+		Logger: log,
+		Config: &config.Config{DBURL: dbURL},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(lifecycle.RequireStop)
+
+	return database, lifecycle.Start(t.Context())
+}
+
+// queryInt runs a query that returns a single number.
+func queryInt(t *testing.T, database *db.Database, query string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var result int
+
+	err := database.GetDB().QueryRowContext(t.Context(), query).Scan(&result)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}

internal/db/export_test.go

@@ -5,21 +5,16 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
-	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/dbtest"
 )
 
-//nolint:gochecknoglobals // test counter
-var testDBCounter atomic.Int64
-
 // NewTestDatabase creates an in-memory database for testing.
-func NewTestDatabase() (*Database, error) {
-	counter := testDBCounter.Add(1)
+func NewTestDatabase(tb testing.TB) (*Database, error) {
+	tb.Helper()
 
-	dsn := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"file:testdb%d?mode=memory"+
-			"&cache=shared&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)",
-		counter,
-	)
+	dsn := dbtest.NewURL(tb) + "&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"
 
 	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
 	if err != nil {

internal/db/queries.go

@@ -264,6 +264,25 @@ func (database *Database) GetSessionByNick(
 	return sessionID, nil
 }
 
+// GetSessionNick returns the nick a session holds.
+func (database *Database) GetSessionNick(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	sessionID int64,
+) (string, error) {
+	var nick string
+
+	err := database.conn.QueryRowContext(
+		ctx,
+		"SELECT nick FROM sessions WHERE id = ?",
+		sessionID,
+	).Scan(&nick)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("get session nick: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nick, nil
+}
+
 // SessionHostInfo holds the username, hostname, and IP
 // for a session.
 type SessionHostInfo struct {
@@ -1208,11 +1227,12 @@ func insertMessageInTx(
 	return dbID, msgUUID, nil
 }
 
-// EnqueueToSession adds a message to all clients of a
-// session's queues.
+// EnqueueToSession adds a message to the queues of all
+// clients of a session except client skipClientID, or of all
+// of them when skipClientID is 0.
 func (database *Database) EnqueueToSession(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID, messageID int64,
+	sessionID, messageID, skipClientID int64,
 ) error {
 	transaction, err := database.conn.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1221,7 +1241,9 @@ func (database *Database) EnqueueToSession(
 
 	defer func() { _ = transaction.Rollback() }()
 
-	err = enqueueToSessionInTx(ctx, transaction, sessionID, messageID)
+	err = enqueueToSessionInTx(
+		ctx, transaction, sessionID, messageID, skipClientID,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1239,15 +1261,15 @@ func (database *Database) EnqueueToSession(
 func enqueueToSessionInTx(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	transaction *sql.Tx,
-	sessionID, messageID int64,
+	sessionID, messageID, skipClientID int64,
 ) error {
 	_, err := transaction.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`INSERT OR IGNORE INTO client_queues
 		 (client_id, message_id, created_at)
 		 SELECT c.id, ?, ?
 		 FROM clients c
-		 WHERE c.session_id = ?`,
-		messageID, time.Now(), sessionID)
+		 WHERE c.session_id = ? AND c.id != ?`,
+		messageID, time.Now(), sessionID, skipClientID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
 			"enqueue to session: %w", err,
@@ -1673,7 +1695,7 @@ func quitSessionInTx(
 
 	for _, peerID := range peerIDs {
 		err = enqueueToSessionInTx(
-			ctx, transaction, peerID, messageID,
+			ctx, transaction, peerID, messageID, 0,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err

internal/db/queries_test.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) *db.Database {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	database, err := db.NewTestDatabase()
+	database, err := db.NewTestDatabase(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func TestPollMessages(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	err = database.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sid, dbID)
+	err = database.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sid, dbID, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}

internal/dbtest/dbtest.go

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Package dbtest gives each test a database of its own. Only tests
+// may import it.
+package dbtest
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite" // registers the sqlite driver
+)
+
+// NewURL returns the URL of a new, empty in-memory database for one
+// test. SQLite deletes an in-memory database when its last connection
+// closes. A pool closes a connection when a query on it is cancelled
+// while it runs. So this function holds a connection of its own open
+// until the test ends.
+func NewURL(tb testing.TB) string {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	// A random name, so that no other test can share the database.
+	dbURL := "file:" + rand.Text() + "?mode=memory&cache=shared"
+
+	pool, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dbURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("open test database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { _ = pool.Close() })
+
+	conn, err := pool.Conn(tb.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("connect to test database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { _ = conn.Close() })
+
+	return dbURL
+}

internal/handlers/api.go

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleCreateSession(
 		return
 	}
 
-	if !hdlr.validateHashcash(
+	if !hdlr.checkHashcash(
 		writer, request, payload.Hashcash,
 	) {
 		return
@@ -232,14 +232,15 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleCreateSession(
 	}
 
 	hdlr.executeCreateSession(
-		writer, request, payload.Nick, username,
+		writer, request,
+		payload.Nick, username, payload.Hashcash,
 	)
 }
 
 func (hdlr *Handlers) executeCreateSession(
 	writer http.ResponseWriter,
 	request *http.Request,
-	nick, username string,
+	nick, username, stamp string,
 ) {
 	remoteIP := clientIP(request)
 
@@ -247,12 +248,17 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) executeCreateSession(
 		request.Context(), remoteIP,
 	)
 
+	if !hdlr.claimHashcash(writer, request, stamp) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	sessionID, clientID, token, err :=
 		hdlr.params.Database.CreateSession(
 			request.Context(),
 			nick, username, hostname, remoteIP,
 		)
 	if err != nil {
+		hdlr.hashcashVal.Release(stamp)
 		hdlr.handleCreateSessionError(
 			writer, request, err,
 		)
@@ -273,10 +279,10 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) executeCreateSession(
 	}, http.StatusCreated)
 }
 
-// validateHashcash validates a hashcash stamp if required.
-// Returns false if validation failed and a response was
-// already sent.
-func (hdlr *Handlers) validateHashcash(
+// checkHashcash checks a hashcash stamp if required,
+// without spending it. Returns false if the check failed
+// and a response was already sent.
+func (hdlr *Handlers) checkHashcash(
 	writer http.ResponseWriter,
 	request *http.Request,
 	stamp string,
@@ -295,7 +301,31 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) validateHashcash(
 		return false
 	}
 
-	err := hdlr.hashcashVal.Validate(
+	err := hdlr.hashcashVal.Check(
+		stamp, hdlr.params.Config.HashcashBits,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		hdlr.respondError(
+			writer, request,
+			"invalid hashcash stamp: "+err.Error(),
+			http.StatusPaymentRequired,
+		)
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// claimHashcash spends a stamp that checkHashcash accepted.
+// Returns false if Claim refused the stamp, normally because
+// it was already spent, and a response was already sent.
+func (hdlr *Handlers) claimHashcash(
+	writer http.ResponseWriter,
+	request *http.Request,
+	stamp string,
+) bool {
+	err := hdlr.hashcashVal.Claim(
 		stamp, hdlr.params.Config.HashcashBits,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -783,7 +813,14 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) HandleGetMessages() http.HandlerFunc {
 			timeout = maxLongPollTimeout
 		}
 
-		msgs, lastQID, err := hdlr.params.Database.PollMessages(
+		// Register with the broker before reading the queue.
+		// Notify wakes only the channels registered at that
+		// moment, so a message queued after the read below
+		// must find this one there already.
+		waitCh := hdlr.broker.Wait(sessionID)
+		defer hdlr.broker.Remove(sessionID, waitCh)
+
+		msgs, lastQID, err := hdlr.pollMessages(
 			request.Context(), clientID,
 			afterID, pollMessageLimit,
 		)
@@ -811,19 +848,22 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) HandleGetMessages() http.HandlerFunc {
 
 		hdlr.longPoll(
 			writer, request,
-			sessionID, clientID, afterID, timeout,
+			waitCh, clientID, afterID, timeout,
 		)
 	}
 }
 
+// longPoll waits up to timeout seconds for the broker to
+// signal waitCh, then answers with the messages queued for
+// clientID after afterID. It answers nothing if the client
+// goes away first.
 func (hdlr *Handlers) longPoll(
 	writer http.ResponseWriter,
 	request *http.Request,
-	sessionID, clientID, afterID int64,
+	waitCh <-chan struct{},
+	clientID, afterID int64,
 	timeout int,
 ) {
-	waitCh := hdlr.broker.Wait(sessionID)
-
 	timer := time.NewTimer(
 		time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second,
 	)
@@ -834,14 +874,10 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) longPoll(
 	case <-waitCh:
 	case <-timer.C:
 	case <-request.Context().Done():
-		hdlr.broker.Remove(sessionID, waitCh)
-
 		return
 	}
 
-	hdlr.broker.Remove(sessionID, waitCh)
-
-	msgs, lastQID, err := hdlr.params.Database.PollMessages(
+	msgs, lastQID, err := hdlr.pollMessages(
 		request.Context(), clientID,
 		afterID, pollMessageLimit,
 	)
@@ -1221,9 +1257,11 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleChannelMsg(
 ) {
 	ctx := request.Context()
 
-	// Delegate validation + fan-out to service layer.
-	dbID, uuid, err := hdlr.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-		ctx, sessionID, nick,
+	// Delegate validation + fan-out to service layer. The
+	// fan-out includes the sender's own session, so all
+	// their clients see the message in long-poll responses.
+	uuid, err := hdlr.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+		ctx, sessionID, 0, nick,
 		command, target, body, meta,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
@@ -1233,13 +1271,6 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleChannelMsg(
 		return
 	}
 
-	// HTTP echo: enqueue to sender so all their clients
-	// see the message in long-poll responses.
-	_ = hdlr.params.Database.EnqueueToSession(
-		ctx, sessionID, dbID,
-	)
-	hdlr.broker.Notify(sessionID)
-
 	hdlr.respondJSON(writer, request,
 		map[string]string{"id": uuid, statusKey: "sent"},
 		http.StatusOK)
@@ -1254,7 +1285,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleDirectMsg(
 	meta json.RawMessage,
 ) {
 	result, err := hdlr.svc.SendDirectMessage(
-		request.Context(), sessionID, nick,
+		request.Context(), sessionID, 0, nick,
 		command, target, body, meta,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
@@ -1325,7 +1356,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) executeJoin(
 	nick, channel, suppliedKey string,
 ) {
 	result, err := hdlr.svc.JoinChannel(
-		request.Context(), sessionID, nick,
+		request.Context(), sessionID, 0, nick,
 		channel, suppliedKey,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
@@ -1509,7 +1540,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handlePart(
 	}
 
 	err := hdlr.svc.PartChannel(
-		request.Context(), sessionID,
+		request.Context(), sessionID, 0,
 		nick, channel, reason,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
@@ -1580,7 +1611,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) executeNickChange(
 	nick, newNick string,
 ) {
 	err := hdlr.svc.ChangeNick(
-		request.Context(), sessionID, nick, newNick,
+		request.Context(), sessionID, 0, nick, newNick,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
 		writer, request,
@@ -1635,7 +1666,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleTopic(
 	topic := strings.Join(lines, " ")
 
 	err := hdlr.svc.SetTopic(
-		request.Context(), sessionID,
+		request.Context(), sessionID, 0,
 		nick, channel, topic,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
@@ -2121,7 +2152,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) applyUserMode(
 
 	modeText := modeArgs[0] + " " + targetNick
 	hdlr.svc.BroadcastMode(
-		request.Context(), nick, channel, chID,
+		request.Context(), 0, nick, channel, chID,
 		modeText,
 	)
 
@@ -2167,7 +2198,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) setChannelFlag(
 	}
 
 	hdlr.svc.BroadcastMode(
-		request.Context(), nick, channel, chID,
+		request.Context(), 0, nick, channel, chID,
 		modeStr,
 	)
 
@@ -3614,7 +3645,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleKick(
 	}
 
 	err := hdlr.svc.KickUser(
-		request.Context(), sessionID, nick,
+		request.Context(), sessionID, 0, nick,
 		channel, targetNick, reason,
 	)
 	if hdlr.handleServiceError(
@@ -3687,7 +3718,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) fanOut(
 
 	for _, sid := range sessionIDs {
 		enqErr := hdlr.params.Database.EnqueueToSession(
-			request.Context(), sid, dbID,
+			request.Context(), sid, dbID, 0,
 		)
 		if enqErr != nil {
 			hdlr.log.Error("enqueue failed",

internal/handlers/auth.go

@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/pkg/irc"
 )
 
-const minPasswordLength = 8
+// A session password is 8 to 72 bytes; bcrypt cannot hash
+// a longer one.
+const (
+	minPasswordLength = 8
+	maxPasswordLength = 72
+)
 
 // HandleLogin authenticates a user with nick and password.
 func (hdlr *Handlers) HandleLogin() http.HandlerFunc {
@@ -149,12 +154,13 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handlePass(
 
 	password := lines[0]
 
-	if len(password) < minPasswordLength {
+	if len(password) < minPasswordLength ||
+		len(password) > maxPasswordLength {
 		hdlr.respondIRCError(
 			writer, request, clientID, sessionID,
 			irc.ErrNeedMoreParams, nick,
 			[]string{irc.CmdPass},
-			"Password must be at least 8 characters",
+			"Password must be 8 to 72 bytes",
 		)
 
 		return

internal/handlers/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/db"
+)
+
+// SetPollMessages makes HandleGetMessages read the client
+// output queue with poll in place of Database.PollMessages.
+func (hdlr *Handlers) SetPollMessages(
+	poll func(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		clientID, afterQueueID int64,
+		limit int,
+	) ([]db.IRCMessage, int64, error),
+) {
+	hdlr.pollMessages = poll
+}

internal/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ type Handlers struct {
 	loginLimiter  *ratelimit.Limiter
 	stats         *stats.Tracker
 	cancelCleanup context.CancelFunc
+
+	// pollMessages is Database.PollMessages, with which
+	// HandleGetMessages reads the client output queue. Tests
+	// replace it to act just after a read, or to make a read
+	// fail.
+	pollMessages func(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		clientID, afterQueueID int64,
+		limit int,
+	) ([]db.IRCMessage, int64, error)
 }
 
 // New creates a new Handlers instance.
@@ -95,6 +105,7 @@ func New(
 		hashcashVal:  hashcash.NewValidator(resource),
 		loginLimiter: ratelimit.New(loginRate, loginBurst),
 		stats:        params.Stats,
+		pollMessages: params.Database.PollMessages,
 	}
 
 	lifecycle.Append(fx.Hook{

internal/handlers/utility_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//nolint:paralleltest // global viper, as in api_test.go
 package handlers_test
 
 import (
@@ -72,6 +71,8 @@ func numericBody(
 }
 
 func TestUserhost(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	tserver := newTestServer(t)
 
 	token := tserver.createSession("alice")
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ func TestUserhost(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVersionAdminInfoTime(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	tserver := newTestServer(t)
 
 	token := tserver.createSession("frank")
@@ -147,6 +150,8 @@ func TestVersionAdminInfoTime(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestKill(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	tserver := newTestServerWithOper(t)
 
 	victimToken := tserver.createSession("victim")
@@ -213,6 +218,8 @@ func TestKill(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWallops(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	tserver := newTestServerWithOper(t)
 
 	receiverToken := tserver.createSession("receiver")
@@ -258,6 +265,8 @@ func TestWallops(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUserMode(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	const (
 		nick  = "alice"
 		other = "other"

internal/hashcash/hashcash.go

@@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ func NewValidator(resource string) *Validator {
 	return validator
 }
 
-// Validate checks a hashcash stamp. It returns nil if the
-// stamp is valid and has not been seen before.
-func (v *Validator) Validate(
+// Check returns nil if requiredBits is not positive, or if
+// the stamp is a well-formed, recently dated proof of work
+// for this resource with at least requiredBits. It does not
+// look at or change the set of spent stamps, so a request
+// can check its stamp first and Claim it after its other
+// checks.
+func (v *Validator) Check(
 	stamp string,
 	requiredBits int,
 ) error {
@@ -87,9 +91,49 @@ func (v *Validator) Validate(
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	_, err := v.check(stamp, requiredBits)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+// Claim checks the stamp as Check does and, when
+// requiredBits is positive, records it as spent until it
+// expires. It returns an error if the stamp is already
+// spent. Release gives a claimed stamp back.
+func (v *Validator) Claim(
+	stamp string,
+	requiredBits int,
+) error {
+	if requiredBits <= 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	stampTime, err := v.check(stamp, requiredBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return v.checkAndRecordStamp(stamp, stampTime)
+}
+
+// Release forgets a claimed stamp so that it can be claimed
+// again, for a request that failed after its Claim.
+// Releasing a stamp that is not claimed does nothing.
+func (v *Validator) Release(stamp string) {
+	v.mu.Lock()
+	defer v.mu.Unlock()
+
+	delete(v.spent, stamp)
+}
+
+// check returns the stamp's date if Check accepts it.
+func (v *Validator) check(
+	stamp string,
+	requiredBits int,
+) (time.Time, error) {
 	parts := strings.Split(stamp, ":")
 	if len(parts) != stampFields {
-		return fmt.Errorf(
+		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(
 			"%w: expected %d, got %d",
 			errInvalidFields, stampFields, len(parts),
 		)
@@ -104,25 +148,25 @@ func (v *Validator) Validate(
 		version, bitsStr, resource, requiredBits,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return time.Time{}, err
 	}
 
 	stampTime, err := parseStampDate(dateStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return time.Time{}, err
 	}
 
 	err = validateTime(stampTime)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return time.Time{}, err
 	}
 
 	err = validateProof(stamp, requiredBits)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return time.Time{}, err
 	}
 
-	return v.checkAndRecordStamp(stamp, stampTime)
+	return stampTime, nil
 }
 
 func (v *Validator) validateHeader(

internal/hashcash/hashcash_test.go

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestMintAndValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		t, testBits, "test-resource", todayDate(),
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("valid stamp rejected: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -99,17 +99,74 @@ func TestReplayDetection(t *testing.T) {
 		t, testBits, "test-resource", todayDate(),
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("first use failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err = validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("replay not detected")
 	}
 }
 
+// TestCheckDoesNotSpendStamp checks that a stamp Check
+// accepts can still be claimed, and only once, and that
+// Check still accepts it once it is spent.
+func TestCheckDoesNotSpendStamp(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	validator := hashcash.NewValidator("test-resource")
+	stamp := mintStampWithDate(
+		t, testBits, "test-resource", todayDate(),
+	)
+
+	for range 2 {
+		err := validator.Check(stamp, testBits)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("valid stamp rejected: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("claim after check failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("replay not detected")
+	}
+
+	err = validator.Check(stamp, testBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("spent stamp rejected by Check: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestReleasedStampCanBeClaimedAgain checks that Release
+// gives a claimed stamp back.
+func TestReleasedStampCanBeClaimedAgain(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	validator := hashcash.NewValidator("test-resource")
+	stamp := mintStampWithDate(
+		t, testBits, "test-resource", todayDate(),
+	)
+
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first claim failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	validator.Release(stamp)
+
+	err = validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("claim after release failed: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResourceMismatch(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -118,7 +175,7 @@ func TestResourceMismatch(t *testing.T) {
 		t, testBits, "wrong-resource", todayDate(),
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected resource mismatch error")
 	}
@@ -129,7 +186,7 @@ func TestInvalidStampFormat(t *testing.T) {
 
 	validator := hashcash.NewValidator("test-resource")
 
-	err := validator.Validate(
+	err := validator.Claim(
 		"not:a:valid:stamp", testBits,
 	)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -146,7 +203,7 @@ func TestBadVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		testBits, todayDate(), "test-resource",
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected bad version error")
 	}
@@ -162,7 +219,7 @@ func TestInsufficientDifficulty(t *testing.T) {
 		todayDate(), "test-resource",
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected insufficient bits error")
 	}
@@ -178,7 +235,7 @@ func TestExpiredStamp(t *testing.T) {
 		t, testBits, "test-resource", oldDate,
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected expired stamp error")
 	}
@@ -189,9 +246,14 @@ func TestZeroBitsSkipsValidation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	validator := hashcash.NewValidator("test-resource")
 
-	err := validator.Validate("garbage", 0)
+	err := validator.Check("garbage", 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("zero bits should skip: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("zero bits should skip the check: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = validator.Claim("garbage", 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("zero bits should skip the claim: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +266,7 @@ func TestLongDateFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		t, testBits, "test-resource", longDate,
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("long date stamp rejected: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -219,7 +281,7 @@ func TestBadDateFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		testBits, "test-resource",
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected bad date error")
 	}
@@ -235,7 +297,7 @@ func TestMultipleUniqueStamps(t *testing.T) {
 			t, testBits, "test-resource", todayDate(),
 		)
 
-		err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+		err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unique stamp rejected: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -251,7 +313,7 @@ func TestHigherBitsStillValid(t *testing.T) {
 		t, 4, "test-resource", todayDate(),
 	)
 
-	err := validator.Validate(stamp, testBits)
+	err := validator.Claim(stamp, testBits)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf(
 			"higher-difficulty stamp rejected: %v",

internal/ircserver/commands.go

@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ func (c *Conn) handleNick(
 	}
 
 	oldMask := c.hostmask()
-	oldNick := c.nick
+	oldNick := c.currentNick()
 
 	err := c.svc.ChangeNick(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, oldNick, newNick,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, oldNick, newNick,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ func (c *Conn) handleNick(
 		return
 	}
 
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.nick = newNick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
+	// Take the nick the session holds, not newNick: another
+	// client of the session may have changed it again since
+	// ChangeNick stored newNick.
+	c.loadSessionNick(ctx)
 
 	// Echo NICK change to the client on wire.
 	c.send(FormatMessage(oldMask, "NICK", newNick))
@@ -128,8 +129,8 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePrivmsg(
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{text}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(target, "#") {
-		_, _, err := c.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-			ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick,
+		_, err := c.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+			ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(),
 			msg.Command, target, body, nil,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePrivmsg(
 		}
 	} else {
 		result, err := c.svc.SendDirectMessage(
-			ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick,
+			ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(),
 			msg.Command, target, body, nil,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func (c *Conn) joinChannel(
 	channel, key string,
 ) {
 	result, err := c.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick, channel, key,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, key,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ func (c *Conn) partChannel(
 	channel, reason string,
 ) {
 	err := c.svc.PartChannel(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick, channel, reason,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, reason,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleTopic(
 	newTopic := msg.Params[1]
 
 	err := c.svc.SetTopic(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick, channel, newTopic,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, newTopic,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ func (c *Conn) applyChannelModes(
 		c.send(FormatMessage(c.hostmask(), "MODE", params...))
 
 		c.svc.BroadcastMode(
-			ctx, c.nick, channel, chID, modeReply,
+			ctx, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, chID, modeReply,
 		)
 	}
 }
@@ -1185,7 +1186,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleKick(
 	}
 
 	err := c.svc.KickUser(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(),
 		channel, targetNick, reason,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1216,17 +1217,16 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePassPostReg(
 	}
 
 	password := msg.Params[0]
-	if len(password) < minPasswordLen {
-		c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.nick,
-			"Password must be at least 8 characters",
-		)
-
+	if !c.checkPasswordLength(password) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	c.setPassword(ctx, password)
+	err := c.setPassword(ctx, password)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
-	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.nick,
+	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.currentNick(),
 		"Password set. You can reconnect using "+
 			"PASS <password> with your nick.",
 	)
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleInvite(
 	channel := msg.Params[1]
 
 	targetID, err := c.svc.InviteUser(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick, targetNick, channel,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.currentNick(), targetNick, channel,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -1262,14 +1262,13 @@ func (c *Conn) handleInvite(
 		irc.RplInviting, targetNick, channel,
 	)
 
-	// Send INVITE notice to target via service fan-out.
-	body, _ := json.Marshal( //nolint:errchkjson
-		[]string{"You have been invited to " + channel},
-	)
+	// Queue the INVITE to the target with the body the HTTP
+	// API uses.
+	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{channel}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
 	_, _, _ = c.svc.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
-		ctx, "INVITE", c.nick, targetNick, targetID, 0,
-		nil, body, nil, []int64{targetID},
+		ctx, "INVITE", c.currentNick(), targetNick, targetID, 0,
+		nil, body, nil, []int64{targetID}, 0,
 	)
 }
 

internal/ircserver/conn.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const (
 	pingInterval    = 90 * time.Second
 	pongDeadline    = 30 * time.Second
 	minPasswordLen  = 8
+	maxPasswordLen  = 72 // bcrypt cannot hash a longer one
 	maxHashcashBits = 40
 )
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ type Conn struct {
 	registered bool
 	gotNick    bool
 	gotUser    bool
+	gotPass    bool
 	passWord   string
 
 	lastQueueID int64
@@ -70,7 +72,6 @@ type Conn struct {
 }
 
 func newConn(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	tcpConn net.Conn,
 	log *slog.Logger,
 	database *db.Database,
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ func newConn(
 		svc:       svc,
 		serverSfx: srvName,
 		remoteIP:  host,
-		hostname:  resolveHost(ctx, host),
 	}
 
 	conn.commands = conn.buildCommandMap()
@@ -212,12 +212,15 @@ func resolveHost(ctx context.Context, addr string) string {
 }
 
 // serve is the main loop for a single IRC client connection.
+// It first sets the client's hostname to what resolve returns
+// for the client's address.
 // Cancelling ctx when it returns stops the relay goroutine.
 // When nothing has been read for interval the client is sent
 // a PING, and when nothing is read within deadline after that
 // the connection is closed.
 func (c *Conn) serve(
 	ctx context.Context,
+	resolve func(ctx context.Context, addr string) string,
 	interval, deadline time.Duration,
 ) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
@@ -226,6 +229,11 @@ func (c *Conn) serve(
 	// still end the session then.
 	defer c.cleanup(context.WithoutCancel(ctx))
 
+	// The hostname is looked up here, on this connection's
+	// goroutine, and not when the connection is accepted, so
+	// that a slow lookup holds up only this client.
+	c.hostname = resolve(ctx, c.remoteIP)
+
 	ping := time.AfterFunc(interval, func() {
 		c.send("PING :" + c.serverSfx)
 	})
@@ -305,6 +313,22 @@ func (c *Conn) currentNick() string {
 	return c.nick
 }
 
+// loadSessionNick sets c.nick to the nick the connection's
+// session holds in the database, read by session ID. The
+// connection's own NICK and the relay passing on a NICK line
+// both call it, and it reads and sets the nick under c.mu, so
+// whichever runs last leaves the connection on its session's
+// nick. If the read fails, c.nick is left as it is.
+func (c *Conn) loadSessionNick(ctx context.Context) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	nick, err := c.database.GetSessionNick(ctx, c.sessionID)
+	if err == nil {
+		c.nick = nick
+	}
+}
+
 // send writes a formatted IRC line to the connection.
 func (c *Conn) send(line string) {
 	c.sendWithin(writeTimeout, line)
@@ -337,7 +361,7 @@ func (c *Conn) sendNumeric(
 	code irc.IRCMessageType,
 	params ...string,
 ) {
-	nick := c.nick
+	nick := c.currentNick()
 	if nick == "" {
 		nick = "*"
 	}
@@ -361,9 +385,11 @@ func (c *Conn) sendFromServer(
 // hostmask returns the client's full hostmask
 // (nick!user@host).
 func (c *Conn) hostmask() string {
+	nick := c.currentNick()
+
 	user := c.username
 	if user == "" {
-		user = c.nick
+		user = nick
 	}
 
 	host := c.hostname
@@ -371,7 +397,7 @@ func (c *Conn) hostmask() string {
 		host = c.remoteIP
 	}
 
-	return c.nick + "!" + user + "@" + host
+	return nick + "!" + user + "@" + host
 }
 
 // handleMessage dispatches a parsed IRC message using
@@ -430,6 +456,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePreRegistration(
 		}
 
 		c.passWord = msg.Params[0]
+		c.gotPass = true
 	case irc.CmdNick:
 		if len(msg.Params) < 1 {
 			c.sendNumeric(
@@ -544,17 +571,20 @@ func (c *Conn) completeRegistration(ctx context.Context) {
 	// So that KILL, from either transport, can close it.
 	c.svc.RegisterWireConn(sessionID, c)
 
-	// If PASS was provided before registration, set the
-	// session password.
-	if c.passWord != "" && len(c.passWord) >= minPasswordLen {
-		c.setPassword(ctx, c.passWord)
-	}
-
 	// Send welcome burst.
 	c.deliverWelcome()
 	c.deliverLusers(ctx)
 	c.deliverMOTD()
 
+	// If PASS was given before registration, store its
+	// password now, after the welcome burst, so that a
+	// NOTICE refusing it reaches a registered client. A
+	// failure to store it is only logged, as it is for PASS
+	// after registration.
+	if c.gotPass && c.checkPasswordLength(c.passWord) {
+		_ = c.setPassword(ctx, c.passWord)
+	}
+
 	// Start the message relay goroutine.
 	go c.relayMessages(ctx)
 }
@@ -637,13 +667,33 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverMOTD() {
 	)
 }
 
-// setPassword sets a bcrypt password on the session.
-func (c *Conn) setPassword(ctx context.Context, pw string) {
+// checkPasswordLength reports whether pw is 8 to 72 bytes
+// long, and sends the client a NOTICE saying so when it is
+// not.
+func (c *Conn) checkPasswordLength(pw string) bool {
+	if len(pw) >= minPasswordLen && len(pw) <= maxPasswordLen {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.currentNick(),
+		"Password must be 8 to 72 bytes",
+	)
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// setPassword sets a bcrypt password on the session, and
+// logs and returns the error when it was not stored.
+func (c *Conn) setPassword(ctx context.Context, pw string) error {
 	// Use the database's auth module to hash and store.
 	err := c.database.SetPassword(ctx, c.sessionID, pw)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.log.Error(
 			"failed to set password", "error", err,
 		)
+
+		return err
 	}
+
+	return nil
 }

internal/ircserver/export_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 // NewTestServer creates a Server suitable for testing, whose
 // connections use interval and deadline in place of
-// pingInterval and pongDeadline.
+// pingInterval and pongDeadline, and resolve in place of
+// resolveHost.
 // The caller must call Stop() when finished.
 func NewTestServer(
 	log *slog.Logger,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ func NewTestServer(
 	database *db.Database,
 	brk *broker.Broker,
 	interval, deadline time.Duration,
+	resolve func(ctx context.Context, addr string) string,
 ) *Server {
 	globs := &globals.Globals{
 		Appname:   "neoirc",
@@ -44,9 +46,16 @@ func NewTestServer(
 
 		pingInterval: interval,
 		pongDeadline: deadline,
+		resolveHost:  resolve,
 	}
 }
 
+// ResolveHost is the reverse DNS lookup that a server made by
+// New does for each client.
+func ResolveHost(ctx context.Context, addr string) string {
+	return resolveHost(ctx, addr)
+}
+
 // Start exposes the unexported start method for tests.
 func (s *Server) Start(addr string) error {
 	return s.start(context.Background(), addr)
@@ -62,6 +71,11 @@ func (s *Server) Listener() net.Listener {
 	return s.listener
 }
 
+// Service returns the service the server's connections use.
+func (s *Server) Service() *service.Service {
+	return s.svc
+}
+
 // PingTimes returns how long the server's connections wait
 // with nothing read before they are sent a PING, and after it
 // before they are closed.
@@ -97,10 +111,7 @@ func NewTestConn(
 	tcpConn net.Conn,
 	nick string,
 ) *Conn {
-	conn := newConn(
-		context.Background(), tcpConn, log,
-		nil, nil, cfg, nil,
-	)
+	conn := newConn(tcpConn, log, nil, nil, cfg, nil)
 	conn.nick = nick
 
 	return conn

internal/ircserver/integration_test.go

@@ -1373,6 +1373,42 @@ func TestIntegrationInviteUserOnChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+// TestIntegrationInviteLine checks that an IRC listener user
+// invited by an IRC listener user, and then over the HTTP
+// API, gets an INVITE line from the inviter for the channel
+// each time.
+func TestIntegrationInviteLine(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	alice := env.dial(t)
+	alice.register("alice")
+	alice.joinAndDrain("#inv")
+
+	bob := env.dial(t)
+	bob.register("bob")
+
+	alice.sendAndExpect("INVITE bob #inv", " 341 ")
+
+	got := bob.readLine()
+	want := ":alice!alice@* INVITE bob #inv"
+
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("from the IRC listener: got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// The HTTP API queues an INVITE with the channel as its body.
+	env.queueMessage(t, "bob", "INVITE", "carol", "bob", []string{"#inv"})
+
+	got = bob.readLine()
+	want = ":carol!carol@* INVITE bob #inv"
+
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("over the HTTP API: got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestIntegrationModeSecretList checks that LIST shows a +s
 // channel only to its members.
 func TestIntegrationModeSecretList(t *testing.T) {

internal/ircserver/relay.go

@@ -27,17 +27,26 @@ func (c *Conn) relayMessages(ctx context.Context) {
 		default:
 		}
 
-		// Drain any available messages.
-		delivered := c.drainQueue(ctx)
+		// Register with the broker before draining, so that a
+		// message queued after the drain has read the queue
+		// still signals waitCh.
+		waitCh := c.brk.Wait(c.sessionID)
+
+		// Drain any available messages. The drain ignores the
+		// cancel that comes when the connection ends, because a
+		// query cancelled while it runs leaves the SQLite
+		// connection marked broken, and the pool closes it. The
+		// loop still stops on ctx.
+		delivered := c.drainQueue(context.WithoutCancel(ctx))
 
 		if delivered {
+			c.brk.Remove(c.sessionID, waitCh)
+
 			// Tight loop while there are messages.
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// Wait for notification or timeout.
-		waitCh := c.brk.Wait(c.sessionID)
-
 		select {
 		case <-waitCh:
 			// New message notification — loop back.
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ func (c *Conn) drainQueue(ctx context.Context) bool {
 //
 //nolint:cyclop // dispatch table
 func (c *Conn) deliverIRCMessage(
-	_ context.Context,
+	ctx context.Context,
 	msg *db.IRCMessage,
 ) {
 	command := msg.Command
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverIRCMessage(
 	case command == irc.CmdPart:
 		c.deliverPart(msg, text)
 	case command == irc.CmdNick:
-		c.deliverNickChange(msg, text)
+		c.deliverNickChange(ctx, msg, text)
 	case command == irc.CmdQuit:
 		c.deliverQuitMsg(msg, text)
 	case command == irc.CmdTopic:
@@ -193,15 +202,6 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverTextMessage(
 	from := msg.From
 	target := msg.To
 
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	nick := c.nick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	// Don't echo our own messages back.
-	if from == nick {
-		return
-	}
-
 	prefix := from
 	if !strings.Contains(prefix, "!") {
 		prefix = from + "!" + from + "@*"
@@ -214,16 +214,6 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverTextMessage(
 
 // deliverJoin sends a JOIN notification.
 func (c *Conn) deliverJoin(msg *db.IRCMessage) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	nick := c.nick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	// Don't echo our own JOINs (we already sent them
-	// during joinChannel).
-	if msg.From == nick {
-		return
-	}
-
 	prefix := msg.From + "!" + msg.From + "@*"
 	channel := msg.To
 
@@ -232,14 +222,6 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverJoin(msg *db.IRCMessage) {
 
 // deliverPart sends a PART notification.
 func (c *Conn) deliverPart(msg *db.IRCMessage, text string) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	nick := c.nick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if msg.From == nick {
-		return
-	}
-
 	prefix := msg.From + "!" + msg.From + "@*"
 	channel := msg.To
 
@@ -252,18 +234,17 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverPart(msg *db.IRCMessage, text string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// deliverNickChange sends a NICK change notification.
+// deliverNickChange sends a NICK change notification. The
+// change may be its own session's, made from another client,
+// so the connection first takes the nick its session holds
+// now. It does not go by the line's old nick: the connection
+// may have taken that nick after another user gave it up.
 func (c *Conn) deliverNickChange(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	msg *db.IRCMessage,
 	newNick string,
 ) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	nick := c.nick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if msg.From == nick {
-		return
-	}
+	c.loadSessionNick(ctx)
 
 	prefix := msg.From + "!" + msg.From + "@*"
 
@@ -275,14 +256,6 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverQuitMsg(
 	msg *db.IRCMessage,
 	text string,
 ) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	nick := c.nick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if msg.From == nick {
-		return
-	}
-
 	prefix := msg.From + "!" + msg.From + "@*"
 
 	if text != "" {
@@ -335,16 +308,24 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverKickMsg(
 	}
 }
 
-// deliverInviteMsg sends an INVITE notification.
+// deliverInviteMsg sends an INVITE line from the inviter
+// for the channel named in text, or nothing when text names
+// no channel.
 func (c *Conn) deliverInviteMsg(
-	_ *db.IRCMessage,
+	msg *db.IRCMessage,
 	text string,
 ) {
+	if text == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	nick := c.nick
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 
-	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", nick, text)
+	prefix := msg.From + "!" + msg.From + "@*"
+
+	c.send(FormatMessage(prefix, "INVITE", nick, text))
 }
 
 // deliverWallops sends a WALLOPS notification.

internal/ircserver/relay_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ircserver_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/ircserver"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/service"
 )
 
 // queueMessage queues a message for the user with nick
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ func (env *testEnv) queueMessage(
 		t.Fatalf("get session of %s: %v", recipient, err)
 	}
 
-	err = env.database.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sessionID, msgID)
+	err = env.database.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sessionID, msgID, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("enqueue: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -47,14 +49,13 @@ func (env *testEnv) queueMessage(
 	env.brk.Notify(sessionID)
 }
 
-// TestRelayKeepsOneWaitChannel checks that an idle IRC
-// listener connection holds at most one broker wait channel
-// across several relay ticks, and none once it closes.
+// TestRelayKeepsOneWaitChannel checks that an IRC listener
+// connection holds at most one broker wait channel across
+// several relay ticks, both while idle and after the relay
+// has delivered it a message, and none once it closes.
 func TestRelayKeepsOneWaitChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	const idleTicks = 5
-
 	env := newTestEnv(t)
 
 	client := env.dial(t)
@@ -65,15 +66,17 @@ func TestRelayKeepsOneWaitChannel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("get session of idle: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	for tick := range idleTicks {
-		time.Sleep(ircserver.PollInterval)
+	env.checkOneWaitChannel(t, sessionID)
 
-		got := env.brk.ListenerCount(sessionID)
-		if got > 1 {
-			t.Fatalf("tick %d: got %d wait channels, want at most 1",
-				tick+1, got)
-		}
-	}
+	env.queueMessage(
+		t, "idle", "PRIVMSG", "carol", "idle", []string{"hello"},
+	)
+
+	client.readUntil(func(l string) bool {
+		return strings.Contains(l, "hello")
+	})
+
+	env.checkOneWaitChannel(t, sessionID)
 
 	err = client.conn.Close()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -92,6 +95,28 @@ func TestRelayKeepsOneWaitChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// checkOneWaitChannel fails the test if the session
+// sessionID holds more than one broker wait channel at any of
+// several relay ticks.
+func (env *testEnv) checkOneWaitChannel(
+	t *testing.T,
+	sessionID int64,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	const ticks = 5
+
+	for tick := range ticks {
+		time.Sleep(ircserver.PollInterval)
+
+		got := env.brk.ListenerCount(sessionID)
+		if got > 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("tick %d: got %d wait channels, want at most 1",
+				tick+1, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestRelayMultiLineBody checks that each line of a PRIVMSG
 // or NOTICE body sent over the HTTP API reaches an IRC
 // listener user as its own line.
@@ -188,6 +213,38 @@ func TestRelayModeParameters(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestRelayInviteWithoutChannel checks that an INVITE whose
+// body names no channel sends the invited IRC listener user
+// no INVITE line.
+func TestRelayInviteWithoutChannel(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	bob := env.dial(t)
+	bob.register("bob")
+
+	// A nil body is stored as JSON null, which is not an array.
+	for _, body := range [][]string{nil, {}, {""}} {
+		env.queueMessage(t, "bob", "INVITE", "carol", "bob", body)
+	}
+
+	// The relay sends a user's queue in order, so this arrives
+	// after anything sent for the INVITEs above.
+	env.queueMessage(t, "bob", "PRIVMSG", "carol", "bob",
+		[]string{"the end"})
+
+	lines := bob.readUntil(func(l string) bool {
+		return strings.HasSuffix(l, " :the end")
+	})
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.Contains(line, " INVITE ") {
+			t.Errorf("got %q, want no INVITE line", line)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestRelayLineBreaks checks that a CR, LF or NUL in a stored
 // body line, key or mask never reaches an IRC listener user
 // as a line break, so no extra line arrives, and that a body
@@ -269,3 +326,372 @@ func TestRelayNickDiffersOnlyInCase(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestRelayOwnChangeOnce checks that an IRC listener user who
+// sets a topic, changes a channel mode or kicks gets one TOPIC,
+// MODE or KICK line for it, and so does the other member.
+func TestRelayOwnChangeOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, step := range []struct {
+		command, line string
+	}{
+		{"TOPIC", "TOPIC #dup :new topic"},
+		{"MODE", "MODE #dup +m"},
+		{"KICK", "KICK #dup carl :bye"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(step.command, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+			alice := env.dial(t)
+			alice.register("alice")
+			alice.joinAndDrain("#dup")
+
+			carl := env.dial(t)
+			carl.register("carl")
+			carl.joinAndDrain("#dup")
+
+			alice.send(step.line)
+
+			// The reply to alice's next command comes after her
+			// command has finished, so her own copy comes before it.
+			beforePong := alice.sendAndExpect("PING :done", "PONG")
+
+			// The relay sends a user's queue in order, so a message
+			// queued now arrives after any relayed copy.
+			for nick, client := range map[string]*testClient{
+				"alice": alice, "carl": carl,
+			} {
+				env.queueMessage(
+					t, nick, "PRIVMSG", "dave", nick,
+					[]string{"after the change"},
+				)
+
+				lines := client.readUntil(func(l string) bool {
+					return strings.HasSuffix(l, " :after the change")
+				})
+
+				if client == alice {
+					lines = slices.Concat(beforePong, lines)
+				}
+
+				var changes []string
+
+				for _, line := range lines {
+					if strings.Contains(line, " "+step.command+" #dup ") {
+						changes = append(changes, line)
+					}
+				}
+
+				if len(changes) != 1 {
+					t.Errorf("%s got %q, want one %s line",
+						nick, changes, step.command)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRelayOwnSessionOnce checks that a command a user makes
+// from one client of their session reaches each of the
+// session's clients once: an IRC listener connection and an
+// HTTP API client. The connection that sent a command gets
+// only its own echo, and none for PRIVMSG and NOTICE, which
+// IRC does not echo.
+//
+//nolint:funlen // table-driven test
+func TestRelayOwnSessionOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	hello := json.RawMessage(`["hello"]`)
+
+	for _, step := range []struct {
+		// line is the command as alice sends it on the IRC
+		// listener.
+		line string
+		// api makes the same command for her session the way
+		// the HTTP API does.
+		api func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error
+		// echoes is how many copies alice's connection gets of
+		// line when it sends line itself.
+		echoes int
+	}{
+		{"PRIVMSG #chan :hello", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			_, err := svc.SendChannelMessage(
+				ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "PRIVMSG", "#chan", hello, nil,
+			)
+
+			return err
+		}, 0},
+		{"NOTICE bob :hello", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			_, err := svc.SendDirectMessage(
+				ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "NOTICE", "bob", hello, nil,
+			)
+
+			return err
+		}, 0},
+		{"JOIN #other", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			_, err := svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "#other", "")
+
+			return err
+		}, 1},
+		{"PART #chan :bye", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			return svc.PartChannel(ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "#chan", "bye")
+		}, 1},
+		{"NICK alice2", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			return svc.ChangeNick(ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "alice2")
+		}, 1},
+		{"TOPIC #chan :new topic", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			return svc.SetTopic(
+				ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "#chan", "new topic",
+			)
+		}, 1},
+		{"MODE #chan +m", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			chID, err := svc.ValidateChannelOp(ctx, sessionID, "#chan")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			err = svc.SetChannelFlag(ctx, chID, 'm', true)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			svc.BroadcastMode(ctx, 0, "alice", "#chan", chID, "+m")
+
+			return nil
+		}, 1},
+		{"KICK #chan bob :bye", func(
+			ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64,
+		) error {
+			return svc.KickUser(
+				ctx, sessionID, 0, "alice", "#chan", "bob", "bye",
+			)
+		}, 1},
+	} {
+		command := strings.Fields(step.line)[0]
+
+		t.Run(command+" from IRC", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			ircCopies, httpCopies := ownSessionCopies(t, step.line, nil)
+			if ircCopies != step.echoes || httpCopies != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("connection got %d, HTTP client got %d, want %d and 1",
+					ircCopies, httpCopies, step.echoes)
+			}
+		})
+
+		t.Run(command+" from the HTTP API", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			ircCopies, httpCopies := ownSessionCopies(t, step.line, step.api)
+			if ircCopies != 1 || httpCopies != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("connection got %d, HTTP client got %d, want 1 and 1",
+					ircCopies, httpCopies)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ownSessionCopies sets up alice with aliceWithHTTPClient. It
+// makes the command line from her connection, or with api from
+// the HTTP API client when api is not nil, and returns how many
+// copies of it her connection and her HTTP API client got.
+func ownSessionCopies(
+	t *testing.T,
+	line string,
+	api func(ctx context.Context, svc *service.Service, sessionID int64) error,
+) (int, int) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	ctx := t.Context()
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+	alice, _, sessionID, httpClientID := aliceWithHTTPClient(t, env)
+
+	var lines []string
+
+	if api == nil {
+		alice.send(line)
+
+		// Her echo comes before the reply to her next command.
+		lines = alice.sendAndExpect("PING :done", "PONG")
+	} else {
+		err := api(ctx, env.srv.Service(), sessionID)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s over the HTTP API: %v", line, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	msgs, _, err := env.database.PollMessages(ctx, httpClientID, 0, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("poll the HTTP API client: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	httpCopies := 0
+
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		if msg.Command == strings.Fields(line)[0] {
+			httpCopies++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// The relay sends a queue in order, so this arrives after any
+	// copy. It is queued by session, as NICK changes her nick.
+	endID, _, err := env.database.InsertMessage(
+		ctx, "PRIVMSG", "dave", "alice", 0, 0,
+		nil, json.RawMessage(`["the end"]`), nil,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("insert message: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = env.database.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sessionID, endID, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("enqueue: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	env.brk.Notify(sessionID)
+
+	lines = append(lines, alice.readUntil(func(l string) bool {
+		return strings.HasSuffix(l, " :the end")
+	})...)
+
+	// A copy starts with the command and its first parameter.
+	start := " " + strings.Join(strings.Fields(line)[:2], " ")
+	ircCopies := strings.Count(strings.Join(lines, "\n"), start)
+
+	return ircCopies, httpCopies
+}
+
+// aliceWithHTTPClient connects alice to the IRC listener and
+// has her join #chan, which bob is on too, then adds an HTTP API
+// client to her session with the password her connection set,
+// as POST /api/v1/login does. It returns her connection, bob's
+// connection, her session and her HTTP API client.
+func aliceWithHTTPClient(
+	t *testing.T, env *testEnv,
+) (*testClient, *testClient, int64, int64) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	const password = "alicepass"
+
+	alice := env.dial(t)
+	alice.send("PASS " + password)
+	alice.register("alice")
+	// Registration stores the password before the JOIN runs.
+	alice.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	bob := env.dial(t)
+	bob.register("bob")
+	bob.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	sessionID, httpClientID, _, err := env.database.LoginUser(
+		t.Context(), "alice", password, "127.0.0.1", "localhost",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("log in as alice: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return alice, bob, sessionID, httpClientID
+}
+
+// TestRelayNickChangeFromHTTPAPI checks that once alice's nick
+// is changed from her HTTP API client, her IRC listener
+// connection uses the new nick: what she then sends from it
+// reaches bob under the new nick.
+func TestRelayNickChangeFromHTTPAPI(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+	alice, bob, sessionID, _ := aliceWithHTTPClient(t, env)
+
+	bob.joinAndDrain("#other")
+
+	// As the HTTP API does.
+	err := env.srv.Service().ChangeNick(
+		t.Context(), sessionID, 0, "alice", "alice2",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("change nick over the HTTP API: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Her connection has taken the new nick once it has sent her
+	// the change.
+	const change = ":alice!alice@* NICK alice2"
+
+	alice.readUntil(func(l string) bool { return l == change })
+	bob.readUntil(func(l string) bool { return l == change })
+
+	for _, step := range []struct {
+		line, want string
+	}{
+		{"PRIVMSG #chan :hi there", ":alice2!alice2@* PRIVMSG #chan :hi there"},
+		{"JOIN #other", ":alice2!alice2@* JOIN #other"},
+		{"NICK alice3", ":alice2!alice2@* NICK alice3"},
+	} {
+		alice.send(step.line)
+
+		got := bob.readLine()
+		if got != step.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %q, want %q", step.line, got, step.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRelayNickChangeKeepsTakenNick checks that an IRC
+// listener connection which takes a nick another user has
+// given up keeps it when that user's change reaches it
+// afterwards: what it then sends goes out under the nick its
+// session holds.
+func TestRelayNickChangeKeepsTakenNick(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	bob := env.dial(t)
+	bob.register("bob")
+	bob.sendAndExpect("NICK bob2", " NICK bob2")
+
+	alice := env.dial(t)
+	alice.register("alice")
+	alice.sendAndExpect("NICK bob", " NICK bob")
+	alice.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	bob.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	// Bob's change reaches alice only now, as it does when she
+	// takes his old nick before her connection has passed the
+	// change on. She holds bob now, so it is queued to bob.
+	env.queueMessage(t, "bob", "NICK", "bob", "", []string{"bob2"})
+
+	alice.readUntil(func(l string) bool {
+		return l == ":bob!bob@* NICK bob2"
+	})
+
+	alice.send("PRIVMSG #chan :hi there")
+
+	const want = ":bob!bob@* PRIVMSG #chan :hi there"
+
+	got := bob.readLine()
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}

internal/ircserver/server.go

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ type Server struct {
 	// same names, except in tests, which shorten them.
 	pingInterval time.Duration
 	pongDeadline time.Duration
+
+	// resolveHost is the function of the same name, except in
+	// tests, which replace it with one that blocks.
+	resolveHost func(ctx context.Context, addr string) string
 }
 
 // New creates a new IRC Server and registers its lifecycle
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ func New(
 
 		pingInterval: pingInterval,
 		pongDeadline: pongDeadline,
+		resolveHost:  resolveHost,
 	}
 
 	listenAddr := params.Config.IRCListenAddr
@@ -175,7 +180,7 @@ func (s *Server) acceptLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 		}
 
 		client := newConn(
-			ctx, tcpConn, s.log,
+			tcpConn, s.log,
 			s.database, s.brk, s.cfg, s.svc,
 		)
 
@@ -204,7 +209,10 @@ func (s *Server) acceptLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 				s.mu.Unlock()
 			}()
 
-			client.serve(ctx, s.pingInterval, s.pongDeadline)
+			client.serve(
+				ctx, s.resolveHost,
+				s.pingInterval, s.pongDeadline,
+			)
 		}()
 	}
 }

internal/ircserver/server_test.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package ircserver_test
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"crypto/rand"
+	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/broker"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/config"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/db"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/dbtest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/globals"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/ircserver"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/logger"
@@ -90,14 +92,22 @@ func newTestEnvWithPingTimes(
 ) *testEnv {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	// A random name, so that no other test environment, not
-	// even an earlier run of the same test, can share it.
-	dsn := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"file:%s?mode=memory&cache=shared",
-		rand.Text(),
+	return newTestEnvWithResolver(
+		t, cfg, interval, deadline, ircserver.ResolveHost,
 	)
+}
 
-	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
+// newTestEnvWithResolver is newTestEnvWithPingTimes, except
+// that the server looks up a client's hostname with resolve.
+func newTestEnvWithResolver(
+	t *testing.T,
+	cfg *config.Config,
+	interval, deadline time.Duration,
+	resolve func(ctx context.Context, addr string) string,
+) *testEnv {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dbtest.NewURL(t))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -127,30 +137,18 @@ func newTestEnvWithPingTimes(
 
 	brk := broker.New()
 
-	var listenConfig net.ListenConfig
-
-	listener, err := listenConfig.Listen(t.Context(), "tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	addr := listener.Addr().String()
-
-	err = listener.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("close listener: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	log := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(
 		os.Stderr,
 		&slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelError}, //nolint:exhaustruct
 	))
 
 	srv := ircserver.NewTestServer(
-		log, cfg, database, brk, interval, deadline,
+		log, cfg, database, brk, interval, deadline, resolve,
 	)
 
-	err = srv.Start(addr)
+	// Port 0 makes the system pick a free port. dial reads it
+	// back from the server's listener.
+	err = srv.Start("127.0.0.1:0")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("start irc server: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -415,6 +413,49 @@ func TestRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 	assertContains(t, lines, " 001 ", "RPL_WELCOME")
 }
 
+// TestRegistrationWhileAnotherLookupIsPending checks that a
+// client is accepted and registered while the hostname lookup
+// of an earlier client has not returned, and that it
+// registers with the hostname its own lookup returned.
+func TestRegistrationWhileAnotherLookupIsPending(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const lookedUpHost = "client.example"
+
+	var lookups atomic.Int32
+
+	firstLookupStarted := make(chan struct{})
+
+	// The first lookup returns only when the server stops.
+	resolve := func(ctx context.Context, _ string) string {
+		if lookups.Add(1) == 1 {
+			close(firstLookupStarted)
+			<-ctx.Done()
+		}
+
+		return lookedUpHost
+	}
+
+	env := newTestEnvWithResolver(
+		t, &config.Config{ServerName: testServerName},
+		ircserver.PingInterval, ircserver.PongDeadline, resolve,
+	)
+
+	env.dial(t)
+
+	select {
+	case <-firstLookupStarted:
+	case <-time.After(testTimeout):
+		t.Fatal("the first client's lookup did not start")
+	}
+
+	lines := env.dial(t).register("second")
+	assertContains(
+		t, lines, "second!second@"+lookedUpHost,
+		"RPL_WELCOME with the looked-up hostname",
+	)
+}
+
 // TestEachTestEnvHasItsOwnDatabase checks that a test
 // environment starts on an empty database while another one
 // is still open.
@@ -585,8 +626,6 @@ func TestNewPingTimes(t *testing.T) {
 func TestIdleCleanupKeepsActiveUser(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	const idleTimeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
-
 	env := newTestEnv(t)
 
 	active := env.dial(t)
@@ -595,13 +634,17 @@ func TestIdleCleanupKeepsActiveUser(t *testing.T) {
 	idle := env.dial(t)
 	idle.register("idle")
 
-	time.Sleep(idleTimeout)
+	// Both users were last seen before cutoff, and only active
+	// sends a command after it, so the result does not depend
+	// on how long the PONG takes to arrive.
+	cutoff := time.Now()
+
 	active.sendAndExpect("PING :still here", "PONG")
 
 	// The idle cleanup in internal/handlers removes exactly
 	// the users this returns.
 	stale, err := env.database.GetStaleOrphanSessions(
-		t.Context(), time.Now().Add(-idleTimeout),
+		t.Context(), cutoff,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("get stale sessions: %v", err)
@@ -1098,6 +1141,165 @@ func TestHandlePassPostRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+// The shortest and longest password PASS accepts; bcrypt
+// cannot hash more than 72 bytes.
+const (
+	minPasswordBytes = 8
+	maxPasswordBytes = 72
+)
+
+// passwordLengthNotice is the NOTICE text for a password that
+// is too short or too long.
+const passwordLengthNotice = "Password must be 8 to 72 bytes"
+
+// passwordCase is a password a PASS test sends, and whether
+// the server should store it.
+type passwordCase struct {
+	name     string
+	password string
+	stored   bool
+}
+
+// passwordCases returns the passwords the PASS length tests
+// send: one of 8 to 72 bytes is stored and any other is
+// refused. The limit counts bytes: "é" is two bytes in UTF-8,
+// so 72 of them are refused.
+func passwordCases() []passwordCase {
+	return []passwordCase{
+		{"empty", "", false},
+		{"7 bytes", strings.Repeat("a", minPasswordBytes-1), false},
+		{"8 bytes", strings.Repeat("a", minPasswordBytes), true},
+		{"72 bytes", strings.Repeat("a", maxPasswordBytes), true},
+		{"73 bytes", strings.Repeat("a", maxPasswordBytes+1), false},
+		{"72 characters", strings.Repeat("é", maxPasswordBytes), false},
+	}
+}
+
+// assertStored fails the test unless nick can log in with
+// password exactly when stored is true.
+func assertStored(
+	t *testing.T, env *testEnv, nick, password string, stored bool,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	_, _, token, err := env.database.LoginUser(
+		t.Context(), nick, password, "127.0.0.1", "localhost",
+	)
+
+	loggedIn := err == nil && token != ""
+	if loggedIn != stored {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"log in as %s: logged in %v, want %v (error: %v)",
+			nick, loggedIn, stored, err,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPassPostRegistrationLength checks that PASS after
+// registration stores and confirms a password of 8 to 72
+// bytes, and refuses any other with a NOTICE.
+func TestPassPostRegistrationLength(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	for i, tc := range passwordCases() {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			nick := fmt.Sprintf("postpass%d", i)
+			client := env.dial(t)
+
+			client.register(nick)
+			client.send("PASS :" + tc.password)
+
+			// The server answers commands in order, so its
+			// reply to PASS comes before the PONG.
+			lines := client.sendAndExpect("PING :after", "PONG")
+
+			reply := passwordLengthNotice
+			if tc.stored {
+				reply = "Password set"
+			}
+
+			assertContains(t, lines, reply, "reply to PASS")
+			assertStored(t, env, nick, tc.password, tc.stored)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPassPostRegistrationNotStored checks that PASS is not
+// confirmed when the password could not be stored.
+func TestPassPostRegistrationNotStored(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+	client := env.dial(t)
+
+	client.register("failpass")
+
+	_, err := env.database.GetDB().ExecContext(t.Context(),
+		`CREATE TRIGGER refuse_password
+		 BEFORE UPDATE OF password_hash ON sessions
+		 BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'refused'); END`,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create trigger: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	client.send("PASS :mypassword123")
+
+	// The server answers commands in order, so anything it
+	// sent about PASS comes before the PONG.
+	lines := client.sendAndExpect("PING :after", "PONG")
+
+	assertNotContains(
+		t, lines, "Password set",
+		"confirmation of a password that was not stored",
+	)
+}
+
+// TestPassBeforeRegistrationLength checks that a PASS before
+// registration stores a password of 8 to 72 bytes, and that
+// any other is refused with a NOTICE once registration
+// completes.
+func TestPassBeforeRegistrationLength(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	for i, tc := range passwordCases() {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			nick := fmt.Sprintf("prepass%d", i)
+			client := env.dial(t)
+
+			client.send("PASS :" + tc.password)
+			client.register(nick)
+
+			// The password is checked after the welcome
+			// burst, which register reads; the PONG comes
+			// after that.
+			lines := client.sendAndExpect("PING :after", "PONG")
+
+			if tc.stored {
+				assertNotContains(
+					t, lines, passwordLengthNotice,
+					"refusal of a valid password",
+				)
+			} else {
+				assertContains(
+					t, lines, passwordLengthNotice,
+					"refusal after registration",
+				)
+			}
+
+			assertStored(t, env, nick, tc.password, tc.stored)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPreRegistrationNotRegistered(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

internal/server/export_test.go

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ func NewTestSPAServer() *Server {
 	return srv
 }
 
+// Listener returns the listener the start hook bound for the
+// HTTP server.
+func (srv *Server) Listener() net.Listener {
+	return srv.listener
+}
+
 // ServeUntilShutdown runs serveUntilShutdown, which serves the
 // HTTP server on listener, and returns when it does.
 func (srv *Server) ServeUntilShutdown(listener net.Listener) {

internal/server/server.go

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	sentryEnabled bool
 	log           *slog.Logger
 	httpServer    *http.Server
+	listener      net.Listener
 	router        *chi.Mux
 	params        Params
 	mw            *middleware.Middleware
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ func (srv *Server) startHTTP(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("http listen: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	srv.listener = listener
+
 	srv.httpServer = &http.Server{ //nolint:exhaustruct // optional fields
 		Addr:           listenAddr,
 		ReadTimeout:    httpReadTimeout,

internal/server/server_test.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package server_test
 
 import (
-	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/broker"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/config"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/db"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/dbtest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/globals"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/handlers"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/healthcheck"
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ const (
 // for a long poll the HTTP server is serving to finish, and
 // that the poll gets its response.
 func TestStopWaitsForRequestInProgress(t *testing.T) {
-	port := freePort(t)
-	addr := net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(port))
+	var srv *server.Server
 
-	app, brk, database := startApp(t, port)
+	app, brk, database := startApp(t, fx.Populate(&srv))
 
 	sessionID, _, token, err := database.CreateSession(
 		t.Context(), "poller", "poller", "", "",
@@ -57,9 +56,12 @@ func TestStopWaitsForRequestInProgress(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("create session: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	waitUntil(t, "the HTTP server to listen", func() bool {
-		return canConnect(t, addr)
-	})
+	tcpAddr, ok := srv.Listener().Addr().(*net.TCPAddr)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("listener address %v is not TCP", srv.Listener().Addr())
+	}
+
+	addr := net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(tcpAddr.Port))
 
 	statuses := make(chan int, 1)
 
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ func TestStartFailsWhenHTTPPortIsTaken(t *testing.T) {
 func TestServeFailureStopsApp(t *testing.T) {
 	var srv *server.Server
 
-	app, _, _ := startApp(t, freePort(t), fx.Populate(&srv))
+	app, _, _ := startApp(t, fx.Populate(&srv))
 
 	shutdowns := app.Wait()
 
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ func TestServeFailureStopsApp(t *testing.T) {
 func TestServeAfterStopDoesNotStopApp(t *testing.T) {
 	var srv *server.Server
 
-	app, _, _ := startApp(t, freePort(t), fx.Populate(&srv))
+	app, _, _ := startApp(t, fx.Populate(&srv))
 
 	shutdowns := app.Wait()
 
@@ -186,16 +188,15 @@ func TestServeAfterStopDoesNotStopApp(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// startApp starts the app newApp builds, with the HTTP server
-// listening on port.
+// startApp starts the app newApp builds, with the HTTP port
+// set to 0, so the system gives the server a free port.
 func startApp(
 	t *testing.T,
-	port int,
 	options ...fx.Option,
 ) (*fxtest.App, *broker.Broker, *db.Database) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	app, brk, database := newApp(t, port, options...)
+	app, brk, database := newApp(t, 0, options...)
 
 	app.RequireStart()
 
@@ -241,10 +242,7 @@ func newApp(
 			stats.New,
 		),
 		fx.Decorate(func(cfg *config.Config) *config.Config {
-			// A random name, so that no other test can share it.
-			cfg.DBURL = fmt.Sprintf(
-				"file:%s?mode=memory&cache=shared", rand.Text(),
-			)
+			cfg.DBURL = dbtest.NewURL(t)
 			cfg.Port = port
 
 			return cfg
@@ -257,21 +255,6 @@ func newApp(
 	return app, brk, database
 }
 
-// freePort returns a TCP port that nothing was listening on a
-// moment ago.
-func freePort(t *testing.T) int {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	listener := closedListener(t)
-
-	tcpAddr, ok := listener.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr)
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("listener address %v is not TCP", listener.Addr())
-	}
-
-	return tcpAddr.Port
-}
-
 // closedListener returns a TCP listener that has already been
 // closed, so that accepting a connection on it fails.
 func closedListener(t *testing.T) net.Listener {
@@ -294,22 +277,6 @@ func closedListener(t *testing.T) net.Listener {
 	return listener
 }
 
-// canConnect reports whether addr accepts a TCP connection.
-func canConnect(t *testing.T, addr string) bool {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	var dialer net.Dialer
-
-	conn, err := dialer.DialContext(t.Context(), "tcp", addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	_ = conn.Close()
-
-	return true
-}
-
 // waitUntil calls done every checkStep until it returns true,
 // and fails the test if it does not within testTimeout.
 func waitUntil(t *testing.T, what string, done func() bool) {

internal/service/service.go

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendWallops(
 
 	_, _, err = s.FanOut(
 		ctx, irc.CmdWallops, nick, "*", 0, 0,
-		nil, body, nil, recipients,
+		nil, body, nil, recipients, 0,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("wallops: %w", err)
@@ -347,12 +347,19 @@ type DirectMsgResult struct {
 // session IDs, notifying each via the broker. toSessionID
 // and toChannelID are the recipient InsertMessage records
 // for history, 0 when there is none.
+//
+// skipClientID is the client whose queue the message is
+// not added to: the IRC listener connection that sent the
+// command, which has already shown it to its user. The HTTP
+// API passes 0, as its clients see their own commands
+// through their queues.
 func (s *Service) FanOut(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	command, from, to string,
 	toSessionID, toChannelID int64,
 	params, body, meta json.RawMessage,
 	sessionIDs []int64,
+	skipClientID int64,
 ) (int64, string, error) {
 	dbID, msgUUID, err := s.db.InsertMessage(
 		ctx, command, from, to,
@@ -363,66 +370,40 @@ func (s *Service) FanOut(
 	}
 
 	for _, sid := range sessionIDs {
-		_ = s.db.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sid, dbID)
+		_ = s.db.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sid, dbID, skipClientID)
 		s.broker.Notify(sid)
 	}
 
 	return dbID, msgUUID, nil
 }
 
-// excludeSession returns a copy of ids without the given
-// session.
-func excludeSession(
-	ids []int64,
-	exclude int64,
-) []int64 {
-	out := make([]int64, 0, len(ids))
-
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		if id != exclude {
-			out = append(out, id)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return out
-}
-
-// SendChannelMessage validates the hashcash stamp of a
-// PRIVMSG to a +H channel, membership and moderation, then
-// fans out a message to all channel members except the
-// sender. Returns the database row ID, message UUID, and
-// any error. The dbID lets callers enqueue the same
-// message to the sender when echo is needed (HTTP
-// transport).
+// SendChannelMessage checks membership, bans and
+// moderation, then the hashcash stamp of a PRIVMSG to a +H
+// channel, then fans out a message to all channel members,
+// the sender's session included, skipping client
+// skipClientID as FanOut does. The stamp is checked after
+// the other checks so that a message they refuse does not
+// spend it. Returns the message UUID and any error.
 func (s *Service) SendChannelMessage(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	nick, command, channel string,
 	body, meta json.RawMessage,
-) (int64, string, error) {
+) (string, error) {
 	noSuchChannel := &IRCError{
 		irc.ErrNoSuchChannel, []string{channel}, msgNoSuchChannel,
 	}
 
 	chID, err := s.db.GetChannelByName(ctx, channel)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, "", noSuchChannel
-	}
-
-	if command == irc.CmdPrivmsg {
-		err = s.checkChannelHashcash(
-			ctx, chID, channel, body, meta,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, "", err
-		}
+		return "", noSuchChannel
 	}
 
 	isMember, _ := s.db.IsChannelMember(
 		ctx, chID, sessionID,
 	)
 	if !isMember {
-		return 0, "", &IRCError{
+		return "", &IRCError{
 			irc.ErrCannotSendToChan,
 			[]string{channel},
 			"Cannot send to channel",
@@ -434,7 +415,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendChannelMessage(
 		ctx, chID, sessionID,
 	)
 	if banErr == nil && isBanned {
-		return 0, "", &IRCError{
+		return "", &IRCError{
 			irc.ErrCannotSendToChan,
 			[]string{channel},
 			"Cannot send to channel (+b)",
@@ -451,7 +432,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendChannelMessage(
 		)
 
 		if !isOp && !isVoiced {
-			return 0, "", &IRCError{
+			return "", &IRCError{
 				irc.ErrCannotSendToChan,
 				[]string{channel},
 				"Cannot send to channel (+m)",
@@ -459,31 +440,40 @@ func (s *Service) SendChannelMessage(
 		}
 	}
 
-	memberIDs, _ := s.db.GetChannelMemberIDs(ctx, chID)
-	recipients := excludeSession(memberIDs, sessionID)
+	if command == irc.CmdPrivmsg {
+		err = s.checkChannelHashcash(
+			ctx, chID, channel, body, meta,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
 
-	dbID, uuid, fanErr := s.FanOut(
+	memberIDs, _ := s.db.GetChannelMemberIDs(ctx, chID)
+
+	_, uuid, fanErr := s.FanOut(
 		ctx, command, nick, channel, 0, chID,
-		nil, body, meta, recipients,
+		nil, body, meta, memberIDs, skipClientID,
 	)
 	// The channel was deleted after the lookup above.
 	if db.IsForeignKeyConstraintError(fanErr) {
-		return 0, "", noSuchChannel
+		return "", noSuchChannel
 	}
 
 	if fanErr != nil {
-		return 0, "", fanErr
+		return "", fanErr
 	}
 
-	return dbID, uuid, nil
+	return uuid, nil
 }
 
 // SendDirectMessage validates the target and sends a
-// direct message, returning the message UUID and any away
-// message set on the target.
+// direct message to the target and the sender's session,
+// skipping client skipClientID as FanOut does, and returns
+// the message UUID and any away message set on the target.
 func (s *Service) SendDirectMessage(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	nick, command, target string,
 	body, meta json.RawMessage,
 ) (*DirectMsgResult, error) {
@@ -505,7 +495,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendDirectMessage(
 
 	_, uuid, fanErr := s.FanOut(
 		ctx, command, nick, target, targetSID, 0,
-		nil, body, meta, recipients,
+		nil, body, meta, recipients, skipClientID,
 	)
 	// The target's session was deleted after the lookup above.
 	if db.IsForeignKeyConstraintError(fanErr) {
@@ -521,11 +511,12 @@ func (s *Service) SendDirectMessage(
 
 // JoinChannel creates or joins a channel, making the
 // first joiner the operator. Fans out the JOIN to all
-// channel members. A channel name that validChannelRe
-// does not match gets ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL.
+// channel members, skipping client skipClientID as FanOut
+// does. A channel name that validChannelRe does not match
+// gets ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL.
 func (s *Service) JoinChannel(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	nick, channel, suppliedKey string,
 ) (*JoinResult, error) {
 	if !validChannelRe.MatchString(channel) {
@@ -548,7 +539,7 @@ func (s *Service) JoinChannel(
 
 	_, _, _ = s.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
 		ctx, irc.CmdJoin, nick, channel, 0, chID,
-		nil, body, nil, memberIDs,
+		nil, body, nil, memberIDs, skipClientID,
 	)
 
 	return &JoinResult{
@@ -557,12 +548,12 @@ func (s *Service) JoinChannel(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// PartChannel validates membership, broadcasts PART to
-// remaining members, removes the user, and cleans up empty
-// channels.
+// PartChannel validates membership, broadcasts PART to all
+// channel members, skipping client skipClientID as FanOut
+// does, removes the user, and cleans up empty channels.
 func (s *Service) PartChannel(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	nick, channel, reason string,
 ) error {
 	chID, err := s.db.GetChannelByName(ctx, channel)
@@ -586,12 +577,11 @@ func (s *Service) PartChannel(
 	}
 
 	memberIDs, _ := s.db.GetChannelMemberIDs(ctx, chID)
-	recipients := excludeSession(memberIDs, sessionID)
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{reason}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
 	_, _, _ = s.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
 		ctx, irc.CmdPart, nick, channel, 0, chID,
-		nil, body, nil, recipients,
+		nil, body, nil, memberIDs, skipClientID,
 	)
 
 	s.db.PartChannelAndDeleteIfEmpty(ctx, chID, sessionID) //nolint:errcheck,gosec
@@ -600,10 +590,11 @@ func (s *Service) PartChannel(
 }
 
 // SetTopic validates membership and topic-lock, sets the
-// topic, and broadcasts the change.
+// topic, and broadcasts the change to all channel members,
+// skipping client skipClientID as FanOut does.
 func (s *Service) SetTopic(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	nick, channel, topic string,
 ) error {
 	chID, err := s.db.GetChannelByName(ctx, channel)
@@ -652,18 +643,19 @@ func (s *Service) SetTopic(
 
 	_, _, _ = s.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
 		ctx, irc.CmdTopic, nick, channel, 0, chID,
-		nil, body, nil, memberIDs,
+		nil, body, nil, memberIDs, skipClientID,
 	)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 // KickUser validates operator status and target
-// membership, broadcasts the KICK, removes the target,
-// and cleans up empty channels.
+// membership, broadcasts the KICK to all channel members,
+// skipping client skipClientID as FanOut does, removes the
+// target, and cleans up empty channels.
 func (s *Service) KickUser(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	nick, channel, targetNick, reason string,
 ) error {
 	chID, err := s.db.GetChannelByName(ctx, channel)
@@ -716,7 +708,7 @@ func (s *Service) KickUser(
 
 	_, _, _ = s.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
 		ctx, irc.CmdKick, nick, channel, 0, chID,
-		params, body, nil, memberIDs,
+		params, body, nil, memberIDs, skipClientID,
 	)
 
 	s.db.PartChannelAndDeleteIfEmpty(ctx, chID, targetSID) //nolint:errcheck,gosec
@@ -797,10 +789,11 @@ func (s *Service) InviteUser(
 }
 
 // ChangeNick changes a user's nickname and broadcasts the
-// change to all users sharing channels.
+// change to the user's own session and all users sharing
+// channels, skipping client skipClientID as FanOut does.
 func (s *Service) ChangeNick(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	oldNick, newNick string,
 ) error {
 	err := s.db.ChangeNick(ctx, sessionID, newNick)
@@ -821,7 +814,9 @@ func (s *Service) ChangeNick(
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.broadcastNickChange(ctx, sessionID, oldNick, newNick)
+	s.broadcastNickChange(
+		ctx, sessionID, skipClientID, oldNick, newNick,
+	)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1041,9 +1036,10 @@ func (s *Service) SetChannelFlag(
 }
 
 // BroadcastMode fans out a MODE change to all channel
-// members.
+// members, skipping client skipClientID as FanOut does.
 func (s *Service) BroadcastMode(
 	ctx context.Context,
+	skipClientID int64,
 	nick, channel string,
 	chID int64,
 	modeText string,
@@ -1053,7 +1049,7 @@ func (s *Service) BroadcastMode(
 
 	_, _, _ = s.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
 		ctx, irc.CmdMode, nick, channel, 0, chID,
-		nil, body, nil, memberIDs,
+		nil, body, nil, memberIDs, skipClientID,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -1305,11 +1301,12 @@ func (s *Service) checkChannelHashcash(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// broadcastNickChange notifies channel peers of a nick
+// broadcastNickChange notifies the user's own session,
+// except client skipClientID, and channel peers of a nick
 // change.
 func (s *Service) broadcastNickChange(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	sessionID int64,
+	sessionID, skipClientID int64,
 	oldNick, newNick string,
 ) {
 	channels, err := s.db.GetSessionChannels(
@@ -1331,7 +1328,7 @@ func (s *Service) broadcastNickChange(
 	}
 
 	// Notify the user themselves (for multi-client sync).
-	_ = s.db.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sessionID, dbID)
+	_ = s.db.EnqueueToSession(ctx, sessionID, dbID, skipClientID)
 	s.broker.Notify(sessionID)
 	notified[sessionID] = true
 
@@ -1350,7 +1347,7 @@ func (s *Service) broadcastNickChange(
 
 			notified[mid] = true
 
-			_ = s.db.EnqueueToSession(ctx, mid, dbID)
+			_ = s.db.EnqueueToSession(ctx, mid, dbID, 0)
 			s.broker.Notify(mid)
 		}
 	}

internal/service/service_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package service_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -23,7 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/broker"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/config"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/db"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/dbtest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/globals"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/hashcash"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/logger"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/service"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/pkg/irc"
@@ -45,13 +46,7 @@ type testEnv struct {
 func newTestEnv(t *testing.T) *testEnv {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	// A random name, so that no other test can share it, not
-	// even one that has finished but still holds its database
-	// open.
-	dbURL := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"file:%s?mode=memory&cache=shared",
-		rand.Text(),
-	)
+	dbURL := dbtest.NewURL(t)
 
 	var (
 		database *db.Database
@@ -167,7 +162,7 @@ func TestFanOut(t *testing.T) {
 	dbID, uuid, err := env.svc.FanOut(
 		ctx, irc.CmdPrivmsg, "alice", "#test", 0, 0,
 		nil, body, nil,
-		[]int64{sid1, sid2},
+		[]int64{sid1, sid2}, 0,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("FanOut: %v", err)
@@ -189,7 +184,7 @@ func TestJoinChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	sid := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "alice")
 
 	result, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid, "alice", "#general", "",
+		ctx, sid, 0, "alice", "#general", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("JoinChannel: %v", err)
@@ -207,7 +202,7 @@ func TestJoinChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	sid2 := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "bob")
 
 	result2, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid2, "bob", "#general", "",
+		ctx, sid2, 0, "bob", "#general", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("JoinChannel bob: %v", err)
@@ -229,14 +224,14 @@ func TestPartChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	sid := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "alice")
 
 	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid, "alice", "#general", "",
+		ctx, sid, 0, "alice", "#general", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("JoinChannel: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	err = env.svc.PartChannel(
-		ctx, sid, "alice", "#general", "bye",
+		ctx, sid, 0, "alice", "#general", "bye",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("PartChannel: %v", err)
@@ -244,7 +239,7 @@ func TestPartChannel(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Parting a non-existent channel returns error.
 	err = env.svc.PartChannel(
-		ctx, sid, "alice", "#nonexistent", "",
+		ctx, sid, 0, "alice", "#nonexistent", "",
 	)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error for non-existent channel")
@@ -308,7 +303,7 @@ func joinConcurrently(
 
 		joins[i] = func() error {
 			result, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-				ctx, sessionID, nick, channel, "",
+				ctx, sessionID, 0, nick, channel, "",
 			)
 			results[i] = result
 
@@ -334,7 +329,7 @@ func TestConcurrentJoinsRespectUserLimit(t *testing.T) {
 		opSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, opNick)
 
 		created, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-			ctx, opSID, opNick, channel, "",
+			ctx, opSID, 0, opNick, channel, "",
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("join %s: %v", opNick, err)
@@ -447,7 +442,7 @@ func TestJoinConcurrentWithLastPart(t *testing.T) {
 		joinerSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, joinerNick)
 
 		_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-			ctx, leaverSID, leaverNick, channel, "",
+			ctx, leaverSID, 0, leaverNick, channel, "",
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("join %s: %v", leaverNick, err)
@@ -456,12 +451,12 @@ func TestJoinConcurrentWithLastPart(t *testing.T) {
 		errs := runConcurrently(
 			func() error {
 				return env.svc.PartChannel(
-					ctx, leaverSID, leaverNick, channel, "",
+					ctx, leaverSID, 0, leaverNick, channel, "",
 				)
 			},
 			func() error {
 				_, joinErr := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-					ctx, joinerSID, joinerNick, channel, "",
+					ctx, joinerSID, 0, joinerNick, channel, "",
 				)
 
 				return joinErr
@@ -512,7 +507,7 @@ func TestJoinConcurrentWithLastQuit(t *testing.T) {
 		joinerSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, joinerNick)
 
 		created, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-			ctx, leaverSID, leaverNick, channel, "",
+			ctx, leaverSID, 0, leaverNick, channel, "",
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("join %s: %v", leaverNick, err)
@@ -544,7 +539,7 @@ func TestJoinConcurrentWithLastQuit(t *testing.T) {
 					)
 
 					joined, joinErr = env.svc.JoinChannel(
-						ctx, joinerSID, joinerNick, channel, "",
+						ctx, joinerSID, 0, joinerNick, channel, "",
 					)
 					if !errors.As(joinErr, &ircErr) ||
 						ircErr.Code != irc.ErrBadChannelKey {
@@ -591,7 +586,7 @@ func TestQuitQueuedAheadOfNewNickHoldersJoin(t *testing.T) {
 		quitterSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, nick)
 
 		for _, channel := range []string{crowd, shared} {
-			_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, quitterSID, nick, channel, "")
+			_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, quitterSID, 0, nick, channel, "")
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("join %s: %v", channel, err)
 			}
@@ -601,7 +596,7 @@ func TestQuitQueuedAheadOfNewNickHoldersJoin(t *testing.T) {
 			memberNick := fmt.Sprintf("crowd%dx%d", trial, member)
 			memberSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, memberNick)
 
-			_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, memberSID, memberNick, crowd, "")
+			_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, memberSID, 0, memberNick, crowd, "")
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("join %s: %v", memberNick, err)
 			}
@@ -616,7 +611,7 @@ func TestQuitQueuedAheadOfNewNickHoldersJoin(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("create session %s: %v", watcherNick, err)
 		}
 
-		_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, watcherSID, watcherNick, shared, "")
+		_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, watcherSID, 0, watcherNick, shared, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("join %s: %v", watcherNick, err)
 		}
@@ -677,7 +672,7 @@ func takeNickAndJoin(
 			return err
 		}
 
-		_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sessionID, nick, channel, "")
+		_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sessionID, 0, nick, channel, "")
 
 		return err
 	}
@@ -709,7 +704,7 @@ func TestJoinUsesUpInvite(t *testing.T) {
 	opSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "op")
 	guestSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "guest")
 
-	created, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, opSID, "op", channel, "")
+	created, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, opSID, 0, "op", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join op: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -724,17 +719,17 @@ func TestJoinUsesUpInvite(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("invite guest: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, guestSID, "guest", channel, "")
+	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, guestSID, 0, "guest", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("invited join: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, guestSID, "guest", channel, "")
+	err = env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, guestSID, 0, "guest", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("part guest: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, guestSID, "guest", channel, "")
+	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, guestSID, 0, "guest", channel, "")
 
 	var ircErr *service.IRCError
 	if !errors.As(err, &ircErr) || ircErr.Code != irc.ErrInviteOnlyChan {
@@ -753,7 +748,7 @@ func TestJoinRefusedByHostmaskBan(t *testing.T) {
 
 	opSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "op")
 
-	created, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, opSID, "op", channel, "")
+	created, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, opSID, 0, "op", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join op: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -772,7 +767,7 @@ func TestJoinRefusedByHostmaskBan(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("create session guest: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, guestSID, "guest", channel, "")
+	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, guestSID, 0, "guest", channel, "")
 
 	var ircErr *service.IRCError
 	if !errors.As(err, &ircErr) || ircErr.Code != irc.ErrBannedFromChan {
@@ -792,17 +787,17 @@ func TestPartDeletesChannelOnlyWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	aliceSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "alice")
 	bobSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "bob")
 
-	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, aliceSID, "alice", channel, "")
+	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, aliceSID, 0, "alice", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, bobSID, "bob", channel, "")
+	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, bobSID, 0, "bob", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join bob: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, aliceSID, "alice", channel, "")
+	err = env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, aliceSID, 0, "alice", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("part alice: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -817,7 +812,7 @@ func TestPartDeletesChannelOnlyWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("bob is not on the channel after alice parted")
 	}
 
-	err = env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, bobSID, "bob", channel, "")
+	err = env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, bobSID, 0, "bob", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("part bob: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -838,12 +833,12 @@ func TestKickOfLastMemberDeletesChannel(t *testing.T) {
 
 	sid := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "alice")
 
-	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sid, "alice", channel, "")
+	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sid, 0, "alice", channel, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = env.svc.KickUser(ctx, sid, "alice", channel, "alice", "")
+	err = env.svc.KickUser(ctx, sid, 0, "alice", channel, "alice", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("kick alice: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -862,14 +857,14 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	sid2 := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "bob")
 
 	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid1, "alice", "#chat", "",
+		ctx, sid1, 0, "alice", "#chat", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid2, "bob", "#chat", "",
+		ctx, sid2, 0, "bob", "#chat", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join bob: %v", err)
@@ -877,18 +872,14 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage(t *testing.T) {
 
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{"hello world"}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
-	dbID, uuid, err := env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-		ctx, sid1, "alice",
+	uuid, err := env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+		ctx, sid1, 0, "alice",
 		irc.CmdPrivmsg, "#chat", body, nil,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("SendChannelMessage: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if dbID == 0 {
-		t.Error("expected non-zero dbID")
-	}
-
 	if uuid == "" {
 		t.Error("expected non-empty UUID")
 	}
@@ -896,8 +887,8 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	// Non-member cannot send.
 	sid3 := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "charlie")
 
-	_, _, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-		ctx, sid3, "charlie",
+	_, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+		ctx, sid3, 0, "charlie",
 		irc.CmdPrivmsg, "#chat", body, nil,
 	)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -913,14 +904,14 @@ func TestBroadcastQuit(t *testing.T) {
 	sid2 := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "bob")
 
 	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid1, "alice", "#room", "",
+		ctx, sid1, 0, "alice", "#room", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid2, "bob", "#room", "",
+		ctx, sid2, 0, "bob", "#room", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join bob: %v", err)
@@ -962,7 +953,7 @@ func TestSendDirectMessageTargetQuits(t *testing.T) {
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{"hi"}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
 	_, err = env.svc.SendDirectMessage(
-		ctx, sid, "alice", irc.CmdPrivmsg, "bob", body, nil,
+		ctx, sid, 0, "alice", irc.CmdPrivmsg, "bob", body, nil,
 	)
 
 	var ircErr *service.IRCError
@@ -982,7 +973,7 @@ func TestSendChannelMessageChannelDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	sid := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "alice")
 
-	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sid, "alice", "#gone", "")
+	_, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, sid, 0, "alice", "#gone", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -999,8 +990,8 @@ func TestSendChannelMessageChannelDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{"hi"}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
-	_, _, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-		ctx, sid, "alice", irc.CmdPrivmsg, "#gone", body, nil,
+	_, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+		ctx, sid, 0, "alice", irc.CmdPrivmsg, "#gone", body, nil,
 	)
 
 	var ircErr *service.IRCError
@@ -1018,14 +1009,14 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage_Moderated(t *testing.T) {
 	sid2 := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "bob")
 
 	result, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid1, "alice", "#modchat", "",
+		ctx, sid1, 0, "alice", "#modchat", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, sid2, "bob", "#modchat", "",
+		ctx, sid2, 0, "bob", "#modchat", "",
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("join bob: %v", err)
@@ -1038,8 +1029,8 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage_Moderated(t *testing.T) {
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{"test"}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
 	// Bob (non-op, non-voiced) should fail to send.
-	_, _, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-		ctx, sid2, "bob",
+	_, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+		ctx, sid2, 0, "bob",
 		irc.CmdPrivmsg, "#modchat", body, nil,
 	)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -1047,8 +1038,8 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage_Moderated(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Alice (operator) should succeed.
-	_, _, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-		ctx, sid1, "alice",
+	_, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+		ctx, sid1, 0, "alice",
 		irc.CmdPrivmsg, "#modchat", body, nil,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1056,6 +1047,88 @@ func TestSendChannelMessage_Moderated(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestRefusedChannelMessageLeavesStampUnspent checks that a
+// PRIVMSG to a +H channel refused because the sender is not
+// a member, is banned, or has no voice on a +m channel does
+// not spend its hashcash stamp: the operator can then send
+// the same message with it.
+func TestRefusedChannelMessageLeavesStampUnspent(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		channel = "#paid"
+		bits    = 2
+	)
+
+	refusals := []struct {
+		name string
+		// refuse stops bob from sending to the channel.
+		refuse func(ctx context.Context, env *testEnv, chID, bobSID int64) error
+	}{
+		{"not a member", func(ctx context.Context, env *testEnv, _, bobSID int64) error {
+			return env.svc.PartChannel(ctx, bobSID, 0, "bob", channel, "")
+		}},
+		{"banned", func(ctx context.Context, env *testEnv, chID, _ int64) error {
+			return env.db.AddChannelBan(ctx, chID, "bob!*@*", "alice")
+		}},
+		{"moderated", func(ctx context.Context, env *testEnv, chID, _ int64) error {
+			return env.svc.SetChannelFlag(ctx, chID, 'm', true)
+		}},
+	}
+
+	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{"hello"}) //nolint:errchkjson
+
+	for _, refusal := range refusals {
+		t.Run(refusal.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			env := newTestEnv(t)
+			ctx := t.Context()
+
+			aliceSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "alice")
+			bobSID := createSession(ctx, t, env.db, "bob")
+
+			joined, err := env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, aliceSID, 0, "alice", channel, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("join alice: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			_, err = env.svc.JoinChannel(ctx, bobSID, 0, "bob", channel, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("join bob: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			err = env.db.SetChannelHashcashBits(ctx, joined.ChannelID, bits)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("set +H: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			err = refusal.refuse(ctx, env, joined.ChannelID, bobSID)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("refuse bob: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			stamp := hashcash.MintChannelStamp(
+				bits, channel, hashcash.BodyHash(body),
+			)
+			meta, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"hashcash": stamp})
+
+			_, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+				ctx, bobSID, 0, "bob", irc.CmdPrivmsg, channel, body, meta,
+			)
+
+			var ircErr *service.IRCError
+			if !errors.As(err, &ircErr) ||
+				ircErr.Code != irc.ErrCannotSendToChan {
+				t.Fatalf("bob: want ERR_CANNOTSENDTOCHAN, got %v", err)
+			}
+
+			_, err = env.svc.SendChannelMessage(
+				ctx, aliceSID, 0, "alice", irc.CmdPrivmsg, channel, body, meta,
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("alice with the same stamp: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestQueryUserMode(t *testing.T) {
 	env := newTestEnv(t)
 	ctx := t.Context()

schema/README.md

@@ -1,98 +1,166 @@
-# Message Schemas
+# Message schemas
 
-JSON Schema definitions (draft 2020-12) for the neoirc protocol. Messages use
-**IRC command names and numeric reply codes** (RFC 1459/2812) encoded as JSON
-over HTTP.
+This directory holds JSON Schema files (draft 2020-12) for the messages that the
+neoirc HTTP API carries. `message.json` describes the fields that every message
+can have. `commands/` has files for some commands. `numerics/` has files for
+some of the numeric replies. A numeric reply is a server reply named by a
+three-digit number, such as `001`. `README.md` at the repository root documents
+the protocol.
 
-## Envelope
+The server can also run an IRC listener for ordinary IRC clients. The IRC
+listener sends plain IRC lines, which these files do not describe.
 
-Every message is a JSON object with a `command` field. The format maps directly
-to IRC wire format:
+## Message fields
+
+Every message is one JSON object, which `message.json` calls the envelope. These
+are the fields it can have:
+
+- `command`: the IRC command name, such as `PRIVMSG`, or the name of a numeric
+  reply, such as `RPL_WELCOME`. Always present.
+- `code`: the number of a numeric reply, such as `1` for `RPL_WELCOME`. Absent
+  on other messages.
+- `id`: the message's UUID, a unique ID that the server assigns.
+- `from`: the sender's nick, or the server name on a server message.
+- `to`: the target, such as a channel name starting with `#` or a nick.
+- `params`: an array of strings with the message's other parameters, in order.
+  `KICK` events and many numeric replies have it. The HTTP API ignores `params`
+  sent by a client.
+- `body`: an array of strings. It is never a bare string. In a `PRIVMSG` or
+  `NOTICE`, each string is one line of text.
+- `ts`: the time the server stored the message. It is an RFC 3339 time in UTC,
+  such as `2026-10-27T12:00:00.123Z`.
+- `meta`: an object of extra data, such as a hashcash stamp in `meta.hashcash`.
+  A hashcash stamp is a short string that takes a computer some work to make. A
+  `PRIVMSG` to a channel with mode `+H` needs one. The HTTP API relays the
+  `meta` of a `PRIVMSG` or `NOTICE` unchanged. It drops the `meta` of every
+  other command.
+
+Here is one `PRIVMSG` as the IRC listener sends it and as the HTTP API sends it.
+The JSON leaves out `id`, `ts` and `meta`:
 
 ```
-IRC:  :nick PRIVMSG #channel :hello world
-JSON: {"command": "PRIVMSG", "from": "nick", "to": "#channel", "body": ["hello world"]}
-
-IRC:  :server 353 nick = #channel :user1 @op1 +voice1
-JSON: {"command": "353", "to": "nick", "params": ["=", "#channel"], "body": ["user1 @op1 +voice1"]}
-
-Multiline:  {"command": "PRIVMSG", "to": "#ch", "body": ["line 1", "line 2"]}
-Structured: {"command": "PUBKEY", "body": {"alg": "ed25519", "key": "base64..."}}
+IRC:  :alice!alice@* PRIVMSG #general :hello world
+JSON: {"command": "PRIVMSG", "from": "alice", "to": "#general", "body": ["hello world"]}
 ```
 
-Common fields (see `message.json` for full schema):
+In the JSON, a numeric reply has its name in `command` and its number in `code`.
+This `353` reply lists the members of `#general`. The JSON again leaves out
+`id`, `ts` and `meta`:
 
-| Field     | Type            | Description                                          |
-| --------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
-| `id`      | string (uuid)   | Server-assigned message UUID                         |
-| `command` | string          | IRC command or 3-digit numeric code                  |
-| `from`    | string          | Source nick or server name (IRC prefix)              |
-| `to`      | string          | Target: #channel or nick                             |
-| `params`  | string[]        | Middle parameters (mainly for numerics)              |
-| `body`    | array \| object | Structured body — never a raw string (see below)     |
-| `ts`      | string          | ISO 8601 timestamp (server-assigned, not in raw IRC) |
-| `meta`    | object          | Extensible metadata (signatures, hashes, etc.)       |
+```
+{"command": "RPL_NAMREPLY", "code": 353, "from": "neoirc", "to": "alice",
+ "params": ["=", "#general"], "body": ["@op1!op1@host1 alice!alice@host2"]}
+```
 
-**Structured bodies:** `body` is always an array of strings (for text) or an
-object (for structured data like PUBKEY). Never a raw string. This enables:
+A `PRIVMSG` whose `body` has two strings is a two-line message:
 
-- Multiline messages without escape sequences
-- Deterministic canonicalization via RFC 8785 JCS for signing
-- Structured data where needed
+```
+{"command": "PRIVMSG", "to": "#general", "body": ["line one", "line two"]}
+```
 
-## Commands
+## Files
 
-IRC commands used for client↔server and server↔server communication.
+Commands, in `commands/`:
 
-| Command   | File                    | RFC         | Description                |
-| --------- | ----------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------- |
-| `PRIVMSG` | `commands/PRIVMSG.json` | 1459 §4.4.1 | Message to channel or user |
-| `NOTICE`  | `commands/NOTICE.json`  | 1459 §4.4.2 | Notice (no auto-reply)     |
-| `JOIN`    | `commands/JOIN.json`    | 1459 §4.2.1 | Join a channel             |
-| `PART`    | `commands/PART.json`    | 1459 §4.2.2 | Leave a channel            |
-| `QUIT`    | `commands/QUIT.json`    | 1459 §4.1.6 | User disconnected          |
-| `NICK`    | `commands/NICK.json`    | 1459 §4.1.2 | Change nickname            |
-| `TOPIC`   | `commands/TOPIC.json`   | 1459 §4.2.4 | Get/set channel topic      |
-| `MODE`    | `commands/MODE.json`    | 1459 §4.2.3 | Set channel/user modes     |
-| `KICK`    | `commands/KICK.json`    | 1459 §4.2.8 | Kick user from channel     |
-| `PING`    | `commands/PING.json`    | 1459 §4.6.2 | Keepalive                  |
-| `PONG`    | `commands/PONG.json`    | 1459 §4.6.3 | Keepalive response         |
-| `PUBKEY`  | `commands/PUBKEY.json`  | (extension) | Announce/relay signing key |
+- `PRIVMSG.json`: a message to a channel or a user.
+- `NOTICE.json`: a notice, which is a message that a client must not answer
+  automatically.
+- `JOIN.json`: a user joined a channel.
+- `PART.json`: a user left a channel.
+- `QUIT.json`: a user left the server.
+- `NICK.json`: a user changed nick.
+- `TOPIC.json`: a channel topic was set.
+- `MODE.json`: a channel mode was changed.
+- `KICK.json`: a channel operator removed a user from a channel.
+- `PING.json`: a check that the server still answers.
+- `PONG.json`: the answer to a `PING`.
+- `PUBKEY.json`: an announcement of a user's public signing key. The server has
+  no such command. It answers a `PUBKEY` with `ERR_UNKNOWNCOMMAND` (`421`).
 
-## Numeric Replies
+Numeric replies, in `numerics/`:
 
-Three-digit codes for server responses, per IRC convention.
+- `001.json`: `RPL_WELCOME`, which welcomes a new user.
+- `002.json`: `RPL_YOURHOST`, the server's name and version.
+- `003.json`: `RPL_CREATED`, which says when the server was created.
+- `004.json`: `RPL_MYINFO`, the server's version and its lists of modes.
+- `322.json`: `RPL_LIST`, one channel in the answer to `LIST`.
+- `323.json`: `RPL_LISTEND`, the end of the answer to `LIST`.
+- `332.json`: `RPL_TOPIC`, a channel's topic.
+- `353.json`: `RPL_NAMREPLY`, a channel's members.
+- `366.json`: `RPL_ENDOFNAMES`, the end of the member list.
+- `372.json`: `RPL_MOTD`, one line of the message of the day.
+- `375.json`: `RPL_MOTDSTART`, the start of the message of the day.
+- `376.json`: `RPL_ENDOFMOTD`, the end of the message of the day.
+- `401.json`: `ERR_NOSUCHNICK`, the nick does not exist.
+- `403.json`: `ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL`, the channel does not exist.
+- `433.json`: `ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE`, the nick is taken.
+- `442.json`: `ERR_NOTONCHANNEL`, the user is not on that channel.
+- `482.json`: `ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED`, the user is not a channel operator.
 
-### Success / Informational (0xx–3xx)
+## Where the files differ from the HTTP API
 
-| Code  | Name           | File                | Description                    |
-| ----- | -------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------ |
-| `001` | RPL_WELCOME    | `numerics/001.json` | Welcome after session creation |
-| `002` | RPL_YOURHOST   | `numerics/002.json` | Server host info               |
-| `003` | RPL_CREATED    | `numerics/003.json` | Server creation date           |
-| `004` | RPL_MYINFO     | `numerics/004.json` | Server info and modes          |
-| `322` | RPL_LIST       | `numerics/322.json` | Channel list entry             |
-| `323` | RPL_LISTEND    | `numerics/323.json` | End of channel list            |
-| `332` | RPL_TOPIC      | `numerics/332.json` | Channel topic                  |
-| `353` | RPL_NAMREPLY   | `numerics/353.json` | Channel member list            |
-| `366` | RPL_ENDOFNAMES | `numerics/366.json` | End of NAMES list              |
-| `372` | RPL_MOTD       | `numerics/372.json` | MOTD line                      |
-| `375` | RPL_MOTDSTART  | `numerics/375.json` | Start of MOTD                  |
-| `376` | RPL_ENDOFMOTD  | `numerics/376.json` | End of MOTD                    |
+Where a schema file and the HTTP API disagree, the HTTP API is right:
 
-### Errors (4xx)
+- `message.json` and the files in `numerics/` put the three-digit code in
+  `command`. They have no `code` field. The HTTP API puts the reply's name in
+  `command` and its number in `code`.
+- `message.json` allows an object as `body`. The HTTP API reads only arrays of
+  strings. A `PRIVMSG` with an object as `body` gets `ERR_NOTEXTTOSEND` (`412`).
+- `message.json` says `to` is a channel or a nick. A `WALLOPS` message has `*`
+  there.
+- `message.json` allows `meta` on every message. The HTTP API keeps a client's
+  `meta` only on a `PRIVMSG` or `NOTICE`.
+- `message.json` describes signature fields in `meta`. The server never checks a
+  signature.
+- `message.json` does not describe `meta.hashcash`. The HTTP API reads it in a
+  `PRIVMSG` to a channel with mode `+H`.
+- `JOIN.json` has no `body`. A client's `JOIN` can carry the channel key in
+  `body`. When a user joins, the `JOIN` event repeats the channel name in
+  `body`.
+- `JOIN.json` allows a channel name of any length. The server allows at most 63
+  characters after the `#`. It answers a longer name with `ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL`
+  (`403`).
+- `KICK.json` puts the kicked nick in `params`. The HTTP API reads a client's
+  `KICK` from `body`: the nick, then an optional reason.
+- `MODE.json` puts the mode change in `params`. The HTTP API uses `body`
+  instead. A client sends the change and any value as separate strings, such as
+  `"+o"` and `"bob"`. In a `MODE` event, `body` holds the change as one string,
+  such as `"+o bob"`, or as two strings, such as `"+k"` and `"secret"`.
+- `NOTICE.json` allows `*` as `to`. The server answers a `NOTICE` to `*` with
+  `ERR_NOSUCHNICK` (`401`).
+- `NOTICE.json` has an example notice from the server to `*`. The server sends
+  no such notice.
+- `PING.json` and `PONG.json` describe a token that the `PONG` repeats. The HTTP
+  API ignores the `body` of a `PING`. Its answer is the HTTP response
+  `{"command": "PONG", "from": "<server name>"}`.
+- `PING.json` and `PONG.json` also describe messages between servers. The server
+  does not connect to other IRC servers.
+- `PUBKEY.json` describes a command the server does not have.
+- `QUIT.json` says that `QUIT` comes only from the server. A client can send it
+  too, to end its session. A client's `QUIT` can carry a reason in `body`.
+- `TOPIC.json` says a `TOPIC` without a `body` queries the topic. The HTTP API
+  answers such a `TOPIC` with `ERR_NEEDMOREPARAMS` (`461`).
+- `TOPIC.json` says an empty array clears the topic. The HTTP API answers `[]`
+  with `ERR_NEEDMOREPARAMS` (`461`). A `body` of `[""]` clears the topic.
+- `003.json` describes the server's creation date. The HTTP API sends the date
+  the server last started.
+- `004.json` has example mode lists. The HTTP API sends an empty string as the
+  user modes and `ikmnostl` as the channel modes.
+- `322.json` says `LIST` gets one reply per channel. The server leaves out a
+  secret channel, one with mode `+s`, unless the user is on it.
+- `332.json` says `RPL_TOPIC` answers a `TOPIC` query. The HTTP API has no such
+  query. It sends `RPL_TOPIC` after a client sets the topic, and after a `JOIN`
+  to a channel that has one.
+- `353.json` says `body` lists nicks. The HTTP API lists `nick!user@host` in
+  place of each nick, such as `@op1!op1@host1`.
+- `353.json` says the first parameter marks a channel as public, private or
+  secret. The server always sends `=`, the mark for a public channel.
+- `376.json` gives the text as `End of /MOTD command`. The HTTP API adds a full
+  stop.
+- `401.json` gives the text as `No such nick/channel`. The server sends
+  `No such nick` in answer to a `PRIVMSG` or `NOTICE` to an unknown nick.
+- `433.json` has an example with `*` as `to`. The HTTP API sends `433` only in
+  answer to a `NICK`, with the user's nick as `to`.
 
-| Code  | Name                 | File                | Description             |
-| ----- | -------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------- |
-| `401` | ERR_NOSUCHNICK       | `numerics/401.json` | No such nick/channel    |
-| `403` | ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL    | `numerics/403.json` | No such channel         |
-| `433` | ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE    | `numerics/433.json` | Nickname already in use |
-| `442` | ERR_NOTONCHANNEL     | `numerics/442.json` | Not on that channel     |
-| `482` | ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED | `numerics/482.json` | Not channel operator    |
-
-## Federation (S2S)
-
-Server-to-server messages use the same command format. Federated servers relay
-messages with an additional `origin` field in `meta` to track the source server.
-The PING/PONG commands serve as inter-server keepalives. State sync after link
-establishment uses a burst of JOIN, NICK, TOPIC, and MODE commands.
+The HTTP API also accepts some messages that the files do not allow, such as a
+`JOIN` whose `to` has no `#`.

web/src/app.jsx

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ const RECONNECT_DELAY = 3000;
 const MEMBER_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 10000;
 const ACTION_PREFIX = "\x01ACTION ";
 const ACTION_SUFFIX = "\x01";
+// SERVER_TAB is the Server tab's name, under which its messages and
+// unread count are stored. No nick or channel name can contain *, so a
+// user with the nick Server gets a direct-message tab of its own. The
+// tab bar labels this tab Server.
+const SERVER_TAB = "*server*";
 
 // Hashcash proof-of-work helpers using Web Crypto API.
 
@@ -58,13 +63,13 @@ async function mintHashcash(bits, resource) {
   }
 }
 
+// Requests are authenticated by the auth cookie, which the browser
+// sends on its own.
 function api(path, opts = {}) {
-  const token = localStorage.getItem("neoirc_token");
   const headers = {
     "Content-Type": "application/json",
     ...(opts.headers || {}),
   };
-  if (token) headers["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${token}`;
   const { signal, ...rest } = opts;
 
   return fetch(API + path, { ...rest, headers, signal }).then(async (r) => {
@@ -122,12 +127,11 @@ function LoginScreen({ onLogin }) {
         if (s.name) hashcashResourceRef.current = s.name;
       })
       .catch(() => {});
-    const saved = localStorage.getItem("neoirc_token");
-    if (saved) {
-      api("/state?initChannelState=1")
-        .then((u) => onLogin(u.nick, true))
-        .catch(() => localStorage.removeItem("neoirc_token"));
-    }
+    // Resume the session if the browser still holds a valid auth
+    // cookie; a 401 leaves the login form up.
+    api("/state?initChannelState=1")
+      .then((u) => onLogin(u.nick, true))
+      .catch(() => {});
     inputRef.current?.focus();
   }, []);
 
@@ -152,7 +156,6 @@ function LoginScreen({ onLogin }) {
         method: "POST",
         body: JSON.stringify(reqBody),
       });
-      localStorage.setItem("neoirc_token", res.token);
       onLogin(res.nick);
     } catch (err) {
       setError(err.data?.error || "Connection failed");
@@ -227,10 +230,9 @@ function UserList({ members, onNickClick }) {
   const regular = [];
 
   for (const m of members) {
-    const mode = m.mode || "";
-    if (mode === "o") {
+    if (m.isOperator) {
       ops.push(m);
-    } else if (mode === "v") {
+    } else if (m.isVoiced) {
       voiced.push(m);
     } else {
       regular.push(m);
@@ -273,9 +275,9 @@ function UserList({ members, onNickClick }) {
 function App() {
   const [loggedIn, setLoggedIn] = useState(false);
   const [nick, setNick] = useState("");
-  const [tabs, setTabs] = useState([{ type: "server", name: "Server" }]);
+  const [tabs, setTabs] = useState([{ type: "server", name: SERVER_TAB }]);
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState(0);
-  const [messages, setMessages] = useState({ Server: [] });
+  const [messages, setMessages] = useState({ [SERVER_TAB]: [] });
   const [members, setMembers] = useState({});
   const [topics, setTopics] = useState({});
   const [unread, setUnread] = useState({});
@@ -303,11 +305,14 @@ function App() {
     nickRef.current = nick;
   }, [nick]);
 
-  // Persist joined channels.
+  // Persist joined channels, once logged in: before then only the
+  // Server tab exists, and writing would erase the saved channels
+  // that onLogin rejoins.
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!loggedIn) return;
     const channels = tabs.filter((t) => t.type === "channel").map((t) => t.name);
     localStorage.setItem("neoirc_channels", JSON.stringify(channels));
-  }, [tabs]);
+  }, [loggedIn, tabs]);
 
   // Clear unread on tab switch.
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -355,6 +360,26 @@ function App() {
       .catch(() => {});
   }, []);
 
+  // removeChannelTab closes a channel's tab. The tab the user was
+  // reading stays active, found by its name; when it was the closed tab,
+  // the Server tab shows.
+  const removeChannelTab = useCallback((name) => {
+    setTabs((prev) => {
+      const remaining = prev.filter(
+        (t) => !(t.type === "channel" && t.name === name),
+      );
+      // Preact runs this update at once, on the newest active tab.
+      setActiveTab((active) => {
+        const reading = prev[active]?.name;
+        const idx = remaining.findIndex((t) => t.name === reading);
+
+        return idx >= 0 ? idx : 0;
+      });
+
+      return remaining;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
   const processMessage = useCallback(
     (msg) => {
       const body = Array.isArray(msg.body) ? msg.body.join("\n") : "";
@@ -366,7 +391,9 @@ function App() {
         command: msg.command,
       };
 
-      switch (msg.command) {
+      // A numeric reply carries its number in `code` and its name in
+      // `command`; other messages have no `code`.
+      switch (msg.code || msg.command) {
         case "PRIVMSG":
         case "NOTICE": {
           let text = body;
@@ -422,6 +449,13 @@ function App() {
           break;
         }
         case "PART": {
+          // The user's own PART, sent from this client or another,
+          // closes the tab and adds no message or unread count.
+          if (msg.from === nickRef.current) {
+            removeChannelTab(msg.to);
+
+            break;
+          }
           const reason = body ? " (" + body + ")" : "";
           const text = `${msg.from} has parted ${msg.to}${reason}`;
           if (msg.to) addMessage(msg.to, { ...base, text, system: true });
@@ -429,6 +463,29 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
+        case "KICK": {
+          // The kicked nick is in params; the body is the reason.
+          const kicked = Array.isArray(msg.params) ? msg.params[0] : "";
+          const reason = body ? " (" + body + ")" : "";
+          const text = `${kicked} was kicked from ${msg.to} by ${msg.from}${reason}`;
+          if (msg.to) addMessage(msg.to, { ...base, text, system: true });
+          if (kicked === nickRef.current) {
+            // The channel's tab closes, so the Server tab gets the line
+            // too. It needs an id of its own: addMessage drops a message
+            // whose id it has already seen.
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
+              ...base,
+              id: msg.id + "-server",
+              text,
+              system: true,
+            });
+            removeChannelTab(msg.to);
+          } else if (msg.to && msg.to.startsWith("#")) {
+            refreshMembers(msg.to);
+          }
+
+          break;
+        }
         case "QUIT": {
           const reason = body ? " (" + body + ")" : "";
           const text = `${msg.from} has quit${reason}`;
@@ -464,8 +521,18 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
-        case "353": {
-          // RPL_NAMREPLY — parse mode prefixes from names list.
+        case "MODE": {
+          // The body is the change, with its value where it has one:
+          // ["+o bob"], ["+m"], ["+k", "secretpass"].
+          const modes = Array.isArray(msg.body) ? msg.body.join(" ") : "";
+          const text = `${msg.from} sets mode ${modes} on ${msg.to}`;
+          if (msg.to) addMessage(msg.to, { ...base, text, system: true });
+
+          break;
+        }
+        case 353: {
+          // RPL_NAMREPLY — each name is a hostmask (nick!user@host),
+          // prefixed with @ for an operator or + for a voiced member.
           if (
             Array.isArray(msg.params) &&
             msg.params.length >= 2 &&
@@ -477,21 +544,18 @@ function App() {
               : String(msg.body);
             const names = namesStr.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
             const parsed = names.map((n) => {
-              if (n.startsWith("@")) {
-                return { nick: n.slice(1), mode: "o" };
-              }
-              if (n.startsWith("+")) {
-                return { nick: n.slice(1), mode: "v" };
-              }
+              const isOperator = n.startsWith("@");
+              const isVoiced = n.startsWith("+");
+              const hostmask = isOperator || isVoiced ? n.slice(1) : n;
 
-              return { nick: n, mode: "" };
+              return { nick: hostmask.split("!")[0], isOperator, isVoiced };
             });
             setMembers((prev) => ({ ...prev, [channel]: parsed }));
           }
 
           break;
         }
-        case "332": {
+        case 332: {
           // RPL_TOPIC — set topic from server.
           if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 1) {
             const channel = msg.params[0];
@@ -503,13 +567,13 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
-        case "322": {
+        case 322: {
           // RPL_LIST — channel, member count, topic.
           if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 2) {
             const chName = msg.params[0];
             const count = msg.params[1];
             const chTopic = body || "";
-            addMessage("Server", {
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
               ...base,
               text: `${chName} (${count} users): ${chTopic.trim()}`,
               system: true,
@@ -518,21 +582,21 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
-        case "323":
-          addMessage("Server", {
+        case 323:
+          addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
             ...base,
             text: body || "End of channel list",
             system: true,
           });
 
           break;
-        case "352": {
+        case 352: {
           // RPL_WHOREPLY — channel, user, host, server, nick, flags.
           if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 5) {
             const whoCh = msg.params[0];
             const whoNick = msg.params[4];
             const whoFlags = msg.params.length > 5 ? msg.params[5] : "";
-            addMessage("Server", {
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
               ...base,
               text: `${whoCh} ${whoNick} ${whoFlags}`,
               system: true,
@@ -541,33 +605,33 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
-        case "315":
-          addMessage("Server", {
+        case 315:
+          addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
             ...base,
             text: body || "End of /WHO list",
             system: true,
           });
 
           break;
-        case "311": {
-          // RPL_WHOISUSER — nick, user, host, *, realname.
-          if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 1) {
-            const wiNick = msg.params[0];
-            addMessage("Server", {
+        case 311: {
+          // RPL_WHOISUSER — params nick, user, host, *; body realname.
+          if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 3) {
+            const [wiNick, wiUser, wiHost] = msg.params;
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
               ...base,
-              text: `${wiNick} (${body})`,
+              text: `${wiNick} is ${wiUser}@${wiHost} (${body})`,
               system: true,
             });
           }
 
           break;
         }
-        case "312": {
+        case 312: {
           // RPL_WHOISSERVER — nick, server, server info.
           if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 2) {
             const wiNick = msg.params[0];
             const wiServer = msg.params[1];
-            addMessage("Server", {
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
               ...base,
               text: `${wiNick} on ${wiServer}`,
               system: true,
@@ -576,11 +640,37 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
-        case "319": {
+        case 313: {
+          // RPL_WHOISOPERATOR — nick; body "is an IRC operator".
+          if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 1) {
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
+              ...base,
+              text: `${msg.params[0]} ${body}`,
+              system: true,
+            });
+          }
+
+          break;
+        }
+        case 317: {
+          // RPL_WHOISIDLE — nick, idle seconds, signon time (Unix).
+          if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 3) {
+            const [wiNick, idle, signon] = msg.params;
+            const signedOn = new Date(Number(signon) * 1000).toLocaleString();
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
+              ...base,
+              text: `${wiNick} has been idle ${idle}s, signed on ${signedOn}`,
+              system: true,
+            });
+          }
+
+          break;
+        }
+        case 319: {
           // RPL_WHOISCHANNELS — nick, channels.
           if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 1) {
             const wiNick = msg.params[0];
-            addMessage("Server", {
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
               ...base,
               text: `${wiNick} is on: ${body}`,
               system: true,
@@ -589,27 +679,39 @@ function App() {
 
           break;
         }
-        case "318":
-          addMessage("Server", {
+        case 318:
+          addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
             ...base,
             text: body || "End of /WHOIS list",
             system: true,
           });
 
           break;
-        case "375":
-        case "372":
-        case "376":
-          addMessage("Server", { ...base, text: body, system: true });
+        case 324: {
+          // RPL_CHANNELMODEIS — channel, mode string.
+          if (Array.isArray(msg.params) && msg.params.length >= 2) {
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, {
+              ...base,
+              text: `${msg.params[0]} modes: ${msg.params[1]}`,
+              system: true,
+            });
+          }
+
+          break;
+        }
+        case 375:
+        case 372:
+        case 376:
+          addMessage(SERVER_TAB, { ...base, text: body, system: true });
 
           break;
         default:
           if (body) {
-            addMessage("Server", { ...base, text: body, system: true });
+            addMessage(SERVER_TAB, { ...base, text: body, system: true });
           }
       }
     },
-    [addMessage, refreshMembers],
+    [addMessage, refreshMembers, removeChannelTab],
   );
 
   // Long-poll loop.
@@ -637,6 +739,14 @@ function App() {
         } catch (err) {
           if (!alive) break;
           if (err.name === "AbortError") continue;
+          // 401: the session is gone (QUIT from another client, or
+          // expiry). Reloading drops this page's state and brings
+          // back the login screen.
+          if (err.status === 401) {
+            window.location.reload();
+
+            return;
+          }
           setConnected(false);
           await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, RECONNECT_DELAY));
         }
@@ -716,9 +826,14 @@ function App() {
 
   const onLogin = useCallback(
     async (userNick, isResumed) => {
+      // Read before setLoggedIn(true): from then on the effect under
+      // "Persist joined channels" writes the open channel tabs over it.
+      const saved = JSON.parse(
+        localStorage.getItem("neoirc_channels") || "[]",
+      );
       setNick(userNick);
       setLoggedIn(true);
-      addSystemMessage("Server", `Connected as ${userNick}`);
+      addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, `Connected as ${userNick}`);
 
       if (isResumed) {
         // Request MOTD on resumed sessions (new sessions
@@ -740,15 +855,13 @@ function App() {
       }
 
       // Fresh session — join any previously saved channels.
-      const saved = JSON.parse(
-        localStorage.getItem("neoirc_channels") || "[]",
-      );
       for (const ch of saved) {
         try {
-          await api("/messages", {
+          const res = await api("/messages", {
             method: "POST",
             body: JSON.stringify({ command: "JOIN", to: ch }),
           });
+          if (res?.status !== "joined") continue;
           setTabs((prev) => {
             if (prev.find((t) => t.type === "channel" && t.name === ch))
               return prev;
@@ -768,18 +881,30 @@ function App() {
     name = name.trim();
     if (!name.startsWith("#")) name = "#" + name;
     try {
-      await api("/messages", {
+      const res = await api("/messages", {
         method: "POST",
         body: JSON.stringify({ command: "JOIN", to: name }),
       });
+      // A refused join opens no tab. The error numeric that the
+      // server sends to the message queue tells the user why.
+      if (res?.status !== "joined") return;
+      // Show the channel's tab. Preact runs this update at once on the
+      // newest tab list, so the tab is found there by name: the user's
+      // own JOIN event may already have added it, and other tabs may
+      // have closed.
       setTabs((prev) => {
-        if (prev.find((t) => t.type === "channel" && t.name === name))
+        const idx = prev.findIndex(
+          (t) => t.type === "channel" && t.name === name,
+        );
+        if (idx >= 0) {
+          setActiveTab(idx);
+
           return prev;
+        }
+        setActiveTab(prev.length);
 
         return [...prev, { type: "channel", name }];
       });
-      const newIdx = tabsRef.current.length;
-      setActiveTab(newIdx);
       try {
         const hist = await api(
           `/history?target=${encodeURIComponent(name)}&limit=50`,
@@ -792,7 +917,7 @@ function App() {
       }
     } catch (err) {
       addSystemMessage(
-        "Server",
+        SERVER_TAB,
         `Failed to join ${name}: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
       );
     }
@@ -808,10 +933,7 @@ function App() {
     } catch (e) {
       // Ignore.
     }
-    setTabs((prev) =>
-      prev.filter((t) => !(t.type === "channel" && t.name === name)),
-    );
-    setActiveTab(0);
+    removeChannelTab(name);
   };
 
   const closeTab = (idx) => {
@@ -826,16 +948,23 @@ function App() {
 
   const openDM = (targetNick) => {
     if (targetNick === nickRef.current) return;
+    // Show the direct-message tab. Preact runs this update at once on
+    // the newest tab list, so the tab is found there by name: the
+    // server's copy of the user's message may already have added it,
+    // and other tabs may have opened or closed.
     setTabs((prev) => {
-      if (prev.find((t) => t.type === "dm" && t.name === targetNick))
+      const idx = prev.findIndex(
+        (t) => t.type === "dm" && t.name === targetNick,
+      );
+      if (idx >= 0) {
+        setActiveTab(idx);
+
         return prev;
+      }
+      setActiveTab(prev.length);
 
       return [...prev, { type: "dm", name: targetNick }];
     });
-    const idx = tabs.findIndex(
-      (t) => t.type === "dm" && t.name === targetNick,
-    );
-    setActiveTab(idx >= 0 ? idx : tabs.length);
   };
 
   const handleCommand = async (text) => {
@@ -846,7 +975,7 @@ function App() {
     switch (cmd) {
       case "/join": {
         if (parts[1]) joinChannel(parts[1]);
-        else addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /join #channel");
+        else addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /join #channel");
 
         break;
       }
@@ -855,7 +984,7 @@ function App() {
           const reason = parts.slice(1).join(" ") || undefined;
           partChannel(tab.name, reason);
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "You are not in a channel");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "You are not in a channel");
         }
 
         break;
@@ -876,19 +1005,19 @@ function App() {
             openDM(target);
           } catch (err) {
             addSystemMessage(
-              "Server",
+              SERVER_TAB,
               `Message failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
             );
           }
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /msg <nick> <message>");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /msg <nick> <message>");
         }
 
         break;
       }
       case "/me": {
         if (tab.type === "server") {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Cannot use /me in server window");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Cannot use /me in server window");
 
           break;
         }
@@ -910,7 +1039,7 @@ function App() {
             );
           }
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /me <action>");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /me <action>");
         }
 
         break;
@@ -924,19 +1053,19 @@ function App() {
             });
           } catch (err) {
             addSystemMessage(
-              "Server",
+              SERVER_TAB,
               `Nick change failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
             );
           }
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /nick <newnick>");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /nick <newnick>");
         }
 
         break;
       }
       case "/topic": {
         if (tab.type !== "channel") {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "You are not in a channel");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "You are not in a channel");
 
           break;
         }
@@ -953,13 +1082,13 @@ function App() {
             });
           } catch (err) {
             addSystemMessage(
-              "Server",
+              SERVER_TAB,
               `Topic change failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
             );
           }
         } else {
           addSystemMessage(
-            "Server",
+            SERVER_TAB,
             `Current topic for ${tab.name}: ${topics[tab.name] || "(none)"}`,
           );
         }
@@ -968,31 +1097,26 @@ function App() {
       }
       case "/mode": {
         if (tab.type !== "channel") {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "You are not in a channel");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "You are not in a channel");
 
           break;
         }
+        // With no arguments MODE is a query. A change is one sign and
+        // letter, then its value where it takes one: +m, +o nick.
         const modeArgs = parts.slice(1);
-        if (modeArgs.length > 0) {
-          try {
-            await api("/messages", {
-              method: "POST",
-              body: JSON.stringify({
-                command: "MODE",
-                to: tab.name,
-                params: modeArgs,
-              }),
-            });
-          } catch (err) {
-            addSystemMessage(
-              "Server",
-              `Mode change failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
-            );
-          }
-        } else {
+        const body =
+          modeArgs.length > 0
+            ? { command: "MODE", to: tab.name, body: modeArgs }
+            : { command: "MODE", to: tab.name };
+        try {
+          await api("/messages", {
+            method: "POST",
+            body: JSON.stringify(body),
+          });
+        } catch (err) {
           addSystemMessage(
-            "Server",
-            "Usage: /mode <+/-mode> [params]",
+            SERVER_TAB,
+            `MODE failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
           );
         }
 
@@ -1009,7 +1133,6 @@ function App() {
         } catch (e) {
           // Ignore.
         }
-        localStorage.removeItem("neoirc_token");
         localStorage.removeItem("neoirc_channels");
         window.location.reload();
 
@@ -1023,7 +1146,7 @@ function App() {
           });
         } catch (err) {
           addSystemMessage(
-            "Server",
+            SERVER_TAB,
             `Failed to request MOTD: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
           );
         }
@@ -1047,13 +1170,13 @@ function App() {
               });
             } catch (err) {
               addSystemMessage(
-                "Server",
+                SERVER_TAB,
                 `Message failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
               );
             }
           }
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /query <nick> [message]");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /query <nick> [message]");
         }
 
         break;
@@ -1066,7 +1189,7 @@ function App() {
           });
         } catch (err) {
           addSystemMessage(
-            "Server",
+            SERVER_TAB,
             `Failed to list channels: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
           );
         }
@@ -1083,12 +1206,12 @@ function App() {
             });
           } catch (err) {
             addSystemMessage(
-              "Server",
+              SERVER_TAB,
               `WHO failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
             );
           }
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /who #channel");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /who #channel");
         }
 
         break;
@@ -1102,12 +1225,12 @@ function App() {
             });
           } catch (err) {
             addSystemMessage(
-              "Server",
+              SERVER_TAB,
               `WHOIS failed: ${err.data?.error || "error"}`,
             );
           }
         } else {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", "Usage: /whois <nick>");
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, "Usage: /whois <nick>");
         }
 
         break;
@@ -1128,7 +1251,7 @@ function App() {
           "  /me action            — Send an action",
           "  /nick newnick         — Change your nickname",
           "  /topic [text]         — View or set channel topic",
-          "  /mode +/-flags        — Set channel modes",
+          "  /mode [+/-flag [arg]] — View or set channel modes",
           "  /motd                 — Display the message of the day",
           "  /list                 — List all channels",
           "  /who [#channel]       — List users in a channel",
@@ -1138,13 +1261,13 @@ function App() {
           "  /help                 — Show this help",
         ];
         for (const line of helpLines) {
-          addSystemMessage("Server", line);
+          addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, line);
         }
 
         break;
       }
       default:
-        addSystemMessage("Server", `Unknown command: ${cmd}`);
+        addSystemMessage(SERVER_TAB, `Unknown command: ${cmd}`);
     }
   };
 
@@ -1173,7 +1296,7 @@ function App() {
 
     if (tab.type === "server") {
       addSystemMessage(
-        "Server",
+        SERVER_TAB,
         "Cannot send messages to the server window. Use /join #channel first.",
       );
 
@@ -1244,7 +1367,7 @@ function App() {
               key={tab.name}
             >
               <span class="tab-label">
-                {tab.type === "dm" ? tab.name : tab.name}
+                {tab.type === "server" ? "Server" : tab.name}
               </span>
               {unread[tab.name] > 0 && i !== activeTab && (
                 <span class="unread-count">({unread[tab.name]})</span>