# Dev-C ARCHITECTURE.md slice — Plan C Phase 6 (`get_vault_status` + sidebar status indicator)

Ready-to-fold additions for `extension/ARCHITECTURE.md`, scoped to Dev-C's Phase 6 work only.
Phase 3 (`create_vault`/`attach_vault`, setup-SW migration) and Phase 4 (the `vault.ts` →
`vault-shell`/`vault-sidebar`/`vault-list`/`vault-drawer`/`vault-form-wrapper` split) doc updates
are Dev-A's / Dev-B's slices — not included here.

Merged to origin/main as `397cc78` (Merge Plan C Phase 6). Local source ref: `675452a`.

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## 1. SW message-protocol row — `get_vault_status` (read-only, popup-only)

**Where:** the `router/popup-only.ts` bullet in the service-worker module map (around line 270),
and/or wherever the read-only popup messages are enumerated.

**Add:**

> - `get_vault_status` (popup-only, read-only) — returns the cached sync summary
>   `{ ahead, behind, lastSyncAt, pendingItems }` with **no network call**. `ahead`/`behind`/
>   `lastSyncAt` are read straight off `state.gitHost` (populated by the `sync` handler, which
>   records `lastSyncAt = Math.floor(Date.now()/1000)` — unix **seconds** — after a successful
>   manifest fetch). `pendingItems` is a live count of active (non-trashed) manifest entries via
>   `vault.listItems(manifest).length`. `ahead`/`behind` are structurally always `0` in the
>   extension (it writes straight to the host via the Contents REST API; there is no local commit
>   graph) and exist for parity with `relicario status`. Handler: `vault.handleGetVaultStatus(state)`
>   — synchronous; its `Pick<GitHost,'lastSyncAt'|'ahead'|'behind'>`-typed param both breaks the
>   `PopupState` import cycle and structurally forbids it from making a network call.

## 2. `git-host.ts` cache fields

**Where:** the `git-host.ts` bullet in the SW module map (around line 299, listing the interface methods).

**Amend** the interface description to note the cached sync metadata:

> The `GitHost` interface also carries cached sync metadata —
> `lastSyncAt: number | null` (unix seconds), `ahead: number`, `behind: number` — initialized to
> `null`/`0`/`0` in both `GiteaHost` and `GitHubHost`. The cache rides the gitHost lifecycle: it is
> created on unlock and cleared whenever `state.gitHost` is nulled — on session-timer expiry
> (`index.ts`) **and** on the explicit `lock` message handler (`popup-only.ts`), which now nulls
> `state.gitHost` symmetrically so a lock→unlock cycle can't surface a stale `lastSyncAt`.

## 3. Sidebar status-indicator UI flow

**Where:** the `src/vault/` module map (around line 184). Add a `vault-status.ts` entry and a note on
the `vault-sidebar.ts` footer wiring. (If Dev-B's Phase 4 slice has already added the `vault-sidebar.ts`
entry, fold the status note into it rather than duplicating.)

**Add:**

> - `vault-status.ts` — sidebar-footer sync indicator renderer. `renderStatusIndicator(el, status)`
>   is pure DOM: it renders, by priority, `N pending` / `N ahead` / `N behind`, falling back to
>   `in sync`, plus a `last sync <relativeTime>` / `never synced` line. Reuses `shared/glyphs.ts`
>   (`GLYPH_PENDING`/`AHEAD`/`BEHIND`/`SYNCED`) and `shared/relative-time.ts`. `VaultStatus` is an
>   alias of `GetVaultStatusResponse['data']`, so the renderer's input shape is single-sourced from
>   the message contract and can't drift from the SW handler.
> - **Status-indicator flow** (in the `vault-sidebar.ts` entry): the footer holds a
>   `#vault-status-slot` plus a manual `↻` refresh button (`GLYPH_REFRESH`). `wireSidebar` calls
>   `refreshStatus()` once on mount and again on the button's click — sending `get_vault_status` via
>   `ctx.sendMessage` and rendering the result into the slot. There is **no timer polling**: the
>   indicator only refreshes on mount + explicit button press, matching the spec's
>   no-network-without-user-intent discipline (sync is user-initiated).

## 4. Living-docs note

This closes the last `relicario status` CLI/extension parity gap (called out in the extension
restructure spec, `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-04-extension-restructure-design.md`). `STATUS.md`
should move the extension-restructure line to shipped as part of the Task 7.1 pass.
