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Closes #103. The gateway half of guest curator applications. Backend: ecency/esync-py#77, which deploys first. Web: ecency/vision-web#1864, which ships last.

Six signed POSTs beside the roster writes, each a CurationDeskWrites.Route naming its upstream path and its field allowlist:

route upstream body it forwards
application-apply applications/apply the three answers
application-mine applications/mine nothing but the validated caller
application-withdraw applications/withdraw nothing but the validated caller
application-list applications/list state, limit
application-decide applications/decide applicant, state, role, note
application-window applications/window open, message

Apply, mine and withdraw carry no role requirement: an applicant is by definition not on the roster yet. List, decide and window are admin-only upstream, as the roster writes are, and POSTs for the same reason: every field is private and the GET tier is cached at the edge. All six go through ServeDeskWrite, so they inherit the fail-closed 503, the cached auth, no-store and the 8 s upstream timeout.

Two details worth a look:

  • The decided account is applicant, not username. Build() refuses to copy a client's username, so a decision keyed on it would have let an admin decide only on themselves. A payload test pins the forwarded field list for every route.
  • Lengths are counted in runes. The columns count characters and so does Python's len(), while string.Length counts UTF-16 units, so 200 emoji measure 400 and an answer the column accepts would have been refused here. Same fix the curator note already carries, with a test that walks the boundary.

Validation refuses rather than trims, matching roster-set: a missing or blank answer, an answer past its column, a state outside the three decisions, a role outside trial|curator|mod (admin is never granted by a form, on either side), a limit outside 1 to 200, and a window without a boolean.

553 tests pass, including the table-driven auth, fail-closed and cache-header cases, which now iterate the six new routes too. The three guards that matter (the applicant field, the refused admin role, rune counting) were mutation checked: breaking each one turns a test red.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added guest curator application management.
    • Applicants can submit, view, and withdraw applications.
    • Authorized reviewers can list applications, make decisions, assign eligible roles, and configure application availability.
    • Added validation for required responses, application states, limits, roles, and message lengths.

Six signed POSTs beside the roster writes. Apply, mine and withdraw carry no
role: an applicant is by definition not on the roster yet. List, decide and
window are admin-only upstream, like roster-set, and POSTs for the same reason:
every field is private and the GET tier is cached at the edge.

The account a decision acts on is `applicant`, never `username`. Build() refuses
to copy a client's `username`, so a decision that reused that key would have let
an admin decide only on themselves, and the payload test pins the field list.

Validation refuses rather than trims, as the roster rules do: a missing or
blank answer, an answer past its column, a state outside the three decisions, a
role outside trial/curator/mod (admin is never granted by a form), a limit
outside 1..200 and a window without a boolean. Answers and the closed-window
message are measured in runes, because the columns count characters.

Closes #103
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PR Summary by Qodo

Forward guest curator application routes through the gateway

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 🕐 20-40 Minutes

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• Adds six signed routes for the guest curator application lifecycle.
• Validates and allowlists private payloads before forwarding authenticated caller identity.
• Covers payload isolation, field constraints, and Unicode character boundaries.
Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    actor Client
    participant Routes as API Routes
    participant Handler as Desk Handler
    participant Auth as Cached Auth
    participant Builder as Payload Guard
    participant Backend as Desk Backend
    Client->>Routes: POST application route
    Routes->>Handler: Dispatch request
    Handler->>Auth: Validate signed caller
    Auth-->>Handler: Validated username
    Handler->>Builder: Validate and allowlist
    Builder-->>Handler: Caller-bound payload
    Note over Handler,Backend: Backend enforces operation roles
    Handler->>Backend: Signed upstream POST
    Backend-->>Handler: Application response
    Handler-->>Client: Proxied response
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High-Level Assessment

Reusing ServeDeskWrite is the best approach because all six endpoints require the same fail-closed configuration, cached authentication, caller identity binding, no-store behavior, and upstream timeout. Separate handlers or a new forwarding pipeline would duplicate security-sensitive behavior without providing meaningful isolation.

Files changed (4) +296 / -0

Enhancement (2) +150 / -0
PrivateApi.CurationDesk.csImplement guarded forwarding for curator applications +144/-0

Implement guarded forwarding for curator applications

• Defines six application handlers and upstream route descriptors using the shared signed-write pipeline. Adds strict allowlists and validation for answers, queue filters, decisions, grantable roles, notes, and window settings, including Unicode rune-aware limits and validated caller identity binding.

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs

Routes.csRegister six private curator application POST routes +6/-0

Register six private curator application POST routes

• Maps apply, mine, withdraw, list, decide, and window endpoints to their new curation desk handlers.

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs

Tests (2) +146 / -0
CurationDeskPayloadTests.csCover application payload validation and identity isolation +137/-0

Cover application payload validation and identity isolation

• Adds all six application routes to shared payload checks and verifies their exact forwarded field sets. Tests required answers, decision states and roles, list limits, window fields, forged identities, and rune-based length boundaries.

dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskPayloadTests.cs

CurationDeskTestSupport.csInclude application endpoints in signed-write test scenarios +9/-0

Include application endpoints in signed-write test scenarios

• Adds valid requests for each application endpoint to the shared signed-write data set. Existing table-driven tests now exercise authentication, fail-closed behavior, upstream forwarding, and cache headers for the new routes.

dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskTestSupport.cs

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1. Unknown application fields are accepted ✓ Resolved 📎 Requirement gap ≡ Correctness
Description
Validate returns success for ApplicationApply after checking only the three required answers,
without rejecting other application fields. A request containing discord and state therefore
passes validation, and the added payload test explicitly treats that request as valid instead of
covering the required refusal.
Code

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[R1177-1178]

+            }
+            return null;
Evidence
Rule 2874573 requires unknown answer keys to be rejected rather than ignored, and rule 2874576
requires coverage for that refusal. The validator unconditionally succeeds after validating known
answers, while the new test submits extra discord and state fields and expects a successful
payload.

Strictly reject invalid application payloads without trimming
Extend shared payload, authentication, fail-closed, and cache tests
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[1165-1178]
dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskPayloadTests.cs[645-655]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Application submissions containing unknown answer fields currently pass validation, while the compliance checklist requires an HTTP 400 response with an explanatory reason and corresponding refusal coverage.
## Fix Focus Areas
- dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[1165-1178]
- dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskPayloadTests.cs[645-655]
## Recommended Fix
Before accepting `ApplicationApply`, reject client application fields outside `motivation`, `availability`, and `pick`, while preserving the authentication envelope handling. Change the payload test so an unknown answer field is asserted to produce the expected validation reason and add any necessary HTTP-level status assertion.

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Remediation recommended

2. Six application handlers are not async 📘 Rule violation ⌂ Architecture
Description
The six new route methods are declared as public static Task expression-bodied methods rather than
the required public static async Task handlers. Every new application mapping reaches one of these
methods, leaving all six outside the uniform handler signature expected by route tooling and later
handler changes.
Code

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[R461-462]

+    public static Task CurationDeskApplicationApply(HttpContext ctx) =>
+        ServeDeskWrite(ctx, CurationDeskWrites.ApplicationApply);
Evidence
Rule 2667961 requires every mapped handler to be declared public static async Task with exactly
one HttpContext ctx parameter. The six added application handlers use public static Task,
although each is directly mapped as a route handler.

Rule 2667961: Enforce uniform HTTP handler method signature and placement
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[461-482]
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs[197-202]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
All six new application handlers omit the required `async` modifier and therefore do not conform to the uniform HTTP handler signature.
## Fix Focus Areas
- dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[461-482]
## Recommended Fix
Declare each new handler as `public static async Task MethodName(HttpContext ctx)` and await its `ServeDeskWrite` call, retaining exactly the single `HttpContext ctx` parameter.

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3. New routes lack parity documentation 📘 Rule violation ▣ Testability
Description
Routes.Map introduces six HTTP-visible application endpoints, but this change contains no
corresponding KNOWN_DIVERGENCES entry under dotnet/parity/. Because these routes add new request
contracts and response behavior relative to the reference image, the accompanying endpoint tests
satisfy only the testing half of the required parity record.
Code

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs[R197-200]

+        app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-apply", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationApply);
+        app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-mine", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationMine);
+        app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-withdraw", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationWithdraw);
+        app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-list", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationList);
Evidence
Rule 2667942 requires both automated tests and a parity divergence entry for observable endpoint
behavior changes. The diff maps six new endpoints and adds their tests, but modifies no parity
divergence document.

Rule 2667942: Require tests and parity divergence docs for observable endpoint behavior changes
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs[197-202]
dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskTestSupport.cs[265-273]

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## Issue description
Six new HTTP endpoints have tests but no parity divergence documentation describing their behavior relative to the reference image.
## Fix Focus Areas
- dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs[197-202]
## Recommended Fix
Add or update the appropriate `KNOWN_DIVERGENCES` document under `dotnet/parity/`. Identify all six application endpoints and describe their signed POST behavior, accepted request fields, authentication requirements, status behavior, and cache policy relative to the reference image.

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4. Null queue limits reach the backend ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
Validate checks the application-list limit only when the property is present and non-null, while
Build preserves present null values. A request containing "limit": null therefore bypasses the
whole-number range check and forwards the malformed field upstream instead of treating it like the
other invalid limit types.
Code

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[R1187-1188]

+            if (body.TryGetPropertyValue("limit", out var limit) && limit is not null)
+            {
Evidence
The new validator guards its numeric checks with limit is not null, so explicit null passes. The
application-list route whitelists limit, and CopyIfPresent deliberately preserves present null
values, proving that the unchecked value reaches the upstream payload.

dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[914-915]
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[1187-1195]
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[1315-1323]
dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskPayloadTests.cs[724-733]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Application-list validation skips an explicitly null `limit`, but payload construction forwards that null value upstream even though the field must be a whole number from 1 through 200.
## Fix Focus Areas
- dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs[1187-1194]
- dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskPayloadTests.cs[724-733]
## Recommended Fix
Validate `limit` whenever the key is present, including when its value is null. Reject null through the existing whole-number error path and add a test case for `{"limit":null}`.

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Comment thread dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs
Comment thread dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs
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app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-apply", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationApply);
app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-mine", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationMine);
app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-withdraw", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationWithdraw);
app.MapPost("/private-api/curation-desk/application-list", PrivateApi.CurationDeskApplicationList);

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Remediation recommended

3. New routes lack parity documentation 📘 Rule violation ▣ Testability

Routes.Map introduces six HTTP-visible application endpoints, but this change contains no
corresponding KNOWN_DIVERGENCES entry under dotnet/parity/. Because these routes add new request
contracts and response behavior relative to the reference image, the accompanying endpoint tests
satisfy only the testing half of the required parity record.
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## Issue description
Six new HTTP endpoints have tests but no parity divergence documentation describing their behavior relative to the reference image.

## Fix Focus Areas
- dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs[197-202]

## Recommended Fix
Add or update the appropriate `KNOWN_DIVERGENCES` document under `dotnet/parity/`. Identify all six application endpoints and describe their signed POST behavior, accepted request fields, authentication requirements, status behavior, and cache policy relative to the reference image.

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Fixed in d793ed9: the six routes are in CURATION_DESK_ROUTES in dotnet/parity/driver.py, so they carry CURATION_DESK_DIVERGENCE like the rest of the desk (the reference build has no such route; this one answers 503 unconfigured, 401 unsigned, 400 on a rejected body, and otherwise proxies).

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The PR appears safe to merge, with no outstanding correctness, security, or repository-rule violations identified.

Summary

This PR exposes six signed guest-curator application routes through the existing curation-desk forwarding pipeline.

  • Adds apply, mine, withdraw, list, decision, and application-window route mappings.
  • Adds per-route payload allowlists and validation for answers, states, roles, limits, notes, and window configuration.
  • Fixes the previously reported nullable-limit validation gap and rejects unknown application fields.
  • Extends payload, authentication, and parity coverage for the new routes.
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flowchart LR
    Client[Signed client] --> Routes[Application POST routes]
    Routes --> Auth[ServeDeskWrite authentication]
    Auth --> Validate[Route-specific validation]
    Validate --> Build[Allowlisted payload plus validated username]
    Build --> Upstream[Curation desk application endpoint]
    Upstream --> Response[Status and response forwarded to client]
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Six signed POST routes now forward curation desk guest-application operations. The handlers define field allowlists and identity handling. Validation rejects invalid application data. Tests cover forwarding, limits, optional fields, and malformed bodies.

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Guest curator application routes

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Application route contracts and handlers
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs, dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/Routes.cs
Adds six application routes, route field allowlists, application states and roles, length limits, and signed handlers using ServeDeskWrite.
Application payload validation
dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs
Validates application answers, applicant names, states, roles, notes, messages, list limits, and the boolean open value. Invalid payloads return 400 errors.
Route integration and payload tests
dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskPayloadTests.cs, dotnet/EcencyApi.Tests/CurationDeskTestSupport.cs
Adds signed-write cases and tests for identity forwarding, field filtering, required values, limits, optional values, and malformed bodies.

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  Client->>RoutesMap: POST /private-api/curation-desk/application-*
  RoutesMap->>PrivateApi: Dispatch to application handler
  PrivateApi->>ServeDeskWrite: Submit signed route and payload
  ServeDeskWrite->>ServeDeskWrite: Validate and forward accepted fields
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In `@dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs`:
- Around line 1165-1179: Update Validate’s ApplicationApply branch to reject any
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ApplicationAnswers collection, returning a validation error so ServeDeskWrite
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Comment thread dotnet/EcencyApi/Handlers/PrivateApi.CurationDesk.cs Outdated
Two review findings, both the same shape as the roster's `rules` contract: a
value this service claims to check must be refused, not quietly dropped.

An unknown key on an application was allowlisted away, so the desk never saw the
field it would have answered 400 for and the applicant was told their answers
were sent, minus one. A present `limit: null` skipped the range check entirely
because the check ran only for a non-null value, while CopyIfPresent forwards a
present null upstream.

The six routes also join the parity driver's curation-desk list, which is what
records them as deliberate additions to the reference build.
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