App-side state crosses editions through a shared App Group — homed there from day one

Ruled 2026-07-29: every edition declares group.dev.rzen.indie.Kanban, and the board registry plus its Application Support peers home in the group container from base 2.0 onward — no migration, no ordering dependency, and the entitlement ships in base's first build since base ships first. A paying upgrader launches Pro onto their full recents. Stated caveat: security-scoped bookmarks never cross sandboxes, so the list transfers while access re-grants per board — per-edition grant slots on the shared record, open panel pre-anchored at the recorded path. Teams joins the same team-scoped group later with zero ceremony. Clipboard staging store stays put pending the both-editions-installed clipboard ruling.

Board: Gap card a925e530 → Resolved; Implementation card a647aba2 filed atop Backlog (before-base-ships constraint).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CqjXB7ASoWtbyoGod68k97
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## Per-board app state ## Per-board app state
State that belongs to the app, not the user's files — the recents list, per-board window frames, the open-now restoration flag (Launch and window lifecycle above), the push-on-commit setting and the once-per-board iCloud warning flag (07-sync-collab.md), and whatever accumulates later — lives in a **board registry in Application Support**: one record per known board, anchored by the **security-scoped bookmark** the sandboxed app keeps anyway for reopening boards. State that belongs to the app, not the user's files — the recents list, per-board window frames, the open-now restoration flag (Launch and window lifecycle above), the push-on-commit setting and the once-per-board iCloud warning flag (07-sync-collab.md), and whatever accumulates later — lives in a **board registry in the shared App Group container** (ruled 2026-07-29 — the edition-crossing home, declared by every edition from base 2.0 onward; 12-editions.md): one record per known board, anchored by the **security-scoped bookmark** the sandboxed app keeps anyway for reopening boards — with one per-edition field: bookmarks never cross sandboxes (12), so each edition holds its own grant slot on the shared record, and a record whose grant another edition minted resolves unavailable-until-reopened, its first click running an open panel pre-anchored at the recorded path.
- **Keyed by file identity, never by path.** Bookmarks track renames and moves on the same volume; an opened URL is matched to its record by bookmark resolution / file identity, so a moved board keeps its settings. The recents list *is* this registry sorted by last-opened. **One bookmark per open board** (settled): the open flow mints it once and threads it through — the persisted record and the live store's mid-session re-resolution share the same bookmark, never two independent mints. - **Keyed by file identity, never by path.** Bookmarks track renames and moves on the same volume; an opened URL is matched to its record by bookmark resolution / file identity, so a moved board keeps its settings. The recents list *is* this registry sorted by last-opened. **One bookmark per open board** (settled): the open flow mints it once and threads it through — the persisted record and the live store's mid-session re-resolution share the same bookmark, never two independent mints.
- **Recents counts are registry-cached.** The lane/card counts in the welcome window come from the record, stamped at last close — no directory scan at welcome time (which would be slow or hang on big/unavailable boards). Staleness until the next open is accepted. **The counts are working items only** (settled, re-grounded 2026-07-28; extended for the lanes-era trash 2026-07-29): items in `.trash/` don't count — a trashed lane subtracts from the lane count and its nested cards subtract from the card count; the row advertises the board's working size, and the trash is an errand, not inventory. Records that can't be counted show without counts: unavailable boards per Graceful orphaning below; a board that fails to load just fails on open, fail-fast — the welcome row doesn't pre-detect it. **A first open that fails fail-fast still records** (settled): the registry record is created before loading, so the failed board lands in recents carrying fail-fast's specifics — retry after fixing the file is one click, uniform with the restored-board failure row. **The record's provisional display name is the folder name** (settled): fail-fast means the frontmatter can't be trusted, and the folder name is the Finder document name the user just picked; the first successful load replaces it with the cached title. A never-successfully-opened record is not a special class — it lingers in recents like any other, and Forget is the eraser for a genuinely mistaken open. **Records that collapse onto one file identity merge silently** (settled — a restored registry file, or an orphan whose bookmark re-resolves onto a recreated board): on detection, the record with the newest `lastOpened` wins wholesale and the others retire — recents never shows one board twice, and per-board settings are conveniences that don't earn a merge UI. - **Recents counts are registry-cached.** The lane/card counts in the welcome window come from the record, stamped at last close — no directory scan at welcome time (which would be slow or hang on big/unavailable boards). Staleness until the next open is accepted. **The counts are working items only** (settled, re-grounded 2026-07-28; extended for the lanes-era trash 2026-07-29): items in `.trash/` don't count — a trashed lane subtracts from the lane count and its nested cards subtract from the card count; the row advertises the board's working size, and the trash is an errand, not inventory. Records that can't be counted show without counts: unavailable boards per Graceful orphaning below; a board that fails to load just fails on open, fail-fast — the welcome row doesn't pre-detect it. **A first open that fails fail-fast still records** (settled): the registry record is created before loading, so the failed board lands in recents carrying fail-fast's specifics — retry after fixing the file is one click, uniform with the restored-board failure row. **The record's provisional display name is the folder name** (settled): fail-fast means the frontmatter can't be trusted, and the folder name is the Finder document name the user just picked; the first successful load replaces it with the cached title. A never-successfully-opened record is not a special class — it lingers in recents like any other, and Forget is the eraser for a genuinely mistaken open. **Records that collapse onto one file identity merge silently** (settled — a restored registry file, or an orphan whose bookmark re-resolves onto a recreated board): on detection, the record with the newest `lastOpened` wins wholesale and the others retire — recents never shows one board twice, and per-board settings are conveniences that don't earn a merge UI.
- **The row's title and icon are registry-cached too — with live write-through** (settled): the record carries the board's `title`, `icon`, and `iconColor` beside the counts, and the welcome row reads only the record — it never opens any board's `index.md` (the same hang-avoidance that motivated the counts rule). Unlike the counts' at-close stamp, these three refresh **whenever an open board's reload changes them**: the store already holds the new snapshot, so an in-app Board rename (03-board-ui.md) lands in the record instantly — never a welcome row showing a name the user just changed away from — and a foreign rename of an *open* board rides the same path for free. The honest residual: renaming a board that isn't open (an agent editing its root `index.md`) stays stale until the next open — accepted, the counts' staleness class. The title falls back to the folder name per 01-storage-format.md, cached at the same moments. - **The row's title and icon are registry-cached too — with live write-through** (settled): the record carries the board's `title`, `icon`, and `iconColor` beside the counts, and the welcome row reads only the record — it never opens any board's `index.md` (the same hang-avoidance that motivated the counts rule). Unlike the counts' at-close stamp, these three refresh **whenever an open board's reload changes them**: the store already holds the new snapshot, so an in-app Board rename (03-board-ui.md) lands in the record instantly — never a welcome row showing a name the user just changed away from — and a foreign rename of an *open* board rides the same path for free. The honest residual: renaming a board that isn't open (an agent editing its root `index.md`) stays stale until the next open — accepted, the counts' staleness class. The title falls back to the folder name per 01-storage-format.md, cached at the same moments.
- **Files-first stays absolute**: nothing app-private is ever written into the board folder — no frontmatter keys, no sidecar files, no xattrs. Two machines sharing a board via a remote each keep their own record (push-on-commit and window frames are genuinely per-machine choices). - **Files-first stays absolute**: nothing app-private is ever written into the board folder — no frontmatter keys, no sidecar files, no xattrs. Two machines sharing a board via a remote each keep their own record (push-on-commit and window frames are genuinely per-machine choices).
- **Graceful orphaning**: a record whose bookmark no longer resolves (board deleted, or moved across volumes where bookmarks can't follow) is orphaned — recents surface it as unavailable with Forget; its settings are conveniences and die with it (accepted). - **Graceful orphaning**: a record whose bookmark no longer resolves (board deleted, or moved across volumes where bookmarks can't follow) is orphaned — recents surface it as unavailable with Forget; its settings are conveniences and die with it (accepted).
- **App-wide state has the same home.** Not everything app-side is board-scoped: quick-style recents (03-board-ui.md), the SSH host-key assignment table and TOFU fingerprint store (07-sync-collab.md — host-scoped), the last-used card-window size (05-card-window.md), and their peers live beside the registry in Application Support (or `UserDefaults` where a scalar fits) — no per-board record involved. Secrets are the named exception: Keychain only, never here (07). - **App-wide state has the same home.** Not everything app-side is board-scoped: quick-style recents (03-board-ui.md), the SSH host-key assignment table and TOFU fingerprint store (07-sync-collab.md — host-scoped), the last-used card-window size (05-card-window.md), and their peers live beside the registry in the App Group container (or the group's shared `UserDefaults` suite where a scalar fits — 12-editions.md) — no per-board record involved. Secrets are the named exception: Keychain only, never here (07).
## Caching and search ## Caching and search
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## Distribution (settled) ## Distribution (settled)
Separate Mac App Store apps — real Xcode targets, not an IAP unlock. Both editions declare the same `.kanban` package UTI (`dev.rzen.indie.kanban-board`) verbatim, so any board opens in either app; the format is one format, owned by 01-storage-format.md, with no edition-specific keys. Upgrade path is buying the other app; boards need no migration whatsoever (files are the interchange). Separate Mac App Store apps — real Xcode targets, not an IAP unlock. Both editions declare the same `.kanban` package UTI (`dev.rzen.indie.kanban-board`) verbatim, so any board opens in either app; the format is one format, owned by 01-storage-format.md, with no edition-specific keys. Upgrade path is buying the other app; boards need no migration whatsoever (files are the interchange). **App-side state crosses the boundary through a shared App Group** (ruled 2026-07-29): every edition declares the family group — `group.dev.rzen.indie.Kanban` — and the board registry with its Application Support peers (02-architecture.md ▸ Per-board app state) homes in the group container **from day one**, so there is no migration and no ordering dependency; the entitlement must be in base's entitlements before base 2.0 ships, since base ships first. A paying upgrader launches Pro onto their full recents, frames, and settings — never an empty home screen. The honest caveat, stated: **security-scoped bookmarks never cross apps** (minted per sandbox, App Group or not), so the *list* transfers while *access* re-grants per board — a record another edition minted resolves unavailable-until-reopened, and the first click runs an open panel pre-anchored at the recorded path: one click + Grant per board, once per edition. Teams joins the same group when it arrives — the container is team-scoped, and a future edition's bundle id declares the same group id with zero further ceremony. Secrets stay Keychain-only as ever (07-sync-collab.md — the keychain access group is its own, existing mechanism); whether the clipboard's staging store joins the group container is the cross-edition clipboard question, tracked separately (the both-editions-installed ruling).
## The provider seam ## The provider seam