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Phase 0: bootstrap the Warp homeserver
Scaffolds the server module and everything Phase 0 of PLAN.md calls for:
a binary that boots, serves its discovery endpoints and nothing else yet.

- config: one YAML file plus per-field WARP_* environment overrides,
  unknown fields rejected, validation that reports every problem at once
- logging and metrics: slog, a Prometheus registry, per-route HTTP
  instrumentation labelled by pattern rather than path
- httputil: the Matrix error envelope, error-returning handlers, CORS,
  request logging, panic recovery, and a router over http.ServeMux
- endpoints: /_matrix/client/versions, /.well-known/matrix/client,
  /.well-known/matrix/server (gated), /healthz, /metrics, and
  M_UNRECOGNIZED for everything else
- storage: driver registry, shared database/sql base, checksummed
  migration runner, sqlite and postgres drivers, pocketbase stub
- settings: server_settings table behind a cached service, so the
  federation and registration switches change without a restart
- federation: the gate that makes federation a runtime mode
- cmd/warp: serve, migrate, generate-keys, version
- Makefile, golangci-lint v2, GitHub Actions CI (Linux and Windows tests,
  race on Linux, storage tests against PostgreSQL, lint, boot smoke test),
  Dockerfile, example config and docs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-15 17:01:13 +02:00

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Configuration

Warp reads one YAML file. Every setting can also come from the environment, and the environment wins. With no file at all the defaults plus WARP_* variables are used, which is how the container image runs.

Where the file comes from, in order:

  1. --config <path>
  2. $WARP_CONFIG
  3. ./warp.yaml, if it exists
  4. nothing — defaults and environment only

An unknown field is a fatal error. A typo in a security-relevant setting must not be ignored.

List-valued variables are comma-separated. A single - clears a list: WARP_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=-.

Settings

YAML Environment Default Notes
global.server_name WARP_SERVER_NAME — Required. Part of every ID; cannot be changed later.
global.private_key WARP_PRIVATE_KEY ./keys/signing.key Written by warp generate-keys.
global.well_known.client_base_url WARP_WELL_KNOWN_CLIENT_BASE_URL https://<server_name> Advertised to clients.
global.well_known.identity_server_base_url WARP_WELL_KNOWN_IDENTITY_SERVER_BASE_URL empty Omitted from the document when empty.
global.well_known.server_address WARP_WELL_KNOWN_SERVER_ADDRESS empty host:port for other homeservers. Empty = no delegation, other servers fall back to SRV/A.
listen.address WARP_LISTEN_ADDRESS :8008
listen.read_header_timeout WARP_READ_HEADER_TIMEOUT 10s
listen.read_timeout WARP_READ_TIMEOUT 60s
listen.write_timeout WARP_WRITE_TIMEOUT 120s Raise before long-polling /sync lands in Phase 4.
listen.idle_timeout WARP_IDLE_TIMEOUT 120s
listen.max_header_bytes WARP_MAX_HEADER_BYTES 1048576
listen.shutdown_timeout WARP_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT 30s Grace period for in-flight requests.
database.driver WARP_DB_DRIVER sqlite sqlite, postgres, pocketbase (not implemented).
database.connection_string WARP_DB_CONNECTION_STRING SQLite file in the working directory
database.max_open_conns WARP_DB_MAX_OPEN_CONNS 10 Ignored by SQLite: writes are serialised onto one connection.
database.max_idle_conns WARP_DB_MAX_IDLE_CONNS 5
database.conn_max_lifetime WARP_DB_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME 1h
database.auto_migrate WARP_DB_AUTO_MIGRATE true false makes startup fail while migrations are pending.
client_api.cors_allowed_origins WARP_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS ["*"] The spec expects any origin.
federation.enabled WARP_FEDERATION_ENABLED false
federation.allowlist WARP_FEDERATION_ALLOWLIST [] Non-empty = federate only with these.
federation.denylist WARP_FEDERATION_DENYLIST [] Always wins over the allowlist.
federation.allow_runtime_toggle WARP_FEDERATION_ALLOW_RUNTIME_TOGGLE true See below.
registration.enabled WARP_REGISTRATION_ENABLED false
registration.allow_runtime_toggle WARP_REGISTRATION_ALLOW_RUNTIME_TOGGLE true
logging.level WARP_LOG_LEVEL info debug, info, warn, error.
logging.format WARP_LOG_FORMAT text text or json.
logging.add_source WARP_LOG_ADD_SOURCE false File and line in every record.
metrics.enabled WARP_METRICS_ENABLED true
metrics.path WARP_METRICS_PATH /metrics Served on the same listener.

Settings that change at runtime

federation.enabled and registration.enabled are also stored in the server_settings database table, which is what the admin API writes to.

  • With allow_runtime_toggle: true (the default) the stored value wins over the config file at boot, and the admin API may change it. The change takes effect on the next request; no restart.
  • With allow_runtime_toggle: false the config file is authoritative and the admin API refuses to change the setting. Any previously stored value is kept but ignored, so re-enabling the toggle restores the administrator's last choice.

Everything else is read once at startup.

What federation off actually means

While federation.enabled is false:

  • /.well-known/matrix/server answers 404 M_UNRECOGNIZED, and so will /_matrix/federation/* and /_matrix/key/* once they exist.
  • Nothing outbound runs — in Phase 0 there is nothing outbound yet; from Phase 5 the transaction queue, key fetcher and remote media fetch stay stopped.
  • Client-Server endpoints that would need a remote server answer M_FORBIDDEN with a message saying federation is disabled.
  • Events are still signed with the server key, and room and event IDs are unchanged. A room created while federation is off federates normally once it is switched on.