Refactor optional file synchronisation ownership

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncCatalogueState.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import type { PluginManifest } from "@/deps.ts";
+import type { FilePathWithPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { isObjectDifferent } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+import { writable } from "svelte/store";
+
+import { PluginDataExDisplayV2 } from "./customisationSyncModel.ts";
+import type { IPluginDataExDisplay } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+
+/**
+ * Owns the transient catalogue projection used by Customisation Sync.
+ *
+ * The database and storage operations remain in the context. This owner only
+ * coordinates the in-memory rows, their reactive publications, manifest
+ * lookup, and the update counter which is derived from those operations.
+ */
+export class CustomisationSyncCatalogueState {
+    private catalogueRows: IPluginDataExDisplay[] = [];
+    private readonly manifestByKey = new Map<string, PluginManifest>();
+    private readonly loadedManifestMTimeByKey = new Map<string, number>();
+    private activeUpdateCount = 0;
+
+    readonly catalogue = writable<IPluginDataExDisplay[]>([]);
+    readonly migrationProgress = writable(0);
+    readonly manifests = writable(this.manifestByKey);
+
+    /** The current manifest lookup passed to V2 display rows. */
+    get manifestLookup(): ReadonlyMap<string, PluginManifest> {
+        return this.manifestByKey;
+    }
+
+    /** The current loaded-manifest cache, exposed read-only for diagnostics. */
+    get loadedManifestMTime(): ReadonlyMap<string, number> {
+        return this.loadedManifestMTimeByKey;
+    }
+
+    /** Returns the authoritative row for a V1 document path, when present. */
+    findPlugin(documentPath: FilePathWithPrefix | string): IPluginDataExDisplay | undefined {
+        return this.catalogueRows.find((entry) => entry.documentPath == documentPath);
+    }
+
+    /** Returns every row matching a document path, preserving legacy duplicates. */
+    findPlugins(documentPath: FilePathWithPrefix | string): readonly IPluginDataExDisplay[] {
+        return this.catalogueRows.filter((entry) => entry.documentPath == documentPath);
+    }
+
+    /** Replaces a V1 row and publishes it immediately, preserving legacy order. */
+    replacePlugin(plugin: IPluginDataExDisplay): void {
+        const newList = this.catalogueRows.filter((entry) => entry.documentPath != plugin.documentPath);
+        newList.push(plugin);
+        this.catalogueRows = newList;
+        this.catalogue.set(newList);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Replaces a V2 row without publishing it. V2 callers publish through the
+     * existing delayed task after a cohesive row update has completed.
+     */
+    private replaceV2Plugin(plugin: PluginDataExDisplayV2): void {
+        const newList = this.catalogueRows.filter((entry) => entry.documentPath != plugin.documentPath);
+        newList.push(plugin);
+        this.catalogueRows = newList;
+    }
+
+    /** Applies one loaded or removed V2 file and replaces its catalogue row. */
+    async updateV2Plugin(
+        plugin: PluginDataExDisplayV2,
+        file: Parameters<PluginDataExDisplayV2["setFile"]>[0] | false,
+        missingFilePath: string
+    ): Promise<void> {
+        if (file) {
+            await plugin.setFile(file);
+        } else {
+            plugin.deleteFile(missingFilePath);
+        }
+        this.replaceV2Plugin(plugin);
+    }
+
+    /** Publishes the current V2 row set when the legacy delayed task fires. */
+    publishCatalogue(): void {
+        this.catalogue.set(this.catalogueRows);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clears rows and loaded manifest mtimes for an explicit reload. The
+     * manifest map intentionally survives this narrower refresh.
+     */
+    clearForReload(): void {
+        this.catalogueRows = [];
+        this.loadedManifestMTimeByKey.clear();
+        this.catalogue.set(this.catalogueRows);
+    }
+
+    /** Clears only the catalogue rows for a disabled refresh. */
+    clearForDisabledRefresh(): void {
+        this.catalogueRows = [];
+        this.catalogue.set(this.catalogueRows);
+    }
+
+    /** Begins one catalogue update and publishes its progress count. */
+    beginUpdate(): void {
+        this.activeUpdateCount++;
+        this.migrationProgress.set(this.activeUpdateCount);
+    }
+
+    /** Ends one catalogue update and publishes its progress count. */
+    endUpdate(): void {
+        this.activeUpdateCount--;
+        this.migrationProgress.set(this.activeUpdateCount);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies a manifest according to the inherited cache rules. A manifest is
+     * parsed only when no manifest has previously been accepted for the key;
+     * failed parses still record their mtime, while a later mtime never
+     * replaces a successfully parsed first manifest.
+     */
+    processManifest(
+        confKey: string,
+        mtime: number,
+        parseManifest: () => PluginManifest,
+        onParseError: (error: unknown) => void = () => undefined
+    ): void {
+        let publishCatalogue = false;
+        if (this.loadedManifestMTimeByKey.get(confKey) != mtime && this.manifestByKey.get(confKey) == undefined) {
+            try {
+                this.setManifest(confKey, parseManifest());
+                this.applyLoadedManifest(confKey);
+                publishCatalogue = true;
+            } catch (error) {
+                onParseError(error);
+            }
+            this.loadedManifestMTimeByKey.set(confKey, mtime);
+        } else {
+            this.applyLoadedManifest(confKey);
+            publishCatalogue = true;
+        }
+        if (publishCatalogue) this.catalogue.set(this.catalogueRows);
+    }
+
+    private setManifest(key: string, manifest: PluginManifest): void {
+        const old = this.manifestByKey.get(key);
+        if (old && !isObjectDifferent(manifest, old)) return;
+        this.manifestByKey.set(key, manifest);
+        this.manifests.set(this.manifestByKey);
+    }
+
+    private applyLoadedManifest(confKey: string): void {
+        this.catalogueRows
+            .filter((entry) => entry instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2 && entry.confKey == confKey)
+            .forEach((entry) => (entry as PluginDataExDisplayV2).applyLoadedManifest());
+    }
+}

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncCatalogueState.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { get } from "svelte/store";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { PluginManifest } from "@/deps.ts";
+import type { FilePathWithPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+import { CustomisationSyncCatalogueState } from "./customisationSyncCatalogueState.ts";
+import { PluginDataExDisplayV2 } from "./customisationSyncModel.ts";
+import type { IPluginDataExDisplay, LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+
+function display(documentPath = "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example.md"): IPluginDataExDisplay {
+    return {
+        documentPath: documentPath as FilePathWithPrefix,
+        category: "PLUGIN_MAIN",
+        name: "example",
+        term: "device-a",
+        files: [],
+        mtime: 1,
+    };
+}
+
+function file(filename: string, mtime: number): LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile {
+    return {
+        path: `ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%${filename}` as FilePathWithPrefix,
+        filename,
+        mtime,
+        data: [filename],
+        size: filename.length,
+    } as LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile;
+}
+
+describe("Customisation Sync catalogue state", () => {
+    it("publishes V1 replacement and keeps V2 replacement delayed", async () => {
+        const state = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+        const setCatalogue = vi.spyOn(state.catalogue, "set");
+        const row = display();
+
+        state.replacePlugin(row);
+        expect(get(state.catalogue)).toEqual([row]);
+        expect(setCatalogue).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+
+        const v2 = new PluginDataExDisplayV2(
+            {
+                ...display(),
+                files: [file("main.js", 1)],
+            },
+            state.manifestLookup
+        );
+        await state.updateV2Plugin(v2, file("main.js", 2), "main.js");
+
+        expect(get(state.catalogue)).toEqual([row]);
+        expect(state.findPlugin(row.documentPath)).toBe(v2);
+        state.publishCatalogue();
+        expect(get(state.catalogue)).toEqual([v2]);
+    });
+
+    it("retains the first parsed manifest and records failed mtimes", () => {
+        const state = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+        const first = { name: "First", version: "1.0.0" } as PluginManifest;
+        const parseManifest = vi.fn(() => first);
+
+        state.processManifest("device-a/plugins/example", 20, parseManifest);
+        state.processManifest(
+            "device-a/plugins/example",
+            30,
+            () => ({ name: "Second", version: "2.0.0" }) as PluginManifest
+        );
+
+        expect(state.manifestLookup.get("device-a/plugins/example")).toBe(first);
+        expect(state.loadedManifestMTime.get("device-a/plugins/example")).toBe(20);
+        expect(parseManifest).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+
+        const failedState = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+        const onParseError = vi.fn();
+        const failure = new SyntaxError("invalid");
+        failedState.processManifest(
+            "device-a/plugins/failure",
+            40,
+            () => {
+                throw failure;
+            },
+            onParseError
+        );
+        failedState.processManifest("device-a/plugins/failure", 40, () => first, onParseError);
+
+        expect(onParseError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(failure);
+        expect(failedState.loadedManifestMTime.get("device-a/plugins/failure")).toBe(40);
+        expect(failedState.manifestLookup.has("device-a/plugins/failure")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("clears rows and loaded mtimes on reload while retaining manifest lookup", () => {
+        const state = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+        const key = "device-a/plugins/example";
+        state.processManifest(key, 20, () => ({ name: "Example" }) as PluginManifest);
+        state.replacePlugin(display());
+
+        state.clearForReload();
+
+        expect(get(state.catalogue)).toEqual([]);
+        expect(state.loadedManifestMTime.size).toBe(0);
+        expect(state.manifestLookup.get(key)).toEqual({ name: "Example" });
+        expect(get(state.catalogue)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it("keeps manifest caches through the narrower disabled refresh", () => {
+        const state = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+        const key = "device-a/plugins/example";
+        state.processManifest(key, 20, () => ({ name: "Example" }) as PluginManifest);
+        state.replacePlugin(display());
+
+        state.clearForDisabledRefresh();
+
+        expect(get(state.catalogue)).toEqual([]);
+        expect(state.loadedManifestMTime.get(key)).toBe(20);
+        expect(state.manifestLookup.has(key)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("tracks V2 updates through migration progress", () => {
+        const state = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+
+        state.beginUpdate();
+        state.beginUpdate();
+        expect(get(state.migrationProgress)).toBe(2);
+        state.endUpdate();
+        state.endUpdate();
+        expect(get(state.migrationProgress)).toBe(0);
+    });
+});

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.command.unit.spec.ts

@@ -26,29 +26,42 @@ vi.mock("@/common/translation", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/common/obsidianCommunityPlugins.ts", () => ({
     getObsidianCommunityPluginManager: vi.fn(),
 }));
-import { cancelTask } from "@/common/utils.ts";
+import { cancelTask, scheduleTask } from "@/common/utils.ts";
 import { CustomisationSyncContext } from "./customisationSyncContext";
 import { createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies } from "./customisationSyncContext.unit.fixture.ts";
 
 describe("CustomisationSyncContext commands", () => {
-    it("keeps the legacy dialogue methods as delegates to the host-owned UI", () => {
+    it("opens the host-owned dialogue from a scheduled configuration Notice", async () => {
         const control = {
             open: vi.fn(),
             close: vi.fn(),
-            isOpen: vi.fn(),
+            isOpen: vi.fn(() => false),
         };
+        const showConfigurationNotice = vi.fn();
+        const updatePluginList = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
         const configSync = Object.create(CustomisationSyncContext.prototype) as CustomisationSyncContext;
         Object.assign(configSync, {
             dependencies: createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies({
                 getUIControl: () => control,
+                getSettings: () => ({ usePluginSync: true, notifyPluginOrSettingUpdated: true }) as never,
+                showConfigurationNotice,
             }),
+            updatePluginList,
         });
 
-        configSync.showPluginSyncModal();
-        configSync.hidePluginSyncModal();
+        await configSync.serviceHandlers.processVirtualDocument({
+            _id: "ix:example",
+            path: "ix:example",
+        } as never);
+        const scheduledNotice = vi.mocked(scheduleTask).mock.calls[0]?.[2] as (() => void) | undefined;
+        expect(scheduledNotice).toBeTypeOf("function");
+        scheduledNotice?.();
+        const openDialogue = showConfigurationNotice.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as (() => void) | undefined;
+        expect(openDialogue).toBeTypeOf("function");
+        openDialogue?.();
 
         expect(control.open).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect(control.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(updatePluginList).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, "ix:example");
     });
 
     it("releases every owned processor and reactive subscription", () => {
@@ -85,4 +98,25 @@ describe("CustomisationSyncContext commands", () => {
         expect(setEnumerationActive).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
         expect(publishScanCount).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
     });
+
+    it("characterises the inherited setting-realisation gates pending separate review", async () => {
+        const isReady = vi.fn(() => false);
+        const isSuspended = vi.fn(() => false);
+        const periodicPluginSweepProcessor = { disable: vi.fn(), enable: vi.fn() };
+        const scanAllConfigFiles = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+        const configSync = Object.create(CustomisationSyncContext.prototype) as CustomisationSyncContext;
+        Object.assign(configSync, {
+            dependencies: createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies({ isReady, isSuspended }),
+            periodicPluginSweepProcessor,
+            scanAllConfigFiles,
+        });
+
+        await expect(configSync.serviceHandlers.onRealiseSetting()).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(periodicPluginSweepProcessor.disable).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(isReady).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(isSuspended).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(scanAllConfigFiles).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(periodicPluginSweepProcessor.enable).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
 });

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.path.unit.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { FilePathWithPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
 
 vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({
     diff_match_patch: class DiffMatchPatch {},
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ describe("compatibility: Customisation Sync paths", () => {
         [".obsidian/workspace", ""],
         ["notes/example.json", "CONFIG"],
     ])("classifies %s as %s", (path, expected) => {
-        expect(createConfigSync().getFileCategory(path)).toBe(expected);
+        expect(createConfigSync().testing.getFileCategory(path)).toBe(expected);
     });
 
     it("keeps other plug-in files outside V1 and disabled plug-in-extra synchronisation", () => {
@@ -73,17 +72,17 @@ describe("compatibility: Customisation Sync paths", () => {
         const withoutPluginEtc = createConfigSync({ usePluginEtc: false });
         const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/other.json";
 
-        expect(v1.getFileCategory(path)).toBe("");
-        expect(withoutPluginEtc.getFileCategory(path)).toBe("");
+        expect(v1.testing.getFileCategory(path)).toBe("");
+        expect(withoutPluginEtc.testing.getFileCategory(path)).toBe("");
     });
 
     it("recognises only classified files below the Obsidian configuration directory", () => {
         const configSync = createConfigSync();
 
-        expect(configSync.isTargetPath(".obsidian/app.json")).toBe(true);
-        expect(configSync.isTargetPath(".obsidian/plugins/example/main.js")).toBe(true);
-        expect(configSync.isTargetPath(".obsidian/workspace")).toBe(false);
-        expect(configSync.isTargetPath("notes/example.json")).toBe(false);
+        expect(configSync.testing.isTargetPath(".obsidian/app.json")).toBe(true);
+        expect(configSync.testing.isTargetPath(".obsidian/plugins/example/main.js")).toBe(true);
+        expect(configSync.testing.isTargetPath(".obsidian/workspace")).toBe(false);
+        expect(configSync.testing.isTargetPath("notes/example.json")).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it.each([
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ describe("compatibility: Customisation Sync paths", () => {
         [".obsidian/plugins/example/main.js", "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example.md"],
         [".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json", "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_DATA/example.md"],
     ])("creates the V1 document path for %s", (path, expected) => {
-        expect(createConfigSync().filenameToUnifiedKey(path)).toBe(expected);
+        expect(createConfigSync().testing.filenameToUnifiedKey(path)).toBe(expected);
     });
 
     it.each([
@@ -101,30 +100,18 @@ describe("compatibility: Customisation Sync paths", () => {
         [".obsidian/plugins/example/main.js", "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%main.js"],
         [".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json", "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_DATA/example%data.json"],
     ])("creates the V2 document path for %s", (path, expected) => {
-        expect(createConfigSync().filenameWithUnifiedKey(path)).toBe(expected);
+        expect(createConfigSync().testing.filenameWithUnifiedKey(path)).toBe(expected);
     });
 
     it("uses an explicit device name when supplied", () => {
         const configSync = createConfigSync();
 
-        expect(configSync.filenameToUnifiedKey(".obsidian/app.json", "device-b")).toBe(
+        expect(configSync.testing.filenameToUnifiedKey(".obsidian/app.json", "device-b")).toBe(
             "ix:device-b/CONFIG/app.json.md"
         );
-        expect(configSync.filenameWithUnifiedKey(".obsidian/app.json", "device-b")).toBe(
+        expect(configSync.testing.filenameWithUnifiedKey(".obsidian/app.json", "device-b")).toBe(
             "ix:device-b/CONFIG/app.json%app.json"
         );
-        expect(configSync.unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal("device-b")).toBe("ix:device-b/");
-    });
-
-    it("parses a V2 document path and derives its V1 compatibility path", () => {
-        expect(
-            createConfigSync().parseUnifiedPath("ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%main.js" as FilePathWithPrefix)
-        ).toEqual({
-            device: "device-a",
-            category: "PLUGIN_MAIN",
-            key: "example",
-            filename: "main.js",
-            pathV1: "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example.md",
-        });
+        expect(configSync.testing.unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal("device-b")).toBe("ix:device-b/");
     });
 });

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.routing.unit.spec.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ vi.mock("@/common/obsidianCommunityPlugins.ts", () => ({
 import { scheduleTask } from "@/common/utils.ts";
 import { CustomisationSyncContext } from "./customisationSyncContext.ts";
 import { createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies } from "./customisationSyncContext.unit.fixture.ts";
+import { CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator } from "./customisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator.ts";
 
 const PATH = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
 
@@ -43,9 +44,7 @@ function createConfigSync(options: { ready?: boolean; suspended?: boolean; enabl
     };
     const ownsLocalFile = vi.fn(() => options.owned ?? true);
     const statHidden = vi.fn(async () => ({ type: "file", mtime: 1 }));
-    const recentProcessedInternalFiles = Object.assign([] as string[], {
-        contains: vi.fn(() => false),
-    });
+    const recentProcessedInternalFiles = new CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator();
     const configSync = Object.create(CustomisationSyncContext.prototype) as CustomisationSyncContext;
     Object.assign(configSync, {
         dependencies: createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies({
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ describe("Customisation Sync raw-event admission", () => {
     it("schedules a recognised path granted by the composition owner", async () => {
         const { configSync, ownsLocalFile } = createConfigSync();
 
-        await expect(configSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(configSync.serviceHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(true);
         expect(ownsLocalFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PATH);
         expect(scheduleTask).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     });
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ describe("Customisation Sync raw-event admission", () => {
     it("rejects an event while the host is not ready", async () => {
         const { configSync, statHidden } = createConfigSync({ ready: false });
 
-        await expect(configSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(configSync.serviceHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
         expect(statHidden).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(scheduleTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
@@ -87,7 +86,9 @@ describe("Customisation Sync raw-event admission", () => {
     it("rejects a path outside the recognised Customisation Sync categories", async () => {
         const { configSync, ownsLocalFile } = createConfigSync();
 
-        await expect(configSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(".obsidian/workspace" as FilePath)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(configSync.serviceHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(".obsidian/workspace" as FilePath)).resolves.toBe(
+            false
+        );
         expect(ownsLocalFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(scheduleTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ describe("Customisation Sync raw-event admission", () => {
     it("rejects a recognised path assigned to another owner", async () => {
         const { configSync, statHidden } = createConfigSync({ owned: false });
 
-        await expect(configSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(configSync.serviceHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
         expect(statHidden).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(scheduleTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ describe("Customisation Sync raw-event admission", () => {
     ] as const)("rejects an event while %s", async (_label, options) => {
         const { configSync } = createConfigSync(options);
 
-        await expect(configSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(configSync.serviceHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
         expect(scheduleTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 });

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.state.unit.spec.ts

@@ -40,4 +40,46 @@ describe("CustomisationSyncContext state ownership", () => {
         expect(first.manifests).not.toBe(second.manifests);
         expect(get(first.manifests)).not.toBe(get(second.manifests));
     });
+
+    it("exposes frozen semantic service and testing views without writable state", () => {
+        const context = new CustomisationSyncContext(createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies());
+
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(context.serviceHandlers)).toBe(true);
+        expect(Object.keys(context.serviceHandlers).sort()).toEqual(
+            [
+                "enableOptionalFeature",
+                "onBeforeReplicate",
+                "onDatabaseInitialised",
+                "onRealiseSetting",
+                "onResuming",
+                "processOptionalFileEvent",
+                "processVirtualDocument",
+                "suspendExtraSync",
+            ].sort()
+        );
+
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(context.testing)).toBe(true);
+        expect(Object.keys(context.testing).sort()).toEqual(
+            [
+                "applyDataV2",
+                "configDir",
+                "createPluginDataExFileV2",
+                "createPluginDataFromV2",
+                "deleteConfigOnDatabase",
+                "filenameToUnifiedKey",
+                "filenameWithUnifiedKey",
+                "getFileCategory",
+                "isTargetPath",
+                "scanAllConfigFiles",
+                "scanInternalFiles",
+                "storeCustomizationFiles",
+                "unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal",
+            ].sort()
+        );
+        expect("catalogue" in context.testing).toBe(false);
+        expect("enumerationActive" in context.testing).toBe(false);
+        expect("manifests" in context.testing).toBe(false);
+
+        context.dispose();
+    });
 });

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { writable } from "svelte/store";
 import type PouchDB from "pouchdb-core";
-import { type PluginManifest, parseYaml, normalizePath, type ListedFiles, diff_match_patch } from "@/deps.ts";
+import { type PluginManifest, parseYaml, normalizePath, diff_match_patch } from "@/deps.ts";
 
 import type {
     EntryDoc,
@@ -25,25 +25,18 @@ import {
 import { ICXHeader, PERIODIC_PLUGIN_SWEEP } from "@/common/types.ts";
 import {
     createBlob,
-    createSavingEntryFromLoadedEntry,
     createTextBlob,
     delay,
     fireAndForget,
     getDocData,
     getDocDataAsArray,
     isDocContentSame,
-    isLoadedEntry,
-    isObjectDifferent,
 } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
 import { digestHash } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/hash";
-import {
-    arrayBufferToBase64,
-    decodeBinary,
-    readString,
-} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/convert";
+import { arrayBufferToBase64, decodeBinary } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/convert";
 import { serialized, shareRunningResult } from "octagonal-wheels/concurrency/lock";
 import { stripAllPrefixes } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
-import { cancelTask, EVEN, isCustomisationSyncMetadata, isPluginMetadata, scheduleTask } from "@/common/utils.ts";
+import { cancelTask, EVEN, scheduleTask } from "@/common/utils.ts";
 import { QueueProcessor } from "octagonal-wheels/concurrency/processor";
 import { reactiveSource, type ReactiveSource } from "octagonal-wheels/dataobject/reactive";
 import { base64ToArrayBuffer, base64ToString } from "octagonal-wheels/binary/base64";
@@ -59,13 +52,15 @@ import {
     isCustomisationSyncTargetPath,
     parseCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath,
 } from "./customisationSyncPaths.ts";
-import { createCustomisationSyncCodec, type PluginDataEx, type PluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
+import { createCustomisationSyncCodec, type PluginDataEx } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
 import type {
     CustomisationSyncDialogView,
     CustomisationSyncUIControl,
+    CustomisationSyncFileCategory,
+    CustomisationSyncServiceHandlers,
+    CustomisationSyncTestingView,
     IPluginDataExDisplay,
     LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile,
-    PluginDataExDisplay,
 } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
 import {
     REPLICATION_PROGRESS_PRESENTATIONS,
@@ -75,9 +70,29 @@ import type { LiveSyncLocalDB } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/pouchdb/
 import type { StorageAccess } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/StorageAccess";
 import type { IPathService, IReplicationService } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/base/IService";
 import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import {
+    collectOptionalFileSyncFiles,
+    type OptionalFileSyncFileTreeDependencies,
+} from "@/features/optionalFileSyncFileTree.ts";
+import { PluginDataExDisplayV2 } from "./customisationSyncModel.ts";
+import {
+    decodeCustomisationSyncV2File,
+    loadCustomisationDisplayData,
+    loadCustomisationV2Entry,
+    readCustomisationFile,
+} from "./customisationSyncReadOperations.ts";
+import { CustomisationSyncCatalogueState } from "./customisationSyncCatalogueState.ts";
+import { CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator } from "./customisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator.ts";
 
 export type { PluginDataEx, PluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
-export type { IPluginDataExDisplay, PluginDataExDisplay } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+export type {
+    CustomisationSyncFileCategory,
+    CustomisationSyncServiceHandlers,
+    CustomisationSyncTestingView,
+    IPluginDataExDisplay,
+    PluginDataExDisplay,
+} from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+export { PluginDataExDisplayV2 } from "./customisationSyncModel.ts";
 
 const UPDATED_CONFIGURATION_NOTICE_KEY = "config-sync:updated-configuration";
 
@@ -87,87 +102,8 @@ const {
     dummyHead: DUMMY_HEAD,
     dummyEnd: DUMMY_END,
 } = createCustomisationSyncCodec({ digestHash, parseYaml });
+const CUSTOMISATION_SYNC_READ_CODEC = { deserialize, serialize };
 
-function categoryToFolder(category: string, configDir: string = ""): string {
-    switch (category) {
-        case "CONFIG":
-            return `${configDir}/`;
-        case "THEME":
-            return `${configDir}/themes/`;
-        case "SNIPPET":
-            return `${configDir}/snippets/`;
-        case "PLUGIN_MAIN":
-            return `${configDir}/plugins/`;
-        case "PLUGIN_DATA":
-            return `${configDir}/plugins/`;
-        case "PLUGIN_ETC":
-            return `${configDir}/plugins/`;
-        default:
-            return "";
-    }
-}
-
-export class PluginDataExDisplayV2 {
-    documentPath: FilePathWithPrefix;
-    category: string;
-
-    term: string;
-
-    files = [] as LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile[];
-
-    name: string;
-    confKey: string;
-    constructor(
-        data: IPluginDataExDisplay,
-        private readonly manifestLookup: ReadonlyMap<string, PluginManifest>
-    ) {
-        this.documentPath = `${data.documentPath}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
-        this.category = `${data.category}`;
-        this.name = `${data.name}`;
-        this.term = `${data.term}`;
-        this.files = [...(data.files as LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile[])];
-        this.confKey = `${categoryToFolder(this.category, this.term)}${this.name}`;
-        this.applyLoadedManifest();
-    }
-    async setFile(file: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile) {
-        const old = this.files.find((e) => e.filename == file.filename);
-        if (old) {
-            if (old.mtime == file.mtime && (await isDocContentSame(old.data, file.data))) return;
-            this.files = this.files.filter((e) => e.filename != file.filename);
-        }
-        this.files.push(file);
-        if (file.filename == "manifest.json") {
-            this.applyLoadedManifest();
-        }
-    }
-    deleteFile(filename: string) {
-        this.files = this.files.filter((e) => e.filename != filename);
-    }
-
-    _displayName: string | undefined;
-    _version: string | undefined;
-
-    applyLoadedManifest() {
-        const manifest = this.manifestLookup.get(this.confKey);
-        if (manifest) {
-            this._displayName = manifest.name;
-            if (this.category == "PLUGIN_MAIN" || this.category == "THEME") {
-                this._version = manifest?.version;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    get displayName(): string {
-        // if (this._displayNameBuffer !== symbolUnInitialised) return this._displayNameBuffer;
-        // return this._bufferManifest().displayName;
-        return this._displayName || this.name;
-    }
-    get version(): string | undefined {
-        return this._version;
-    }
-    get mtime(): number {
-        return ~~this.files.reduce((a, b) => a + b.mtime, 0) / this.files.length;
-    }
-}
 type CustomisationSyncSettings = Pick<
     ObsidianLiveSyncSettings,
     | "usePluginSync"
@@ -195,7 +131,7 @@ export type CustomisationSyncPeriodicProcessor = {
     disable(): void;
 };
 
-export type CustomisationSyncContextDependencies = {
+export type CustomisationSyncContextDependencies = OptionalFileSyncFileTreeDependencies & {
     getSettings(): CustomisationSyncSettings;
     getLocalDatabase(): CustomisationSyncDatabase;
     storageAccess: CustomisationSyncStorage;
@@ -212,7 +148,6 @@ export type CustomisationSyncContextDependencies = {
     isSuspended(): boolean;
     askRestart(): void;
     createPeriodicProcessor(process: () => Promise<unknown>): CustomisationSyncPeriodicProcessor;
-    listFiles(path: string): Promise<ListedFiles>;
     resolveJsonConflict(
         path: FilePath,
         files: [LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile, LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile],
@@ -232,19 +167,22 @@ export type CustomisationSyncContextDependencies = {
 
 export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
     private readonly dependencies: CustomisationSyncContextDependencies;
+    private readonly catalogueState = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+    private readonly recentProcessedInternalFiles = new CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator();
+    private serviceHandlersView: CustomisationSyncServiceHandlers | undefined;
+    private testingView: CustomisationSyncTestingView | undefined;
     private readonly scanProgress = reactiveSource(0);
     private readonly pluginScanningChanged: Parameters<ReactiveSource<number>["onChanged"]>[0] = (event) => {
         this.enumerationActive.set(event.value != 0);
         this.dependencies.publishScanCount(event.value);
     };
 
-    readonly catalogue = writable<IPluginDataExDisplay[]>([]);
     readonly enumerationActive = writable(false);
-    readonly migrationProgress = writable(0);
-    private readonly pluginManifests = new Map<string, PluginManifest>();
-    readonly manifests = writable(this.pluginManifests);
+    readonly catalogue = this.catalogueState.catalogue;
+    readonly migrationProgress = this.catalogueState.migrationProgress;
+    readonly manifests = this.catalogueState.manifests;
 
-    readonly periodicPluginSweepProcessor: CustomisationSyncPeriodicProcessor;
+    private readonly periodicPluginSweepProcessor: CustomisationSyncPeriodicProcessor;
 
     constructor(dependencies: CustomisationSyncContextDependencies) {
         this.dependencies = dependencies;
@@ -253,7 +191,62 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         );
         this.scanProgress.onChanged(this.pluginScanningChanged);
     }
-    get configDir() {
+
+    /**
+     * Semantic callbacks for registration by the optional-file composition
+     * feature. The returned object is immutable, and each callback retains its
+     * context without requiring callers to bind a concrete implementation.
+     */
+    get serviceHandlers(): CustomisationSyncServiceHandlers {
+        if (!this.serviceHandlersView) {
+            this.serviceHandlersView = Object.freeze({
+                processOptionalFileEvent: (path: FilePath) => this.processOptionalFileEvent(path),
+                processVirtualDocument: (docs: PouchDB.Core.ExistingDocument<EntryDoc>) =>
+                    this.processVirtualDocument(docs),
+                onRealiseSetting: () => this.realiseSettingSyncMode(),
+                onResuming: () => this.onResumeProcess(),
+                onBeforeReplicate: (showMessage: boolean) => this.beforeReplicate(showMessage),
+                onDatabaseInitialised: (showNotice: boolean) => this.onDatabaseInitialised(showNotice),
+                suspendExtraSync: () => this.suspendExtraSync(),
+                enableOptionalFeature: (mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode) => this.enableOptionalFeature(mode),
+            });
+        }
+        return this.serviceHandlersView;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Narrow internal surface used by maintained real-Obsidian contract tests.
+     * It intentionally omits the context, queues, and writable stores.
+     */
+    get testing(): CustomisationSyncTestingView {
+        if (!this.testingView) {
+            this.testingView = Object.freeze({
+                configDir: this.configDir,
+                scanInternalFiles: async () => await this.scanInternalFiles(),
+                scanAllConfigFiles: async (showMessage: boolean) => await this.scanAllConfigFiles(showMessage),
+                getFileCategory: (filePath: string) => this.getFileCategory(filePath),
+                isTargetPath: (filePath: string) => this.isTargetPath(filePath),
+                filenameToUnifiedKey: (path: string, termOverride?: string) =>
+                    this.filenameToUnifiedKey(path, termOverride),
+                filenameWithUnifiedKey: (path: string, termOverride?: string) =>
+                    this.filenameWithUnifiedKey(path, termOverride),
+                unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal: (termOverride?: string) =>
+                    this.unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal(termOverride),
+                storeCustomizationFiles: async (path: FilePath, termOverride?: string) =>
+                    await this.storeCustomizationFiles(path, termOverride),
+                deleteConfigOnDatabase: async (path: FilePathWithPrefix, forceWrite?: boolean) =>
+                    await this.deleteConfigOnDatabase(path, forceWrite),
+                createPluginDataFromV2: (path: FilePathWithPrefix) => this.createPluginDataFromV2(path),
+                createPluginDataExFileV2: async (path: FilePathWithPrefix, loaded?: LoadedEntry) =>
+                    await this.createPluginDataExFileV2(path, loaded),
+                applyDataV2: async (data: PluginDataExDisplayV2, content?: string) =>
+                    await this.applyDataV2(data, content),
+            });
+        }
+        return this.testingView;
+    }
+
+    private get configDir() {
         return this.dependencies.getConfigDir();
     }
 
@@ -277,11 +270,11 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         return this.dependencies.path.getPath(entry);
     }
 
-    _isMainReady() {
+    private _isMainReady() {
         return this.dependencies.isReady();
     }
 
-    _isMainSuspended() {
+    private _isMainSuspended() {
         return this.dependencies.isSuspended();
     }
 
@@ -289,13 +282,13 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         this.dependencies.log(message, level, key);
     }
 
-    get useV2() {
+    private get useV2() {
         return this.settings.usePluginSyncV2;
     }
-    get useSyncPluginEtc() {
+    private get useSyncPluginEtc() {
         return this.settings.usePluginEtc;
     }
-    isThisModuleEnabled() {
+    private isThisModuleEnabled() {
         return this.settings.usePluginSync;
     }
 
@@ -355,11 +348,11 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
     ): Promise<boolean> {
         const dataACopy =
             dataA instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2
-                ? new PluginDataExDisplayV2(dataA, this.pluginManifests)
+                ? new PluginDataExDisplayV2(dataA, this.catalogueState.manifestLookup)
                 : { ...dataA };
         const dataBCopy =
             dataB instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2
-                ? new PluginDataExDisplayV2(dataB, this.pluginManifests)
+                ? new PluginDataExDisplayV2(dataB, this.catalogueState.manifestLookup)
                 : { ...dataB };
         dataACopy.files = dataACopy.files.filter((file) => file.filename == filename);
         dataBCopy.files = dataBCopy.files.filter((file) => file.filename == filename);
@@ -372,14 +365,6 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         await this.updatePluginList(false, this.filenameToUnifiedKey(path, deviceName));
     }
 
-    pluginList: IPluginDataExDisplay[] = [];
-    showPluginSyncModal() {
-        this.dependencies.getUIControl()?.open();
-    }
-
-    hidePluginSyncModal() {
-        this.dependencies.getUIControl()?.close();
-    }
     dispose() {
         cancelTask(UPDATED_CONFIGURATION_NOTICE_KEY);
         this.periodicPluginSweepProcessor?.disable();
@@ -391,30 +376,21 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         this.dependencies.hideConfigurationNotice();
     }
 
-    private setManifest(key: string, manifest: PluginManifest) {
-        const old = this.pluginManifests.get(key);
-        if (old && !isObjectDifferent(manifest, old)) return;
-        this.pluginManifests.set(key, manifest);
-        this.manifests.set(this.pluginManifests);
-    }
-
-    getFileCategory(
-        filePath: string
-    ): "CONFIG" | "THEME" | "SNIPPET" | "PLUGIN_MAIN" | "PLUGIN_ETC" | "PLUGIN_DATA" | "" {
+    private getFileCategory(filePath: string): CustomisationSyncFileCategory {
         return getCustomisationSyncFileCategory(filePath, {
             configDir: this.configDir,
             useV2: this.useV2,
             usePluginEtc: this.useSyncPluginEtc,
         });
     }
-    isTargetPath(filePath: string): boolean {
+    private isTargetPath(filePath: string): boolean {
         return isCustomisationSyncTargetPath(filePath, {
             configDir: this.configDir,
             useV2: this.useV2,
             usePluginEtc: this.useSyncPluginEtc,
         });
     }
-    async _everyOnDatabaseInitialized(showNotice: boolean) {
+    private async onDatabaseInitialised(showNotice: boolean) {
         if (!this.isThisModuleEnabled()) return true;
         try {
             this._log("Scanning customizations...");
@@ -426,7 +402,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         }
         return true;
     }
-    async _everyBeforeReplicate(showNotice: boolean) {
+    private async beforeReplicate(showNotice: boolean) {
         if (!this.isThisModuleEnabled()) return true;
         if (this.settings.autoSweepPlugins) {
             await this.scanAllConfigFiles(showNotice);
@@ -434,7 +410,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         }
         return true;
     }
-    async _everyOnResumeProcess(): Promise<boolean> {
+    private async onResumeProcess(): Promise<boolean> {
         if (!this.isThisModuleEnabled()) return true;
         if (this._isMainSuspended()) {
             return true;
@@ -450,44 +426,10 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         return true;
     }
     async reloadPluginList(showMessage: boolean) {
-        this.pluginList = [];
-        this.loadedManifest_mTime.clear();
-        this.catalogue.set(this.pluginList);
+        this.catalogueState.clearForReload();
         await this.updatePluginList(showMessage);
     }
-    async loadPluginData(path: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<PluginDataExDisplay | false> {
-        const wx = await this.localDatabase.getDBEntry(path, undefined, false, false);
-        if (wx) {
-            const data = deserialize(getDocDataAsArray(wx.data), {}) as PluginDataEx;
-            const xFiles = [] as PluginDataExFile[];
-            let missingHash = false;
-            for (const file of data.files) {
-                const work = { ...file, data: [] as string[] };
-                if (!file.hash) {
-                    // debugger;
-                    const tempStr = getDocDataAsArray(work.data);
-                    const hash = digestHash(tempStr);
-                    file.hash = hash;
-                    missingHash = true;
-                }
-                work.data = [file.hash];
-                xFiles.push(work);
-            }
-            if (missingHash) {
-                this._log(`Digest created for ${path} to improve checking`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
-                wx.data = serialize(data);
-                fireAndForget(() => this.localDatabase.putDBEntry(createSavingEntryFromLoadedEntry(wx)));
-            }
-            return {
-                ...data,
-                documentPath: this.getPath(wx),
-                files: xFiles,
-            } satisfies PluginDataExDisplay;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    pluginScanProcessor = new QueueProcessor(
+    private pluginScanProcessor = new QueueProcessor(
         async (v: AnyEntry[]) => {
             const plugin = v[0];
             if (this.useV2) {
@@ -495,16 +437,16 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
                 return [];
             }
             const path = plugin.path || this.getPath(plugin);
-            const oldEntry = this.pluginList.find((e) => e.documentPath == path);
+            const oldEntry = this.catalogueState.findPlugin(path);
             if (oldEntry && oldEntry.mtime == plugin.mtime) return [];
             try {
-                const pluginData = await this.loadPluginData(path);
+                const pluginData = await loadCustomisationDisplayData(
+                    this.dependencies,
+                    path,
+                    CUSTOMISATION_SYNC_READ_CODEC
+                );
                 if (pluginData) {
-                    let newList = [...this.pluginList];
-                    newList = newList.filter((x) => x.documentPath != pluginData.documentPath);
-                    newList.push(pluginData);
-                    this.pluginList = newList;
-                    this.catalogue.set(newList);
+                    this.catalogueState.replacePlugin(pluginData);
                 }
                 // Failed to load
                 return [];
@@ -525,20 +467,23 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         }
     ).startPipeline();
 
-    pluginScanProcessorV2 = new QueueProcessor(
+    // Compatibility question: no production path currently enqueues work into
+    // this second processor. Preserve its construction and disposal until the
+    // intended V2 scan path, or its safe removal, has focused coverage.
+    private pluginScanProcessorV2 = new QueueProcessor(
         async (v: AnyEntry[]) => {
             const plugin = v[0];
             const path = plugin.path || this.getPath(plugin);
-            const oldEntry = this.pluginList.find((e) => e.documentPath == path);
+            const oldEntry = this.catalogueState.findPlugin(path);
             if (oldEntry && oldEntry.mtime == plugin.mtime) return [];
             try {
-                const pluginData = await this.loadPluginData(path);
+                const pluginData = await loadCustomisationDisplayData(
+                    this.dependencies,
+                    path,
+                    CUSTOMISATION_SYNC_READ_CODEC
+                );
                 if (pluginData) {
-                    let newList = [...this.pluginList];
-                    newList = newList.filter((x) => x.documentPath != pluginData.documentPath);
-                    newList.push(pluginData);
-                    this.pluginList = newList;
-                    this.catalogue.set(newList);
+                    this.catalogueState.replacePlugin(pluginData);
                 }
                 // Failed to load
                 return [];
@@ -559,7 +504,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         }
     ).startPipeline();
 
-    filenameToUnifiedKey(path: string, termOverRide?: string) {
+    private filenameToUnifiedKey(path: string, termOverRide?: string): FilePathWithPrefix {
         const term = termOverRide || this.dependencies.getDeviceAndVaultName();
         return createCustomisationSyncV1DocumentPath(path, term, {
             configDir: this.configDir,
@@ -568,7 +513,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         });
     }
 
-    filenameWithUnifiedKey(path: string, termOverRide?: string) {
+    private filenameWithUnifiedKey(path: string, termOverRide?: string): FilePathWithPrefix {
         const term = termOverRide || this.dependencies.getDeviceAndVaultName();
         return createCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath(path, term, {
             configDir: this.configDir,
@@ -577,88 +522,38 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         });
     }
 
-    unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal(termOverRide?: string) {
+    private unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal(termOverRide?: string): string {
         const term = termOverRide || this.dependencies.getDeviceAndVaultName();
         return createCustomisationSyncDevicePrefix(term);
     }
 
-    parseUnifiedPath(unifiedPath: FilePathWithPrefix): {
-        category: string;
-        device: string;
-        key: string;
-        filename: string;
-        pathV1: FilePathWithPrefix;
-    } {
-        return parseCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath(unifiedPath);
-    }
-
-    loadedManifest_mTime = new Map<string, number>();
-
-    async createPluginDataExFileV2(
+    private async createPluginDataExFileV2(
         unifiedPathV2: FilePathWithPrefix,
         loaded?: LoadedEntry
     ): Promise<false | LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile> {
-        const { category, key, filename, device } = this.parseUnifiedPath(unifiedPathV2);
-        if (!loaded) {
-            const d = await this.localDatabase.getDBEntry(unifiedPathV2);
-            if (!d) {
-                this._log(`The file ${unifiedPathV2} is not found`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
-                return false;
-            }
-            if (!isLoadedEntry(d)) {
-                this._log(`The file ${unifiedPathV2} is not a note`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
-                return false;
-            }
-            loaded = d;
-        }
-        const confKey = `${categoryToFolder(category, device)}${key}`;
-        const relativeFilename =
-            `${categoryToFolder(category, "")}${category == "CONFIG" || category == "SNIPPET" ? "" : key + "/"}${filename}`.substring(
-                1
-            );
-        const dataSrc = getDocData(loaded.data);
-        const dataStart = dataSrc.indexOf(DUMMY_END);
-        const data = dataSrc.substring(dataStart + DUMMY_END.length);
-        const file: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile = {
-            ...loaded,
-            hash: "",
-            data: [base64ToString(data)],
-            filename: relativeFilename,
-            displayName: filename,
-        };
-        if (filename == "manifest.json") {
-            // Same as previously loaded
-            if (
-                this.loadedManifest_mTime.get(confKey) != file.mtime &&
-                this.pluginManifests.get(confKey) == undefined
-            ) {
-                try {
-                    const parsedManifest = JSON.parse(base64ToString(data)) as PluginManifest;
-                    this.setManifest(confKey, parsedManifest);
-                    this.pluginList
-                        .filter((e) => e instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2 && e.confKey == confKey)
-                        .forEach((e) => (e as PluginDataExDisplayV2).applyLoadedManifest());
-                    this.catalogue.set(this.pluginList);
-                } catch (ex) {
+        // Compatibility: a caller-supplied entry bypasses the database lookup
+        // and the isLoadedEntry check performed by loadCustomisationV2Entry.
+        const loadedEntry = loaded ?? (await loadCustomisationV2Entry(this.dependencies, unifiedPathV2));
+        if (!loadedEntry) return false;
+        const { confKey, file, isManifest } = decodeCustomisationSyncV2File(unifiedPathV2, loadedEntry, DUMMY_END);
+        if (isManifest) {
+            this.catalogueState.processManifest(
+                confKey,
+                file.mtime,
+                () => JSON.parse(file.data[0]) as PluginManifest,
+                (error) => {
                     this._log(
-                        `The file ${loaded.path} seems to manifest, but could not be decoded as JSON`,
+                        `The file ${loadedEntry.path} seems to manifest, but could not be decoded as JSON`,
                         LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
                     );
-                    this._log(ex, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                    this._log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
                 }
-                this.loadedManifest_mTime.set(confKey, file.mtime);
-            } else {
-                this.pluginList
-                    .filter((e) => e instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2 && e.confKey == confKey)
-                    .forEach((e) => (e as PluginDataExDisplayV2).applyLoadedManifest());
-                this.catalogue.set(this.pluginList);
-            }
-            // }
+            );
         }
         return file;
     }
-    createPluginDataFromV2(unifiedPathV2: FilePathWithPrefix) {
-        const { category, device, key, pathV1 } = this.parseUnifiedPath(unifiedPathV2);
+    private createPluginDataFromV2(unifiedPathV2: FilePathWithPrefix) {
+        const { category, device, key, pathV1 } = parseCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath(unifiedPathV2);
         if (category == "") return;
 
         const ret: PluginDataExDisplayV2 = new PluginDataExDisplayV2(
@@ -670,21 +565,18 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
                 files: [],
                 mtime: 0,
             },
-            this.pluginManifests
+            this.catalogueState.manifestLookup
         );
         return ret;
     }
 
-    updatingV2Count = 0;
-
-    async updatePluginListV2(showMessage: boolean, unifiedFilenameWithKey: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<void> {
+    private async updatePluginListV2(showMessage: boolean, unifiedFilenameWithKey: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<void> {
         try {
-            this.updatingV2Count++;
-            this.migrationProgress.set(this.updatingV2Count);
+            this.catalogueState.beginUpdate();
             // const unifiedFilenameWithKey = this.filenameWithUnifiedKey(updatedDocumentPath);
-            const { pathV1 } = this.parseUnifiedPath(unifiedFilenameWithKey);
+            const { pathV1 } = parseCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath(unifiedFilenameWithKey);
 
-            const oldEntry = this.pluginList.find((e) => e.documentPath == pathV1);
+            const oldEntry = this.catalogueState.findPlugin(pathV1);
             let entry: PluginDataExDisplayV2 | undefined = undefined;
 
             if (!oldEntry || !(oldEntry instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2)) {
@@ -697,28 +589,19 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             }
             if (!entry) return;
             const file = await this.createPluginDataExFileV2(unifiedFilenameWithKey);
-            if (file) {
-                await entry.setFile(file);
-            } else {
-                entry.deleteFile(unifiedFilenameWithKey);
-                if (entry.files.length == 0) {
-                    this.pluginList = this.pluginList.filter((e) => e.documentPath != pathV1);
-                }
-            }
-            const newList = this.pluginList.filter((e) => e.documentPath != entry.documentPath);
-            newList.push(entry);
-            this.pluginList = newList;
+            // Compatibility: the inherited update always re-adds an empty V2
+            // row after deleting its final file.
+            await this.catalogueState.updateV2Plugin(entry, file, unifiedFilenameWithKey);
 
             scheduleTask("updatePluginListV2", 100, () => {
-                this.catalogue.set(this.pluginList);
+                this.catalogueState.publishCatalogue();
             });
         } finally {
-            this.updatingV2Count--;
-            this.migrationProgress.set(this.updatingV2Count);
+            this.catalogueState.endUpdate();
         }
     }
 
-    async migrateV1ToV2(showMessage: boolean, entry: AnyEntry): Promise<void> {
+    private async migrateV1ToV2(showMessage: boolean, entry: AnyEntry): Promise<void> {
         const v1Path = entry.path;
         this._log(`Migrating ${entry.path} to V2`, showMessage ? LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE : LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
         if (entry.deleted) {
@@ -789,13 +672,11 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
     async updatePluginList(showMessage: boolean, updatedDocumentPath?: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<void> {
         if (!this.isThisModuleEnabled()) {
             this.pluginScanProcessor.clearQueue();
-            this.pluginList = [];
-            this.catalogue.set(this.pluginList);
+            this.catalogueState.clearForDisabledRefresh();
             return;
         }
         try {
-            this.updatingV2Count++;
-            this.migrationProgress.set(this.updatingV2Count);
+            this.catalogueState.beginUpdate();
             const updatedDocumentId = updatedDocumentPath ? await this.path2id(updatedDocumentPath) : "";
             const plugins = updatedDocumentPath
                 ? this.localDatabase.findEntries(updatedDocumentId, updatedDocumentId + "\u{10ffff}", {
@@ -817,8 +698,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             }
         } finally {
             this.enumerationActive.set(false);
-            this.updatingV2Count--;
-            this.migrationProgress.set(this.updatingV2Count);
+            this.catalogueState.endUpdate();
         }
         this.enumerationActive.set(false);
         // return entries;
@@ -892,7 +772,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             return false;
         }
     }
-    async applyDataV2(data: PluginDataExDisplayV2, content?: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    private async applyDataV2(data: PluginDataExDisplayV2, content?: string): Promise<boolean> {
         const baseDir = this.configDir;
         try {
             if (content) {
@@ -1010,10 +890,10 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             if (data.documentPath) {
                 const delList = [];
                 if (this.useV2) {
-                    const deleteList = this.pluginList
-                        .filter((e) => e.documentPath == data.documentPath)
-                        .filter((e) => e instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2)
-                        .map((e) => e.files)
+                    const deleteList = this.catalogueState
+                        .findPlugins(data.documentPath)
+                        .filter((entry) => entry instanceof PluginDataExDisplayV2)
+                        .map((entry) => entry.files)
                         .flat();
                     for (const e of deleteList) {
                         delList.push(e.path);
@@ -1039,7 +919,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             return false;
         }
     }
-    async _anyModuleParsedReplicationResultItem(docs: PouchDB.Core.ExistingDocument<EntryDoc>) {
+    private async processVirtualDocument(docs: PouchDB.Core.ExistingDocument<EntryDoc>) {
         if (!docs._id.startsWith(ICXHeader)) return false;
         if (this.isThisModuleEnabled()) {
             await this.updatePluginList(
@@ -1050,14 +930,18 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         if (this.isThisModuleEnabled() && this.settings.notifyPluginOrSettingUpdated) {
             if (!this.dependencies.getUIControl()?.isOpen()) {
                 scheduleTask(UPDATED_CONFIGURATION_NOTICE_KEY, 1000, () => {
-                    this.dependencies.showConfigurationNotice(() => this.showPluginSyncModal());
+                    this.dependencies.showConfigurationNotice(() => this.dependencies.getUIControl()?.open());
                 });
             }
         }
         return true;
     }
-    async _everyRealizeSettingSyncMode(): Promise<boolean> {
+    private async realiseSettingSyncMode(): Promise<boolean> {
         this.periodicPluginSweepProcessor?.disable();
+        // Compatibility question: this inherited callback checks the method
+        // reference rather than invoking it, then proceeds only while the host is
+        // suspended. Preserve both gates until their intended lifecycle semantics
+        // are verified and corrected under a separate behavioural test.
         if (!this._isMainReady) return true;
         if (!this._isMainSuspended()) return true;
         if (!this.isThisModuleEnabled()) return true;
@@ -1072,55 +956,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         return true;
     }
 
-    recentProcessedInternalFiles = [] as string[];
-    async makeEntryFromFile(path: FilePath): Promise<false | PluginDataExFile> {
-        const stat = await this.storageAccess.statHidden(path);
-        let version: string | undefined;
-        let displayName: string | undefined;
-        if (!stat) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        const contentBin = await this.storageAccess.readHiddenFileBinary(path);
-        let content: string[];
-        try {
-            content = await arrayBufferToBase64(contentBin);
-            if (path.toLowerCase().endsWith("/manifest.json")) {
-                const v = readString(new Uint8Array(contentBin));
-                try {
-                    const json: unknown = JSON.parse(v);
-                    if (typeof json === "object" && json !== null) {
-                        if ("version" in json) {
-                            version = String(json.version);
-                        }
-                        if ("name" in json) {
-                            displayName = String(json.name);
-                        }
-                    }
-                } catch (ex) {
-                    this._log(
-                        `Configuration sync data: ${path} looks like manifest, but could not read the version`,
-                        LOG_LEVEL_INFO
-                    );
-                    this._log(ex, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (ex) {
-            this._log(`The file ${path} could not be encoded`);
-            this._log(ex, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
-            return false;
-        }
-        const mtime = stat.mtime;
-        return {
-            filename: path.substring(this.configDir.length + 1),
-            data: content,
-            mtime,
-            size: stat.size,
-            version,
-            displayName: displayName,
-        };
-    }
-
-    async storeCustomisationFileV2(path: FilePath, term: string, force = false) {
+    private async storeCustomisationFileV2(path: FilePath, term: string, force = false) {
         const vf = this.filenameWithUnifiedKey(path, term);
         return await serialized(`plugin-${vf}`, async () => {
             const prefixedFileName = vf;
@@ -1199,7 +1035,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             }
         });
     }
-    async storeCustomizationFiles(path: FilePath, termOverRide?: string) {
+    private async storeCustomizationFiles(path: FilePath, termOverRide?: string) {
         const term = termOverRide || this.dependencies.getDeviceAndVaultName();
         if (term == "") {
             this._log($msg("We have to configure the device name"), LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
@@ -1247,7 +1083,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
                 fileTargets = ["manifest.json", "theme.css"].map((e) => `${parentPath}/${e}` as FilePath);
             }
             for (const target of fileTargets) {
-                const data = await this.makeEntryFromFile(target);
+                const data = await readCustomisationFile(this.dependencies, target, this.configDir);
                 if (data == false) {
                     this._log(`Config: skipped (Possibly is not exist): ${target} `, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
                     continue;
@@ -1343,11 +1179,11 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             }
         });
     }
-    async _anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(path: FilePath): Promise<boolean> {
+    private async processOptionalFileEvent(path: FilePath): Promise<boolean> {
         return await this.watchVaultRawEventsAsync(path);
     }
 
-    async watchVaultRawEventsAsync(path: FilePath) {
+    private async watchVaultRawEventsAsync(path: FilePath) {
         if (!this._isMainReady()) return false;
         if (this._isMainSuspended()) return false;
         if (!this.isThisModuleEnabled()) return false;
@@ -1360,12 +1196,11 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         // this._log(`Customization file detected: ${path}`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
         const storageMTime = ~~(((stat && stat.mtime) || 0) / 1000);
         const key = `${path}-${storageMTime}`;
-        if (this.recentProcessedInternalFiles.contains(key)) {
+        if (!this.recentProcessedInternalFiles.admit(key)) {
             // If recently processed, it may caused by self.
             // return true to prevent pass the event to the next.
             return true;
         }
-        this.recentProcessedInternalFiles = [key, ...this.recentProcessedInternalFiles].slice(0, 100);
         // To prevent saving half-collected file sets.
         const keySchedule = this.filenameToUnifiedKey(path);
         scheduleTask(keySchedule, 100, async () => {
@@ -1480,7 +1315,7 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         });
     }
 
-    async deleteConfigOnDatabase(prefixedFileName: FilePathWithPrefix, forceWrite = false) {
+    private async deleteConfigOnDatabase(prefixedFileName: FilePathWithPrefix, forceWrite = false): Promise<boolean> {
         // const id = await this.path2id(prefixedFileName);
         const mtime = new Date().getTime();
         return await serialized("file-x-" + prefixedFileName, async () => {
@@ -1518,24 +1353,22 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         });
     }
 
-    async scanInternalFiles(): Promise<FilePath[]> {
-        const filenames = (await this.getFiles(this.configDir, 2))
+    private async scanInternalFiles(): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+        const filenames = (
+            await collectOptionalFileSyncFiles(this.dependencies, this.configDir, {
+                maxDepth: 2,
+                onError: (path, error) => {
+                    this._log(`Could not traverse(CustomisationSync):${path}`, LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
+                    this._log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                },
+            })
+        )
             .filter((e) => e.startsWith("."))
             .filter((e) => !e.startsWith(".trash"));
         return filenames as FilePath[];
     }
 
-    _anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod(path: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<boolean | "newer"> {
-        if (isPluginMetadata(path)) {
-            return Promise.resolve("newer");
-        }
-        if (isCustomisationSyncMetadata(path)) {
-            return Promise.resolve("newer");
-        }
-        return Promise.resolve(false);
-    }
-
-    _allSuspendExtraSync(): Promise<boolean> {
+    private suspendExtraSync(): Promise<boolean> {
         if (this.settings.usePluginSync || this.settings.autoSweepPlugins) {
             this._log(
                 "Customisation sync have been temporarily disabled. Please enable them after the fetching, if you need them.",
@@ -1547,11 +1380,11 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
         return Promise.resolve(true);
     }
 
-    async _allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature(mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode) {
-        await this.configureHiddenFileSync(mode);
+    private async enableOptionalFeature(mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode): Promise<boolean> {
+        await this.configureCustomisationSync(mode);
         return true;
     }
-    async configureHiddenFileSync(mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode) {
+    private async configureCustomisationSync(mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode) {
         if (mode == "DISABLE") {
             await this.dependencies.applySettings(
                 {
@@ -1584,21 +1417,4 @@ export class CustomisationSyncContext implements CustomisationSyncDialogView {
             await this.scanAllConfigFiles(true);
         }
     }
-
-    async getFiles(path: string, lastDepth: number) {
-        if (lastDepth == -1) return [];
-        let w: ListedFiles;
-        try {
-            w = await this.dependencies.listFiles(path);
-        } catch (ex) {
-            this._log(`Could not traverse(CustomisationSync):${path}`, LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
-            this._log(ex, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
-            return [];
-        }
-        let files = [...w.files];
-        for (const v of w.folders) {
-            files = files.concat(await this.getFiles(v, lastDepth - 1));
-        }
-        return files;
-    }
 }

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.v2Manifest.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({
+    diff_match_patch: class DiffMatchPatch {},
+    normalizePath: vi.fn((path: string) => path),
+    parseYaml: vi.fn(),
+    Platform: {},
+}));
+vi.mock("@/common/types.ts", () => ({
+    ICXHeader: "ix:",
+    PERIODIC_PLUGIN_SWEEP: 60,
+}));
+vi.mock("@/common/utils.ts", () => ({
+    cancelTask: vi.fn(),
+    EVEN: Symbol("even"),
+    isCustomisationSyncMetadata: vi.fn(),
+    isPluginMetadata: vi.fn(),
+    scheduleTask: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/common/PeriodicProcessor.ts", () => ({
+    PeriodicProcessor: class PeriodicProcessor {},
+}));
+vi.mock("@/common/translation", () => ({
+    $msg: vi.fn((message: string) => message),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/common/obsidianCommunityPlugins.ts", () => ({
+    getObsidianCommunityPluginManager: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { digestHash } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/hash";
+import { createCustomisationSyncCodec } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
+import { CustomisationSyncCatalogueState } from "./customisationSyncCatalogueState.ts";
+import { CustomisationSyncContext } from "./customisationSyncContext.ts";
+import { createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies } from "./customisationSyncContext.unit.fixture.ts";
+
+const path = "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%manifest.json" as FilePathWithPrefix;
+const confKey = "device-a/plugins/example";
+const codec = createCustomisationSyncCodec({
+    digestHash,
+    parseYaml: () => undefined,
+});
+
+function loadedManifest(manifestSource: string, mtime: number): LoadedEntry {
+    const data = `${codec.dummyHead}${codec.dummyEnd}${btoa(manifestSource)}`;
+    return {
+        _id: "entry-id",
+        _rev: "1-a",
+        path,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        data,
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime,
+        size: data.length,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+    } as unknown as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+function createContext() {
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const catalogueState = new CustomisationSyncCatalogueState();
+    const pluginManifests = catalogueState.manifestLookup;
+    const loadedManifest_mTime = catalogueState.loadedManifestMTime;
+    const setManifests = vi.spyOn(catalogueState.manifests, "set");
+    const setCatalogue = vi.spyOn(catalogueState.catalogue, "set");
+    const context = Object.create(CustomisationSyncContext.prototype) as CustomisationSyncContext;
+    Object.assign(context, {
+        dependencies: createCustomisationSyncTestDependencies({
+            log,
+            getLocalDatabase: () => ({ getDBEntry: async () => false }) as never,
+        }),
+        catalogueState,
+    });
+    return {
+        context,
+        loadedManifest_mTime,
+        log,
+        pluginManifests,
+        setCatalogue,
+        setManifests,
+    };
+}
+
+describe("compatibility: Customisation Sync V2 manifest state", () => {
+    it("keeps the first parsed manifest when a later file has a different mtime", async () => {
+        const { context, loadedManifest_mTime, pluginManifests, setManifests } = createContext();
+
+        await context.testing.createPluginDataExFileV2(
+            path,
+            loadedManifest(JSON.stringify({ id: "example", name: "First", version: "1.0.0" }), 20)
+        );
+        await context.testing.createPluginDataExFileV2(
+            path,
+            loadedManifest(JSON.stringify({ id: "example", name: "Second", version: "2.0.0" }), 30)
+        );
+
+        expect(pluginManifests.get(confKey)).toMatchObject({ name: "First", version: "1.0.0" });
+        expect(loadedManifest_mTime.get(confKey)).toBe(20);
+        expect(setManifests).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it("records a failed manifest mtime and does not retry the same revision", async () => {
+        const { context, loadedManifest_mTime, log, pluginManifests, setCatalogue } = createContext();
+        const invalid = loadedManifest("{invalid", 20);
+
+        await expect(context.testing.createPluginDataExFileV2(path, invalid)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            filename: "plugins/example/manifest.json",
+        });
+        await context.testing.createPluginDataExFileV2(path, invalid);
+
+        expect(pluginManifests.has(confKey)).toBe(false);
+        expect(loadedManifest_mTime.get(confKey)).toBe(20);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+            1,
+            `The file ${path} seems to manifest, but could not be decoded as JSON`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+            undefined
+        );
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, expect.any(SyntaxError), LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+        expect(setCatalogue).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+});

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncModel.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import type { PluginManifest } from "@/deps.ts";
+import type { FilePathWithPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { isDocContentSame } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+import { getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder } from "./customisationSyncPaths.ts";
+import type { IPluginDataExDisplay, LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+
+export class PluginDataExDisplayV2 {
+    documentPath: FilePathWithPrefix;
+    category: string;
+    term: string;
+    files: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile[];
+    name: string;
+    confKey: string;
+    _displayName: string | undefined;
+    _version: string | undefined;
+
+    constructor(
+        data: IPluginDataExDisplay,
+        private readonly manifestLookup: ReadonlyMap<string, PluginManifest>
+    ) {
+        this.documentPath = `${data.documentPath}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+        this.category = `${data.category}`;
+        this.name = `${data.name}`;
+        this.term = `${data.term}`;
+        this.files = [...(data.files as LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile[])];
+        this.confKey = `${getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder(this.category, this.term)}${this.name}`;
+        this.applyLoadedManifest();
+    }
+
+    async setFile(file: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile): Promise<void> {
+        const old = this.files.find((entry) => entry.filename == file.filename);
+        if (old) {
+            if (old.mtime == file.mtime && (await isDocContentSame(old.data, file.data))) return;
+            this.files = this.files.filter((entry) => entry.filename != file.filename);
+        }
+        this.files.push(file);
+        if (file.filename == "manifest.json") {
+            this.applyLoadedManifest();
+        }
+    }
+
+    deleteFile(filename: string): void {
+        this.files = this.files.filter((entry) => entry.filename != filename);
+    }
+
+    applyLoadedManifest(): void {
+        const manifest = this.manifestLookup.get(this.confKey);
+        if (manifest) {
+            this._displayName = manifest.name;
+            if (this.category == "PLUGIN_MAIN" || this.category == "THEME") {
+                this._version = manifest.version;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    get displayName(): string {
+        return this._displayName || this.name;
+    }
+
+    get version(): string | undefined {
+        return this._version;
+    }
+
+    get mtime(): number {
+        return ~~this.files.reduce((sum, file) => sum + file.mtime, 0) / this.files.length;
+    }
+}

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncModel.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { PluginManifest } from "@/deps.ts";
+import type { FilePathWithPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { PluginDataExDisplayV2 } from "./customisationSyncModel.ts";
+import type { IPluginDataExDisplay, LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+
+function file(filename: string, mtime: number, data: string[]): LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile {
+    return { filename, mtime, data, size: data.join("").length } as LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile;
+}
+
+function display(files: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile[] = []): IPluginDataExDisplay {
+    return {
+        documentPath: "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%main.js" as FilePathWithPrefix,
+        category: "PLUGIN_MAIN",
+        name: "example",
+        term: "device-a",
+        files,
+        mtime: 0,
+    };
+}
+
+describe("PluginDataExDisplayV2", () => {
+    it("projects manifest identity and file modification time", () => {
+        const manifests = new Map([
+            ["device-a/plugins/example", { name: "Example plug-in", version: "1.2.3" } as PluginManifest],
+        ]);
+        const model = new PluginDataExDisplayV2(
+            display([file("main.js", 10, ["main"]), file("data.json", 20, ["data"])]),
+            manifests
+        );
+
+        expect(model.confKey).toBe("device-a/plugins/example");
+        expect(model.displayName).toBe("Example plug-in");
+        expect(model.version).toBe("1.2.3");
+        expect(model.mtime).toBe(15);
+    });
+
+    it("retains an unchanged file and replaces changed content", async () => {
+        const original = file("main.js", 10, ["same"]);
+        const model = new PluginDataExDisplayV2(display([original]), new Map());
+
+        await model.setFile(file("main.js", 10, ["same"]));
+        expect(model.files[0]).toBe(original);
+
+        const changed = file("main.js", 10, ["changed"]);
+        await model.setFile(changed);
+        expect(model.files).toEqual([changed]);
+    });
+
+    it("deletes only the named file", () => {
+        const retained = file("styles.css", 20, ["css"]);
+        const model = new PluginDataExDisplayV2(display([file("main.js", 10, ["main"]), retained]), new Map());
+
+        model.deleteFile("main.js");
+
+        expect(model.files).toEqual([retained]);
+    });
+});

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncPaths.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ export type CustomisationSyncPathOptions = {
     usePluginEtc: boolean;
 };
 
+export function getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder(category: string, configDir: string = ""): string {
+    switch (category) {
+        case "CONFIG":
+            return `${configDir}/`;
+        case "THEME":
+            return `${configDir}/themes/`;
+        case "SNIPPET":
+            return `${configDir}/snippets/`;
+        case "PLUGIN_MAIN":
+        case "PLUGIN_DATA":
+        case "PLUGIN_ETC":
+            return `${configDir}/plugins/`;
+        default:
+            return "";
+    }
+}
+
 export function getCustomisationSyncFileCategory(
     filePath: string,
     options: CustomisationSyncPathOptions

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncPaths.unit.spec.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
     createCustomisationSyncDevicePrefix,
     createCustomisationSyncV1DocumentPath,
     createCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath,
+    getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder,
     getCustomisationSyncFileCategory,
     isCustomisationSyncTargetPath,
     getCustomisationSyncSettingKey,
@@ -20,6 +21,18 @@ const currentOptions: CustomisationSyncPathOptions = {
 };
 
 describe("compatibility: Customisation Sync path operations", () => {
+    it.each([
+        ["CONFIG", ".obsidian/"],
+        ["THEME", ".obsidian/themes/"],
+        ["SNIPPET", ".obsidian/snippets/"],
+        ["PLUGIN_MAIN", ".obsidian/plugins/"],
+        ["PLUGIN_DATA", ".obsidian/plugins/"],
+        ["PLUGIN_ETC", ".obsidian/plugins/"],
+        ["UNKNOWN", ""],
+    ])("maps category %s to folder %s", (category, expected) => {
+        expect(getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder(category, ".obsidian")).toBe(expected);
+    });
+
     it.each([
         [".obsidian/app.json", "CONFIG"],
         [".obsidian/themes/Minimal/theme.css", "THEME"],

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncReadOperations.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+import type {
+    FilePath,
+    FilePathWithPrefix,
+    LoadedEntry,
+    LOG_LEVEL,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { LOG_LEVEL_INFO, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { StorageAccess } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/StorageAccess";
+import type { LiveSyncLocalDB } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/pouchdb/LiveSyncLocalDB";
+import type { IPathService } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/base/IService";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import {
+    createSavingEntryFromLoadedEntry,
+    fireAndForget,
+    getDocData,
+    getDocDataAsArray,
+    isLoadedEntry,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+import { digestHash } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/hash";
+import { arrayBufferToBase64, readString } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/convert";
+import { base64ToString } from "octagonal-wheels/binary/base64";
+
+import type { PluginDataEx, PluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
+import { getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder, parseCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath } from "./customisationSyncPaths.ts";
+import type { LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile, PluginDataExDisplay } from "./customisationSyncView.ts";
+
+type CustomisationSyncLogDependency = {
+    log: LogFunction;
+};
+
+type CustomisationSyncStorageMethods<Method extends keyof StorageAccess> = {
+    storageAccess: Pick<StorageAccess, Method>;
+};
+
+type CustomisationSyncDatabaseMethods<Method extends keyof LiveSyncLocalDB> = {
+    getLocalDatabase(): Pick<LiveSyncLocalDB, Method>;
+};
+
+type CustomisationSyncPathMethods<Method extends keyof IPathService> = {
+    path: Pick<IPathService, Method>;
+};
+
+export type CustomisationSyncFileReaderDependencies = CustomisationSyncStorageMethods<
+    "readHiddenFileBinary" | "statHidden"
+> &
+    CustomisationSyncLogDependency;
+
+export type CustomisationSyncDisplayLoaderDependencies = CustomisationSyncDatabaseMethods<"getDBEntry" | "putDBEntry"> &
+    CustomisationSyncPathMethods<"getPath"> &
+    CustomisationSyncLogDependency;
+
+export type CustomisationSyncV2EntryLoaderDependencies = CustomisationSyncDatabaseMethods<"getDBEntry"> &
+    CustomisationSyncLogDependency;
+
+export type CustomisationSyncReadCodec = {
+    deserialize<T>(source: string[], defaultValue: T): T;
+    serialize(data: PluginDataEx): string;
+};
+
+export type DecodedCustomisationSyncV2File = {
+    confKey: string;
+    file: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile;
+    isManifest: boolean;
+};
+
+function log(dependencies: CustomisationSyncLogDependency, message: unknown, level?: LOG_LEVEL, key?: string): void {
+    dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+}
+
+export async function readCustomisationFile(
+    dependencies: CustomisationSyncFileReaderDependencies,
+    path: FilePath,
+    configDir: string
+): Promise<false | PluginDataExFile> {
+    const stat = await dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(path);
+    let version: string | undefined;
+    let displayName: string | undefined;
+    if (!stat) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const contentBin = await dependencies.storageAccess.readHiddenFileBinary(path);
+    let content: string[];
+    try {
+        content = await arrayBufferToBase64(contentBin);
+        if (path.toLowerCase().endsWith("/manifest.json")) {
+            const manifestSource = readString(new Uint8Array(contentBin));
+            try {
+                const manifest: unknown = JSON.parse(manifestSource);
+                if (typeof manifest === "object" && manifest !== null) {
+                    if ("version" in manifest) {
+                        version = String(manifest.version);
+                    }
+                    if ("name" in manifest) {
+                        displayName = String(manifest.name);
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (error) {
+                log(
+                    dependencies,
+                    `Configuration sync data: ${path} looks like manifest, but could not read the version`,
+                    LOG_LEVEL_INFO
+                );
+                log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        log(dependencies, `The file ${path} could not be encoded`);
+        log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return {
+        // Compatibility: target validation belongs to the caller. The legacy
+        // reader derives this name positionally without checking the prefix.
+        filename: path.substring(configDir.length + 1),
+        data: content,
+        mtime: stat.mtime,
+        size: stat.size,
+        version,
+        displayName,
+    };
+}
+
+export async function loadCustomisationDisplayData(
+    dependencies: CustomisationSyncDisplayLoaderDependencies,
+    path: FilePathWithPrefix,
+    codec: CustomisationSyncReadCodec
+): Promise<PluginDataExDisplay | false> {
+    const loaded = await dependencies.getLocalDatabase().getDBEntry(path, undefined, false, false);
+    if (!loaded) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const data = codec.deserialize(getDocDataAsArray(loaded.data), {}) as PluginDataEx;
+    const displayFiles: PluginDataExFile[] = [];
+    let missingHash = false;
+    for (const file of data.files) {
+        const displayFile = { ...file, data: [] as string[] };
+        if (!file.hash) {
+            // Compatibility question: the inherited implementation clears the
+            // display copy before calculating this temporary hash, so callers
+            // see digestHash([]) until the asynchronously repaired document is
+            // loaded again. The serialiser still writes the real content hash.
+            const temporaryHashSource = getDocDataAsArray(displayFile.data);
+            file.hash = digestHash(temporaryHashSource);
+            missingHash = true;
+        }
+        displayFile.data = [file.hash];
+        displayFiles.push(displayFile);
+    }
+    if (missingHash) {
+        log(dependencies, `Digest created for ${path} to improve checking`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        loaded.data = codec.serialize(data);
+        // Compatibility: catalogue loading does not wait for the repair write.
+        fireAndForget(() => dependencies.getLocalDatabase().putDBEntry(createSavingEntryFromLoadedEntry(loaded)));
+    }
+    return {
+        ...data,
+        documentPath: dependencies.path.getPath(loaded),
+        files: displayFiles,
+    } satisfies PluginDataExDisplay;
+}
+
+export async function loadCustomisationV2Entry(
+    dependencies: CustomisationSyncV2EntryLoaderDependencies,
+    path: FilePathWithPrefix
+): Promise<LoadedEntry | false> {
+    const loaded = await dependencies.getLocalDatabase().getDBEntry(path);
+    if (!loaded) {
+        log(dependencies, `The file ${path} is not found`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!isLoadedEntry(loaded)) {
+        log(dependencies, `The file ${path} is not a note`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return loaded;
+}
+
+export function decodeCustomisationSyncV2File(
+    path: FilePathWithPrefix,
+    loaded: LoadedEntry,
+    dummyEnd: string
+): DecodedCustomisationSyncV2File {
+    const { category, key, filename, device } = parseCustomisationSyncV2DocumentPath(path);
+    const categoryFolder = getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder(category, device);
+    const confKey = `${categoryFolder}${key}`;
+    const relativeFilename =
+        `${getCustomisationSyncCategoryFolder(category, "")}${category == "CONFIG" || category == "SNIPPET" ? "" : key + "/"}${filename}`.substring(
+            1
+        );
+    const source = getDocData(loaded.data);
+    const dataStart = source.indexOf(dummyEnd);
+    // Compatibility question: a missing marker is not rejected. substring()
+    // starts at dummyEnd.length - 1, preserving the old best-effort decode.
+    const encodedData = source.substring(dataStart + dummyEnd.length);
+    const file: LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile = {
+        ...loaded,
+        hash: "",
+        data: [base64ToString(encodedData)],
+        filename: relativeFilename,
+        displayName: filename,
+    };
+    return {
+        confKey,
+        file,
+        isManifest: filename == "manifest.json",
+    };
+}

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncReadOperations.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { digestHash } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/hash";
+
+import { createCustomisationSyncCodec, type PluginDataEx } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
+import {
+    decodeCustomisationSyncV2File,
+    loadCustomisationDisplayData,
+    loadCustomisationV2Entry,
+    readCustomisationFile,
+} from "./customisationSyncReadOperations.ts";
+
+const configDir = ".obsidian";
+const filePath = ".obsidian/plugins/example/manifest.json" as FilePath;
+const documentPath = "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example.md" as FilePathWithPrefix;
+const stat = { ctime: 10, mtime: 20, size: 42, type: "file" } as UXStat;
+const codec = createCustomisationSyncCodec({
+    digestHash,
+    parseYaml: () => undefined,
+});
+
+function createDependencies() {
+    const localDatabase = {
+        getDBEntry: vi.fn(),
+        putDBEntry: vi.fn(async (_entry: unknown) => ({ ok: true, id: "id", rev: "1-a" })),
+    };
+    const storageAccess = {
+        statHidden: vi.fn(async () => stat as UXStat | null),
+        readHiddenFileBinary: vi.fn(),
+    };
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const dependencies = {
+        getLocalDatabase: () => localDatabase as never,
+        storageAccess: storageAccess as never,
+        path: {
+            getPath: vi.fn((entry: { path: FilePathWithPrefix }) => entry.path),
+        } as never,
+        log,
+    };
+    return { dependencies, localDatabase, log, storageAccess };
+}
+
+function loadedEntry(path: FilePathWithPrefix, data: string): LoadedEntry {
+    return {
+        _id: "entry-id",
+        _rev: "1-a",
+        path,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        data,
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime: 20,
+        size: data.length,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+    } as unknown as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+function pluginData(hash?: string): PluginDataEx {
+    return {
+        category: "PLUGIN_MAIN",
+        name: "example",
+        term: "device-a",
+        mtime: 20,
+        files: [
+            {
+                filename: "plugins/example/main.js",
+                data: ["payload"],
+                mtime: 20,
+                size: 7,
+                hash,
+            },
+        ],
+    };
+}
+
+describe("Customisation Sync read operations", () => {
+    it("does not read content when a local file is missing", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createDependencies();
+        storageAccess.statHidden.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+        await expect(readCustomisationFile(dependencies, filePath, configDir)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(storageAccess.readHiddenFileBinary).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("propagates a storage read failure without converting it to an encoding failure", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, log, storageAccess } = createDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("read failed");
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileBinary.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(readCustomisationFile(dependencies, filePath, configDir)).rejects.toBe(error);
+        expect(log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("encodes a manifest and extracts its display metadata", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createDependencies();
+        const source = JSON.stringify({ name: "Example plug-in", version: "1.2.3" });
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileBinary.mockResolvedValue(new TextEncoder().encode(source).buffer);
+
+        await expect(readCustomisationFile(dependencies, filePath, configDir)).resolves.toEqual({
+            filename: "plugins/example/manifest.json",
+            data: [btoa(source)],
+            mtime: 20,
+            size: 42,
+            version: "1.2.3",
+            displayName: "Example plug-in",
+        });
+    });
+
+    it("keeps an unreadable manifest as file data and reports only the metadata failure", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, log, storageAccess } = createDependencies();
+        const errorSource = "{invalid";
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileBinary.mockResolvedValue(new TextEncoder().encode(errorSource).buffer);
+
+        await expect(readCustomisationFile(dependencies, filePath, configDir)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            filename: "plugins/example/manifest.json",
+            data: [btoa(errorSource)],
+            version: undefined,
+            displayName: undefined,
+        });
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+            1,
+            `Configuration sync data: ${filePath} looks like manifest, but could not read the version`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+            undefined
+        );
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, expect.any(SyntaxError), LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it("loads V1 display data without retaining file content", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, localDatabase } = createDependencies();
+        const data = pluginData("known-hash");
+        localDatabase.getDBEntry.mockResolvedValue(loadedEntry(documentPath, JSON.stringify(data)));
+
+        await expect(loadCustomisationDisplayData(dependencies, documentPath, codec)).resolves.toEqual({
+            ...data,
+            documentPath,
+            files: [{ ...data.files[0], data: ["known-hash"] }],
+        });
+        expect(localDatabase.getDBEntry).toHaveBeenCalledWith(documentPath, undefined, false, false);
+        expect(localDatabase.putDBEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("preserves the inherited transient empty-data hash while repairing a V1 document", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, localDatabase, log } = createDependencies();
+        const data = pluginData();
+        localDatabase.getDBEntry.mockResolvedValue(loadedEntry(documentPath, JSON.stringify(data)));
+
+        const result = await loadCustomisationDisplayData(dependencies, documentPath, codec);
+
+        expect(result).toMatchObject({ files: [{ data: [digestHash([])] }] });
+        expect(localDatabase.putDBEntry).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        const saving = localDatabase.putDBEntry.mock.calls[0][0] as { data: Blob };
+        expect(await saving.data.text()).toContain(digestHash(["payload"]));
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            `Digest created for ${documentPath} to improve checking`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+            undefined
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when a V1 document is absent", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, localDatabase } = createDependencies();
+        localDatabase.getDBEntry.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(loadCustomisationDisplayData(dependencies, documentPath, codec)).resolves.toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("distinguishes an absent V2 entry from a non-note database entry", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, localDatabase, log } = createDependencies();
+        const path = "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%main.js" as FilePathWithPrefix;
+
+        localDatabase.getDBEntry.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        await expect(loadCustomisationV2Entry(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(`The file ${path} is not found`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+
+        localDatabase.getDBEntry.mockResolvedValueOnce({ path, type: "leaf" });
+        await expect(loadCustomisationV2Entry(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(`The file ${path} is not a note`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it("returns a loaded V2 entry after the exact single-argument database lookup", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, localDatabase } = createDependencies();
+        const path = "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%main.js" as FilePathWithPrefix;
+        const loaded = loadedEntry(path, "data");
+        localDatabase.getDBEntry.mockResolvedValue(loaded);
+
+        await expect(loadCustomisationV2Entry(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(loaded);
+        expect(localDatabase.getDBEntry).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+    });
+
+    it("decodes a V2 payload into its relative Customisation Sync filename", () => {
+        const path = "ix:device-a/PLUGIN_MAIN/example%main.js" as FilePathWithPrefix;
+        const loaded = loadedEntry(path, `${codec.dummyHead}${codec.dummyEnd}${btoa("console.log('example');")}`);
+
+        expect(decodeCustomisationSyncV2File(path, loaded, codec.dummyEnd)).toEqual({
+            confKey: "device-a/plugins/example",
+            isManifest: false,
+            file: {
+                ...loaded,
+                filename: "plugins/example/main.js",
+                displayName: "main.js",
+                hash: "",
+                data: ["console.log('example');"],
+            },
+        });
+    });
+
+    it("preserves the inherited best-effort offset when a V2 marker is missing", () => {
+        const path = "ix:device-a/CONFIG/app.json%app.json" as FilePathWithPrefix;
+        const loaded = loadedEntry(path, `00${btoa("hello")}`);
+
+        expect(decodeCustomisationSyncV2File(path, loaded, "END").file.data).toEqual(["hello"]);
+    });
+});

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const MAX_RECENT_CUSTOMISATION_EVENTS = 100;
+
+/** Keeps the bounded newest-first raw-event keys used by Customisation Sync. */
+export class CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator {
+    private keys: string[] = [];
+
+    /**
+     * Records a key when it is new and returns whether the caller should act.
+     * Native Array#includes is intentional: the old `.contains` extension is
+     * not available in every runtime where the feature is exercised.
+     */
+    admit(key: string): boolean {
+        if (this.keys.includes(key)) return false;
+        this.keys = [key, ...this.keys].slice(0, MAX_RECENT_CUSTOMISATION_EVENTS);
+        return true;
+    }
+}

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator } from "./customisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator.ts";
+
+describe("Customisation Sync recent raw-event keys", () => {
+    it("admits a key once and keeps newer keys first", () => {
+        const history = new CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator();
+
+        expect(history.admit("old")).toBe(true);
+        expect(history.admit("new")).toBe(true);
+        expect(history.admit("old")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("evicts the oldest key when the newest-first history exceeds 100 entries", () => {
+        const history = new CustomisationSyncRecentEventDeduplicator();
+
+        for (let index = 0; index < 101; index++) {
+            expect(history.admit(`key-${index}`)).toBe(true);
+        }
+
+        expect(history.admit("key-0")).toBe(true);
+        expect(history.admit("key-100")).toBe(false);
+    });
+});

src/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncView.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 import type { PluginManifest } from "@/deps.ts";
 import type {
+    EntryDoc,
     FilePathWithPrefix,
+    FilePath,
     LoadedEntry,
     PluginSyncSettingEntry,
     SYNC_MODE,
 } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type PouchDB from "pouchdb-core";
 import type { Readable } from "svelte/store";
 
 import type { PluginDataExFile } from "./customisationSyncCodec.ts";
+import type { CustomisationSyncFileCategory } from "./customisationSyncPaths.ts";
+import type { OptionalSyncFeatureMode } from "@/features/optionalSyncFeatures.ts";
+import type { PluginDataExDisplayV2 } from "./customisationSyncModel.ts";
 
 export type LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile = LoadedEntry & PluginDataExFile;
+export type { CustomisationSyncFileCategory } from "./customisationSyncPaths.ts";
 
 export interface IPluginDataExDisplay {
     documentPath: FilePathWithPrefix;
@@ -33,6 +40,48 @@ export type PluginDataExDisplay = {
     mtime: number;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Semantic callbacks registered by the optional-file composition feature.
+ *
+ * The context owns the implementations, while the optional-file composition
+ * adapts these operations to Commonlib's aggregation contracts. Consumers
+ * receive only callable operations, not the context or its private state.
+ */
+export interface CustomisationSyncServiceHandlers {
+    readonly processOptionalFileEvent: (path: FilePath) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly processVirtualDocument: (docs: PouchDB.Core.ExistingDocument<EntryDoc>) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onRealiseSetting: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onResuming: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onBeforeReplicate: (showMessage: boolean) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onDatabaseInitialised: (showNotice: boolean) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly suspendExtraSync: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly enableOptionalFeature: (mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode) => Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Explicit internal operations used by maintained real-Obsidian contract
+ * tests. This is deliberately narrower than the concrete context and does
+ * not expose reactive stores, queues, or host dependencies.
+ */
+export interface CustomisationSyncTestingView {
+    readonly configDir: string;
+    scanInternalFiles(): Promise<FilePath[]>;
+    scanAllConfigFiles(showMessage: boolean): Promise<void>;
+    getFileCategory(filePath: string): CustomisationSyncFileCategory;
+    isTargetPath(filePath: string): boolean;
+    filenameToUnifiedKey(path: string, termOverride?: string): FilePathWithPrefix;
+    filenameWithUnifiedKey(path: string, termOverride?: string): FilePathWithPrefix;
+    unifiedKeyPrefixOfTerminal(termOverride?: string): string;
+    storeCustomizationFiles(path: FilePath, termOverride?: string): Promise<unknown>;
+    deleteConfigOnDatabase(prefixedFileName: FilePathWithPrefix, forceWrite?: boolean): Promise<boolean>;
+    createPluginDataFromV2(unifiedPathV2: FilePathWithPrefix): PluginDataExDisplayV2 | undefined;
+    createPluginDataExFileV2(
+        unifiedPathV2: FilePathWithPrefix,
+        loaded?: LoadedEntry
+    ): Promise<false | LoadedEntryPluginDataExFile>;
+    applyDataV2(data: PluginDataExDisplayV2, content?: string): Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
 /** Stable catalogue and operation surface consumed by the Obsidian dialogue. */
 export interface CustomisationSyncDialogView {
     readonly catalogue: Readable<IPluginDataExDisplay[]>;

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXFileInfo,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { StorageAccess } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/StorageAccess";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import { addPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+import { serialized } from "octagonal-wheels/concurrency/lock";
+import { Semaphore } from "octagonal-wheels/concurrency/semaphore";
+
+import { ICHeader } from "@/common/types.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncConflictResolution } from "./hiddenFileSyncConflictResolution.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations } from "./hiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations } from "./hiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncProcessedState } from "./hiddenFileSyncProcessedState.ts";
+import { getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime } from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+import { compareMTime, TARGET_IS_NEW } from "@/common/utils.ts";
+
+type HiddenFileSyncStorageChangeAccess = Pick<StorageAccess, "statHidden">;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies = {
+    storageAccess: HiddenFileSyncStorageChangeAccess;
+    readFileWithInfo(path: FilePath): Promise<UXFileInfo>;
+    loadDatabaseMetadata(path: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | false>;
+    databaseWriteOperations: Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations, "store" | "delete">;
+    databaseExtractionOperations: Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations, "extract">;
+    processedState: Pick<
+        HiddenFileSyncProcessedState,
+        | "fileToStatKey"
+        | "getLastProcessedFileKey"
+        | "getLastProcessedFileMTime"
+        | "updateLastProcessedFile"
+        | "updateLastProcessed"
+    >;
+    conflictResolution: Pick<HiddenFileSyncConflictResolution, "queue">;
+    log: LogFunction;
+    publishActivity(eventCount: number, processingCount: number): void;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseChangeOptions = Readonly<{
+    preventDoubleProcess?: boolean;
+    onlyNew?: boolean;
+    metaEntry?: MetaEntry | false;
+    includeDeletion?: boolean;
+}>;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor = {
+    processStorageChange(
+        path: FilePath,
+        onlyNew?: boolean,
+        forceWrite?: boolean,
+        includeDeleted?: boolean
+    ): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+    processDatabaseChange(
+        path: FilePath,
+        headerLine: string,
+        options?: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseChangeOptions
+    ): Promise<boolean>;
+    dispose(): void;
+};
+
+class HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorOwner implements HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor {
+    private readonly semaphore = Semaphore(10);
+    private eventCount = 0;
+    private processingCount = 0;
+    private disposed = false;
+
+    constructor(private readonly dependencies: HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies) {}
+
+    async processStorageChange(
+        path: FilePath,
+        onlyNew = false,
+        forceWrite = false,
+        includeDeleted = true
+    ): Promise<boolean | undefined> {
+        try {
+            return await this.serialiseForEvent(path, async () => {
+                let stat = await this.dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(path);
+                // Sometimes a folder is delivered as a file event.
+                if (stat != null && stat.type != "file") {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                const key = await this.dependencies.processedState.fileToStatKey(path, stat);
+                // A raw event can occur while the file is being read. Scans
+                // still enumerate every path, but event admission skips this
+                // exact already-settled key.
+                const lastKey = this.dependencies.processedState.getLastProcessedFileKey(path);
+                if (lastKey == key) {
+                    this.log(`${path} Already processed.`, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // Read the stat and content as one operation. The stat is
+                // deliberately compared again below: a file can change while
+                // the first stat is in flight.
+                const fileInfo = await this.dependencies.readFileWithInfo(path);
+                const cacheMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(fileInfo.stat);
+                const statMtime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(stat);
+                if (cacheMTime != statMtime) {
+                    this.log(`Hidden file:${path} is changed.`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                    stat = fileInfo.stat;
+                }
+
+                // Compatibility: the storage marker advances before the
+                // database operation. A later write failure can therefore
+                // leave this event marked as processed until a scan or state
+                // change causes it to be reconsidered.
+                this.dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedFile(path, stat!);
+                const lastIsNotFound = !lastKey || lastKey.endsWith("-0-0");
+                const nowIsNotFound = fileInfo.deleted;
+                const type = lastIsNotFound && nowIsNotFound ? "invalid" : nowIsNotFound ? "delete" : "modified";
+
+                if (type == "invalid") {
+                    // Maybe the folder was deleted.
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                const storageMTimeActual = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(stat);
+                const storageMTime =
+                    storageMTimeActual == 0
+                        ? this.dependencies.processedState.getLastProcessedFileMTime(path)
+                        : storageMTimeActual;
+
+                if (onlyNew) {
+                    const prefixedFileName = addPrefix(path, ICHeader);
+                    const fileOnDatabase = await this.dependencies.loadDatabaseMetadata(prefixedFileName);
+                    const databaseMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(fileOnDatabase, includeDeleted);
+                    const difference = compareMTime(storageMTime, databaseMTime);
+                    if (difference != TARGET_IS_NEW) {
+                        this.log(`Hidden file:${path} is not new.`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                        // OnlyNew does not handle a deletion. Preserve the
+                        // inherited partial settlement when both values exist.
+                        if (fileOnDatabase && stat) {
+                            this.dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessed(path, fileOnDatabase, stat);
+                        }
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (type == "delete") {
+                    this.log(`Deletion detected: ${path}`);
+                    return await this.dependencies.databaseWriteOperations.delete(path, forceWrite);
+                }
+                if (type == "modified") {
+                    this.log(`Modification detected:${path}`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                    const result = await this.dependencies.databaseWriteOperations.store(fileInfo, forceWrite);
+                    const resultText = result === undefined ? "Nothing changed" : result ? "Updated" : "Failed";
+                    this.log(`${resultText}: ${path} ${resultText}`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                    return result;
+                }
+                return false;
+            });
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.log(`Failed to process hidden file:${path}`);
+            this.log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        }
+        // Could not be processed, but it was this operation's event. Return
+        // true to prevent a later handler from claiming it.
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    async processDatabaseChange(
+        path: FilePath,
+        headerLine: string,
+        options: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseChangeOptions = {}
+    ): Promise<boolean> {
+        const {
+            preventDoubleProcess = false,
+            onlyNew = false,
+            metaEntry = false,
+            includeDeletion = true,
+        } = options;
+        return await this.serialiseForEvent(path, async () => {
+            try {
+                const prefixedPath = addPrefix(path, ICHeader);
+                const docMeta = metaEntry
+                    ? metaEntry
+                    : await this.dependencies.loadDatabaseMetadata(prefixedPath);
+                if (docMeta === false) {
+                    this.log(`${headerLine}: Failed to read detail of ${path}`);
+                    throw new Error(`Failed to read detail ${path}`);
+                }
+                if (docMeta._conflicts && docMeta._conflicts.length > 0) {
+                    this.dependencies.conflictResolution.queue(path);
+                    this.log(`${headerLine} Hidden file conflicted, enqueued to resolve`);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                const extracted = await this.dependencies.databaseExtractionOperations.extract(path, {
+                    metaEntry: docMeta,
+                    preventDoubleProcess,
+                    onlyNew,
+                    includeDeletion,
+                });
+                if (extracted) {
+                    this.log(`${headerLine} Hidden file processed`);
+                }
+            } catch (error) {
+                this.log(`${headerLine} Failed to process hidden file`);
+                this.log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            }
+            // Compatibility: recognition consumes the database event even when
+            // extraction returned false or threw. A later scan or state change,
+            // rather than handler fall-through, is responsible for retrying it.
+            return true;
+        });
+    }
+
+    dispose(): void {
+        if (this.disposed) return;
+        this.disposed = true;
+        this.eventCount = 0;
+        this.processingCount = 0;
+        this.publishActivity();
+    }
+
+    private async serialiseForEvent<Result>(file: FilePath, operation: () => Promise<Result>): Promise<Result> {
+        this.eventCount++;
+        this.publishActivity();
+        const release = await this.semaphore.acquire();
+        try {
+            return await serialized(`hidden-file-event:${file}`, async () => {
+                this.processingCount++;
+                this.publishActivity();
+                try {
+                    return await operation();
+                } finally {
+                    this.processingCount = Math.max(0, this.processingCount - 1);
+                    this.publishActivity();
+                }
+            });
+        } finally {
+            release();
+            this.eventCount = Math.max(0, this.eventCount - 1);
+            this.publishActivity();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private publishActivity(): void {
+        this.dependencies.publishActivity(
+            this.disposed ? 0 : this.eventCount,
+            this.disposed ? 0 : this.processingCount
+        );
+    }
+
+    private log(message: unknown, level?: LOG_LEVEL, key?: string): void {
+        this.dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+    }
+}
+
+export function createHiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies
+): HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor {
+    return new HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorOwner(dependencies);
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { FilePath, MetaEntry, UXFileInfo, UXStat } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({}));
+
+import {
+    createHiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor,
+    type HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath;
+const stat = { ctime: 1, mtime: 2, size: 3, type: "file" } as UXStat;
+
+function fileInfo(): UXFileInfo {
+    return {
+        path,
+        name: "app.json",
+        isInternal: true,
+        deleted: false,
+        body: new Blob(["{}"]),
+        stat,
+    } as UXFileInfo;
+}
+
+function metadata(): MetaEntry {
+    return {
+        _id: "i:app",
+        _rev: "2-current",
+        path: `i:${path}`,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        ctime: 1,
+        mtime: 2,
+        size: 3,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+        deleted: false,
+    } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+}
+
+function createDependencies(
+    overrides: Partial<HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies> = {}
+): HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies {
+    const state = {
+        fileToStatKey: vi.fn(async () => "2-3"),
+        getLastProcessedFileKey: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+        getLastProcessedFileMTime: vi.fn(() => 0),
+        databaseStateKey: vi.fn(() => "2-3-2-current--1"),
+        getLastProcessedDatabaseKey: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+        updateLastProcessedFile: vi.fn(),
+        updateLastProcessedDatabase: vi.fn(),
+        updateLastProcessed: vi.fn(),
+    };
+    return {
+        storageAccess: {
+            statHidden: vi.fn(async () => stat),
+        },
+        readFileWithInfo: vi.fn(async () => fileInfo()),
+        loadDatabaseMetadata: vi.fn(async () => metadata()),
+        databaseWriteOperations: {
+            store: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            delete: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        },
+        databaseExtractionOperations: {
+            extract: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        },
+        processedState: state,
+        conflictResolution: { queue: vi.fn() },
+        log: vi.fn(),
+        publishActivity: vi.fn(),
+        ...overrides,
+    } as HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessorDependencies;
+}
+
+describe("HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor activity and serialisation", () => {
+    it("publishes admission, processing, and release transitions", async () => {
+        const dependencies = createDependencies();
+        const processor = createHiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor(dependencies);
+
+        await expect(processor.processStorageChange(path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        const publishActivity = vi.mocked(dependencies.publishActivity);
+        expect(publishActivity.mock.calls).toEqual([
+            [1, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+            [1, 0],
+            [0, 0],
+        ]);
+        processor.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("serialises same-path storage changes while allowing each event to settle", async () => {
+        let active = 0;
+        let maximumActive = 0;
+        let releaseFirst!: () => void;
+        const firstStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            const write = resolve;
+            releaseFirst = write;
+        });
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            databaseWriteOperations: {
+                store: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    active++;
+                    maximumActive = Math.max(maximumActive, active);
+                    if (active == 1) await firstStarted;
+                    active--;
+                    return true;
+                }),
+                delete: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            },
+        });
+        const processor = createHiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor(dependencies);
+        const first = processor.processStorageChange(path);
+        await vi.waitFor(() => expect(dependencies.databaseWriteOperations.store).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+        const second = processor.processStorageChange(path);
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+        expect(dependencies.databaseWriteOperations.store).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        releaseFirst();
+        await expect(first).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(second).resolves.toBe(true);
+        expect(maximumActive).toBe(1);
+        expect(dependencies.databaseWriteOperations.store).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        processor.dispose();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("HiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor compatibility settlement", () => {
+    it("consumes database events when metadata loading fails", async () => {
+        const error = new Error("metadata unavailable");
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            loadDatabaseMetadata: vi.fn(async () => {
+                throw error;
+            }),
+        });
+        const processor = createHiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor(dependencies);
+
+        await expect(processor.processDatabaseChange(path, "[Replication]")).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(dependencies.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith("[Replication] Failed to process hidden file", undefined, undefined);
+        expect(dependencies.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error, expect.any(Number), undefined);
+        processor.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("advances the storage marker before a failed database write", async () => {
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            databaseWriteOperations: {
+                store: vi.fn(async () => false),
+                delete: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            },
+        });
+        const processor = createHiddenFileSyncChangeProcessor(dependencies);
+
+        await expect(processor.processStorageChange(path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, stat);
+        expect(dependencies.databaseWriteOperations.store).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        processor.dispose();
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncConflictResolution.ts

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+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type DocumentID,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import { isInternalMetadata } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/typeUtils";
+import { stripAllPrefixes } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+import { QueueProcessor } from "octagonal-wheels/concurrency/processor";
+
+import type { InternalFileInfo } from "@/common/types.ts";
+import { getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime } from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictPath = FilePath | FilePathWithPrefix;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncRevisionInfo = {
+    rev: string;
+    status: string;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncRevisionHistory = MetaEntry & {
+    _revs_info?: HiddenFileSyncRevisionInfo[];
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncJsonResolution = {
+    keepRevision?: string;
+    mergedText?: string;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictDatabase = {
+    scanConflictedEntries(): AsyncIterable<MetaEntry>;
+    getDocumentId(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath): Promise<DocumentID>;
+    loadCurrentMetadata(id: DocumentID): Promise<MetaEntry>;
+    loadConflictingMetadata(id: DocumentID, revision: string): Promise<MetaEntry>;
+    loadRevisionHistory(id: DocumentID): Promise<HiddenFileSyncRevisionHistory>;
+    loadRevisionEntry(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath, revision: string): Promise<LoadedEntry | false>;
+    mergeJson(
+        path: FilePathWithPrefix,
+        baseRevision: string,
+        currentRevision: string,
+        conflictedRevision: string
+    ): Promise<string | false>;
+    removeRevision(id: DocumentID, revision: string): Promise<unknown>;
+    deleteRevision(entry: LoadedEntry): Promise<boolean>;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictStorage = {
+    ensureDirectory(path: FilePath): Promise<void>;
+    writeFile(path: FilePath, data: string): Promise<UXStat | null>;
+    triggerEvent(path: FilePath): Promise<void>;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictReconciliation = {
+    storeFile(file: InternalFileInfo, forceWrite?: boolean): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+    extractFile(path: FilePath): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictInteraction = {
+    resolveJsonConflict(
+        path: FilePath,
+        docs: [LoadedEntry, LoadedEntry],
+        apply: (resolution: HiddenFileSyncJsonResolution) => Promise<boolean>
+    ): Promise<boolean>;
+};
+
+/** Read-only queue counters retained for the real-Obsidian contract tests. */
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictProcessorTestingView = {
+    readonly remaining: number;
+    readonly totalRemaining: number;
+    readonly nowProcessing: number;
+};
+
+/** Focused conflict operations exposed through the Hidden File Sync test view. */
+export interface HiddenFileSyncConflictTestingView {
+    resolveAll(): Promise<void>;
+    resolveJson(docA: LoadedEntry, docB: LoadedEntry): Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly pendingPaths: readonly HiddenFileSyncConflictPath[];
+    readonly processor: HiddenFileSyncConflictProcessorTestingView;
+}
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies = {
+    database: HiddenFileSyncConflictDatabase;
+    storage: HiddenFileSyncConflictStorage;
+    reconciliation: HiddenFileSyncConflictReconciliation;
+    interaction: HiddenFileSyncConflictInteraction;
+    shouldOverwrite(path: FilePath): boolean;
+    log: LogFunction;
+};
+
+export interface HiddenFileSyncConflictResolution {
+    queue(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath): void;
+    resolveAll(): Promise<void>;
+    resolveJson(docA: LoadedEntry, docB: LoadedEntry): Promise<boolean>;
+    dispose(): void;
+    readonly testing: HiddenFileSyncConflictTestingView;
+}
+
+type PendingJsonConflict = {
+    id: DocumentID;
+    doc: MetaEntry;
+    path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath;
+    revA: string;
+    revB: string;
+};
+
+export function selectHiddenFileSyncRevisionToDelete(
+    currentDoc: MetaEntry,
+    currentRevision: string,
+    conflictedDoc: MetaEntry,
+    conflictedRevision: string
+): string {
+    const currentMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(currentDoc, true);
+    const conflictedMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(conflictedDoc, true);
+    // Compatibility: an equal mtime keeps the current leaf and deletes the
+    // conflicted leaf. A different tie-breaker would alter existing winners.
+    return currentMTime < conflictedMTime ? currentRevision : conflictedRevision;
+}
+
+export function findHiddenFileSyncMergeBase(
+    revisions: readonly HiddenFileSyncRevisionInfo[] | undefined,
+    conflictedRevision: string
+): string {
+    const conflictedGeneration = Number(conflictedRevision.split("-")[0]);
+    // Compatibility question: this is the first available lower generation
+    // from the current branch, not a proven nearest shared ancestor. Changing
+    // it requires a separate conflict-history decision.
+    return (
+        revisions?.find(({ rev, status }) => status == "available" && Number(rev.split("-")[0]) < conflictedGeneration)
+            ?.rev ?? ""
+    );
+}
+
+class HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionOwner implements HiddenFileSyncConflictResolution {
+    private readonly pendingPaths = new Set<HiddenFileSyncConflictPath>();
+    private readonly processor: QueueProcessor<HiddenFileSyncConflictPath, PendingJsonConflict>;
+    private disposed = false;
+    readonly testing: HiddenFileSyncConflictTestingView;
+
+    constructor(private readonly dependencies: HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies) {
+        const interactionProcessor = new QueueProcessor<PendingJsonConflict, void>(
+            async (results) => {
+                const { id, doc, path, revA, revB } = results[0];
+                // Compatibility question: these reads intentionally remain
+                // outside the catch below. A rejected read can leave the path
+                // pending until another lifecycle event reconstructs the owner.
+                const docAMerge = await this.dependencies.database.loadRevisionEntry(path, revA);
+                const docBMerge = await this.dependencies.database.loadRevisionEntry(path, revB);
+                try {
+                    if (docAMerge != false && docBMerge != false) {
+                        if (await this.resolveJson(docAMerge, docBMerge)) {
+                            this.requeue(path);
+                        } else {
+                            this.finish(path);
+                        }
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    await this.resolveByNewerEntry(id, path, doc, revA, revB);
+                } catch (error) {
+                    this.finish(path);
+                    throw error;
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                suspended: false,
+                batchSize: 1,
+                concurrentLimit: 1,
+                delay: 10,
+                keepResultUntilDownstreamConnected: false,
+                yieldThreshold: 10,
+            }
+        );
+        this.processor = new QueueProcessor<HiddenFileSyncConflictPath, PendingJsonConflict>(
+            async (paths) => await this.processPath(paths[0]),
+            {
+                suspended: false,
+                batchSize: 1,
+                concurrentLimit: 5,
+                delay: 10,
+                keepResultUntilDownstreamConnected: true,
+                yieldThreshold: 10,
+                pipeTo: interactionProcessor,
+            }
+        );
+        const pendingPaths = () => [...this.pendingPaths];
+        const processor = this.processor;
+        const processorView = Object.freeze({
+            get remaining() {
+                return processor.remaining;
+            },
+            get totalRemaining() {
+                return processor.totalRemaining;
+            },
+            get nowProcessing() {
+                return processor.nowProcessing;
+            },
+        });
+        this.testing = Object.freeze({
+            resolveAll: async () => await this.resolveAll(),
+            resolveJson: async (docA: LoadedEntry, docB: LoadedEntry) => await this.resolveJson(docA, docB),
+            get pendingPaths() {
+                return pendingPaths();
+            },
+            processor: processorView,
+        });
+    }
+
+    queue(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath): void {
+        if (this.disposed) return;
+        // Compatibility: this deliberately deduplicates exact strings only.
+        // Prefixed and unprefixed forms of one path can therefore coexist.
+        if (this.pendingPaths.has(path)) return;
+        this.pendingPaths.add(path);
+        // Compatibility question: if QueueProcessor throws during this
+        // synchronous admission, the pending marker is retained. No current
+        // caller expects enqueue to throw.
+        this.processor.enqueue(path);
+    }
+
+    async resolveAll(): Promise<void> {
+        // Creating the iterator and awaiting the completed pipeline remain
+        // outside the catch. Only iteration failures are logged and swallowed
+        // by this operation.
+        const conflicted = this.dependencies.database.scanConflictedEntries();
+        // Do not suspend ordinary conflict admission during the scan.
+        // QueueProcessor v2 can lose its resume event when scan completion
+        // races with the suspended pump, leaving every admitted path pending.
+        try {
+            for await (const doc of conflicted) {
+                if (!("_conflicts" in doc)) continue;
+                if (isInternalMetadata(doc._id)) {
+                    this.queue(doc.path);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.log("something went wrong on resolving all conflicted internal files");
+            this.log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        }
+        await this.processor.waitForAllProcessed();
+    }
+
+    async resolveJson(docA: LoadedEntry, docB: LoadedEntry): Promise<boolean> {
+        this.log("Opening data-merging dialog", LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        const docs: [LoadedEntry, LoadedEntry] = [docA, docB];
+        const storageFilePath = stripAllPrefixes(docA.path);
+        const displayFilename = `${storageFilePath}`;
+        return await this.dependencies.interaction.resolveJsonConflict(
+            storageFilePath,
+            docs,
+            async ({ keepRevision: keep, mergedText: result }) => {
+                try {
+                    let needFlush = false;
+                    if (!result && !keep) {
+                        this.log(`Skipped merging: ${displayFilename}`);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    // Compatibility question: the selected revision is not
+                    // validated against these two documents. An unknown value
+                    // consequently deletes both revisions without writing a
+                    // merged result. The sequential effects are also not
+                    // transactional, so an earlier deletion survives a later
+                    // failure.
+                    for (const doc of docs) {
+                        if (doc._rev != keep) {
+                            if (await this.dependencies.database.deleteRevision(doc)) {
+                                this.log(`Conflicted revision has been deleted: ${displayFilename}`);
+                                needFlush = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (!keep && result) {
+                        await this.dependencies.storage.ensureDirectory(storageFilePath);
+                        const stat = await this.dependencies.storage.writeFile(storageFilePath, result);
+                        if (!stat) {
+                            throw new Error("Stat failed");
+                        }
+                        const mtime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(stat);
+                        // Compatibility: interactive merged text forces the
+                        // database write, whereas automatic merge below uses
+                        // the writer's default admission policy.
+                        await this.dependencies.reconciliation.storeFile(
+                            {
+                                path: storageFilePath,
+                                mtime,
+                                ctime: stat.ctime ?? mtime,
+                                size: stat.size ?? 0,
+                            },
+                            true
+                        );
+                        await this.dependencies.storage.triggerEvent(storageFilePath);
+                        this.log(`STORAGE <-- DB:${displayFilename}: written (hidden,merged)`);
+                    }
+                    if (needFlush) {
+                        if (await this.dependencies.reconciliation.extractFile(storageFilePath)) {
+                            this.log(`STORAGE --> DB:${displayFilename}: extracted (hidden,merged)`);
+                        } else {
+                            this.log(`STORAGE --> DB:${displayFilename}: extracted (hidden,merged) Failed`);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return true;
+                } catch (error) {
+                    this.log("Could not merge conflicted json");
+                    this.log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    dispose(): void {
+        if (this.disposed) return;
+        this.disposed = true;
+        // QueueProcessor termination cascades downstream, but cannot cancel an
+        // already-running database operation or dialogue callback.
+        this.processor.terminate();
+        this.pendingPaths.clear();
+    }
+
+    private async processPath(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath): Promise<PendingJsonConflict[]> {
+        try {
+            const id = await this.dependencies.database.getDocumentId(path);
+            const doc = await this.dependencies.database.loadCurrentMetadata(id);
+            if (doc._conflicts === undefined || doc._conflicts.length == 0) {
+                this.finish(path);
+                return [];
+            }
+            this.log(`Hidden file conflicted:${path}`);
+            // Compatibility: sorting mutates the loaded Metadata object before
+            // it is forwarded to the manual-resolution stage.
+            const conflicts = doc._conflicts.sort((a, b) => Number(a.split("-")[0]) - Number(b.split("-")[0]));
+            const revA = doc._rev!;
+            const revB = conflicts[0];
+
+            if (path.endsWith(".json")) {
+                const revisionHistory = await this.dependencies.database.loadRevisionHistory(id);
+                const commonBase = findHiddenFileSyncMergeBase(revisionHistory._revs_info, revB);
+                const result = await this.dependencies.database.mergeJson(doc.path, commonBase, revA, revB);
+                if (result) {
+                    this.log(`Object merge:${path}`, LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
+                    const filename = stripAllPrefixes(path);
+                    await this.dependencies.storage.ensureDirectory(filename);
+                    const stat = await this.dependencies.storage.writeFile(filename, result);
+                    if (!stat) {
+                        throw new Error(`HiddenFileSyncConflictResolution: Failed to stat file ${filename}`);
+                    }
+                    await this.dependencies.reconciliation.storeFile({ path: filename, ...stat });
+                    // Compatibility question: extraction is attempted before
+                    // the conflicted branch is removed, so its conflict guard
+                    // normally refuses it. Requeueing eventually reflects the
+                    // winner; changing the order needs a separate decision.
+                    await this.dependencies.reconciliation.extractFile(filename);
+                    await this.dependencies.database.removeRevision(id, revB);
+                    this.requeue(path);
+                    return [];
+                }
+                this.log(`Object merge is not applicable.`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                if (this.dependencies.shouldOverwrite(stripAllPrefixes(path))) {
+                    this.log(`Overwrite rule applied for conflicted hidden file: ${path}`, LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
+                    await this.resolveByNewerEntry(id, path, doc, revA, revB);
+                    return [];
+                }
+                return [{ path, revA, revB, id, doc }];
+            }
+            await this.resolveByNewerEntry(id, path, doc, revA, revB);
+            return [];
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.finish(path);
+            this.log(`Failed to resolve conflict (Hidden): ${path}`);
+            this.log(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async resolveByNewerEntry(
+        id: DocumentID,
+        path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath,
+        currentDoc: MetaEntry,
+        currentRevision: string,
+        conflictedRevision: string
+    ): Promise<void> {
+        const conflictedDoc = await this.dependencies.database.loadConflictingMetadata(id, conflictedRevision);
+        const revisionToDelete = selectHiddenFileSyncRevisionToDelete(
+            currentDoc,
+            currentRevision,
+            conflictedDoc,
+            conflictedRevision
+        );
+        // Compatibility: the database result is ignored. The following conflict
+        // read, rather than the deletion response, decides settlement.
+        await this.dependencies.database.removeRevision(id, revisionToDelete);
+        this.log(`Older one has been deleted:${path}`);
+        const current = await this.dependencies.database.loadCurrentMetadata(id);
+        if (current._conflicts?.length === 0) {
+            await this.dependencies.reconciliation.extractFile(stripAllPrefixes(path));
+            this.finish(path);
+        } else {
+            // Compatibility: an absent _conflicts field is not considered
+            // settled here, although the main path treats it as conflict-free.
+            this.requeue(path);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private finish(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath): void {
+        this.pendingPaths.delete(path);
+    }
+
+    private requeue(path: HiddenFileSyncConflictPath): void {
+        this.finish(path);
+        this.queue(path);
+    }
+
+    private log(message: unknown, level?: LOG_LEVEL, key?: string): void {
+        this.dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+    }
+}
+
+export function createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies
+): HiddenFileSyncConflictResolution {
+    return new HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionOwner(dependencies);
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncConflictResolution.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type DocumentID,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+import {
+    createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution,
+    findHiddenFileSyncMergeBase,
+    selectHiddenFileSyncRevisionToDelete,
+    type HiddenFileSyncConflictDatabase,
+    type HiddenFileSyncConflictInteraction,
+    type HiddenFileSyncConflictReconciliation,
+    type HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies,
+    type HiddenFileSyncConflictStorage,
+    type HiddenFileSyncJsonResolution,
+    type HiddenFileSyncRevisionHistory,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncConflictResolution.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
+const prefixedPath = `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+const id = "i:hidden-entry-id" as DocumentID;
+
+function metadata(
+    revision: string,
+    mtime: number,
+    overrides: Partial<HiddenFileSyncRevisionHistory> = {}
+): HiddenFileSyncRevisionHistory {
+    return {
+        _id: id,
+        _rev: revision,
+        path: prefixedPath,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime,
+        size: 20,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+        deleted: false,
+        ...overrides,
+    } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+}
+
+function loadedEntry(revision: string, content: string): LoadedEntry {
+    return {
+        ...metadata(revision, 20),
+        data: content,
+    } as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+function entries(...values: MetaEntry[]): AsyncIterable<MetaEntry> {
+    return {
+        async *[Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+            yield* values;
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+type DependencyOverrides = {
+    database?: Partial<HiddenFileSyncConflictDatabase>;
+    storage?: Partial<HiddenFileSyncConflictStorage>;
+    reconciliation?: Partial<HiddenFileSyncConflictReconciliation>;
+    interaction?: Partial<HiddenFileSyncConflictInteraction>;
+    shouldOverwrite?: HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies["shouldOverwrite"];
+    log?: HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies["log"];
+};
+
+function createDependencies(overrides: DependencyOverrides = {}): HiddenFileSyncConflictResolutionDependencies {
+    const database: HiddenFileSyncConflictDatabase = {
+        scanConflictedEntries: () => entries(),
+        getDocumentId: vi.fn(async () => id),
+        loadCurrentMetadata: vi.fn(async () => metadata("1-current", 10)),
+        loadConflictingMetadata: vi.fn(async () => metadata("1-conflict", 10)),
+        loadRevisionHistory: vi.fn(async () => metadata("1-current", 10, { _revs_info: [] })),
+        loadRevisionEntry: vi.fn(async (): Promise<LoadedEntry | false> => false),
+        mergeJson: vi.fn(async (): Promise<string | false> => false),
+        removeRevision: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        deleteRevision: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        ...overrides.database,
+    };
+    const storage: HiddenFileSyncConflictStorage = {
+        ensureDirectory: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+        writeFile: vi.fn(async () => null),
+        triggerEvent: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+        ...overrides.storage,
+    };
+    const reconciliation: HiddenFileSyncConflictReconciliation = {
+        storeFile: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        extractFile: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        ...overrides.reconciliation,
+    };
+    const interaction: HiddenFileSyncConflictInteraction = {
+        resolveJsonConflict: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        ...overrides.interaction,
+    };
+    return {
+        database,
+        storage,
+        reconciliation,
+        interaction,
+        shouldOverwrite: overrides.shouldOverwrite ?? (() => false),
+        log: overrides.log ?? vi.fn(),
+    };
+}
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync conflict policy", () => {
+    it("keeps the current revision when both mtimes are equal", () => {
+        const current = metadata("3-current", 20);
+        const conflicted = metadata("2-conflict", 20);
+
+        expect(selectHiddenFileSyncRevisionToDelete(current, current._rev!, conflicted, conflicted._rev!)).toBe(
+            conflicted._rev
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("selects the first available lower-generation revision as the merge base", () => {
+        expect(
+            findHiddenFileSyncMergeBase(
+                [
+                    { rev: "4-current", status: "available" },
+                    { rev: "3-missing", status: "missing" },
+                    { rev: "2-base", status: "available" },
+                    { rev: "1-older", status: "available" },
+                ],
+                "3-conflict"
+            )
+        ).toBe("2-base");
+        expect(findHiddenFileSyncMergeBase(undefined, "3-conflict")).toBe("");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync conflict queue", () => {
+    it("continues processing queued conflict notifications while a full scan is in progress", async () => {
+        let releaseScan!: () => void;
+        let markScanStarted!: () => void;
+        const scanGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            releaseScan = resolve;
+        });
+        const scanStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            markScanStarted = resolve;
+        });
+        const loadCurrentMetadata = vi.fn(async () => metadata("1-current", 10));
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            database: {
+                scanConflictedEntries: () => ({
+                    async *[Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+                        markScanStarted();
+                        await scanGate;
+                    },
+                }),
+                loadCurrentMetadata,
+            },
+        });
+        const resolution = createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(dependencies);
+        const resolvingAll = resolution.resolveAll();
+        await scanStarted;
+        // Cross the macrotask boundary which allowed the legacy suspended
+        // processor to stop before a database notification arrived.
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+        resolution.queue(prefixedPath);
+        try {
+            await vi.waitFor(() => expect(loadCurrentMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledOnce(), {
+                interval: 10,
+                timeout: 250,
+            });
+        } finally {
+            releaseScan();
+            await resolvingAll;
+            resolution.dispose();
+        }
+    });
+
+    it("deduplicates exact paths and does not accept work after disposal", async () => {
+        const loadCurrentMetadata = vi.fn(async () => metadata("1-current", 10));
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({ database: { loadCurrentMetadata } });
+        const resolution = createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(dependencies);
+
+        resolution.queue(prefixedPath);
+        resolution.queue(prefixedPath);
+        await resolution.resolveAll();
+
+        expect(loadCurrentMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        resolution.dispose();
+        resolution.queue(`i:${path}.other` as FilePathWithPrefix);
+        expect(loadCurrentMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it("retains prefixed and unprefixed path forms as separate compatibility keys", async () => {
+        const loadCurrentMetadata = vi.fn(async () => metadata("1-current", 10));
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({ database: { loadCurrentMetadata } });
+        const resolution = createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(dependencies);
+
+        resolution.queue(path);
+        resolution.queue(prefixedPath);
+        await resolution.resolveAll();
+
+        expect(loadCurrentMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        resolution.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("deletes the conflicted revision on an mtime tie, then extracts", async () => {
+        const events: string[] = [];
+        const current = metadata("3-current", 20, { _conflicts: ["2-conflict"] });
+        const settled = metadata("3-current", 20, { _conflicts: [] });
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            database: {
+                scanConflictedEntries: () => entries(current),
+                loadCurrentMetadata: vi.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce(current).mockResolvedValueOnce(settled),
+                loadConflictingMetadata: vi.fn(async () => metadata("2-conflict", 20)),
+                removeRevision: vi.fn(async (_id, revision) => {
+                    events.push(`remove:${revision}`);
+                    return true;
+                }),
+            },
+            reconciliation: {
+                extractFile: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("extract");
+                    return true;
+                }),
+            },
+        });
+        const resolution = createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(dependencies);
+
+        await resolution.resolveAll();
+
+        expect(events).toEqual(["remove:2-conflict", "extract"]);
+        resolution.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("stores and extracts an automatic merge before removing the conflicted revision", async () => {
+        const events: string[] = [];
+        const current = metadata("3-current", 30, { _conflicts: ["2-conflict"] });
+        const settled = metadata("4-merged", 40, { _conflicts: [] });
+        const stat = { ctime: 10, mtime: 20, size: 30, type: "file" } as UXStat;
+        const mergeJson = vi.fn(async () => '{"merged":true}');
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            database: {
+                scanConflictedEntries: () => entries(current),
+                loadCurrentMetadata: vi.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce(current).mockResolvedValueOnce(settled),
+                loadRevisionHistory: vi.fn(async () =>
+                    metadata("3-current", 30, {
+                        _revs_info: [
+                            { rev: "3-current", status: "available" },
+                            { rev: "1-base", status: "available" },
+                        ],
+                    })
+                ),
+                mergeJson,
+                removeRevision: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("remove");
+                    return true;
+                }),
+            },
+            storage: {
+                ensureDirectory: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("ensure");
+                }),
+                writeFile: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("write");
+                    return stat;
+                }),
+            },
+            reconciliation: {
+                storeFile: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("store");
+                    return true;
+                }),
+                extractFile: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("extract");
+                    return false;
+                }),
+            },
+        });
+        const resolution = createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(dependencies);
+
+        await resolution.resolveAll();
+
+        expect(mergeJson).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, "1-base", "3-current", "2-conflict");
+        expect(events).toEqual(["ensure", "write", "store", "extract", "remove"]);
+        resolution.dispose();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync JSON conflict application", () => {
+    function createJsonResolutionFixture(
+        jsonResolution: HiddenFileSyncJsonResolution,
+        deletionResult: boolean | Error = true
+    ) {
+        const events: string[] = [];
+        const docA = loadedEntry("3-current", '{"current":true}');
+        const docB = loadedEntry("2-conflict", '{"conflict":true}');
+        const deleteRevision = vi.fn(async (entry: LoadedEntry) => {
+            events.push(`delete:${entry._rev}`);
+            if (deletionResult instanceof Error) {
+                if (entry._rev === docB._rev) throw deletionResult;
+                return true;
+            }
+            return deletionResult;
+        });
+        const extractFile = vi.fn(async () => {
+            events.push("extract");
+            return false;
+        });
+        const storeFile = vi.fn(async () => {
+            events.push("store");
+            return true;
+        });
+        const stat = { ctime: 11, mtime: 21, size: 22, type: "file" } as UXStat;
+        const log = vi.fn();
+        const dependencies = createDependencies({
+            database: { deleteRevision },
+            storage: {
+                ensureDirectory: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("ensure");
+                }),
+                writeFile: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("write");
+                    return stat;
+                }),
+                triggerEvent: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    events.push("trigger");
+                }),
+            },
+            reconciliation: { extractFile, storeFile },
+            interaction: {
+                resolveJsonConflict: vi.fn(async (_path, _docs, apply) => await apply(jsonResolution)),
+            },
+            log,
+        });
+        return {
+            deleteRevision,
+            docA,
+            docB,
+            events,
+            extractFile,
+            log,
+            resolution: createHiddenFileSyncConflictResolution(dependencies),
+            stat,
+            storeFile,
+        };
+    }
+
+    it("returns false without changing data when no resolution is selected", async () => {
+        const fixture = createJsonResolutionFixture({});
+
+        await expect(fixture.resolution.resolveJson(fixture.docA, fixture.docB)).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual([]);
+        fixture.resolution.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("keeps the selected revision but reports success when follow-up extraction fails", async () => {
+        const fixture = createJsonResolutionFixture({ keepRevision: "3-current" });
+
+        await expect(fixture.resolution.resolveJson(fixture.docA, fixture.docB)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.deleteRevision).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(fixture.deleteRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fixture.docB);
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual([`delete:${fixture.docB._rev}`, "extract"]);
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            `STORAGE --> DB:${path}: extracted (hidden,merged) Failed`,
+            undefined,
+            undefined
+        );
+        fixture.resolution.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("deletes both supplied revisions when the selected revision is unknown", async () => {
+        const fixture = createJsonResolutionFixture({ keepRevision: "9-unknown" });
+
+        await expect(fixture.resolution.resolveJson(fixture.docA, fixture.docB)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual([`delete:${fixture.docA._rev}`, `delete:${fixture.docB._rev}`, "extract"]);
+        expect(fixture.storeFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        fixture.resolution.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("deletes both revisions before writing and storing a merged result", async () => {
+        const fixture = createJsonResolutionFixture({ mergedText: '{"merged":true}' });
+
+        await expect(fixture.resolution.resolveJson(fixture.docA, fixture.docB)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.storeFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            {
+                path,
+                ctime: fixture.stat.ctime,
+                mtime: fixture.stat.mtime,
+                size: fixture.stat.size,
+            },
+            true
+        );
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual([
+            `delete:${fixture.docA._rev}`,
+            `delete:${fixture.docB._rev}`,
+            "ensure",
+            "write",
+            "store",
+            "trigger",
+            "extract",
+        ]);
+        fixture.resolution.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("keeps an earlier successful deletion when a later deletion throws", async () => {
+        const error = new Error("second deletion failed");
+        const fixture = createJsonResolutionFixture({ mergedText: '{"merged":true}' }, error);
+
+        await expect(fixture.resolution.resolveJson(fixture.docA, fixture.docB)).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual([`delete:${fixture.docA._rev}`, `delete:${fixture.docB._rev}`]);
+        expect(fixture.storeFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+        fixture.resolution.dispose();
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncContext.composition.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    type DocumentID,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { ICHeader, ICHeaderEnd } from "@/common/types.ts";
+
+vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({}));
+vi.mock("./configureHiddenFileSyncMode.ts", () => ({
+    configureHiddenFileSyncMode: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { HiddenFileSyncContext } from "./hiddenFileSyncContext.ts";
+
+describe("HiddenFileSyncContext operation composition", () => {
+    it("composes the conflict owner from the current database and path capabilities", async () => {
+        const path = ".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath;
+        const prefixedPath = `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+        const metadata = {
+            _id: "i:hidden-entry-id" as DocumentID,
+            _rev: "2-current",
+            path: prefixedPath,
+            type: "plain",
+            datatype: "plain",
+            ctime: 10,
+            mtime: 20,
+            size: 20,
+            children: [],
+            eden: {},
+            deleted: false,
+            _conflicts: [],
+        } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+        const findEntries = vi.fn(() => ({
+            async *[Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+                yield metadata;
+            },
+        }));
+        const getRaw = vi.fn(async () => metadata);
+        const path2id = vi.fn(async () => metadata._id);
+        const periodicProcessor = { enable: vi.fn(), disable: vi.fn() };
+        const context = new HiddenFileSyncContext({
+            createPeriodicProcessor: vi.fn(() => periodicProcessor),
+            getLocalDatabase: () => ({ findEntries, getRaw }),
+            path: { path2id },
+            log: vi.fn(),
+            publishActivity: vi.fn(),
+            closeJsonConflictDialogs: vi.fn(),
+            hideConfigurationChangeNotice: vi.fn(),
+        } as never);
+
+        await context.testing.conflictResolution.resolveAll();
+
+        expect(findEntries).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ICHeader, ICHeaderEnd, { conflicts: true });
+        expect(path2id).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, ICHeader);
+        expect(getRaw).toHaveBeenCalledWith(metadata._id, { conflicts: true });
+        context.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("applies a selected live revision through the narrow repair view", async () => {
+        const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
+        const prefixedPath = `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+        const revision = "2-selected";
+        const metadata = {
+            _id: "hidden-entry-id" as DocumentID,
+            _rev: revision,
+            path: prefixedPath,
+            type: "plain",
+            datatype: "plain",
+            ctime: 10,
+            mtime: 20,
+            size: 20,
+            children: [],
+            eden: {},
+            deleted: false,
+        } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+        const loaded = {
+            ...metadata,
+            data: '{"value":"database"}',
+        } as LoadedEntry;
+        const stat = { ctime: 10, mtime: 20, size: 20, type: "file" } as UXStat;
+        const statHidden = vi.fn<() => Promise<UXStat | null>>().mockResolvedValueOnce(null).mockResolvedValue(stat);
+        const writeHiddenFileAuto = vi.fn(async () => true);
+        const getDBEntryFromMeta = vi.fn(async () => loaded);
+        const fetchEntryMeta = vi.fn(async () => metadata);
+        const getConflictedRevs = vi.fn(async () => [] as string[]);
+        const markChangesAreSame = vi.fn();
+        const periodicProcessor = { enable: vi.fn(), disable: vi.fn() };
+        const context = new HiddenFileSyncContext({
+            createPeriodicProcessor: vi.fn(() => periodicProcessor),
+            isIgnoredByIgnoreFile: vi.fn(async () => false),
+            databaseFileAccess: {
+                fetchEntryMeta,
+                getConflictedRevs,
+            },
+            getLocalDatabase: () => ({ getDBEntryFromMeta }),
+            storageAccess: {
+                statHidden,
+                isExistsIncludeHidden: vi.fn(async () => false),
+                ensureDir: vi.fn(async () => true),
+                writeHiddenFileAuto,
+            },
+            path: {
+                markChangesAreSame,
+                unmarkChanges: vi.fn(),
+            },
+            getSettings: () => ({ suppressNotifyHiddenFilesChange: true }),
+            log: vi.fn(),
+            publishActivity: vi.fn(),
+            closeJsonConflictDialogs: vi.fn(),
+            hideConfigurationChangeNotice: vi.fn(),
+        } as never);
+        await expect(context.repair.extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase(path, revision, true)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fetchEntryMeta).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, revision, true);
+        expect(getConflictedRevs).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath);
+        expect(getDBEntryFromMeta).toHaveBeenCalledWith(metadata, false, true);
+        expect(writeHiddenFileAuto).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, '{"value":"database"}', {
+            ctime: metadata.ctime,
+            mtime: metadata.mtime,
+        });
+        expect(markChangesAreSame).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, metadata.mtime, stat.mtime);
+
+        context.dispose();
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncContext.routing.unit.spec.ts

@@ -10,58 +10,58 @@ import { HiddenFileSyncContext } from "./hiddenFileSyncContext.ts";
 
 const PATH = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
 
+function isTargetFile(context: HiddenFileSyncContext, path: FilePath): Promise<boolean> {
+    return (context as unknown as { isTargetFile(path: FilePath): Promise<boolean> }).isTargetFile(path);
+}
+
+function isTargetFileEligible(context: HiddenFileSyncContext, path: FilePath): Promise<boolean> {
+    return (context as unknown as { isTargetFileEligible(path: FilePath): Promise<boolean> }).isTargetFileEligible(path);
+}
+
 function createHiddenFileSync(
     options: { owned?: boolean; ignoredByIgnoreFile?: boolean; patternMatch?: boolean } = {}
 ) {
     const ownsLocalFile = vi.fn(() => options.owned ?? true);
     const isIgnoredByIgnoreFile = vi.fn(async () => options.ignoredByIgnoreFile ?? false);
-    const isTargetFileInPatterns = vi.fn(() => options.patternMatch ?? true);
+    const patternTest = vi.fn(() => options.patternMatch ?? true);
+    const parseRegExpSettings = vi.fn(() => ({
+        ignoreFilter: [],
+        targetFilter: options.patternMatch === undefined ? [] : [{ test: patternTest }],
+    }));
     const hiddenFileSync = Object.create(HiddenFileSyncContext.prototype) as HiddenFileSyncContext;
     Object.assign(hiddenFileSync, {
         dependencies: { ownsLocalFile, isIgnoredByIgnoreFile },
-        isTargetFileInPatterns,
+        parseRegExpSettings,
     });
-    return { hiddenFileSync, isIgnoredByIgnoreFile, isTargetFileInPatterns, ownsLocalFile };
+    return { hiddenFileSync, isIgnoredByIgnoreFile, parseRegExpSettings, ownsLocalFile };
 }
 
 describe("Hidden File Sync local-path admission", () => {
     it("checks composition ownership before Hidden File Sync filters", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, isTargetFileInPatterns, ownsLocalFile } = createHiddenFileSync({ owned: false });
+        const { hiddenFileSync, parseRegExpSettings, ownsLocalFile } = createHiddenFileSync({ owned: false });
 
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.isTargetFile(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(isTargetFile(hiddenFileSync, PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
         expect(ownsLocalFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PATH);
-        expect(isTargetFileInPatterns).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(parseRegExpSettings).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it("keeps target patterns and ignore-file results as Hidden File Sync eligibility", async () => {
         const patternExcluded = createHiddenFileSync({ patternMatch: false });
-        await expect(patternExcluded.hiddenFileSync.isTargetFile(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(isTargetFile(patternExcluded.hiddenFileSync, PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
         expect(patternExcluded.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         const ignoreFileExcluded = createHiddenFileSync({ ignoredByIgnoreFile: true });
-        await expect(ignoreFileExcluded.hiddenFileSync.isTargetFile(PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(isTargetFile(ignoreFileExcluded.hiddenFileSync, PATH)).resolves.toBe(false);
         expect(ignoreFileExcluded.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PATH);
 
         const admitted = createHiddenFileSync();
-        await expect(admitted.hiddenFileSync.isTargetFile(PATH)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(isTargetFile(admitted.hiddenFileSync, PATH)).resolves.toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it("exposes eligibility without consulting the composition owner", async () => {
+    it("evaluates eligibility without consulting the composition owner", async () => {
         const { hiddenFileSync, ownsLocalFile } = createHiddenFileSync({ owned: false });
 
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.isTargetFileEligible(PATH)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(isTargetFileEligible(hiddenFileSync, PATH)).resolves.toBe(true);
         expect(ownsLocalFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 });
-
-describe("compatibility: Hidden File Sync path shape", () => {
-    const hiddenFileSync = Object.create(HiddenFileSyncContext.prototype) as HiddenFileSyncContext;
-
-    it.each([
-        [".obsidian/app.json", true],
-        [".trash/app.json", false],
-        ["notes/app.json", false],
-    ])("recognises %s as a Hidden File Sync path=%s", (path, expected) => {
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.isHiddenFileSyncHandlingPath(path as FilePath)).toBe(expected);
-    });
-});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncContext.state.unit.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { FilePath } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
 
 vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({}));
 vi.mock("./configureHiddenFileSyncMode.ts", () => ({
@@ -8,12 +7,29 @@ vi.mock("./configureHiddenFileSyncMode.ts", () => ({
 
 import { HiddenFileSyncContext } from "./hiddenFileSyncContext.ts";
 
-function createContext() {
+function getProcessedState(context: HiddenFileSyncContext): unknown {
+    return (context as unknown as { readonly processedState: unknown }).processedState;
+}
+
+function getPrivate<T>(context: HiddenFileSyncContext, key: string): T {
+    return (context as unknown as Record<string, T>)[key];
+}
+
+function createContext(processedFiles = new Map()) {
     const periodicProcessor = { enable: vi.fn(), disable: vi.fn() };
     const publishActivity = vi.fn();
     const hideConfigurationChangeNotice = vi.fn();
+    const keyValueDatabase = {
+        get: vi.fn(async (key: IDBValidKey) => {
+            if (key == "hidden-file-lastProcessed") return processedFiles;
+            return new Map();
+        }),
+    };
     const context = new HiddenFileSyncContext({
         createPeriodicProcessor: vi.fn(() => periodicProcessor),
+        getKeyValueDatabase: () => keyValueDatabase,
+        getSettings: () => ({ syncInternalFiles: true }),
+        log: vi.fn(),
         publishActivity,
         closeJsonConflictDialogs: vi.fn(),
         hideConfigurationChangeNotice,
@@ -22,71 +38,41 @@ function createContext() {
 }
 
 describe("HiddenFileSyncContext state ownership", () => {
-    it("owns queues, caches, concurrency controls, and processors per context instance", () => {
+    it("owns caches, concurrency controls, processors, and conflict owners per context instance", () => {
         const first = createContext();
         const second = createContext();
 
-        first.context.pendingConflictChecks.add("i:.obsidian/first.json" as never);
-        first.context.queuedNotificationFiles.add(".obsidian/plugins/first");
-        first.context.cacheFileRegExps.set("first", []);
+        getPrivate<Set<string>>(first.context, "queuedNotificationFiles").add(".obsidian/plugins/first");
+        getPrivate<Map<string, unknown[]>>(first.context, "cacheFileRegExps").set("first", []);
 
-        expect(second.context.pendingConflictChecks).toEqual(new Set());
-        expect(second.context.queuedNotificationFiles).toEqual(new Set());
-        expect(second.context.cacheFileRegExps).toEqual(new Map());
-        expect(first.context.conflictResolutionProcessor).not.toBe(second.context.conflictResolutionProcessor);
-        expect(first.context.semaphore).not.toBe(second.context.semaphore);
-        expect(first.context.periodicInternalFileScanProcessor).toBe(first.periodicProcessor);
-        expect(second.context.periodicInternalFileScanProcessor).toBe(second.periodicProcessor);
+        expect(getPrivate<Set<string>>(second.context, "queuedNotificationFiles").size).toBe(0);
+        expect(getPrivate<Map<string, unknown[]>>(second.context, "cacheFileRegExps")).toEqual(new Map());
+        expect(first.context.testing.conflictResolution).not.toBe(second.context.testing.conflictResolution);
+        expect(getProcessedState(first.context)).not.toBe(getProcessedState(second.context));
+        expect(getPrivate<unknown>(first.context, "changeProcessor")).not.toBe(
+            getPrivate<unknown>(second.context, "changeProcessor")
+        );
+        expect(getPrivate<unknown>(first.context, "periodicInternalFileScanProcessor")).toBe(first.periodicProcessor);
+        expect(getPrivate<unknown>(second.context, "periodicInternalFileScanProcessor")).toBe(second.periodicProcessor);
 
         first.context.dispose();
         second.context.dispose();
     });
 
-    it("publishes instance-owned event and processing counts at each transition", async () => {
-        const { context, publishActivity } = createContext();
-        const path = ".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath;
-
-        await context.serializedForEvent(path, async () => {
-            expect(publishActivity).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(1, 1);
-        });
-
-        expect(publishActivity.mock.calls).toEqual([
-            [1, 0],
-            [1, 1],
-            [1, 0],
-            [0, 0],
-        ]);
-        context.dispose();
-    });
-
     it.each([
         [new Map(), true],
         [new Map([[".obsidian/app.json", "1-2-3"]]), false],
     ])(
         "preserves start-up scan notice selection for the processed-file cache",
         async (processedFiles, forcedNotice) => {
-            const { context } = createContext();
-            const performStartupScan = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
-            const keyValueDatabase = {
-                get: vi.fn(async (key: IDBValidKey) => {
-                    if (key == "hidden-file-lastProcessed") return processedFiles;
-                    return new Map();
-                }),
-            };
-            Object.assign(context, {
-                dependencies: {
-                    createPeriodicProcessor: vi.fn(),
-                    getKeyValueDatabase: () => keyValueDatabase,
-                    getSettings: () => ({ syncInternalFiles: true }),
-                    log: vi.fn(),
-                },
-                performStartupScan,
-            });
+            const { context } = createContext(processedFiles);
+            const applyOfflineChanges = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+            context.applyOfflineChanges = applyOfflineChanges;
 
-            await context._everyOnDatabaseInitialized(false);
+            await context.serviceHandlers.onDatabaseInitialised(false);
 
-            expect(performStartupScan).toHaveBeenCalledWith(forcedNotice);
-            context.conflictResolutionProcessor.terminate();
+            expect(applyOfflineChanges).toHaveBeenCalledWith(forcedNotice);
+            context.dispose();
         }
     );
 });

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncContext.unit.spec.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import {
-    type DocumentID,
-    LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
-    type FilePath,
-    type FilePathWithPrefix,
-    type MetaEntry,
-    type UXFileInfo,
-} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
 
 vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({}));
 vi.mock("./configureHiddenFileSyncMode.ts", () => ({
@@ -16,81 +9,27 @@ vi.mock("./configureHiddenFileSyncMode.ts", () => ({
 import { HiddenFileSyncContext } from "./hiddenFileSyncContext.ts";
 import { configureHiddenFileSyncMode } from "./configureHiddenFileSyncMode.ts";
 
-function createHiddenRevisionOperation() {
-    const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
-    const file = {
-        path,
-        name: "data.json",
-        isInternal: true,
-        body: new Blob(['{"value":"vault"}']),
-        stat: {
-            ctime: 1,
-            mtime: 2,
-            size: 17,
-            type: "file",
-        },
-    } as UXFileInfo;
-    const selected = {
-        _id: "i:example" as DocumentID,
-        _rev: "2-selected",
-        path: `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix,
-        ctime: 1,
-        mtime: 2,
-        size: 17,
-        type: "plain",
-        datatype: "plain",
-        children: [],
-        eden: {},
-        deleted: false,
-    } as MetaEntry;
-    const winner = {
-        ...selected,
-        _rev: "3-winner",
-    } as MetaEntry;
-    const databaseFileAccess = {
-        fetchEntryMeta: vi.fn(async (_path: unknown, revision?: string) =>
-            revision === selected._rev ? selected : winner
-        ),
-        getConflictedRevs: vi.fn(async () => [selected._rev]),
-        fetchEntryFromMeta: vi.fn(async () => ({ ...selected, data: '{"value":"database"}' })),
-        storeWithBaseRevision: vi.fn(async () => "3-vault-child"),
-    };
-    const hiddenFileSync = Object.create(HiddenFileSyncContext.prototype) as HiddenFileSyncContext;
-    Object.assign(hiddenFileSync, {
-        dependencies: {
-            databaseFileAccess,
-            isIgnoredByIgnoreFile: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        },
-        loadFileWithInfo: vi.fn(async () => file),
-        updateLastProcessed: vi.fn(),
-        _log: vi.fn(),
-    });
-    return {
-        hiddenFileSync,
-        path,
-        file,
-        selected,
-        winner,
-        databaseFileAccess,
-    };
+function callPrivate<T extends (...args: never[]) => unknown>(context: HiddenFileSyncContext, key: string): T {
+    const operation = (context as unknown as Record<string, T>)[key];
+    return operation.bind(context) as T;
 }
 
 describe("HiddenFileSyncContext configuration-change notices", () => {
     it("releases processors, transient queues, the pattern cache, activity, and the host Notice effect", () => {
         const periodicInternalFileScanProcessor = { disable: vi.fn() };
-        const conflictResolutionProcessor = { terminate: vi.fn() };
-        const pendingConflictChecks = new Set(["i:.obsidian/example.json"]);
+        const conflictResolution = { dispose: vi.fn() };
         const queuedNotificationFiles = new Set([".obsidian/plugins/example"]);
         const cacheFileRegExps = new Map([["patterns", []]]);
         const publishActivity = vi.fn();
+        const changeProcessor = { dispose: vi.fn() };
         const hideConfigurationChangeNotice = vi.fn();
         const closeJsonConflictDialogs = vi.fn();
         const hiddenFileSync = Object.create(HiddenFileSyncContext.prototype) as HiddenFileSyncContext;
         Object.assign(hiddenFileSync, {
             dependencies: { publishActivity, hideConfigurationChangeNotice, closeJsonConflictDialogs },
             periodicInternalFileScanProcessor,
-            conflictResolutionProcessor,
-            pendingConflictChecks,
+            conflictResolution,
+            changeProcessor,
             queuedNotificationFiles,
             cacheFileRegExps,
             eventCount: 4,
@@ -101,11 +40,10 @@ describe("HiddenFileSyncContext configuration-change notices", () => {
         hiddenFileSync.dispose();
 
         expect(periodicInternalFileScanProcessor.disable).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect(conflictResolutionProcessor.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect(pendingConflictChecks.size).toBe(0);
+        expect(conflictResolution.dispose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
         expect(queuedNotificationFiles.size).toBe(0);
         expect(cacheFileRegExps.size).toBe(0);
-        expect(publishActivity).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 0);
+        expect(changeProcessor.dispose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
         expect(closeJsonConflictDialogs).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
         expect(hideConfigurationChangeNotice).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     });
@@ -122,7 +60,7 @@ describe("HiddenFileSyncContext configuration-change notices", () => {
             _isMainSuspended: vi.fn(() => false),
         });
 
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.isReady()).toBe(false);
+        expect(callPrivate<() => boolean>(hiddenFileSync, "isReady")()).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it("settles one batch of changed folders through the host notification effect", () => {
@@ -133,14 +71,16 @@ describe("HiddenFileSyncContext configuration-change notices", () => {
             queuedNotificationFiles: new Set([".obsidian/plugins/alpha", ".obsidian/plugins/beta", ".obsidian"]),
         });
 
-        hiddenFileSync.notifyConfigChange();
+        callPrivate<() => void>(hiddenFileSync, "notifyConfigChange")();
 
         expect(showConfigurationChangeNotice).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
             ".obsidian/plugins/alpha",
             ".obsidian/plugins/beta",
             ".obsidian",
         ]);
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.queuedNotificationFiles.size).toBe(0);
+        expect((hiddenFileSync as unknown as { queuedNotificationFiles: Set<string> }).queuedNotificationFiles.size).toBe(
+            0
+        );
     });
 
     it("keeps subordinate initialisation phases below Notice level so one progress Notice owns the scan", async () => {
@@ -200,7 +140,7 @@ describe("HiddenFileSyncContext configuration-change notices", () => {
             _log: log,
         });
 
-        await hiddenFileSync.configureHiddenFileSync("MERGE");
+        await callPrivate<(mode: "MERGE") => Promise<void>>(hiddenFileSync, "configureHiddenFileSync")("MERGE");
 
         expect(createProgress).toHaveBeenCalledWith("[⚙ Initialise]\n", LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
         expect(events[0]).toBe("progress:Preparing Hidden File Sync...");
@@ -232,119 +172,10 @@ describe("HiddenFileSyncContext configuration-change notices", () => {
             _log: vi.fn(),
         });
 
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.configureHiddenFileSync("MERGE")).rejects.toBe(error);
+        await expect(
+            callPrivate<(mode: "MERGE") => Promise<void>>(hiddenFileSync, "configureHiddenFileSync")("MERGE")
+        ).rejects.toBe(error);
 
         expect(progress.done).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Failed");
     });
 });
-
-describe("HiddenFileSyncContext reconciliation settlement", () => {
-    it("compatibility: consumes a selected database file even when reading its Metadata fails", async () => {
-        const error = new Error("metadata unavailable");
-        const getDBEntryMeta = vi.fn(async () => {
-            throw error;
-        });
-        const log = vi.fn();
-        const hiddenFileSync = Object.create(HiddenFileSyncContext.prototype) as HiddenFileSyncContext;
-        Object.assign(hiddenFileSync, {
-            dependencies: {
-                getLocalDatabase: () => ({ getDBEntryMeta }),
-                log,
-            },
-            serializedForEvent: vi.fn(async (_path: FilePath, operation: () => Promise<boolean>) => await operation()),
-        });
-
-        await expect(
-            hiddenFileSync.trackDatabaseFileModification(".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath, "[Replication]")
-        ).resolves.toBe(true);
-
-        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith("[Replication] Failed to process hidden file", undefined, undefined);
-        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error, expect.any(Number), undefined);
-    });
-});
-
-describe("HiddenFileSyncContext exact revision repair operations", () => {
-    it("stores the current hidden Vault file as a child of the selected live revision", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, file, selected, databaseFileAccess } = createHiddenRevisionOperation();
-
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(
-            true
-        );
-
-        expect(databaseFileAccess.storeWithBaseRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.objectContaining({
-                path: file.path,
-                body: file.body,
-                isInternal: true,
-            }),
-            selected._rev,
-            true
-        );
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            file.path,
-            expect.objectContaining({ _rev: "3-vault-child" }),
-            file.stat
-        );
-    });
-
-    it("refuses to extend a hidden-file revision which is no longer live", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, file, selected, databaseFileAccess } = createHiddenRevisionOperation();
-        databaseFileAccess.getConflictedRevs.mockResolvedValue([]);
-
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(
-            false
-        );
-
-        expect(databaseFileAccess.storeWithBaseRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.updateLastProcessed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
-    it("does not create a hidden-file child when asked only to mark a revision which differs from the Vault", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, file, selected, databaseFileAccess } = createHiddenRevisionOperation();
-
-        await expect(
-            hiddenFileSync.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, selected._rev!, false)
-        ).resolves.toBe(false);
-
-        expect(databaseFileAccess.storeWithBaseRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.updateLastProcessed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
-    it("marks a matching hidden-file revision without creating a child", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, file, selected, databaseFileAccess } = createHiddenRevisionOperation();
-        databaseFileAccess.fetchEntryFromMeta.mockResolvedValue({
-            ...selected,
-            data: '{"value":"vault"}',
-        });
-
-        await expect(
-            hiddenFileSync.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, selected._rev!, false)
-        ).resolves.toBe(true);
-
-        expect(databaseFileAccess.storeWithBaseRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file.path, selected, file.stat);
-    });
-
-    it("applies the selected live hidden-file revision through the existing extraction path", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, path, selected } = createHiddenRevisionOperation();
-        const extract = vi.fn(async () => true);
-        hiddenFileSync.extractInternalFileFromDatabase = extract;
-
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase(path, selected._rev!, true)).resolves.toBe(
-            true
-        );
-
-        expect(extract).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, true, undefined, true, false, true, selected._rev);
-    });
-
-    it("does not apply a hidden-file revision which ceased to be live", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, path, selected, databaseFileAccess } = createHiddenRevisionOperation();
-        databaseFileAccess.getConflictedRevs.mockResolvedValue([]);
-
-        await expect(hiddenFileSync.extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase(path, selected._rev!, true)).resolves.toBe(
-            false
-        );
-
-        expect(databaseFileAccess.fetchEntryFromMeta).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { compareMTime, TARGET_IS_NEW } from "@/common/utils.ts";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import { addPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+
+import { ICHeader } from "@/common/types.ts";
+import { getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime } from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult } from "./hiddenFileSyncStorage.ts";
+import {
+    serialiseHiddenFileOperation,
+    type HiddenFileSyncFileSerialisationDependencies,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncFileOperations.ts";
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOptions = Readonly<{
+    force?: boolean;
+    metaEntry?: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry;
+    preventDoubleProcess?: boolean;
+    onlyNew?: boolean;
+    includeDeletion?: boolean;
+    requiredLiveRevision?: string;
+}>;
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionStorageDependencies = {
+    statStorageFile(path: FilePath): Promise<UXStat | null>;
+    writeStorageFile(path: FilePath, entry: LoadedEntry, force: boolean): Promise<false | UXStat>;
+    deleteStorageFile(path: FilePath): Promise<HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult>;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionReadDependencies = {
+    loadDatabaseMetadata(path: FilePathWithPrefix): Promise<MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | false>;
+    loadLiveRevision(path: FilePathWithPrefix, revision: string): Promise<MetaEntry | false>;
+    loadDatabaseEntry(entry: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry): Promise<LoadedEntry | false>;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionProcessedState = {
+    databaseStateKey(entry: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry): string;
+    getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path: FilePath): string | undefined;
+    getLastProcessedFileMTime(path: FilePath): number;
+    updateLastProcessedDatabase(path: FilePath, entry: string | MetaEntry | LoadedEntry): void;
+    updateLastProcessedFile(path: FilePath, storageFile: string | UXStat): void;
+    updateLastProcessed(path: FilePath, databaseEntry: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry, storageFile: UXStat): void;
+    updateLastProcessedDeletion(path: FilePath, databaseEntry: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | false): void;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies = HiddenFileSyncFileSerialisationDependencies &
+    HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionStorageDependencies &
+    HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionReadDependencies & {
+        isIgnoredByIgnoreFile(path: string): Promise<boolean>;
+        queueNotification(path: FilePath): void;
+        processedState: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionProcessedState;
+        log: LogFunction;
+    };
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations = {
+    extract(path: FilePath, options?: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOptions): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+    extractRevision(path: FilePath, revision: string, force?: boolean): Promise<boolean>;
+};
+
+function log(
+    dependencies: Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies, "log">,
+    message: unknown,
+    level?: LOG_LEVEL,
+    key?: string
+): void {
+    dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+}
+
+export async function extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies,
+    storageFilePath: FilePath,
+    options: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOptions = {}
+): Promise<boolean | undefined> {
+    const {
+        force = false,
+        metaEntry,
+        preventDoubleProcess = true,
+        onlyNew = false,
+        includeDeletion = true,
+        requiredLiveRevision,
+    } = options;
+    const prefixedFileName = addPrefix(storageFilePath, ICHeader);
+    // Compatibility: admission happens outside the per-file lock, so ignore
+    // policy errors propagate instead of becoming a false extraction result.
+    if (await dependencies.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile(storageFilePath)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    return await serialiseHiddenFileOperation(dependencies, prefixedFileName, async () => {
+        try {
+            // A caller-supplied Metadata entry is trusted as-is. It can change
+            // before this lock is acquired; only exact-revision repair performs
+            // an in-lock liveness check.
+            const metaOnDatabase = requiredLiveRevision
+                ? await dependencies.loadLiveRevision(prefixedFileName, requiredLiveRevision)
+                : metaEntry
+                  ? metaEntry
+                  : await dependencies.loadDatabaseMetadata(prefixedFileName);
+            // Compatibility: the exact-revision loader validates revision-tree
+            // membership but normally returns a leaf without `_conflicts`.
+            // Repair can therefore apply one live branch while ordinary
+            // reflection remains blocked by conflicted winning Metadata.
+            if (metaOnDatabase === false) {
+                throw new Error(`File not found on database.:${storageFilePath}`);
+            }
+            if (metaOnDatabase._conflicts?.length) {
+                log(
+                    dependencies,
+                    `Hidden file ${storageFilePath} has conflicted revisions, to keep in safe, writing to storage has been prevented`,
+                    LOG_LEVEL_INFO
+                );
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (preventDoubleProcess) {
+                const key = dependencies.processedState.databaseStateKey(metaOnDatabase);
+                if (dependencies.processedState.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(storageFilePath) == key && !force) {
+                    // Compatibility question: the force suffix is unreachable
+                    // because this branch is entered only when force is false.
+                    log(
+                        dependencies,
+                        `STORAGE <-- DB: ${storageFilePath}: skipped (hidden, overwrite${force ? ", force" : ""}) (Previously processed)`
+                    );
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+            }
+            if (onlyNew) {
+                const databaseMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(metaOnDatabase, includeDeletion);
+                const storageStat = await dependencies.statStorageFile(storageFilePath);
+                const storageMTimeActual = storageStat?.mtime ?? 0;
+                const storageMTime =
+                    storageMTimeActual == 0
+                        ? dependencies.processedState.getLastProcessedFileMTime(storageFilePath)
+                        : storageMTimeActual;
+                const difference = compareMTime(storageMTime, databaseMTime);
+                if (difference != TARGET_IS_NEW) {
+                    log(
+                        dependencies,
+                        `STORAGE <-- DB: ${storageFilePath}: skipped (hidden, overwrite${force ? ", force" : ""}) (Not new)`
+                    );
+                    // Compatibility: a declined candidate is settled as
+                    // processed, including a deletion excluded by
+                    // includeDeletion. This prevents later scans retrying it.
+                    dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedDatabase(storageFilePath, metaOnDatabase);
+                    if (storageStat) dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedFile(storageFilePath, storageStat);
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+            }
+            const deleted = metaOnDatabase.deleted || metaOnDatabase._deleted || false;
+            if (deleted) {
+                const result = await dependencies.deleteStorageFile(storageFilePath);
+                if (result == "OK") {
+                    dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedDeletion(storageFilePath, metaOnDatabase);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                if (result == "ALREADY") {
+                    // Compatibility question: an already absent file updates
+                    // only the database key. It does not record the missing
+                    // storage key or call unmarkChanges through deletion state.
+                    dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedDatabase(storageFilePath, metaOnDatabase);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            const fileOnDatabase = await dependencies.loadDatabaseEntry(metaOnDatabase);
+            if (fileOnDatabase === false) {
+                throw new Error(`Failed to read file from database:${storageFilePath}`);
+            }
+            const resultStat = await dependencies.writeStorageFile(storageFilePath, fileOnDatabase, force);
+            if (resultStat) {
+                // Compatibility question: the storage writer also returns the
+                // existing stat when content is unchanged. That no-op still
+                // settles state and queues a configuration notification here.
+                dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessed(storageFilePath, metaOnDatabase, resultStat);
+                dependencies.queueNotification(storageFilePath);
+                log(
+                    dependencies,
+                    `STORAGE <-- DB: ${storageFilePath}: written (hidden, overwrite${force ? ", force" : ""}) Done`
+                );
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        } catch (error) {
+            log(
+                dependencies,
+                `STORAGE <-- DB: ${storageFilePath}: written (hidden, overwrite${force ? ", force" : ""}) Failed`
+            );
+            log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            return false;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+export async function extractHiddenFileRevisionFromDatabase(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies,
+    storageFilePath: FilePath,
+    revision: string,
+    force = false
+): Promise<boolean> {
+    return Boolean(
+        await extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, storageFilePath, {
+            force,
+            requiredLiveRevision: revision,
+        })
+    );
+}
+
+export function createHiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies
+): HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations {
+    return Object.freeze({
+        extract: async (path, options) => await extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, path, options),
+        extractRevision: async (path, revision, force) =>
+            await extractHiddenFileRevisionFromDatabase(dependencies, path, revision, force),
+    });
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type DocumentID,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult } from "./hiddenFileSyncStorage.ts";
+
+vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({}));
+
+import {
+    createHiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations,
+    extractHiddenFileFromDatabase,
+    extractHiddenFileRevisionFromDatabase,
+    type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations.ts";
+import { toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey } from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
+const prefixedPath = `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+const id = "hidden-entry-id" as DocumentID;
+
+function metadata(overrides: Partial<MetaEntry> = {}): MetaEntry {
+    return {
+        _id: id,
+        _rev: "2-current",
+        path: prefixedPath,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime: 20,
+        size: 20,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+        deleted: false,
+        ...overrides,
+    } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+}
+
+function loadedEntry(entry = metadata()): LoadedEntry {
+    return {
+        ...entry,
+        data: '{"value":"database"}',
+    } as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+function storageStat(mtime = 20): UXStat {
+    return {
+        ctime: 11,
+        mtime,
+        size: 20,
+        type: "file",
+    };
+}
+
+function createDependencies(entry = metadata()) {
+    const events: string[] = [];
+    const serialiseFileOperation = vi.fn(async (_key: string, operation: () => Promise<unknown>) => {
+        events.push("lock:start");
+        try {
+            return await operation();
+        } finally {
+            events.push("lock:end");
+        }
+    });
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const isIgnoredByIgnoreFile = vi.fn(async () => false);
+    const loadDatabaseMetadata = vi.fn(async () => entry as MetaEntry | false);
+    const loadLiveRevision = vi.fn(async (_path: FilePathWithPrefix, revision: string) =>
+        revision === entry._rev ? (entry as MetaEntry) : false
+    );
+    const loadDatabaseEntry = vi.fn(async () => loadedEntry(entry) as LoadedEntry | false);
+    const statStorageFile = vi.fn(async () => storageStat() as UXStat | null);
+    const writeStorageFile = vi.fn(async () => {
+        events.push("storage:write");
+        return storageStat(21) as UXStat | false;
+    });
+    const deleteStorageFile = vi.fn(async (): Promise<HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult> => {
+        events.push("storage:delete");
+        return "OK" as const;
+    });
+    const getLastProcessedDatabaseKey = vi.fn(() => undefined as string | undefined);
+    const getLastProcessedFileMTime = vi.fn(() => 0);
+    const updateLastProcessed = vi.fn(() => events.push("state:file"));
+    const updateLastProcessedDatabase = vi.fn(() => events.push("state:database"));
+    const updateLastProcessedFile = vi.fn(() => events.push("state:storage"));
+    const updateLastProcessedDeletion = vi.fn(() => events.push("state:deletion"));
+    const processedState = {
+        databaseStateKey: toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey,
+        getLastProcessedDatabaseKey,
+        getLastProcessedFileMTime,
+        updateLastProcessed,
+        updateLastProcessedDatabase,
+        updateLastProcessedFile,
+        updateLastProcessedDeletion,
+    };
+    const queueNotification = vi.fn(() => events.push("notification"));
+    const dependencies = {
+        serialiseFileOperation,
+        isIgnoredByIgnoreFile,
+        loadDatabaseMetadata,
+        loadLiveRevision,
+        loadDatabaseEntry,
+        statStorageFile,
+        writeStorageFile,
+        deleteStorageFile,
+        processedState,
+        queueNotification,
+        log,
+    } as HiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionDependencies;
+    return {
+        deleteStorageFile,
+        dependencies,
+        entry,
+        events,
+        getLastProcessedDatabaseKey,
+        getLastProcessedFileMTime,
+        isIgnoredByIgnoreFile,
+        loadDatabaseEntry,
+        loadDatabaseMetadata,
+        loadLiveRevision,
+        log,
+        queueNotification,
+        serialiseFileOperation,
+        statStorageFile,
+        updateLastProcessed,
+        updateLastProcessedDatabase,
+        updateLastProcessedDeletion,
+        updateLastProcessedFile,
+        writeStorageFile,
+    };
+}
+
+describe("hidden-file database-to-storage admission", () => {
+    it("returns undefined for an ignored path without taking the file lock", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile.mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(fixture.serialiseFileOperation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseMetadata).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("propagates ignore-policy errors before taking the guarded path", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("ignore policy unavailable");
+        fixture.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).rejects.toBe(error);
+
+        expect(fixture.serialiseFileOperation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("prevents a conflicted entry from reaching storage", async () => {
+        const entry = metadata({ _conflicts: ["2-conflict"] });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(entry);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, { force: true })).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.writeStorageFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            `Hidden file ${path} has conflicted revisions, to keep in safe, writing to storage has been prevented`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+            undefined
+        );
+    });
+});
+
+describe("hidden-file database-to-storage processed-state policy", () => {
+    it("skips a previously processed revision without settling state again", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey.mockReturnValue(toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(fixture.entry));
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            `STORAGE <-- DB: ${path}: skipped (hidden, overwrite) (Previously processed)`,
+            undefined,
+            undefined
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("allows force to bypass the previously processed revision", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey.mockReturnValue(toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(fixture.entry));
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, { force: true })).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.writeStorageFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, loadedEntry(fixture.entry), true);
+    });
+
+    it("settles both sides when onlyNew declines an equally old database entry", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+
+        await expect(
+            extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, {
+                metaEntry: fixture.entry,
+                preventDoubleProcess: false,
+                onlyNew: true,
+            })
+        ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseMetadata).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, fixture.entry);
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, storageStat());
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual(["lock:start", "state:database", "state:storage", "lock:end"]);
+    });
+
+    it("uses the last known mtime when onlyNew sees a zero storage mtime", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies(metadata({ mtime: 30 }));
+        fixture.statStorageFile.mockResolvedValue(storageStat(0));
+        fixture.getLastProcessedFileMTime.mockReturnValue(40);
+
+        await expect(
+            extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, { onlyNew: true })
+        ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(fixture.getLastProcessedFileMTime).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+        expect(fixture.writeStorageFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("hidden-file database-to-storage application", () => {
+    it("settles state and queues a notification inside the file lock after a successful write", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, fixture.entry, storageStat(21));
+        expect(fixture.queueNotification).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+        expect(fixture.serialiseFileOperation).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`file-${prefixedPath}`, expect.any(Function));
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual(["lock:start", "storage:write", "state:file", "notification", "lock:end"]);
+    });
+
+    it("settles and notifies when the storage writer reports unchanged content with its existing stat", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.writeStorageFile.mockResolvedValue(storageStat());
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, fixture.entry, storageStat());
+        expect(fixture.queueNotification).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false without settlement when the storage writer fails", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.writeStorageFile.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.queueNotification).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("records a successful storage deletion through deletion settlement", async () => {
+        const entry = metadata({ deleted: true });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(entry);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDeletion).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, entry);
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDatabase).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual(["lock:start", "storage:delete", "state:deletion", "lock:end"]);
+    });
+
+    it("marks an already absent deleted file as database-processed only", async () => {
+        const entry = metadata({ deleted: true });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(entry);
+        fixture.deleteStorageFile.mockImplementation(async () => {
+            fixture.events.push("storage:delete");
+            return "ALREADY";
+        });
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, entry);
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDeletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual(["lock:start", "storage:delete", "state:database", "lock:end"]);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false without settling state when a storage deletion fails", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies(metadata({ _deleted: true }));
+        fixture.deleteStorageFile.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDeletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDatabase).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("turns a database content-read failure into false and reports the inherited write diagnostic", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("content unavailable");
+        fixture.loadDatabaseEntry.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, { force: true })).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+            1,
+            `STORAGE <-- DB: ${path}: written (hidden, overwrite, force) Failed`,
+            undefined,
+            undefined
+        );
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("selected-revision hidden-file database-to-storage application", () => {
+    it("applies a selected live revision without reading ordinary Metadata", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+
+        await expect(
+            extractHiddenFileRevisionFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, fixture.entry._rev!, true)
+        ).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.loadLiveRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, fixture.entry._rev);
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseMetadata).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.writeStorageFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, loadedEntry(fixture.entry), true);
+    });
+
+    it("can apply a selected live branch while ordinary Metadata reports a conflict", async () => {
+        const selected = metadata({ _rev: "2-selected", _conflicts: undefined });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(metadata({ _rev: "3-winner", _conflicts: [selected._rev!] }));
+        fixture.loadLiveRevision.mockResolvedValue(selected);
+        fixture.loadDatabaseEntry.mockResolvedValue(loadedEntry(selected));
+
+        await expect(
+            extractHiddenFileRevisionFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, selected._rev!, true)
+        ).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseMetadata).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.writeStorageFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, loadedEntry(selected), true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when the selected revision ceased to be live", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.loadLiveRevision.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(extractHiddenFileRevisionFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, "2-stale", true)).resolves.toBe(
+            false
+        );
+
+        expect(fixture.loadDatabaseEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.writeStorageFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("exposes frozen operations with the exact-revision Boolean contract", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile.mockResolvedValue(true);
+        const operations = createHiddenFileSyncDatabaseExtractionOperations(fixture.dependencies);
+
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(operations)).toBe(true);
+        await expect(operations.extractRevision(path, fixture.entry._rev!)).resolves.toBe(false);
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncDatabaseLoaders.ts

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+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type MetaEntry,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { DatabaseFileAccess } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/DatabaseFileAccess";
+import type { LiveSyncLocalDB } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/pouchdb/LiveSyncLocalDB";
+import type { IPathService } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/base/IService";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import { addPrefix, stripAllPrefixes } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+
+import { ICHeader } from "@/common/types.ts";
+
+type HiddenFileSyncLogDependency = {
+    log: LogFunction;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseMethods<Method extends keyof LiveSyncLocalDB> = {
+    getLocalDatabase(): Pick<LiveSyncLocalDB, Method>;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseFileAccessMethods<Method extends keyof DatabaseFileAccess> = {
+    databaseFileAccess: Pick<DatabaseFileAccess, Method>;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncPathMethods<Method extends keyof IPathService> = {
+    path: Pick<IPathService, Method>;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncBaseEntryLoaderDependencies = HiddenFileSyncDatabaseMethods<"getDBEntry" | "getDBEntryMeta"> &
+    HiddenFileSyncPathMethods<"path2id"> &
+    HiddenFileSyncLogDependency;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncLiveRevisionLoaderDependencies = HiddenFileSyncDatabaseFileAccessMethods<
+    "fetchEntryMeta" | "getConflictedRevs"
+> &
+    HiddenFileSyncLogDependency;
+
+function log(dependencies: HiddenFileSyncLogDependency, message: unknown, level?: LOG_LEVEL, key?: string): void {
+    dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+}
+
+export async function loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncBaseEntryLoaderDependencies,
+    file: FilePath,
+    includeContent = true
+): Promise<LoadedEntry | false> {
+    const prefixedFileName = addPrefix(file, ICHeader);
+    // Compatibility question: path-to-ID conversion is performed even when an
+    // entry already exists, and it sits outside the guarded database lookup.
+    // Preserve this ordering and error propagation until reviewed separately.
+    const id = await dependencies.path.path2id(prefixedFileName, ICHeader);
+    try {
+        const old = includeContent
+            ? await dependencies.getLocalDatabase().getDBEntry(prefixedFileName, undefined, false, true)
+            : await dependencies.getLocalDatabase().getDBEntryMeta(prefixedFileName, { conflicts: true }, true);
+        if (old !== false) {
+            return old;
+        }
+        // Compatibility question: getDBEntry() also returns false when content
+        // or Chunks cannot be read. The inherited behaviour treats that exactly
+        // like absence and synthesises a fresh base entry.
+        return {
+            _id: id,
+            data: [],
+            path: prefixedFileName,
+            mtime: 0,
+            ctime: 0,
+            datatype: "newnote",
+            children: [],
+            size: 0,
+            deleted: false,
+            type: "newnote",
+            eden: {},
+        };
+    } catch (error) {
+        log(dependencies, "Getting base save data failed");
+        log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+export async function loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncLiveRevisionLoaderDependencies,
+    prefixedFileName: FilePathWithPrefix,
+    revision: string
+): Promise<MetaEntry | false> {
+    const [selected, current, conflicts] = await Promise.all([
+        dependencies.databaseFileAccess.fetchEntryMeta(prefixedFileName, revision, true),
+        dependencies.databaseFileAccess.fetchEntryMeta(prefixedFileName, undefined, true),
+        dependencies.databaseFileAccess.getConflictedRevs(prefixedFileName),
+    ]);
+    const liveRevisions = new Set([...(current && current._rev ? [current._rev] : []), ...conflicts]);
+    if (!selected || selected._rev !== revision || !liveRevisions.has(revision)) {
+        // Compatibility: missing, mismatched, and stale selections share the
+        // same user-facing diagnostic and false result.
+        log(
+            dependencies,
+            `Could not use hidden-file revision ${revision} of ${stripAllPrefixes(prefixedFileName)}; the selected revision is no longer live`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE
+        );
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Compatibility: liveness is revision-tree membership only. A deleted
+    // Metadata leaf remains selectable while its revision is still live.
+    return selected;
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncDatabaseLoaders.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type DocumentID,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type MetaEntry,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+import { loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry, loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision } from "./hiddenFileSyncDatabaseLoaders.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath;
+const prefixedPath = `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+const id = "hidden-entry-id" as DocumentID;
+
+function loadedEntry(): LoadedEntry {
+    return {
+        _id: id,
+        _rev: "1-a",
+        path: prefixedPath,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        data: "content",
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime: 20,
+        size: 7,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+        deleted: false,
+    } as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+function createBaseEntryDependencies() {
+    const getDBEntry = vi.fn();
+    const getDBEntryMeta = vi.fn();
+    const path2id = vi.fn(async () => id);
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const dependencies = {
+        getLocalDatabase: () => ({ getDBEntry, getDBEntryMeta }) as never,
+        path: { path2id } as never,
+        log,
+    };
+    return { dependencies, getDBEntry, getDBEntryMeta, log, path2id };
+}
+
+function metaEntry(revision: string): MetaEntry {
+    return {
+        ...loadedEntry(),
+        _rev: revision,
+        data: undefined,
+    } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+}
+
+function createLiveRevisionDependencies() {
+    const selected = metaEntry("2-selected");
+    const current = metaEntry("3-current");
+    const fetchEntryMeta = vi.fn(async (_path: unknown, revision?: string) => {
+        if (revision === undefined || revision === current._rev) return current;
+        if (revision === selected._rev) return selected;
+        return false;
+    });
+    const getConflictedRevs = vi.fn(async () => [selected._rev!]);
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const dependencies = {
+        databaseFileAccess: { fetchEntryMeta, getConflictedRevs } as never,
+        log,
+    };
+    return { current, dependencies, fetchEntryMeta, getConflictedRevs, log, selected };
+}
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync base-entry loader", () => {
+    it("synthesises a new empty base whenever the content lookup reports false", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, getDBEntry, path2id } = createBaseEntryDependencies();
+        getDBEntry.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry(dependencies, path)).resolves.toEqual({
+            _id: id,
+            data: [],
+            path: prefixedPath,
+            mtime: 0,
+            ctime: 0,
+            datatype: "newnote",
+            children: [],
+            size: 0,
+            deleted: false,
+            type: "newnote",
+            eden: {},
+        });
+        expect(path2id).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, "i:");
+        expect(getDBEntry).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, undefined, false, true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns an existing content entry unchanged", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, getDBEntry, path2id } = createBaseEntryDependencies();
+        const existing = loadedEntry();
+        getDBEntry.mockResolvedValue(existing);
+
+        await expect(loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry(dependencies, path, true)).resolves.toBe(existing);
+        expect(path2id).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, "i:");
+    });
+
+    it("uses the conflict-aware metadata lookup when content is not requested", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, getDBEntry, getDBEntryMeta } = createBaseEntryDependencies();
+        const existing = loadedEntry();
+        getDBEntryMeta.mockResolvedValue(existing);
+
+        await expect(loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry(dependencies, path, false)).resolves.toBe(existing);
+        expect(getDBEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(getDBEntryMeta).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath, { conflicts: true }, true);
+    });
+
+    it("turns a database lookup failure into a logged false result", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, getDBEntry, log } = createBaseEntryDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("database unavailable");
+        getDBEntry.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "Getting base save data failed", undefined, undefined);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it("propagates path-to-ID failures which occur before the guarded lookup", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, getDBEntry, log, path2id } = createBaseEntryDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("ID conversion failed");
+        path2id.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(loadHiddenFileSyncBaseEntry(dependencies, path)).rejects.toBe(error);
+        expect(getDBEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync live-revision loader", () => {
+    it("accepts the current winning revision", async () => {
+        const { current, dependencies, fetchEntryMeta, getConflictedRevs } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, current._rev!)).resolves.toBe(current);
+        expect(fetchEntryMeta).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, prefixedPath, current._rev, true);
+        expect(fetchEntryMeta).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, prefixedPath, undefined, true);
+        expect(getConflictedRevs).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefixedPath);
+    });
+
+    it("accepts a selected conflict leaf while it remains live", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, selected } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(
+            selected
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("accepts a live conflict even when there is no current winner", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, fetchEntryMeta, selected } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+        fetchEntryMeta.mockImplementation(async (_path: unknown, revision?: string) =>
+            revision === selected._rev ? selected : false
+        );
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(
+            selected
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("accepts deleted metadata while its revision remains live", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, fetchEntryMeta, selected } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+        const deleted = { ...selected, deleted: true } as MetaEntry;
+        fetchEntryMeta.mockImplementation(async (_path: unknown, revision?: string) =>
+            revision === undefined ? metaEntry("3-current") : deleted
+        );
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(deleted);
+    });
+
+    it("rejects a selected revision which is no longer current or conflicted", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, getConflictedRevs, log, selected } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+        getConflictedRevs.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            `Could not use hidden-file revision ${selected._rev} of ${path}; the selected revision is no longer live`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
+            undefined
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("rejects a lookup result whose revision does not match the selection", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, fetchEntryMeta, log, selected } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+        fetchEntryMeta.mockResolvedValue(metaEntry("2-other"));
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, selected._rev!)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it("propagates database-file-access failures", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, fetchEntryMeta, log, selected } = createLiveRevisionDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("revision lookup failed");
+        fetchEntryMeta.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(loadLiveHiddenFileSyncRevision(dependencies, prefixedPath, selected._rev!)).rejects.toBe(error);
+        expect(log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations.ts

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+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type SavingEntry,
+    type UXFileInfo,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { isDocContentSame, readAsBlob } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import { addPrefix, stripAllPrefixes } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+
+import type { InternalFileInfo } from "@/common/types.ts";
+import { ICHeader } from "@/common/types.ts";
+import {
+    serialiseHiddenFileOperation,
+    type HiddenFileSyncFileSerialisationDependencies,
+    type HiddenFileSyncFileSerialiser,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncFileOperations.ts";
+
+export type { HiddenFileSyncFileSerialiser } from "./hiddenFileSyncFileOperations.ts";
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteResponse = {
+    readonly ok: boolean;
+    readonly rev: string;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteProcessedState = {
+    updateLastProcessed(path: FilePath, databaseEntry: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry, storageFile: UXFileInfo["stat"]): void;
+    updateLastProcessedDeletion(path: FilePath, databaseEntry: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | false): void;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies = {
+    serialiseFileOperation: HiddenFileSyncFileSerialiser;
+    isIgnoredByIgnoreFile(path: string): Promise<boolean>;
+    readFileWithInfo(path: FilePath): Promise<UXFileInfo>;
+    loadBaseEntry(path: FilePath): Promise<LoadedEntry | false>;
+    loadBaseMetadata(path: FilePath): Promise<LoadedEntry | false>;
+    loadLiveRevision(path: FilePathWithPrefix, revision: string): Promise<MetaEntry | false>;
+    fetchEntryFromMeta(meta: MetaEntry, waitForReady: boolean, skipCheck: boolean): Promise<LoadedEntry | false>;
+    storeWithBaseRevision(file: UXFileInfo, baseRevision: string, skipCheck: boolean): Promise<string | false>;
+    putDatabaseEntry(entry: SavingEntry): Promise<false | HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteResponse>;
+    putRaw(entry: LoadedEntry): Promise<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteResponse>;
+    removeRevision(id: LoadedEntry["_id"], revision: string): Promise<boolean>;
+    processedState: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteProcessedState;
+    now(): number;
+    log: LogFunction;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteCommonDependencies = Pick<
+    HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies,
+    "isIgnoredByIgnoreFile" | "log" | "readFileWithInfo" | "serialiseFileOperation"
+>;
+
+export type StoreHiddenFileInDatabaseDependencies = HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteCommonDependencies &
+    Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies, "loadBaseEntry" | "putDatabaseEntry" | "processedState">;
+
+export type StoreHiddenFileWithBaseRevisionDependencies = HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteCommonDependencies &
+    Pick<
+        HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies,
+        "fetchEntryFromMeta" | "loadLiveRevision" | "storeWithBaseRevision" | "processedState"
+    >;
+
+export type DeleteHiddenFileFromDatabaseDependencies = Pick<
+    HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies,
+    | "isIgnoredByIgnoreFile"
+    | "loadBaseMetadata"
+    | "log"
+    | "now"
+    | "putRaw"
+    | "removeRevision"
+    | "serialiseFileOperation"
+    | "processedState"
+>;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations = {
+    store(file: InternalFileInfo | UXFileInfo, forceWrite?: boolean): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+    storeWithBaseRevision(
+        file: InternalFileInfo | UXFileInfo,
+        baseRevision: string,
+        createIfDifferent?: boolean
+    ): Promise<boolean>;
+    delete(path: FilePath, forceWrite?: boolean): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteGuardDependencies = HiddenFileSyncFileSerialisationDependencies &
+    Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies, "log">;
+
+function log(
+    dependencies: Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies, "log">,
+    message: unknown,
+    level?: LOG_LEVEL,
+    key?: string
+) {
+    dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+}
+
+async function runGuardedDatabaseWrite<Result>(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteGuardDependencies,
+    prefixedFileName: FilePathWithPrefix,
+    failureMessage: string,
+    operation: () => Promise<Result>
+): Promise<Result | false> {
+    return await serialiseHiddenFileOperation(dependencies, prefixedFileName, async () => {
+        try {
+            return await operation();
+        } catch (error) {
+            log(dependencies, failureMessage);
+            log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            return false;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+async function resolvePresentFileInfo(
+    dependencies: Pick<HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies, "readFileWithInfo">,
+    file: InternalFileInfo | UXFileInfo,
+    storeFilePath: FilePath
+): Promise<UXFileInfo> {
+    const fileInfo = "stat" in file && "body" in file ? file : await dependencies.readFileWithInfo(storeFilePath);
+    if (fileInfo.deleted) {
+        throw new Error(`Hidden file:${storeFilePath} is deleted. This should not be occurred.`);
+    }
+    return fileInfo;
+}
+
+export async function storeHiddenFileInDatabase(
+    dependencies: StoreHiddenFileInDatabaseDependencies,
+    file: InternalFileInfo | UXFileInfo,
+    forceWrite = false
+): Promise<boolean | undefined> {
+    const storeFilePath = stripAllPrefixes(file.path);
+    const storageFilePath = file.path;
+    // Compatibility: all three admission checks sit outside the guarded lock,
+    // so policy errors propagate. The ordinary path reports an ignored file as
+    // undefined, while the selected-revision path reports false.
+    if (await dependencies.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile(storageFilePath)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    const prefixedFileName = addPrefix(storeFilePath, ICHeader);
+
+    return await runGuardedDatabaseWrite(
+        dependencies,
+        prefixedFileName,
+        `STORAGE --> DB:${storageFilePath}: (hidden) Failed`,
+        async () => {
+            const fileInfo = await resolvePresentFileInfo(dependencies, file, storeFilePath);
+            const baseData = await dependencies.loadBaseEntry(storeFilePath);
+            if (baseData === false) throw new Error("Failed to load base data");
+            if (baseData._rev && !forceWrite) {
+                const isSame = await isDocContentSame(readAsBlob(baseData), fileInfo.body);
+                if (isSame) {
+                    dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessed(storeFilePath, baseData, fileInfo.stat);
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+            }
+            const saveData: SavingEntry = {
+                ...baseData,
+                data: fileInfo.body,
+                mtime: fileInfo.stat.mtime,
+                size: fileInfo.stat.size,
+                children: [],
+                deleted: false,
+                type: baseData.datatype,
+            };
+            // Compatibility question: ctime comes from the old database base,
+            // not from the storage stat. A newly synthesised base therefore
+            // stores ctime 0. Preserve this until cross-device effects are known.
+            const ret = await dependencies.putDatabaseEntry(saveData);
+            if (ret && ret.ok) {
+                saveData._rev = ret.rev;
+                dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessed(storeFilePath, saveData, fileInfo.stat);
+            }
+            const success = ret && ret.ok;
+            log(dependencies, `STORAGE --> DB:${storageFilePath}: (hidden) ${success ? "Done" : "Failed"}`);
+            return success;
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+export async function storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(
+    dependencies: StoreHiddenFileWithBaseRevisionDependencies,
+    file: InternalFileInfo | UXFileInfo,
+    baseRevision: string,
+    createIfDifferent = true
+): Promise<boolean> {
+    const storeFilePath = stripAllPrefixes(file.path);
+    const storageFilePath = file.path;
+    if (await dependencies.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile(storageFilePath)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const prefixedFileName = addPrefix(storeFilePath, ICHeader);
+
+    return await runGuardedDatabaseWrite(
+        dependencies,
+        prefixedFileName,
+        `STORAGE --> DB:${storageFilePath}: (hidden, selected branch) Failed`,
+        async () => {
+            // The live check intentionally precedes the storage read. It avoids
+            // work for a stale selection, but does not make the later write atomic.
+            const baseData = await dependencies.loadLiveRevision(prefixedFileName, baseRevision);
+            if (baseData === false) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            const fileInfo = await resolvePresentFileInfo(dependencies, file, storeFilePath);
+            if (!baseData.deleted && !baseData._deleted) {
+                const loadedBase = await dependencies.fetchEntryFromMeta(baseData, true, true);
+                if (loadedBase && (await isDocContentSame(readAsBlob(loadedBase), fileInfo.body))) {
+                    dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessed(storeFilePath, baseData, fileInfo.stat);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!createIfDifferent) {
+                log(
+                    dependencies,
+                    `Could not mark hidden file ${storeFilePath} as revision ${baseRevision}; the storage content differs`,
+                    LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE
+                );
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            const storedRevision = await dependencies.storeWithBaseRevision(
+                {
+                    ...fileInfo,
+                    path: storeFilePath,
+                    name: fileInfo.name || storeFilePath.split("/").pop() || "",
+                    isInternal: true,
+                },
+                baseRevision,
+                true
+            );
+            if (storedRevision === false) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            // Compatibility question: spreading a selected PouchDB tombstone
+            // retains `_deleted: true` in the processed-state entry even though
+            // `deleted` is reset. The stored child itself is created separately.
+            dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessed(
+                storeFilePath,
+                {
+                    ...baseData,
+                    _rev: storedRevision,
+                    path: prefixedFileName,
+                    ctime: fileInfo.stat.ctime,
+                    mtime: fileInfo.stat.mtime,
+                    size: fileInfo.stat.size,
+                    deleted: false,
+                },
+                fileInfo.stat
+            );
+            log(dependencies, `STORAGE --> DB:${storageFilePath}: (hidden, selected branch) Done`);
+            return true;
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+export async function deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(
+    dependencies: DeleteHiddenFileFromDatabaseDependencies,
+    filenameSrc: FilePath,
+    forceWrite = false
+): Promise<boolean | undefined> {
+    const storeFilePath = filenameSrc;
+    const storageFilePath = filenameSrc;
+    const displayFileName = filenameSrc;
+    const prefixedFileName = addPrefix(storeFilePath, ICHeader);
+    // Compatibility question: the timestamp is captured before the ignore
+    // check and before waiting for the per-file lock.
+    const mtime = dependencies.now();
+    // Compatibility question: forceWrite is part of the inherited call
+    // contract, but it has never changed deletion behaviour.
+    void forceWrite;
+    if (await dependencies.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile(storageFilePath)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    return await runGuardedDatabaseWrite(
+        dependencies,
+        prefixedFileName,
+        `STORAGE -x> DB: ${displayFileName}: (hidden) Failed`,
+        async () => {
+            const baseData = await dependencies.loadBaseMetadata(storeFilePath);
+            if (baseData === false) throw new Error("Failed to load base data during deleting");
+            if (baseData._conflicts !== undefined) {
+                // Compatibility question: these removals are sequential but not
+                // atomic. Earlier branches remain removed if a later call fails.
+                for (const conflictRev of baseData._conflicts) {
+                    await dependencies.removeRevision(baseData._id, conflictRev);
+                    log(
+                        dependencies,
+                        `STORAGE -x> DB: ${displayFileName}: (hidden) conflict removed ${baseData._rev} =>  ${conflictRev}`,
+                        LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            // Compatibility question: only the domain `deleted` marker is
+            // checked here. `_deleted: true` alone causes another tombstone write.
+            if (baseData.deleted) {
+                log(dependencies, `STORAGE -x> DB: ${displayFileName}: (hidden) already deleted`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+                dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedDeletion(storeFilePath, baseData);
+                return true;
+            }
+            const saveData: LoadedEntry = {
+                ...baseData,
+                mtime,
+                size: 0,
+                children: [],
+                deleted: true,
+                type: baseData.datatype,
+            };
+            // A synthesised base has no revision; the inherited behaviour still
+            // writes it as a tombstone when the requested path was absent.
+            const ret = await dependencies.putRaw(saveData);
+            if (ret && ret.ok) {
+                log(dependencies, `STORAGE -x> DB: ${displayFileName}: (hidden) Done`);
+                saveData._rev = ret.rev;
+                dependencies.processedState.updateLastProcessedDeletion(storeFilePath, saveData);
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                log(dependencies, `STORAGE -x> DB: ${displayFileName}: (hidden) Failed`);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+export function createHiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies
+): HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations {
+    return Object.freeze({
+        store: async (file, forceWrite) => await storeHiddenFileInDatabase(dependencies, file, forceWrite),
+        storeWithBaseRevision: async (file, baseRevision, createIfDifferent) =>
+            await storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(dependencies, file, baseRevision, createIfDifferent),
+        delete: async (path, forceWrite) => await deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, path, forceWrite),
+    });
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type DocumentID,
+    type FilePath,
+    type FilePathWithPrefix,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXFileInfo,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+import {
+    deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase,
+    storeHiddenFileInDatabase,
+    storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision,
+    type HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteOperations.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
+const prefixedPath = `i:${path}` as FilePathWithPrefix;
+const id = "hidden-entry-id" as DocumentID;
+
+function fileInfo(content = '{"value":"vault"}'): UXFileInfo {
+    return {
+        path,
+        name: "data.json",
+        isInternal: true,
+        body: new Blob([content]),
+        stat: {
+            ctime: 41,
+            mtime: 42,
+            size: content.length,
+            type: "file",
+        },
+        deleted: false,
+    } as UXFileInfo;
+}
+
+function loadedEntry(overrides: Partial<LoadedEntry> = {}): LoadedEntry {
+    return {
+        _id: id,
+        _rev: "2-current",
+        path: prefixedPath,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        data: '{"value":"database"}',
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime: 20,
+        size: 20,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+        deleted: false,
+        ...overrides,
+    } as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+function createDependencies(base = loadedEntry()) {
+    const events: string[] = [];
+    const serialiseFileOperation = vi.fn(async (_key: string, operation: () => Promise<unknown>) => {
+        events.push("lock:start");
+        try {
+            return await operation();
+        } finally {
+            events.push("lock:end");
+        }
+    });
+    const isIgnoredByIgnoreFile = vi.fn(async () => false);
+    const readFileWithInfo = vi.fn(async () => fileInfo());
+    const loadBaseEntry = vi.fn(async () => base as LoadedEntry | false);
+    const loadBaseMetadata = vi.fn(async () => base as LoadedEntry | false);
+    const loadLiveRevision = vi.fn(async (_path: FilePathWithPrefix, revision: string) =>
+        revision === base._rev ? (base as MetaEntry) : false
+    );
+    const fetchEntryFromMeta = vi.fn(async () => base as LoadedEntry | false);
+    const storeWithBaseRevision = vi.fn(async () => "3-selected-child" as string | false);
+    const putDatabaseEntry = vi.fn(async (_entry: unknown) => ({ ok: true, id, rev: "3-written" }));
+    const putRaw = vi.fn(async (_entry: LoadedEntry) => ({ ok: true, id, rev: "3-deleted" }));
+    const removeRevision = vi.fn(async () => true);
+    const updateLastProcessed = vi.fn(() => events.push("state:file"));
+    const updateLastProcessedDeletion = vi.fn(() => events.push("state:deletion"));
+    const processedState = {
+        updateLastProcessed,
+        updateLastProcessedDeletion,
+    };
+    const now = vi.fn(() => 1_000);
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const dependencies = {
+        serialiseFileOperation,
+        isIgnoredByIgnoreFile,
+        readFileWithInfo,
+        loadBaseEntry,
+        loadBaseMetadata,
+        loadLiveRevision,
+        fetchEntryFromMeta,
+        storeWithBaseRevision,
+        putDatabaseEntry,
+        putRaw,
+        removeRevision,
+        processedState,
+        now,
+        log,
+    } as unknown as HiddenFileSyncDatabaseWriteDependencies;
+    return {
+        base,
+        dependencies,
+        events,
+        fetchEntryFromMeta,
+        isIgnoredByIgnoreFile,
+        loadBaseEntry,
+        loadBaseMetadata,
+        loadLiveRevision,
+        log,
+        now,
+        putDatabaseEntry,
+        putRaw,
+        readFileWithInfo,
+        removeRevision,
+        serialiseFileOperation,
+        storeWithBaseRevision,
+        updateLastProcessed,
+        updateLastProcessedDeletion,
+    };
+}
+
+describe("ordinary hidden-file database writes", () => {
+    it("keeps the synthetic base ctime and settles the new revision inside the file lock", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({
+            _rev: undefined,
+            ctime: 0,
+            data: [],
+            datatype: "newnote",
+            type: "newnote",
+        });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+        const file = fileInfo();
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileInDatabase(fixture.dependencies, file)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.putDatabaseEntry).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({ ctime: 0, mtime: file.stat.mtime, data: file.body })
+        );
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            path,
+            expect.objectContaining({ _rev: "3-written", ctime: 0 }),
+            file.stat
+        );
+        expect(fixture.serialiseFileOperation).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`file-${prefixedPath}`, expect.any(Function));
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual(["lock:start", "state:file", "lock:end"]);
+    });
+
+    it("settles matching content without writing or emitting a transfer log", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ data: '{"value":"vault"}' });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+        const file = fileInfo();
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileInDatabase(fixture.dependencies, file)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(fixture.putDatabaseEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, base, file.stat);
+        expect(fixture.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("writes matching content when forceWrite is enabled", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies(loadedEntry({ data: '{"value":"vault"}' }));
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileInDatabase(fixture.dependencies, fileInfo(), true)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.putDatabaseEntry).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it("returns false and reports both messages when a guarded write fails", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("storage read failed");
+        fixture.readFileWithInfo.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(
+            storeHiddenFileInDatabase(fixture.dependencies, {
+                path,
+                ctime: 1,
+                mtime: 2,
+                size: 3,
+            })
+        ).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `STORAGE --> DB:${path}: (hidden) Failed`, undefined, undefined);
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("selected-revision hidden-file database writes", () => {
+    it("stores the Vault content as a child of a selected live revision", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        const file = fileInfo();
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(fixture.dependencies, file, fixture.base._rev!)).resolves.toBe(
+            true
+        );
+
+        expect(fixture.storeWithBaseRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({ path, body: file.body, isInternal: true }),
+            fixture.base._rev,
+            true
+        );
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            path,
+            expect.objectContaining({ _rev: "3-selected-child" }),
+            file.stat
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("validates liveness before reading storage and refuses a stale revision", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.loadLiveRevision.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(
+            storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(fixture.dependencies, { path, ctime: 1, mtime: 2, size: 3 }, "2-stale")
+        ).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.readFileWithInfo).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.storeWithBaseRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("marks matching content without creating a child", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ data: '{"value":"vault"}' });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+        const file = fileInfo();
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(fixture.dependencies, file, base._rev!, false)).resolves.toBe(
+            true
+        );
+
+        expect(fixture.storeWithBaseRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, base, file.stat);
+    });
+
+    it("reports differing content without creating a child when requested", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+
+        await expect(
+            storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(fixture.dependencies, fileInfo(), fixture.base._rev!, false)
+        ).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.storeWithBaseRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            `Could not mark hidden file ${path} as revision ${fixture.base._rev}; the storage content differs`,
+            LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE,
+            undefined
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("keeps a selected branch's _deleted marker in the processed-state entry", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ deleted: true, _deleted: true });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+        const file = fileInfo();
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(fixture.dependencies, file, base._rev!)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.fetchEntryFromMeta).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            path,
+            expect.objectContaining({ _rev: "3-selected-child", deleted: false, _deleted: true }),
+            file.stat
+        );
+    });
+});
+
+describe("hidden-file database deletions", () => {
+    it("removes conflicts before accepting an already deleted entry", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ deleted: true, _conflicts: ["2-conflict"] });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path, true)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.removeRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(id, "2-conflict");
+        expect(fixture.putRaw).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDeletion).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, base);
+    });
+
+    it("writes a deletion when only the PouchDB _deleted marker is present", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ deleted: false, _deleted: true });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(fixture.putRaw).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ deleted: true, _deleted: true }));
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDeletion).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            path,
+            expect.objectContaining({ _rev: "3-deleted" })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("writes a tombstone for a synthetic base without a revision", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ _rev: undefined, data: [], datatype: "newnote", type: "newnote" });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+        let submitted: LoadedEntry | undefined;
+        fixture.putRaw.mockImplementation(async (entry: LoadedEntry) => {
+            submitted = { ...entry };
+            return { ok: true, id, rev: "3-deleted" };
+        });
+
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        expect(submitted).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ _rev: undefined, deleted: true, type: "newnote" }));
+    });
+
+    it("keeps earlier conflict removals when a later removal fails", async () => {
+        const base = loadedEntry({ _conflicts: ["2-first", "2-second"] });
+        const fixture = createDependencies(base);
+        const error = new Error("second removal failed");
+        fixture.removeRevision.mockResolvedValueOnce(true).mockRejectedValueOnce(error);
+
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.removeRevision.mock.calls).toEqual([
+            [id, "2-first"],
+            [id, "2-second"],
+        ]);
+        expect(fixture.putRaw).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.updateLastProcessedDeletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it("captures the deletion time before evaluating ignore policy", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        const events: string[] = [];
+        fixture.now.mockImplementation(() => {
+            events.push("now");
+            return 1_000;
+        });
+        fixture.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile.mockImplementation(async () => {
+            events.push("ignore");
+            return true;
+        });
+
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(events).toEqual(["now", "ignore"]);
+        expect(fixture.serialiseFileOperation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("hidden-file database write admission", () => {
+    it("preserves the different ignored results of the three write paths", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        fixture.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile.mockResolvedValue(true);
+        const file = fileInfo();
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileInDatabase(fixture.dependencies, file)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileWithBaseRevision(fixture.dependencies, file, fixture.base._rev!)).resolves.toBe(
+            false
+        );
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromDatabase(fixture.dependencies, path)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+        expect(fixture.loadBaseEntry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.loadBaseMetadata).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.loadLiveRevision).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("propagates ignore-policy failures before entering the guarded lock", async () => {
+        const fixture = createDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("ignore policy unavailable");
+        fixture.isIgnoredByIgnoreFile.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(storeHiddenFileInDatabase(fixture.dependencies, fileInfo())).rejects.toBe(error);
+
+        expect(fixture.serialiseFileOperation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncFileOperations.ts

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+import type { FilePathWithPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncFileSerialiser = <Result>(key: string, operation: () => Promise<Result>) => Promise<Result>;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncFileSerialisationDependencies = {
+    serialiseFileOperation: HiddenFileSyncFileSerialiser;
+};
+
+export async function serialiseHiddenFileOperation<Result>(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncFileSerialisationDependencies,
+    prefixedFileName: FilePathWithPrefix,
+    operation: () => Promise<Result>
+): Promise<Result> {
+    // Compatibility question: this inherited lock uses `file-`, whereas the
+    // Commonlib database writer uses `file:`. The two writers therefore do not
+    // mutually exclude one another; changing the key needs concurrency tests.
+    return await dependencies.serialiseFileOperation(`file-${prefixedFileName}`, operation);
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncPathPolicy.ts

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+import type { CustomRegExp } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncPathFilters = {
+    ignoreFilter: readonly CustomRegExp[];
+    targetFilter: readonly CustomRegExp[];
+};
+
+export function isHiddenFileSyncPath(path: string): boolean {
+    // Compatibility: this prefix check also excludes names such as `.trashcan`.
+    // Keep the broader exclusion until a separate path-policy decision changes it.
+    return path.startsWith(".") && !path.startsWith(".trash");
+}
+
+export function matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns(path: string, filters: HiddenFileSyncPathFilters): boolean {
+    if (filters.ignoreFilter.some((pattern) => pattern.test(path))) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (filters.targetFilter.length > 0) {
+        return filters.targetFilter.some((pattern) => pattern.test(path));
+    }
+    return true;
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncPathPolicy.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { CustomRegExp } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+import { isHiddenFileSyncPath, matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns } from "./hiddenFileSyncPathPolicy.ts";
+
+const pattern = (matches: (path: string) => boolean) => ({ test: vi.fn(matches) }) as unknown as CustomRegExp;
+
+describe("isHiddenFileSyncPath", () => {
+    it.each([
+        [".obsidian/app.json", true],
+        [".git/config", true],
+        [".trash/app.json", false],
+        [".trashcan/app.json", false],
+        ["notes/.hidden", false],
+    ])("classifies %s as a Hidden File Sync path=%s", (path, expected) => {
+        expect(isHiddenFileSyncPath(path)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns", () => {
+    it("allows every path when no filters are configured", () => {
+        expect(matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns(".obsidian/app.json", { ignoreFilter: [], targetFilter: [] })).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("uses target patterns as an allow-list", () => {
+        const targetFilter = [pattern((path) => path.endsWith(".json"))];
+
+        expect(matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns(".obsidian/app.json", { ignoreFilter: [], targetFilter })).toBe(true);
+        expect(matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns(".obsidian/theme.css", { ignoreFilter: [], targetFilter })).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("gives ignore patterns precedence over target patterns", () => {
+        const matchesEverything = pattern(() => true);
+
+        expect(
+            matchesHiddenFileSyncPatterns(".obsidian/app.json", {
+                ignoreFilter: [matchesEverything],
+                targetFilter: [matchesEverything],
+            })
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncProcessedState.ts

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+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { KeyValueDatabase } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/KeyValueDatabase";
+import type { LiveSyncLocalDB } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/pouchdb/LiveSyncLocalDB";
+import type { IPathService } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/base/IService";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import { addPrefix } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+
+import { ICHeader } from "@/common/types.ts";
+import { autosaveCache, type MapLike } from "@/common/utils.ts";
+import {
+    getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime,
+    toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey,
+    toHiddenFileSyncStorageStateKey,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+
+type HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDatabase = Pick<LiveSyncLocalDB, "getDBEntryMeta">;
+type HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateStorage = {
+    statHidden(path: FilePath): Promise<UXStat | null>;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDependencies = {
+    getKeyValueDatabase(): KeyValueDatabase;
+    getLocalDatabase(): HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDatabase;
+    storageAccess: HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateStorage;
+    path: Pick<IPathService, "markChangesAreSame" | "unmarkChanges">;
+    log: LogFunction;
+};
+
+export class HiddenFileSyncProcessedState {
+    private fileInfoLastProcessed: MapLike<string, string> = new Map();
+    private fileInfoLastKnown: MapLike<string, number> = new Map();
+    private databaseInfoLastProcessed: MapLike<string, string> = new Map();
+
+    constructor(private readonly dependencies: HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDependencies) {}
+
+    private log(message: unknown, level?: LOG_LEVEL, key?: string): void {
+        this.dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+    }
+
+    async initialise(): Promise<void> {
+        // Compatibility question: these reads intentionally remain
+        // sequential and in this order.
+        // Compatibility question: autosaveCache has no flush or disposal
+        // boundary, so a delayed write from an earlier database lifecycle can
+        // outlive this state owner. Preserve that timing until database
+        // replacement and unload behaviour have focused coverage.
+        this.fileInfoLastProcessed = await autosaveCache(
+            this.dependencies.getKeyValueDatabase(),
+            "hidden-file-lastProcessed"
+        );
+        this.databaseInfoLastProcessed = await autosaveCache(
+            this.dependencies.getKeyValueDatabase(),
+            "hidden-file-lastProcessed-database"
+        );
+        this.fileInfoLastKnown = await autosaveCache(this.dependencies.getKeyValueDatabase(), "hidden-file-lastKnown");
+    }
+
+    getLastProcessedFileCount(): number {
+        return this.fileInfoLastProcessed.size;
+    }
+
+    getLastProcessedFileKeys(): IterableIterator<string> {
+        return this.fileInfoLastProcessed.keys();
+    }
+
+    hasLastProcessedFile(file: FilePath): boolean {
+        return this.fileInfoLastProcessed.has(file);
+    }
+
+    hasLastProcessedDatabase(file: FilePath): boolean {
+        return this.databaseInfoLastProcessed.has(file);
+    }
+
+    async fileToStatKey(file: FilePath, stat: UXStat | null = null): Promise<string> {
+        // Compatibility question: `null` means 'stat not supplied' here
+        // rather than 'file missing', so a failed earlier stat causes another
+        // read. Keep that retry until its event-processing effect is
+        // characterised.
+        if (!stat) stat = await this.dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(file);
+        return this.storageStateKey(stat);
+    }
+
+    storageStateKey(stat: UXStat | null): string {
+        return toHiddenFileSyncStorageStateKey(stat);
+    }
+
+    databaseStateKey(doc: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry): string {
+        return toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(doc);
+    }
+
+    updateLastProcessedFile(file: FilePath, keySrc: string | UXStat): void {
+        const key = typeof keySrc == "string" ? keySrc : this.storageStateKey(keySrc);
+        const splitted = key.split("-");
+        if (splitted[0] != "0") {
+            // Compatibility: a zero storage marker does not replace the last
+            // known non-zero mtime. Deletion therefore retains that fallback.
+            this.fileInfoLastKnown.set(file, Number(splitted[0]));
+        }
+        this.fileInfoLastProcessed.set(file, key);
+    }
+
+    async updateLastProcessedAsActualFile(file: FilePath, stat?: UXStat | null): Promise<void> {
+        if (!stat) stat = await this.dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(file);
+        // Compatibility: adoption updates only the processed marker. It does
+        // not update the last-known non-zero mtime cache.
+        this.fileInfoLastProcessed.set(file, this.storageStateKey(stat));
+    }
+
+    resetLastProcessedFile(targetFiles: FilePath[] | false): void {
+        if (targetFiles) {
+            for (const key of targetFiles) {
+                this.fileInfoLastProcessed.delete(key);
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.log(`Delete all processed mark.`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            // THINKING: Should we...
+            // - delete all `Known file` processed mark? (This is current implementation)
+            // - delete all `Existing file` processed mark?
+            // - delete all files inside the config folder of current device mark?
+            this.fileInfoLastProcessed.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    getLastProcessedFileMTime(file: FilePath): number {
+        const key = this.fileInfoLastKnown.get(file);
+        if (!key) return 0;
+        return key;
+    }
+
+    getLastProcessedFileKey(file: FilePath): string | undefined {
+        return this.fileInfoLastProcessed.get(file);
+    }
+
+    getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(file: FilePath): string | undefined {
+        return this.databaseInfoLastProcessed.get(file);
+    }
+
+    updateLastProcessedDatabase(file: FilePath, keySrc: string | MetaEntry | LoadedEntry): void {
+        const key = typeof keySrc == "string" ? keySrc : this.databaseStateKey(keySrc);
+        this.databaseInfoLastProcessed.set(file, key);
+    }
+
+    updateLastProcessed(path: FilePath, db: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry, stat: UXStat): void {
+        this.updateLastProcessedDatabase(path, db);
+        this.updateLastProcessedFile(path, this.storageStateKey(stat));
+        const dbMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(db);
+        const storageMTime = getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(stat);
+        if (dbMTime == 0 || storageMTime == 0) {
+            this.dependencies.path.unmarkChanges(path);
+        } else {
+            this.dependencies.path.markChangesAreSame(
+                path,
+                getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(db),
+                getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(stat)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    updateLastProcessedDeletion(path: FilePath, db: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | false): void {
+        this.dependencies.path.unmarkChanges(path);
+        if (db) this.updateLastProcessedDatabase(path, db);
+        this.updateLastProcessedFile(path, this.storageStateKey(null));
+    }
+
+    async updateLastProcessedAsActualDatabase(
+        file: FilePath,
+        doc?: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | null | false
+    ): Promise<void> {
+        const dbPath = addPrefix(file, ICHeader);
+        if (!doc) doc = await this.dependencies.getLocalDatabase().getDBEntryMeta(dbPath);
+        if (!doc) return;
+        this.databaseInfoLastProcessed.set(file, this.databaseStateKey(doc));
+    }
+
+    resetLastProcessedDatabase(targetFiles: FilePath[] | false): void {
+        if (targetFiles) {
+            for (const key of targetFiles) {
+                this.databaseInfoLastProcessed.delete(key);
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.log(`Delete all processed mark.`, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+            // THINKING: Should we...
+            // - delete all `Known file` processed mark? (This is current implementation)
+            // - delete all `Existing file` processed mark?
+            // - delete all files inside the config folder of current device mark?
+            this.databaseInfoLastProcessed.clear();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export function createHiddenFileSyncProcessedState(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDependencies
+): HiddenFileSyncProcessedState {
+    return new HiddenFileSyncProcessedState(dependencies);
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncProcessedState.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type MetaEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { KeyValueDatabase } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/KeyValueDatabase";
+
+vi.mock("@/deps.ts", () => ({}));
+
+import {
+    createHiddenFileSyncProcessedState,
+    type HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDependencies,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncProcessedState.ts";
+import { toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey } from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
+
+function stat(mtime: number, size = 20): UXStat {
+    return { ctime: mtime, mtime, size, type: "file" };
+}
+
+function metadata(overrides: Partial<MetaEntry> = {}): MetaEntry {
+    return {
+        _id: "hidden-entry-id",
+        _rev: "2-current",
+        path: `i:${path}`,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        ctime: 10,
+        mtime: 20,
+        size: 20,
+        children: [],
+        eden: {},
+        deleted: false,
+        ...overrides,
+    } as unknown as MetaEntry;
+}
+
+function createState() {
+    const events: string[] = [];
+    const caches = new Map<string, Map<unknown, unknown>>([
+        ["hidden-file-lastProcessed", new Map([[path, "40-20"]])],
+        ["hidden-file-lastProcessed-database", new Map([[path, "20-20-2-current--1"]])],
+        ["hidden-file-lastKnown", new Map([[path, 40]])],
+    ]);
+    let activeReads = 0;
+    let maximumActiveReads = 0;
+    const keyValueDatabase = {
+        get: vi.fn(async (key: IDBValidKey) => {
+            events.push(`get:${String(key)}`);
+            activeReads++;
+            maximumActiveReads = Math.max(maximumActiveReads, activeReads);
+            await Promise.resolve();
+            activeReads--;
+            return caches.get(String(key));
+        }),
+        set: vi.fn(async () => "ok"),
+    } as unknown as KeyValueDatabase;
+    const getDBEntryMeta = vi.fn(async () => false as false | LoadedEntry);
+    const statHidden = vi.fn(async () => stat(41));
+    const markChangesAreSame = vi.fn(() => undefined);
+    const unmarkChanges = vi.fn();
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const dependencies: HiddenFileSyncProcessedStateDependencies = {
+        getKeyValueDatabase: () => keyValueDatabase,
+        getLocalDatabase: () => ({ getDBEntryMeta }),
+        storageAccess: { statHidden },
+        path: { markChangesAreSame, unmarkChanges },
+        log,
+    };
+    const state = createHiddenFileSyncProcessedState(dependencies);
+    return {
+        dependencies,
+        events,
+        getDBEntryMeta,
+        keyValueDatabase,
+        log,
+        markChangesAreSame,
+        maximumActiveReads: () => maximumActiveReads,
+        state,
+        statHidden,
+        unmarkChanges,
+    };
+}
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync processed state", () => {
+    it("loads the three autosave caches sequentially under their existing keys", async () => {
+        const fixture = createState();
+
+        await fixture.state.initialise();
+
+        expect(fixture.events).toEqual([
+            "get:hidden-file-lastProcessed",
+            "get:hidden-file-lastProcessed-database",
+            "get:hidden-file-lastKnown",
+        ]);
+        expect(fixture.maximumActiveReads()).toBe(1);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileCount()).toBe(1);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileKey(path)).toBe("40-20");
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBe("20-20-2-current--1");
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileMTime(path)).toBe(40);
+    });
+
+    it("re-reads a null storage stat and retains the last known mtime on deletion", async () => {
+        const fixture = createState();
+        await fixture.state.initialise();
+
+        fixture.statHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(stat(45, 3));
+        await expect(fixture.state.fileToStatKey(path, null)).resolves.toBe("45-3");
+        expect(fixture.statHidden).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+
+        fixture.state.updateLastProcessedFile(path, stat(45, 3));
+        fixture.state.updateLastProcessedDeletion(path, metadata({ mtime: 50, size: 0 }));
+
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileKey(path)).toBe("0-0");
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileMTime(path)).toBe(45);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBe(
+            toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(metadata({ mtime: 50, size: 0 }))
+        );
+        expect(fixture.unmarkChanges).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+    });
+
+    it("settles combined state before applying the matching-path marker", async () => {
+        const fixture = createState();
+        await fixture.state.initialise();
+        const document = metadata({ mtime: 60, size: 9 });
+        const storageStat = stat(61, 9);
+
+        fixture.state.updateLastProcessed(path, document, storageStat);
+
+        expect(fixture.markChangesAreSame).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, 60, 61);
+        expect(fixture.unmarkChanges).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBe(toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(document));
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileKey(path)).toBe("61-9");
+    });
+
+    it("resets each processed side without clearing last-known storage mtimes", async () => {
+        const fixture = createState();
+        await fixture.state.initialise();
+        fixture.state.updateLastProcessedFile(path, stat(70, 4));
+        fixture.state.updateLastProcessedDatabase(path, "database-key");
+
+        fixture.state.resetLastProcessedFile([path]);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileKey(path)).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBe("database-key");
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileMTime(path)).toBe(70);
+
+        fixture.state.resetLastProcessedDatabase([path]);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it("does not settle a database marker for a false or missing database document", async () => {
+        const fixture = createState();
+        await fixture.state.initialise();
+
+        await fixture.state.updateLastProcessedAsActualDatabase(path, false);
+        expect(fixture.getDBEntryMeta).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`i:${path}`);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBe("20-20-2-current--1");
+
+        fixture.getDBEntryMeta.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        await fixture.state.updateLastProcessedAsActualDatabase(path);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBe("20-20-2-current--1");
+    });
+
+    it("logs and clears both sides when a full reset is requested", async () => {
+        const fixture = createState();
+        await fixture.state.initialise();
+
+        fixture.state.resetLastProcessedFile(false);
+        fixture.state.resetLastProcessedDatabase(false);
+
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "Delete all processed mark.", LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+        expect(fixture.log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "Delete all processed mark.", LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileCount()).toBe(0);
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileKey(path)).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedDatabaseKey(path)).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(fixture.state.getLastProcessedFileMTime(path)).toBe(40);
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncState.ts

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+import type {
+    FilePathWithPrefix,
+    LoadedEntry,
+    MetaEntry,
+    UXFileInfo,
+    UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import { displayRev } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+import { stripAllPrefixes } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_binary/path";
+
+export function toHiddenFileSyncStorageStateKey(stat: UXStat | null): string {
+    return `${stat?.mtime ?? 0}-${stat?.size ?? 0}`;
+}
+
+export function toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(doc: LoadedEntry | MetaEntry): string {
+    // Compatibility: the deletion marker includes its own hyphen, producing `--0`
+    // or `--1` after the revision. Existing device-local state uses this format.
+    return `${doc.mtime}-${doc.size}-${doc._rev}-${doc._deleted || doc.deleted || false ? "-0" : "-1"}`;
+}
+
+export function getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(
+    source: MetaEntry | LoadedEntry | UXFileInfo | UXStat | false | null | undefined,
+    includeDeleted = false
+): number {
+    if (source === null || source === false || source === undefined) return 0;
+    if (!includeDeleted) {
+        if ("deleted" in source && source.deleted) return 0;
+        if ("_deleted" in source && source._deleted) return 0;
+    }
+    if ("stat" in source) return source.stat?.mtime ?? 0;
+    return source.mtime ?? 0;
+}
+
+export function describeHiddenFileSyncDocument(doc: LoadedEntry, prefixedPath: FilePathWithPrefix) {
+    const id = doc._id;
+    const path = stripAllPrefixes(prefixedPath);
+    const rev = doc._rev;
+    return {
+        id,
+        rev,
+        revDisplay: rev ? displayRev(rev) : "0-NOREVS",
+        prefixedPath,
+        path,
+        isDeleted: doc._deleted || doc.deleted || false,
+        shortenedId: id.substring(0, 10),
+        shortenedPath: path.substring(0, 10),
+    };
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncState.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { FilePathWithPrefix, LoadedEntry, UXStat } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import {
+    describeHiddenFileSyncDocument,
+    getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime,
+    toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey,
+    toHiddenFileSyncStorageStateKey,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncState.ts";
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync state keys", () => {
+    it("represents a missing storage file with zero values", () => {
+        expect(toHiddenFileSyncStorageStateKey(null)).toBe("0-0");
+    });
+
+    it("uses storage modification time and size", () => {
+        expect(toHiddenFileSyncStorageStateKey({ mtime: 123, size: 456 } as UXStat)).toBe("123-456");
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+        [false, "123-456-3-example--1"],
+        [true, "123-456-3-example--0"],
+    ])("includes database revision and deletion state=%s", (deleted, expected) => {
+        const doc = { mtime: 123, size: 456, _rev: "3-example", deleted } as LoadedEntry;
+
+        expect(toHiddenFileSyncDatabaseStateKey(doc)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime", () => {
+    const absentSources = [null, false, undefined] as const;
+
+    it.each(absentSources)("returns zero for an absent source=%s", (source) => {
+        expect(getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(source)).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it("reads a direct stat or a file-info stat", () => {
+        expect(getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime({ mtime: 123 } as UXStat)).toBe(123);
+        expect(getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime({ stat: { mtime: 456 } } as never)).toBe(456);
+    });
+
+    it("treats deleted entries as zero unless deletion time is requested", () => {
+        const deleted = { mtime: 123, deleted: true } as LoadedEntry;
+
+        expect(getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(deleted)).toBe(0);
+        expect(getHiddenFileSyncComparisonMTime(deleted, true)).toBe(123);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("describeHiddenFileSyncDocument", () => {
+    it("derives the unprefixed path and diagnostic revision fields", () => {
+        const doc = {
+            _id: "0123456789abcdef",
+            _rev: "3-example",
+            mtime: 123,
+            size: 456,
+            deleted: true,
+        } as LoadedEntry;
+
+        expect(describeHiddenFileSyncDocument(doc, "i:.obsidian/app.json" as FilePathWithPrefix)).toEqual({
+            id: "0123456789abcdef",
+            rev: "3-example",
+            revDisplay: "3-exampl",
+            prefixedPath: "i:.obsidian/app.json",
+            path: ".obsidian/app.json",
+            isDeleted: true,
+            shortenedId: "0123456789",
+            shortenedPath: ".obsidian/",
+        });
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncStorage.ts

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+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type LOG_LEVEL,
+    type UXDataWriteOptions,
+    type UXFileInfo,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { StorageAccess } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/interfaces/StorageAccess";
+import type { LogFunction } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/lib/logUtils";
+import {
+    createBlob,
+    isDocContentSame,
+    readContent,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/utils";
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncStorageAccess = Pick<
+    StorageAccess,
+    | "ensureDir"
+    | "isExistsIncludeHidden"
+    | "readHiddenFileAuto"
+    | "removeHidden"
+    | "statHidden"
+    | "triggerHiddenFile"
+    | "writeHiddenFileAuto"
+>;
+
+type HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<Method extends keyof HiddenFileSyncStorageAccess> = {
+    storageAccess: Pick<HiddenFileSyncStorageAccess, Method>;
+};
+
+type HiddenFileSyncLogDependency = {
+    log: LogFunction;
+};
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncStorageDependencies = HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<keyof HiddenFileSyncStorageAccess> &
+    HiddenFileSyncLogDependency;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult = "OK" | "ALREADY" | false;
+
+function log(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncLogDependency,
+    message: unknown,
+    level?: LOG_LEVEL,
+    key?: string
+): void {
+    dependencies.log(message, level, key);
+}
+
+export async function readHiddenFileWithInfo(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"readHiddenFileAuto" | "statHidden">,
+    path: FilePath
+): Promise<UXFileInfo> {
+    const stat = await dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(path);
+    if (!stat) {
+        return {
+            name: path.split("/").pop() ?? "",
+            path,
+            stat: {
+                size: 0,
+                mtime: 0,
+                ctime: 0,
+                type: "file",
+            },
+            isInternal: true,
+            deleted: true,
+            body: createBlob(new Uint8Array(0)),
+        };
+    }
+    const content = await dependencies.storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto(path);
+    return {
+        name: path.split("/").pop() ?? "",
+        path,
+        stat,
+        isInternal: true,
+        deleted: false,
+        body: createBlob(content),
+    };
+}
+
+export async function ensureHiddenFileDirectory(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"ensureDir" | "isExistsIncludeHidden">,
+    path: FilePath
+): Promise<void> {
+    if (!(await dependencies.storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden(path))) {
+        // StorageAccess expects the complete target path and ensures its parent.
+        await dependencies.storageAccess.ensureDir(path);
+    }
+}
+
+export async function writeHiddenFile(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"statHidden" | "writeHiddenFileAuto">,
+    path: FilePath,
+    data: string | ArrayBuffer,
+    options?: UXDataWriteOptions
+): Promise<UXStat | null> {
+    // Compatibility: the writer's Boolean result is ignored. The post-write stat
+    // has historically decided whether the operation produced a usable file.
+    await dependencies.storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto(path, data, options);
+    return await dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(path);
+}
+
+export async function removeHiddenFile(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"isExistsIncludeHidden" | "removeHidden"> &
+        HiddenFileSyncLogDependency,
+    path: FilePath
+): Promise<HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult> {
+    try {
+        if (!(await dependencies.storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden(path))) {
+            return "ALREADY";
+        }
+        if (await dependencies.storageAccess.removeHidden(path)) {
+            return "OK";
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        log(dependencies, `Failed to remove file:${path}`);
+        log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+export async function triggerHiddenFileEvent(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"triggerHiddenFile"> & HiddenFileSyncLogDependency,
+    path: FilePath
+): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+        await dependencies.storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile(path);
+    } catch (error) {
+        log(dependencies, "Failed to call internal API(reconcileInternalFile)", LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+    }
+}
+
+export async function isHiddenFileWriteRequired(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"readHiddenFileAuto"> & HiddenFileSyncLogDependency,
+    path: FilePath,
+    content: string | ArrayBuffer
+): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+        const storageContent = await dependencies.storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto(path);
+        return !(await isDocContentSame(storageContent, content));
+    } catch (error) {
+        log(dependencies, `Cannot check the content of ${path}`);
+        log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        // Compatibility: an unreadable current file is treated as requiring a
+        // write. Changing this policy needs a separate recovery decision.
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+export async function writeHiddenFileFromDatabase(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<
+        "ensureDir" | "isExistsIncludeHidden" | "readHiddenFileAuto" | "statHidden" | "writeHiddenFileAuto"
+    > &
+        HiddenFileSyncLogDependency,
+    path: FilePath,
+    fileOnDatabase: LoadedEntry,
+    force: boolean
+): Promise<false | UXStat> {
+    try {
+        const statBefore = await dependencies.storageAccess.statHidden(path);
+        const isExisting = statBefore != null;
+        const content = readContent(fileOnDatabase);
+        await ensureHiddenFileDirectory(dependencies, path);
+        const writeRequired =
+            force || !isExisting || (isExisting && (await isHiddenFileWriteRequired(dependencies, path, content)));
+
+        if (!writeRequired) {
+            log(dependencies, `STORAGE <-- DB: ${path}: skipped (hidden) Not changed`, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+            return statBefore;
+        }
+
+        const statAfter = await writeHiddenFile(dependencies, path, content, {
+            mtime: fileOnDatabase.mtime,
+            ctime: fileOnDatabase.ctime,
+        });
+        if (statAfter == null) {
+            log(dependencies, `STORAGE <-- DB: ${path}: written (hidden,new${force ? ", force" : ""}) Failed (writeResult)`);
+            return false;
+        }
+        log(dependencies, `STORAGE <-- DB: ${path}: written (hidden, overwrite${force ? ", force" : ""})`);
+        // Compatibility question: ordinary database reflection does not trigger
+        // a raw storage event here; deletion and manual JSON merging do. Preserve
+        // this until the event-loop consequences of changing it are characterised.
+        return statAfter;
+    } catch (error) {
+        log(dependencies, `STORAGE <-- DB: ${path}: written (hidden, overwrite${force ? ", force" : ""}) Failed`);
+        log(dependencies, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE);
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+export async function deleteHiddenFileFromStorage(
+    dependencies: HiddenFileSyncStorageMethods<"isExistsIncludeHidden" | "removeHidden" | "triggerHiddenFile"> &
+        HiddenFileSyncLogDependency,
+    path: FilePath
+): Promise<HiddenFileSyncRemovalResult> {
+    const result = await removeHiddenFile(dependencies, path);
+    if (result === false) {
+        log(dependencies, `STORAGE <x- DB: ${path}: deleting (hidden) Failed`);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (result === "OK") {
+        await triggerHiddenFileEvent(dependencies, path);
+    }
+    log(dependencies, `STORAGE <x- DB: ${path}: deleting (hidden) ${result == "OK" ? "Done" : "Already not found"}`);
+    return result;
+}

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncStorage.unit.spec.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+    LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+    type FilePath,
+    type LoadedEntry,
+    type UXStat,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import {
+    deleteHiddenFileFromStorage,
+    ensureHiddenFileDirectory,
+    isHiddenFileWriteRequired,
+    readHiddenFileWithInfo,
+    removeHiddenFile,
+    triggerHiddenFileEvent,
+    writeHiddenFile,
+    writeHiddenFileFromDatabase,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncStorage.ts";
+
+const path = ".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json" as FilePath;
+const stat = { ctime: 10, mtime: 20, size: 4, type: "file" } as UXStat;
+
+function createStorageDependencies() {
+    const storageAccess = {
+        ensureDir: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        isExistsIncludeHidden: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        readHiddenFileAuto: vi.fn(async () => "data" as string | ArrayBuffer),
+        removeHidden: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        statHidden: vi.fn(async () => stat as UXStat | null),
+        triggerHiddenFile: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+        writeHiddenFileAuto: vi.fn(async () => true),
+    };
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    return { dependencies: { storageAccess, log }, log, storageAccess };
+}
+
+function databaseEntry(content: string, mtime = 30, ctime = 15): LoadedEntry {
+    return {
+        path,
+        type: "plain",
+        datatype: "plain",
+        data: content,
+        mtime,
+        ctime,
+    } as LoadedEntry;
+}
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync storage operations", () => {
+    it("represents a missing hidden file as a deleted empty file", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.statHidden.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+        const result = await readHiddenFileWithInfo(dependencies, path);
+
+        expect(result).toMatchObject({
+            name: "data.json",
+            path,
+            isInternal: true,
+            deleted: true,
+            stat: { ctime: 0, mtime: 0, size: 0, type: "file" },
+        });
+        expect(await result.body.text()).toBe("");
+        expect(storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("loads an existing hidden file with its storage stat", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto.mockResolvedValue("data");
+
+        const result = await readHiddenFileWithInfo(dependencies, path);
+
+        expect(result).toMatchObject({ name: "data.json", path, isInternal: true, deleted: false, stat });
+        expect(await result.body.text()).toBe("data");
+    });
+
+    it("ensures a directory only when the target does not exist", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+
+        await ensureHiddenFileDirectory(dependencies, path);
+        expect(storageAccess.ensureDir).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockResolvedValue(false);
+        await ensureHiddenFileDirectory(dependencies, path);
+        expect(storageAccess.ensureDir).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(storageAccess.ensureDir).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+    });
+
+    it("writes a hidden file and returns the resulting stat", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+
+        await expect(writeHiddenFile(dependencies, path, "data", { mtime: 30, ctime: 15 })).resolves.toBe(stat);
+        expect(storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, "data", { mtime: 30, ctime: 15 });
+        expect(storageAccess.statHidden).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+    });
+
+    it("uses the post-write stat even when the storage writer reports false", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(writeHiddenFile(dependencies, path, "data")).resolves.toBe(stat);
+        expect(storageAccess.statHidden).toHaveBeenCalledAfter(storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto);
+    });
+
+    it("distinguishes an absent, removed, and unremovable file", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        await expect(removeHiddenFile(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe("ALREADY");
+        expect(storageAccess.removeHidden).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(true);
+        storageAccess.removeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(true);
+        await expect(removeHiddenFile(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe("OK");
+
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(true);
+        storageAccess.removeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        await expect(removeHiddenFile(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("turns a removal error into a logged false result", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, log, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("remove failed");
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(removeHiddenFile(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `Failed to remove file:${path}`, undefined, undefined);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it("treats a content-read failure as requiring a write", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, log, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("read failed");
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(isHiddenFileWriteRequired(dependencies, path, "data")).resolves.toBe(true);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `Cannot check the content of ${path}`, undefined, undefined);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it("compares binary content without involving the context", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto.mockResolvedValue(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]).buffer);
+
+        await expect(
+            isHiddenFileWriteRequired(dependencies, path, new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]).buffer)
+        ).resolves.toBe(false);
+        await expect(
+            isHiddenFileWriteRequired(dependencies, path, new Uint8Array([1, 2, 4]).buffer)
+        ).resolves.toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("skips an unchanged database file and preserves its current stat", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto.mockResolvedValue("data");
+
+        await expect(writeHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, path, databaseEntry("data"), false)).resolves.toBe(
+            stat
+        );
+        expect(storageAccess.ensureDir).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("writes changed database content with its original timestamps", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto.mockResolvedValue("old");
+
+        await expect(writeHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, path, databaseEntry("new"), false)).resolves.toBe(
+            stat
+        );
+        expect(storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, "new", { mtime: 30, ctime: 15 });
+        expect(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("forces a write without reading existing content", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+
+        await expect(writeHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, path, databaseEntry("data"), true)).resolves.toBe(stat);
+        expect(storageAccess.readHiddenFileAuto).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when a completed write has no resulting stat", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.statHidden.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+        await expect(writeHiddenFileFromDatabase(dependencies, path, databaseEntry("data"), false)).resolves.toBe(
+            false
+        );
+        expect(storageAccess.writeHiddenFileAuto).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it("triggers a storage event only after an actual deletion", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, log, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromStorage(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe("ALREADY");
+        expect(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        log.mockClear();
+
+        storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(true);
+        storageAccess.removeHidden.mockResolvedValueOnce(true);
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromStorage(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe("OK");
+        expect(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path);
+        expect(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile).toHaveBeenCalledAfter(storageAccess.removeHidden);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledAfter(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile);
+    });
+
+    it("does not trigger a storage event after a failed deletion", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        storageAccess.removeHidden.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await expect(deleteHiddenFileFromStorage(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBe(false);
+        expect(storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("swallows and logs storage-event failures", async () => {
+        const { dependencies, log, storageAccess } = createStorageDependencies();
+        const error = new Error("event failed");
+        storageAccess.triggerHiddenFile.mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+        await expect(triggerHiddenFileEvent(dependencies, path)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+            1,
+            "Failed to call internal API(reconcileInternalFile)",
+            LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
+            undefined
+        );
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, error, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, undefined);
+    });
+});

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncViews.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import type { InternalFileInfo } from "@/common/types.ts";
-import type { FilePath } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type {
+    FilePath,
+    FilePathWithPrefix,
+    LoadedEntry,
+    UXFileInfo,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+import type { OptionalSyncFeatureMode } from "@/features/optionalSyncFeatures.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncConflictTestingView } from "./hiddenFileSyncConflictResolution.ts";
 
 export type HiddenFileSyncInitialisationDirection = "push" | "pull" | "safe" | "pullForce" | "pushForce";
 
@@ -12,6 +19,91 @@ export interface HiddenFileSyncInitialisationView {
     ): Promise<void>;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Semantic callbacks consumed by the Commonlib service registries.
+ *
+ * The context owns the implementations, while the optional-file composition
+ * adapts this view to Commonlib's aggregation contracts. Callers do not bind
+ * the context or depend on registry-oriented method names.
+ */
+export interface HiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView {
+    readonly processOptionalFileEvent: (path: FilePath) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly processOptionalSyncFiles: (doc: LoadedEntry) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onSettingLoaded: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly realiseSettingSyncMode: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onResuming: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly beforeReplicate: (showNotice: boolean) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly onDatabaseInitialised: (showNotice: boolean) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly suspendExtraSync: () => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly configureOptionalSyncFeature: (mode: OptionalSyncFeatureMode) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly isTargetFileEligible: (path: FilePath) => Promise<boolean>;
+    readonly queueConflict: (path: FilePathWithPrefix) => Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
+export function createHiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView(
+    operations: HiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView
+): HiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView {
+    const view: HiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView = {
+        processOptionalFileEvent: async (path) => await operations.processOptionalFileEvent(path),
+        processOptionalSyncFiles: async (doc) => await operations.processOptionalSyncFiles(doc),
+        onSettingLoaded: async () => await operations.onSettingLoaded(),
+        realiseSettingSyncMode: async () => await operations.realiseSettingSyncMode(),
+        onResuming: async () => await operations.onResuming(),
+        beforeReplicate: async (showNotice) => await operations.beforeReplicate(showNotice),
+        onDatabaseInitialised: async (showNotice) => await operations.onDatabaseInitialised(showNotice),
+        suspendExtraSync: async () => await operations.suspendExtraSync(),
+        configureOptionalSyncFeature: async (mode) => await operations.configureOptionalSyncFeature(mode),
+        isTargetFileEligible: async (path) => await operations.isTargetFileEligible(path),
+        queueConflict: async (path) => await operations.queueConflict(path),
+    };
+    return Object.freeze(view);
+}
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncTestingRebuild = (
+    showNotice: boolean,
+    targetFiles?: FilePath[] | false
+) => Promise<FilePath[]>;
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncTestingRebuildInterceptor = (
+    runRebuild: HiddenFileSyncTestingRebuild,
+    showNotice: boolean,
+    targetFiles?: FilePath[] | false
+) => Promise<FilePath[]>;
+
+/** Operations exposed to the real-Obsidian contract tests. */
+export interface HiddenFileSyncTestingView extends HiddenFileSyncCommandView {
+    readonly conflictResolution: HiddenFileSyncConflictTestingView;
+    readFileWithInfo(path: FilePath): Promise<UXFileInfo>;
+    showConfigurationChangeNotice(updatedFolders: readonly string[]): void;
+    interceptRebuildMerging(interceptor: HiddenFileSyncTestingRebuildInterceptor): () => void;
+}
+
+export type HiddenFileSyncTestingViewOperations = HiddenFileSyncTestingView;
+
+/**
+ * Build the frozen testing seam. Tests can observe behaviour and install a
+ * scoped timing interceptor, but cannot access mutable context state.
+ */
+export function createHiddenFileSyncTestingView(
+    operations: HiddenFileSyncTestingViewOperations
+): HiddenFileSyncTestingView {
+    const view: HiddenFileSyncTestingView = {
+        isManualCommandAvailable: () => operations.isManualCommandAvailable(),
+        scanAllStorageChanges: async (showNotice) => await operations.scanAllStorageChanges(showNotice),
+        scanAllDatabaseChanges: async (showNotice) => await operations.scanAllDatabaseChanges(showNotice),
+        applyOfflineChanges: async (showNotice) => await operations.applyOfflineChanges(showNotice),
+        updateSettingCache: () => operations.updateSettingCache(),
+        initialiseInternalFileSync: async (direction, showMessage, targetFiles) =>
+            await operations.initialiseInternalFileSync(direction, showMessage, targetFiles),
+        conflictResolution: operations.conflictResolution,
+        readFileWithInfo: async (path) => await operations.readFileWithInfo(path),
+        showConfigurationChangeNotice: (updatedFolders) =>
+            operations.showConfigurationChangeNotice(updatedFolders),
+        interceptRebuildMerging: (interceptor) => operations.interceptRebuildMerging(interceptor),
+    };
+    return Object.freeze(view);
+}
+
 /** Exact-revision operations needed by the Hatch repair pane. */
 export interface HiddenFileSyncRepairView {
     scanInternalFiles(): Promise<InternalFileInfo[]>;
@@ -28,6 +120,19 @@ export interface HiddenFileSyncRepairView {
     ): Promise<boolean>;
 }
 
+export function createHiddenFileSyncRepairView(operations: HiddenFileSyncRepairView): HiddenFileSyncRepairView {
+    const view: HiddenFileSyncRepairView = {
+        scanInternalFiles: async () => await operations.scanInternalFiles(),
+        storeInternalFileToDatabase: async (file, forceWrite) =>
+            await operations.storeInternalFileToDatabase(file, forceWrite),
+        storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision: async (file, baseRevision, createIfDifferent) =>
+            await operations.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, baseRevision, createIfDifferent),
+        extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase: async (storageFilePath, revision, force) =>
+            await operations.extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase(storageFilePath, revision, force),
+    };
+    return Object.freeze(view);
+}
+
 /** Operations consumed by the host-owned Hidden File Sync commands. */
 export interface HiddenFileSyncCommandView extends HiddenFileSyncInitialisationView {
     isManualCommandAvailable(): boolean;

src/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncViews.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { FilePath } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+import {
+    createHiddenFileSyncRepairView,
+    createHiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView,
+    createHiddenFileSyncTestingView,
+    type HiddenFileSyncRepairView,
+    type HiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView,
+    type HiddenFileSyncTestingViewOperations,
+} from "./hiddenFileSyncViews.ts";
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync repair view", () => {
+    it("exposes only frozen repair operations and preserves their receiver", async () => {
+        const path = ".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath;
+        const file = { path, ctime: 1, mtime: 2, size: 3 };
+        const source = {
+            marker: "source",
+            scanInternalFiles: vi.fn(async function (this: { marker: string }) {
+                expect(this.marker).toBe("source");
+                return [file];
+            }),
+            storeInternalFileToDatabase: vi.fn(async function (this: { marker: string }) {
+                expect(this.marker).toBe("source");
+                return true;
+            }),
+            storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision: vi.fn(async function (this: { marker: string }) {
+                expect(this.marker).toBe("source");
+                return true;
+            }),
+            extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase: vi.fn(async function (this: { marker: string }) {
+                expect(this.marker).toBe("source");
+                return true;
+            }),
+        } as unknown as HiddenFileSyncRepairView;
+
+        const view = createHiddenFileSyncRepairView(source);
+
+        expect(view).not.toBe(source);
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(view)).toBe(true);
+        expect(Object.keys(view).sort()).toEqual(
+            [
+                "extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase",
+                "scanInternalFiles",
+                "storeInternalFileToDatabase",
+                "storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision",
+            ].sort()
+        );
+        await expect(view.scanInternalFiles()).resolves.toEqual([file]);
+        await expect(view.storeInternalFileToDatabase(file)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(view.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, "2-selected", false)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(view.extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase(path, "2-selected", true)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        expect(source.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file, "2-selected", false);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync service-handler view", () => {
+    it("forwards semantic callbacks through a frozen view", async () => {
+        const operations = {
+            processOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            processOptionalSyncFiles: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            onSettingLoaded: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            realiseSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            onResuming: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            beforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            onDatabaseInitialised: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            suspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            configureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            isTargetFileEligible: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            queueConflict: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        } satisfies HiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView;
+
+        const view = createHiddenFileSyncServiceHandlerView(operations);
+
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(view)).toBe(true);
+        await view.processOptionalFileEvent(".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath);
+        await view.processOptionalSyncFiles({} as never);
+        await view.onSettingLoaded();
+        await view.realiseSettingSyncMode();
+        await view.onResuming();
+        await view.beforeReplicate(true);
+        await view.onDatabaseInitialised(false);
+        await view.suspendExtraSync();
+        await view.configureOptionalSyncFeature("MERGE");
+        await view.isTargetFileEligible(".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath);
+        await view.queueConflict("i:.obsidian/app.json" as never);
+
+        expect(operations.processOptionalFileEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(".obsidian/app.json");
+        expect(operations.beforeReplicate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+        expect(operations.onDatabaseInitialised).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+        expect(operations.configureOptionalSyncFeature).toHaveBeenCalledWith("MERGE");
+        expect(operations.queueConflict).toHaveBeenCalledWith("i:.obsidian/app.json");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("Hidden File Sync testing view", () => {
+    it("keeps test operations focused while retaining a frozen E2E surface", async () => {
+        const conflictResolution = {
+            resolveAll: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+            resolveJson: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            pendingPaths: [],
+            processor: { remaining: 0, totalRemaining: 0, nowProcessing: 0 },
+        };
+        const restoreRebuild = vi.fn();
+        const operations = {
+            isManualCommandAvailable: vi.fn(() => true),
+            scanAllStorageChanges: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+            scanAllDatabaseChanges: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+            applyOfflineChanges: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+            updateSettingCache: vi.fn(),
+            initialiseInternalFileSync: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+            conflictResolution,
+            readFileWithInfo: vi.fn(async () => ({}) as never),
+            showConfigurationChangeNotice: vi.fn(),
+            interceptRebuildMerging: vi.fn(() => restoreRebuild),
+        } satisfies HiddenFileSyncTestingViewOperations;
+
+        const view = createHiddenFileSyncTestingView(operations);
+
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(view)).toBe(true);
+        await view.scanAllStorageChanges(true);
+        await view.readFileWithInfo(".obsidian/app.json" as FilePath);
+        view.showConfigurationChangeNotice([".obsidian"]);
+        expect(operations.scanAllStorageChanges).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+        expect(operations.readFileWithInfo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(".obsidian/app.json");
+        expect(operations.showConfigurationChangeNotice).toHaveBeenCalledWith([".obsidian"]);
+
+        const interceptor = vi.fn(async () => [] as FilePath[]);
+        expect(view.interceptRebuildMerging(interceptor)).toBe(restoreRebuild);
+        expect(operations.interceptRebuildMerging).toHaveBeenCalledWith(interceptor);
+    });
+});

src/features/optionalFileSyncFileTree.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+export type OptionalFileSyncDirectoryListing = {
+    files: readonly string[];
+    folders: readonly string[];
+};
+
+export type OptionalFileSyncFileTreeDependencies = {
+    listFiles(path: string): Promise<OptionalFileSyncDirectoryListing>;
+};
+
+export type OptionalFileSyncFileTreeOptions = {
+    maxDepth?: number;
+    shouldInclude?(path: string): boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+    onError?(path: string, error: unknown): void;
+};
+
+export async function collectOptionalFileSyncFiles(
+    dependencies: OptionalFileSyncFileTreeDependencies,
+    path: string,
+    options: OptionalFileSyncFileTreeOptions = {}
+): Promise<string[]> {
+    if (options.maxDepth !== undefined && options.maxDepth < 0) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    let listing: OptionalFileSyncDirectoryListing;
+    try {
+        listing = await dependencies.listFiles(path);
+    } catch (error) {
+        options.onError?.(path, error);
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    const files: string[] = [];
+    for (const file of listing.files) {
+        if ((await options.shouldInclude?.(file)) ?? true) {
+            files.push(file);
+        }
+    }
+    for (const folder of listing.folders) {
+        if (!((await options.shouldInclude?.(folder)) ?? true)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        files.push(
+            ...(await collectOptionalFileSyncFiles(dependencies, folder, {
+                ...options,
+                maxDepth: options.maxDepth === undefined ? undefined : options.maxDepth - 1,
+            }))
+        );
+    }
+    return files;
+}

src/features/optionalFileSyncFileTree.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { collectOptionalFileSyncFiles } from "./optionalFileSyncFileTree.ts";
+
+describe("collectOptionalFileSyncFiles", () => {
+    it("collects files to the requested directory depth", async () => {
+        const listings = new Map([
+            ["root", { files: ["root/file"], folders: ["root/one"] }],
+            ["root/one", { files: ["root/one/file"], folders: ["root/one/two"] }],
+            ["root/one/two", { files: ["root/one/two/file"], folders: ["root/one/two/three"] }],
+            ["root/one/two/three", { files: ["root/one/two/three/file"], folders: [] }],
+        ]);
+        const listFiles = vi.fn(async (path: string) => listings.get(path) ?? { files: [], folders: [] });
+
+        await expect(collectOptionalFileSyncFiles({ listFiles }, "root", { maxDepth: 2 })).resolves.toEqual([
+            "root/file",
+            "root/one/file",
+            "root/one/two/file",
+        ]);
+        expect(listFiles).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("root/one/two/three");
+    });
+
+    it("uses the same asynchronous filter for files and directory traversal", async () => {
+        const listFiles = vi.fn(async (path: string) =>
+            path == "root"
+                ? { files: ["root/include", "root/skip"], folders: ["root/allowed", "root/blocked"] }
+                : { files: [`${path}/include`], folders: [] }
+        );
+        const shouldInclude = vi.fn(async (path: string) => !path.includes("skip") && !path.includes("blocked"));
+
+        await expect(collectOptionalFileSyncFiles({ listFiles }, "root", { shouldInclude })).resolves.toEqual([
+            "root/include",
+            "root/allowed/include",
+        ]);
+        expect(listFiles).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("root/blocked");
+    });
+
+    it("reports an unreadable directory and keeps the successful part of the traversal", async () => {
+        const failure = new Error("unreadable");
+        const listFiles = vi.fn(async (path: string) => {
+            if (path == "root/failing") throw failure;
+            return { files: ["root/file"], folders: ["root/failing"] };
+        });
+        const onError = vi.fn();
+
+        await expect(collectOptionalFileSyncFiles({ listFiles }, "root", { onError })).resolves.toEqual(["root/file"]);
+        expect(onError).toHaveBeenCalledWith("root/failing", failure);
+    });
+});

src/serviceFeatures/hiddenFileSyncObsidianAdapter.ts

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import { getObsidianCommunityPluginManager } from "@/common/obsidianCommunityPlu
 import { JsonResolveModal } from "@/features/HiddenFileCommon/JsonResolveModal.ts";
 import type {
     HiddenFileSyncContextDependencies,
-    HiddenFileSyncJsonResolution,
     HiddenFileSyncProgress,
 } from "@/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncContext.ts";
+import type { HiddenFileSyncJsonResolution } from "@/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncConflictResolution.ts";
 import { MARK_DONE } from "@/modules/features/ModuleLog.ts";
 import type { LiveSyncCore } from "@/main.ts";
 

src/serviceFeatures/optionalFileSyncBoundary.unit.spec.ts

@@ -18,8 +18,14 @@ describe("Optional File Sync ownership boundary", () => {
         expect(mainSource).not.toContain("optionalFileSync.testing");
         expect(featureSource).toContain("new CustomisationSyncContext");
         expect(featureSource).toContain("new HiddenFileSyncContext");
+        expect(featureSource).toContain("customisationSync.serviceHandlers");
+        expect(featureSource).toContain("hiddenFileSync.serviceHandlers");
+        expect(featureSource).toContain("customisationSync.testing");
+        expect(featureSource).toContain("hiddenFileSync.testing");
         expect(customisationSource).not.toContain("onBindFunction(");
         expect(hiddenSource).not.toContain("onBindFunction(");
+        expect(customisationSource).not.toMatch(/\b_(?:any|every|all)[A-Z]/);
+        expect(hiddenSource).not.toMatch(/\b_(?:any|every|all)[A-Z]/);
         expect(customisationSource).not.toContain("LiveSyncCommands");
         expect(hiddenSource).not.toContain("LiveSyncCommands");
         expect(customisationSource).not.toContain("extends LiveSyncContext");

src/serviceFeatures/optionalFileSyncRouting.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     type CustomisationSyncFileCategory,
     type CustomisationSyncPathOptions,
 } from "@/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncPaths.ts";
+import { isHiddenFileSyncPath } from "@/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncPathPolicy.ts";
 
 export type OptionalFileSyncOwner = "customisation" | "hidden-file" | "none";
 
@@ -58,10 +59,6 @@ export type CustomisationSyncDocumentOwnershipInput = {
     pluginSyncExtendedSetting: Readonly<Record<string, PluginSyncSettingEntry>>;
 };
 
-function isHiddenFileSyncPath(path: string): boolean {
-    return path.startsWith(".") && !path.startsWith(".trash");
-}
-
 /** Select the sole local writer from persisted feature settings. */
 export function selectOptionalFileSyncOwner(
     input: OptionalFileSyncOwnerSelectionInput

src/serviceFeatures/useOptionalFileSync.ts

@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ import {
     CustomisationSyncContext,
     type CustomisationSyncContextDependencies,
 } from "@/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncContext.ts";
-import type { CustomisationSyncDialogView } from "@/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncView.ts";
+import type {
+    CustomisationSyncDialogView,
+    CustomisationSyncTestingView,
+} from "@/features/ConfigSync/customisationSyncView.ts";
 import { HiddenFileSyncContext } from "@/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncContext.ts";
 import type {
     HiddenFileSyncCommandView,
     HiddenFileSyncInitialisationView,
     HiddenFileSyncRepairView,
+    HiddenFileSyncTestingView,
 } from "@/features/HiddenFileSync/hiddenFileSyncViews.ts";
 import type { LiveSyncCore } from "@/main.ts";
 import {
@@ -38,10 +42,10 @@ export interface OptionalFileSyncFeature {
     readonly hiddenFileSyncCommands: HiddenFileSyncCommandView;
     readonly hiddenFileSyncInitialisation: HiddenFileSyncInitialisationView;
     readonly hiddenFileSyncRepair: HiddenFileSyncRepairView;
-    /** @internal Direct runtime access for the repository's real-Obsidian contract tests. */
+    /** @internal Focused operations for the repository's real-Obsidian contract tests. */
     readonly testing: {
-        readonly customisationSync: CustomisationSyncContext;
-        readonly hiddenFileSync: HiddenFileSyncContext;
+        readonly customisationSync: CustomisationSyncTestingView;
+        readonly hiddenFileSync: HiddenFileSyncTestingView;
     };
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +100,9 @@ export function useOptionalFileSync(
     const hiddenFileSync = createHiddenFileSync({
         ownsLocalFile: ownsLocalFile("hidden-file"),
     });
+    const customisationHandlers = customisationSync.serviceHandlers;
+    const hiddenFileHandlers = hiddenFileSync.serviceHandlers;
+    const hiddenFileSyncRepair = hiddenFileSync.repair;
     const { services } = host;
     const disposers: (() => void)[] = [];
 
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ export function useOptionalFileSync(
     const routeLocalPath = async (path: FilePath) => {
         const selected = selectOptionalFileSyncOwner(ownerSelectionInput(path));
         const hiddenFileEligible =
-            selected.owner == "hidden-file" ? await hiddenFileSync.isTargetFileEligible(path) : false;
+            selected.owner == "hidden-file" ? await hiddenFileHandlers.isTargetFileEligible(path) : false;
         const ready = services.appLifecycle.isReady() && !services.appLifecycle.isSuspended();
         return routeOptionalFileSyncPath({
             ...ownerSelectionInput(path),
@@ -123,86 +130,44 @@ export function useOptionalFileSync(
             const localPath = normaliseLocalPath(path);
             const decision = await routeLocalPath(localPath);
             if (decision.owner == "customisation") {
-                return await customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(localPath);
+                return await customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(localPath);
             }
             if (decision.owner == "hidden-file") {
-                return await hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent(localPath);
+                return await hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent(localPath);
             }
             return false;
         })
     );
     register(
-        services.conflict.getOptionalConflictCheckMethod.addHandler(async (path: FilePathWithPrefix) => {
+        services.conflict.getOptionalConflictCheckMethod.addHandler((path: FilePathWithPrefix) => {
             if (isPluginMetadata(path) || isCustomisationSyncMetadata(path)) {
-                return await customisationSync._anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod(path);
+                return Promise.resolve("newer");
             }
             if (isInternalMetadata(path)) {
-                return await hiddenFileSync._anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod(path);
+                return hiddenFileHandlers.queueConflict(path);
             }
-            return false;
+            return Promise.resolve(false);
         })
     );
 
+    register(services.replication.processVirtualDocument.addHandler(customisationHandlers.processVirtualDocument));
     register(
-        services.replication.processVirtualDocument.addHandler(
-            customisationSync._anyModuleParsedReplicationResultItem.bind(customisationSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.replication.processOptionalSynchroniseResult.addHandler(
-            hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalSyncFiles.bind(hiddenFileSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.appLifecycle.onSettingLoaded.addHandler(
-            hiddenFileSync._everyOnloadAfterLoadSettings.bind(hiddenFileSync)
-        )
+        services.replication.processOptionalSynchroniseResult.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalSyncFiles)
     );
+    register(services.appLifecycle.onSettingLoaded.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.onSettingLoaded));
 
-    register(
-        services.setting.onRealiseSetting.addHandler(
-            customisationSync._everyRealizeSettingSyncMode.bind(customisationSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.setting.onRealiseSetting.addHandler(hiddenFileSync._everyRealizeSettingSyncMode.bind(hiddenFileSync))
-    );
-    register(
-        services.appLifecycle.onResuming.addHandler(customisationSync._everyOnResumeProcess.bind(customisationSync))
-    );
-    register(services.appLifecycle.onResuming.addHandler(hiddenFileSync._everyOnResumeProcess.bind(hiddenFileSync)));
-    register(
-        services.replication.onBeforeReplicate.addHandler(
-            customisationSync._everyBeforeReplicate.bind(customisationSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.replication.onBeforeReplicate.addHandler(hiddenFileSync._everyBeforeReplicate.bind(hiddenFileSync))
-    );
-    register(
-        services.databaseEvents.onDatabaseInitialised.addHandler(
-            customisationSync._everyOnDatabaseInitialized.bind(customisationSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.databaseEvents.onDatabaseInitialised.addHandler(
-            hiddenFileSync._everyOnDatabaseInitialized.bind(hiddenFileSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.setting.suspendExtraSync.addHandler(customisationSync._allSuspendExtraSync.bind(customisationSync))
-    );
-    register(services.setting.suspendExtraSync.addHandler(hiddenFileSync._allSuspendExtraSync.bind(hiddenFileSync)));
-    register(
-        services.setting.enableOptionalFeature.addHandler(
-            customisationSync._allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature.bind(customisationSync)
-        )
-    );
-    register(
-        services.setting.enableOptionalFeature.addHandler(
-            hiddenFileSync._allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature.bind(hiddenFileSync)
-        )
-    );
+    register(services.setting.onRealiseSetting.addHandler(customisationHandlers.onRealiseSetting));
+    register(services.setting.onRealiseSetting.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.realiseSettingSyncMode));
+    register(services.appLifecycle.onResuming.addHandler(customisationHandlers.onResuming));
+    register(services.appLifecycle.onResuming.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.onResuming));
+    register(services.replication.onBeforeReplicate.addHandler(customisationHandlers.onBeforeReplicate));
+    register(services.replication.onBeforeReplicate.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.beforeReplicate));
+    register(services.databaseEvents.onDatabaseInitialised.addHandler(customisationHandlers.onDatabaseInitialised));
+    register(services.databaseEvents.onDatabaseInitialised.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.onDatabaseInitialised));
+    register(services.setting.suspendExtraSync.addHandler(customisationHandlers.suspendExtraSync));
+    register(services.setting.suspendExtraSync.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.suspendExtraSync));
+    register(services.setting.enableOptionalFeature.addHandler(customisationHandlers.enableOptionalFeature));
+    register(services.setting.enableOptionalFeature.addHandler(hiddenFileHandlers.configureOptionalSyncFeature));
     register(
         services.vault.isTargetFileInExtra.addHandler(
             async (file: string | UXFileInfoStub) => (await routeLocalPath(normaliseLocalPath(file))).owner != "none"
@@ -234,7 +199,10 @@ export function useOptionalFileSync(
         customisationSync,
         hiddenFileSyncCommands: hiddenFileSync,
         hiddenFileSyncInitialisation: hiddenFileSync,
-        hiddenFileSyncRepair: hiddenFileSync,
-        testing: Object.freeze({ customisationSync, hiddenFileSync }),
+        hiddenFileSyncRepair,
+        testing: Object.freeze({
+            customisationSync: customisationSync.testing,
+            hiddenFileSync: hiddenFileSync.testing,
+        }),
     });
 }

src/serviceFeatures/useOptionalFileSync.unit.spec.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ function handlerRegistry() {
     };
 }
 
+function hiddenFileSyncRepairFixture() {
+    return Object.freeze({
+        scanInternalFiles: vi.fn(async () => []),
+        storeInternalFileToDatabase: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase: vi.fn(async () => true),
+    });
+}
+
 function createFixture() {
     const processOptionalFileEvent = handlerRegistry();
     const getOptionalConflictCheckMethod = handlerRegistry();
@@ -54,31 +63,42 @@ function createFixture() {
     const onUnload = handlerRegistry();
 
     const calls: string[] = [];
+    const customisationHandlers = {
+        processOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        processVirtualDocument: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        onRealiseSetting: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onResuming: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onBeforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onDatabaseInitialised: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        suspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        enableOptionalFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+    };
+    const customisationTesting = Object.freeze({ kind: "customisation-testing" });
     const customisationSync = {
         dispose: vi.fn(() => calls.push("customisation:unload")),
-        _anyProcessOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _anyModuleParsedReplicationResultItem: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _everyRealizeSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnResumeProcess: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyBeforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnDatabaseInitialized: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allSuspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        serviceHandlers: Object.freeze(customisationHandlers),
+        testing: customisationTesting,
     };
+    const hiddenFileHandlers = {
+        onSettingLoaded: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        processOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        queueConflict: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        processOptionalSyncFiles: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        realiseSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onResuming: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        beforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onDatabaseInitialised: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        suspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        configureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        isTargetFileEligible: vi.fn(async () => true),
+    };
+    const hiddenFileSyncRepair = hiddenFileSyncRepairFixture();
+    const hiddenFileTesting = Object.freeze({ kind: "hidden-file-testing" });
     const hiddenFileSync = {
         dispose: vi.fn(() => calls.push("hidden:unload")),
-        _everyOnloadAfterLoadSettings: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _anyProcessOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _anyProcessOptionalSyncFiles: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _everyRealizeSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnResumeProcess: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyBeforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnDatabaseInitialized: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allSuspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        isTargetFileEligible: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        serviceHandlers: Object.freeze(hiddenFileHandlers),
+        testing: hiddenFileTesting,
+        repair: hiddenFileSyncRepair,
     };
     const settings = {
         usePluginSync: true,
@@ -121,9 +141,13 @@ function createFixture() {
 
     return {
         calls,
+        customisationHandlers,
         customisationSync,
+        customisationTesting,
         feature,
+        hiddenFileHandlers,
         hiddenFileSync,
+        hiddenFileTesting,
         settings,
         contextDependencies: {
             customisation: () => customisationDependencies,
@@ -148,31 +172,39 @@ function createFixture() {
 }
 
 function createAggregateFixture() {
+    const customisationHandlers = {
+        processOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        processVirtualDocument: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        onRealiseSetting: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onResuming: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onBeforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onDatabaseInitialised: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        suspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        enableOptionalFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+    };
     const customisationSync = {
         dispose: vi.fn(),
-        _anyProcessOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod: vi.fn(async (): Promise<boolean | "newer"> => false),
-        _anyModuleParsedReplicationResultItem: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _everyRealizeSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnResumeProcess: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyBeforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnDatabaseInitialized: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allSuspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        serviceHandlers: Object.freeze(customisationHandlers),
+        testing: Object.freeze({ kind: "customisation-testing" }),
+    };
+    const hiddenFileHandlers = {
+        onSettingLoaded: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        processOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        queueConflict: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        processOptionalSyncFiles: vi.fn(async () => false),
+        realiseSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onResuming: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        beforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        onDatabaseInitialised: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        suspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        configureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        isTargetFileEligible: vi.fn(async () => true),
     };
     const hiddenFileSync = {
         dispose: vi.fn(),
-        _everyOnloadAfterLoadSettings: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _anyProcessOptionalFileEvent: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod: vi.fn(async (): Promise<boolean | "newer"> => false),
-        _anyProcessOptionalSyncFiles: vi.fn(async () => false),
-        _everyRealizeSettingSyncMode: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnResumeProcess: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyBeforeReplicate: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _everyOnDatabaseInitialized: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allSuspendExtraSync: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        _allConfigureOptionalSyncFeature: vi.fn(async () => true),
-        isTargetFileEligible: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        serviceHandlers: Object.freeze(hiddenFileHandlers),
+        testing: Object.freeze({ kind: "hidden-file-testing" }),
+        repair: hiddenFileSyncRepairFixture(),
     };
     const settings = {
         usePluginSync: true,
@@ -217,7 +249,7 @@ function createAggregateFixture() {
         createHiddenFileSync: () => hiddenFileSync as never,
     });
 
-    return { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, services, settings };
+    return { customisationHandlers, customisationSync, hiddenFileHandlers, hiddenFileSync, services, settings };
 }
 
 describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
@@ -239,10 +271,10 @@ describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
     });
 
     it("routes Selective and Automatic paths to exactly one local owner", async () => {
-        const { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, registries, settings } = createFixture();
-        customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent.mockResolvedValue(true);
-        hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent.mockResolvedValue(true);
-        hiddenFileSync.isTargetFileEligible.mockResolvedValue(false);
+        const { customisationHandlers, hiddenFileHandlers, registries, settings } = createFixture();
+        customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent.mockResolvedValue(true);
+        hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent.mockResolvedValue(true);
+        hiddenFileHandlers.isTargetFileEligible.mockResolvedValue(false);
 
         await expect(registries.isTargetFileInExtra.handlers[0]!(".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json")).resolves.toBe(
             true
@@ -250,9 +282,9 @@ describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
         await expect(
             registries.processOptionalFileEvent.handlers[0]!(".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json")
         ).resolves.toBe(true);
-        expect(customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.isTargetFileEligible).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.isTargetFileEligible).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         settings.pluginSyncExtendedSetting = {
             "PLUGIN_DATA/example": {
@@ -261,53 +293,53 @@ describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
                 files: [],
             },
         };
-        hiddenFileSync.isTargetFileEligible.mockResolvedValue(true);
-        customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent.mockClear();
+        hiddenFileHandlers.isTargetFileEligible.mockResolvedValue(true);
+        customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent.mockClear();
 
         await expect(
             registries.processOptionalFileEvent.handlers[0]!(".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json")
         ).resolves.toBe(true);
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect(customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it("does not fall back to the other context when the selected owner skips or fails", async () => {
-        const { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, services } = createAggregateFixture();
-        customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        const { customisationHandlers, hiddenFileHandlers, services } = createAggregateFixture();
+        customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
 
         await expect(services.fileProcessing.processOptionalFileEvent(".obsidian/app.json")).resolves.toBe(false);
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-        customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("customisation failed"));
+        customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("customisation failed"));
         await expect(services.fileProcessing.processOptionalFileEvent(".obsidian/app.json")).resolves.toBe(false);
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it("dispatches conflict documents by their persisted namespace", async () => {
-        const { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, services } = createAggregateFixture();
-        customisationSync._anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod.mockResolvedValue("newer");
-        hiddenFileSync._anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod.mockResolvedValue(true);
+        const { hiddenFileHandlers, services } = createAggregateFixture();
 
         await expect(services.conflict.getOptionalConflictCheckMethod("ix:device/app.json")).resolves.toBe("newer");
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.queueConflict).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         await expect(services.conflict.getOptionalConflictCheckMethod("i:.obsidian/example.json")).resolves.toBe(true);
-        expect(customisationSync._anyGetOptionalConflictCheckMethod).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.queueConflict).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.queueConflict).toHaveBeenCalledWith("i:.obsidian/example.json");
+        await expect(services.conflict.getOptionalConflictCheckMethod("notes/example.md")).resolves.toBe(false);
     });
 
     it("keeps persisted document acceptance separate from current local ownership", async () => {
-        const { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, registries, settings } = createFixture();
+        const { customisationHandlers, hiddenFileHandlers, registries, settings } = createFixture();
         settings.usePluginSync = false;
         settings.syncInternalFiles = false;
 
         await registries.processVirtualDocument.handlers[0]!({ _id: "ix:device-a/CONFIG/app.json.md" });
         await registries.processOptionalSynchroniseResult.handlers[0]!({ _id: "i:.obsidian/app.json" });
 
-        expect(customisationSync._anyModuleParsedReplicationResultItem).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalSyncFiles).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(customisationHandlers.processVirtualDocument).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalSyncFiles).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     });
 
     it("routes Ignore mode to neither local context", async () => {
-        const { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, registries, settings } = createFixture();
+        const { customisationHandlers, hiddenFileHandlers, registries, settings } = createFixture();
         settings.pluginSyncExtendedSetting = {
             "PLUGIN_DATA/example": {
                 key: "PLUGIN_DATA/example",
@@ -319,8 +351,8 @@ describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
         await expect(
             registries.processOptionalFileEvent.handlers[0]!(".obsidian/plugins/example/data.json")
         ).resolves.toBe(false);
-        expect(customisationSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._anyProcessOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(customisationHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.processOptionalFileEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it("injects the same static ownership policy into both scan contexts", () => {
@@ -351,11 +383,12 @@ describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
     });
 
     it("preserves bail-first-failure and settled-unload behaviour", async () => {
-        const { customisationSync, hiddenFileSync, services } = createAggregateFixture();
-        customisationSync._everyRealizeSettingSyncMode.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
+        const { customisationHandlers, customisationSync, hiddenFileHandlers, hiddenFileSync, services } =
+            createAggregateFixture();
+        customisationHandlers.onRealiseSetting.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
 
         await expect(services.setting.onRealiseSetting()).resolves.toBe(false);
-        expect(hiddenFileSync._everyRealizeSettingSyncMode).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.realiseSettingSyncMode).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         customisationSync.dispose.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
             throw new Error("customisation disposal failed");
@@ -380,21 +413,54 @@ describe("useOptionalFileSync", () => {
     });
 
     it("strips a database prefix before evaluating a Hidden File Sync target", async () => {
-        const { hiddenFileSync, registries } = createFixture();
+        const { hiddenFileHandlers, registries } = createFixture();
 
         await registries.isTargetFileInExtra.handlers[0]!({ path: "i:.obsidian/workspace" });
 
-        expect(hiddenFileSync.isTargetFileEligible).toHaveBeenCalledWith(".obsidian/workspace");
+        expect(hiddenFileHandlers.isTargetFileEligible).toHaveBeenCalledWith(".obsidian/workspace");
     });
 
-    it("returns focused views without registering either context as an add-on", () => {
-        const { customisationSync, feature, hiddenFileSync } = createFixture();
+    it("returns a concrete repair adapter instead of exposing the broad context to UI", async () => {
+        const {
+            customisationSync,
+            customisationTesting,
+            feature,
+            hiddenFileSync,
+            hiddenFileTesting,
+        } = createFixture();
 
         expect(feature.customisationSync).toBe(customisationSync);
         expect(feature.hiddenFileSyncCommands).toBe(hiddenFileSync);
         expect(feature.hiddenFileSyncInitialisation).toBe(hiddenFileSync);
-        expect(feature.hiddenFileSyncRepair).toBe(hiddenFileSync);
-        expect(feature.testing).toEqual({ customisationSync, hiddenFileSync });
+        expect(feature.hiddenFileSyncRepair).toBe(hiddenFileSync.repair);
+        expect(feature.hiddenFileSyncRepair).not.toBe(hiddenFileSync);
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(feature.hiddenFileSyncRepair)).toBe(true);
+        expect(Object.keys(feature.hiddenFileSyncRepair).sort()).toEqual(
+            [
+                "extractInternalFileRevisionFromDatabase",
+                "scanInternalFiles",
+                "storeInternalFileToDatabase",
+                "storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision",
+            ].sort()
+        );
+        const file = {
+            path: ".obsidian/app.json",
+            ctime: 1,
+            mtime: 2,
+            size: 3,
+        } as never;
+        await feature.hiddenFileSyncRepair.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision(file, "2-selected", false);
+        expect(hiddenFileSync.repair.storeInternalFileToDatabaseWithBaseRevision).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            file,
+            "2-selected",
+            false
+        );
+        expect(feature.testing).toEqual({
+            customisationSync: customisationTesting,
+            hiddenFileSync: hiddenFileTesting,
+        });
         expect(Object.isFrozen(feature.testing)).toBe(true);
+        expect(feature.testing.customisationSync).not.toBe(customisationSync);
+        expect(feature.testing.hiddenFileSync).not.toBe(hiddenFileSync);
     });
 });