hemx/docs/recipes/pwa-offline.md

# Recipe: optional PWA/offline adapter boundary

This recipe describes how a hemx app can add a cached shell or offline queue
without turning core hemx into a client app framework. Offline/PWA support is
opt-in adapter territory: reuse generated targets and server-canonical effects,
but keep service workers, queues, conflict policy, and local storage outside
`hemx`, `hemx-core`, `hemx-build`, `hemx-derive`, `hemx-axum`, and the tiny
runtime. req: canonical_authoring/008 req: runtime/003 req: runtime/004

Use this only after the normal server-first path works. A hemx app is allowed to
fail interactions while offline and recover with a full page once the network is
back.

## Boundary rule

Keep these concerns outside hemx core:

- service worker registration and cache policy
- local persistence stores such as IndexedDB
- offline mutation queues
- background sync, retry, and conflict resolution
- CRDTs or collaborative sync engines
- analytics for offline queue health

Keep these concerns in app/integration code:

- deciding which pages/assets are safe to cache
- deciding which mutations may be queued
- serializing a domain command for later replay
- reconciling queued commands with server-canonical effect responses
- showing generated UI feedback such as "offline", "queued", "synced", or
  "conflict"

The normal path remains server-first typed handlers and generated effects.

## Cached shell

A PWA shell may cache page HTML, CSS, the matching `/hemx.js`, and explicit island
scripts for one release. It must obey the same release-unit policy as
`docs/recipes/deploy-versioning.md`: cached server HTML and cached runtime assets
must be compatible with the server that receives later interactions. req: abi/002 req: abi/004

Recommended behavior:

- cache only content-addressed or release-scoped assets
- evict cached shells on release/fingerprint mismatch
- fall back to a full page GET when unsure
- do not patch cached DOM with selector retargeting

The service worker is app code. hemx core should not register or own it.

## Offline mutation queue

If a mutation is safe to queue, store an app-domain command, not a raw DOM patch
or runtime opcode:

```rust
#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
pub enum OfflineCommand {
    CreateProject { csrf: CsrfToken, name: ProjectName },
}
```

When the browser is offline, the adapter can add the command to an IndexedDB
queue and show generated UI feedback from the app shell:

```rust
pub fn queued_project_notice() -> impl IntoEffect {
    (
        dashboard::flash.set("Project will be created when you are back online"),
        dashboard::live_status.set("Offline: 1 change queued"),
    )
}
```

When the network returns, replay the command to the normal server endpoint. The
server still runs auth/session, CSRF, validation, persistence, and returns the
canonical generated effects. req: auth/002 req: auth/004 req: failure/004

Do not store `EffectBatch` as the source of truth for later replay. Effects are
UI outcomes for a server decision; queued commands are user intent that the
server must validate again.

## Reconciliation

The server is authoritative. A replay may succeed, fail validation, fail auth,
fail CSRF, or conflict with newer state. The adapter should apply the returned
server effects when compatible and otherwise navigate/reload to server-rendered
truth.

Suggested outcomes:

- **success:** apply generated append/replace/remove/summary effects from the
  server response
- **validation failure:** apply generated form error/focus effects
- **auth or CSRF failure:** discard or pause the queue and navigate to sign-in or
  refresh the page
- **conflict:** ask the server for the current page/partial and replace a
  generated target, or show a generated conflict notice
- **fingerprint mismatch:** reload/navigate instead of applying queued effects

This keeps conflict policy in the app and keeps core runtime selectorless. req: failure/005

## Optional sync crate shape

A future `hemx-sync` or app-local adapter may provide helpers around this model,
but it should remain optional and explicit:

```rust
pub trait OfflineQueue {
    async fn push(&self, command: OfflineCommand) -> Result<(), QueueError>;
    async fn drain(&self, session: CurrentSession) -> Result<(), QueueError>;
}
```

Such an adapter may reuse generated slots, forms, and keyed resources, but it
must not make every app value a client-side atom or introduce a mandatory local
state graph. req: sync/001 req: sync/007

## Tests

Keep tests at the adapter boundary:

- offline command is stored as a domain command, not a raw effect
- queued command replays through the same handler route as an online submit
- server validation and CSRF checks still run during replay
- fingerprint/runtime mismatch causes reload/navigation instead of partial apply
- conflict response uses generated UI feedback or full page refresh
- no selector targeting or client app store is required for normal forms/lists

For the current v1 tutorial, `examples/saas` remains the server-first canonical
path. Offline/PWA is an optional recipe, not required app scaffolding. req: examples/001 req: test/001