Handle pre-epoch file timestamps consistently and record Rust audit

apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/media_preview.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use std::{
         atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
         Arc, Mutex,
     },
-    time::UNIX_EPOCH,
 };
 use tauri::http::{header, Method, Request, Response, StatusCode};
 
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ impl Identity {
         let modified_ns = metadata
             .modified()
             .ok()
-            .and_then(|value| value.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).ok())
+            .and_then(|value| searchi_media::unix_time_ns(value).ok())
-            .and_then(|value| i64::try_from(value.as_nanos()).ok())
             .ok_or("Preview source timestamp is unavailable.")?;
         Ok(Self {
             len: metadata.len(),
@@ -503,6 +501,35 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn pre_epoch_media_is_indexed_and_previewed_with_current_identity() {
+        let mut fixture = Fixture::new(64);
+        File::options()
+            .write(true)
+            .open(&fixture.path)
+            .unwrap()
+            .set_times(
+                std::fs::FileTimes::new()
+                    .set_modified(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH - std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            fixture.request(Method::GET, None).status(),
+            StatusCode::GONE
+        );
+        SearchIndex::open(&fixture.database)
+            .unwrap()
+            .index_folder(fixture.path.parent().unwrap())
+            .unwrap();
+        fixture.token = fixture
+            .registry
+            .grant(fixture.database.clone(), fixture.path.clone(), "audio")
+            .unwrap();
+        let response = fixture.request(Method::GET, None);
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+        assert_eq!(response.body().len(), 64);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn large_media_never_allocates_the_full_file_and_head_is_metadata_only() {
         let fixture = Fixture::new(8 * MAX_CHUNK);

crates/searchi-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use std::{
     fs,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
-    time::UNIX_EPOCH,
 };
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
@@ -657,12 +656,7 @@ impl SearchIndex {
                 report.discovered += 1;
                 let metadata = entry.metadata()?;
                 let size = i64::try_from(metadata.len()).context("file exceeds supported size")?;
-                let modified = metadata
+                let mtime = searchi_media::unix_time_ns(metadata.modified()?)?;
-                    .modified()?
-                    .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-                    .context("file timestamp predates Unix epoch")?;
-                let mtime = i64::try_from(modified.as_nanos())
-                    .context("file timestamp exceeds supported range")?;
                 let extension = entry
                     .path()
                     .extension()
@@ -1257,7 +1251,7 @@ impl SearchIndex {
     pub fn file_signature(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Option<(u64, i64)>> {
         self.connection
             .query_row(
-                "SELECT size,mtime FROM files WHERE path=?1 AND size>=0 AND mtime>=0",
+                "SELECT size,mtime FROM files WHERE path=?1 AND size>=0",
                 [path],
                 |row| Ok((row.get(0)?, row.get(1)?)),
             )
@@ -1294,9 +1288,8 @@ impl SearchIndex {
             Ok(value) if value.is_file() => value,
             _ => return Ok(None),
         };
-        let mtime = metadata.modified()?.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?;
         let size = i64::try_from(metadata.len())?;
-        let modified = i64::try_from(mtime.as_nanos())?;
+        let modified = searchi_media::unix_time_ns(metadata.modified()?)?;
         let Some(expected_hash) = self.extracted_source_hash(path)? else {
             return Ok(None);
         };

crates/searchi-core/tests/raw_source_hash.rs

@@ -90,3 +90,40 @@ fn oversized_text_and_unsupported_files_remain_filename_only() -> Result<()> {
     assert_eq!(index.search("large.txt", 10)?.len(), 1);
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn pre_epoch_source_remains_searchable_and_verifiable() -> Result<()> {
+    let directory = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+    let path = directory.path().join("archived-notes.txt");
+    let content = "Historical supplier cancellation notice\n";
+    fs::write(&path, content)?;
+    fs::File::options().write(true).open(&path)?.set_times(
+        FileTimes::new().set_modified(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH - std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)),
+    )?;
+    let mut index = SearchIndex::open(":memory:")?;
+    let report = index.index_folder(directory.path())?;
+    assert_eq!(report.indexed, 1);
+    assert_eq!(report.failures, 0);
+    assert_eq!(index.search("archived-notes.txt", 10)?.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(index.search("cancellation", 10)?.len(), 1);
+    let passage = index.passage_batch(0, 1)?.remove(0);
+    assert_eq!(
+        index.file_signature(&passage.path)?,
+        Some((content.len() as u64, -1_000_000_000))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        index.extracted_source_hash(&passage.path)?,
+        Some(format!("{:x}", Sha256::digest(content.as_bytes())))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        index
+            .source_passage(&passage.path, &passage.source, 8192)?
+            .unwrap()
+            .text,
+        content
+    );
+    let rescan = index.index_folder(directory.path())?;
+    assert_eq!(rescan.unchanged, 1);
+    assert_eq!(rescan.indexed, 0);
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/searchi-media/src/lib.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process::{Command, Stdio},
     thread,
-    time::{Duration, Instant, UNIX_EPOCH},
+    time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
@@ -28,6 +28,26 @@ pub enum MediaKind {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn signed_unix_time_preserves_epoch_and_storage_boundaries() -> Result<()> {
+        // Windows SystemTime has 100 ns precision; storage conversion itself
+        // must still handle every signed nanosecond boundary exactly.
+        assert_eq!(unix_time_ns(UNIX_EPOCH)?, 0);
+        assert_eq!(unix_time_ns(UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_nanos(100))?, 100);
+        assert_eq!(unix_time_ns(UNIX_EPOCH - Duration::from_nanos(100))?, -100);
+        assert_eq!(
+            signed_duration_ns(Duration::from_nanos(i64::MAX as u64), false)?,
+            i64::MAX
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            signed_duration_ns(Duration::from_nanos(i64::MAX as u64 + 1), true)?,
+            i64::MIN
+        );
+        assert!(signed_duration_ns(Duration::from_nanos(i64::MAX as u64 + 1), false).is_err());
+        assert!(signed_duration_ns(Duration::from_nanos(i64::MAX as u64 + 2), true).is_err());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn fixture(duration_ms: u32) -> MediaProbe {
         MediaProbe {
             duration_ms,
@@ -414,9 +434,25 @@ impl MediaIdentity {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+/// Convert a filesystem timestamp to signed nanoseconds since the Unix epoch.
+/// Times outside the signed 64-bit storage range are rejected explicitly.
+pub fn unix_time_ns(time: SystemTime) -> Result<i64> {
+    match time.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) {
+        Ok(duration) => signed_duration_ns(duration, false),
+        Err(error) => signed_duration_ns(error.duration(), true),
+    }
+}
+
+fn signed_duration_ns(duration: Duration, before_epoch: bool) -> Result<i64> {
+    // Duration's u64 seconds fit in i128 nanoseconds, including i64::MIN's
+    // magnitude, which cannot first be represented as positive i64.
+    let nanos = duration.as_nanos() as i128;
+    i64::try_from(if before_epoch { -nanos } else { nanos })
+        .context("File timestamp exceeds supported nanosecond range")
+}
+
 fn modified_ns(metadata: &fs::Metadata) -> Result<i64> {
-    i64::try_from(metadata.modified()?.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?.as_nanos())
+    unix_time_ns(metadata.modified()?)
-        .context("Unsupported media timestamp")
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]

crates/searchi-service/src/store.rs

@@ -778,34 +778,30 @@ impl Store {
                         ))
                     })?;
                 if let (Some(size), Some(mtime)) = (size, mtime) {
-                    let valid = *filesystem_validity
+                    let valid =
-                        .entry(result.path.clone())
+                        *filesystem_validity
-                        .or_insert_with(|| {
+                            .entry(result.path.clone())
-                            #[cfg(test)]
+                            .or_insert_with(|| {
-                            MEDIA_STAT_CALLS.with(|count| count.set(count.get() + 1));
+                                #[cfg(test)]
-                            let validation_span = trace.begin(
+                                MEDIA_STAT_CALLS.with(|count| count.set(count.get() + 1));
-                                "semantic.parent_filesystem_validation",
+                                let validation_span = trace.begin(
-                                materialization_span,
+                                    "semantic.parent_filesystem_validation",
-                            );
+                                    materialization_span,
-                            let valid =
+                                );
-                                std::fs::metadata(&result.path)
+                                let valid =
-                                    .ok()
+                                    std::fs::metadata(&result.path)
-                                    .is_some_and(|metadata| {
+                                        .ok()
-                                        metadata.is_file()
+                                        .is_some_and(|metadata| {
-                                            && i64::try_from(metadata.len()).ok() == Some(size)
+                                            metadata.is_file()
-                                            && metadata
+                                                && i64::try_from(metadata.len()).ok() == Some(size)
-                                                .modified()
+                                                && metadata.modified().ok().and_then(|t| {
-                                                .ok()
+                                                    searchi_media::unix_time_ns(t).ok()
-                                                .and_then(|t| {
+                                                }) == Some(mtime)
-                                                    t.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).ok()
+                                        });
-                                                })
+                                trace.counter(validation_span, "valid", u64::from(valid));
-                                                .and_then(|d| i64::try_from(d.as_nanos()).ok())
+                                trace.end(validation_span, Default::default());
-                                                == Some(mtime)
+                                valid
-                                    });
+                            });
-                            trace.counter(validation_span, "valid", u64::from(valid));
-                            trace.end(validation_span, Default::default());
-                            valid
-                        });
                     if !valid {
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -1141,6 +1137,62 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn pre_epoch_media_parent_remains_eligible_for_semantic_results() -> Result<()> {
+        let directory = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let root = directory.path().join("media");
+        std::fs::create_dir(&root)?;
+        let path = root.join("archived.mp4");
+        std::fs::write(&path, b"bounded media identity fixture")?;
+        std::fs::File::options()
+            .write(true)
+            .open(&path)?
+            .set_times(
+                std::fs::FileTimes::new()
+                    .set_modified(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH - std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)),
+            )?;
+        let db = directory.path().join("index.db");
+        let mut lexical = SearchIndex::open(&db)?;
+        lexical.index_folder(&root)?;
+        let mut store = Store::open(&db, DIMENSIONS)?;
+        let generation = store.begin("pre-epoch-media-proof")?;
+        let mut query = vec![0.; DIMENSIONS];
+        query[0] = 1.;
+        let (id, indexed_path, _, _) = store.media_batch(0)?.remove(0);
+        let identity = searchi_media::MediaIdentity::read(Path::new(&indexed_path), 1024)?;
+        assert_eq!(identity.modified_ns, -1_000_000_000);
+        store.insert_media(generation, id, 0, &identity, "video", 0, &query)?;
+        store.activate(generation)?;
+        let mut trace = TraceCollector::new(MetricsMode::Basic);
+        let results = store.search_origin_traced(
+            &query,
+            "pre-epoch-media-proof",
+            10,
+            &SearchOptions::default(),
+            None,
+            &mut trace,
+            None,
+        )?;
+        assert_eq!(results.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(results[0].path, indexed_path);
+        // Timestamp changes still invalidate the prepared media source.
+        std::fs::File::options()
+            .write(true)
+            .open(&path)?
+            .set_times(std::fs::FileTimes::new().set_modified(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH))?;
+        let results = store.search_origin_traced(
+            &query,
+            "pre-epoch-media-proof",
+            10,
+            &SearchOptions::default(),
+            None,
+            &mut trace,
+            None,
+        )?;
+        assert!(results.is_empty());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn many_video_windows_do_not_crowd_out_other_parent_files() -> Result<()> {
         // Geometry verifies grouped retrieval, not model inference or codecs.

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Production readiness roadmap
 
-Status: initial Windows v0.1.0 published and installed; broader production gates remain open. Windows VM tests use CPU only.
+Status: Windows v0.1.3 and Linux previews published; initial Windows v0.1.0 installed. Broader production gates remain open. Windows VM tests use CPU only.
 
 Karl's release priority, 2026-10-13: publish a usable first Windows version and
 install it on DEV-WIN11 now. Extensive platform/GPU, clean-machine, signing and
@@ -335,4 +335,15 @@ build was inferred from that lookup; macOS execution gates remain unchecked.
 
 - [x] Current native Linux desktop release compilation and local loader closure on Ubuntu WSL; [evidence](LINUX-DESKTOP.md).
 - [x] Linux desktop relocated normal resource discovery and CPU query-worker startup under an owned software-display test; no native UI interaction claim.
-- [ ] Linux desktop graphical interaction and distribution packaging.
+- [x] Publish Ubuntu 24.04 x86-64 Debian desktop preview; verify public bytes and extracted package CPU startup. See [evidence](LINUX-DESKTOP.md).
+- [ ] Linux desktop graphical interaction and broader distribution compatibility.
+
+## Rust audit and goal review, 2026-10-13
+
+- [x] Audit core/service and desktop/CLI Rust boundaries; avoid unnecessary naming/module churn.
+- [x] Correct valid pre-1970 filesystem timestamps across indexing, source eligibility and previews. Changed crates passed 100 tests (six ignored), desktop 47; strict Clippy and formatting passed. See [audit](RUST-AUDIT.md).
+- [ ] Include the timestamp correction in the next packaged update; published v0.1.3 artifacts precede it.
+
+Initial Windows delivery is complete. Native interaction/upgrade, actual GPU,
+macOS execution and independent media-quality work remain real follow-up; the
+full production goal remains active. Preserve the detailed unchecked gates above.

docs/RUST-AUDIT.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Rust audit and completion review — 2026-10-13
+
+Reviewed the shared indexing/media/semantic service boundaries and the desktop,
+CLI/MCP, setup and optional AI orchestration with two independent Rust reviewers.
+The review found no reason to add a broad naming or module-splitting project.
+Existing adapters isolate native processes and desktop concerns from retrieval;
+long but linear command/setup flows do not need additional indirection merely
+because of their length. This is a targeted review, not proof of zero defects.
+
+## Corrected issue
+
+A valid file modification time before 1970 aborted folder scanning. Other source
+eligibility and preview checks also assumed nonnegative Unix timestamps.
+The shared `searchi_media::unix_time_ns` now performs checked signed conversion,
+including the minimum signed storage boundary. Indexing, signatures, excerpts,
+media identity, semantic parent validation and preview identity use that policy.
+Negative sizes remain invalid. No schema migration or dependency was added.
+
+Regression coverage checks archived documents, unchanged rescans, excerpts,
+media eligibility and stale-preview revocation followed by successful reindexing.
+The semantic eligibility fixture uses synthetic geometry to test filtering;
+it does not claim model-quality validation.
+
+Windows CPU-only results for the final changes:
+
+- Core, media and service: 100 tests passed, six explicit integration tests ignored.
+- Desktop: all 47 tests passed, including the new pre-epoch preview regression.
+- Strict all-target Clippy passed for the changed crates and desktop.
+- Workspace and desktop formatting and Git whitespace checks passed.
+
+The first preview-test assertion expected 404; the protocol correctly returns
+410 for an expired capability. The test expectation was corrected; protocol
+behavior was preserved. Windows filesystem timestamp precision is 100 ns;
+exact storage boundaries are tested through the conversion helper.
+
+## Deferred under YAGNI
+
+Desktop setup could resolve `resource_dir()` once instead of repeatedly. This
+does not justify changing working orchestration during this audit. No generic
+service framework, speculative cache or cosmetic function-renaming sweep was added.
+
+## Goal review
+
+The initial usable Windows release is delivered. Windows desktop 0.1.3,
+Windows CLI/MCP and Ubuntu headless packages are published and byte-verified.
+An Ubuntu 24.04 desktop Debian preview now also has verified packaged CPU startup.
+The timestamp correction is in source; those 0.1.3 artifacts precede this fix.
+
+The full cross-platform production goal remains open. Concrete follow-up is:
+
+1. Include this fix in the next packaged update; refresh extraction provenance.
+2. Check real Windows interaction, preview playback/seek and installed upgrades.
+3. Validate physical GPU use and fallback, and execute a native macOS build.
+4. Improve media relevance using independently reviewed real files and queries;
+   the current experimental quality evidence is not sufficient for broad claims.
+5. Retain clean-machine, signing and large-library checks as later release gates.
+
+These follow-ups do not justify withholding the already published preview.
+Gitea Actions remain disabled at Karl's request. See ROADMAP.md for detailed
+evidence and unchecked gates; this audit does not silently close them.