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SpaceZ v1: Flipper-class iOS UI debugger (SPM) - #1

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What & Why

Initial implementation of SpaceZ — an open-source, SPM-importable UI debugging platform for iOS, implementing the lecture-37 system design end to end: DFS → immutable snapshot → normalized NodeStore → partial fetch/invalidation → descriptor adapters → diagnostics platform.

How

  • Capture: main thread copies values only (iterative traversal, 10k-depth safe); diff/rules/encoding/transport run off-main. Identity-stable NodeIDs via a weak-keyed registry.
  • Live updates: run-loop-observer detection + 250ms throttle, fingerprint no-op suppression, latest-state-wins backpressure, diff → invalidation push (never full-tree streaming: 1.5MB/snapshot vs ~40B/invalidation).
  • Extensibility: NodeDescriptor adapters (UIKit + best-effort SwiftUI semantic tree via Mirror), UIRule diagnostics (6 built-ins).
  • Remote: zero-dependency Network.framework HTTP+WebSocket server, per-launch token, strict redaction by default, allowlisted setProperty, embedded single-file web inspector.
  • DEBUG-only: SpaceZDebugger.start() is a no-op outside DEBUG.

Performance impact

Baseline established by CapturePerformanceTests:
[SpaceZ perf] 5551 nodes — p50 10.50ms, p95 12.13ms (iPhone 15 Pro simulator, debug -Onone). CI gate at 50ms p95.

Breaking changes

None (initial release).

How was this tested?

  • 55 unit tests across Core/Rules/Remote, all green on iOS 16-class simulator
  • DemoApp E2E on simulator: planted invisible-interaction bug detected; browser WS protocol exercised (hello/getTree/search/getIssues/setProperty/highlight/invalidate push); on-device highlight + redaction verified via screenshot and /snapshot.json
  • swiftlint --strict: 0 violations

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https://claude.ai/code/session_01Gm5uDStDkL1FVyub9M2Zkc

SiliconValleySurvivor and others added 5 commits August 31, 2026 16:50
Implements the full lecture-37 system design end to end:
DFS → immutable snapshot → normalized NodeStore → partial
fetch/invalidation → descriptor adapters → diagnostics platform.

- SpaceZCore: main-thread value-copy capture (iterative, 10k-depth safe),
  identity-stable NodeIDs (weak registry), normalized store, run-loop
  change detection with throttle, latest-wins pipeline, snapshot diff,
  redaction
- SpaceZUIKit / SpaceZSwiftUI: UIKit descriptor + best-effort SwiftUI
  semantic tree via Mirror (body expansion for app views, transparent
  wrapper flattening, graceful fallback)
- SpaceZRules: rule engine + 6 built-in diagnostics
- SpaceZOverlay: in-app inspector (tree, search, properties, issues,
  tap-to-select, highlight) in a capture-excluded passthrough window
- SpaceZRemote: zero-dependency HTTP+WebSocket server (Network.framework),
  token-gated, strict redaction by default, allowlisted setProperty,
  invalidation-based protocol, embedded single-file web inspector
- DemoApp with planted bugs per rule; 55 unit tests incl. a capture
  performance gate; CI/CD workflows, CONTRIBUTING, PR/issue templates

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Gm5uDStDkL1FVyub9M2Zkc
"** TEST FAILED **" starts with a repetition operator, which some grep
builds reject as an invalid regex (the CI runner's did, exit 2 after a
fully green test run). -F matches the marker literally everywhere.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Gm5uDStDkL1FVyub9M2Zkc
The "** TEST SUCCEEDED **" marker isn't printed by every Xcode version,
so a green run still failed the previous check on CI. The exit code is
the contract; the log excerpt is kept for readability only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Gm5uDStDkL1FVyub9M2Zkc
The 100 ms assertion flaked on a shared CI runner (102.9 ms vs ~90 ms
locally). The diff runs off the main thread, so the gate's job is to
catch a complexity regression, not to enforce a frame budget — 500 ms
does that with headroom for runner noise. The main-thread capture gate
(SPACEZ_CAPTURE_BUDGET_MS) is unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Gm5uDStDkL1FVyub9M2Zkc
…CURITY.md

NWListener reports bind failures (EADDRINUSE) asynchronously via its
state, so start() previously "succeeded" against an occupied port and
printed an inspector URL that could never work. start() now waits for
.ready on both listeners and throws on .failed; the session only sets
and prints the URL after a successful bind, and the failure path prints
the cause plus a remediation hint (the overlay keeps working either way).

Verified on-simulator: with 9394/9395 held by another process the app
launches cleanly, logs "Address already in use" with guidance, and
prints no URL; with ports free everything works as before.

Also adds SECURITY.md (private vulnerability reporting, in/out of scope).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Gm5uDStDkL1FVyub9M2Zkc
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closedsi-engineering merged commit 744f976 into main Sep 1, 2026
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