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attach_principal_if_present runs on every request that carries a Bearer header, including data-plane paths that may not even need authz. Each call paid three DB round-trips on the session path (lookup + admin_users.get + touch) plus an Argon2 verify per prefix-colliding candidate on the API-key path. A hot user with multiple keys serialized every request behind N×Argon2. Add a process-shared PrincipalCache keyed on hash_token(bearer) → (Instant, Principal), TTL 60s. resolve_principal checks the cache first; on miss falls through to the verify_api_key / verify_session path and writes back on success. - Lazy GC: when the cache exceeds 1024 entries, sweep expired before inserting (kept simple — production sees few unique hot tokens). - Cache wired through AuthState; constructed once in picloud/src/lib.rs. - Skip-when-route-doesn't-need-auth scaffolding is deferred to a follow-up — it requires touching the router shape, which is more invasive than the 60s cache alone warrants. AUDIT.md anchor: F-P-009 (cache; skip-path deferred). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PiCloud
A lightweight, self-hosted, event-driven serverless compute platform. Upload a Rhai script, get an HTTP endpoint. Designed to run on a single modest server with no idle CPU cost, and to scale out to a small cluster when you need it.
Status: Phase 1 — MVP scaffolding in progress.
The authoritative design lives in
serverless_cloud_blueprint.md.
Why
Existing serverless platforms are either cloud-locked, heavyweight, or both. PiCloud aims for the opposite end of the spectrum: one binary, one database, one reverse proxy — running on hardware you already own.
Architecture (one paragraph)
PiCloud splits into three logical services — manager (control plane: scripts, schedules, dashboard), orchestrator (per-node event ingress and dispatch), and executor (per-node Rhai sandbox) — each backed by a *-core Rust library. In MVP they run in a single process; in cluster mode they run as three binaries with one manager and one orchestrator + executor per node. Caddy fronts everything; PostgreSQL is the single source of truth.
See CLAUDE.md for working notes and serverless_cloud_blueprint.md for the full design.
Quick Start
Coming as scaffolding lands. For now:
# Rust toolchain (pinned via rust-toolchain.toml)
cargo check --workspace
# Run the all-in-one MVP binary (once main.rs is wired up)
cargo run -p picloud
Repository Layout
crates/
shared/ cross-cutting types
executor-core/ Rhai engine + sandbox
orchestrator-core/ event ingress, dispatch
manager-core/ control plane
picloud/ MVP all-in-one binary
picloud-{manager,orchestrator,executor}/ cluster-mode binaries (skeleton)
dashboard/ SvelteKit
caddy/ Caddyfile
docker/ Dockerfiles
docs/
git-workflow.md Trunk-based workflow
Contributing
See docs/git-workflow.md for the branching and commit conventions. TL;DR: trunk-based, short-lived branches, Conventional Commits, no force-pushing main.
License
TBD.