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docs: correct false Blake3-checksum, pickle and orjson claims (LAB-3016, LAB-3017) - #280

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The shipped ByteStorage integrity checksum is xxHash3-64 (8 bytes) — cachekit-core/src/byte_storage.rs (pub checksum: [u8; 8], "xxHash3-64 checksum for integrity"), rust/src/lib.rs (__description__), and tests/unit/test_xxhash_integrity.py all say so. Several docs still claimed Blake3 checksums, which was true before the migration and is now a trust bug. BLAKE3 is only the cache-key hash in src/cachekit/hash_utils.py — a separate, correct subsystem, left untouched.

Two adjacent docstring lies in the serializers are fixed in the same sweep.

Closes LAB-3016
Closes LAB-3017
Closes #168
Refs cachekit-io/cachekit-core#46

Edits (docs / comments only — no behaviour change)

File Was Now
tests/competitive/test_cachetools_comparison.py LZ4 compression + Blake3 checksums + MessagePack xxHash3-64 checksums
rust/TEST_EXPANSION_SUMMARY.md (2 sites) Blake3 checksums detect ... xxHash3-64 checksums detect ...
rust/supply-chain/config.toml [[exemptions.blake3]] note: "integrity checking for compressed data" Note now states blake3 is not a dependency of this crate and that integrity is xxHash3-64. Exemption entry itself left in place — cargo-vet cleanup is a separate change.
SECURITY.md Core dependencies (ring, lz4_flex, blake3) are audited in cachekit-core Names the crates cachekit-core actually ships (ring/aes-gcm for AES-256-GCM, lz4_flex, xxhash-rust, rmp-serde, hkdf, sha2, per cachekit-core/Cargo.toml), and states blake3 is a cachekit-py Python dependency for cache-key hashing, audited here. [core-supply-chain] link kept.
src/cachekit/serializers/__init__.py "auto" with integrity off = plain pickle raw MessagePack, no ByteStorageAutoSerializer.default_format accepts only "msgpack"; _serialize_msgpack returns raw msgpack.packb output when enable_integrity_checking=False. There is no pickle path.
src/cachekit/serializers/orjson_serializer.py compressed=False, # No compression (handled by Rust layer if enabled) # OrjsonSerializer never uses ByteStorage; output is never compressed — envelope is [xxHash3-64][json] or raw json; the file never imports ByteStorage.

cachekit-py#168 status

  • Claims 1 and 5: already true on main (no change needed).
  • Claims 2, 3, 4: fixed here (Blake3-checksum docs, plain pickle, orjson "Rust layer" comment).

cargo tree -i blake3 finding

blake3 is not in the Rust dependency tree at all:

$ cargo tree -i blake3 --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all-features
error: package ID specification `blake3` did not match any packages
$ grep -c blake3 Cargo.lock
0

Also absent from rust/fuzz/Cargo.toml and rust/supply-chain/audits.toml/imports.lock. The [[exemptions.blake3]] entry is stale; only its notes string is corrected here, per scope. Removing the entry is a cargo-vet change for a follow-up.

Verification

Remaining blake3 mentions after the sweep (grep -rn -i blake3 excluding lockfiles/bytecode) — none claim Blake3 is the integrity checksum:

tests/critical/test_byte_storage_error_injection.py:81,93   # forges a wrong-size checksum on purpose (error injection)
tests/unit/test_xxhash_integrity.py:3,7,10,27,29,46,121,123 # documents the Blake3 -> xxHash3-64 migration; says Blake3 is cache-key only
pyproject.toml:64                                           # "blake3>=1.0.5" — Python cache-key dep
rust/supply-chain/config.toml:167                           # [[exemptions.blake3]] header (out of scope)
SECURITY.md:254                                             # new sentence: blake3 is NOT a core dep
src/cachekit/hash_utils.py:3,8,12,26                        # cache-key BLAKE3 — correct
  • uv run ruff check src/ tests/ — All checks passed
  • uv run ruff format --check src/ tests/ — 271 files already formatted
  • uv run pytest tests/competitive/test_cachetools_comparison.py tests/unit/test_xxhash_integrity.py src/cachekit/serializers -x -q53 passed, 2 skipped (skips pre-existing in serializers/base.py doctests)
  • pre-commit (prek): ruff, basedpyright, whitespace, secrets — all passed
  • git diff --stat: 6 files, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

Docs gate

This PR is the docs pass. No docs.cachekit.io or protocol-spec surface mentions Blake3 checksums (the protocol spec is already xxHash3-64). Note for a follow-up: SECURITY.md's [core-supply-chain] anchor #supply-chain-security has no matching heading in cachekit-core/SECURITY.md (that file only has an SBOM paragraph) — link kept intact as scoped, but it is dead.

Panel gate

Size XS, doc/comment lines only, zero behaviour change — claiming the trivial exemption on the ticket against this PR's head SHA.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation

    • Clarified integrity-checking behaviour, including the use of xxHash3-64 checksums.
    • Updated serializer documentation to explain the raw MessagePack fallback when integrity checks are disabled.
    • Clarified that JSON serialisation output is not compressed and does not use ByteStorage.
    • Updated supply-chain and security notes to accurately reflect audited dependencies and hashing responsibilities.
  • Tests

    • Updated comparison and test documentation to reflect current checksum, compression, and serialisation behaviour.

…cstrings (LAB-3016, LAB-3017)

The shipped ByteStorage integrity checksum is xxHash3-64 (8 bytes) —
cachekit-core src/byte_storage.rs and rust/src/lib.rs both say so, and
tests/unit/test_xxhash_integrity.py enforces the 8-byte width. Several
docs still claimed Blake3 checksums, which was true before the migration
and is now a trust bug. BLAKE3 is only the cache-KEY hash in
src/cachekit/hash_utils.py — a separate subsystem, left untouched.

- tests/competitive + rust/TEST_EXPANSION_SUMMARY.md: Blake3 → xxHash3-64.
- rust/supply-chain/config.toml: blake3 is not in this crate's dependency
  tree at all (absent from Cargo.lock and `cargo tree -i blake3
  --all-features`); the exemption note claimed it did integrity checking.
  Note rewritten; the exemption entry itself is left for a cargo-vet
  cleanup, not this PR.
- SECURITY.md: blake3 is not a cachekit-core dependency. Sentence now
  names the crates core actually ships (ring/aes-gcm, lz4_flex,
  xxhash-rust, rmp-serde, hkdf, sha2) and points blake3 at the Python
  cache-key dependency it really is.
- serializers/__init__.py: AutoSerializer never pickles — default_format
  accepts only "msgpack", and with integrity off it returns raw msgpack.
- orjson_serializer.py: OrjsonSerializer never enters ByteStorage; its
  envelope is [xxHash3-64][json] or raw json, so "handled by Rust layer
  if enabled" described a path that does not exist.
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The changes correct documentation and metadata for xxHash3-64 integrity checks, dependency audit scope, raw MessagePack serialisation, and OrjsonSerializer behaviour. Runtime behaviour is unchanged.

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SECURITY.md, rust/TEST_EXPANSION_SUMMARY.md, rust/supply-chain/config.toml, tests/competitive/test_cachetools_comparison.py
Documentation now identifies xxHash3-64 for ByteStorage integrity and separates Rust dependency audits from the Python-layer blake3 dependency.
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src/cachekit/serializers/__init__.py, src/cachekit/serializers/orjson_serializer.py
Documentation now describes raw MessagePack when auto integrity checking is disabled and states that OrjsonSerializer does not use compression or ByteStorage.

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The update improves checksum and serializer documentation, but one summary still overstates xxHash3-64 corruption-detection coverage beyond the tested cases. Narrowing that wording would keep the documentation accurate.

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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The PR corrects the Blake3 checksum, plain pickle, and orjson claims from issue #168. It does not address the issue's mmap or master-key environment-variable documentation requirements. Either implement the mmap and master-key documentation corrections, or split the work into separate linked PRs and update issue #168 so that this PR has a scoped issue covering only the completed objectives.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the three documentation inaccuracies corrected by the changes. It is specific and related to the main work.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides detailed motivation, scope, changed files, verification results, and compatibility information. It does not use all template headings or complete the checklist items explicitl…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are documentation and comment corrections related to the linked issue. The Rust supply-chain notes, security documentation, and test summary updates support the checksum accuracy correctio…
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