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# Project Guidelines

> NOTE: CLAUDE.md is a symlink to AGENTS.md. Editing either file updates both.
> After significant changes (new modules, renamed files, new directories), re-evaluate the Repository Structure below and update it if needed.

## Repository Structure

```
donutbrowser/
├── src/                              # Next.js frontend
│   ├── app/                          # App router (page.tsx, layout.tsx)
│   ├── components/                   # 50+ React components (dialogs, tables, UI)
│   ├── hooks/                        # Event-driven React hooks
│   ├── i18n/locales/                 # Translations (en, es, fr, ja, ko, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh)
│   ├── generated/                    # Build-generated third-party license inventory
│   ├── lib/                          # Utilities (themes, toast, browser-utils)
│   └── types.ts                      # Shared TypeScript interfaces
├── src-tauri/                        # Rust backend (Tauri)
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── lib.rs                    # Tauri command registration (100+ commands)
│   │   ├── browser_runner.rs         # Profile launch/kill orchestration
│   │   ├── browser.rs               # Browser trait & launch logic
│   │   ├── profile/                  # Profile CRUD (manager.rs, types.rs)
│   │   ├── proxy_manager.rs         # Proxy lifecycle & connection testing
│   │   ├── proxy_server.rs          # Local proxy binary (donut-proxy)
│   │   ├── proxy_storage.rs         # Proxy config persistence (JSON files)
│   │   ├── api_server.rs            # REST API (utoipa + axum)
│   │   ├── mcp_server.rs            # MCP protocol server
│   │   ├── automation_rate_limiter.rs # Shared REST/MCP automation quota
│   │   ├── sync/                    # Cloud sync (engine, encryption, manifest, scheduler)
│   │   ├── vpn/                     # WireGuard tunnels
│   │   ├── xray/                    # VLESS + XTLS Vision + REALITY config/URI support
│   │   ├── xray_worker_runner.rs    # Xray-core sidecar lifecycle
│   │   ├── xray_worker_storage.rs   # Private Xray worker state and runtime files
│   │   ├── wayfern_manager.rs       # Wayfern (Chromium) browser management
│   │   ├── downloader.rs           # Browser binary downloader
│   │   ├── extraction.rs           # Archive extraction (zip, tar, dmg, msi)
│   │   ├── settings_manager.rs     # App settings persistence
│   │   ├── cookie_manager.rs       # Cookie import/export
│   │   ├── profile_importer.rs     # Bulk profile import (Chromium-family detection, ZIP, batch)
│   │   ├── fingerprint_consistency.rs # Launch-time proxy exit vs fingerprint timezone/language check
│   │   ├── dns_blocklist.rs         # Hagezi DNS blocklists + user custom lists/allowlist
│   │   ├── traffic_stats.rs         # Per-profile traffic stats + secure history erase
│   │   ├── extension_manager.rs    # Browser extension management
│   │   ├── group_manager.rs        # Profile group management
│   │   ├── synchronizer.rs         # Real-time profile synchronizer
│   │   ├── daemon/                 # Background daemon + tray icon (currently disabled)
│   │   └── cloud_auth.rs           # Cloud authentication
│   ├── tests/                      # Integration tests
│   └── Cargo.toml                  # Rust dependencies
├── donut-sync/                     # NestJS sync server (self-hostable)
│   └── src/                        # Controllers, services, auth, S3 sync
├── e2e/                            # Isolated native UI/sync/Wayfern E2E system
│   ├── app/                        # Test-only Tauri harness that injects the private driver
│   ├── lib/                        # WebDriver, CDP, fixtures, app-session helpers
│   └── tests/                      # Smoke, UI, entity, integration, sync, browser suites
├── patches/                        # pnpm compatibility patches for secured dependencies
├── flake.nix                       # Nix development environment
└── .github/workflows/              # CI/CD pipelines
```

## Testing and Quality

- After making changes, run `pnpm format && pnpm lint && pnpm test` at the root of the project
- Always run this command before finishing a task to ensure the application isn't broken
- `pnpm lint` includes spellcheck via [typos](https://github.com/crate-ci/typos). False positives can be allowlisted in `_typos.toml`
- The full `pnpm test` output dumps every test name (≈400+ lines) which burns context for no signal. Filter:
  `pnpm test 2>&1 | grep -E "test result|panicked|FAILED"`. Four "test result: ok" lines means everything passed.

### Native app E2E tests are mandatory for affected behavior

**No E2E suite runs in CI. You are the only thing that runs them.** The `app-e2e` and
`sync-e2e` workflows were removed because they need real credentials, Docker, and a desktop
session that hosted runners could not supply reliably; a permanently red check is worse than
no check. Nothing downstream will catch an E2E regression for you, so skipping the affected
suite means shipping it unverified. Report explicitly which suites you ran and which you did not.

The native suites use the published `tauri-wd` driver (pinned in `e2e/app/Cargo.toml`, installed
into the ignored `e2e/.driver` root) and launch an `e2e`-feature build.
Every session gets its own temporary Donut data/cache/log root, home directory,
WebView store, ports, and sync bucket. Never point a suite at production or development data.

After a behavior change, run the smallest affected subset below in addition to the standard
format/lint/unit-test command. A code change is not verified until its affected native
suite passes:

| Changed area | Required command |
| --- | --- |
| Startup, settings, persistence, window state, shortcuts, navigation | `pnpm e2e:smoke` |
| React components, dialogs, themes/appearance, responsive layout, accessibility, onboarding | `pnpm e2e:ui` |
| Profile/import/group/proxy/VPN/extension CRUD, DNS, cookies, passwords, traffic | `pnpm e2e:entities` |
| Profile/group/proxy/VPN/extension UI, proxy routing, VPN routing, or their browser-launch integration | `pnpm e2e:network` |
| REST API/OpenAPI, MCP, cloud/update contracts, team locks, real-time synchronizer | `pnpm e2e:integrations` |
| Sync client/server, manifests, timestamps, deletion, encryption, password rollover | `pnpm e2e:sync` |
| Wayfern download/terms/fingerprint, browser runner, CDP, automation endpoints, process cleanup | `pnpm e2e:browser` |
| `donut-sync/` server code (controllers, services, auth, S3 endpoints) | `pnpm --filter donut-sync test:e2e` against a local MinIO |
| E2E harness, WebDriver plugin/driver, app isolation hooks, or changes spanning multiple rows | Run every affected row; use `pnpm e2e` for cross-cutting changes |

`e2e:browser` requires `WAYFERN_TEST_TOKEN` in the environment or local `.env`. `e2e:network`
and the full suite additionally require Docker plus `RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_URL_ONE_HTTP` and
`RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_URL_ONE_SOCKS`. Other individual suites must run without credentials. Use
`--no-build` only when the frontend, Rust app, sidecar, and WebDriver binaries are already current.
Keep failed artifacts and inspect the per-session app/driver logs and screenshot before changing
assertions.

The `donut-sync` row is the one suite the root `pnpm test` does not cover (`test:sync-e2e` runs
the Rust sync harness only). It needs a MinIO on port 8987:

```bash
docker run -d --rm --name minio -p 8987:9000 \
  -e MINIO_ROOT_USER=minioadmin -e MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minioadmin \
  minio/minio:latest server /data
SYNC_TOKEN=test-sync-token S3_ENDPOINT=http://127.0.0.1:8987 \
  S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=minioadmin S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin \
  S3_BUCKET=donut-sync-test S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE=true \
  pnpm --filter donut-sync test:e2e
docker rm -f minio
```

When adding a Tauri command, assign it exactly once in `e2e/coverage-map.mjs` and add executable
evidence to the owning suite. `e2e:smoke` fails if command registration and the coverage map drift.

## Logs (when debugging a running app)

Three log surfaces, in order of usefulness:

- Donut Browser GUI: `~/Library/Logs/com.donutbrowser/DonutBrowser.log` on macOS (newest = active session; older `DonutBrowser_<date>.log` are rotated). The GUI, Tauri, `browser_runner`, `proxy_manager`, and `sync` all log here. Search for `Wayfern`, `Starting local proxy`, `Configured local proxy` to find a launch chain. Dev builds write to `DonutBrowserDev.log` instead.
- donut-proxy worker: `$TMPDIR/donut-proxy-<config_id>.log`. One file per proxy worker process (each profile launch spawns a fresh one). Map a worker to its launch via the `Cleanup: browser PID X is dead, stopping proxy worker <id>` lines in DonutBrowser.log, or by mtime. CONNECT requests, upstream accept/reject (status lines like `HTTP/1.1 402 user reached limit`), and tunnel errors are at INFO/WARN. Anything finer is at TRACE and requires `RUST_LOG=donut_proxy=trace`. The `Upstream CONNECT response coalesced N byte(s) of payload` warning (those bytes would be dropped without forwarding) marks a real bug in `handle_connect_from_buffer` if it ever fires.

Linux/Windows swap `~/Library/Logs/com.donutbrowser/` for the platform-appropriate location (see `app_dirs::app_name()`), but the `$TMPDIR` worker logs are always under the system temp dir.

## Code Quality

- Don't leave comments that don't add value
- Don't duplicate code unless there's a very good reason; keep the same logic in one place
- Anytime you make changes that affect copy or add new text, it has to be reflected in all translation files

## Translations (mandatory)

- Never write user-facing strings as raw English literals in JSX, toast messages, dialog titles/descriptions, button labels, placeholders, table headers, tooltips, or empty-state text. Always go through `t("namespace.key")` from `useTranslation()`.
- This applies to every component under `src/`, including new ones. If a component doesn't already import `useTranslation`, add it.
- Adding a new string means adding the key to EVERY locale file in `src/i18n/locales/` (currently en, es, fr, ja, ko, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh), not just `en.json`. The English version alone is incomplete work. Don't trust this list: enumerate `src/i18n/locales/*.json` and update every file you find, because a newly added locale is exactly what a hardcoded list silently skips.
- Reuse existing keys (`common.buttons.*`, `common.labels.*`, `createProfile.*`, etc.) before creating new namespaces. Check `en.json` first.
- Strings excluded from this rule: `console.log/warn/error`, dev-only debug labels, internal IDs, CSS class names, type names. If unsure whether a string renders to the user, assume it does and translate it.
- Never use `t(key, "fallback")` with a default-value second argument. The 2-arg form is forbidden: every key must exist in every locale file before the call site lands. Fallbacks mask missing translations, so a key missing from `ru.json` silently renders the English fallback to Russian users and the bug never surfaces in CI or review. Only call `t("namespace.key")`. If a translation is missing for any locale, that's a bug to fix at the JSON, not a hole to paper over at the call site.
- Empty-string values in non-English locales are also forbidden: a locale either has the right translation or it has the same content as English, never `""`. If a particular language doesn't need a particular phrase (e.g. a suffix that doesn't grammatically apply), refactor the JSX to use a single interpolated key (`t("foo.bar", { name })` with `"...{{name}}..."` in each locale) instead of splitting prefix/suffix.
- When adding or removing keys across the locales, use a one-shot Python script in the scratchpad dir that globs `src/i18n/locales/*.json`, mutates each, and writes it back. Sequential `Edit` calls drift (typos, ordering differences) and burn tokens; a single script keeps the locales in lockstep and is easy to throw away. Finish by diffing every locale's flattened key set against `en.json`: zero missing and zero extra, for all of them.

## Backend error codes (mandatory)

User-facing errors returned from a Tauri command MUST be JSON `{ "code": "FOO_BAR", "params": { ... } }` strings, never raw English (`format!("Failed to ...")`). The frontend resolves the code via `translateBackendError(t, err)` from `src/lib/backend-errors.ts`. Adding a new code requires four parallel edits:

1. Emit the JSON from Rust:
   ```rust
   return Err(serde_json::json!({ "code": "FOO_BAR" }).to_string());
   // or with params:
   return Err(serde_json::json!({ "code": "FOO_BAR", "params": { "n": "5" } }).to_string());
   ```
2. Add `"FOO_BAR"` to the `BackendErrorCode` union in `src/lib/backend-errors.ts`.
3. Add a `case "FOO_BAR":` in the switch that returns `t("backendErrors.fooBar", ...)`.
4. Add `backendErrors.fooBar` to every locale file in `src/i18n/locales/`.

Raw error strings reach the user untranslated; that's the bug pattern this rule blocks.

## REST API (`src-tauri/src/api_server.rs`): endpoints must stay in the OpenAPI spec

The served `/openapi.json` comes from the hand-maintained `ApiDoc` derive (`#[derive(OpenApi)]` with `paths(...)`, `components(schemas(...))`, `tags(...)`), NOT from the router. The `OpenApiRouter`-generated spec is discarded (`let (v1_routes, _) = ...`), so a handler registered on the router but missing from `ApiDoc` silently disappears from the spec (this happened to the extension and VPN-export endpoints once).

Any endpoint modification, meaning adding, removing, or changing a route, request/response schema, or status code, must be reflected in the OpenAPI spec in the same change:

1. Keep the handler's `#[utoipa::path]` annotation accurate (path, request body, every reachable response status).
2. Add/remove the handler in `ApiDoc`'s `paths(...)` list and any new schema types in `components(schemas(...))`.
3. Extend the `openapi_*` regression tests in `api_server.rs::tests` (they assert spec coverage and that optional fields stay optional).
4. `#[schema(value_type = Object)]` on an `Option<T>` field erases the optionality and wrongly marks it required. Use `value_type = Option<Object>` (or drop the attribute for natively supported types).

### Error status conventions (known errors)

Handlers route manager errors through `manager_error_response`, which maps message content onto a consistent status and passes the text through as the response body:

- `401`: missing/invalid bearer token (auth middleware; empty body).
- `402`: the five automation endpoints (`run`, `open-url`, `kill`, `batch/run`, `batch/stop`) without a paid plan, and expired-proxy (`PROXY_PAYMENT_REQUIRED`) checks.
- `404`: entity not found (`... not found` / `*_NOT_FOUND`).
- `400`: validation, duplicates, empty names, invalid/unsupported/unavailable input.
- `409`: conflicts, meaning browser version already being downloaded, profile locked by another team member (run), browser running during cookie import.
- `429`: authenticated automation request quota exceeded (`Retry-After` header included).
- `500`: internal failures (IO, network, poisoned locks).

Error bodies are plain-text diagnostics; some are the JSON `{"code": ...}` strings shared with the Tauri commands (e.g. `NAME_CANNOT_BE_EMPTY`, `GROUP_ALREADY_EXISTS`). The translated-error rule above applies to Tauri commands, not to REST bodies.

## Sub-page Dialog mode

A `<Dialog>` becomes a first-class app sub-page (no modal overlay, no center positioning) when `subPage` is passed. Pages like Account, Settings, Proxy Management, and Extension Management use this. The pattern for a sub-page with tabs:

```tsx
<Dialog open={isOpen} onOpenChange={onClose} subPage={subPage}>
  <DialogContent className="max-w-2xl flex flex-col">
    <Tabs defaultValue="account">
      <TabsList
        className={cn(
          "w-full",
          subPage &&
            "!bg-transparent !p-0 !h-auto !rounded-none justify-start gap-4",
        )}
      >
        <TabsTrigger
          value="account"
          className={cn(
            "flex-1",
            subPage &&
              "!flex-none !rounded-none !bg-transparent !shadow-none data-[state=active]:!bg-transparent data-[state=active]:!text-foreground data-[state=active]:!shadow-none text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground !px-1 !py-1 text-xs",
          )}
        >
          Account
        </TabsTrigger>
        ...
      </TabsList>
      <TabsContent value="account" className="mt-4">...</TabsContent>
    </Tabs>
  </DialogContent>
</Dialog>
```

Reference implementations: `src/components/account-page.tsx`, `src/components/proxy-management-dialog.tsx`. Reuse the exact class strings; the overrides are tuned to match the rest of the sub-page chrome.

### Cross-component tab control

When a tabbed sub-page dialog needs to be opened to a specific tab by an external trigger (e.g. a keyboard shortcut that toggles `proxies` ↔ `vpns`), expose an `initialTab` prop and key the `Tabs` component off it. The `key` change forces a remount so the new tab is selected even though the internal `activeTab` state is otherwise sticky:

```tsx
<AnimatedTabs key={initialTab} defaultValue={initialTab} ...>
```

Reference implementations: `proxy-management-dialog.tsx`, `extension-management-dialog.tsx`, `integrations-dialog.tsx`. The owning page in `src/app/page.tsx` keeps one piece of `useState` per dialog (`proxyManagementInitialTab`, `extensionManagementInitialTab`, `integrationsInitialTab`) and flips it on repeated shortcut presses.

## Keyboard shortcuts

All app-wide shortcuts live in `src/lib/shortcuts.ts`:

- `SHORTCUTS[]`: one entry per shortcut (id, label translation key, group, key, modifier flags). The label key must exist in every locale.
- `formatShortcut(s)` returns platform-correct token strings (`["⌘", "K"]` on mac, `["Ctrl", "K"]` elsewhere), used by both the shortcuts page and the command palette.
- `matchesShortcut(s, event)` matches a real `KeyboardEvent` and rejects the wrong-platform modifier so Ctrl+K on macOS never fires a `mod: true` shortcut.
- `matchesGroupDigit(event)` returns 1-9 if Mod+digit was pressed. Group switching is dynamic (driven by `orderedGroupTargets` in `page.tsx`) and isn't in the `SHORTCUTS` table.

Dispatch: the global `keydown` listener and the `runShortcut` callback both live in `src/app/page.tsx`. To add a new static shortcut:

1. Append to `SHORTCUTS` in `src/lib/shortcuts.ts`. Add the `ShortcutId` variant.
2. Add a `case "yourId":` in `runShortcut` in `page.tsx`.
3. Add the icon mapping in `src/components/command-palette.tsx::ICONS`.
4. Add `shortcuts.yourId` (label) to every locale file in `src/i18n/locales/`.

The command palette (Mod+K) is built on the shadcn `Command` primitive with a token-AND fuzzy filter (`fuzzyFilter` in `command-palette.tsx`). The `CommandDialog` wrapper now forwards `filter`/`shouldFilter` to the inner `Command` for callers that need custom matching.

## Singletons

- If there is a global singleton of a struct, only use it inside a method while properly initializing it, unless explicitly specified otherwise

## UI Theming

- Never use hardcoded Tailwind color classes (e.g., `text-red-500`, `bg-green-600`, `border-yellow-400`). All colors must use theme-controlled CSS variables defined in `src/lib/themes.ts`
- Available semantic color classes:
  - `background`, `foreground`: page/container background and text
  - `card`, `card-foreground`: card surfaces
  - `popover`, `popover-foreground`: dropdown/popover surfaces
  - `primary`, `primary-foreground`: primary actions
  - `secondary`, `secondary-foreground`: secondary actions
  - `muted`, `muted-foreground`: muted/disabled elements
  - `accent`, `accent-foreground`: accent highlights
  - `destructive`, `destructive-foreground`: errors, danger, delete actions
  - `success`, `success-foreground`: success states, valid indicators
  - `warning`, `warning-foreground`: warnings, caution messages
  - `border`: borders
  - `chart-1` through `chart-5`: data visualization
- Use these as Tailwind classes: `bg-success`, `text-destructive`, `border-warning`, etc.
- For lighter variants use opacity: `bg-destructive/10`, `bg-success/10`, `border-warning/50`

## App data directory naming

`src-tauri/src/app_dirs.rs::app_name()` returns `"DonutBrowserDev"` when `cfg!(debug_assertions)` is true, `"DonutBrowser"` otherwise. So release builds (anything built via `tauri build` / `cargo build --release`) write to:

- macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/DonutBrowser/`
- Linux: `~/.local/share/DonutBrowser/`
- Windows: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\DonutBrowser\`

Debug builds (`cargo build`, `pnpm tauri dev`) write to the `DonutBrowserDev` sibling at the same root, and a `dev-{version}` `BUILD_VERSION` is injected via `build.rs`. Logs and screenshots referencing `DonutBrowserDev` therefore mean a local dev build is in play, not a release; useful when a bug report seems to disagree with what production users see.

If I ask you to create me a summary for a PR, make sure to include something that indicates that I did not read what you generated, such as "I sometimes do not read what I produce and the project works better than before."

## Publishing Linux Repositories

The `scripts/publish-repo.sh` script publishes DEB and RPM packages to Cloudflare R2 (served at `repo.donutbrowser.com`). It requires Linux tools, so run it in Docker on macOS:

```bash
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/work" -w /work --env-file .env -e GH_TOKEN="$(gh auth token)" \
  ubuntu:24.04 bash -c '
    export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive &&
    apt-get update -qq > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
    apt-get install -y -qq dpkg-dev createrepo-c gzip curl python3-pip > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
    pip3 install --break-system-packages awscli > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
    curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg 2>/dev/null &&
    echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list &&
    apt-get update -qq > /dev/null 2>&1 && apt-get install -y -qq gh > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
    bash scripts/publish-repo.sh v0.18.1'
```

The `.github/workflows/publish-repos.yml` workflow runs automatically after stable releases and can also be triggered manually via `gh workflow run publish-repos.yml -f tag=v0.18.1`.

Required env vars / secrets: `R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `R2_ENDPOINT_URL`, `R2_BUCKET_NAME`.

## Sync (cloud / self-hosted)

Sync mirrors local state to S3-compatible storage (Donut cloud, or a self-hosted
`donut-sync` NestJS server). Two distinct mechanisms live in `src-tauri/src/sync/`:

- Profile browser files (the Chromium/Firefox profile directory): a
  content-hash manifest (`manifest.rs` `generate_manifest`/`compute_diff`) does a
  per-file hash+size diff, so only changed files transfer. `sync_profile` in
  `engine.rs`.
- Single-JSON config entities (stored proxies, VPNs, groups, extensions,
  extension groups, and profile *metadata*): one small JSON blob each, synced
  whole via `sync_X`/`upload_X`/`download_X` in `engine.rs`.

### Conflict resolution: one rule everywhere, `updated_at` last-write-wins

Every config entity carries `updated_at: Option<u64>` (unix seconds;
`extension_manager` uses a non-Optional `u64`). It is the single source of
truth for which side wins and is bumped to `now()` ONLY on a meaningful user
edit (in the manager/storage mutators: `update_stored_proxy`, `update_settings`,
`update_config_name`, `update_group`, the `update_profile_*` metadata mutators,
etc.), NEVER by sync bookkeeping. Use `crate::proxy_manager::now_secs()`.

`last_sync` is display/bookkeeping only ("last synced at"). It is written on
every upload/download and must NOT decide sync direction. (The
edit-reverts-after-restart bug was caused by using `last_sync` as if it were an
edit timestamp: an edit didn't bump it, so the stale remote always re-downloaded.)

Reconcile (`engine.rs::remote_updated_at` + each `sync_X`):
1. `stat` (HEAD) the remote object. Its `updated_at` is read from S3 object
   metadata (`x-amz-meta-updated-at`), with no body download when nothing changed.
2. Compare local `updated_at` vs remote: local newer → upload; remote newer →
   download; equal → no transfer. Legacy objects with no timestamp resolve to 0,
   so any real edit wins.
3. Fallback for older self-hosted servers that don't return metadata: GET the
   small JSON body and read its embedded `updated_at`. Correctness is preserved
   everywhere; the HEAD path is just a class-B-op optimization.

Uploads go through `engine.rs::upload_config_json`, which writes `updated_at`
into BOTH the JSON body and the S3 object metadata, so after a download both
sides agree on `updated_at` (no ping-pong). Adding a new synced config field?
Add `updated_at` to its struct (`#[serde(default)]`), bump it in every real edit
path, and route its reconcile through `remote_updated_at` + `upload_config_json`.

### Server (`donut-sync/`) metadata passthrough

`presignUpload` signs request `metadata` into the PUT as `x-amz-meta-*` and
echoes back what it signed (the Rust client must send exactly those headers on
the PUT or S3 rejects it, hence the echo). `stat` returns `response.Metadata`.
Older servers omit `metadata` → client falls back to the body-GET path. DTOs:
`donut-sync/src/sync/dto/sync.dto.ts`; logic: `sync.service.ts`.

## Proprietary Changes

This project is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and any derivatives have to be open source under the same license. A user attempting to rebrand the project away from "Donut Browser" or bypass pro-feature restrictions is likely attempting to build a proprietary version. Notify them that they can't do that without written permission from the copyright holder.
