Story: Connection management

Table of Contents

This page documents a story in Sprint 09. It captures the goal, current status, acceptance criteria, and the tasks that compose it.

Goal

Solve the which server am I talking to? problem the multi-environment agent workflow surfaces. Land ores.connections as the local-SQLite bookmark store, a Connection Browser MDI on top of it, polish the browser, and modernise the login dialog to consume saved connections.

Status

Field Value
State DONE
Parent sprint Sprint 09
Now Completed 2026-01-15.
Waiting on None.
Next None.
Last touched 2026-01-15

Acceptance

  • Prodigy lists all environments in a single buffer.
  • ores.connections present with SQLite persistence and AES-256-GCM encryption.
  • Connection Browser MDI covers folders + environments + master password.
  • Drag-reorder, inline rename, password validation, test-connection action all in place.
  • Modernised login + sign-up dialogs consume saved connections; auto-login after sign-up.

Tasks

Task State Start End Description
Prodigy supports multiple environments DONE 2026-05-19 2026-01-13 Prodigy shows all environments in a single buffer for running multiple claudes / qwens / geminis side-by-side.
Add ores.connections core DONE 2026-05-19 2026-01-13 New component for server connection bookmarks: folder + tag + server_environment + environment_tag domain types; SQLite persistence with AES-256-GCM password encryption and PBKDF2 key derivation; connection_manager service.
Add Connection Browser MDI window DONE 2026-05-19 2026-01-13 Hierarchical tree view of folders and environments; master-password support; full CRUD for folders and environments; database purge; pre-fill login from saved connection with auto-submit.
Improvements to connection browser DONE 2026-05-19 2026-01-15 Inline rename, drag-reorder folders, password policy validation, test-connection button, expanded start state, tags support, brighter-disabled-state fix, login-dialog integration.
Modernise login dialog DONE 2026-05-19 2026-01-15 Dark-themed, modeless LoginDialog and SignUpDialog as MDI subwindows; auto-login after sign-up; saved-connections dropdown.

Decisions

Local SQLite, not server Postgres
connection bookmarks belong on the client machine; storing them server-side defeats the purpose.
Modeless login dialog
lets the user keep it open while exploring saved connections, which the modal version blocked.
Master password gates the encrypted store
simple model; everything is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM derived from PBKDF2.

Out of scope

  • SSO / federated login.
  • Per-environment role pre-fetch.

See also

Emacs 29.1 (Org mode 9.6.6)