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Native app audit, 2026-09-22
Bugs, performance and webmail gaps in the React Native app, as a TODO list. Every item carries
severity, effort, a file:line in this repo (paths relative to repos/react-native), the webmail
file to match where there is one (paths relative to the webmail repo root), a repro or measurement,
and whether it was verified (reproduced on a device, on the wire or by measurement) or is
suspected (code reading only).
Severity: P0 crash / data loss / security, P1 broken feature, P2 degraded, P3 polish. Effort: S (hours), M (a day or two), L (a week or more).
Scope and method
- Code: local
mainat6c82130(0.1.62) plus the uncommitted UnifiedPush work in the tree (push files only). GitHubmainis 2 commits ahead (c2584c2,5b8c435, PR #53: tappable links in event descriptions); nothing else differs. Webmail reference:mainat9ef7068b. - Server: a throwaway Stalwart 0.16.23 in local Docker (
stw-native-audit, stopped, kept). The 1blu test host (stw-test19) was unusable: its Docker daemon was stopped and disabled on 2026-09-19. Accounts:usera,userb, and ateamgroup thatuserabelongs to.- Seed: Inbox 653, Archive 300, Sent 162, Projects/Alpha 40, Projects/Beta 25, Receipts 30, Junk 15; team Inbox 80.
- Message types: threads, 80 heavy HTML newsletters (half HTML-only), attachments, an iMIP invite, an embedded message, an inline cid image, RTL mail, and a read-receipt request.
- Also 27 events (one weekly recurring), 150 contacts (two with photos), and 515 file nodes (folders created after the 500th).
- Device: Android emulator
Bulwark_Pixel7_API35(x86_64, WHPX) running a release APK built from the tree with a temporary cleartext flag (reverted afterwards).- Driven with
uiautomatorandinput. - Every request went through a logging proxy that recorded JMAP methods, arguments and set-errors.
- UI timings come from
screenrecordframes diffed with ffmpeg. They are emulator numbers: compare them with each other, not with a phone.
- Driven with
- Static review: covered selectors, rendering, request patterns, bundle and build, and the webmail diff since 2026-08-29 (142 non-merge commits). Every item below that says verified was re-checked on the device, on the wire, or by direct measurement (APK and bundle inspection).
Test suite status
npx tsc --noEmit: clean on the tree and on a cleangit archiveof HEAD.npx vitest run: green. 77 files and 970 tests pass on the tree; HEAD passes too, apart from the load-related timeout below.- The note "red on main, netinfo not mocked" is stale.
b84d4d8(2026-08-29) mocks netinfo insrc/test-setup.ts. - The only failure seen:
src/i18n/__tests__/keys.test.ts:45timed out once, taking 16.8 s against the 5 s default while gradle was building. Run alone it takes 0.4 s. It walkssrc/synchronously, so give it a longer timeout.
- The note "red on main, netinfo not mocked" is stale.
- Live suite (
src/api/__tests__/live-stalwart.test.ts): 14/14 pass against 0.16.23. All three Stalwart quirks still exist in 0.16.23 and are handled on the paths the suite covers:- the third
Email/setresponse on a send; - the same
partIdintextBodyandhtmlBody; urn:stalwart:jmapappearing only inaccountCapabilities.
- the third
- The zustand selector sweep found no crash-class selectors: 685 call sites, none returns a fresh object or array.
- Open issue #50 (crash opening any mail) did not reproduce in about 20 opens, including mail with attachments, an invitation, a 586 KB body and RTL mail.
Summary: fix these ten first
- P0 · S: read receipts carry attacker-controlled headers and are sent for messages the user never opened (S1, B7).
- P0 · S–M: published release APKs are signed with the public React Native debug key (S2).
- P0 · S–M: viewer actions on a shared/group message hit the user's own account and can delete an unrelated message (B3).
- P0 · S: opening, starring or tagging replaces the whole keyword map; stars and tags are erased (B4).
- P1 · S: the viewer switches to another message when new mail arrives, and its buttons act on the message you are not looking at (B5).
- P1 · S–M: messages disappear from the list after a background refresh until you pull to refresh (B6).
- P1 · S: scheduled send, the undo-send delay and the Scheduled folder are dead on every Stalwart server (#57, B8).
- P1 · S–M: sharing a file into the app always fails, and
SENDTO/+-addressmailto:links open nothing (B9, B10, B11). - P1 · M: opening a message takes 1.7–1.9 s and the layout jumps three times (PF1).
- P1 · M: cold start takes 3.6–4.1 s to a settled inbox and is JS-bound (PF2).
Why these ten:
- 1–2: security holes that can be exploited today without any user mistake.
- 3–6: the app silently changes, hides or acts on the wrong mail. When users call the app "buggy", this is the class that loses their trust, and all four were reproduced in minutes.
- 7–8: core flows that fail for every Stalwart user or every share/
mailto:user. - 9–10: the latency users feel on every launch and every tap, the "slow" in "buggy and slow".
Everything else below is narrower (file trees past 500 nodes; tasks, which are off by default), suspected, or cosmetic.
Bugs
Crashes
- B1 · P1 · M: session restore can hang forever when a persisted cache fails
to load.
- Where:
src/stores/auth-store.ts:23-31,src/stores/auth-store.ts:603-608,src/stores/settings-store.ts:423. - Why:
- AsyncStorage's Android database is capped at 6 MB, because
android/gradle.propertieshas noAsyncStorage_db_size_in_MB. Rows over about 2 MB can't be read back. - The offline cache defaults to 50 MB. The email snapshot has no cap and stores the current folder twice.
- zustand only marks a store hydrated when the read succeeds, and
waitForHydrationhas no timeout.
- AsyncStorage's Android database is capped at 6 MB, because
- Suspected.
- Where:
- B2 · P3 · S: the composer's WebView renderer process dies when the composer
closes.
- Evidence: logcat shows
aw_browser_terminator … Renderer process (11521) crash detected (code -1)at 18:42:55 and again (11663) at 18:45:42, both on composer close. - The app survives, but the cause is unknown.
- Verified (log only).
- Evidence: logcat shows
Data correctness
- B3 · P0 · S–M: viewer actions use the open folder's account instead of the
message's.
- Where:
src/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:107-113(owner falls back to the list folder),src/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:355-358(delete),:388-414(archive, move, spam),src/stores/email-store.ts:1194-1197. - Web:
stores/email-store.ts(resolveUnstampedEmailAccountId, rows stamped with their account). - Repro:
- From the Unified Inbox, open team message
keaaaacrand tap Delete. There is no confirmation. Email/setgoes to accountcand moves usera's own, unrelated "Security audit #18" (same id, since Stalwart ids are only unique per account) to Trash.- The team message stays where it was.
- From the Unified Inbox, open team message
- Verified.
- Where:
- B4 · P0 · S: mark-read, star, pin and tag replace the whole
keywordsmap.- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:963-983,src/api/email.ts:602-609. Outbox replay does the same. - Web:
lib/jmap/client.ts(keywords/$seenpointer patch,batchMarkAsRead). RN already haspatchKeywordsForEmailsatsrc/api/email.ts:612. - Repro 1 (message not in the loaded list):
- Open a team message that has
$flaggedand$label:workfrom the Unified Inbox. - The app sends
update {keywords: {"$seen": true}}, and the server keeps only$seen. The star and the tag are gone, while the viewer still shows the star.
- Open a team message that has
- Repro 2 (message in the list): Star sent the full map
{$notjunk, $seen, $flagged}. That reverts any keyword another client changed since the list loaded. - Verified.
- Where:
- B5 · P1 · S: the viewer pager follows the live list, so new mail shifts the
page under the user.
- Where:
src/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:81-102,:639. - Repro:
- Open "Quarterly numbers" (row 2) and deliver 2 new messages.
- The screen switches by itself to "Drift probe one".
- Tapping Star then flags "Quarterly numbers", which is no longer displayed. Delete and
Archive use the same
activeEmailId.
- Fix: snapshot the id list when the viewer opens.
- Verified.
- Where:
- B6 · P1 · S–M: messages vanish after a delta refresh.
- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:1953-1990and:2058-2060. - Web:
stores/email-store.ts(applyEmailDeltaNow, which runsEmail/changesagainst the list's own state). - Why:
inMailboxis a mutable filter. Stalwart therefore reports every updated id as removed and re-added.- RN drops those ids and skips re-fetching them because they "already exist".
- The account-wide
emailStatetoken is deleted whenever a query returns no ids.
- Repro:
- Open the empty "Projects" folder, go back to Inbox, and flag "Please confirm receipt" from another client.
- The refresh sends only
Email/queryChanges, and the row disappears. - A pull-to-refresh (a full query) brings it back.
- Before the empty-folder visit the same test worked (
queryChanges→changes→get). - Verified.
- Where:
- B7 · P1 · S: with "Always send", read receipts go out for messages that were
never displayed, and a failed one leaves junk in Sent.
- Where:
src/components/email/ReadReceiptBanner.tsx:92-101(mounted in the neighbouring pages the pager pre-renders,src/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:641windowSize={3}),src/api/email.ts:1456-1486. - Repro:
- Open "Invitation: Design review". The app uploads, imports and submits an MDN for the next message, "Please confirm receipt", which the user never saw.
- Stalwart rejected this submission (a
.exampleaddress), but the imported "Read: Please confirm receipt" stays in Sent.$mdnsentis not set and a failed auto-send clears its guard (autoRef.current = null), so it can run again and import another copy.
- Verified.
- Where:
- B8 · P1 · S: scheduled send and the undo-send delay are off on Stalwart
(#57).
- Where:
src/api/jmap-client.ts:973-999readssession.capabilities[submission]. Stalwart only putsmaxDelayedSendand FUTURERELEASE inaccountCapabilities.:919-925(attachment size cap) has the same problem. - Web:
lib/jmap/client.ts(readsaccountCapabilities). - Repro: the account advertises
maxDelayedSend: 2592000with FUTURERELEASE. Composer clock → "In 1 hour" → "Scheduling unavailable: This mail server does not support scheduled send". - The Scheduled screen and the undo delay use the same check.
- Verified.
- Where:
- B9 · P1 · S: files shared into the app never upload.
- Where:
src/api/blob.ts:99passes thecontent://URI tocreateUploadTask, which requires a file path.src/lib/share-intent.ts:40names the file after the URI's last segment. - Repro:
am start -a SEND -t image/png --eu android.intent.extra.STREAM content://media/…/1000000027→ alert "Failed to upload 1000000027 … IOException: Directory for '/external/images/media/1000000027' doesn't exist". - Verified.
- Where:
- B10 · P1 · S:
ACTION_SENDTO mailto:opens the inbox, not the composer.- Where:
android/app/src/main/java/com/anonymous/bulwarkmobile/ShareIntentStore.kt:25only handles SEND and SEND_MULTIPLE. RN'sLinkingforwards only VIEW. The manifest registers SENDTO anyway. - Repro:
am start -a android.intent.action.SENDTO -d mailto:bob@partner.example→ no composer. The same URI with VIEW works. - Verified.
- Where:
- B11 · P2 · S:
mailto:links with a+address do nothing.- Where:
src/lib/mailto.ts:21turns+into a space, validation then fails, and the parser returns null. - Web:
lib/validation.ts. - Repro:
mailto:alice+news@partner.example→ no composer. - Verified.
- Where:
- B12 · P1 · S: tasks can't be completed (#958).
- Where:
src/stores/calendar-store.ts:710-719sendsprogressUpdated. The checkbox atsrc/components/calendar/TasksSheet.tsx:442swallows the error. - Web:
6b30e91c,stores/task-store.ts. - Repro: tap the task checkbox →
notUpdated: invalidProperties ["progressUpdated"]. The task staysneeds-actionand the UI shows no error. - Tasks are off by default (
src/stores/settings-store.ts:381), which limits the reach. - Verified.
- Where:
- B13 · P1 · M: the Files tab stops at 500 nodes (#1069).
- Where:
src/api/files.ts:98-112(FileNode/get ids:null, which Stalwart silently caps atmaxObjectsInGet). The same code runs at:133-167. - Web:
lib/jmap/client.ts(fetchAllFileNodes,9893b0a8). - Repro: with 510 root files created before the folders,
file-0490–0499are listed, whilefile-0500–0509and the Documents and Photos folders (and their files) never appear. - Verified.
- Where:
- B14 · P2 · S: bodies over 512 KB render cut off with no notice (#884).
- Where:
src/api/email.ts:493-499(maxBodyValueBytes: 512000,isTruncatednever read). - Web:
lib/jmap/client.ts(2cf7427e, refetch of truncated bodies). - Repro: for a 586 KB HTML report, the server returns
isTruncated: truewith 59 characters. The viewer shows the heading, one line and "…"; the list preview shows the full text. - Verified.
- Where:
- B15 · P1 · S: a redirect that drops the Authorization header signs the user
out on launch.
- Where:
src/api/jmap-client.ts:737-763. The retry keys onresponse.redirected, which RN's fetch never sets. An empty session then throwsAuthenticationError, andsrc/stores/auth-store.ts:677-683evicts the account. - Web:
40e38d16(#892). - Only affects servers behind a redirecting proxy; direct Stalwart is fine.
- Suspected.
- Where:
- B16 · P1 · S: "Save draft" discards the text when identities didn't load
(offline) or there is no Drafts folder.
- Where:
src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx:1208returns early;:1288-1290closes anyway. - On iOS, the
beforeRemovelistener at:1340doesn't stop a native swipe-down; that needsusePreventRemove. - Suspected.
- Where:
- B17 · P1 · S: calendar reminders get cancelled when the calendar view
moves.
- Where:
src/lib/calendar-notifications.ts:116-134rebuilds the reminder set from the windowedeventsand cancels everything else. - Viewing another month drops all pending reminders. Nothing reschedules them in a session that never opens the Calendar tab.
- There is no
setNotificationHandler, so reminders don't show while the app is in the foreground. - Suspected.
- Where:
- B18 · P1 · S: push can end up permanently off for users with ACL-shared
mailboxes.
- Where:
src/lib/push-notifications.ts(HEAD:223-229builds theemailPushmap from every account with mailboxes). - Stalwart rejects the whole map with
forbiddenfor accounts the user doesn't own and isn't a group member of. The refresh path then destroys the working subscription and the recreate fails the same way. - Web:
lib/web-push.ts:86-94has the same code. - Suspected.
- Where:
- B19 · P2 · S: "Reschedule" drops Cc and Bcc.
- Where:
src/api/email.ts:1393rebuilds recipients fromscheduled.to;src/screens/ScheduledScreen.tsx:140. - Web:
lib/jmap/client.ts(reuses the envelope). - Unreachable on Stalwart until B8 is fixed.
- Suspected.
- Where:
- B20 · P2 · S: "Load more" skips messages in Unread and Starred views.
- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:776usesposition: emails.length, which counts rows that were kept after they stopped matching the query. - Suspected.
- Where:
- B21 · P2 · S: the event editor wipes what the user typed when a calendar push
or the alias lookup arrives.
- Where:
src/components/calendar/EventModal.tsx:231-273(the reset effect depends oncalendarsandcurrentUserEmails). - Suspected.
- Where:
- B22 · P2 · S: an invitation's Accept sends no RSVP when the event is outside
the loaded calendar window, yet says "Added to calendar".
- Where:
src/components/email/CalendarInvitationBanner.tsx:177-188. - Suspected.
- Where:
- B23 · P2 · S: "Send failed" can be shown for mail that was sent, so a retry
sends it twice.
- Where:
src/api/email.ts:1178-1181throws on anyerrorresponse. Stalwart appends one whenonSuccessUpdateEmailfails after a successful submission. - Suspected.
- Where:
- B24 · P3 · S: some writes report success when the server refused them.
- Where:
src/api/files.ts:199and:225(rename, move, delete read[0][1]without checking for anerrorresponse);src/api/calendar.ts:449-459ignoresnotDestroyed;src/api/push.ts:14,82,105. - Suspected.
- Where:
UI glitches
- U1 · P2 · S: the cold-start sequence shows a blank screen and jumps twice.
- Where:
App.tsx:613-620;AppThemehas nowindowBackground;PushOnboardingPrompt. - Frames:
- The dark splash is followed by about 1 s of blank white.
- Rows appear without a header, with the search bar under the status bar.
- The header then pops in and pushes the list down.
- The notification card lands over the status bar and pushes the list down again.
- Verified (
screenrecord).
- Where:
- U2 · P2 · S: opening a message shows a skeleton, then a 120 px strip of body,
then the full body.
- Where:
src/components/EmailBodyView.tsx:588-591(the height resets to 120 on every message). - The header data is already in the list row but isn't used. The quick-reply box jumps as the WebView grows. See PF1.
- Verified.
- Where:
- U3 · P2 · S: sender image and table widths are overridden.
- Where:
src/lib/email-html.ts:452-454.img { max-width: 100% !important }beats inlinemax-width. - Web:
68341a0b,ab4bf91b(#790). - Repro: an image with
max-width:200px; max-height:134px; width:100%renders full width and squashed about 1.9×; a table withmax-width:300pxspans the pane. - Verified.
- Where:
- U4 · P2 · S: RTL mail renders left-to-right.
- Where:
src/lib/email-html.ts:627and:686(nodir="auto"). - Web:
e2990da5,48048f16. - Repro: an Arabic plain-text body is left-aligned and its sentence-final period sits on the wrong side.
- Verified.
- Where:
- U5 · P3 · S: list previews keep the server's newlines.
- Rows show a dangling "…" line and have uneven heights ("Q3 revenue is up 12 %.\n\n…").
- A subject that contains CR/LF also renders over several lines in the list and the viewer.
- Where:
src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsxrow. - Verified.
- U6 · P3 · S: the schedule sheet offers presets, then refuses them.
- Where:
src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx:1846-1851. The sheet should hide the presets. - Verified.
- Where:
- U7 · P3 · S: Back in Files selection mode switches to the Mail tab instead of
clearing the selection.
- Verified.
- U8 · P3 · M: icon buttons and switches have no accessibility label.
- Unlabeled controls:
- mail list: hamburger, select-all, filter;
- compose FAB;
- composer: close, attach, schedule;
- every calendar header button;
- per-file menu, settings switches, task checkbox.
- Web:
4947c6c7. - Repro:
uiautomator dumpshows an emptycontent-descon all of these. - Verified.
- Unlabeled controls:
- U9 · P3 · S: Android notifications use the stock envelope as their small icon.
- Where:
android/app/src/main/java/com/anonymous/bulwarkmobile/BulwarkFcmModule.kt:128and:181(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_email). - Suspected.
- Where:
Performance
All numbers come from the x86_64 emulator with a release build and a local server. Use them to compare against each other, not as phone numbers.
- PF1 · P1 · M: opening a message takes 1.65–1.87 s from tap to a settled
screen.
- Where:
src/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:161-199(a network-first detail fetch even for cached ids, plus a thread fetch with full bodies),:641(the pager mounts 3 panes, each with its own WebView),src/components/EmailBodyView.tsx:588-591(the body is sanitized twice per mount). - Web:
stores/email-store.tsandmail-app.tsxonperf/fastest-mail(header painted from the row, prefetch on press). - Measured:
- Plain 1 KB message 1.87 s; newsletter 1.65 s; two-message thread 1.72 s.
- Plain open, step by step: skeleton; header at +0.41 s; body at +1.02 s (clipped); resize and quick-reply jump at +1.69 s.
- One open from the Unified Inbox made 12 requests: the body twice, the thread twice,
Identity/get, and a forbiddenx:Account/get.
- Verified (numbers and requests); causes suspected.
- Where:
- PF2 · P1 · M: cold start takes 3.6 / 3.8 / 4.1 s from launch to a settled
inbox (3 runs).
- Measured:
am startreports 451–564 ms to the first frame (the splash).- Cached rows at about +1.2 s.
- The first network request at +1.84 s (
GET /jmap/session). - Then 700 ms of JS work before the 14-request delta burst.
- Network is not the bottleneck: every request finishes within 0.7 s.
- Causes:
- All 27 locale catalogs are imported and built at startup (
src/i18n/index.ts:11-37), 36 % of the 9.13 MB Hermes bundle. lucide-react-nativeis imported through its barrel in 93 files (e.g.App.tsx:8), which evaluates all 1,694 icons (1.08 MB, 12 %).- The date-fns locale barrel (
src/lib/calendar-locale.ts:2-13) adds 830 KB. - 3,586 of 3,993 modules run before the first frame.
- The session fetch waits for four serial AsyncStorage hydrations
(
src/stores/auth-store.ts:603-608). - The headless push task imports the whole app (
index.ts:10).
- All 27 locale catalogs are imported and built at startup (
- Verified (device timings; bundle shares measured by rebuilding the bundle with hermesc and removing module groups one at a time).
- Measured:
- PF3 · P2 · M: the mail list is heavier than the emulator floor.
- Measured over already-loaded rows (14 flings): p50 21 ms, p90 32 ms, p95 38 ms, p99 57 ms. The same flings in the system Settings list: 17 / 18 / 20 / 36 ms.
- Causes:
- Inline
onEndReachedandonRefresh, and nostrictMode, so FlatList re-runs everyrenderItem(src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx:1285-1288). - SwipeableRow is not memoized, creates 4 new interpolations per render, and keeps both swipe
bands mounted in every row (
src/components/SwipeableRow.tsx:252-297). - Row dates build two
Intlformatters per row (src/lib/date-format.ts:75-97). - The PanResponder drag runs on the JS thread (
src/components/SwipeableRow.tsx:170-172).
- Inline
- Verified (numbers); causes suspected.
- PF4 · P2 · S: hidden screens keep rendering.
- Where: there is no
enableFreezeorfreezeOnBlur(App.tsx:634,index.ts). - The tab navigator subscribes to the whole
mailboxesarray to compute one badge (App.tsx:127), andsrc/stores/email-store.ts:1855sets a new array on every mailbox fetch. - So every refresh also re-renders the mail list under an open message.
- Suspected.
- Where: there is no
- PF5 · P2 · S–M: every store write re-serializes the whole persisted cache.
- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:1723-1731(the email cache, with the current folder stored twice),src/stores/contacts-store.ts:824-829,src/stores/calendar-store.ts:769-775. This includesloadingflips; there is no debounce. - Opening one unread message causes about 5 full writes.
- Suspected. The stringify cost was measured off-device: 1.25 ms for 425 rows in V8.
- Where:
- PF6 · P2 · S: requests that can be cut, all seen on the wire.
- Every drawer open sends 14
Email/querycalls for tag counts. - The Contacts tab re-downloads all cards (58 KB) on every open, although they load at startup.
- Returning to the Unified Inbox reloads page 1 of every account
(
src/screens/UnifiedInboxScreen.tsx:133-137). - The echo of the app's own writes triggers one or two full refresh cycles (10 requests after one send).
- Starts and message opens send an
x:Account/getthat non-admin users are always refused. - The sort-polarity probe runs on every start and is only cached in memory
(
src/lib/keyword-sort-polarity.ts:61-81). - Resume sends 2
Core/echos, then waits about 0.8 s before syncing. - There is a 30 s
Core/echoon top of the SSE pings (App.tsx:581-596). - Backgrounding is fine: no requests during 40 s in the background.
- Verified.
- Every drawer open sends 14
- PF7 · P2 · S: every list page and every search is 3 sequential requests.
- The chain is
Email/query→Email/get→Thread/get(the last one fired after render). First login adds twoMailbox/getand a 500 ms gap. - Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:2049-2060,src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx:339-358. - Web:
lib/jmap/client.tsonperf/fastest-mail(query, get andThread/getvia#ids /list/*/threadIdin one request). RN'ssrc/api/unified-inbox.ts:383-397already chains query and get. - Verified.
- The chain is
- PF8 · P2 · M: each keystroke in the composer re-renders the 3,000-line
screen twice.
- Where:
src/lib/editor-html.ts:160-168posts the fullinnerHTMLon every input and on every selection change;src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx:2276-2277. htmlToPlainTextand aJSON.stringifysnapshot also run on every render.- Suspected.
- Where:
- PF9 · P2 · M: the APK is 42.8 MB (arm64) with R8 off.
- Where:
android/app/build.gradle:72and:126-129. - Contents: 25.85 MB of unminified dex, 24,621 classes; the ML Kit barcode scanner accounts for 5.83 MB. The UnifiedPush work in progress adds 3,009 classes (Tink, protobuf).
- Verified (APK inspection of the published 0.1.62).
- Where:
- PF10 · P3 · S: slow paths that need large data to show.
- Contacts search re-sorts with
localeCompareon every keystroke (src/stores/contacts-store.ts:923-925). - Bulk mark-read and star send N requests against a concurrency limit of 4
(
src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx:668-681);setKeywordForEmailsexists atsrc/stores/email-store.ts:1530. - Files upload progress is not throttled.
- The offline-cache index is rewritten once per message.
- Suspected.
- Contacts search re-sorts with
Missing vs webmail
Status: missing (no native equivalent), partial, diverges (exists but behaves differently or wrongly). Items already listed under Bugs are only cross-referenced here.
Auth and accounts
- P2 · S · missing: adding a second OAuth account silently signs in the same user again.
- Where:
src/lib/oauth-native.ts:127-141(noprompt=select_account, no ephemeral browser session). - Web:
5771a213. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · partial: a pasted
…/jmap/sessionURL fails discovery with a 404.- Where:
src/lib/server-discovery.ts:59-63. - Web:
b26c1746(#971). - Suspected.
- Where:
- Also see B15 (#892 redirect).
Mail list, folders and search
- P2 · L · diverges: "All folders" search only covers the open folder's account (#1082).
- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:384-389. - Web:
lib/unified-mailbox.ts(searchAcrossAccounts,9ef7068b). - Repro: "zephyr" with All folders →
Email/queryon accountconly → 3 hits. The 5 matches in the team inbox are missing. - Verified.
- Where:
- P2 · M · diverges: the tag view and tag badges only cover one account (#1038).
- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:209and:387,src/components/SidebarDrawer.tsx:426-436. - Web:
stores/email-store.ts(fetchTagEmails,fedfc89d). - Repro: 2 own and 2 team messages tagged Red → the Red view shows 2.
- Verified.
- Where:
- P3 · S · missing: folders created on the phone are not subscribed.
- Where:
src/api/email.ts:211-221sends noisSubscribed: true, so IMAP clients hide them. - Web:
2b186910(#951). - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · diverges: archiving to a role-less "Archives" folder is offered but does nothing.
- Where: the list matches by name (
src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx:393-395), but the store needs the role or the exact name (src/stores/email-store.ts:1202-1205). - Web:
2b32a011(#578). - Suspected.
- Where: the list matches by name (
- P3 · S · missing: no unread badge on the app icon.
- expo-notifications
setBadgeCountAsyncis already available. - Web:
hooks/use-app-badge.ts(e7d37823). - Suspected.
- expo-notifications
- P3 · S · missing: list rows show no attachment chips.
- Web:
0e1c34cd. - Suspected.
- Web:
- P3 · S · missing: no "clear search when switching folders" setting.
- Web:
12f01409. - Suspected.
- Web:
- P3 · S · diverges: the Unified section shows even when it can't be populated.
- Where:
src/components/SidebarDrawer.tsx:639. - Web:
f3f0127c(#843). - Suspected.
- Where:
- Not applicable: global search (Pro, desktop-only); category tabs (only exist when a plugin registers them).
Viewer
- P2 · M · missing: no per-message HTML/plain-text toggle, and reopened drafts are forced into
the global format.
- Where:
src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx:531-536. With plain text on, an HTML draft is flattened on its first autosave. - Web:
f6ad8a59(#1022),components/email/compose-format.ts. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P2 · S · missing: sender avatars ignore address-book photos (#54).
- Web:
components/ui/avatar.tsx(looks up the sender's contact photo by email; the photo wins over favicons and initials). - Repro: Alice Nguyen's contact photo shows in Contacts; her mail shows "AN" initials.
- Verified.
- Web:
- P2 · S · diverges: the viewer's Spam button is a plain move.
- It sends no
$junk/$notjunkflip and doesn't honour trash-and-read. - Where:
src/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:395-407. The list and swipe paths are right (src/stores/email-store.ts:1058-1146). - Web:
150c25ca(#695). - Suspected.
- It sends no
- P2 · S · diverges: viewer Archive silently does nothing for messages that are not in the
loaded list.
- This covers the unified inbox, notification taps and deep links.
- Where:
src/stores/email-store.ts:1196-1197. - Web:
150c25ca. - Suspected.
- P3 · S · partial: failed actions and sends give no feedback.
- The store actions are called with
void, and there is no "Email sent" toast. - Web:
ec67ab99,b03a0c1d,lib/email-action-toast.ts. - Verified (no toast after send); failure path suspected.
- The store actions are called with
- P3 · S · missing: body-embedded
cid:parts typed octet-stream appear as nameless chips.- Where:
src/lib/attachment-display.ts:91-104. - Web:
1c00812a. - Suspected.
- Where:
- Also see B14 (truncation), U3 (image sizing), U4 (RTL), B5, B3.
Composer
- P2 · S · diverges: replies go out from the default identity unless "Reply from received
address" is on.
- Forward also rewrites the From address, and replies to your own sent mail resolve from the other party.
- Where:
src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx:836-845,src/lib/reply-identity.ts:46-77,170. - Web:
4fc7b8b5,lib/reply-identity.ts. - Suspected.
- P3 · S · missing: a new message in a shared folder doesn't default to that mailbox's
identity.
- Where:
findComposeIdentityIdis ported but never called. - Web:
129f545a. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · missing: no exact-address vs same-domain choice for "reply from received".
- Web:
565d5c10(#1000). - Suspected.
- Web:
- P3 · M · partial: no font-size picker or background colour; 8 text colours instead of 16.
- Where:
src/components/RichTextEditor.tsx:8-26. - Web:
7e0a86a6,3957b358. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · diverges: quick replies carry no signature.
- Where:
src/components/email/QuickReplyBox.tsx:79-90. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · partial: the undo-send snackbar exists only on the list screen.
- A reply sent from the viewer can't be undone.
- Where:
src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx:1563. - Suspected.
- Also see B8 (#57), B16.
Calendar
- P2 · S · missing: CalDAV tasks with
COMPLETED,NEEDS_ACTIONorcanceledcount as pending and toggle the wrong way.- Web:
5f1d2795(normalizeCalendarTask). - Suspected.
- Web:
- P3 · L · missing: no free-scrolling month, week or day views (#759) and no setting for them.
- Where:
src/screens/CalendarScreen.tsx:89,169-171,360-374. - Web:
15a5497a,ae403b06,hooks/use-scroll-window.ts. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · M · missing: the agenda is a fixed 30-day page instead of infinite scroll.
- Where:
src/components/calendar/AgendaView.tsx:46. - Web:
60e05c00. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · L · diverges: recurring events are always expanded client-side.
- Where:
src/api/calendar.ts:267-304,src/lib/recurrence-expansion.ts. - This matches the webmail's pre-0.16.20 fallback, but there is no server-side expansion and no per-occurrence edit through synthetic ids.
- Web:
lib/recurrence-instances.ts. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · partial: participants aren't deduplicated or matched to contact names, and the
organizer's status dot is wrong.
- Where:
src/lib/calendar-participants.ts:130-167. - Web:
8cbc5bc5,6f99c017. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · diverges: a task's due time shows the raw Europe/Berlin wall time (17:00), while
events are converted to the device zone.
- Suspected.
- Links in event descriptions are fixed on GitHub
main(c2584c2) but not in this checkout. - Also see B12, B17, B21, B22.
Contacts
- P2 · S · partial: the vCard FN (
name.full) is missing or stale on form, "add sender" and import writes (#430).- Where:
src/screens/ContactFormScreen.tsx:288-293,src/lib/vcard.ts:575-603. - Web:
a210b22e. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · missing: no sort by last name (#963).
- Where:
src/stores/contacts-store.ts:923-925. - Web:
fb24ef5d. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · missing: a new contact made while viewing address book X lands in the default
book.
- Where:
src/screens/ContactsScreen.tsx:238,396. - Web:
494adb9b. - Suspected.
- Where:
Files
- P2 · S · diverges: sharing with other users is never offered.
- Where:
src/api/files.ts:30-35andsrc/components/calendar/CalendarShareSheet.tsx:86gate onprincipals:owner, which Stalwart advertises nowhere. The session only hasprincipalsandprincipals:availability. - Web:
components/files/files-app.tsx(gates onurn:ietf:params:jmap:principals). - Repro: the per-file menu shows Preview/Share (OS), Download, Move, Duplicate, Rename, Delete, and no "Share with…".
- Verified.
- Where:
- P3 · M · missing: no in-app file preview.
- Tapping a file downloads it and opens the OS "Open with" chooser.
- Verified.
- Also see B13 (500-node cap). WOPI editing (#425) is listed under open questions.
Filters and vacation
- P2 · S · missing: "Keep" is still written as
keep;.- Saving filters on the phone therefore undoes the webmail fix for allow-list rules.
- Where:
src/lib/sieve/generator.ts:131-132. - Web:
62465e1e(#1027). - Suspected.
- P3 · M · missing: no filters or vacation for shared/group accounts.
- Where:
src/api/sieve.ts:20-23,src/api/vacation.ts:26-27. - Suspected.
- Where:
Settings, themes and i18n
- P2 · M · partial: locale catalogs are stale.
- Last synced 2026-08-29 (
990cd84): 2,959 keys against the webmail's 3,065. The German update changed 59 values. email_viewer.forward_as_attachmentis still English in about 25 locales.- The 567 RN-only keys are English in every locale (
src/i18n/index.ts:98-100). - Fix: run
scripts/sync-locales.mjsand translate the RN overlay. - Suspected.
- Last synced 2026-08-29 (
- P3 · S · partial: the Reading pane hard-codes English.
- Labels such as "Message Spacing", "Read Receipts" and "Always send" don't go through
t()(src/components/settings/ReadingSettings.tsx:305-327). - Verified.
- Labels such as "Message Spacing", "Read Receipts" and "Always send" don't go through
- P3 · S · diverges: plural forms probably fall back to English rules.
- Where:
src/i18n/format.ts:18-47. Hermes on Android has noIntl.PluralRules, so Russian shows "2 писем". - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · M · missing: only 4 of the webmail's 7 built-in themes, and no "Flat fields".
- Where:
src/theme/builtin-themes.ts. - Web:
ab67d9b0,lib/theme-flat-fields.ts. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · M · missing: no settings search.
- Web:
lib/settings-search.ts. - Suspected.
- Web:
- P3 · L · diverges: native still uses Lucide icons; the webmail moved to Tabler (
d7548a4b).- This is a product decision, not a bug.
- Suspected.
Push
- P1 · S · diverges: tapping a group-mailbox notification opens the message against the wrong
account.
- The tap payload carries only the registry account, not the JMAP account.
- Where:
src/lib/push-background-task.ts:448-460,App.tsx:85-89. - Web:
b4f12b67(#839). - Suspected.
- P2 · S · diverges:
emailPushis never read back, so the subscription is re-patched on every launch.usingalso lacks the emailpush capability.- Where:
src/api/push.ts:11(PushSubscription/getwith default properties). - Web:
lib/jmap/client.ts(explicit properties). - Suspected.
- P2 · S · diverges: revoking a device or disabling one account doesn't stick.
- Setup re-runs for the active account on every launch (HEAD
App.tsx:447-453). - Suspected.
- Setup re-runs for the active account on every launch (HEAD
- UnifiedPush (#44, #48) exists only as uncommitted work in this tree. Also see B18.
Security
- S1 · P0 · S · missing: the GHSA-w38p fix (read-receipt header injection) was
never ported.
- Where:
src/lib/mdn.ts:77-81(encodeHeaderWordpasses pure-ASCII values, CR/LF included, through raw),:111-113,:140-141. - Web:
lib/mdn.ts(stripHeaderControls,headerAtom;53a6670e). - Repro:
- Subject
=?UTF-8?B?…?=decoding toContract update\r\nX-Injected: yes\r\nReply-To: attacker@evil.example. - Tap "Send receipt". The MDN stored in Sent and submitted has
X-Injected: yesandReply-To: attacker@evil.exampleas real header lines. - A blank line in the payload would give the attacker the body too.
- Subject
- With B7 this becomes zero-click: the malicious message only needs to sit next to one the user opens.
- Verified.
- Where:
- S2 · P0 · S–M: releases are signed with the public React Native debug key.
- Where:
android/app/build.gradle:103-125;.github/workflows/release-android.yml:69-91falls back to it silently whenANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64is empty;android/app/build.gradle:98(versionCode 1). - Evidence: GitHub release 0.1.62
bulwark-mobile-0.1.62-6c82130.apkis signed byCN=Android Debug, SHA-15e8f1606…f625. That is the stock template key, and its SHA-256 matches the committedandroid/app/debug.keystore(passwordandroid). - Risk: anyone can sign an "update" that installs over the app and reads its SecureStore credentials.
- Fix: a private key, a workflow that fails without it, v3 key rotation for existing
installs, and a
versionCodederived fromVERSION. - Verified.
- Where:
- P2 · S · diverges: "Sync trusted senders to address book" trusts every contact in every
book.
- Remote images and tracking pixels then load for any contact, including a spoofed From.
- The toggle switches itself on the first time the Content & Senders pane is opened on a
contacts-capable account (
src/components/settings/ContentSendersSettings.tsx:54-57). - Where:
src/components/EmailBodyView.tsx:533-544,562-566. - Web:
components/email/email-viewer.tsx(only the Trusted Senders book counts). - Suspected.
- P2 · S · missing: replying or forwarding loads the remote images the viewer blocked.
- The editor page has no CSP (
src/components/RichTextEditor.tsx:223-253,src/lib/editor-html.ts:29-35). - Suspected.
- The editor page has no CSP (
- P2 · S · diverges: the webmail-to-app sign-in hand-off puts the password in the
bulwarkmobile://…#password=fragment.- Where:
src/lib/oauth.ts:139-146. The webmail side isapp/(main)/[locale]/login/page.tsx. - Suspected.
- Where:
- P3 · S · diverges: list and notification favicons are fetched from icons.duckduckgo.com on
the device.
- This leaks sender domains and the device IP to a third party.
- Where:
src/lib/avatar-utils.ts:138-139. - Web: server-side
/api/favicon. - Suspected.
- Body WebView hardening is at parity:
about:blankorigin, no file access, DOM storage or cookies, adefault-src 'none'CSP, and the link-scheme gate.
Stale parity checklist
Of the 418 items, 362 are ticked and 56 open; the counts match PARITY_CHECKLIST.md. The
spot-check covered 35 ticks plus the ones re-tested on the device.
Ticked, but broken
docs/parity/03-email-viewer.md:107, read receipts: sent unsanitized, and sent for unseen neighbour panes (S1, B7). Verified.docs/parity/02-mail-list-folders.md:112anddocs/parity/03-email-viewer.md:15, pager and wrong-message fixes: the body is right, but actions still hit the wrong account and message (B3, B5). Verified.docs/parity/05-calendar.md:268, task edit/toggle: completing fails (B12). Verified.docs/parity/08-settings-push-i18n-ui.md:297, deep links, mailto and share targets: SENDTO, shared files and+addresses all fail (B9–B11). Verified.docs/parity/07-filters-vacation-files.md:177("Verified at parity:FileNode/get ids:null"): capped at 500 (B13). Its claim that/querydrops folders has been outdated since Stalwart 0.16.6. Verified.docs/parity/02-mail-list-folders.md:244, search all folders (#788): scope is one account (#1082 above). Verified.docs/parity/02-mail-list-folders.md:187,$junk/$notjunkflip: the viewer's buttons still do a plain move. Suspected.docs/parity/01-auth-accounts.md:57anddocs/parity/09-jmap-core-sync-security.md:99, redirect with a dropped Authorization header (B15). Suspected.docs/parity/04-composer-send.md:12, draft autosave: loses text offline, and iOS swipe-down bypasses the dialog (B16). Suspected.docs/parity/04-composer-send.md:224, reschedule: drops Cc and Bcc (B19). Suspected.docs/parity/05-calendar.md:261, reminders: cancelled when the view moves (B17). Suspected.docs/parity/06-contacts.md:259, trusted-senders book: trusts every contact (Security). Suspected.docs/parity/08-settings-push-i18n-ui.md:139and:154, push types and theemailPushfilter: never read back, and breaks for ACL-shared accounts (B18). Suspected.docs/parity/02-mail-list-folders.md:217, date-locale: the tick claims adateLocalesetting that doesn't exist. Suspected.
Unticked, but done or obsolete
- Done (tick them):
Item Where it landed 01:109remove a non-active account6ae21d5,490355c01:114switcher error state01:129account capnow 10, src/lib/account-utils.ts:401:139unified shared-account filter02:163permanent-delete confirmsrc/screens/EmailThreadScreen.tsx:361-38602:168"never" mark-as-read04:256mailto/share intentsAndroid; broken per B9–B11 06:200add sender to contacts06:281auto-trust reply recipients07:164quotashown in Account settings 09:131contact state changes for shared accounts - Obsolete (drop them):
05:91natural-language event input: the webmail has no parser.06:294print contact: not applicable on mobile.07:45Sieve editor gutter/Tab: not applicable on mobile.
- Text that is now wrong:
05:254: push types are['EmailDelivery'].05:222,06:215,07:152: "no linking config" (untrue since5802cae).08:15,08:235:useTypographyhas 1 caller, not 3.08:223: "no RTL" (untrue since990cd84).08:122: citeslib/error-reporting.ts, which the webmail deleted.07"Verified at parity" Sieve generator: the webmail changed "Keep" (62465e1e).
Open issues on bulwarkmail/native
| Issue | Status after this audit |
|---|---|
| #57 scheduled sending unsupported | Root cause found and reproduced (B8). |
| #54 contact photos not used as avatars | Reproduced (Viewer, "sender avatars"). |
| #50 crash opening any mail | Not reproduced on 0.1.62; likely fixed by f228257. Ask the reporter, then close. |
| #47 account security not accessible | Fixed: Security → Account Security works on 0.16.23. Close. |
| #46 email preview shows CSS | Not reproduced: HTML-only mail with <style> shows clean previews, and the viewer routes by type (06742ef). Ask for a sample, then close. |
| #44, #48 push without FCM / UnifiedPush | Uncommitted work in this tree; not in any release. |
| #3 TLS client auth | Partial: Android has a certificate picker (Settings → Security); iOS doesn't. |
| #58 encryption, #52 widgets, #51 IMAP/SMTP, #34 sync adapters, #1 settings sync | Feature requests; see open questions. |
No open webmail issue is about the native app. The six mobile-titled ones (#813, #838, #915, #969, #999, #1020) concern the web and PWA.
Open questions (product decisions)
- Tasks are off by default (
enableCalendarTasks: false). Should they be on, now that the webmail ships them? - Design language: should native follow the webmail's "Flat fields" theme and Tabler icons, or keep its own look?
- Office documents: WOPI editing (#425) needs the webmail as the WOPI host. Should native open office files in Collabora through the webmail, or keep handing them to the OS?
- Barcode scanner: the bundled ML Kit scanner costs 5.8 MB and starts with every process, including headless pushes. Google's code scanner needs Play services, which conflicts with the Google-free UnifiedPush audience.
- Package name:
com.anonymous.bulwarkmobile(Android) vsorg.bulwarkmail.mobile(iOS). This must be decided before any store listing, because changing it later means a new app. - Read receipts and the pager: with neighbour pages pre-rendered, should "Always send" wait for the page to be visible for some time, or apply only to the message that was actually opened?
- Settings sync (#1): needs a server-side store, which neither client has today.
- Scope of the feature requests: encryption (#58), widgets (#52), IMAP/SMTP (#51) and native sync adapters (#34).
Reproducing
- Test server: the container
stw-native-audit(Stalwart 0.16.23,127.0.0.1:18095) is stopped with the seeded data kept.- Start it with
docker start stw-native-audit. - Test accounts
usera@example.organduserb@example.orguse the same passwords as onstw-test19; the recovery admin password is in the maintainer's notes, not here. - To seed, raise
x:Jmap/setmaxUploadCountanduploadQuotafirst: the default of 1000 uploads or 50 MB per hour runs out. - Email/import does not resolve a
#creationIdblobId fromBlob/uploadin the same request.
- Start it with
- Emulator: the server is
http://10.0.2.2:<port>, which needsandroid:usesCleartextTraffic.- Build from PowerShell in
C:\rn\androidwithNODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS=1, JDK 17 and-PreactNativeArchitectures=x86_64. - For request traces, put a logging reverse proxy in front of the server. Pick a free local port; 18096 and 18097 were already taken on this machine.
- Build from PowerShell in
- Incidental, webmail (suspected):
lib/jmap/client.ts:3621(and 3895, 4075, 4229, 8403, 8490) testsmethodName.endsWith('/error'). That never matches JMAP'serrorresponse, so a method-levelEmailSubmission/seterror comes back as a successful send.lib/web-push.ts:86-94has the same shared-accountemailPushproblem as B18.