core: delivery receipts — "seen by <device>" instead of "did you see it?"

On every inbound clipboard the engine auto-sends a receipt back to the sender
(type:"receipt", to:sender, role:my-name, text:the-clipboard). Senders collect
them via Engine.receipts() -> [Receipt{from,name,source,text,ts}] so the UI can
show "delivered to iPhone" per sent item — visible read state, not manual asking.

Plumbing this required: SSE post now sends the full envelope (type/to/role), not
just text; the SSE stream forwards receipts as well as clipboards; RTC's raw-text
data channel skips non-clipboard messages (receipts ride SSE/LAN). Receipts
de-dupe across transports.

Proven by examples/receipt_demo.rs: A sends, B auto-acks, A.receipts() shows
"seen by Patrick's iPhone".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

core/examples/receipt_demo.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//! Proves delivery receipts: A sends a clipboard, B receives it and auto-acks,
+//! and A.receipts() shows "seen by <B's name>" — no asking.
+//!   cargo run --example receipt_demo
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use tethercore::{Engine, Message, MessageHandler};
+
+struct Noop;
+impl MessageHandler for Noop {
+    fn on_message(&self, _m: Message) {}
+    fn on_status(&self, _c: bool) {}
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let dead = "http://127.0.0.1:1".to_string(); // LAN-only
+    let room = "receipt-room".to_string();
+    let a = Engine::new(dead.clone(), room.clone(), "dev-a".into(), "macos".into(), "Patrick's Mac".into(), "".into());
+    let b = Engine::new(dead, room, "dev-b".into(), "ios".into(), "Patrick's iPhone".into(), "".into());
+    a.start(Box::new(Noop));
+    b.start(Box::new(Noop));
+
+    eprintln!("waiting for LAN link…");
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5));
+
+    eprintln!("A sends a clipboard…");
+    a.send("important-link".to_string());
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)); // let B receive + ack, A record
+
+    let r = a.receipts();
+    if let Some(rec) = r.iter().find(|r| r.text == "important-link") {
+        println!("✅ A sees its clipboard was delivered → seen by {:?} [{}]", rec.name, rec.source);
+    } else {
+        println!("❌ no receipt recorded ({} total)", r.len());
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+    a.stop();
+    b.stop();
+}

core/src/lib.rs

@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ pub struct Peer {
 /// engine's `nearby()` (reader). Instant is last-seen for staleness pruning.
 type Discovered = Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, (Peer, Instant)>>>;
 
+/// A delivery acknowledgement: device `from` (named `name`) received a clipboard
+/// whose text matches `text`. Lets the sender show "delivered to <name>" instead
+/// of asking. Auto-sent by the engine on every inbound clipboard.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, uniffi::Record)]
+pub struct Receipt {
+    pub from: String,   // device that received it
+    pub name: String,   // its friendly name
+    pub source: String, // its platform
+    pub text: String,   // the clipboard text it received (for matching)
+    pub ts: i64,
+}
+
+type Receipts = Arc<Mutex<Vec<(Receipt, Instant)>>>;
+
 /// Canonical room id for a shared identity: sha256(account)[..4] as 8 hex chars.
 /// Defined once here and exported so every client (Swift/Kotlin/agent) derives
 /// the SAME room — that's what puts all of one account's devices together across
@@ -121,6 +135,7 @@ pub struct Engine {
     transports: Vec<Arc<dyn Transport>>,
     dedup: Arc<Mutex<Dedup>>,
     discovered: Discovered,
+    receipts: Receipts,
 }
 
 #[uniffi::export]
@@ -162,9 +177,19 @@ impl Engine {
             transports,
             dedup: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Dedup::default())),
             discovered,
+            receipts: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
         })
     }
 
+    /// Delivery acks received for clipboards we sent — "seen by <name>". Pruned
+    /// after 2 minutes. Poll alongside your sent items to show read state.
+    pub fn receipts(&self) -> Vec<Receipt> {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut v = self.receipts.lock().unwrap();
+        v.retain(|(_, t)| now.duration_since(*t) < Duration::from_secs(120));
+        v.iter().map(|(r, _)| r.clone()).collect()
+    }
+
     /// Nearby tether devices seen on the local network (mDNS), for an
     /// AirDrop-style picker. Stale entries (>30s unseen) are pruned. Empty on
     /// iOS until the multicast entitlement lands.
@@ -183,9 +208,49 @@ impl Engine {
         let handler: Arc<dyn MessageHandler> = Arc::from(handler);
         let dedup = self.dedup.clone();
         let h_msg = handler.clone();
-        let sink: Sink = Arc::new(move |m| {
+        let receipts = self.receipts.clone();
+        let cfg = self.cfg.clone();
+        let transports = self.transports.clone();
+        let rt = self.rt.clone();
+        let sink: Sink = Arc::new(move |m: Message| {
+            // Delivery acks addressed to us → record "seen by <name>".
+            if m.kind == "receipt" {
+                if m.to == cfg.from {
+                    let mut v = receipts.lock().unwrap();
+                    if !v.iter().any(|(r, _)| r.from == m.from && r.text == m.text) {
+                        v.push((
+                            Receipt {
+                                from: m.from,
+                                name: m.role, // sender packs its name in `role`
+                                source: m.source,
+                                text: m.text,
+                                ts: m.ts,
+                            },
+                            Instant::now(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            // Clipboard: de-dup, ack the sender, then deliver.
             if dedup.lock().unwrap().seen(&m) {
-                return; // same clipboard already delivered via another transport
+                return; // already delivered via another transport
+            }
+            if !m.from.is_empty() && m.from != cfg.from {
+                let ack = Message {
+                    kind: "receipt".into(),
+                    text: m.text.clone(),
+                    from: cfg.from.clone(),
+                    to: m.from.clone(),
+                    role: cfg.name.clone(), // our friendly name for the receipt
+                    source: cfg.source.clone(),
+                    room: cfg.room.clone(),
+                    ts: 0,
+                };
+                let h = rt.handle();
+                for t in &transports {
+                    t.publish(h, ack.clone());
+                }
             }
             h_msg.on_message(m);
         });
@@ -304,7 +369,7 @@ impl Transport for SseTransport {
         rt.spawn(async move {
             // A failed send is already implied by the connection-state log;
             // don't log per-send (every clipboard change would spam offline).
-            let _ = post(&http, &cfg, &msg.text).await;
+            let _ = post(&http, &cfg, &msg).await;
         });
     }
 }
@@ -351,10 +416,13 @@ impl SseTransport {
                 if line.is_empty() {
                     if !data.is_empty() {
                         if let Ok(m) = serde_json::from_slice::<Message>(&data) {
-                            // Clipboard only — presence/signal chirps on the bus
+                            // Clipboard + receipts go to the engine; presence/signal
-                            // belong to the RTC layer, not the feed.
+                            // chirps belong to the RTC layer, not here.
-                            if m.from != self.cfg.from && (m.kind.is_empty() || m.kind == "clipboard") {
+                            let kind = &m.kind;
-                                sink(m); // engine de-dups + forwards to handler
+                            if m.from != self.cfg.from
+                                && (kind.is_empty() || kind == "clipboard" || kind == "receipt")
+                            {
+                                sink(m); // engine routes + de-dups
                             }
                         }
                         data.clear();
@@ -370,13 +438,17 @@ impl SseTransport {
     }
 }
 
-async fn post(http: &reqwest::Client, cfg: &Config, text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+async fn post(http: &reqwest::Client, cfg: &Config, msg: &Message) -> Result<(), String> {
     let url = format!("{}/api/send", cfg.server.trim_end_matches('/'));
+    let kind = if msg.kind.is_empty() { "clipboard" } else { msg.kind.as_str() };
+    // Full envelope so receipts (type/to/role) survive the relay, not just text.
     let body = serde_json::json!({
-        "type": "clipboard",
+        "type": kind,
-        "text": text,
+        "text": msg.text,
-        "from": cfg.from,
+        "from": msg.from,
-        "source": cfg.source,
+        "to": msg.to,
+        "role": msg.role,
+        "source": msg.source,
         "room": cfg.room,
     });
     http.post(&url)

core/src/rtc.rs

@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ impl Transport for RtcTransport {
     }
 
     fn publish(&self, rt: &Handle, msg: Message) {
+        // The "tether" data channel carries raw clipboard text only; receipts
+        // and other typed messages go over SSE/LAN.
+        if !(msg.kind.is_empty() || msg.kind == "clipboard") {
+            return;
+        }
         let peers = self.peers.clone();
         rt.spawn(async move {
             let map = peers.lock().await;