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Owner attestation (BUZZ_OA / "managed by <owner>") never worked for chart/env-deployed agents. Deploy the agent with a valid BUZZ_AUTH_TAG in its env and it still rendered "owner unavailable".

Root cause

The TS runtime authenticates to the relay via nostr-tools directly (adapter-buzz/connect.ts → relay.auth((evt) => signer.signEvent(evt))) and never read BUZZ_AUTH_TAG. Only the buzz CLI honors the tag (its --auth-tag global option), and the agent doesn't use the CLI for its connection. So the documented "put BUZZ_AUTH_TAG in the agent's env" had no consumer on this runtime — the deploy-side half existed, the runtime half didn't.

Fix

Append the NIP-OA owner tag to the kind-22242 AUTH event, alongside the standard relay + challenge tags — exactly as the Rust harness does in block/buzz crates/buzz-acp/src/relay.rs send_auth_response. Applied on every authenticated connection, so the relay materializes the owner on the persistent chat connection.

  • ownerAuthTag() validates shape (label auth, arity 4, 64-hex owner, 128-hex sig) and treats empty/malformed as absent, not fatal — the relay stays the authority on the signature.
  • The AUTH event template from nostr-tools is copied, not mutated.

Tests (red-first)

  • ownerAuthTag parsing: valid tag, empty/missing/non-JSON, wrong label/arity/hex-width/non-string.
  • Integration against the fake relay's captured AUTH event: the ["auth", …] tag is present when BUZZ_AUTH_TAG is set (and absent when unset), and the AUTH event still verifies.
  • All new tests fail on main and pass with the change; tsc --noEmit clean.

(There is one pre-existing reconnect test — "answers the second challenge too" — that fails locally on main unchanged by this PR; likely environment-specific.)


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  • Bug Fixes
    • Buzz authentication now includes a valid owner-attestation tag when configured, helping deployed agents authenticate with NIP-42 relays.
    • Missing or malformed tags are ignored, and authentication continues to work without an owner-attestation tag.

The TS runtime authenticates to the relay via nostr-tools directly
(connect.ts relay.auth) and never read BUZZ_AUTH_TAG, so an agent deployed with
the tag in its env still rendered 'owner unavailable'. Only the buzz CLI honored
the tag, and the agent does not use the CLI for its connection — the deploy-side
half (chart env) had no consumer.

Append the NIP-OA owner tag to the kind-22242 AUTH event, alongside the standard
relay + challenge tags, exactly as the Rust harness does
(block/buzz crates/buzz-acp/src/relay.rs send_auth_response). Applies to every
authenticated connection, so the relay materializes the owner on the persistent
chat connection. ownerAuthTag() validates shape (label, arity, hex widths) and
treats empty/malformed as absent — the relay stays the authority on the sig.

Tests (red-first): ownerAuthTag parsing, and the AUTH event carries the tag
when BUZZ_AUTH_TAG is set (and none when unset), asserted against the fake
relay's captured AUTH event. tsc clean.
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Buzz validates an optional owner-attestation tag from BUZZ_AUTH_TAG and appends a valid tag to its signed NIP-42 AUTH event. If the tag is missing or invalid, authentication proceeds without it.

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Buzz owner-attestation authentication

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Owner tag validation
packages/adapter-buzz/src/connect.ts, packages/adapter-buzz/test/connect.test.ts
The exported ownerAuthTag accepts only a four-string "auth" tag with a 64-character lowercase hexadecimal owner key and a 128-character lowercase hexadecimal signature. Tests cover valid and invalid values.
AUTH event integration
packages/adapter-buzz/src/connect.ts, packages/adapter-buzz/test/connect.test.ts, CHANGELOG.md
The signed AUTH event includes a valid owner tag when available. Connection tests cover tagged and untagged authentication. The changelog records this behavior.

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The owner-attestation change is supported by source-level checks. A valid BUZZ_AUTH_TAG in the test environment still causes the missing-tag assertion to fail; clear and restore it for reliable tests. This is a bounded test-workflow risk, not an established production failure.

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expect(ownerAuthTag(JSON.stringify(VALID_TAG))).toEqual(VALID_TAG);
});
it("returns undefined for empty, missing, or non-JSON", () => {
expect(ownerAuthTag(undefined)).toBeUndefined();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Isolate the missing-tag test from BUZZ_AUTH_TAG.

If BUZZ_AUTH_TAG contains a valid tag when the test starts, ownerAuthTag(undefined) reads that tag and this assertion fails. Clear and restore the variable for this case, or test missing environment input through an explicit environment dependency. As per path instructions, tests must “Assert observable outcomes and failure paths.”

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Isolate the `ownerAuthTag(undefined)` test from any existing `BUZZ_AUTH_TAG`
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