Architectural Security & Efficiency Upgrades (RFC 3377) + Markdown Consolidation (Issue #3380 & #3377)

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🎯 Proposed Changes

This Pull Request delivers a comprehensive modernization of the Rocket.Chat.Electron core architecture by enforcing strict security boundaries, validating auto-updates against supply-chain attacks, and optimizing CPU efficiency. Additionally, it addresses root-level clutter by consolidating project markdown files into appropriate directories.

🛡️ 1. Context Isolation (Log Viewer)

• Enabled contextIsolation: true and nodeIntegration: false on the LogViewerWindow.
• Created a strict, customized contextBridge (src/logViewerWindow/preload.ts) to expose only necessary operations via window.RocketChatDesktop.logViewer.
• Completely removed native Node.js access from the React renderer, significantly reducing the attack surface while maintaining full log viewer functionality.

🔌 2. Unified IPC Whitelisting & Sanitization

• Refactored src/preload.ts to freeze allowed incoming and outgoing IPC channels via a strict Set whitelist (ALLOWED_CHANNELS).
• Implemented deep payload sanitization (JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(payload))) for all data crossing the isolation boundary to proactively mitigate prototype pollution vectors or malicious getters.

🔒 3. Cryptographic Update Integrity

• Hardened the electron-updater pipeline against supply-chain and man-in-the-middle attacks by hooking into the update-downloaded event.
• Implemented platform-native binary signature verification using child_process.execFile:
  • Windows: Validates Authenticode signatures via PowerShell (Get-AuthenticodeSignature).
  • macOS: Validates code signatures via the native codesign -v utility.
• Updates failing signature checks are safely discarded before installation can proceed.

⚡ 4. Power-Aware Tuning & CPU Efficiency

• Removed Polling: Replaced the legacy 1000ms setInterval polling loop in src/injected.ts with a highly efficient MutationObserver targeting [data-reactroot] / #react-root to dynamically detect app load without burning CPU cycles.
• Background Frame Rate Throttling: Added a robust powerMonitor listener (src/powerMonitor/main.ts) that listens for suspend and lock-screen events. When the system is inactive, it forcefully throttles all background webContents frame rates down to 10 FPS to conserve battery life, instantly restoring them to 60 FPS on resume or unlock-screen.

🧹 5. Markdown Consolidation (Issue #3380)

• Moved .github related files (CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, SECURITY.md) into the .github/ folder.
• Moved DESIGN.md and PRODUCT.md into the docs/ folder.
• Cleanly combined scripts/README.md and scripts/msi-test/README.md into a single docs/DEVELOPMENT.md file, providing a unified development and testing reference and eliminating root directory clutter.

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🛠️ How to Test

1. Log Viewer Isolation: Open the Log Viewer (View > Toggle Log Viewer). Confirm logs load correctly without console errors and that require is undefined in its DevTools console.
2. Update Integrity: Run an update cycle. Ensure valid signatures pass flawlessly, or modify a downloaded update blob manually to see the integrity check explicitly reject it.
3. Power Efficiency: With the app running, lock your OS screen. Attach a profiler to the Electron process to verify that rendering drops to 10 FPS, significantly slashing GPU/CPU usage.
4. General Navigation: Confirm regular server interactions and IPC channels continue functioning normally without being filtered by the new IPC sanitizer.

🔗 Related Issues & RFCs

• **Implements RFC Closes RFC: Architectural Upgrades for Security (Context Isolation & Auto-Update Integrity) and CPU Idle Efficiency #3377 **: Architectural Upgrades for Security & Efficiency.
• Closes chore: Consolidate repository markdown files #3380: Chore - Consolidate Markdown Files.

📝 Checklists

• Tested on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Adhered to the strict TypeScript conventions (yarn lint passing).
• Verified backward compatibility with older Rocket.Chat server endpoints.
• Updated documentation and consolidated root README files correctly.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Custom styles can be applied to the app shell and workspace using CSS files in the user data folder. Changes are picked up automatically and applied as pages load.
• Improvements
  • App rendering is reduced while the device is suspended or locked, and restored when it resumes or unlocks.
  • Downloaded updates on Windows are checked before being marked ready. Updates that fail signature verification are not offered for installation.
• Security
  • Log viewer features remain available through restricted communication that blocks unapproved actions.

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Walkthrough

The changes add renderer IPC checks and a log viewer preload bridge. They also add custom CSS management, Windows update signature checks, power-event throttling, and event-triggered reactive setup. The development guide now includes Windows MSI test instructions.

Changes

Renderer IPC boundaries and log viewer bridge

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Guard renderer IPC calls src/ipc/sanitize.ts, src/preload.ts	The preload activates argument cloning and channel checks for renderer IPC methods.
Route log viewer IPC through preload src/logViewerWindow/preload.ts, rollup.config.mjs, src/logViewerWindow/ipc.ts, src/logViewerWindow/logViewerWindow.tsx, src/logging/preload.ts, src/ui/windowChrome/useTransparency.ts, src/logViewerWindow/__tests__/logViewerWindow.spec.tsx	The log viewer loads a bundled preload with isolated window settings. Its renderer calls and related consumers use the exposed bridge. Tests assign IPC mocks to that bridge.

Custom CSS for shell and workspace

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Load and apply custom CSS src/ui/main/customCssManager.ts, src/ui/main/rootWindow.ts, src/ui/main/serverView/index.ts	The manager loads and watches shell and workspace CSS files, then applies updates to registered web contents. The root window and non-video-call webviews select the corresponding CSS target.

Runtime setup changes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Set throttling on power events src/powerMonitor/main.ts, src/main.ts, src/powerMonitor/main.spec.ts	Startup registers handlers that change frame rate and background throttling on suspend, screen lock, resume, and unlock. Tests cover the event handlers and restoration behavior.
Run reactive setup after module resolution src/injected.ts	Reactive setup runs after successful module loading and presence-resolution outcomes. The one-second polling interval is removed.

Downloaded update verification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Verify downloaded Windows update files src/updates/main.ts	Windows Authenticode verification runs when a downloaded file is present. Verification failures trigger logging, attempted file deletion, and a signature-verification error before the update-ready flow.

Windows MSI test documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document MSI test scenarios docs/DEVELOPMENT.md, scripts/msi-test/README.md	The development guide documents MSI test prerequisites, scenarios, commands, VM connectivity, and output locations. The MSI test README is removed.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LogViewerWindow
  participant LogViewerPreload
  participant IpcRenderer
  LogViewerWindow->>LogViewerPreload: Invoke an allowlisted channel
  LogViewerPreload->>IpcRenderer: Forward cloned arguments
  IpcRenderer-->>LogViewerPreload: Return IPC result
  LogViewerPreload-->>LogViewerWindow: Resolve invoke call

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Normal windows do not receive the stated 10 FPS limit during suspend or screen lock, and offscreen views can lose their configured frame rate on resume. Resolve the power-behavior gaps before merging.

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Out of Scope Changes check		Issue #3380 covers repository Markdown organization. The pull request also changes log-viewer isolation, IPC sanitization, update verification, load detection, frame-rate throttling, custom CSS handli…	Keep the Markdown consolidation changes in this pull request. Move the security, efficiency, update, CSS, and related implementation changes to separate pull requests with active directly linked coding targets.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 17 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Linked Issues check		Issue #3380 requires Markdown consolidation. The reviewed head contains .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md and .github/SECURITY.md, docs/DESIGN.md, docs/PRODUCT.md, and docs/DEVELOPMENT.md. The sour…
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101-101: 🩺 Stability & Availability

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I appreciate your contribution, please separate each subject into a separated pull request. This will make it easier to review and merge.

I really liked the improvements you brought and would like to learn how did you find it? What were the prompts and ideas.

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@jeanfbrito Thanks for the feedback! I completely agree and will swiftly break this down into atomic PRs targeting each area separately. Makes perfect sense for easier reviewing. I honestly should have thought of that!

I initially grouped them because they were all part of the overarching architectural goals in RFC #3377, but I see now why splitting them is much better for the merge process.

Regarding my workflow: rather than massive system prompts, I rely on a tool called "PonyTail," which I discovered while contributing to the Netflix/Conductor-OSS org. It essentially forces the AI to output the most minimal, direct code possible without the usual verbose explanations or bloated code generation. It’s been incredibly helpful for keeping these kinds of architectural overhauls clean and targeted. Highly recommend checking it out!

Finally, for the markdown consolidation, I included it here because the issue-maker's #3381 previous standalone PR for it was closed with concerns about moving files randomly. I will separate it out again but ensure the reasoning and documentation are crystal clear this time.

I'll get those smaller PRs opened up shortly!

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Regards to the CPU idle eff. part , that dropped fps to 10 from 60, the direction came straight from the resource eff. goals in RTC #3377 . While auditing src/injected.ts,

I spotted a naive setInterval waking up the event loop every 1000ms just to check if Meteor modules had loaded. I initially tried replacing it with a MutationObserver, but ultimately hooked the setup directly into the loadModule promises to eliminate polling entirely.

For the background throttling, I realized continuous UI animations (like custom emojis or spinners) keep burning battery even when the OS is locked. I hooked into Electron's native powerMonitor to dynamically drop offscreen webcontents to 10 FPS and force background throttling on normal views during suspend/lock-screen events, restoring them to normal upon waking.

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5. Can it be one line a reader gets at a glance? One line.
6. Otherwise: the minimum code that works.

- Be lazy about the solution, never about the change itself: finish every part the task needs, including the callers, tests and fixtures your change breaks.
- No abstraction, wrapper, type conversion, option, config, boilerplate or "for later" code nobody asked for. Keep values in the form the platform already gives you. Deletion beats addition. Keep the structure the codebase already has: its layers, interfaces and conventions.
- The shortest working diff wins, once you know everything it must touch. A one-liner that needs decoding is not short.
- Comment only the why the code cannot show, in one line.
- Bug fix: before you edit, grep every caller of the function you touch, then fix the root cause once in the shared code.
- Code you move or merge keeps its error handling and validation.
- Between options of equal size, take the one that is correct on edge cases.
- Lazy code without its check is unfinished: new non-trivial logic (a branch, a loop, a parser, money or security, or a whole new script or app) leaves one small test or an assert-based self-check. Trivial changes need none.
- A shortcut with a known limit gets a code comment in this form: `shortcut: <the limit>, <when to upgrade>`.

Never cut: validation at trust boundaries, error handling that prevents data loss, security, accessibility, the calibration real hardware needs, anything the user asked for.

[jhaabhijeet864]

Hey! @jeanfbrito

Do have a look at these Atomic PRs when you get some time. #3564 #3565 #3566 #3567 #3568