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+++ b/tvix/docs/src/nix-daemon/serialization.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Little endian byte order
 
 - len :: [UInt64](#uint64)
 - len bytes of content
-- padding with zeros to ensure 64 bit alignment of content with padding
+- padding with zeros to ensure 64 bit alignment of content + padding
 
 
 ## Int serializers
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Little endian byte order
 
 ### Int64
 [UInt64](#uint64) cast to C `int64_t` with upper bounds checking.
+This means that negative numbers can be written but not read.
+Since this is only used for cpuSystem and cpuUser it is fine that
+negative numbers aren't supported.
 
 ### UInt8
 [UInt64](#uint64) cast to C `uint8_t` with upper bounds checking.
@@ -25,7 +28,8 @@ Little endian byte order
 
 ### Time
 [UInt64](#uint64) cast to C `time_t` with upper bounds checking.
-s
+This means that negative numbers can be written but not read.
+
 ### Bool
 Sent as an [Int](#int) where 0 is false and everything else is true.
 
@@ -35,10 +39,10 @@ Sent as an [UInt64](#uint64) where 0 is false and everything else is true.
 ### FileIngestionMethod
 An [UInt8](#uint8) enum with the following possible values:
 
-| Name      | Int |
-| --------- | --- |
-| Flat      |  0  |
-| Recursive |  1  |
+| Name       | Int |
+| ---------- | --- |
+| Flat       |  0  |
+| NixArchive |  1  |
 
 ### BuildMode
 An [Int](#int) enum with the following possible values:
@@ -137,6 +141,15 @@ An [Int](#int) enum with the following possible values:
 | Int    |  0  |
 | String |  1  |
 
+### OptTrusted
+An [UInt8](#uint8) optional enum with the following possible values:
+
+| Name       | Int |
+| ---------- | --- |
+| Unknown    |  0  |
+| Trusted    |  1  |
+| NotTrusted |  2  |
+
 
 ## Bytes serializers
 
@@ -144,51 +157,107 @@ An [Int](#int) enum with the following possible values:
 Simply a [Bytes](#bytes) that has some UTF-8 string like semantics sometimes.
 
 ### StorePath
-String representation of a full store path.
+[String](#string) representation of a full store path including the store directory.
 
 ### BaseStorePath
-String representation of the basename of a store path. That is the store path
+[String](#string) representation of the basename of a store path. That is the store path
 without the /nix/store prefix.
 
+### StorePathName
+[String](#string) representation of the name part of a base store path. This is the part
+of the store path after the nixbase32 hash and '-'
+
+It must have the following format:
+- Deny ".", "..", or those strings followed by '-'
+- Otherwise check that each character is 0-9, a-z, A-Z or one of +-._?=
+
+### StorePathHash
+[String](#string) representation of the hash part of a base store path. This is the part
+of the store path at the beginning and before the '-' and is in nixbase32 format.
+
+
+### OutputName
+[String](#string) representation of the name of a derivation output.
+This is usually combined with the name in the derivation to form the store path name for the
+store path with this output.
+
+Since output name is usually combined to form a store path name its format must follow the
+same rules as [StorePathName](#storepathname):
+- Deny ".", "..", or those strings followed by '-'
+- Otherwise check that each character is 0-9, a-z, A-Z or one of +-._?=
+
+
 ### OptStorePath
 Optional store path.
 
 If no store path this is serialized as the empty string otherwise it is the same as
 [StorePath](#storepath).
 
+### Path
+[String](#string) representation of an absolute path.
+
+### NARHash
+[String](#string) base16-encoded NAR SHA256 hash without algorithm prefix.
+
+### Signature
+[String](#string) with a signature for the given store path or realisation. This should be
+in the format `name`:`base 64 encoded signature` but this is not enforced in the protocol.
+
+### HashAlgorithm
+[String](#string) with one of the following values:
+- md5
+- sha1
+- sha256
+- sha512
+
+### HashDigest
+[String](#string) with a hash digest in any encoding
+
+### OptHashDigest
+Optional version of [HashDigest](#hashdigest) where empty string means
+no value.
+
+
 ### ContentAddressMethodWithAlgo
-One of the following strings:
-- text:`hash algorithm`
-- fixed:r:`hash algorithm`
-- fixed:`hash algorithm`
+[String](#string) with one of the following formats:
+- text:[HashAlgorithm](#hashalgorithm)
+- fixed:r:[HashAlgorithm](#hashalgorithm)
+- fixed:[HashAlgorithm](#hashalgorithm)
 
-### DerivedPath
-#### If protocol is 1.30 or newer
-        return DerivedPath::parseLegacy(store, s);
-#### If protocol is older than 1.30
-        return parsePathWithOutputs(store, s).toDerivedPath();
+### OptContentAddressMethodWithAlgo
+Optional version of [ContentAddressMethodWithAlgo](#contentaddressmethodwithalgo)
+where empty string means no value.
 
 ### ContentAddress
-String with the format:
-- [ContentAddressMethodWithAlgo](#contentaddressmethodwithalgo):`hash`
+[String](#string) with the format:
+- [ContentAddressMethodWithAlgo](#contentaddressmethodwithalgo):[HashDigest](#hashdigest)
 
 ### OptContentAddress
 Optional version of [ContentAddress](#contentaddress) where empty string means
 no content address.
 
+### DerivedPath
+#### If protocol is 1.30 or newer
+output-names = [OutputName](#outputname), { "," [OutputName](#outputname) }<br>
+output-spec = "*" | output-names<br>
+derived-path = [StorePath](#storepath), [ "!", output-spec ]<br>
+
+#### If protocol is older than 1.30
+[StorePath](#storepath), [ "!", [OutputName](#outputname), { "," [OutputName](#outputname) } ]
+
 ### DrvOutput
-String with format:
-- `hash with any prefix`!`output name`
+[String](#string) with format:
+- `hash with any prefix` "!" [OutputName](#outputname)
 
 ### Realisation
-A JSON object sent as a string.
+A JSON object sent as a [String](#string).
 
 The JSON object has the following keys:
-| Key                   | Value                   |
-| --------------------- | ----------------------- |
-| id                    | [DrvOutput](#drvoutput) |
-| outPath               | [StorePath](#storepath) |
-| signatures            | Array of String         |
+| Key                   | Value                            |
+| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+| id                    | [DrvOutput](#drvoutput)          |
+| outPath               | [StorePath](#storepath)          |
+| signatures            | Array of [Signature](#signature) |
 | dependentRealisations | Object where key is [DrvOutput](#drvoutput) and value is [StorePath](#storepath) |
 
 
@@ -200,20 +269,22 @@ A list is encoded as a [Size](#size) length n followed by n encodings of x
 ### Map of x to y
 A map is encoded as a [Size](#size) length n followed by n encodings of pairs of x and y
 
+### Set of x
+A set is encoded as a [Size](#size) length n followed by n encodings of x
 
 ### BuildResult
 - status :: [BuildStatus](#buildstatus)
 - errorMsg :: [String](#string)
 
 #### Protocol 1.29 or newer
-- timesBuilt :: [Int](#int)
-- isNonDeterministic :: [Bool64](#bool64)
-- startTime :: [Time](#time)
-- stopTime :: [Time](#time)
+- timesBuilt :: [Int](#int) (defaults to 0)
+- isNonDeterministic :: [Bool64](#bool64) (defaults to false)
+- startTime :: [Time](#time) (defaults to 0)
+- stopTime :: [Time](#time) (defaults to 0)
 
 #### Protocol 1.37 or newer
-- cpuUser :: [OptMicroseconds](#optmicroseconds)
-- cpuSystem :: [OptMicroseconds](#optmicroseconds)
+- cpuUser :: [OptMicroseconds](#optmicroseconds) (defaults to none)
+- cpuSystem :: [OptMicroseconds](#optmicroseconds) (defaults to none)
 
 #### Protocol 1.28 or newer
 builtOutputs ::  [Map](#map-of-x-to-y) of [DrvOutput](#drvoutput) to [Realisation](#realisations)
@@ -232,23 +303,22 @@ Optional microseconds.
 
 
 ### SubstitutablePathInfo
-- storePath :: [StorePath](#storepath)
 - deriver :: [OptStorePath](#optstorepath)
-- references :: [List](#list-of-x) of [StorePath](#storepath)
+- references :: [Set][#set-of-x] of [StorePath](#storepath)
 - downloadSize :: [UInt64](#uint64)
 - narSize :: [UInt64](#uint64)
 
 
 ### UnkeyedValidPathInfo
 - deriver :: [OptStorePath](#optstorepath)
-- narHash :: [String](#string) SHA256 NAR hash base16 encoded
-- references :: [List](#list-of-x) of [StorePath](#storepath)
+- narHash :: [NARHash](#narhash)
+- references :: [Set](#set-of-x) of [StorePath](#storepath)
 - registrationTime :: [Time](#time)
 - narSize :: [UInt64](#uint64)
 
 #### If protocol version is 1.16 or above
-- ultimate :: [Bool64](#bool64)
-- signatures :: [List](#list-of-x) of [String](#string)
+- ultimate :: [Bool64](#bool64) (defaults to false)
+- signatures :: [Set](#set-of-x) of [Signature](#signature)
 - ca :: [OptContentAddress](#optcontentaddress)
 
 
@@ -257,28 +327,28 @@ Optional microseconds.
 - info :: [UnkeyedValidPathInfo](#unkeyedvalidpathinfo)
 
 ### DerivationOutput
-- path :: [String](#string)
-- hashAlgo :: [String](#string)
-- hash :: [String](#string)
+- path :: [OptStorePath](#optstorepath)
+- hashAlgo :: [OptContentAddressMethodWithAlgo](#optcontentaddressmethodwithalgo)
+- hash :: [OptHashDigest](#opthashdigest)
 
 ### BasicDerivation
-- outputs :: [Map](#map-of-x-to-y) of [String](#string) to [DerivationOutput](#derivationoutput)
-- inputSrcs :: [List](#list-of-x) of [StorePath](#storepath)
+- outputs :: [Map](#map-of-x-to-y) of [OutputName](#outputname) to [DerivationOutput](#derivationoutput)
+- inputSrcs :: [Set](#set-of-x) of [StorePath](#storepath)
 - platform :: [String](#string)
 - builder :: [String](#string)
 - args :: [List](#list-of-x) of [String](#string)
 - env :: [Map](#map-of-x-to-y) of [String](#string) to [String](#string)
 
 ### TraceLine
-- havePos :: [Size](#size) (hardcoded to 0)
-- hint :: [String](#string)
+- havePos :: [Size](#size) (hardcoded to 0 with assert on read)
+- hint :: [String](#string) (If logger is JSON, invalid UTF-8 is replaced with U+FFFD)
 
 ### Error
-- type :: [String](#string) (hardcoded to `Error`)
+- type :: [String](#string) (hardcoded to `Error` with assert on read)
 - level :: [Verbosity](#verbosity)
 - name :: [String](#string) (removed and hardcoded to `Error`)
-- msg :: [String](#string)
-- havePos :: [Size](#size) (hardcoded to 0)
+- msg :: [String](#string) (If logger is JSON, invalid UTF-8 is replaced with U+FFFD)
+- havePos :: [Size](#size) (hardcoded to 0 with assert on read)
 - traces :: [List](#list-of-x) of [TraceLine](#traceline)
 
 ## Field
@@ -297,9 +367,43 @@ At protocol 1.23 [AddToStoreNar](./operations.md#addtostorenar) introduced a
 framed streaming for sending the NAR dump and later versions of the protocol
 also used this framing for other operations.
 
-At its core the framed streaming is just a series of [Bytes](#bytes) of
-varying length and terminated by an empty [Bytes](#bytes).
+At its core the framed streaming is just a series of [UInt64](#uint64) `size`
+followed by `size` bytes. The stream is terminated when `size` is zero.
+
+Unlike [Bytes](#bytes), frames are *NOT* padded.
 
 This method of sending data has the advantage of not having to parse the data
 to find where it ends. Older versions of the protocol would potentially parse
-the NAR twice.
\ No newline at end of file
+the NAR twice.
+
+
+## AddMultipleToStore format
+
+Paths must be topologically sorted.
+
+- expected :: [UInt64](#uint64)
+
+### Repeated expected times
+- info :: [ValidPathInfo](#validpathinfo)
+- NAR dump
+
+
+## Export path format
+- NAR dump
+- 0x4558494es :: [Int](#int) (hardcoded, 'EXIN' in ASCII)
+- path :: [StorePath](#storepath)
+- references :: [Set](#set-of-x) of [StorePath](#storepath)
+- deriver :: [OptStorePath](#optstorepath)
+- hasSignature :: [Int](#int) (hardcoded to 0 in newer versions)
+
+#### If hasSignature is 1
+- signature :: [String](#string) (ignored)
+
+
+## Import paths format
+
+- hasNext :: [UInt64](#uint64)
+
+### While hasNext is 1
+- [Export path format](#export-path-format)
+- hasNext :: [UInt64](#uint64)