fix(security): bookmarks/reminders stop storing decrypted text server-side

For encrypted rooms, bookmarks persist only {roomId, eventId, savedAt}
and reminders only their non-text fields; the preview, room name and
sender resolve locally at render/fire time from the timeline (with a
"Message unavailable" fallback). A one-time, loop-guarded cleanup strips
text from existing entries in currently-encrypted rooms. Unencrypted
rooms are unchanged. Unit-tested.

Fixes #10

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PPmy3tPq869XDW4njjVaKA

src/app/features/bookmarks/BookmarksPanel.tsx

@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ function BookmarkItem({ bookmark, onJump, onRemove, preview, senderName }: Bookm
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
   const room = mx.getRoom(bookmark.roomId) ?? undefined;
-  const displayRoomName = room?.name ?? bookmark.roomName;
+  // E2EE-room bookmarks store no roomName; fall back past the '' placeholder.
+  const displayRoomName = room?.name || bookmark.roomName || 'Unknown room';
   const avatarUrl = room
     ? (getRoomAvatarUrl(mx, room, 96, useAuthentication) ?? undefined)
     : undefined;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ function BookmarkItem({ bookmark, onJump, onRemove, preview, senderName }: Bookm
         style={{ justifyContent: 'flex-start', height: 'unset', padding: config.space.S200 }}
       >
         <Text className={css.BookmarkPreview} size="T200" priority="400">
-          {preview ?? (bookmark.previewText || '(no preview)')}
+          {preview ?? (bookmark.previewText || 'Message unavailable')}
         </Text>
       </Button>
     </Box>
@@ -173,13 +174,16 @@ type LiveBookmarkItemProps = BookmarkItemProps & { room: Room };
 
 // Renders the same layout as BookmarkItem, but resolves the message body live so
 // edits (m.replace, applied by useRoomEvent) and redactions are reflected. The
-// stored snapshot (previewText) remains the fallback for loading/failed/empty states.
+// stored snapshot (previewText) remains the fallback for loading/failed/empty
+// states; bookmarks from E2EE rooms have no snapshot at all (account data is
+// server-readable), so the live event is their only source of text.
 function LiveBookmarkItem({ room, bookmark, onJump, onRemove }: LiveBookmarkItemProps) {
   const liveEvent = useRoomEvent(room, bookmark.eventId, () =>
     room.findEventById(bookmark.eventId),
   );
 
-  const snapshot = bookmark.previewText || '(no preview)';
+  const snapshot =
+    bookmark.previewText || (liveEvent === undefined ? 'Loading…' : 'Message unavailable');
   let preview: ReactNode = snapshot;
 
   // undefined (loading) and null (fetch failed / not found) both keep the snapshot.
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ function RoomGroupHeader({
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
   const room = mx.getRoom(roomId) ?? undefined;
-  const displayRoomName = room?.name ?? roomName;
+  const displayRoomName = room?.name || roomName || 'Unknown room';
   const avatarUrl = room
     ? (getRoomAvatarUrl(mx, room, 96, useAuthentication) ?? undefined)
     : undefined;
@@ -327,13 +331,20 @@ export function BookmarksPanel({ onClose }: BookmarksPanelProps) {
     () =>
       query.length === 0
         ? bookmarks
-        : bookmarks.filter(
+        : bookmarks.filter((bk) => {
-            (bk) =>
+            // E2EE-room bookmarks have no stored text: match against the locally
-              bk.previewText.toLowerCase().includes(query) ||
+            // cached event body / live room name instead (nothing is fetched here).
+            const room = mx.getRoom(bk.roomId);
+            const localBody = room?.findEventById(bk.eventId)?.getContent()?.body;
+            return (
+              (bk.previewText?.toLowerCase().includes(query) ?? false) ||
+              (typeof localBody === 'string' && localBody.toLowerCase().includes(query)) ||
               bk.roomName.toLowerCase().includes(query) ||
-              (bk.senderName?.toLowerCase().includes(query) ?? false),
+              (room?.name.toLowerCase().includes(query) ?? false) ||
-          ),
+              (bk.senderName?.toLowerCase().includes(query) ?? false)
-    [bookmarks, query],
+            );
+          }),
+    [mx, bookmarks, query],
   );
 
   // Prune collapsed roomIds that no longer have any bookmark, so a room re-saved

src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx

@@ -1273,6 +1273,9 @@ export const Message = React.memo(
                                     const content = mEvent.getContent();
                                     const body: string =
                                       (content?.body as string | undefined) ?? '';
+                                    // For E2EE rooms useBookmarks strips the text
+                                    // fields before persisting (account data is
+                                    // server-readable); the panel resolves them live.
                                     addBookmark({
                                       roomId: room.roomId,
                                       eventId,

src/app/hooks/useBookmarks.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import {
+  Bookmark,
+  cleanupEncryptedBookmarks,
+  hasBookmarkText,
+  stripBookmarkText,
+  toStorableBookmark,
+} from './useBookmarks';
+import { cleanupEncryptedReminders, Reminder, toStorableReminder } from './useReminders';
+
+// E2EE policy for bookmarks/reminders (Gitea #10): account data is stored
+// unencrypted on the homeserver, so entries for encrypted rooms must carry no
+// message text or names. `isEncryptedRoom` is injected to keep these pure.
+const isEncrypted = (roomId: string) => roomId === '!enc';
+
+const full = (roomId: string): Bookmark => ({
+  roomId,
+  eventId: `$ev-${roomId}`,
+  savedAt: 100,
+  previewText: 'secret text',
+  roomName: 'Room',
+  senderName: 'Alice',
+});
+
+test('stripBookmarkText keeps only roomId/eventId/savedAt', () => {
+  const stripped = stripBookmarkText(full('!enc'));
+  assert.deepEqual(stripped, { roomId: '!enc', eventId: '$ev-!enc', savedAt: 100, roomName: '' });
+  assert.equal(hasBookmarkText(stripped), false);
+  assert.equal(hasBookmarkText(full('!enc')), true);
+});
+
+test('toStorableBookmark strips text for encrypted rooms only', () => {
+  const plain = full('!plain');
+  assert.equal(toStorableBookmark(plain, isEncrypted), plain);
+  const enc = toStorableBookmark(full('!enc'), isEncrypted);
+  assert.equal(enc.previewText, undefined);
+  assert.equal(enc.senderName, undefined);
+  assert.equal(enc.roomName, '');
+});
+
+test('cleanupEncryptedBookmarks returns undefined when nothing to strip', () => {
+  const already = stripBookmarkText(full('!enc'));
+  assert.equal(cleanupEncryptedBookmarks([full('!plain'), already], isEncrypted), undefined);
+  assert.equal(cleanupEncryptedBookmarks([], isEncrypted), undefined);
+});
+
+test('cleanupEncryptedBookmarks strips legacy encrypted entries and keeps the rest', () => {
+  const plain = full('!plain');
+  const out = cleanupEncryptedBookmarks([plain, full('!enc')], isEncrypted);
+  assert.ok(out);
+  assert.equal(out[0], plain);
+  assert.deepEqual(out[1], stripBookmarkText(full('!enc')));
+  // Running it again on the result is a no-op (no write loop).
+  assert.equal(cleanupEncryptedBookmarks(out, isEncrypted), undefined);
+});
+
+const reminder = (roomId: string): Reminder => ({
+  roomId,
+  eventId: `$ev-${roomId}`,
+  timestamp: 200,
+  message: 'secret text',
+});
+
+test('toStorableReminder drops message for encrypted rooms only', () => {
+  const plain = reminder('!plain');
+  assert.equal(toStorableReminder(plain, isEncrypted), plain);
+  assert.deepEqual(toStorableReminder(reminder('!enc'), isEncrypted), {
+    roomId: '!enc',
+    eventId: '$ev-!enc',
+    timestamp: 200,
+  });
+});
+
+test('cleanupEncryptedReminders strips legacy entries once', () => {
+  const out = cleanupEncryptedReminders([reminder('!plain'), reminder('!enc')], isEncrypted);
+  assert.ok(out);
+  assert.equal(out[0].message, 'secret text');
+  assert.equal(out[1].message, undefined);
+  assert.equal(cleanupEncryptedReminders(out, isEncrypted), undefined);
+});

src/app/hooks/useBookmarks.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { MatrixClient } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { useMatrixClient } from './useMatrixClient';
 import { createAccountDataListStore } from './createAccountDataListStore';
 
@@ -6,7 +7,14 @@ export type Bookmark = {
   roomId: string;
   eventId: string;
   savedAt: number;
-  previewText: string;
+  // Snapshot fields. Account data is stored UNENCRYPTED on the homeserver, so
+  // for E2EE rooms none of these are persisted (see stripBookmarkText) — the
+  // panel resolves the preview / room / author live from the local timeline
+  // instead. They remain for unencrypted rooms (already server-visible) and for
+  // entries saved before this policy, so older stored bookmarks still render.
+  previewText?: string;
+  // Kept as a (possibly empty) string in memory because the grouping helpers in
+  // utils/bookmarks read it directly; the store omits it from the wire when empty.
   roomName: string;
   // Author display name, snapshotted at save time. Optional for backward
   // compatibility with bookmarks stored before attribution was added; the panel
@@ -16,22 +24,83 @@ export type Bookmark = {
   senderName?: string;
 };
 
+// Wire shape: identical to Bookmark except that `roomName` may be absent.
+type StoredBookmark = Omit<Bookmark, 'roomName'> & { roomName?: string };
+
 const BOOKMARKS_KEY = 'io.lotus.bookmarks';
 const MAX_BOOKMARKS = 500;
 
 type BookmarksContent = {
-  bookmarks: Bookmark[];
+  bookmarks: StoredBookmark[];
 };
 
+/** True when the entry carries any of the text fields we refuse to upload for E2EE rooms. */
+export const hasBookmarkText = (b: Bookmark): boolean =>
+  b.previewText !== undefined || b.roomName !== '' || b.senderName !== undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Reduce a bookmark to its non-text fields ({roomId, eventId, savedAt}). Used for
+ * messages in encrypted rooms so no decrypted plaintext (or who said it) ever
+ * reaches the server's account-data store.
+ */
+export const stripBookmarkText = (b: Bookmark): Bookmark => ({
+  roomId: b.roomId,
+  eventId: b.eventId,
+  savedAt: b.savedAt,
+  roomName: '',
+});
+
+/**
+ * Apply the E2EE storage policy to a bookmark about to be persisted.
+ * `isEncryptedRoom` is injected so the policy is testable without a client.
+ */
+export const toStorableBookmark = (
+  b: Bookmark,
+  isEncryptedRoom: (roomId: string) => boolean,
+): Bookmark => (isEncryptedRoom(b.roomId) ? stripBookmarkText(b) : b);
+
+/**
+ * One-time cleanup for entries persisted before the E2EE policy: returns the list
+ * with text fields stripped for every bookmark whose room is currently encrypted,
+ * or `undefined` when nothing needs to change (so callers can skip the write).
+ */
+export const cleanupEncryptedBookmarks = (
+  bookmarks: Bookmark[],
+  isEncryptedRoom: (roomId: string) => boolean,
+): Bookmark[] | undefined => {
+  let changed = false;
+  const next = bookmarks.map((b) => {
+    if (hasBookmarkText(b) && isEncryptedRoom(b.roomId)) {
+      changed = true;
+      return stripBookmarkText(b);
+    }
+    return b;
+  });
+  return changed ? next : undefined;
+};
+
+const isEncryptedRoomFor =
+  (mx: MatrixClient) =>
+  (roomId: string): boolean =>
+    mx.getRoom(roomId)?.hasEncryptionStateEvent() ?? false;
+
 // Shared, concurrency-safe store. See createAccountDataListStore for why the
 // snapshot + write queue must be module-scoped (writes are serialized to avoid
 // lost updates, since setAccountData replaces the whole content with no merge).
 const bookmarksStore = createAccountDataListStore<Bookmark[], BookmarksContent>({
   eventType: BOOKMARKS_KEY,
-  read: (content) => content?.bookmarks ?? [],
+  read: (content) => (content?.bookmarks ?? []).map((b) => ({ ...b, roomName: b.roomName ?? '' })),
-  write: (bookmarks) => ({ bookmarks }),
+  write: (bookmarks) => ({
+    // Drop the in-memory '' placeholder so stripped entries stay {roomId, eventId, savedAt}.
+    bookmarks: bookmarks.map(({ roomName, ...rest }) => (roomName ? { ...rest, roomName } : rest)),
+  }),
 });
 
+// Guard so the load-time cleanup below runs once per client, not on every mount
+// (useBookmarks is mounted by every message row) and not again after its own
+// write echoes back.
+let cleanedUpFor: MatrixClient | null = null;
+
 export function useBookmarks(): {
   bookmarks: Bookmark[];
   addBookmark: (b: Bookmark) => Promise<void>;
@@ -41,12 +110,33 @@ export function useBookmarks(): {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const bookmarks = bookmarksStore.useValue(mx);
 
+  // Strip text from entries saved (by older builds) for rooms that are encrypted,
+  // writing the store back at most once per client.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (cleanedUpFor === mx) return;
+    cleanedUpFor = mx;
+    const cleaned = cleanupEncryptedBookmarks(bookmarksStore.getLatest(mx), isEncryptedRoomFor(mx));
+    if (cleaned) {
+      bookmarksStore
+        .enqueueWrite(
+          mx,
+          (current) => cleanupEncryptedBookmarks(current, isEncryptedRoomFor(mx)) ?? current,
+        )
+        .catch(() => {
+          // Retry on the next client (re)mount.
+          if (cleanedUpFor === mx) cleanedUpFor = null;
+        });
+    }
+  }, [mx]);
+
   const addBookmark = useCallback(
     (b: Bookmark) =>
       bookmarksStore.enqueueWrite(mx, (current) => {
+        // Never upload plaintext for E2EE rooms — account data is server-readable.
+        const stored = toStorableBookmark(b, isEncryptedRoomFor(mx));
         // Avoid duplicates
-        const filtered = current.filter((bk) => bk.eventId !== b.eventId);
+        const filtered = current.filter((bk) => bk.eventId !== stored.eventId);
-        let next = [b, ...filtered];
+        let next = [stored, ...filtered];
         if (next.length > MAX_BOOKMARKS) {
           next = next.slice(0, MAX_BOOKMARKS);
         }

src/app/hooks/useReminders.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { MatrixClient } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { useMatrixClient } from './useMatrixClient';
 import { createAccountDataListStore } from './createAccountDataListStore';
 
@@ -6,7 +7,10 @@ export type Reminder = {
   roomId: string;
   eventId: string;
   timestamp: number;
-  message: string;
+  // Message preview. Account data is stored UNENCRYPTED on the homeserver, so
+  // this is omitted for E2EE rooms (see stripReminderText) and the toast resolves
+  // the text locally at fire time. Optional for entries stored before that policy.
+  message?: string;
 };
 
 const REMINDERS_KEY = 'io.lotus.reminders';
@@ -15,6 +19,43 @@ type RemindersContent = {
   reminders: Reminder[];
 };
 
+/** Reduce a reminder to its non-text fields ({roomId, eventId, timestamp}). */
+export const stripReminderText = (r: Reminder): Reminder => ({
+  roomId: r.roomId,
+  eventId: r.eventId,
+  timestamp: r.timestamp,
+});
+
+/** Apply the E2EE storage policy to a reminder about to be persisted. */
+export const toStorableReminder = (
+  r: Reminder,
+  isEncryptedRoom: (roomId: string) => boolean,
+): Reminder => (isEncryptedRoom(r.roomId) ? stripReminderText(r) : r);
+
+/**
+ * One-time cleanup for entries persisted before the E2EE policy; `undefined`
+ * when nothing needs to change (so callers can skip the write).
+ */
+export const cleanupEncryptedReminders = (
+  reminders: Reminder[],
+  isEncryptedRoom: (roomId: string) => boolean,
+): Reminder[] | undefined => {
+  let changed = false;
+  const next = reminders.map((r) => {
+    if (r.message !== undefined && isEncryptedRoom(r.roomId)) {
+      changed = true;
+      return stripReminderText(r);
+    }
+    return r;
+  });
+  return changed ? next : undefined;
+};
+
+const isEncryptedRoomFor =
+  (mx: MatrixClient) =>
+  (roomId: string): boolean =>
+    mx.getRoom(roomId)?.hasEncryptionStateEvent() ?? false;
+
 // Shared, concurrency-safe store. See createAccountDataListStore for why the
 // snapshot + write queue must be module-scoped (writes are serialized to avoid
 // lost updates, since setAccountData replaces the whole content with no merge).
@@ -24,6 +65,9 @@ const remindersStore = createAccountDataListStore<Reminder[], RemindersContent>(
   write: (reminders) => ({ reminders }),
 });
 
+// Once-per-client guard for the load-time cleanup (mirrors useBookmarks).
+let cleanedUpFor: MatrixClient | null = null;
+
 export function useReminders(): {
   reminders: Reminder[];
   addReminder: (r: Reminder) => Promise<void>;
@@ -33,8 +77,30 @@ export function useReminders(): {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const reminders = remindersStore.useValue(mx);
 
+  // Strip text from entries saved (by older builds) for rooms that are encrypted,
+  // writing the store back at most once per client.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (cleanedUpFor === mx) return;
+    cleanedUpFor = mx;
+    if (cleanupEncryptedReminders(remindersStore.getLatest(mx), isEncryptedRoomFor(mx))) {
+      remindersStore
+        .enqueueWrite(
+          mx,
+          (current) => cleanupEncryptedReminders(current, isEncryptedRoomFor(mx)) ?? current,
+        )
+        .catch(() => {
+          if (cleanedUpFor === mx) cleanedUpFor = null;
+        });
+    }
+  }, [mx]);
+
   const addReminder = useCallback(
-    (r: Reminder) => remindersStore.enqueueWrite(mx, (current) => [...current, r]),
+    (r: Reminder) =>
+      remindersStore.enqueueWrite(mx, (current) => [
+        ...current,
+        // Never upload plaintext for E2EE rooms — account data is server-readable.
+        toStorableReminder(r, isEncryptedRoomFor(mx)),
+      ]),
     [mx],
   );