[M5] mxaccess-asb: register_items retry on InvalidConnectionId — LIVE PATH WORKS

End-to-end live path now functional: Connect → AuthenticateMe →
RegisterItems → Read → Disconnect. The example reads back the live
TestChildObject.TestInt value (99) over the wire on the first run.

Root-cause of the previous "InvalidConnectionId" mystery: it was
never an HMAC verification failure. `AuthenticateMe` is one-way
(`AsbContracts.cs:18`) and the server commits auth state
asynchronously after the request lands. A Register that follows too
quickly sees the connection in pre-authenticated state and returns
`AsbErrorCode.InvalidConnectionId` (= 1).

.NET's `MxAsbDataClient.RegisterMany` (`cs:191-204`) handles this
explicitly with a retry loop:

  for (int attempt = 1; attempt < 5
       && response.Result.ErrorCode == InvalidConnectionId; attempt++)
  {
      Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100 * attempt));
      response = RegisterOnce(items);
  }

We now mirror the same pattern in `AsbClient::register_items_once`
followed by a retry loop in `register_items` — up to 5 attempts with
`100 * attempt` ms backoff.

Supporting changes:
- `RegisterItemsResponse` gains `result_code: Option<u32>` +
  `success: Option<bool>` so callers can read `Result.resultCodeField`
  + `successField` from the response. `decode_register_items_response`
  now tolerates an empty `<ASBIData />` Status array (server returns
  empty when the operation fails server-side) instead of erroring
  with `MissingField`. New helper `find_text_in_named_element` walks
  the body token stream.
- New public constant `RESULT_CODE_INVALID_CONNECTION_ID = 1` for
  callers that want to detect this status outside the retry path.
- The previously-failing test `decode_register_items_response_returns_
  missing_field_when_status_absent` was renamed and rewritten as
  `decode_register_items_response_returns_empty_status_when_absent`
  to match the new tolerant decode contract.

F31 closed. F30 (read-side dict-id resolution, landed in `eb6c689`)
was the unblocker — without it we couldn't see the
`<resultCodeField>1</>` element in the response and the failure mode
looked like a HMAC mismatch instead of a transient retryable error.

Workspace: 711 unit tests pass. Clippy clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

design/followups.md

@@ -46,7 +46,141 @@ move to `## Resolved` with a date + commit hash.
 
 **Resolves when:** F19-F26 are all closed and the four DoD bullets above pass.
 
-**This-iteration execution slice.** Land F19 (workspace deps) sequentially first, then F23 (auth crypto port — smallest stream, fully self-contained, exercises the largest set of new deps in one place to validate the dep choice). F20/F21/F22/F24/F25/F26 stay open for follow-up iterations or parallel agent fan-out.
+**Cumulative execution log.** F19 + F23 (`ed17c07`); F24 (`7611d9e`); F20 (`9dfd193`); F22 (`43c10a1`); F21 (`5f98558`); F25 step 1 (`25dbd8d`); F25 step 2 (`a2b8989`); F25 step 3 (`c4bf0a0`); F25 step 4 (`1e59249`); F25 step 5 (`9b8133f`); F25 step 6 (`321b796`); F25 step 7 (`1b1ee1e`); F26 step 1 (`8a0f92b`); F26 step 2 (`14bb529`); example rewrite (`c6570dc`); F25 step 8 (`b543eb1`); F25 step 9 (`0441a2e`); F25 step 10 (`9876b4e`); F26 step 3 (`<previous>`); **F25 live-bring-up reconciliation** (this commit):
+- F25 live-bring-up reconciliation: live `asb-subscribe` + `asb-relay` (TCP middleman) capture-and-diff against AVEVA's MxDataProvider on Windows. Five concrete fixes landed:
+  1. **NBFX `PrefixElement_a..z` (0x5E-0x77) and `PrefixAttribute_a..z` (0x26-0x3F) decode + encode arms** — single-letter-prefix records that WCF emits in responses but our codec only recognised the dictionary-named cousins (`PrefixDictionaryElement_a..z` 0x44-0x5D, `PrefixDictionaryAttribute_a..z` 0x0C-0x25). The server's ConnectResponse hit `0x65 = PrefixElement_h` for a dynamically-named element (e.g. `<h:Foo>`) and our decoder bailed with `unknown NBFX record byte 0x65`. Both directions now round-trip; the encoder picks the short-form arm whenever `prefix_letter_offset(prefix).is_some()`.
+  2. **xmlns redeclaration on `<Data>` and `<InitializationVector>` inside `AuthenticationData` / `PublicKey`** — `[XmlType(Namespace = "http://asb.contracts.data/20111111")]` on the AuthenticationData / PublicKey classes (`AsbContracts.cs:350-381`) means XmlSerializer emits an `xmlns="..."` redeclaration on each direct child. The default-ns scope ends at `</Data>`, so `<InitializationVector>` needs its own redeclaration to stay in the data namespace; without it the server fell back to messages-namespace and the deserialiser threw an `InternalServiceFault`. Connect handshake now completes end-to-end with the apollo:V2 ConnectionLifetime and a real ServicePublicKey.
+  3. **SOAP-fault detection on the response path** — `ClientError::SoapFault { action, code, reason }` surfaces when the response Action header matches the canonical `dispatcher/fault` template; we previously let body decoders blindly run and hit `MissingField { field: "Status" }` which masked the fact that the wire was a fault. The reason text is extracted as the longest `NbfxText::Chars` in the body — robust against the `nbfs.rs` static-dictionary id mismatches noted below.
+  4. **Identified blocker**: `ConnectedRequest` signing currently HMACs the **NBFX wire bytes** of the unsigned envelope. .NET's `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign` (`AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:79`) HMACs `Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(request.ToXml())` — the **canonical XML serialisation** of the message contract via `XmlSerializer` with namespace `"urn:invensys.schemas"` (`AsbSerialization.cs:12-48`). Until the Rust port emits identical XML bytes, the HMAC mismatches and the server rejects every signed request (`AuthenticateMe`, `RegisterItems`, etc.) with a generic `dispatcher/fault` InternalServiceFault. Connect itself is unsigned (extends `ServiceMessage`, no `ConnectionValidator` header) which is why it works today. The fault's `a:RelatesTo` UniqueId in our captures matches the AuthenticateMe `MessageID`, confirming the failure point. **New followup F28** captures the XML-canonicaliser scope.
+  5. **`nbfs.rs` static dictionary ids drift** at id 114+ vs. the canonical `[MC-NBFS]` table (`Fault`/`Code`/`Reason`/`Text`/`Value` are 20 IDs higher on the wire than what we encode). Doesn't affect requests we send (we only encode IDs ≤44 = `ReplyTo`, all correct), but breaks `decode_envelope`'s element-by-name matching for fault bodies. Tracked as **F29**.
+
+  Workspace: 702 tests pass (no test count delta — wire-only fixes). Live status: Connect handshake working with real DH key + apollo encryption; AuthenticateMe and onwards blocked on F28. Companion diagnostic example `asb-relay.rs` (TCP middleman that hex-dumps both directions to stderr) lands as a permanent debugging aid.
+
+
+- F26 step 3: `mxaccess::AsbSession` — high-level cheap-clone async API on top of `AsbTransport`. Parallel to the NMX-shaped `Session` rather than unified, because NMX's `Session` carries orchestration (`CallbackExporter`, callback router task, recovery broadcast, `INmxService2` mutex) that has no ASB analogue, and ASB's request/response loop over a single TCP stream maps naturally to a `Mutex<AsbClient>` that would be foreign to NMX. The struct is `Clone + Send + Sync` (compile-time `assert_clone_send_sync` test guards the contract) — clones share inner state through `Arc<AsbSessionInner { transport: Mutex<AsbTransport<TcpStream>>, connect_response }>`, so each `clone()` is `O(1)` and the lock serialises operation calls. API surface: `AsbSession::connect(endpoint, passphrase, crypto_parameters, via_uri, connection_id)` runs the full bring-up; `from_transport(transport, connect_response)` builds from an existing transport for tests; `connect_response()` exposes the negotiated lifetime / Apollo flag. Operation methods forward to AsbClient: `register_items`/`unregister_items`/`read`/`write`/`keep_alive`/`disconnect`/`create_subscription`/`add_monitored_items`/`publish`/`delete_monitored_items`/`delete_subscription`/`publish_write_complete`. ClientError → mxaccess::Error mapping via `ConnectionError::TransportFailure` (consistent with F26 step 2). 1 new test (compile-time Clone+Send+Sync assertion). **Stubbed for next F26 iteration**: `Stream<Item = MonitoredItemValue>` subscription handle that internally drives a publish-loop, recovery/reconnect policy, and full live-probe wire-byte reconciliation. Workspace: 702 tests pass.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 10 (commit `9876b4e`):
+- F25 step 10: PublishWriteComplete + DeleteMonitoredItems — closes out the F25 operation matrix. `build_publish_write_complete_request_body` emits the empty wrapper element per `AsbContracts.cs:204-205` (no body fields beyond ConnectionValidator). `decode_publish_write_complete_response` returns a count of `<ItemWriteComplete>` elements observed; per-element decode (Status array + WriteHandle) is deferred to a later iteration since `ItemWriteComplete` is regular WCF DataContract rather than the binary fast-path. `build_delete_monitored_items_request_body` mirrors AddMonitoredItems but omits the RequireId field per `cs:268-277`. `decode_delete_monitored_items_response` returns the per-item Status array. Two new client wrappers: `publish_write_complete()` and `delete_monitored_items(subscription_id, items)`. 6 new tests cover empty-body shape, ItemWriteComplete counting (0 / 2 elements), DeleteMonitoredItems body shape (carries SubscriptionId + MonitoredItem), DeleteMonitoredItems omits RequireId, and Status round-trip. **F25 operation matrix complete**: AsbClient now wraps every IASBIDataV2 operation: `connect`/`disconnect`/`send_end`/`send_preamble`/`keep_alive` (lifecycle), `register_items`/`unregister_items`/`read`/`write` (items), `create_subscription`/`add_monitored_items`/`publish`/`delete_monitored_items`/`delete_subscription` (subscriptions), `publish_write_complete` (write callback). Workspace: 701 tests pass (was 695, +6).
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 9 (commit `0441a2e`):
+- F25 step 9: Write operation. New `MinimalWriteValue { value: AsbVariant }` carries just the `Value` payload; optional ArrayElementIndex/Comment/HasQT/Status/Timestamp WriteValue fields are deferred to a later iteration once a live capture confirms the WCF DataContract XML form. New `build_write_request_body(items, values, write_handle)` produces the full `WriteBasicRequest` body shape per `AsbContracts.cs:181-194`: Items array uses the IAsbCustomSerializableType binary fast-path (`<Items><ASBIData>{...}</ASBIData></Items>`), each Value's inner `Variant` field also uses the fast-path (`<WriteValue><Value><ASBIData>{...}</ASBIData></Value></WriteValue>`), and WriteHandle is an Int32. New `decode_write_response` returns the per-item Status array. New `client::write(items, values, write_handle)` wrapper. 4 new tests cover Write request body shape (carries Items array, parallel Values array with WriteValue elements, WriteHandle as Int32), parallel-array sizing (2 items + 2 values produces 2 WriteValue elements), Status round-trip, and missing-Status error. Workspace: 695 tests pass (was 691, +4). The IASBIDataV2 read+write+subscribe path is now functionally complete in-memory.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 8 (commit `b543eb1`):
+- F25 step 8: subscription operations — `CreateSubscription`, `AddMonitoredItems`, `Publish`, `DeleteSubscription`. New `MonitoredItemValue` codec in contracts.rs (`IAsbCustomSerializableType` binary fast-path: ItemIdentity + RuntimeValue + AsbVariant per `cs:1064-1068`). New `MinimalMonitoredItem` request struct exposing only the proven fields (Item, SampleInterval, Buffered) — optional Active/TimeDeadband/ValueDeadband/UserData deferred to a later iteration once a live capture confirms the WCF DataContract XML shape. Per-operation builders, response decoders, and client wrappers follow the established F25 pattern. New `BodyField::Int64Element` variant for the `<SubscriptionId>` / `<MaxQueueSize>` / `<SampleInterval>` primitive fields. The subscription path lifts the `examples/asb-subscribe.rs` "Read-loop" caveat — once wire-byte reconciliation lands, the example can do `create_subscription → add_monitored_items → publish-loop → delete_subscription`. 11 new tests cover MonitoredItemValue round-trip + array, CreateSubscription request body shape + response decode (Int64 + Chars text fallback + missing-field error), AddMonitoredItems request body shape + response decode, DeleteSubscription request body, Publish request + response (with full Status + Values round-trip via the in-memory body synthesis pattern).
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- example rewrite (commit `c6570dc`):
+- `examples/asb-subscribe.rs` rewrite: replaces the M5 placeholder with an actual end-to-end demo that exercises the F25 + F26 stack: `AsbTransport::connect` (TCP + preamble + DH handshake) → `register_items` → `read` → `disconnect` → `send_end`. Reads endpoint config from `MX_ASB_HOST`, `MX_ASB_PASSPHRASE`, `MX_ASB_VIA`, `MX_TEST_TAG` env vars (analogous to the NMX `connect-write-read` example's pattern). Defaults port 5074 when host omits one; defaults via URI to `net.tcp://{host}/ASBService` when `MX_ASB_VIA` is unset. Without `MX_LIVE` set, prints the `Setup-LiveProbeEnv.ps1` hint and exits cleanly. Connection-id is a fresh 16-byte random buffer (matches .NET's `Guid.NewGuid()` at `MxAsbDataClient.cs:36`). The example is a Read-loop until F25 subscription ops land — at that point the example will gain a Publish-loop and live up to its name.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F26 step 2 (commit `14bb529`):
+- F26 step 2: `AsbTransport::connect(endpoint, passphrase, crypto_parameters, via_uri, connection_id)` — `tokio::net::TcpStream`-specialised async constructor that owns the full transport-bring-up sequence: TCP connect → NMF preamble exchange → DH Connect handshake → AuthenticateMe one-way (signed). Returns `(AsbTransport<TcpStream>, ConnectResponse)` so callers can inspect the negotiated lifetime / Apollo-vs-Baktun flag from the response. New `ConnectionError::TransportFailure { detail }` variant carries the underlying error message (NMF / NBFX / auth / I/O) without exploding the public taxonomy. Errors are mapped at the AsbClient/Auth boundary via `map_client_error` / `map_auth_error` helpers. 1 new test confirms a connect to an unreachable endpoint (127.0.0.1:1, TCPMUX-reserved) surfaces an `Err` cleanly without panicking. **Stubbed for F26 step 3:** `Session::connect_asb` constructor (the SessionInner refactor needed to host both NMX + ASB transports under one struct is heavier than this iteration's scope), plus the operation-routing layer that maps ASB result types (`ItemStatus`, `RuntimeValue`) back to `mxaccess` types (`MxStatus`, `DataChange`, `MxValue`).
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F26 step 1 (commit `8a0f92b`):
+- F26 step 1: `mxaccess::AsbTransport` — bridges F25's `AsbClient` into the M0 `Transport` trait. Generic over `T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + Sync + 'static` (the same bounds AsbClient takes). `Transport::capabilities()` returns the ASB-specific flags per `design/60-roadmap.md` M5: `buffered_subscribe = false`, `activate_suspend = false`, `operation_complete_frame = false`. `Transport::kind()` returns `TransportKind::Asb`. `AsbTransport::new(client)` / `into_client()` / `client_mut()` for transport↔client conversion. New deps: `mxaccess` now path-deps `mxaccess-asb` + `mxaccess-asb-nettcp`. Compile-time `Send + Sync + 'static` assertion guards the trait-bound contract. 2 new tests: kind == Asb; capabilities all false. **Stubbed for F26 step 2:** `Session::connect_asb` constructor that owns the full TCP-open + preamble + DH handshake orchestration, plus operation routing that maps ASB types (`ItemStatus`, `RuntimeValue`) back to `mxaccess` types (`MxStatus`, `DataChange`, `MxValue`). Stubbed for F26 step 3: subscription routing — `Session::subscribe` on ASB maps to a `CreateSubscription` + `AddMonitoredItems` + `Publish`-callback pipeline; F25 subscription operations themselves are not yet implemented.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 7 (commit `1b1ee1e`):
+- F25 step 7: Disconnect operation (closes the connection lifecycle: Connect → ops → Disconnect → End → close). New `build_disconnect_request_body(data, iv)` mirrors `AsbContracts.cs:109-114` (`<DisconnectRequest><ConsumerAuthenticationData><Data/><InitializationVector/></ConsumerAuthenticationData></DisconnectRequest>`) — same payload shape as AuthenticateMe but under a different wrapper element. New `client::disconnect()` builds a fresh encrypted authentication-data blob via F23's `create_authentication_data` (encrypts `local_pub || remote_pub` under the derived AES key with a fresh IV), wraps it, and sends one-way + signed (regular HMAC, no force). 2 new tests: `disconnect_request_carries_data_and_iv_under_correct_wrapper` (checks wrapper element name + Data/IV byte ordering), and end-to-end `disconnect_writes_signed_one_way_envelope` via `tokio::io::duplex` peer that verifies the encoded SizedEnvelope contains the disconnectIn action string. With Disconnect landed, `AsbClient` now covers the full session lifecycle: `send_preamble().await? → connect().await? → register_items()/read()/keep_alive()/unregister_items() → disconnect().await? → send_end().await?`.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 6 (commit `321b796`):
+- F25 step 6: Connect + AuthenticateMe handshake — the critical-path piece that turns a fresh TCP stream into an authenticated session. New `build_connect_request_body` (carries connection-id GUID + consumer public key bytes; sent **unsigned** because no shared secret exists yet), `build_authenticate_me_request_body` (carries encrypted Data + IV; sent **one-way + signed with `forceHmac=true`** per `MxAsbDataClient.cs:106-111`), `decode_connect_response` (extracts ServicePublicKey, optional ServiceAuthenticationData, optional ConnectionLifetime — handles the `:V2` Apollo lifetime suffix that toggles F23's encryption mode), `AuthenticationDataBytes` struct, and `client::connect` orchestration that runs the full handshake: ConnectRequest → ConnectResponse → `accept_connect_response` (derives shared secret) → `create_authentication_data` (encrypted local_pub || remote_pub) → AuthenticateMeRequest one-way. 6 new tests cover ConnectRequest body shape (carries hyphenated GUID + public-key bytes), AuthenticateMe body shape (Data + IV bytes), ConnectResponse round-trip with all optional fields, ConnectResponse without optional fields, MissingField error when ServicePublicKey absent, and an end-to-end client::connect handshake test via `tokio::io::duplex` peer that synthesises a ConnectResponse with bob's public key (so DH shared-secret derivation works) and drains the AuthenticateMe one-way SizedEnvelope. **Wire-byte caveat**: WCF XML serialization of `<PublicKey><Data>byte[]</Data>` may include `xsi:type` attributes or distinct namespaces that this builder doesn't yet emit; live-probe iteration will reconcile.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 5 (commit `9b8133f`):
+- F25 step 5: extends `AsbClient` with one-way operation support + `KeepAlive` + `Read` wrappers. New `send_envelope_one_way` / `send_signed_envelope_one_way` mirror WCF's `[OperationContract(IsOneWay = true)]` semantics — write the SizedEnvelope and return immediately. New `client::keep_alive` ports `MxAsbDataClient`'s channel inactivity-keepalive (`AsbContracts.cs:117` — empty wrapper element + ConnectionValidator header). New `client::read` + `decode_read_response` (in operations) decode `Status` (`Vec<ItemStatus>`) + `Values` (`Vec<RuntimeValue>`) from the dual-`<ASBIData>`-payload `ReadResponse` body shape. RuntimeValue array decode mirrors `AsbContracts.cs:771-780` (4-byte int32 count + per-element `WriteToStream`). 5 new tests: keep_alive body shape (empty wrapper), ReadResponse round-trip with Status + Values, ReadResponse-with-no-Values graceful handling, plus two end-to-end client tests via `tokio::io::duplex` peer (keep_alive one-way send drains the SizedEnvelope but produces no response, read round-trips Status + Values from a synthetic ReadResponse).
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 4 (commit `1e59249`):
+- F25 step 4: `mxaccess-asb::client::AsbClient` — async network loop generic over `AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send`. Wraps the F19-F25.3 stack into a single struct with: `send_preamble` (writes the canonical NMF preamble + waits for PreambleAck; errors on Fault), `send_envelope` (frames in `SizedEnvelope`, writes, reads response, decodes back to `DecodedEnvelope`), `send_signed_envelope` (calls F23 authenticator's `sign` on the unsigned body bytes, attaches a `ConnectionValidator` header, sends), `register_items` / `unregister_items` thin wrappers, `send_end` (writes record `0x07` + shutdowns the stream), and `authenticator_mut` accessor for the future Connect/AuthenticateMe flow. Generic transport means tests use `tokio::io::duplex` for in-memory verification — no live ASB endpoint needed. 6 new tests cover preamble round-trip, fault propagation through preamble, full RegisterItems request → response round-trip via in-memory peer, send-before-preamble guard, send-end record byte (`0x07`), and `PreambleMode` re-export shape. **Note**: the signing path currently hashes the NBFX-encoded body; .NET hashes the XML-text `request.ToXml()`. Functionally present but byte-non-identical to .NET's MAC for the same payload. Live-probe iteration needs to reconcile this — flagged as `TODO` in the doc comment.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 3 (commit `c4bf0a0`):
+- F25 step 3: response decoder foundation. New `mxaccess-asb::contracts::ItemStatus` ports `AsbContracts.cs:639-722` — Item (ItemIdentity) + Status (AsbStatus, F24) + ErrorCode u16 + ErrorCodeSpecified bool, in the .NET-WriteToStream order (Item / Status / ErrorCode / ErrorCodeSpecified — NOT the DataMember declaration order). `encode_item_status_array` / `decode_item_status_array` follow the same int32-count + per-element pattern. New `mxaccess-asb::operations::collect_asbidata_payloads(tokens, field_name)` walks an NBFX token stream and pulls out the `<{field_name}><ASBIData>{Bytes}</ASBIData></{field_name}>` payload bytes — handles multiple payloads (e.g. ReadResponse has both Status and Values). New `decode_register_items_response` / `decode_unregister_items_response` parse SOAP bodies into typed responses. New `build_read_request_body` adds the simplest unary IASBIDataV2 request shape. Plus a typed `OperationError` for response-decode failures (missing fields, codec errors). 9 new tests cover ItemStatus round-trip + array round-trip, RegisterItems response with status array, RegisterItems response detecting ItemCapabilities presence, UnregisterItems response, multi-payload extraction (`ReadResponse`-style with Status + Values), Read request body shape (no RegisterItems-only fields), and graceful MissingField error when Status is absent.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 2 (commit `a2b8989`):
+- F25 step 2: per-operation request-body builders + `IAsbCustomSerializableType` binary fast-path. F21 NBFX gains `Bytes8/16/32` text records (used by `XmlDictionaryWriter.WriteBase64` for the `<ASBIData>` content). New `mxaccess-asb::contracts::ItemIdentity` ports the binary `WriteToStream` shape from `AsbContracts.cs:594-611`: u16 kind + u16 reference_type + `AsbBinary.WriteUnicodeString` Name + ContextName + u64 Id + u8 IdSpecified. Plus `encode_item_identity_array` / `decode_item_identity_array` mirroring `WriteArrayToStream` (4-byte int32 count + items). New `mxaccess-asb::operations` builds the SOAP body NBFX token streams: `build_register_items_request_body(items, require_id, register_only)` and `build_unregister_items_request_body(items)`. The `<ASBIData>` element is wrapped with raw NBFX `Bytes` records (the binary form of WCF's `WriteBase64`). 14 new tests cover ItemIdentity round-trip (default, with id, unicode), ItemIdentity array round-trip, AsbBinary unicode-string null/empty/value semantics, byte-layout pinning (21-byte minimum for default ItemIdentity, le-int32 array count), and the full RegisterItems → SoapEnvelope → encode → decode → recover-ItemIdentity-array round-trip through the entire stack.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F25 step 1 (commit `25dbd8d`):
+- F25 step 1: `mxaccess-asb::envelope` — SOAP-1.2-over-NBFX envelope assembly + parsing for the `IASBIDataV2` contract. Provides `actions::*` constants for all 14 operations (verbatim from `AsbContracts.cs:14-58`), a `ConnectionValidator` header struct that converts F23's `SignedValidator` (`mac` + `iv` get base64-encoded for the wire), `SoapEnvelope` builder, `encode_envelope` (NBFX-token assembly: `s:Envelope` → `s:Header` → `a:Action s:mustUnderstand="1"` → optional `h:ConnectionValidator` → `s:Body` → `body_tokens`), and `decode_envelope` (tolerant of header ordering — looks for Action and ConnectionValidator anywhere inside `<s:Header>`). Includes a `format_uuid`/`parse_uuid` pair that mirrors .NET's `Guid.ToString("D")` mixed-endian byte order so connection-id round-trip matches the wire. 9 unit tests cover round-trip with/without validator, validator-from-SignedValidator base64 encoding, .NET-mixed-endian GUID format, action-string presence in encoded bytes, missing-Action tolerance, and full validator round-trip through encode→decode. **Stubbed for next F25 iteration:** per-operation request/response struct codecs (`ConnectRequest`, `RegisterItemsRequest`, etc. with the `IAsbCustomSerializableType` binary fast-path that .NET uses for `Variant`/`AsbStatus`/`RuntimeValue`), and `AsbClient` (TCP + NMF preamble + sized-envelope read/write loop + auth handshake).
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F21 (commit `5f98558`):
+- F21: `mxaccess-asb-nettcp::nbfx` ports the `[MC-NBFX]` `.NET Binary XML Format` token codec — the proven subset for ASB. Token model: `Element { prefix, name }` / `EndElement` / `Attribute { prefix, name, value }` / `DefaultNamespace` / `NamespaceDeclaration` / `Text`. Name forms: inline UTF-8, `[MC-NBFS]` static-dictionary id, per-session `DynamicDictionary` id. Text forms: Empty, Zero, One, Bool, Int8/16/32/64, Chars (Chars8/16/32 width variants chosen automatically), and `DictionaryText` static/dynamic refs. The `*WithEndElement` text variants are collapsed automatically: `Text → EndElement` pairs encode as the `+1` record byte (e.g. `EmptyTextWithEndElement = 0xA9`); decoder splits them back out so consumers see the same token stream. 15 unit tests cover the dynamic-dictionary semantics, all element/attribute/xmlns/dict-text record forms, the collapse behavior with explicit byte pinning (`0x87` TrueTextWithEndElement, `0xA9` EmptyTextWithEndElement), Chars width-variant selection (Chars8 / Chars16 / Chars32 by length), unknown-record rejection, and truncated payloads. Records left for follow-up: Decimal, UniqueId, TimeSpan, Float/Double text, DateTime text, Bytes8/16/32, QNameDictionary, the `0x0C-0x25`/`0x26-0x3F` prefix-attribute and `0x44-0x77` prefix-element families.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F22 (commit `43c10a1`):
+- F22: `mxaccess-asb-nettcp::nbfs` ports `[MC-NBFS]` §2.2 static dictionary table — the curated subset (~80 entries) covering SOAP 1.2 envelope, WS-Addressing 1.0, xsi/xsd primitives, common XML element/attribute names. `lookup_static(id)` and `position_of_static(value)` plus a `OnceLock`-cached reverse map. Lookups against unmapped IDs return `None` so the F21 NBFX decoder surfaces a clear error rather than silently corrupting. Extending the table is a one-line append in numerical order; existing tests assert monotonic IDs to catch transposition.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F20 (commit `9dfd193`):
+- F20: `mxaccess-asb-nettcp::nmf` ports the `[MS-NMF]` `.NET Message Framing` record codec — Version, Mode, Via, KnownEncoding, ExtensibleEncoding, Unsized/SizedEnvelope, End, Fault, UpgradeRequest/Response, PreambleAck, PreambleEnd. `Multibyte Int31` (LEB128 over 31-bit unsigned) implementation with overflow + negative-length rejection. `encode_preamble` helper emits the canonical ASB connect sequence (`Version 1.0 → Duplex → Via $uri → BinaryWithDictionary → PreambleEnd`). 24 unit tests cover record round-trip for every record type, multi-byte length boundary cases (0/1/127/128/16383/16384/200/i32::MAX), preamble emission, byte-layout pinning for Version/Mode/KnownEncoding, and rejection of unknown record/mode/encoding bytes plus truncated sized-envelope frames.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F24 (commit `7611d9e`):
+- F24: `mxaccess-codec::asb_variant` ports `Variant` + `AsbStatus` + `RuntimeValue` from `AsbContracts.cs:1109-1241,741-791` plus `MxAsbDataClient::DecodeVariant` + `AsbVariantFactory` from `cs:713-825,1310-1429`. Wire layout per `docs/ASB-Variant-Wire-Format.md`. `AsbVariant` is the raw 10-byte-header + payload form; `DecodedVariant` is the typed view; `from_*` factories mirror .NET's `From*`. 25 unit tests cover all proven scalar/array types' round-trip, byte layout (2/4/4/payload), `Unsupported` fallback for type ids outside the proven matrix, `AsbStatus` round-trip, `RuntimeValue` round-trip, malformed `string[]` partial-decode preservation, and short-frame rejection.
+
+**Earlier slices:**
+- F19 + F23 (commit `ed17c07`):
+- F19: workspace deps added (`hmac`, `md-5`, `sha1`, `sha2`, `aes`, `cbc`, `pbkdf2`, `flate2`, `rand`, `num-bigint`, `num-traits`, `num-integer`, `quick-xml`, `tokio-util`, `zeroize`) + crate `Cargo.toml` propagation.
+- F23: `mxaccess-asb-nettcp::auth` ports `AsbSystemAuthenticator` (167 LoC .NET → ~480 LoC Rust + tests). 13 tests cover decimal-prime parsing, .NET `BigInteger` byte-order round-trip (sign-byte append/strip + zero), base64 against RFC 4648 §10 vectors, public-key range, private-key sizing, peer-to-peer DH shared-secret agreement, signed-validator message-number monotonicity, AES-CBC PKCS7 padding, unknown hash algorithm fallback (no MAC unless `force_hmac=true`), Apollo `:V2` lifetime-suffix dispatch, PBKDF2-SHA1 self-consistency snapshot.
+
+F25 (`mxaccess-asb` IASBIDataV2 client) and F26 (`mxaccess::Session` over `AsbTransport`) remain open. With F19-F24 landed, the M5 framing/encoder layer (streams A+B+C+D and the codec stream) is complete; F25 composes them into the `IASBIDataV2` wire client. F22's static dictionary subset is intentionally curated; expand entries as wire captures show new IDs. F27 (constant-time DH) is filed as a separate follow-up below.
+
+### F30 — Resolve dict-id element/attribute names on the read side
+**Severity:** P1 — blocks decoding any non-trivial WCF response.
+**Source:** Live Register response decode (`MX_ASB_TRACE_REPLY` dump in `client.rs:172-190`).
+**Why deferred:** When the server returns a response with the `RegisterItemsResponse` wrapper + `Result` fields, every element name (and most attribute names) is dict-encoded — `<b:Static(43)>false</b:Static(43)>` is `successField=false` on the wire. Our `decode_tokens` produces `NbfxName::Static(id)` tokens without resolving them; downstream consumers (`collect_asbidata_payloads`, `find_element_named`, `decode_register_items_response`) only match against `NbfxName::Inline(local)` and miss every dict-named element. The fault detection works because the SOAP fault Action header contains `/fault` (a literal string), but real success-response decoding is blind.
+
+**Resolves when:** `decode_tokens` (or a post-pass over the token stream) substitutes `NbfxName::Static(id)` with `NbfxName::Inline(name)` whenever the dict id resolves to a known string. The dynamic dict (`read_dictionary`) accumulates session strings via `intern`; the read-path needs the parallel session counter to map wire ids to slots — wire ids are odd and session-cumulative across messages, mirroring the F28 fix on the write side. **Resolves**: F25 live data path (Read/Write/Subscribe responses are all dict-encoded too).
+
+### F30 — Resolve dict-id element/attribute names on the read side (RESOLVED, commit `eb6c689`)
+
+### F31 — InvalidConnectionId on first Register after AuthenticateMe — RESOLVED via retry
+**Resolved:** `<this commit>`. Not a HMAC bug after all — `AsbErrorCode.InvalidConnectionId` (= 1) is a **transient race** condition that .NET's `MxAsbDataClient.RegisterMany` (`cs:191-204`) explicitly handles with a retry loop (`for (int attempt = 1; attempt < 5 && response.Result.ErrorCode == InvalidConnectionId; attempt++)` with `100*attempt` ms backoff). `AuthenticateMe` is one-way (`AsbContracts.cs:18`); the server commits auth state asynchronously after the request lands, and a Register that arrives too quickly sees the connection in pre-authenticated state. `decode_register_items_response` now tolerates an empty `<ASBIData />` Status array and surfaces `Result.resultCodeField` + `successField`; `AsbClient::register_items` retries up to 5 times on `RESULT_CODE_INVALID_CONNECTION_ID`, mirroring .NET. **Live verification**: `register status: 1 item(s); first error_code = 0x0000` followed by `TestChildObject.TestInt = AsbVariant { type_id: 4, length: 4, payload: [99, 0, 0, 0] }` — the real tag value `99` over the live wire, end-to-end.
+
+### F28 — Canonical XML serialiser for `ConnectedRequest` signing (matches `XmlSerializer.Serialize` byte-for-byte)
+**Severity:** P0 — blocks every signed ASB operation (AuthenticateMe, RegisterItems, all data-plane RPCs).
+**Source:** F25 live-bring-up; `AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:79` + `AsbSerialization.cs:12-48`.
+**Why deferred:** `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign` HMACs `Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(request.ToXml())` — the XML text produced by .NET's `XmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, value)` with `XmlSerializerNamespaces` = `"urn:invensys.schemas"`, then re-parsed via `XDocument.Load` and re-saved to normalise xmlns attribute ordering (xsi before xsd; see `AsbSerialization.cs:36-47`). The HMAC must match the server's recomputation, which uses the same XmlSerializer on the deserialised request — so the Rust port has to produce byte-identical XML. We currently HMAC the NBFX wire bytes of the unsigned envelope, which never matches.
+
+**Resolves when:** A canonical XmlSerializer-compatible emitter lands in `mxaccess-asb` (probably `crates/mxaccess-asb/src/xml_canonical.rs`). Scope per request type: `AuthenticateMe`, `Disconnect`, `KeepAlive`, `RegisterItemsRequest`, `UnregisterItemsRequest`, `ReadRequest`, `WriteBasicRequest`, `PublishWriteCompleteRequest`, `CreateSubscriptionRequest`, `DeleteSubscriptionRequest`, `AddMonitoredItemsRequest`, `DeleteMonitoredItemsRequest`, `PublishRequest`. Each derives its XML form from the `[MessageContract] / [MessageBodyMember(Order = N, Namespace = ...)]` attributes plus per-type `[XmlType(Namespace = ...)]` on `AuthenticationData` / `PublicKey`. The `request_xml_utf8` argument to `AsbAuthenticator::sign` is already wired correctly — only the producer is missing. Once HMAC matches, the existing `ConnectionValidator` header path (`mac` + `iv` base64 round-trip) is already validated by the F23 unit tests. **Resolves**: F25 live AuthenticateMe + RegisterItems + every signed operation; M5 DoD bullets 1+2 unblocked.
+
+**Captured fixtures (commit `dbb580b`).** `MxAsbClient.Probe --dump-signed-xml` (new flag, 2026-05-05) produces canonical `request.ToXml()` output for the five primary ConnectedRequest shapes; fixtures saved under `rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/{authenticate-me,disconnect,keep-alive,register-items,unregister-items}.xml`. Byte sizes pinned: 1000/980/705/1068/1072. Plus `authenticate-me-empty-mac-iv.xml` (896 bytes) for the actual signing input shape (validator's MAC + IV are empty during `request.ToXml()`; .NET's `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign:79` mutates them only AFTER HMAC computation). The companion `README.md` documents 10 inferred XmlSerializer rules — most importantly: (1) element name = class name (NOT MessageContract.WrapperName), (2) field order = C# declaration order (NOT [MessageBodyMember.Order]), (3) `[XmlType(Namespace=...)]` on a field's type causes per-child xmlns redeclaration on the children, NOT the wrapper element, (4) the `*Specified` pattern controls whether `<Xxx>` is emitted, (5) CRLF line endings + 2-space indent + UTF-8-bytes-of-utf-16-declaration, (6) empty `byte[]` → self-closing `<Tag xmlns="..." />` (NOT `<Tag></Tag>`).
+
+**Emitter landed (commit `f14580e`).** `mxaccess-asb::xml_canonical` exposes `emit_authenticate_me_xml`, `emit_disconnect_xml`, `emit_keep_alive_xml`, `emit_register_items_request_xml`, `emit_unregister_items_request_xml`. Seven fixture-comparison tests pass (byte-equal vs. .NET output for both filled-MAC + empty-MAC variants of AuthenticateMe, plus the four other shapes). Plumbing: `AsbAuthenticator::peek_next_message_number` exposes the pre-allocated message number; `AsbClient::send_signed_envelope[_one_way]` gain `xml_for_signing: Option<&[u8]>`. `connect`, `disconnect`, `keep_alive`, `register_items`, `unregister_items` now build a pre-signing `ConnectionValidator` (empty MAC + IV) → emit canonical XML → pass to HMAC. Other ops (Read, Write, Subscription) still use the legacy NBFX-bytes path.
+
+**Registry-driven DH params (commit `f14580e`).** `tools/Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1` exports `MX_ASB_DH_PRIME`, `MX_ASB_DH_GENERATOR`, `MX_ASB_DH_HASH_ALGORITHM`, `MX_ASB_DH_KEY_SIZE`. The `asb-subscribe` example honours those env vars to override `CryptoParameters::defaults()` (which is the .NET reference's 1024-bit fallback). Each AVEVA install picks its own DH group at provisioning time — typically a 768-bit prime, NOT the default 1024-bit. With the wrong prime, `Connect` succeeds at the byte level but the shared-secret derivation diverges, breaking AuthenticateMe's encrypted ConsumerData verification. Empty registry `hashAlgorithm` maps to `HashAlgorithm::Unrecognised` to match `AsbSystemAuthenticator.CreateHmac:84-93` semantics where empty + `forceHmac=true` falls through to HMAC-SHA1.
+
+**Remaining live blocker (commit `fd38189`).** With canonical XML byte-equal to .NET's AND DH params from the registry, AuthenticateMe still produces `dispatcher/fault` InternalServiceFault. `MX_ASB_TRACE_DERIVE`-gated diagnostic traces in both the Rust authenticator and the .NET reference confirm: crypto_key length matches (176 bytes = 96-byte shared secret + 80-byte passphrase); passphrase bytes [96..176] of the crypto_key are identical between Rust and .NET (same registry source, same UTF-8 encoding). The shared-secret prefix [0..96] differs per session (random DH), but should round-trip correctly with the server.
+
+**Crypto stack ruled out** (commit `<this commit>`). Deterministic-HMAC fixture test (`auth.rs::tests::deterministic_hmac_matches_dotnet_fixture`) takes pinned inputs (passphrase, prime, generator, private-key bytes, remote-pub bytes, message number, connection ID, AES IV, consumer-data + IV) and asserts byte-equality of each step:
+1. `shared = remote_pub^private_key mod prime` — ✅ matches .NET
+2. `crypto_key = shared || passphrase_utf8` — ✅ matches .NET
+3. `hmac = HMAC-SHA1(crypto_key, xml_utf8)` — ✅ matches .NET (HMACSHA1)
+4. `aes_key = PBKDF2-SHA1(base64(crypto_key), "ArchestrAService", 1000, 16)` — ✅ matches .NET (Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2)
+5. `encrypted_mac = AES-CBC(aes_key, iv=zeros, hmac, PKCS7)` — ✅ matches .NET (System.Security.Cryptography.Aes)
+
+The fixture is captured by `MxAsbClient.Probe --dump-deterministic-hmac` (`src/MxAsbClient.Probe/Program.cs:166-296`), saved at `crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/tests/fixtures/deterministic-hmac/authenticate-me.kv`. With all 5 crypto steps proven byte-equal to .NET, the live AuthenticateMe fault must come from one of: (a) the wire-level ConnectionValidator NBFX shape (DataContract field-name namespace, mustUnderstand attr, etc.), (b) the WCF binary message header (action+to dict pre-pop), (c) a subtle XmlSerializer quirk for live values that the hardcoded fixtures don't exercise (e.g., Guid format edge case, base64 line wrapping for specific lengths, ulong text rendering). Next iteration's hunt: add a deterministic *wire-level* fixture (the entire NBFX byte stream of an AuthenticateMe envelope, not just the canonical-XML payload) and diff against a .NET probe capture for the same inputs.
+
+### F29 — Align `mxaccess-asb-nettcp::nbfs` static dictionary ids with canonical `[MC-NBFS]` table
+**Severity:** P2 — diagnostic-only today; blocks future fault-body decoding.
+**Source:** F25 live-bring-up; observed wire ids (Fault=134, Code=142, Reason=144, Text=146, Value=154, Subcode=156) vs `nbfs.rs` (Fault=114, Code=122, Reason=124, Text=126, Value=134, Subcode=136). Off by 20 starting at the SOAP-fault subset.
+**Why deferred:** Doesn't affect request encoding — every dict id we emit is ≤44 (`ReplyTo`) and those IDs are correct. The SOAP-fault element-by-name decode in `detect_soap_fault` was sidestepped by walking text records directly rather than relying on dict-resolved element names, so the user-facing fault reason still surfaces correctly. The dictionary mismatch is a latent issue that will bite when (a) we want richer fault decoding (parsing `<Code><Value>s:Receiver</Value></Code>` to surface the SOAP fault role) or (b) we encode anything in the upper id range (none of our current encoders do).
+**Resolves when:** The 10 missing `[MC-NBFS]` §2.2 entries between `s` (id 112) and `Fault` (id 134) are inserted, and existing 114+ entries are renumbered by +20. The canonical reference is the `[MC-NBFS]` PDF (Microsoft Open Specifications) or the `XD.cs` / `ServiceModelStringsVersion1` table inside `System.ServiceModel`. Add a regression test that hands a captured fault envelope to `decode_envelope` and asserts both Code and Reason text resolve via dict lookup.
+
+### F27 — Constant-time DH `mod_exp` (swap `num-bigint` → `crypto-bigint::BoxedUint`)
+**Severity:** P2 (security regression vs the long-term Rust target — but at parity with the .NET reference today, so not a release-blocker)
+**Source:** F23 (`crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/src/auth.rs:179,303`); originally flagged in `design/30-crate-topology.md:269-274` and the project's `review.md` MAJOR finding.
+**Why deferred:** `crypto-bigint 0.5`'s `BoxedUint` does not yet expose `pow_mod` over heap-allocated values. The fixed-size `Uint<L>` types do, but require the prime to be parsed into a fixed bit-width and there's no decimal-string parser in `crypto-bigint`. F23 ships with `num-bigint` to keep parity with the .NET reference (which is also not constant-time); the constant-time upgrade is a separate, isolated swap.
+**Resolves when:** Either (a) `crypto-bigint` lands a stable `BoxedUint::pow_mod` and a decimal-string parser, or (b) we add a small fixed-width DH backend that parses the registry prime into `U2048` once at session construction. At that point `auth::AsbAuthenticator::new`, `crypto_key`, and `generate_private_key` swap `num_bigint::BigUint::modpow` for the constant-time variant; tests stay unchanged because the wire-byte representation is identical.
 
 ### F2 — NTLM verify_signature path + constant-time MAC compare (server-to-client direction)
 **Severity:** P2

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+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "simd-adler32"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "703d5c7ef118737c72f1af64ad2f6f8c5e1921f818cdcb97b8fe6fc69bf66214"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -653,3 +849,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b97154e67e32c85465826e8bcc1c59429aaaf107c1e4a9e53c8d8ccd5eff88d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "zeroize_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize_derive"
+version = "1.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85a5b4158499876c763cb03bc4e49185d3cccbabb15b33c627f7884f43db852e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]

rust/Cargo.toml

@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@ futures-util = "0.3"
 bytes        = "1"
 byteorder    = "1"
 tokio        = { version = "1", features = ["net", "io-util", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time", "macros"] }
+# M5 ASB transport (F19). Crypto crates target the digest 0.10 / cipher 0.4
+# generation (the line that hmac 0.12, md-5 0.10, sha1 0.10, sha2 0.10,
+# aes 0.8, cbc 0.1, pbkdf2 0.12 all share). mxaccess-rpc is already on this
+# generation (crates/mxaccess-rpc/Cargo.toml:13-18); M5 sticks with it for
+# resolved-graph coherence. The design doc at design/30-crate-topology.md:251-289
+# prescribed the 0.11/0.5 generation but the rpc crate landed earlier on the
+# 0.10/0.4 line — when those two diverge, the implementation is canonical.
+hmac         = "0.12"
+md-5         = "0.10"
+sha1         = "0.10"
+sha2         = "0.10"
+aes          = "0.8"
+cbc          = { version = "0.1", features = ["std"] }
+pbkdf2       = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["hmac"] }
+flate2       = "1"
+rand         = "0.8"
+# DH bigint. NOTE: num-bigint::modpow is not constant-time. The DH private
+# exponent is long-lived (AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:153-166); .NET BigInteger
+# also isn't constant-time, so we are at parity with the reference. Tracked
+# as F27 to swap to crypto-bigint::BoxedUint once that crate exposes a stable
+# pow_mod over heap-allocated values — design/30-crate-topology.md:269-274.
+num-bigint   = "0.4"
+num-traits   = "0.2"
+num-integer  = "0.1"
+quick-xml    = "0.36"
+tokio-util   = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"] }
+zeroize      = { version = "1", features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
 
 [workspace.lints.rust]
 unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn = "warn"

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+thiserror   = { workspace = true }
+tracing     = { workspace = true }
+bytes       = { workspace = true }
+hmac        = { workspace = true }
+md-5        = { workspace = true }
+sha1        = { workspace = true }
+sha2        = { workspace = true }
+aes         = { workspace = true }
+cbc         = { workspace = true }
+pbkdf2      = { workspace = true }
+flate2      = { workspace = true }
+rand        = { workspace = true }
+num-bigint  = { workspace = true }
+num-traits  = { workspace = true }
+num-integer = { workspace = true }
+zeroize     = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+hex = "0.4"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/src/auth.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,918 @@
+//! ASB application-auth crypto.
+//!
+//! Port of `src/MxAsbClient/AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs` (167 LoC) — the DH
+//! handshake, HMAC signing, and AES-128/PBKDF2-SHA1 key derivation that
+//! `IASBIDataV2::Connect` + `AuthenticateMe` use to bring up an authenticated
+//! ASB session.
+//!
+//! Notable parity points:
+//!
+//! * **DH `mod_exp` constant-time gap.** The .NET reference uses
+//!   `BigInteger.ModPow`, which is **not** constant-time. The Rust port
+//!   currently uses `num-bigint`, which is *also* not constant-time — so
+//!   this is parity, not a regression. The long-term target is
+//!   `crypto-bigint::BoxedUint` once that crate exposes a stable `pow_mod`
+//!   over heap-allocated values; see `design/30-crate-topology.md:269-274`
+//!   and follow-up F27 in `design/followups.md`.
+//!
+//! * **.NET `BigInteger` byte order.** Both
+//!   `BigInteger.ToByteArray` and `new BigInteger(byte[])` are
+//!   little-endian, two's-complement. For positive values whose top bit is
+//!   set, `ToByteArray` appends a trailing `0x00` sign byte. Wire-byte
+//!   parity for `LocalPublicKey` and the encrypted authentication-data
+//!   payloads requires reproducing that exact convention — see
+//!   [`bigint_to_dotnet_bytes`].
+//!
+//! * **AES key derivation.** PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1 over
+//!   `Convert.ToBase64String(CryptoKey)` with the ASCII salt
+//!   `"ArchestrAService"`, 1000 iterations, 16-byte output (`cs:134-142`).
+//!   The base64 step is part of the spec, not a quirk — derived keys do
+//!   *not* match if the raw `CryptoKey` bytes are fed in directly.
+//!
+//! * **Lifetime-suffix dispatch.** `ConnectResponse.ConnectionLifetime`
+//!   carrying `:V2` selects the `EncryptApollo` path (raw AES-CBC).
+//!   Otherwise `EncryptBaktun` (deflate-then-AES-CBC). Mirrored verbatim
+//!   from `cs:48` / `cs:97-117`.
+
+use std::io::Write as _;
+
+use aes::Aes128;
+use aes::cipher::{BlockEncryptMut, KeyIvInit};
+use cbc::Encryptor as CbcEncryptor;
+use flate2::Compression;
+use flate2::write::DeflateEncoder;
+use hmac::digest::KeyInit;
+use hmac::{Hmac, Mac};
+use md5::Md5;
+use num_bigint::BigUint;
+use num_integer::Integer;
+use num_traits::{One, Zero};
+use pbkdf2::pbkdf2_hmac;
+use rand::RngCore;
+use sha1::Sha1;
+use sha2::Sha512;
+use zeroize::{Zeroize, Zeroizing};
+
+/// PBKDF2 salt — ASCII bytes of `"ArchestrAService"`. Mirrors the .NET
+/// `PasswordSalt` constant at `AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:10`.
+const PASSWORD_SALT: &[u8] = b"ArchestrAService";
+
+/// PBKDF2 iteration count from `cs:139`.
+const PBKDF2_ITERATIONS: u32 = 1000;
+
+/// Derived AES key length in bytes, matching `cs:141` (`outputLength: 16`).
+const AES_KEY_LEN: usize = 16;
+
+/// Hash algorithm negotiated between client and service. Numeric variants
+/// match the case-insensitive string values returned by
+/// `AsbRegistry.GetCryptoParameters` (`cs:54` — `"MD5"` / `"SHA1"` /
+/// `"SHA512"`). Anything else falls through to the .NET branch at `cs:91`
+/// (`HMAC-SHA1` only when `forceHmac` is set, otherwise no signing).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum HashAlgorithm {
+    Md5,
+    Sha1,
+    Sha512,
+    /// Unknown algorithm — `Sign` returns no MAC unless `force_hmac` is set,
+    /// in which case HMAC-SHA1 is used. Mirrors `cs:91`.
+    Unrecognised,
+}
+
+impl HashAlgorithm {
+    /// Parse the `HashAlgorthim` string from `AsbSolutionCryptoParameters`
+    /// case-insensitively. Note the typo in the registry value name
+    /// (`HashAlgorthim` not `HashAlgorithm`) is preserved by .NET; we read
+    /// whatever the registry stores.
+    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Self {
+        match value.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "md5" => Self::Md5,
+            "sha1" => Self::Sha1,
+            "sha512" => Self::Sha512,
+            _ => Self::Unrecognised,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Solution-level crypto parameters loaded from the registry on .NET, or
+/// supplied directly by callers on the Rust side. Mirrors
+/// `AsbSolutionCryptoParameters` at `AsbRegistry.cs:64-67`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct CryptoParameters {
+    /// 1024-bit DH prime (decimal-encoded).
+    pub prime_decimal: String,
+    /// DH generator (decimal-encoded).
+    pub generator_decimal: String,
+    /// Negotiated hash algorithm (`HashAlgorthim` from the registry).
+    pub hash_algorithm: HashAlgorithm,
+    /// DH private-exponent size in bits. Default `256` per `cs:55`.
+    pub key_size_bits: u32,
+}
+
+impl CryptoParameters {
+    /// Default prime constant from `AsbRegistry.cs:66` (1024-bit
+    /// decimal-encoded).
+    pub const DEFAULT_PRIME_TEXT: &'static str = concat!(
+        "179769313486231590770839156793787453197860296048756011706444423",
+        "684197180216158519368947833795864925541502180565485980503646440",
+        "548199239100050792877003355816639229553136239076508735759914822",
+        "574862575007425302077447712589550957937778424442426617334727629",
+        "299387668709205606050270810842907692932019128194",
+    );
+
+    /// Default parameters seen on a stock AVEVA install (`HashAlgorthim=MD5`,
+    /// `keySize=256`, `Generator=22`).
+    pub fn defaults() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            prime_decimal: Self::DEFAULT_PRIME_TEXT.to_string(),
+            generator_decimal: "22".to_string(),
+            hash_algorithm: HashAlgorithm::Md5,
+            key_size_bits: 256,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Authenticator state. Owns the DH private key, the derived crypto-key
+/// buffer, and the running message-number counter that `Sign` increments
+/// per `ConnectionValidator` (`cs:67`).
+pub struct AsbAuthenticator {
+    prime: BigUint,
+    private_key: BigUint,
+    /// `localPublicKey` cached as little-endian + sign-byte normalised
+    /// .NET-`BigInteger`-equivalent bytes (`cs:34`).
+    local_public_key: Vec<u8>,
+    /// UTF-8 bytes of the solution passphrase (`cs:28` — note: .NET
+    /// `Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes` over a `string` yields UTF-8, even though
+    /// the passphrase originated as UTF-16 inside DPAPI; we copy that
+    /// re-encoding here exactly).
+    solution_passphrase: Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>,
+    hash_algorithm: HashAlgorithm,
+    next_message_number: u64,
+    connection_id: [u8; 16],
+    /// Set by `accept_connect_response`.
+    remote_public_key: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    /// Toggled by `:V2` lifetime suffix in the connect response. False
+    /// until then (`cs:43,48`).
+    use_apollo_signing: bool,
+}
+
+impl AsbAuthenticator {
+    /// Build a new authenticator. Generates a fresh DH private key in the
+    /// `[1, prime - 1)` range and computes `generator^private_key mod prime`
+    /// for the local public key (`cs:30-35`).
+    ///
+    /// `connection_id` is the per-session GUID emitted into every signed
+    /// `ConnectionValidator`. Callers should pass `Uuid::new_v4().into_bytes()`
+    /// (or equivalent); we keep the parameter explicit so unit tests can
+    /// pin the value for fixture round-trips.
+    pub fn new(
+        passphrase: &str,
+        params: &CryptoParameters,
+        connection_id: [u8; 16],
+    ) -> Result<Self, AuthError> {
+        let prime = parse_decimal(&params.prime_decimal)?;
+        let generator = parse_decimal(&params.generator_decimal)?;
+        if prime.is_zero() {
+            return Err(AuthError::ZeroPrime);
+        }
+
+        let private_key = generate_private_key(params.key_size_bits, &prime)?;
+        let public_value = generator.modpow(&private_key, &prime);
+        let local_public_key = bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&public_value);
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            prime,
+            private_key,
+            local_public_key,
+            solution_passphrase: Zeroizing::new(passphrase.as_bytes().to_vec()),
+            hash_algorithm: params.hash_algorithm,
+            next_message_number: 1,
+            connection_id,
+            remote_public_key: None,
+            use_apollo_signing: false,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Peek the message number that the next [`Self::sign`] call will
+    /// assign to the validator. Useful for the canonical-XML signing
+    /// flow: the caller needs the message number to build the XML
+    /// being HMAC'd, since the validator-during-signing carries it
+    /// (with empty MAC + IV) and the same value must end up on the
+    /// wire after sign() fills MAC + IV.
+    pub fn peek_next_message_number(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.next_message_number
+    }
+
+    pub fn connection_id(&self) -> [u8; 16] {
+        self.connection_id
+    }
+
+    pub fn local_public_key(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.local_public_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn use_apollo_signing(&self) -> bool {
+        self.use_apollo_signing
+    }
+
+    /// Apply `ConnectResponse` state: stash the service public key for
+    /// shared-secret derivation and decide whether the wire is Apollo
+    /// (raw-AES) or Baktun (deflate-then-AES) per the `:V2` lifetime
+    /// suffix at `cs:48`.
+    pub fn accept_connect_response(
+        &mut self,
+        service_public_key: &[u8],
+        connection_lifetime: Option<&str>,
+    ) {
+        self.remote_public_key = Some(service_public_key.to_vec());
+        self.use_apollo_signing = connection_lifetime
+            .map(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase().contains(":v2"))
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+    }
+
+    /// Encrypt `local_public_key || remote_public_key` with the AES key
+    /// derived from `crypto_key`. Returns `(ciphertext, iv)`. Mirrors
+    /// `CreateAuthenticationData` at `cs:51-60`.
+    pub fn create_authentication_data(&self) -> Result<EncryptedBytes, AuthError> {
+        let remote = self
+            .remote_public_key
+            .as_deref()
+            .ok_or(AuthError::NoRemoteKey)?;
+        let mut clear: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(self.local_public_key.len() + remote.len());
+        clear.extend_from_slice(&self.local_public_key);
+        clear.extend_from_slice(remote);
+        let result = self.encrypt(&clear);
+        clear.zeroize();
+        result
+    }
+
+    /// Sign the canonical-XML body of a request (`request.ToXml()` in .NET)
+    /// per `cs:62-82`. Returns the populated `ConnectionValidator` — when
+    /// no HMAC engine is selected and `force_hmac` is false, the validator
+    /// is emitted with empty MAC + IV. Caller is responsible for
+    /// serialising the `ConnectionValidator` into the
+    /// `http://asb.contracts.headers/20111111` SOAP header.
+    ///
+    /// `request_xml_utf8` is the UTF-8 byte representation of the SOAP
+    /// envelope's *request body* — NOT the framed wire bytes. The .NET
+    /// reference calls `request.ToXml()` which serialises the message
+    /// contract through the `XmlSerializer` and we sign exactly that
+    /// canonical text. Cross-implementation parity therefore requires the
+    /// Rust SOAP serializer (when F25 lands) to emit identical bytes.
+    pub fn sign(
+        &mut self,
+        request_xml_utf8: &[u8],
+        force_hmac: bool,
+    ) -> Result<SignedValidator, AuthError> {
+        let message_number = self.next_message_number;
+        self.next_message_number = self.next_message_number.wrapping_add(1);
+
+        let mut validator = SignedValidator {
+            connection_id: self.connection_id,
+            message_number,
+            mac: Vec::new(),
+            iv: Vec::new(),
+        };
+
+        if let Some(hash) = self.compute_hmac(request_xml_utf8, force_hmac)? {
+            let encrypted = self.encrypt(&hash)?;
+            validator.mac = encrypted.ciphertext;
+            validator.iv = encrypted.iv;
+        }
+
+        Ok(validator)
+    }
+
+    fn compute_hmac(&self, message: &[u8], force_hmac: bool) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, AuthError> {
+        let key = self.crypto_key()?;
+        match self.hash_algorithm {
+            HashAlgorithm::Md5 => Ok(Some(hmac_compute::<Hmac<Md5>>(&key, message))),
+            HashAlgorithm::Sha1 => Ok(Some(hmac_compute::<Hmac<Sha1>>(&key, message))),
+            HashAlgorithm::Sha512 => Ok(Some(hmac_compute::<Hmac<Sha512>>(&key, message))),
+            HashAlgorithm::Unrecognised if force_hmac => {
+                Ok(Some(hmac_compute::<Hmac<Sha1>>(&key, message)))
+            }
+            HashAlgorithm::Unrecognised => Ok(None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn encrypt(&self, clear: &[u8]) -> Result<EncryptedBytes, AuthError> {
+        let aes_key = self.derive_aes_key()?;
+        let mut iv = [0u8; 16];
+        rand::thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut iv);
+        let ciphertext = if self.use_apollo_signing {
+            aes_cbc_encrypt(&aes_key, &iv, clear)
+        } else {
+            let mut deflated = Vec::with_capacity(clear.len());
+            let mut encoder = DeflateEncoder::new(&mut deflated, Compression::default());
+            encoder
+                .write_all(clear)
+                .map_err(|e| AuthError::Deflate(e.to_string()))?;
+            encoder
+                .finish()
+                .map_err(|e| AuthError::Deflate(e.to_string()))?;
+            let result = aes_cbc_encrypt(&aes_key, &iv, &deflated);
+            deflated.zeroize();
+            result
+        };
+
+        Ok(EncryptedBytes {
+            ciphertext,
+            iv: iv.to_vec(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn derive_aes_key(&self) -> Result<Zeroizing<[u8; AES_KEY_LEN]>, AuthError> {
+        let crypto_key = self.crypto_key()?;
+        let password_b64 = base64_encode(&crypto_key);
+        let mut out = Zeroizing::new([0u8; AES_KEY_LEN]);
+        pbkdf2_hmac::<Sha1>(
+            password_b64.as_bytes(),
+            PASSWORD_SALT,
+            PBKDF2_ITERATIONS,
+            out.as_mut_slice(),
+        );
+        if std::env::var("MX_ASB_TRACE_DERIVE").ok().is_some() {
+            eprintln!("asb.derive.crypto_key.len={}", crypto_key.len());
+            let hex: String = crypto_key.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02X}")).collect();
+            eprintln!("asb.derive.crypto_key.hex={hex}");
+            eprintln!("asb.derive.crypto_key.b64={password_b64}");
+            let aes_hex: String = out.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02X}")).collect();
+            eprintln!("asb.derive.aes_key.hex={aes_hex}");
+        }
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    /// `shared = remote^private mod prime`, then append the passphrase
+    /// bytes — `cs:144-150`. Returned as a `Zeroizing` wrapper so the
+    /// derivation buffer is wiped on drop.
+    fn crypto_key(&self) -> Result<Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>, AuthError> {
+        let remote = self
+            .remote_public_key
+            .as_deref()
+            .ok_or(AuthError::NoRemoteKey)?;
+        let remote_value = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(remote);
+        let shared = remote_value.modpow(&self.private_key, &self.prime);
+        let shared_bytes = bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&shared);
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(shared_bytes.len() + self.solution_passphrase.len());
+        buf.extend_from_slice(&shared_bytes);
+        buf.extend_from_slice(&self.solution_passphrase);
+        Ok(Zeroizing::new(buf))
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn private_key_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&self.private_key)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Output of [`AsbAuthenticator::sign`]: the populated `ConnectionValidator`
+/// fields exactly matching the .NET `ConnectionValidator` message header
+/// shape (`AsbContracts.cs` — `ConnectionId` GUID, `MessageNumber` ulong,
+/// `MessageAuthenticationCode` byte[], `SignatureInitializationVector`
+/// byte[]).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct SignedValidator {
+    pub connection_id: [u8; 16],
+    pub message_number: u64,
+    pub mac: Vec<u8>,
+    pub iv: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+/// Output of `create_authentication_data` / per-message encryption.
+/// Maps onto the .NET `AuthenticationData { Data, InitializationVector }`
+/// contract.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct EncryptedBytes {
+    pub ciphertext: Vec<u8>,
+    pub iv: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum AuthError {
+    #[error("invalid decimal big-integer: {0}")]
+    InvalidDecimal(String),
+    #[error("DH prime is zero")]
+    ZeroPrime,
+    #[error("DH key size {0} is not a positive multiple of 8")]
+    InvalidKeySize(u32),
+    #[error("ConnectResponse not yet accepted — service public key unknown")]
+    NoRemoteKey,
+    #[error("deflate failed: {0}")]
+    Deflate(String),
+}
+
+// ---- DH helpers ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Generate a DH private key in `[1, prime - 1)` per `cs:153-166`.
+/// `key_size_bits / 8 + 1` random bytes are drawn, the high byte forced to
+/// zero (so the value stays positive when interpreted as a .NET BigInteger
+/// little-endian two's-complement), and the loop retries until the value
+/// falls in range.
+fn generate_private_key(key_size_bits: u32, prime: &BigUint) -> Result<BigUint, AuthError> {
+    if key_size_bits == 0 || key_size_bits % 8 != 0 {
+        return Err(AuthError::InvalidKeySize(key_size_bits));
+    }
+    let byte_len = (key_size_bits / 8) as usize + 1;
+    let prime_minus_one = prime - BigUint::one();
+    let one = BigUint::one();
+
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; byte_len];
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    loop {
+        rng.fill_bytes(&mut buf);
+        // Force the .NET sign byte to 0 so the value is unambiguously
+        // positive (`cs:160`).
+        if let Some(last) = buf.last_mut() {
+            *last = 0;
+        }
+        let candidate = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(&buf);
+        if candidate > one && candidate < prime_minus_one {
+            buf.zeroize();
+            return Ok(candidate);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Decimal-string → `BigUint`. Used for the registry-supplied prime +
+/// generator (`cs:23-24,57`).
+fn parse_decimal(value: &str) -> Result<BigUint, AuthError> {
+    let trimmed = value.trim();
+    BigUint::parse_bytes(trimmed.as_bytes(), 10)
+        .ok_or_else(|| AuthError::InvalidDecimal(trimmed.to_string()))
+}
+
+/// `BigUint` → .NET `BigInteger.ToByteArray()` little-endian
+/// two's-complement bytes.
+///
+/// `BigUint::to_bytes_le` returns the minimal byte representation. .NET's
+/// `BigInteger.ToByteArray` does the same for positive values *except*
+/// that when the new MSB has its top bit set, .NET appends a `0x00` sign
+/// byte to keep the number unambiguously positive in two's-complement.
+/// `BigInteger.Zero.ToByteArray()` == `{ 0 }` per .NET; `BigUint::zero`
+/// returns an empty `Vec`, so we promote that case explicitly.
+pub fn bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(value: &BigUint) -> Vec<u8> {
+    if value.is_zero() {
+        return vec![0u8];
+    }
+    let mut bytes = value.to_bytes_le();
+    if let Some(&last) = bytes.last() {
+        if last & 0x80 != 0 {
+            bytes.push(0);
+        }
+    }
+    bytes
+}
+
+/// .NET `BigInteger(byte[])` little-endian two's-complement → `BigUint`.
+/// Trailing `0x00` sign bytes are absorbed by `from_bytes_le`'s leading-
+/// zero handling. ASB DH values are always positive, so we treat any
+/// non-zero high bit on the last byte as a non-issue (the .NET sign byte
+/// itself is `0x00`, which is what stays after stripping leading zeros).
+pub fn bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> BigUint {
+    BigUint::from_bytes_le(bytes)
+}
+
+// ---- Crypto helpers ------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn aes_cbc_encrypt(key: &[u8; AES_KEY_LEN], iv: &[u8; 16], clear: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    type Encryptor = CbcEncryptor<Aes128>;
+    let cipher = Encryptor::new(key.into(), iv.into());
+    cipher.encrypt_padded_vec_mut::<aes::cipher::block_padding::Pkcs7>(clear)
+}
+
+fn hmac_compute<M: Mac + KeyInit>(key: &[u8], message: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    // HMAC accepts any key length; the `Result` arm is unreachable for
+    // any of the `Hmac<H>` instantiations we use here. If it ever fires
+    // (e.g. someone wires this up with a non-HMAC `Mac` impl that has a
+    // length constraint), return an empty MAC rather than panic — the
+    // caller will surface the empty MAC to the wire and the service will
+    // reject it cleanly.
+    match <M as KeyInit>::new_from_slice(key) {
+        Ok(mut mac) => {
+            mac.update(message);
+            mac.finalize().into_bytes().to_vec()
+        }
+        Err(_) => Vec::new(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Standard base64 encoder (RFC 4648, default `Convert.ToBase64String`
+/// semantics — no line breaks, `+` / `/` alphabet, `=` padding).
+/// Implemented inline to avoid pulling the `base64` crate as a direct
+/// dep when we only need 16 lines of encoder code.
+fn base64_encode(input: &[u8]) -> String {
+    const ALPHABET: &[u8; 64] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+    // `idx & 0x3F` keeps the index in `0..64`; `.get(idx).copied()` returns
+    // `Some(_)` for that range so the fallback branch is unreachable but
+    // satisfies clippy::indexing_slicing.
+    let lookup = |idx: u32| ALPHABET.get((idx & 0x3F) as usize).copied().unwrap_or(b'=');
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(input.len().div_ceil(3) * 4);
+    for chunk in input.chunks(3) {
+        let b0 = u32::from(chunk.first().copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        let b1 = u32::from(chunk.get(1).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        let b2 = u32::from(chunk.get(2).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        let triple = (b0 << 16) | (b1 << 8) | b2;
+        out.push(lookup(triple >> 18) as char);
+        out.push(lookup(triple >> 12) as char);
+        out.push(if chunk.len() > 1 {
+            lookup(triple >> 6) as char
+        } else {
+            '='
+        });
+        out.push(if chunk.len() > 2 {
+            lookup(triple) as char
+        } else {
+            '='
+        });
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+// num-integer's `Integer` trait is imported above so `prime - BigUint::one()`
+// uses subtraction without wrapping. Silences an unused-import warning when
+// we don't directly call any `.gcd()`-style helpers — kept anyway for the
+// `Zero`/`One` traits' presence via `num-traits`.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn _unused_integer_gcd(a: &BigUint, b: &BigUint) -> BigUint {
+    a.gcd(b)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_decimal_round_trips_default_prime() {
+        let prime = parse_decimal(CryptoParameters::DEFAULT_PRIME_TEXT).unwrap();
+        // The default prime is a 300-digit decimal, which works out to
+        // ~996 bits. The "1024-bit" label in older docs is loose — the
+        // exact bit length is fixed by the published constant. This pins
+        // the value so an accidental string edit is caught.
+        assert_eq!(prime.bits(), 995);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dotnet_byte_round_trip_keeps_sign_byte_for_high_msb() {
+        let bytes = vec![0xFFu8, 0x00];
+        let value = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(&bytes);
+        let round = bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&value);
+        assert_eq!(round, bytes);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dotnet_byte_round_trip_skips_sign_byte_when_high_bit_clear() {
+        let bytes = vec![0x7Fu8];
+        let value = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(&bytes);
+        let round = bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&value);
+        assert_eq!(round, bytes);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dotnet_byte_round_trip_zero() {
+        let bytes = vec![0u8];
+        let value = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(&bytes);
+        let round = bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&value);
+        assert_eq!(round, bytes);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn base64_encode_matches_dotnet() {
+        // Spot-check vs `Convert.ToBase64String(new byte[]{1,2,3})` => "AQID"
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(&[1, 2, 3]), "AQID");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(&[1, 2]), "AQI=");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(&[1]), "AQ==");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(&[]), "");
+        // RFC 4648 §10
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(b"foobar"), "Zm9vYmFy");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn authenticator_emits_local_public_key_in_dh_range() {
+        let params = CryptoParameters::defaults();
+        let auth = AsbAuthenticator::new("test-passphrase", &params, [0u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        // Local public key is `g^x mod p` for some `x ∈ [1, p-1)`. With
+        // `g=22` and a 256-bit `x`, the result must be at least 1 byte
+        // and at most as wide as `p` (~129 bytes including the sign byte).
+        let pk = auth.local_public_key();
+        assert!(!pk.is_empty(), "public key must not be empty");
+        assert!(
+            pk.len() <= 129,
+            "public key longer than 1024-bit prime + sign byte"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn authenticator_private_key_size_respects_key_size_bits() {
+        let params = CryptoParameters::defaults();
+        let auth = AsbAuthenticator::new("test-passphrase", &params, [0u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        let pk = auth.private_key_bytes();
+        // 256-bit key → at most 33 bytes (32 raw + 1 sign byte; .NET
+        // generator clears the high byte so the sign byte never fires
+        // for this size, but allow it as the upper bound).
+        assert!(pk.len() <= 33);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dh_shared_secret_matches_between_two_peers() {
+        // Cross-check: two peers with the same parameters, exchanging
+        // public keys, derive the same shared `crypto_key` prefix.
+        let params = CryptoParameters::defaults();
+        let mut alice = AsbAuthenticator::new("solution", &params, [1u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        let mut bob = AsbAuthenticator::new("solution", &params, [2u8; 16]).unwrap();
+
+        let alice_pub = alice.local_public_key().to_vec();
+        let bob_pub = bob.local_public_key().to_vec();
+
+        alice.accept_connect_response(&bob_pub, None);
+        bob.accept_connect_response(&alice_pub, None);
+
+        let alice_key = alice.crypto_key().unwrap();
+        let bob_key = bob.crypto_key().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&alice_key[..], &bob_key[..]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn signed_validator_increments_message_number() {
+        let params = CryptoParameters::defaults();
+        let mut alice = AsbAuthenticator::new("solution", &params, [1u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        let bob = AsbAuthenticator::new("solution", &params, [2u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        alice.accept_connect_response(bob.local_public_key(), None);
+
+        let v1 = alice.sign(b"<request/>", false).unwrap();
+        let v2 = alice.sign(b"<request/>", false).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(v1.message_number, 1);
+        assert_eq!(v2.message_number, 2);
+        assert_eq!(v1.connection_id, [1u8; 16]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn aes_cbc_encrypt_pkcs7_round_trips_against_test_vector() {
+        // Empty plaintext → 16-byte PKCS7-padded ciphertext.
+        let key = [0u8; 16];
+        let iv = [0u8; 16];
+        let ct = aes_cbc_encrypt(&key, &iv, &[]);
+        assert_eq!(ct.len(), 16);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unrecognised_hash_algorithm_skips_mac_unless_forced() {
+        let params = CryptoParameters {
+            hash_algorithm: HashAlgorithm::Unrecognised,
+            ..CryptoParameters::defaults()
+        };
+        let mut alice = AsbAuthenticator::new("s", &params, [1u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        let bob = AsbAuthenticator::new("s", &params, [2u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        alice.accept_connect_response(bob.local_public_key(), None);
+
+        let unsigned = alice.sign(b"<x/>", false).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            unsigned.mac.is_empty(),
+            "unrecognised algorithm should skip MAC"
+        );
+
+        let signed = alice.sign(b"<x/>", true).unwrap();
+        assert!(!signed.mac.is_empty(), "force_hmac=true must produce a MAC");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn apollo_signing_toggles_with_v2_lifetime_suffix() {
+        let params = CryptoParameters::defaults();
+        let mut alice = AsbAuthenticator::new("s", &params, [1u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        let bob = AsbAuthenticator::new("s", &params, [2u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        alice.accept_connect_response(bob.local_public_key(), Some("PT5M:V2"));
+        assert!(alice.use_apollo_signing());
+
+        let mut alice2 = AsbAuthenticator::new("s", &params, [1u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        alice2.accept_connect_response(bob.local_public_key(), Some("PT5M"));
+        assert!(!alice2.use_apollo_signing());
+
+        let mut alice3 = AsbAuthenticator::new("s", &params, [1u8; 16]).unwrap();
+        alice3.accept_connect_response(bob.local_public_key(), None);
+        assert!(!alice3.use_apollo_signing());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pbkdf2_derive_matches_dotnet_test_vector() {
+        // .NET reference vector — captured by running `Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2`
+        // with password=base64("hello") = "aGVsbG8=", salt="ArchestrAService",
+        // 1000 iterations, SHA1, 16-byte output. Cross-check ensures the
+        // `password_b64 || salt || iterations || output_len` recipe matches
+        // .NET exactly.
+        //
+        // To regenerate (PowerShell):
+        //   $pw = [Convert]::ToBase64String([byte[]](104,101,108,108,111))
+        //   $salt = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("ArchestrAService")
+        //   [BitConverter]::ToString(
+        //     [System.Security.Cryptography.Rfc2898DeriveBytes]::Pbkdf2(
+        //       $pw, $salt, 1000, "SHA1", 16))
+        //
+        // Until that command is run on a Windows host with .NET 10, this
+        // test only proves *self-consistency* — it pins the Rust output so
+        // any unintended algorithm change is caught.
+        let mut out = [0u8; AES_KEY_LEN];
+        let password_b64 = base64_encode(b"hello");
+        pbkdf2_hmac::<Sha1>(
+            password_b64.as_bytes(),
+            PASSWORD_SALT,
+            PBKDF2_ITERATIONS,
+            &mut out,
+        );
+        // Computed by running this exact code once and pinning the result.
+        // Replace with the .NET `BitConverter.ToString(...)` output once
+        // the cross-implementation parity probe lands.
+        let snapshot = hex::decode("8eece598d3cd62ebfcb0605c8822f3ce").unwrap();
+        // Self-consistency snapshot, not a .NET-verified vector. If a
+        // real cross-impl vector comes later, replace the bytes inline.
+        assert_eq!(out.as_slice(), snapshot.as_slice());
+    }
+
+    /// End-to-end byte-equality test against a `.NET reference fixture
+    /// captured via `MxAsbClient.Probe --dump-deterministic-hmac`. All
+    /// inputs (passphrase, prime, generator, private-key bytes, remote
+    /// public-key bytes, message number, connection ID, AES IV,
+    /// consumer-data + IV bytes) are pinned, so this test reproduces
+    /// .NET's exact output for:
+    ///
+    /// 1. `shared = remote_pub^private_key mod prime`
+    /// 2. `crypto_key = shared || passphrase_utf8`
+    /// 3. `hmac = HMAC-SHA1(crypto_key, xml_utf8)` where `xml_utf8` is
+    ///    the canonical XML emitted by .NET's `XmlSerializer` (decoded
+    ///    from the fixture's `xml_utf8_b64`).
+    /// 4. `aes_key = PBKDF2-SHA1(base64(crypto_key),
+    ///    "ArchestrAService", 1000, 16)`
+    /// 5. `encrypted_mac = AES-CBC(aes_key, iv=zeros, hmac, PKCS7)`
+    ///
+    /// If any step diverges from the .NET reference, this test localises
+    /// the bug — without depending on session randomness (which is what
+    /// makes the live AuthenticateMe failure so hard to diagnose).
+    ///
+    /// **Important:** the canonical XML byte-equality is verified
+    /// separately by `mxaccess-asb::xml_canonical::tests` against the
+    /// `signed-xml/*.xml` fixtures. Here we just consume the
+    /// `.NET-supplied XML bytes from the fixture so a Rust XML emitter
+    /// bug doesn't mask a Rust crypto bug (or vice versa).
+    #[test]
+    fn deterministic_hmac_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        use hmac::Hmac;
+        use sha1::Sha1;
+
+        let fixture_path = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+            .join("tests/fixtures/deterministic-hmac/authenticate-me.kv");
+        let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&fixture_path).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            panic!("could not read fixture {}: {e}", fixture_path.display())
+        });
+        let kv = parse_kv(&raw);
+
+        let prime_decimal = kv.get("prime_decimal").expect("prime_decimal");
+        let private_key_hex = kv.get("private_key_hex").expect("private_key_hex");
+        let remote_pub_hex = kv.get("remote_pub_hex").expect("remote_pub_hex");
+        let passphrase = kv.get("passphrase").expect("passphrase");
+        let consumer_data_hex = kv.get("consumer_data_hex").expect("consumer_data_hex");
+        let consumer_iv_hex = kv.get("consumer_iv_hex").expect("consumer_iv_hex");
+        let aes_iv_hex = kv.get("aes_iv_hex").expect("aes_iv_hex");
+        let expected_shared_hex = kv.get("shared_secret_hex").expect("shared_secret_hex");
+        let expected_crypto_key_hex = kv.get("crypto_key_hex").expect("crypto_key_hex");
+        let expected_xml_b64 = kv.get("xml_utf8_b64").expect("xml_utf8_b64");
+        let expected_hmac_hex = kv.get("hmac_sha1_hex").expect("hmac_sha1_hex");
+        let expected_aes_key_hex = kv.get("aes_key_hex").expect("aes_key_hex");
+        let expected_encrypted_mac_hex =
+            kv.get("encrypted_mac_hex").expect("encrypted_mac_hex");
+
+        // Step 1 — shared = remote_pub^private mod prime
+        let prime = parse_decimal(prime_decimal).unwrap();
+        let private_key_bytes = hex::decode(private_key_hex).unwrap();
+        let remote_pub_bytes = hex::decode(remote_pub_hex).unwrap();
+        let private_key_value = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(&private_key_bytes);
+        let remote_pub_value = bigint_from_dotnet_bytes(&remote_pub_bytes);
+        let shared_value = remote_pub_value.modpow(&private_key_value, &prime);
+        let shared_bytes = bigint_to_dotnet_bytes(&shared_value);
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode_upper(&shared_bytes),
+            *expected_shared_hex,
+            "shared_secret bytes diverge from .NET (DH math mismatch — \
+             check parse_decimal, bigint_from/to_dotnet_bytes, modpow)"
+        );
+
+        // Step 2 — crypto_key = shared || passphrase_utf8
+        let mut crypto_key = shared_bytes.clone();
+        crypto_key.extend_from_slice(passphrase.as_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode_upper(&crypto_key),
+            *expected_crypto_key_hex,
+            "crypto_key concatenation diverges (likely passphrase \
+             encoding bug — .NET uses Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes)"
+        );
+
+        // Step 3 — HMAC-SHA1(crypto_key, xml_utf8)
+        let xml_bytes = base64_decode_strict(expected_xml_b64);
+        let actual_hmac = hmac_compute::<Hmac<Sha1>>(&crypto_key, &xml_bytes);
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode_upper(&actual_hmac),
+            *expected_hmac_hex,
+            "HMAC-SHA1 output diverges — Rust hmac::Hmac<Sha1> does \
+             NOT match .NET's HMACSHA1 for the same (key, message)"
+        );
+
+        // Step 4 — AES key = PBKDF2-SHA1(base64(crypto_key), salt, 1000, 16)
+        let password_b64 = base64_encode(&crypto_key);
+        let mut aes_key = [0u8; AES_KEY_LEN];
+        pbkdf2_hmac::<Sha1>(
+            password_b64.as_bytes(),
+            PASSWORD_SALT,
+            PBKDF2_ITERATIONS,
+            &mut aes_key,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode_upper(aes_key),
+            *expected_aes_key_hex,
+            "PBKDF2-SHA1(base64(crypto_key)) diverges — likely a salt \
+             or iteration-count mismatch, or password is being byte- \
+             encoded differently from .NET's `Convert.ToBase64String`"
+        );
+
+        // Step 5 — AES-CBC encrypt(hmac) with fixed IV
+        let aes_iv_bytes = hex::decode(aes_iv_hex).unwrap();
+        let aes_iv: [u8; 16] = aes_iv_bytes.try_into().expect("aes_iv must be 16 bytes");
+        let encrypted_mac = aes_cbc_encrypt(&aes_key, &aes_iv, &actual_hmac);
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode_upper(&encrypted_mac),
+            *expected_encrypted_mac_hex,
+            "AES-CBC encrypt diverges — could be a PKCS7 padding bug, \
+             a key-length mismatch, or a cipher-suite drift"
+        );
+
+        // Sanity assertions to catch fixture corruption.
+        assert_eq!(consumer_data_hex.len(), 208 * 2, "fixture consumer data");
+        assert_eq!(consumer_iv_hex.len(), 16 * 2, "fixture consumer iv");
+    }
+
+    fn parse_kv(text: &str) -> std::collections::HashMap<String, String> {
+        let mut out = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for line in text.lines() {
+            let line = line.trim();
+            if line.is_empty() || line.starts_with('#') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if let Some((key, value)) = line.split_once('=') {
+                out.insert(key.trim().to_string(), value.trim().to_string());
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    /// Strict standard-base64 decoder. Mirrors .NET's
+    /// `Convert.FromBase64String` for the subset of inputs this test
+    /// uses (no line wrapping, standard alphabet, padding required).
+    fn base64_decode_strict(s: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let trimmed: String = s.chars().filter(|c| !c.is_whitespace()).collect();
+        if trimmed.len() % 4 != 0 {
+            panic!("base64 input length {} not multiple of 4", trimmed.len());
+        }
+        const VAL: [i8; 256] = build_b64_table();
+        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(trimmed.len() / 4 * 3);
+        let bytes = trimmed.as_bytes();
+        let mut i = 0;
+        while i < bytes.len() {
+            let c0 = bytes[i];
+            let c1 = bytes[i + 1];
+            let c2 = bytes[i + 2];
+            let c3 = bytes[i + 3];
+            let v0 = VAL[c0 as usize];
+            let v1 = VAL[c1 as usize];
+            let v2 = if c2 == b'=' { 0 } else { VAL[c2 as usize] };
+            let v3 = if c3 == b'=' { 0 } else { VAL[c3 as usize] };
+            assert!(v0 >= 0 && v1 >= 0 && v2 >= 0 && v3 >= 0, "invalid b64 char");
+            let triple = ((v0 as u32) << 18)
+                | ((v1 as u32) << 12)
+                | ((v2 as u32) << 6)
+                | (v3 as u32);
+            out.push((triple >> 16) as u8);
+            if c2 != b'=' {
+                out.push((triple >> 8) as u8);
+            }
+            if c3 != b'=' {
+                out.push(triple as u8);
+            }
+            i += 4;
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    const fn build_b64_table() -> [i8; 256] {
+        let mut t = [-1i8; 256];
+        let alphabet = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+        let mut i = 0;
+        while i < alphabet.len() {
+            t[alphabet[i] as usize] = i as i8;
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        t
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 //! `mxaccess-asb-nettcp` — `[MS-NMF]` framing + `[MC-NBFX]/[MC-NBFS]` binary
 //! message encoding (the default `NetTcpBinding` encoder, **not** SOAP/XML).
 //!
-//! M0 stub. Real implementation lands in M5 — see `design/60-roadmap.md`.
+//! M5 work-in-progress — see `design/60-roadmap.md` and follow-up F18 in
+//! `design/followups.md` for the current sub-stream breakdown.
+//!
 //! The .NET reference at `src/MxAsbClient/MxAsbDataClient.cs:660-685` uses
 //! `new NetTcpBinding(SecurityMode.None)` with no encoder override, which
 //! selects `BinaryMessageEncodingBindingElement` by default.
@@ -11,5 +13,20 @@
 //!    plus the reliable-session ack handling on the underlying `net.tcp` channel.
 //! 2. `[MC-NBFX]` binary XML + `[MC-NBFS]` static dictionary that holds the
 //!    SOAP/WS-Addressing/`IASBIDataV2`-action strings.
+//!
+//! …plus an [`auth`] sub-module that ports the .NET `AsbSystemAuthenticator`
+//! (DH key exchange + HMAC signing + AES-128/PBKDF2-SHA1 derivation).
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+
+pub mod auth;
+pub mod nbfs;
+pub mod nbfx;
+pub mod nmf;
+
+pub use auth::AuthError;
+pub use nbfs::{StaticEntry, lookup_static, position_of_static};
+pub use nbfx::{
+    DynamicDictionary, NbfxError, NbfxName, NbfxText, NbfxToken, decode_tokens, encode_tokens,
+};
+pub use nmf::{NmfEncoding, NmfError, NmfMode, NmfRecord, NmfRecordType};

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/src/nbfs.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,547 @@
+//! `[MC-NBFS]` static dictionary table for `[MC-NBFX]` binary XML.
+//!
+//! The .NET binary message encoder (`BinaryMessageEncodingBindingElement`,
+//! the default for `NetTcpBinding`) compresses common strings — SOAP /
+//! WS-Addressing tokens, URIs, frequently-used element/attribute names —
+//! by encoding them as a single `Multibyte Int31` index into a
+//! globally-known static dictionary. `[MC-NBFS]` §2.2 enumerates that
+//! dictionary; the official table has 487 entries, all ASCII.
+//!
+//! ## Scope of this port
+//!
+//! The full table is bounded but tedious. This module ships the
+//! **proven subset** — the SOAP, WS-Addressing, and `xsi`/`xsd`/`xsd:type`
+//! tokens we have observed in captured ASB messages
+//! (`analysis/proxy/mxasbclient-*`). Lookups against unmapped IDs
+//! return `None`; the NBFX decoder surfaces that as a typed
+//! `UnknownStaticDictionaryId` error so the caller knows to extend the
+//! table or fall through to the inline-string path.
+//!
+//! Adding more entries is a one-line edit: append a `(id, &str)` row to
+//! [`STATIC_ENTRIES`] in numerical order. The existing tests assert
+//! monotonic IDs to catch transposition bugs.
+//!
+//! ## What the table is NOT
+//!
+//! ASB-specific contract strings (`"http://ASB.IDataV2"`,
+//! `"http://asb.contracts/20111111"`, the operation names, etc.) are
+//! **not** in the static dictionary. They live in the per-session
+//! *dynamic* dictionary that `[MC-NBFX]` builds up via the
+//! `DictionaryString` records (record bytes `0x42`/`0x43`/`0x44`/`0x45`
+//! in `[MC-NBFX]` §2.2). The dynamic dictionary is mutable per session
+//! and lives in the F21 NBFX codec.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+
+/// One static-dictionary entry.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct StaticEntry {
+    pub id: u32,
+    pub value: &'static str,
+}
+
+/// Curated subset of the `[MC-NBFS]` §2.2 static dictionary. Sorted by
+/// numerical `id`; extending the table is a matter of appending rows in
+/// the right slot. Source for every entry: the public `[MC-NBFS]` §2.2
+/// table (Microsoft publishes the full list).
+///
+/// **Coverage:** SOAP 1.2 envelope tokens, WS-Addressing 1.0 tokens,
+/// XML Schema Instance + xsi:type primitives, common element / attribute
+/// names. Approximately ~80 entries — the subset captured in
+/// `analysis/proxy/mxasbclient-*` shows up here.
+pub const STATIC_ENTRIES: &[StaticEntry] = &[
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 0,
+        value: "mustUnderstand",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 2,
+        value: "Envelope",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 4,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 6,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 8,
+        value: "Header",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 10,
+        value: "Action",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 12,
+        value: "To",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 14,
+        value: "Body",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 16,
+        value: "Algorithm",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 18,
+        value: "RelatesTo",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 20,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 22,
+        value: "URI",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 24,
+        value: "Reference",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 26,
+        value: "MessageID",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 28,
+        value: "Id",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 30,
+        value: "Identifier",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 32,
+        value: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/rm",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 34,
+        value: "Transforms",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 36,
+        value: "Transform",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 38,
+        value: "DigestMethod",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 40,
+        value: "DigestValue",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 42,
+        value: "Address",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 44,
+        value: "ReplyTo",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 46,
+        value: "SequenceAcknowledgement",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 48,
+        value: "AcknowledgementRange",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 50,
+        value: "Upper",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 52,
+        value: "Lower",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 54,
+        value: "BufferRemaining",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 56,
+        value: "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2006/05/rm",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 58,
+        value: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/rm/SequenceAcknowledgement",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 60,
+        value: "SecurityTokenReference",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 62,
+        value: "Sequence",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 64,
+        value: "MessageNumber",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 66,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 68,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 70,
+        value: "KeyInfo",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 72,
+        value: "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 74,
+        value: "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 76,
+        value: "Created",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 78,
+        value: "Expires",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 80,
+        value: "Length",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 82,
+        value: "Nonce",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 84,
+        value: "Timestamp",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 86,
+        value: "TokenType",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 88,
+        value: "Usage",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 90,
+        value: "SecureChannelToken",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 92,
+        value: "RequestSecurityTokenResponse",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 94,
+        value: "TokenType",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 96,
+        value: "RequestedSecurityToken",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 98,
+        value: "RequestedAttachedReference",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 100,
+        value: "RequestedUnattachedReference",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 102,
+        value: "RequestedProofToken",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 104,
+        value: "ComputedKey",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 106,
+        value: "Entropy",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 108,
+        value: "BinarySecret",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 110,
+        value: "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2006/02/transactions",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 112,
+        value: "s",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 114,
+        value: "Fault",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 116,
+        value: "MustUnderstand",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 118,
+        value: "role",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 120,
+        value: "relay",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 122,
+        value: "Code",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 124,
+        value: "Reason",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 126,
+        value: "Text",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 128,
+        value: "Node",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 130,
+        value: "Role",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 132,
+        value: "Detail",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 134,
+        value: "Value",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 136,
+        value: "Subcode",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 138,
+        value: "NotUnderstood",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 140,
+        value: "qname",
+    },
+    StaticEntry { id: 142, value: "" },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 144,
+        value: "From",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 146,
+        value: "FaultTo",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 148,
+        value: "EndpointReference",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 150,
+        value: "PortType",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 152,
+        value: "ServiceName",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 154,
+        value: "PortName",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 156,
+        value: "ReferenceProperties",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 158,
+        value: "RelationshipType",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 160,
+        value: "Reply",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 162,
+        value: "a",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 164,
+        value: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2006/02/addressingidentity",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 166,
+        value: "Identity",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 168,
+        value: "Spn",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 170,
+        value: "Upn",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 172,
+        value: "Rsa",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 174,
+        value: "Dns",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 176,
+        value: "X509v3Certificate",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 178,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/fault",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 180,
+        value: "ReferenceParameters",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 182,
+        value: "IsReferenceParameter",
+    },
+    // xsi / xsd primitives — used heavily by the .NET XmlSerializer for
+    // serialised value types in custom message-contract bodies.
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 436,
+        value: "type",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 438,
+        value: "i",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 440,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 442,
+        value: "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema",
+    },
+    StaticEntry {
+        id: 444,
+        value: "nil",
+    },
+];
+
+/// Lookup an entry by static-dictionary ID. Returns `None` for IDs
+/// outside the curated subset; callers should treat that as "unknown
+/// static ID" and either extend [`STATIC_ENTRIES`] or fall through to
+/// the inline-string path.
+pub fn lookup_static(id: u32) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    STATIC_ENTRIES
+        .binary_search_by_key(&id, |e| e.id)
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|idx| STATIC_ENTRIES.get(idx).map(|e| e.value))
+}
+
+/// Reverse lookup — find the static-dictionary ID for a string. Returns
+/// `None` for strings not in the curated subset; encoders can either
+/// extend [`STATIC_ENTRIES`] or fall through to the inline-string /
+/// dynamic-dictionary path.
+pub fn position_of_static(value: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    static REVERSE: OnceLock<HashMap<&'static str, u32>> = OnceLock::new();
+    let map = REVERSE.get_or_init(|| {
+        let mut map = HashMap::with_capacity(STATIC_ENTRIES.len());
+        for entry in STATIC_ENTRIES {
+            // First-id-wins for duplicates (the .NET dictionary has
+            // entries 86 + 94 = "TokenType"; we lock the lower id so
+            // round-trip lookups are deterministic).
+            map.entry(entry.value).or_insert(entry.id);
+        }
+        map
+    });
+    map.get(value).copied()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn static_entries_have_monotonic_ids() {
+        let mut last = None;
+        for entry in STATIC_ENTRIES {
+            if let Some(prev) = last {
+                assert!(
+                    entry.id > prev,
+                    "static dictionary entries must be sorted by id; saw {prev} then {}",
+                    entry.id
+                );
+            }
+            last = Some(entry.id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn lookup_returns_known_entries() {
+        assert_eq!(lookup_static(0), Some("mustUnderstand"));
+        assert_eq!(lookup_static(2), Some("Envelope"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            lookup_static(4),
+            Some("http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            lookup_static(440),
+            Some("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn lookup_returns_none_for_unmapped_ids() {
+        assert_eq!(lookup_static(1), None); // odd ids are namespace pairs we don't include
+        assert_eq!(lookup_static(999_999), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn position_of_known_strings_is_consistent_with_lookup() {
+        for entry in STATIC_ENTRIES {
+            // Two entries with the same string ("TokenType" at 86 and 94)
+            // collapse to the lower id by `or_insert`. Skip those for
+            // the strict round-trip assertion; reverse-lookup of the
+            // duplicate string is allowed to map to any of its ids.
+            let id = position_of_static(entry.value).unwrap();
+            assert!(
+                id <= entry.id,
+                "position_of returned a higher id than the entry"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(lookup_static(id), Some(entry.value));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn position_of_unknown_strings_is_none() {
+        assert_eq!(position_of_static("not-in-table"), None);
+        assert_eq!(position_of_static("http://ASB.IDataV2"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_string_round_trips_to_id_142() {
+        // Position 142 in the spec is the empty string. Sanity-check
+        // we got the right slot.
+        assert_eq!(lookup_static(142), Some(""));
+        assert_eq!(position_of_static(""), Some(142));
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/src/nmf.rs

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+//! `[MS-NMF]` `.NET Message Framing` record codec.
+//!
+//! Implements the record types `[MS-NMF]` §2.2 enumerates over a
+//! `net.tcp` channel:
+//!
+//! | Byte | Record                  | Body                                                |
+//! |------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
+//! | 0x00 | `VersionRecord`         | major (`u8`), minor (`u8`)                          |
+//! | 0x01 | `ModeRecord`            | mode (`u8` — Singleton/Duplex/Simplex/...)          |
+//! | 0x02 | `ViaRecord`             | `Multibyte Int31` length + UTF-8 URI                |
+//! | 0x03 | `KnownEncodingRecord`   | encoding (`u8`)                                     |
+//! | 0x04 | `ExtensibleEncoding`    | length-prefixed encoding name                       |
+//! | 0x05 | `UnsizedEnvelopeRecord` | unbounded payload, terminated by `EndRecord`        |
+//! | 0x06 | `SizedEnvelopeRecord`   | `Multibyte Int31` length + payload bytes            |
+//! | 0x07 | `EndRecord`             | (no body)                                           |
+//! | 0x08 | `FaultRecord`           | `Multibyte Int31` length + UTF-8 fault string       |
+//! | 0x09 | `UpgradeRequestRecord`  | length + UTF-8 upgrade name (e.g. SSL/TLS)          |
+//! | 0x0A | `UpgradeResponseRecord` | (no body)                                           |
+//! | 0x0B | `PreambleAckRecord`     | (no body)                                           |
+//! | 0x0C | `PreambleEndRecord`     | (no body)                                           |
+//!
+//! Length fields are encoded as `Multibyte Int31` (`[MS-NMF]` §2.2.2.1):
+//! 7-bit groups, MSB signals continuation, max 5 bytes (LEB128 unsigned
+//! over `i32`).
+//!
+//! No I/O. Encoders write into a `Vec<u8>`; decoders parse from a `&[u8]`
+//! slice and return the consumed-byte count alongside the record. Higher-
+//! level `connect`/`request`/`response` flows stay in the M5 ASB client
+//! (`mxaccess-asb`) — this module is a pure codec.
+//!
+//! Source for the on-the-wire shape: WCF wraps the framing inside its
+//! `BinaryMessageEncodingBindingElement` (selected by default for the
+//! `NetTcpBinding(SecurityMode.None)` at
+//! `src/MxAsbClient/MxAsbDataClient.cs:660-685`); the framing itself is
+//! the `[MS-NMF]` spec, not a project-specific extension. Captured wire
+//! traces under `analysis/proxy/mxasbclient-*` confirm the proven record
+//! sequence (Version → Mode → Via → KnownEncoding → PreambleEnd →
+//! PreambleAck → SizedEnvelope* → End).
+
+use crate::AuthError; // re-imported into the same crate from auth.rs
+
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// Record type bytes per `[MS-NMF]` §2.2.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum NmfRecordType {
+    Version = 0x00,
+    Mode = 0x01,
+    Via = 0x02,
+    KnownEncoding = 0x03,
+    ExtensibleEncoding = 0x04,
+    UnsizedEnvelope = 0x05,
+    SizedEnvelope = 0x06,
+    End = 0x07,
+    Fault = 0x08,
+    UpgradeRequest = 0x09,
+    UpgradeResponse = 0x0A,
+    PreambleAck = 0x0B,
+    PreambleEnd = 0x0C,
+}
+
+impl NmfRecordType {
+    pub fn from_u8(b: u8) -> Option<Self> {
+        match b {
+            0x00 => Some(Self::Version),
+            0x01 => Some(Self::Mode),
+            0x02 => Some(Self::Via),
+            0x03 => Some(Self::KnownEncoding),
+            0x04 => Some(Self::ExtensibleEncoding),
+            0x05 => Some(Self::UnsizedEnvelope),
+            0x06 => Some(Self::SizedEnvelope),
+            0x07 => Some(Self::End),
+            0x08 => Some(Self::Fault),
+            0x09 => Some(Self::UpgradeRequest),
+            0x0A => Some(Self::UpgradeResponse),
+            0x0B => Some(Self::PreambleAck),
+            0x0C => Some(Self::PreambleEnd),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// `ModeRecord` body byte (`[MS-NMF]` §2.2.3.2). The values match the WCF
+/// `MessageEncodingMode` enum.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum NmfMode {
+    Singleton = 0x01,
+    Duplex = 0x02,
+    Simplex = 0x03,
+    SingletonSized = 0x04,
+}
+
+impl NmfMode {
+    pub fn from_u8(b: u8) -> Option<Self> {
+        match b {
+            0x01 => Some(Self::Singleton),
+            0x02 => Some(Self::Duplex),
+            0x03 => Some(Self::Simplex),
+            0x04 => Some(Self::SingletonSized),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// `KnownEncodingRecord` body byte (`[MS-NMF]` §2.2.3.4). ASB uses
+/// `BinaryWithDictionary` (`0x08`) — the WCF `BinaryMessageEncoder`
+/// referencing `[MC-NBFX]` + `[MC-NBFS]`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum NmfEncoding {
+    Utf8SoapText = 0x00,
+    Utf16SoapText = 0x01,
+    Utf16LeSoapText = 0x02,
+    Binary = 0x03,
+    BinaryWithMtom = 0x04,
+    Mtom = 0x07,
+    BinaryWithDictionary = 0x08,
+}
+
+impl NmfEncoding {
+    pub fn from_u8(b: u8) -> Option<Self> {
+        match b {
+            0x00 => Some(Self::Utf8SoapText),
+            0x01 => Some(Self::Utf16SoapText),
+            0x02 => Some(Self::Utf16LeSoapText),
+            0x03 => Some(Self::Binary),
+            0x04 => Some(Self::BinaryWithMtom),
+            0x07 => Some(Self::Mtom),
+            0x08 => Some(Self::BinaryWithDictionary),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Decoded NMF record body. Encoders accept this type; decoders return it
+/// alongside the consumed byte count.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum NmfRecord {
+    Version {
+        major: u8,
+        minor: u8,
+    },
+    Mode(NmfMode),
+    /// Via URI bytes — UTF-8. The .NET reference uses `Encoding.UTF8` for
+    /// the via string (`net.tcp://...`).
+    Via(String),
+    KnownEncoding(NmfEncoding),
+    /// Length-prefixed UTF-8 encoding name for non-`KnownEncoding` cases
+    /// (`[MS-NMF]` §2.2.3.5). Currently unused by ASB but round-tripped.
+    ExtensibleEncoding(String),
+    /// Unbounded payload that streams between this record and the next
+    /// `EndRecord`. Caller is responsible for chunking.
+    UnsizedEnvelope(Vec<u8>),
+    /// Length-prefixed payload (the proven ASB request/reply form).
+    SizedEnvelope(Vec<u8>),
+    End,
+    Fault(String),
+    UpgradeRequest(String),
+    UpgradeResponse,
+    PreambleAck,
+    PreambleEnd,
+}
+
+impl NmfRecord {
+    /// Encode to wire bytes; appends to `out`.
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NmfError> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Version { major, minor } => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::Version as u8);
+                out.push(*major);
+                out.push(*minor);
+            }
+            Self::Mode(mode) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::Mode as u8);
+                out.push(*mode as u8);
+            }
+            Self::Via(uri) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::Via as u8);
+                encode_string(out, uri.as_bytes())?;
+            }
+            Self::KnownEncoding(enc) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::KnownEncoding as u8);
+                out.push(*enc as u8);
+            }
+            Self::ExtensibleEncoding(name) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::ExtensibleEncoding as u8);
+                encode_string(out, name.as_bytes())?;
+            }
+            Self::UnsizedEnvelope(payload) => {
+                // The unsized form is a streaming body. The .NET reference
+                // never produces this directly — it's set up by the
+                // negotiated mode. We emit the type byte; payload bytes
+                // are written by the caller because they may be chunked.
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::UnsizedEnvelope as u8);
+                out.extend_from_slice(payload);
+            }
+            Self::SizedEnvelope(payload) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::SizedEnvelope as u8);
+                let payload_len = i32::try_from(payload.len())
+                    .map_err(|_| NmfError::PayloadTooLarge { len: payload.len() })?;
+                encode_multibyte_int31(out, payload_len)?;
+                out.extend_from_slice(payload);
+            }
+            Self::End => out.push(NmfRecordType::End as u8),
+            Self::Fault(message) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::Fault as u8);
+                encode_string(out, message.as_bytes())?;
+            }
+            Self::UpgradeRequest(name) => {
+                out.push(NmfRecordType::UpgradeRequest as u8);
+                encode_string(out, name.as_bytes())?;
+            }
+            Self::UpgradeResponse => out.push(NmfRecordType::UpgradeResponse as u8),
+            Self::PreambleAck => out.push(NmfRecordType::PreambleAck as u8),
+            Self::PreambleEnd => out.push(NmfRecordType::PreambleEnd as u8),
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Encode to a fresh buffer. Convenience wrapper around
+    /// [`encode_into`].
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, NmfError> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_into(&mut out)?;
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    /// Decode a single record. Returns `(record, bytes_consumed)`.
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), NmfError> {
+        let kind_byte = *input.first().ok_or(NmfError::Truncated {
+            need: 1,
+            have: 0,
+            stage: "record-type",
+        })?;
+        let kind =
+            NmfRecordType::from_u8(kind_byte).ok_or(NmfError::UnknownRecordType(kind_byte))?;
+
+        let mut cursor = 1usize;
+        let record = match kind {
+            NmfRecordType::Version => {
+                let major = read_byte(input, &mut cursor, "version-major")?;
+                let minor = read_byte(input, &mut cursor, "version-minor")?;
+                Self::Version { major, minor }
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::Mode => {
+                let m = read_byte(input, &mut cursor, "mode-byte")?;
+                Self::Mode(NmfMode::from_u8(m).ok_or(NmfError::UnknownMode(m))?)
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::Via => Self::Via(decode_string(input, &mut cursor, "via")?),
+            NmfRecordType::KnownEncoding => {
+                let e = read_byte(input, &mut cursor, "encoding-byte")?;
+                Self::KnownEncoding(NmfEncoding::from_u8(e).ok_or(NmfError::UnknownEncoding(e))?)
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::ExtensibleEncoding => {
+                Self::ExtensibleEncoding(decode_string(input, &mut cursor, "extensible-encoding")?)
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::UnsizedEnvelope => {
+                // Unsized envelope is a streaming body; the codec returns
+                // the remaining bytes verbatim and the caller is
+                // responsible for splitting at the next `End` record.
+                let tail = input.get(cursor..).unwrap_or(&[]);
+                cursor += tail.len();
+                Self::UnsizedEnvelope(tail.to_vec())
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::SizedEnvelope => {
+                let len = decode_multibyte_int31(input, &mut cursor)?;
+                let len = usize::try_from(len).map_err(|_| NmfError::NegativeLength(len))?;
+                let payload = input.get(cursor..cursor + len).ok_or(NmfError::Truncated {
+                    need: len,
+                    have: input.len().saturating_sub(cursor),
+                    stage: "sized-envelope-payload",
+                })?;
+                cursor += len;
+                Self::SizedEnvelope(payload.to_vec())
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::End => Self::End,
+            NmfRecordType::Fault => Self::Fault(decode_string(input, &mut cursor, "fault")?),
+            NmfRecordType::UpgradeRequest => {
+                Self::UpgradeRequest(decode_string(input, &mut cursor, "upgrade-request")?)
+            }
+            NmfRecordType::UpgradeResponse => Self::UpgradeResponse,
+            NmfRecordType::PreambleAck => Self::PreambleAck,
+            NmfRecordType::PreambleEnd => Self::PreambleEnd,
+        };
+
+        Ok((record, cursor))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Convenience: the canonical preamble sequence for an ASB `net.tcp`
+/// connect (`Version 1.0` → `Duplex` → `Via $uri` →
+/// `KnownEncoding(BinaryWithDictionary)` → `PreambleEnd`).
+///
+/// Mirrors the records WCF emits when `NetTcpBinding(SecurityMode.None)`
+/// brings up a duplex channel — verified against
+/// `analysis/proxy/mxasbclient-register-message.txt` capture preamble.
+pub fn encode_preamble(via_uri: &str, out: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NmfError> {
+    NmfRecord::Version { major: 1, minor: 0 }.encode_into(out)?;
+    NmfRecord::Mode(NmfMode::Duplex).encode_into(out)?;
+    NmfRecord::Via(via_uri.to_string()).encode_into(out)?;
+    NmfRecord::KnownEncoding(NmfEncoding::BinaryWithDictionary).encode_into(out)?;
+    NmfRecord::PreambleEnd.encode_into(out)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// ---- multibyte int31 -----------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Encode a non-negative `i32` as `[MS-NMF]` §2.2.2.1 `Multibyte Int31`.
+/// 7-bit little-endian groups; MSB signals continuation; max 5 bytes.
+/// Negative values are rejected.
+pub fn encode_multibyte_int31(out: &mut Vec<u8>, value: i32) -> Result<(), NmfError> {
+    if value < 0 {
+        return Err(NmfError::NegativeLength(value));
+    }
+    let mut v = value as u32;
+    loop {
+        let byte = (v & 0x7F) as u8;
+        v >>= 7;
+        if v == 0 {
+            out.push(byte);
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        out.push(byte | 0x80);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Decode a `Multibyte Int31`. Reads at most 5 bytes; returns the parsed
+/// value and advances `cursor`.
+pub fn decode_multibyte_int31(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<i32, NmfError> {
+    let mut value: u32 = 0;
+    for shift in (0u32..).step_by(7).take(5) {
+        let byte = input.get(*cursor).copied().ok_or(NmfError::Truncated {
+            need: 1,
+            have: 0,
+            stage: "multibyte-int31",
+        })?;
+        *cursor += 1;
+        value |= ((byte & 0x7F) as u32).wrapping_shl(shift);
+        if byte & 0x80 == 0 {
+            return i32::try_from(value).map_err(|_| NmfError::IntOverflow);
+        }
+    }
+    Err(NmfError::IntOverflow)
+}
+
+// ---- string helpers ------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn encode_string(out: &mut Vec<u8>, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), NmfError> {
+    let len =
+        i32::try_from(bytes.len()).map_err(|_| NmfError::PayloadTooLarge { len: bytes.len() })?;
+    encode_multibyte_int31(out, len)?;
+    out.extend_from_slice(bytes);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn decode_string(
+    input: &[u8],
+    cursor: &mut usize,
+    stage: &'static str,
+) -> Result<String, NmfError> {
+    let len_i = decode_multibyte_int31(input, cursor)?;
+    let len = usize::try_from(len_i).map_err(|_| NmfError::NegativeLength(len_i))?;
+    let bytes = input
+        .get(*cursor..*cursor + len)
+        .ok_or(NmfError::Truncated {
+            need: len,
+            have: input.len().saturating_sub(*cursor),
+            stage,
+        })?;
+    *cursor += len;
+    String::from_utf8(bytes.to_vec()).map_err(|_| NmfError::InvalidUtf8 { stage })
+}
+
+fn read_byte(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize, stage: &'static str) -> Result<u8, NmfError> {
+    let byte = input.get(*cursor).copied().ok_or(NmfError::Truncated {
+        need: 1,
+        have: 0,
+        stage,
+    })?;
+    *cursor += 1;
+    Ok(byte)
+}
+
+// ---- error type ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum NmfError {
+    #[error("truncated frame at {stage}: need {need} bytes, have {have}")]
+    Truncated {
+        need: usize,
+        have: usize,
+        stage: &'static str,
+    },
+    #[error("unknown NMF record type 0x{0:02x}")]
+    UnknownRecordType(u8),
+    #[error("unknown NMF mode 0x{0:02x}")]
+    UnknownMode(u8),
+    #[error("unknown NMF encoding 0x{0:02x}")]
+    UnknownEncoding(u8),
+    #[error("payload too large: {len} bytes (max {})", i32::MAX)]
+    PayloadTooLarge { len: usize },
+    #[error("multibyte int31 overflowed 31-bit unsigned range")]
+    IntOverflow,
+    #[error("negative length {0} in NMF frame")]
+    NegativeLength(i32),
+    #[error("invalid UTF-8 in NMF {stage} payload")]
+    InvalidUtf8 { stage: &'static str },
+}
+
+// `AuthError` is unrelated; this re-import exists only so consumers of the
+// crate can use a single `use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::*;` statement and pull
+// both auth + framing types in one go without a path collision.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+const _AUTH_ERROR_IS_REACHABLE: fn(&AuthError) = |_| {};
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn round_trip(record: NmfRecord) {
+        let bytes = record.encode().unwrap();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len(), "decode consumed != encoded len");
+        assert_eq!(decoded, record);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn version_round_trip() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::Version { major: 1, minor: 0 });
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::Version { major: 0, minor: 0 });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mode_round_trip_all_modes() {
+        for m in [
+            NmfMode::Singleton,
+            NmfMode::Duplex,
+            NmfMode::Simplex,
+            NmfMode::SingletonSized,
+        ] {
+            round_trip(NmfRecord::Mode(m));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn via_round_trip_with_ascii_uri() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::Via(
+            "net.tcp://localhost:5074/ASBService".to_string(),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn via_round_trip_with_unicode_uri() {
+        // `net.tcp://` URIs are ASCII in practice; this is a defensive
+        // round-trip to catch any UTF-8 corruption in the codec path.
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::Via("net.tcp://hôst.example/ásb".to_string()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn known_encoding_round_trip() {
+        for e in [
+            NmfEncoding::Utf8SoapText,
+            NmfEncoding::Utf16SoapText,
+            NmfEncoding::Utf16LeSoapText,
+            NmfEncoding::Binary,
+            NmfEncoding::BinaryWithMtom,
+            NmfEncoding::Mtom,
+            NmfEncoding::BinaryWithDictionary,
+        ] {
+            round_trip(NmfRecord::KnownEncoding(e));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn extensible_encoding_round_trip() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::ExtensibleEncoding(
+            "application/octet-stream".to_string(),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sized_envelope_round_trip_small() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::SizedEnvelope(vec![]));
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::SizedEnvelope((0u8..=255).collect()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sized_envelope_round_trip_large_uses_multibyte_length() {
+        // 200-byte payload: length needs 2 multibyte-int31 bytes (200 =
+        // 0xC8, encoded as 0xC8 0x01).
+        let payload = vec![0xAB; 200];
+        let bytes = NmfRecord::SizedEnvelope(payload.clone()).encode().unwrap();
+        // type (1) + length-bytes (2) + payload (200)
+        assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 1 + 2 + 200);
+        assert_eq!(bytes[0], NmfRecordType::SizedEnvelope as u8);
+        assert_eq!(bytes[1], 0xC8);
+        assert_eq!(bytes[2], 0x01);
+        let (decoded, consumed) = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert!(matches!(decoded, NmfRecord::SizedEnvelope(p) if p == payload));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn end_record_is_one_byte() {
+        let bytes = NmfRecord::End.encode().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bytes, vec![0x07]);
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::End);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fault_record_round_trip() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::Fault("invalid request".to_string()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn preamble_ack_and_end_round_trip() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::PreambleAck);
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::PreambleEnd);
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::UpgradeResponse);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn upgrade_request_round_trip() {
+        round_trip(NmfRecord::UpgradeRequest("application/ssl-tls".to_string()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unsized_envelope_round_trip_streams_payload_to_eof() {
+        // The unsized form returns whatever bytes follow the type byte —
+        // chunking is the caller's responsibility. Round-trip with an
+        // explicit payload to catch byte-loss in the codec.
+        let record = NmfRecord::UnsizedEnvelope(vec![0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF]);
+        let bytes = record.encode().unwrap();
+        // Type byte + 4 payload bytes
+        assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 5);
+        let (decoded, _) = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, record);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multibyte_int31_round_trip_known_vectors() {
+        // [MS-NMF] §2.2.2.1 examples + LEB128 reference vectors.
+        for (value, expected) in [
+            (0i32, vec![0x00u8]),
+            (1, vec![0x01]),
+            (127, vec![0x7F]),
+            (128, vec![0x80, 0x01]),
+            (16_383, vec![0xFF, 0x7F]),
+            (16_384, vec![0x80, 0x80, 0x01]),
+            (200, vec![0xC8, 0x01]),
+            (i32::MAX, vec![0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x07]),
+        ] {
+            let mut out = Vec::new();
+            encode_multibyte_int31(&mut out, value).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(out, expected, "encoding {value}");
+            let mut cursor = 0;
+            let decoded = decode_multibyte_int31(&out, &mut cursor).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(decoded, value);
+            assert_eq!(cursor, expected.len());
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multibyte_int31_rejects_negative() {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let err = encode_multibyte_int31(&mut out, -1).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, NmfError::NegativeLength(-1)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multibyte_int31_rejects_overflow() {
+        // 6 continuation bytes — beyond the 5-byte spec maximum.
+        let bytes = vec![0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80];
+        let mut cursor = 0;
+        let err = decode_multibyte_int31(&bytes, &mut cursor).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, NmfError::IntOverflow));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_rejects_unknown_record_type() {
+        let bytes = vec![0xFFu8];
+        let err = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, NmfError::UnknownRecordType(0xFF)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_rejects_unknown_mode() {
+        let bytes = vec![NmfRecordType::Mode as u8, 0xEE];
+        let err = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, NmfError::UnknownMode(0xEE)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_rejects_unknown_encoding() {
+        let bytes = vec![NmfRecordType::KnownEncoding as u8, 0x42];
+        let err = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, NmfError::UnknownEncoding(0x42)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_rejects_truncated_sized_envelope() {
+        // Type + length(=10) but only 5 payload bytes.
+        let mut bytes = vec![NmfRecordType::SizedEnvelope as u8, 0x0A];
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&[0xAA; 5]);
+        let err = NmfRecord::decode(&bytes).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            err,
+            NmfError::Truncated {
+                stage: "sized-envelope-payload",
+                ..
+            }
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn preamble_emits_canonical_record_sequence() {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        encode_preamble("net.tcp://localhost:5074/ASBService", &mut out).unwrap();
+        // Decode back and verify the sequence.
+        let mut cursor = 0;
+        let mut records = Vec::new();
+        while cursor < out.len() {
+            let (record, consumed) = NmfRecord::decode(&out[cursor..]).unwrap();
+            cursor += consumed;
+            records.push(record);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(cursor, out.len());
+        assert_eq!(records.len(), 5);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            records[0],
+            NmfRecord::Version { major: 1, minor: 0 }
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(records[1], NmfRecord::Mode(NmfMode::Duplex)));
+        match &records[2] {
+            NmfRecord::Via(uri) => assert_eq!(uri, "net.tcp://localhost:5074/ASBService"),
+            other => panic!("expected Via, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+        assert!(matches!(
+            records[3],
+            NmfRecord::KnownEncoding(NmfEncoding::BinaryWithDictionary)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(records[4], NmfRecord::PreambleEnd));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn version_record_byte_layout() {
+        // [MS-NMF] §2.2.3.1: 0x00 major minor.
+        let bytes = NmfRecord::Version { major: 1, minor: 0 }.encode().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bytes, vec![0x00, 0x01, 0x00]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mode_record_byte_layout() {
+        // [MS-NMF] §2.2.3.2: 0x01 mode-byte. Duplex = 0x02.
+        let bytes = NmfRecord::Mode(NmfMode::Duplex).encode().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bytes, vec![0x01, 0x02]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn known_encoding_record_byte_layout() {
+        // [MS-NMF] §2.2.3.4: 0x03 enc-byte. BinaryWithDictionary = 0x08.
+        let bytes = NmfRecord::KnownEncoding(NmfEncoding::BinaryWithDictionary)
+            .encode()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bytes, vec![0x03, 0x08]);
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/tests/fixtures/deterministic-hmac/README.md

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+# Deterministic HMAC fixture
+
+Pinned input/output triple for the `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign`
+crypto path, captured from the .NET reference. Used by the Rust
+parity test in `crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/tests/deterministic_hmac.rs`
+to assert byte-equality of crypto_key derivation, canonical XML
+emission, HMAC-SHA1, PBKDF2-SHA1 AES key derivation, and AES-CBC
+encryption — independent of session randomness (DH private key,
+remote public key, and AES IV are all pinned to deterministic values
+so a single `cargo test` run can reproduce the .NET output).
+
+## Capture procedure
+
+```powershell
+dotnet run --project src\MxAsbClient.Probe -c Release -- --dump-deterministic-hmac > capture.txt
+```
+
+The probe's `--dump-deterministic-hmac` flag (added 2026-05-05)
+inlines the per-step decomposition of `Sign` (`AsbSystemAuthenticator
+.cs:62-82`):
+
+1. `shared = remote_pub^private_key mod prime` (.NET `BigInteger.ModPow`)
+2. `crypto_key = shared || passphrase_utf8`
+3. `xml = AuthenticateMe.ToXml()` with empty MAC + IV
+4. `hmac = HMAC-SHA1(crypto_key, utf8(xml))`
+5. `aes_key = PBKDF2-SHA1(base64(crypto_key), "ArchestrAService", 1000, 16)`
+6. `encrypted_mac = AES-CBC(aes_key, iv=zeros, hmac, padding=PKCS7)`
+
+Step 6 uses an all-zero IV to make the test reproducible — the real
+wire path uses a random IV per call, but the Rust test bypasses the
+random IV path by calling the AES primitive directly with the same
+zero IV.
+
+## File format
+
+Plain-ASCII `key=value` lines, one per line. Hex values are
+upper-case (matching .NET's `Convert.ToHexString`). The `xml_utf8_b64`
+field encodes the canonical XML as base64 of the UTF-8 bytes.
+
+## Files
+
+- `authenticate-me.kv` — fixture for the `AuthenticateMe` shape with
+  the `[XmlType(Namespace="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111")]`
+  ConsumerAuthenticationData wrapper.

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb-nettcp/tests/fixtures/deterministic-hmac/authenticate-me.kv

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+# deterministic-hmac fixture (.NET reference output)
+prime_decimal=179769313486231590770839156793787453197860296048756011706444423684197180216158519368947833795864925541502180565485980503646440548199239100050792877003355816639229553136239076508735759914822574862575007425302077447712589550957937778424442426617334727629299387668709205606050270810842907692932019128194
+generator=22
+private_key_hex=0102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F2000
+remote_pub_hex=0D141B222930373E454C535A61686F767D848B9299A0A7AEB5BCC3CAD1D8DFE6EDF4FB020910171E252C333A41484F565D646B727980878E959CA3AAB1B8BFC6CDD4DBE2E9F0F7FE050C131A21282F363D444B525960676E757C838A91989FA6ADB4BBC2C9D0D7DEE5ECF3FA01080F161D242B323940474E555C636A71787F7F
+passphrase=deterministic-hmac-fixture-passphrase-rust-vs-dotnet
+connection_id=8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b
+message_number=42
+consumer_data_hex=070A0D101316191C1F2225282B2E3134373A3D404346494C4F5255585B5E6164676A6D707376797C7F8285888B8E9194979A9DA0A3A6A9ACAFB2B5B8BBBEC1C4C7CACDD0D3D6D9DCDFE2E5E8EBEEF1F4F7FAFD000306090C0F1215181B1E2124272A2D303336393C3F4245484B4E5154575A5D606366696C6F7275787B7E8184878A8D909396999C9FA2A5A8ABAEB1B4B7BABDC0C3C6C9CCCFD2D5D8DBDEE1E4E7EAEDF0F3F6F9FCFF0205080B0E1114171A1D202326292C2F3235383B3E4144474A4D505356595C5F6265686B6E7174
+consumer_iv_hex=05101B26313C47525D68737E89949FAA
+aes_iv_hex=00000000000000000000000000000000
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rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/Cargo.toml

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ authors.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 mxaccess-codec      = { path = "../mxaccess-codec" }
 mxaccess-asb-nettcp = { path = "../mxaccess-asb-nettcp" }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tracing   = { workspace = true }
+tokio     = { workspace = true }
+rand      = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 default = []

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/src/contracts.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,687 @@
+//! `IAsbCustomSerializableType` binary codecs.
+//!
+//! Ports the binary fast-path WCF uses for `Variant` /
+//! `IAsbCustomSerializableType`-decorated structs. Each type writes a
+//! `BinaryWriter`-style payload (LE primitives + `AsbBinary` UTF-16 LE
+//! length-prefixed strings); the WCF `AsbDataCustomSerializer`
+//! (`AsbContracts.cs:1507-1612`) then base64-encodes that payload and
+//! wraps it inside an `<ASBIData>` element under the field's outer XML
+//! tag.
+//!
+//! ## Scope
+//!
+//! Implements:
+//! * [`ItemIdentity`] — used by RegisterItems / UnregisterItems / Read
+//!   / AddMonitoredItems / DeleteMonitoredItems request bodies.
+//!
+//! Stubbed for follow-up F25 iterations:
+//! * `ItemStatus`, `ItemRegistration`, `WriteValue`, `RuntimeValue`
+//!   payloads, `ItemWriteComplete`, `MonitoredItemSettings`,
+//!   `MonitoredItem`. The pattern is identical — pure binary
+//!   round-trip — so the per-type cost is small once the
+//!   [`ItemIdentity`] reference establishes it.
+
+use mxaccess_codec::{AsbStatus, AsbVariant, CodecError, RuntimeValue};
+
+/// `ItemIdentity` per `AsbContracts.cs:533-633`. Wire layout:
+///
+/// | Offset | Size | Field         | Notes                                |
+/// |-------:|-----:|---------------|--------------------------------------|
+/// |      0 |    2 | `Type`        | u16 `ItemIdentityType` enum          |
+/// |      2 |    2 | `ReferenceType` | u16 `ItemReferenceType` enum       |
+/// |      4 |    n | `Name`        | `AsbBinary.WriteUnicodeString`       |
+/// |        |    m | `ContextName` | `AsbBinary.WriteUnicodeString`       |
+/// |        |    8 | `Id`          | u64                                  |
+/// |        |    1 | `IdSpecified` | bool (`BinaryWriter.Write(bool)`)    |
+///
+/// `AsbBinary.WriteUnicodeString` per `cs:1622-1633`:
+/// * Null/empty → 4-byte `0u32` length, no payload
+/// * Non-empty → 4-byte byte-length + UTF-16LE bytes
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ItemIdentity {
+    pub kind: u16,
+    pub reference_type: u16,
+    pub name: Option<String>,
+    pub context_name: Option<String>,
+    pub id: u64,
+    pub id_specified: bool,
+}
+
+/// Default `ItemIdentity` matches the wire-equivalent .NET default:
+/// `Name = string.Empty`, `ContextName = string.Empty`. Both fields
+/// must be `Some(String::new())` so the wire round-trip is stable
+/// (the binary codec collapses `None` → length-0 → `Some("")` per
+/// `read_unicode_string`'s .NET-mirroring behaviour).
+impl Default for ItemIdentity {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind: 0,
+            reference_type: 0,
+            name: Some(String::new()),
+            context_name: Some(String::new()),
+            id: 0,
+            id_specified: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// `ItemIdentityType` enum (`AsbContracts.cs:1295-1300`).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u16)]
+pub enum ItemIdentityType {
+    Name = 0,
+    Id = 1,
+    NameAndId = 2,
+}
+
+/// `ItemReferenceType` enum (`AsbContracts.cs:1302-1308`).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u16)]
+pub enum ItemReferenceType {
+    None = 0,
+    Absolute = 1,
+    Hierarchical = 2,
+    Relative = 3,
+}
+
+impl ItemIdentity {
+    /// Convenience constructor for an absolute name reference. The
+    /// `MxAsbDataClient.CreateAbsoluteItem` path
+    /// (`MxAsbDataClient.cs:172-194`) sets `Type =
+    /// ItemIdentityType.Name`, `ReferenceType =
+    /// ItemReferenceType.Absolute`, and supplies the tag name. Most
+    /// register-time callers use this shape.
+    pub fn absolute_by_name(name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind: ItemIdentityType::Name as u16,
+            reference_type: ItemReferenceType::Absolute as u16,
+            name: Some(name.into()),
+            // .NET's `CreateAbsoluteItem` (`MxAsbDataClient.cs:604-613`)
+            // sets `ContextName = string.Empty` (NOT null). XmlSerializer
+            // treats empty-string and null differently — empty produces
+            // `<ContextName xmlns="..." />` (self-closing) while null
+            // produces `<ContextName xsi:nil="true" xmlns="..." />`. The
+            // canonical-XML signing path (F28) compares against .NET's
+            // form, so we must default to `Some(String::new())`.
+            context_name: Some(String::new()),
+            id: 0,
+            id_specified: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.kind.to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.reference_type.to_le_bytes());
+        write_unicode_string(out, self.name.as_deref());
+        write_unicode_string(out, self.context_name.as_deref());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.id.to_le_bytes());
+        out.push(if self.id_specified { 1 } else { 0 });
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_into(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), CodecError> {
+        let mut cursor = 0usize;
+        let kind = read_u16_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let reference_type = read_u16_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let name = read_unicode_string(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let context_name = read_unicode_string(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let id = read_u64_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let id_specified = read_u8(input, &mut cursor)? != 0;
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                kind,
+                reference_type,
+                name,
+                context_name,
+                id,
+                id_specified,
+            },
+            cursor,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+/// `ItemStatus` per `AsbContracts.cs:639-722`. Wire layout (from the
+/// `WriteToStream` method at `cs:682-688`):
+///
+/// | Field          | Codec                       |
+/// |----------------|-----------------------------|
+/// | `Item`         | [`ItemIdentity`] binary form |
+/// | `Status`       | [`AsbStatus`] binary form    |
+/// | `ErrorCode`    | u16                          |
+/// | `ErrorCodeSpecified` | u8 (bool)              |
+///
+/// Note the field order on the wire (`Item` then `Status`) is **NOT**
+/// the `[DataMember(Order = …)]` declared order — `WriteToStream`
+/// hand-picks Item-first, Status-second, then the trailing pair.
+/// We mirror that exactly.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub struct ItemStatus {
+    pub item: ItemIdentity,
+    pub status: AsbStatus,
+    pub error_code: u16,
+    pub error_code_specified: bool,
+}
+
+impl ItemStatus {
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        self.item.encode_into(out);
+        self.status.encode_into(out);
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.error_code.to_le_bytes());
+        out.push(if self.error_code_specified { 1 } else { 0 });
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_into(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), CodecError> {
+        let (item, item_consumed) = ItemIdentity::decode(input)?;
+        let mut cursor = item_consumed;
+        let status_tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 5,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (status, status_consumed) = AsbStatus::decode(status_tail)?;
+        cursor += status_consumed;
+        let error_code = read_u16_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let error_code_specified = read_u8(input, &mut cursor)? != 0;
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                item,
+                status,
+                error_code,
+                error_code_specified,
+            },
+            cursor,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Decode an array of `ItemStatus`es from the WCF custom-serializer
+/// binary form (4-byte int32 count + each item's `WriteToStream`
+/// output). Mirrors `ItemStatus.InitializeArrayFromStream`
+/// (`cs:702-711`).
+pub fn decode_item_status_array(input: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<ItemStatus>, CodecError> {
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    let count = read_i32_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+    if count < 0 {
+        return Err(CodecError::Decode {
+            offset: 0,
+            reason: "negative item-status array count",
+            buffer_len: input.len(),
+        });
+    }
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count as usize);
+    for _ in 0..count {
+        let tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (item, consumed) = ItemStatus::decode(tail)?;
+        cursor += consumed;
+        out.push(item);
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+/// Encode an array of `ItemStatus`es. Mirrors `ItemStatus.WriteArrayToStream`
+/// (`cs:713-721`) — 4-byte int32 count + each element's `WriteToStream`.
+pub fn encode_item_status_array(items: &[ItemStatus]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let count = i32::try_from(items.len()).unwrap_or(i32::MAX);
+    out.extend_from_slice(&count.to_le_bytes());
+    for item in items {
+        item.encode_into(&mut out);
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// `MonitoredItemValue` per `AsbContracts.cs:1032-1104`.
+/// `IAsbCustomSerializableType` binary fast-path; payload order from
+/// `WriteToStream` at `cs:1064-1068`:
+///
+/// 1. `Item` — [`ItemIdentity`] binary.
+/// 2. `Value` — [`RuntimeValue`] binary (timestamp + variant + status).
+/// 3. `UserData` — [`AsbVariant`] binary.
+///
+/// `MonitoredItemValue` arrives in `PublishResponse` as part of the
+/// `Values` array — one entry per delivered sample.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MonitoredItemValue {
+    pub item: ItemIdentity,
+    pub value: RuntimeValue,
+    pub user_data: AsbVariant,
+}
+
+impl MonitoredItemValue {
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        self.item.encode_into(out);
+        self.value.encode_into(out);
+        self.user_data.encode_into(out);
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_into(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), CodecError> {
+        let (item, item_consumed) = ItemIdentity::decode(input)?;
+        let mut cursor = item_consumed;
+        let value_tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (value, value_consumed) = RuntimeValue::decode(value_tail)?;
+        cursor += value_consumed;
+        let user_data_tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (user_data, user_data_consumed) = AsbVariant::decode(user_data_tail)?;
+        cursor += user_data_consumed;
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                item,
+                value,
+                user_data,
+            },
+            cursor,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Encode a `MonitoredItemValue[]` array per `WriteArrayToStream`
+/// (`cs:1095-1103`) — 4-byte int32 count + per-element body.
+pub fn encode_monitored_item_value_array(values: &[MonitoredItemValue]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let count = i32::try_from(values.len()).unwrap_or(i32::MAX);
+    out.extend_from_slice(&count.to_le_bytes());
+    for v in values {
+        v.encode_into(&mut out);
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Decode a `MonitoredItemValue[]` array. Mirrors
+/// `MonitoredItemValue.InitializeArrayFromStream` (`cs:1084-1093`).
+pub fn decode_monitored_item_value_array(
+    input: &[u8],
+) -> Result<Vec<MonitoredItemValue>, CodecError> {
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    let count = read_i32_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+    if count < 0 {
+        return Err(CodecError::Decode {
+            offset: 0,
+            reason: "negative monitored-item-value array count",
+            buffer_len: input.len(),
+        });
+    }
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count as usize);
+    for _ in 0..count {
+        let tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (v, consumed) = MonitoredItemValue::decode(tail)?;
+        cursor += consumed;
+        out.push(v);
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+/// Encode an array of `IAsbCustomSerializableType` items per
+/// `AsbDataCustomSerializer.WriteObjectContent` array branch
+/// (`AsbContracts.cs:1583-1591` — calls `WriteArrayToStream` which
+/// emits a 4-byte count followed by each element's `WriteToStream`).
+pub fn encode_item_identity_array(items: &[ItemIdentity]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let count = i32::try_from(items.len()).unwrap_or(i32::MAX);
+    out.extend_from_slice(&count.to_le_bytes());
+    for item in items {
+        item.encode_into(&mut out);
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Decode an array of `ItemIdentity`s from the WCF custom-serializer
+/// binary form (4-byte count + items). Mirrors
+/// `ItemIdentity.InitializeArrayFromStream` (`cs:614-623`).
+pub fn decode_item_identity_array(input: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<ItemIdentity>, CodecError> {
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    let count = read_i32_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+    if count < 0 {
+        return Err(CodecError::Decode {
+            offset: 0,
+            reason: "negative item-identity array count",
+            buffer_len: input.len(),
+        });
+    }
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count as usize);
+    for _ in 0..count {
+        let tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (item, consumed) = ItemIdentity::decode(tail)?;
+        cursor += consumed;
+        out.push(item);
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+// ---- AsbBinary helpers ---------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Mirror `AsbBinary.WriteUnicodeString` at `cs:1622-1633`. Null/empty
+/// strings emit a 4-byte `0u32` length and no payload bytes.
+fn write_unicode_string(out: &mut Vec<u8>, value: Option<&str>) {
+    let s = value.unwrap_or("");
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        out.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_le_bytes());
+        return;
+    }
+    let mut utf16 = Vec::with_capacity(s.len() * 2);
+    for unit in s.encode_utf16() {
+        utf16.extend_from_slice(&unit.to_le_bytes());
+    }
+    let len = u32::try_from(utf16.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX);
+    out.extend_from_slice(&len.to_le_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(&utf16);
+}
+
+/// Mirror `AsbBinary.ReadUnicodeString` at `cs:1616-1620`. Length 0
+/// → `Some(String::new())` to match .NET's behaviour (the C# code
+/// returns `string.Empty` for length 0, NOT `null`). The wire format
+/// genuinely cannot distinguish `null` from empty — both are encoded
+/// as 4 bytes of zero — so we pick the same lossy collapse the
+/// reference does. This matters for the canonical-XML signing path:
+/// .NET's `XmlSerializer` treats `null` and `string.Empty` differently
+/// (`xsi:nil` vs self-closing element), so callers that need to
+/// preserve the distinction MUST track it in their domain types
+/// before encoding (we cannot recover it from wire bytes).
+fn read_unicode_string(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<Option<String>, CodecError> {
+    let len = read_u32_le(input, cursor)? as usize;
+    if len == 0 {
+        return Ok(Some(String::new()));
+    }
+    if len % 2 != 0 {
+        return Err(CodecError::Decode {
+            offset: *cursor,
+            reason: "unicode string length is odd",
+            buffer_len: input.len(),
+        });
+    }
+    let bytes = input
+        .get(*cursor..*cursor + len)
+        .ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: len,
+            actual: input.len().saturating_sub(*cursor),
+        })?;
+    let mut units = Vec::with_capacity(len / 2);
+    for chunk in bytes.chunks_exact(2) {
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 2];
+        buf.copy_from_slice(chunk);
+        units.push(u16::from_le_bytes(buf));
+    }
+    let s = String::from_utf16(&units).map_err(|_| CodecError::Decode {
+        offset: *cursor,
+        reason: "invalid UTF-16 in unicode string",
+        buffer_len: input.len(),
+    })?;
+    *cursor += len;
+    Ok(Some(s))
+}
+
+fn read_u16_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<u16, CodecError> {
+    let bytes = read_array::<2>(input, cursor)?;
+    Ok(u16::from_le_bytes(bytes))
+}
+
+fn read_u32_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<u32, CodecError> {
+    let bytes = read_array::<4>(input, cursor)?;
+    Ok(u32::from_le_bytes(bytes))
+}
+
+fn read_i32_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<i32, CodecError> {
+    let bytes = read_array::<4>(input, cursor)?;
+    Ok(i32::from_le_bytes(bytes))
+}
+
+fn read_u64_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<u64, CodecError> {
+    let bytes = read_array::<8>(input, cursor)?;
+    Ok(u64::from_le_bytes(bytes))
+}
+
+fn read_u8(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<u8, CodecError> {
+    let byte = *input.get(*cursor).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+        expected: 1,
+        actual: 0,
+    })?;
+    *cursor += 1;
+    Ok(byte)
+}
+
+fn read_array<const N: usize>(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<[u8; N], CodecError> {
+    let slice = input
+        .get(*cursor..*cursor + N)
+        .ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: N,
+            actual: input.len().saturating_sub(*cursor),
+        })?;
+    let mut out = [0u8; N];
+    out.copy_from_slice(slice);
+    *cursor += N;
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn round_trip(item: ItemIdentity) {
+        let bytes = item.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = ItemIdentity::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert_eq!(decoded, item);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_round_trip_default() {
+        round_trip(ItemIdentity::default());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_round_trip_absolute_by_name() {
+        round_trip(ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("TestChildObject.TestInt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_round_trip_with_id() {
+        round_trip(ItemIdentity {
+            kind: ItemIdentityType::NameAndId as u16,
+            reference_type: ItemReferenceType::Absolute as u16,
+            name: Some("TestChildObject.TestInt".to_string()),
+            context_name: Some("TestObject".to_string()),
+            id: 0x1234_5678_9abc_def0,
+            id_specified: true,
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_round_trip_unicode_name() {
+        round_trip(ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("TéstObj.Φοο"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_byte_layout_minimum_19_bytes() {
+        // Empty Name + empty ContextName + Id=0 + IdSpecified=false:
+        //   2 (kind) + 2 (refType) + 4 (name len=0) + 4 (ctx len=0)
+        //   + 8 (id) + 1 (idSpecified) = 21 bytes.
+        let item = ItemIdentity::default();
+        let bytes = item.encode();
+        assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 21);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unicode_string_round_trip_handles_null_empty_and_value() {
+        // Null and empty are wire-identical (both encode as len=0 +
+        // zero bytes). The decoder collapses both to `Some(String::
+        // new())` to match .NET's `string.Empty` return.
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        write_unicode_string(&mut buf, None);
+        let mut c = 0;
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_unicode_string(&buf, &mut c).unwrap(),
+            Some(String::new())
+        );
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        write_unicode_string(&mut buf, Some(""));
+        let mut c = 0;
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_unicode_string(&buf, &mut c).unwrap(),
+            Some(String::new())
+        );
+
+        // ASCII
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        write_unicode_string(&mut buf, Some("hi"));
+        let mut c = 0;
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_unicode_string(&buf, &mut c).unwrap(),
+            Some("hi".to_string())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_array_round_trip() {
+        let items = vec![
+            ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.A"),
+            ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.B"),
+            ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.C"),
+        ];
+        let bytes = encode_item_identity_array(&items);
+        let decoded = decode_item_identity_array(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, items);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_array_empty() {
+        let bytes = encode_item_identity_array(&[]);
+        // 4 bytes (count = 0)
+        assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 4);
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_item_identity_array(&bytes).unwrap(),
+            Vec::<ItemIdentity>::new()
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_status_round_trip() {
+        let s = ItemStatus {
+            item: ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.X"),
+            status: AsbStatus {
+                count: -1,
+                payload: vec![0xC0],
+            },
+            error_code: 0x1234,
+            error_code_specified: true,
+        };
+        let bytes = s.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = ItemStatus::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert_eq!(decoded, s);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_status_array_round_trip() {
+        let arr = vec![
+            ItemStatus::default(),
+            ItemStatus {
+                item: ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.A"),
+                status: AsbStatus {
+                    count: 1,
+                    payload: vec![0x01, 0x02],
+                },
+                error_code: 42,
+                error_code_specified: true,
+            },
+        ];
+        let bytes = encode_item_status_array(&arr);
+        let decoded = decode_item_status_array(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, arr);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn monitored_item_value_round_trip() {
+        let mv = MonitoredItemValue {
+            item: ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.X"),
+            value: RuntimeValue {
+                timestamp_binary: 0x0123_4567,
+                timestamp_specified: true,
+                value: AsbVariant::from_i32(100),
+                status: AsbStatus::default(),
+            },
+            user_data: AsbVariant::empty(),
+        };
+        let bytes = mv.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = MonitoredItemValue::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert_eq!(decoded, mv);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn monitored_item_value_array_round_trip() {
+        let arr = vec![
+            MonitoredItemValue {
+                item: ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.A"),
+                value: RuntimeValue {
+                    timestamp_binary: 1,
+                    timestamp_specified: true,
+                    value: AsbVariant::from_i32(1),
+                    status: AsbStatus::default(),
+                },
+                user_data: AsbVariant::empty(),
+            },
+            MonitoredItemValue {
+                item: ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name("Tag.B"),
+                value: RuntimeValue {
+                    timestamp_binary: 2,
+                    timestamp_specified: false,
+                    value: AsbVariant::from_string("hello"),
+                    status: AsbStatus {
+                        count: 1,
+                        payload: vec![0xC0],
+                    },
+                },
+                user_data: AsbVariant::from_bool(true),
+            },
+        ];
+        let bytes = encode_monitored_item_value_array(&arr);
+        let decoded = decode_monitored_item_value_array(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, arr);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_identity_array_count_is_le_int32() {
+        let items = vec![ItemIdentity::default(); 7];
+        let bytes = encode_item_identity_array(&items);
+        // First 4 bytes = 7 little-endian.
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[0..4], &[0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,45 @@
 //! `mxaccess-asb` — `IASBIDataV2` client.
 //!
-//! M0 stub. Real implementation lands in M5 — see `design/60-roadmap.md`.
+//! M5 work-in-progress (F25). The first slice of F25 — SOAP-1.2-over-NBFX
+//! envelope assembly + action constants for the full `IASBIDataV2`
+//! contract — lives in [`envelope`]. Per-operation request/response
+//! struct codecs and the network-bound `AsbClient` (TCP + NMF preamble +
+//! sized-envelope read/write loop + auth handshake) land in subsequent
+//! F25 iterations.
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+
+pub mod client;
+pub mod contracts;
+pub mod envelope;
+pub mod operations;
+pub mod xml_canonical;
+
+pub use client::{AsbClient, ClientError, PreambleMode};
+
+pub use contracts::{
+    ItemIdentity, ItemIdentityType, ItemReferenceType, ItemStatus, MonitoredItemValue,
+    decode_item_identity_array, decode_item_status_array, decode_monitored_item_value_array,
+    encode_item_identity_array, encode_item_status_array, encode_monitored_item_value_array,
+};
+pub use envelope::{
+    ConnectionValidator, DecodedEnvelope, EnvelopeError, SoapEnvelope, actions, decode_envelope,
+    encode_envelope,
+};
+pub use operations::{
+    AddMonitoredItemsResponse, AuthenticationDataBytes, ConnectResponse,
+    CreateSubscriptionResponse, DeleteMonitoredItemsResponse, DeleteSubscriptionResponse,
+    MinimalMonitoredItem, MinimalWriteValue, OperationError, PublishResponse,
+    PublishWriteCompleteResponse, ReadResponse, RegisterItemsResponse, UnregisterItemsResponse,
+    WriteResponse, build_add_monitored_items_request_body, build_authenticate_me_request_body,
+    build_connect_request_body, build_create_subscription_request_body,
+    build_delete_monitored_items_request_body, build_delete_subscription_request_body,
+    build_disconnect_request_body, build_keep_alive_request_body, build_publish_request_body,
+    build_publish_write_complete_request_body, build_read_request_body,
+    build_register_items_request_body, build_unregister_items_request_body,
+    build_write_request_body, collect_asbidata_payloads, decode_add_monitored_items_response,
+    decode_connect_response, decode_create_subscription_response,
+    decode_delete_monitored_items_response, decode_publish_response,
+    decode_publish_write_complete_response, decode_read_response, decode_register_items_response,
+    decode_unregister_items_response, decode_write_response,
+};

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/src/xml_canonical.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,515 @@
+//! Canonical XML emitter for `ConnectedRequest` HMAC signing.
+//!
+//! .NET's `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign` (`AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:79`)
+//! HMACs `Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(request.ToXml())` — the textual XML
+//! produced by `XmlSerializer.Serialize(...)` with default namespace
+//! `"urn:invensys.schemas"` (`AsbSerialization.cs:12-48`). For the
+//! server's recomputation of the MAC to match ours, this module must
+//! emit byte-identical UTF-8 bytes.
+//!
+//! ## Inferred XmlSerializer rules
+//!
+//! Captured from `MxAsbClient.Probe --dump-signed-xml` against
+//! deterministic field values; fixtures saved at
+//! `crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/*.xml` (also see
+//! `tests/fixtures/signed-xml/README.md`):
+//!
+//! 1. Element name = class name (NOT `[MessageContract.WrapperName]`).
+//! 2. Field order = C# declaration order (inherited fields first; NOT
+//!    `[MessageBodyMember.Order]`).
+//! 3. `[XmlType(Namespace = ...)]` on a field's TYPE causes per-child
+//!    `xmlns="..."` redeclaration on the children, NOT on the wrapper.
+//! 4. `byte[]` → base64 text content. `Guid` → lowercase D-format.
+//!    `ulong` → decimal. `bool` → `"true"`/`"false"`.
+//! 5. Null reference field with `[XmlElement(IsNullable = true)]` →
+//!    `<Name xsi:nil="true" xmlns="..." />`. Empty string → self-closing
+//!    `<Name xmlns="..." />`.
+//! 6. `*Specified` pattern: `XxxSpecified = true` triggers `<Xxx>` to be
+//!    emitted with the int value; the `*Specified` field itself is
+//!    `[XmlIgnore]`.
+//! 7. Self-closing elements use ` />` (space before `/>`).
+//! 8. CRLF line endings, 2-space indent, no trailing newline.
+//! 9. XML declaration: `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>` (the
+//!    `utf-16` literal is a .NET StringWriter default — actual byte
+//!    encoding fed to HMAC is UTF-8).
+
+use crate::ConnectionValidator;
+use crate::contracts::ItemIdentity;
+use crate::envelope::format_uuid;
+
+const INVENSYS_NS: &str = "urn:invensys.schemas";
+const DATA_NS: &str = "http://asb.contracts.data/20111111";
+const IOM_DATA_NS: &str = "urn:data.data.asb.iom:2";
+const XSI_NS: &str = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
+const XSD_NS: &str = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
+
+const HEADER: &str = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>\r\n";
+
+// ---- public emitters -----------------------------------------------------
+
+/// `<AuthenticateMe>` per `AsbContracts.cs:102-107`.
+pub fn emit_authenticate_me_xml(
+    validator: &ConnectionValidator,
+    consumer_data_b64: &str,
+    consumer_iv_b64: &str,
+) -> Vec<u8> {
+    emit_top("AuthenticateMe", |s| {
+        emit_validator(s, validator);
+        emit_authentication_data_field(s, "ConsumerAuthenticationData", consumer_data_b64, consumer_iv_b64);
+    })
+}
+
+/// `<Disconnect>` per `AsbContracts.cs:109-114`. Same shape as
+/// AuthenticateMe — both have a single `ConsumerAuthenticationData`
+/// body field plus the inherited `ConnectionValidator` header.
+pub fn emit_disconnect_xml(
+    validator: &ConnectionValidator,
+    consumer_data_b64: &str,
+    consumer_iv_b64: &str,
+) -> Vec<u8> {
+    emit_top("Disconnect", |s| {
+        emit_validator(s, validator);
+        emit_authentication_data_field(s, "ConsumerAuthenticationData", consumer_data_b64, consumer_iv_b64);
+    })
+}
+
+/// `<KeepAlive>` per `AsbContracts.cs:116-117`. Empty body — only the
+/// inherited `ConnectionValidator` header.
+pub fn emit_keep_alive_xml(validator: &ConnectionValidator) -> Vec<u8> {
+    emit_top("KeepAlive", |s| {
+        emit_validator(s, validator);
+    })
+}
+
+/// `<RegisterItemsRequest>` per `AsbContracts.cs:119-131`. Body
+/// fields in declaration order: `Items`, `RequireId`, `RegisterOnly`.
+/// Each `Items` entry is a single `ItemIdentity` (XmlElement attribute
+/// renames the field to "Items").
+pub fn emit_register_items_request_xml(
+    validator: &ConnectionValidator,
+    items: &[ItemIdentity],
+    require_id: bool,
+    register_only: bool,
+) -> Vec<u8> {
+    emit_top("RegisterItemsRequest", |s| {
+        emit_validator(s, validator);
+        for item in items {
+            emit_item_identity(s, item);
+        }
+        emit_invensys_bool(s, "  ", "RequireId", require_id);
+        emit_invensys_bool(s, "  ", "RegisterOnly", register_only);
+    })
+}
+
+/// `<UnregisterItemsRequest>` per `AsbContracts.cs:145-150`. Body
+/// has just the `Items` array (no `RequireId`/`RegisterOnly`).
+pub fn emit_unregister_items_request_xml(
+    validator: &ConnectionValidator,
+    items: &[ItemIdentity],
+) -> Vec<u8> {
+    emit_top("UnregisterItemsRequest", |s| {
+        emit_validator(s, validator);
+        for item in items {
+            emit_item_identity(s, item);
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+// ---- internal helpers ----------------------------------------------------
+
+fn emit_top<F: FnOnce(&mut String)>(class_name: &str, body: F) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut s = String::with_capacity(1024);
+    s.push_str(HEADER);
+    s.push('<');
+    s.push_str(class_name);
+    s.push_str(" xmlns:xsi=\"");
+    s.push_str(XSI_NS);
+    s.push_str("\" xmlns:xsd=\"");
+    s.push_str(XSD_NS);
+    s.push_str("\" xmlns=\"");
+    s.push_str(INVENSYS_NS);
+    s.push_str("\">\r\n");
+    body(&mut s);
+    s.push_str("</");
+    s.push_str(class_name);
+    s.push('>');
+    s.into_bytes()
+}
+
+/// `ConnectionValidator` element. The wrapper element itself stays in
+/// the parent (urn:invensys.schemas) namespace because XmlSerializer
+/// only redeclares xmlns when it changes; the inherited
+/// `[XmlType(Namespace = "http://asb.contracts.data/20111111")]` (or
+/// equivalent inferred default) on the inner type causes EACH direct
+/// child to carry the data-ns redeclaration.
+///
+/// `MessageAuthenticationCode` and `SignatureInitializationVector` are
+/// `byte[]` fields. When the validator is being signed (NOT yet on the
+/// wire), they're empty `byte[]` and XmlSerializer emits self-closing
+/// `<MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="..." />`. After signing they
+/// carry base64 content. Both forms must round-trip.
+fn emit_validator(s: &mut String, v: &ConnectionValidator) {
+    s.push_str("  <ConnectionValidator>\r\n");
+    emit_data_ns_text(s, "    ", "ConnectionId", &format_uuid(&v.connection_id));
+    emit_data_ns_text(s, "    ", "MessageNumber", &v.message_number.to_string());
+    emit_data_ns_byte_array(s, "    ", "MessageAuthenticationCode", &v.mac_base64);
+    emit_data_ns_byte_array(s, "    ", "SignatureInitializationVector", &v.iv_base64);
+    s.push_str("  </ConnectionValidator>\r\n");
+}
+
+/// `AuthenticationData`-typed field (e.g. `ConsumerAuthenticationData`).
+/// The wrapper stays in `urn:invensys.schemas`; children Data + IV are
+/// in the data namespace per `[XmlType]` on `AuthenticationData`.
+fn emit_authentication_data_field(
+    s: &mut String,
+    field_name: &str,
+    data_b64: &str,
+    iv_b64: &str,
+) {
+    s.push_str("  <");
+    s.push_str(field_name);
+    s.push_str(">\r\n");
+    emit_data_ns_text(s, "    ", "Data", data_b64);
+    emit_data_ns_text(s, "    ", "InitializationVector", iv_b64);
+    s.push_str("  </");
+    s.push_str(field_name);
+    s.push_str(">\r\n");
+}
+
+/// `<Items>` element holding one ItemIdentity. The wrapper is in
+/// urn:invensys.schemas; children get `xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2"`
+/// per `[XmlType(Namespace = "urn:data.data.asb.iom:2")]` on
+/// `ItemIdentity` (`AsbContracts.cs:534`).
+///
+/// Field order matches C# declaration: contextNameField, idField,
+/// idFieldSpecified, nameField, referenceTypeField, typeField — but
+/// XmlSerializer uses the public *property* declaration order which
+/// yields Type → ReferenceType → Name → ContextName → (Id) per the
+/// captured fixtures. `IdSpecified` is `[XmlIgnore]` so it never
+/// appears; when `IdSpecified == true` the `<Id>` element is emitted.
+///
+/// Null Name/ContextName → `<Name xsi:nil="true" xmlns="..." />`;
+/// empty-string ContextName → self-closing `<ContextName xmlns="..." />`.
+fn emit_item_identity(s: &mut String, item: &ItemIdentity) {
+    s.push_str("  <Items>\r\n");
+    emit_iom_text(s, "    ", "Type", &item.kind.to_string());
+    emit_iom_text(s, "    ", "ReferenceType", &item.reference_type.to_string());
+    emit_iom_optional_string(s, "    ", "Name", item.name.as_deref());
+    emit_iom_optional_string(s, "    ", "ContextName", item.context_name.as_deref());
+    if item.id_specified {
+        emit_iom_text(s, "    ", "Id", &item.id.to_string());
+    }
+    s.push_str("  </Items>\r\n");
+}
+
+/// Emit a `byte[]` field in the data namespace. Empty bytes (empty
+/// base64 string) → self-closing `<Tag xmlns="..." />`; non-empty →
+/// `<Tag xmlns="...">b64</Tag>`. Mirrors XmlSerializer's behaviour
+/// for empty `byte[]` (verified via `--dump-signed-xml` with empty
+/// MAC/IV).
+fn emit_data_ns_byte_array(s: &mut String, indent: &str, tag: &str, value: &str) {
+    if value.is_empty() {
+        s.push_str(indent);
+        s.push('<');
+        s.push_str(tag);
+        s.push_str(" xmlns=\"");
+        s.push_str(DATA_NS);
+        s.push_str("\" />\r\n");
+    } else {
+        emit_data_ns_text(s, indent, tag, value);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Emit `<Tag xmlns="DATA_NS">value</Tag>\r\n` with the given indent.
+fn emit_data_ns_text(s: &mut String, indent: &str, tag: &str, value: &str) {
+    s.push_str(indent);
+    s.push('<');
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    s.push_str(" xmlns=\"");
+    s.push_str(DATA_NS);
+    s.push_str("\">");
+    write_xml_escaped_text(s, value);
+    s.push_str("</");
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    s.push_str(">\r\n");
+}
+
+/// Emit `<Tag xmlns="IOM_DATA_NS">value</Tag>\r\n`.
+fn emit_iom_text(s: &mut String, indent: &str, tag: &str, value: &str) {
+    s.push_str(indent);
+    s.push('<');
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    s.push_str(" xmlns=\"");
+    s.push_str(IOM_DATA_NS);
+    s.push_str("\">");
+    write_xml_escaped_text(s, value);
+    s.push_str("</");
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    s.push_str(">\r\n");
+}
+
+/// Emit a string-typed `[XmlElement(IsNullable = true)]` field. Three
+/// cases per the captured fixtures:
+/// * `None` → `<Tag xsi:nil="true" xmlns="IOM_DATA_NS" />\r\n`
+/// * `Some("")` → `<Tag xmlns="IOM_DATA_NS" />\r\n`
+/// * `Some(s)` → `<Tag xmlns="IOM_DATA_NS">s</Tag>\r\n`
+fn emit_iom_optional_string(s: &mut String, indent: &str, tag: &str, value: Option<&str>) {
+    s.push_str(indent);
+    s.push('<');
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    match value {
+        None => {
+            // Note: xsi:nil first, THEN xmlns, per fixtures.
+            s.push_str(" xsi:nil=\"true\" xmlns=\"");
+            s.push_str(IOM_DATA_NS);
+            s.push_str("\" />\r\n");
+        }
+        Some("") => {
+            s.push_str(" xmlns=\"");
+            s.push_str(IOM_DATA_NS);
+            s.push_str("\" />\r\n");
+        }
+        Some(text) => {
+            s.push_str(" xmlns=\"");
+            s.push_str(IOM_DATA_NS);
+            s.push_str("\">");
+            write_xml_escaped_text(s, text);
+            s.push_str("</");
+            s.push_str(tag);
+            s.push_str(">\r\n");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Emit a `bool` field in the default invensys namespace (no xmlns
+/// redeclaration).
+fn emit_invensys_bool(s: &mut String, indent: &str, tag: &str, value: bool) {
+    s.push_str(indent);
+    s.push('<');
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    s.push('>');
+    s.push_str(if value { "true" } else { "false" });
+    s.push_str("</");
+    s.push_str(tag);
+    s.push_str(">\r\n");
+}
+
+/// XML-escape characters that XmlSerializer escapes in text nodes.
+/// Only `<`, `>`, and `&` are emitted as entities by the .NET writer;
+/// quotes appear inside attribute values which we control directly,
+/// not in text content. (Verified via `XmlTextWriter.WriteString` —
+/// CRLF/TAB are passed through verbatim.)
+fn write_xml_escaped_text(out: &mut String, text: &str) {
+    for c in text.chars() {
+        match c {
+            '<' => out.push_str("&lt;"),
+            '>' => out.push_str("&gt;"),
+            '&' => out.push_str("&amp;"),
+            other => out.push(other),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Encode raw bytes as base64 in the form `XmlSerializer` emits for
+/// `byte[]` fields. Mirrors the inline encoder in
+/// `envelope::base64_encode` (kept private there); duplicated here to
+/// keep the xml_canonical module standalone.
+pub fn base64_encode(input: &[u8]) -> String {
+    const ALPHABET: &[u8; 64] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+    let lookup = |idx: u32| ALPHABET.get((idx & 0x3F) as usize).copied().unwrap_or(b'=');
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(input.len().div_ceil(3) * 4);
+    for chunk in input.chunks(3) {
+        let b0 = u32::from(chunk.first().copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        let b1 = u32::from(chunk.get(1).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        let b2 = u32::from(chunk.get(2).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        let triple = (b0 << 16) | (b1 << 8) | b2;
+        out.push(lookup(triple >> 18) as char);
+        out.push(lookup(triple >> 12) as char);
+        out.push(if chunk.len() > 1 {
+            lookup(triple >> 6) as char
+        } else {
+            '='
+        });
+        out.push(if chunk.len() > 2 {
+            lookup(triple) as char
+        } else {
+            '='
+        });
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::ConnectionValidator;
+
+    fn fixture(name: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let path = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+            .join("tests/fixtures/signed-xml")
+            .join(name);
+        std::fs::read(&path).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            panic!("could not read fixture {}: {e}", path.display())
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn pinned_validator() -> ConnectionValidator {
+        let mac: Vec<u8> = (0u8..16).collect();
+        let iv: Vec<u8> = (16u8..32).collect();
+        ConnectionValidator {
+            connection_id: parse_pinned_guid(),
+            message_number: 42,
+            mac_base64: base64_encode(&mac),
+            iv_base64: base64_encode(&iv),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b` in .NET mixed-endian
+    /// byte order — same value the .NET probe pins.
+    fn parse_pinned_guid() -> [u8; 16] {
+        // d1 = 0x8cba964a (LE) → bytes [4a, 96, ba, 8c]
+        // d2 = 0x74c1     (LE) → bytes [c1, 74]
+        // d3 = 0xef74     (LE) → bytes [74, ef]
+        // d4 (BE) = f6 aa
+        // d5 (BE) = 76 1b 35 40 19 1b
+        [
+            0x4a, 0x96, 0xba, 0x8c, 0xc1, 0x74, 0x74, 0xef, 0xf6, 0xaa, 0x76, 0x1b, 0x35, 0x40,
+            0x19, 0x1b,
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn pinned_consumer_data_b64() -> String {
+        // "deterministic-ciphertext-bytes" base64-encoded
+        base64_encode(b"deterministic-ciphertext-bytes".as_slice())
+    }
+
+    fn pinned_consumer_iv_b64() -> String {
+        // "0123456789abcdef" base64-encoded
+        base64_encode(b"0123456789abcdef".as_slice())
+    }
+
+    fn pinned_disconnect_data_b64() -> String {
+        base64_encode(b"disconnect-ciphertext".as_slice())
+    }
+
+    /// The actual signing input has empty MAC + IV (the MAC is filled
+    /// AFTER `request.ToXml()` produces the bytes that get HMAC'd). This
+    /// fixture pins XmlSerializer's empty-byte-array behaviour:
+    /// `<MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="..." />` (self-closing) when
+    /// `byte[] = []`. Without this round-trip, the live HMAC will not
+    /// match the server's recomputation.
+    #[test]
+    fn authenticate_me_with_empty_mac_iv_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        let validator = ConnectionValidator {
+            connection_id: parse_pinned_guid(),
+            message_number: 42,
+            mac_base64: String::new(),
+            iv_base64: String::new(),
+        };
+        let data = pinned_consumer_data_b64();
+        let iv = pinned_consumer_iv_b64();
+        let actual = emit_authenticate_me_xml(&validator, &data, &iv);
+        let expected = fixture("authenticate-me-empty-mac-iv.xml");
+        assert_eq_bytes("authenticate-me-empty-mac-iv", &actual, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn authenticate_me_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        let validator = pinned_validator();
+        let data = pinned_consumer_data_b64();
+        let iv = pinned_consumer_iv_b64();
+        let actual = emit_authenticate_me_xml(&validator, &data, &iv);
+        let expected = fixture("authenticate-me.xml");
+        assert_eq_bytes("authenticate-me", &actual, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn disconnect_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        let validator = pinned_validator();
+        let data = pinned_disconnect_data_b64();
+        let iv = pinned_consumer_iv_b64();
+        let actual = emit_disconnect_xml(&validator, &data, &iv);
+        let expected = fixture("disconnect.xml");
+        assert_eq_bytes("disconnect", &actual, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn keep_alive_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        let validator = pinned_validator();
+        let actual = emit_keep_alive_xml(&validator);
+        let expected = fixture("keep-alive.xml");
+        assert_eq_bytes("keep-alive", &actual, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn register_items_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        let validator = pinned_validator();
+        let item = ItemIdentity {
+            kind: 0,
+            reference_type: 1,
+            name: Some("TestChildObject.TestInt".to_string()),
+            context_name: Some(String::new()),
+            id: 0,
+            id_specified: false,
+        };
+        let actual = emit_register_items_request_xml(&validator, &[item], true, false);
+        let expected = fixture("register-items.xml");
+        assert_eq_bytes("register-items", &actual, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unregister_items_matches_dotnet_fixture() {
+        let validator = pinned_validator();
+        let item = ItemIdentity {
+            kind: 1,
+            reference_type: 1,
+            name: None,
+            context_name: None,
+            id: 0xCAFE_BABE_DEAD_BEEFu64,
+            id_specified: true,
+        };
+        let actual = emit_unregister_items_request_xml(&validator, &[item]);
+        let expected = fixture("unregister-items.xml");
+        assert_eq_bytes("unregister-items", &actual, &expected);
+    }
+
+    /// XML escaping: feed a name with `<` and `&` and confirm the
+    /// emitter produces `&lt;` and `&amp;`. Real wire never carries
+    /// these characters in tag names, but this protects against future
+    /// users-supplied-tag-name regressions.
+    #[test]
+    fn xml_escapes_text_content() {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        write_xml_escaped_text(&mut s, "a < b & c > d");
+        assert_eq!(s, "a &lt; b &amp; c &gt; d");
+    }
+
+    #[track_caller]
+    fn assert_eq_bytes(label: &str, actual: &[u8], expected: &[u8]) {
+        if actual == expected {
+            return;
+        }
+        let actual_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(actual);
+        let expected_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(expected);
+        let diverge = actual
+            .iter()
+            .zip(expected.iter())
+            .take_while(|(a, e)| a == e)
+            .count();
+        let context_start = diverge.saturating_sub(40);
+        let context_end_act = (diverge + 40).min(actual.len());
+        let context_end_exp = (diverge + 40).min(expected.len());
+        let actual_ctx = actual.get(context_start..context_end_act).unwrap_or(&[]);
+        let expected_ctx = expected.get(context_start..context_end_exp).unwrap_or(&[]);
+        panic!(
+            "{label}: bytes differ at offset {diverge}\n  actual   len={} bytes\n  expected len={} bytes\n  actual context: {:?}\n  expected ctx:  {:?}\n  full actual:\n{}\n  full expected:\n{}",
+            actual.len(),
+            expected.len(),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(actual_ctx),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(expected_ctx),
+            actual_str,
+            expected_str,
+        );
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# These fixtures are byte-equal targets for the F28 canonical XML
+# emitter — `XmlSerializer.Serialize(...)` output that the .NET
+# reference HMACs in `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign`. CRLF line endings
+# are part of the canonical form (StringWriter default on Windows),
+# so Git MUST NOT touch them. `-text` marks them as binary so neither
+# `core.autocrlf` nor `text` filters can rewrite the bytes.
+*.xml -text

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Signed-request XML fixtures
+
+Canonical `XmlSerializer` output for every `ConnectedRequest` shape that
+the .NET reference HMACs in `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign`
+(`src/MxAsbClient/AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:79`). The Rust port's
+canonical-XML emitter (F28) must produce these exact UTF-8 bytes for
+the HMAC to match the server's recomputation.
+
+## Capture procedure
+
+```powershell
+dotnet run --project src\MxAsbClient.Probe -c Release -- --dump-signed-xml > capture.txt
+```
+
+The probe's `--dump-signed-xml` flag (added 2026-05-05) builds each
+shape with deterministic field values and prints the output of
+`AsbSerialization.ToXml(...)` (`src/MxAsbClient/AsbSerialization.cs:12`).
+
+## Pinned values
+
+All shapes use the same `ConnectionValidator`:
+- `ConnectionId = 8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b`
+- `MessageNumber = 42`
+- `MessageAuthenticationCode = AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==` (base64 of bytes 0..15)
+- `SignatureInitializationVector = EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==` (base64 of bytes 16..31)
+
+`AuthenticateMe` and `Disconnect` use `AuthenticationData` with:
+- `Data = "deterministic-ciphertext-bytes"` (base64-encoded)
+- `InitializationVector = "0123456789abcdef"` (base64-encoded)
+
+`RegisterItemsRequest` uses one `ItemIdentity` with
+`Type = Name (0)`, `ReferenceType = Absolute (1)`,
+`Name = "TestChildObject.TestInt"`, `ContextName = ""`.
+
+`UnregisterItemsRequest` uses one `ItemIdentity` with
+`Type = Id (1)`, `ReferenceType = Absolute (1)`, `Name = null`,
+`ContextName = null`, `Id = 0xCAFEBABEDEADBEEF (14627333968688430831)`,
+`IdSpecified = true`.
+
+## Observed serialiser behaviour
+
+These rules were inferred from the captured output and from the .NET
+source for `XmlSerializer`:
+
+1. **Element name = class name**, NOT `[MessageContract.WrapperName]`.
+   `XmlSerializer` does not honour WCF's MessageContract attributes.
+
+2. **Top-element xmlns ordering** (after `<?xml ... ?>`):
+   `xmlns:xsi`, then `xmlns:xsd`, then default `xmlns`.
+   The `AsbSerialization.ToXml` post-process (`AsbSerialization.cs:36-47`)
+   reparses with `XDocument.Load` and reorders to put `xsi` before
+   `xsd` — `XmlSerializer`'s native order is the opposite.
+
+3. **Field order = C# declaration order** (with inherited fields
+   first), NOT `[MessageBodyMember.Order]`.
+
+4. **`[XmlType(Namespace = ...)]` on a field's type** triggers an
+   `xmlns="..."` redeclaration on EACH child element of that type's
+   instance, NOT on the wrapper element itself. e.g. inside
+   `<ConnectionValidator>`, every direct child gets
+   `xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111"`.
+
+5. **`byte[]` fields** serialise as base64 text content.
+   **`Guid`** as canonical lowercase D-format (`8cba964a-74c1-...`).
+   **`ulong`** as decimal.
+   **`bool`** as `"true"` / `"false"`.
+
+6. **Null reference-type fields** with `[XmlElement(IsNullable = true)]`
+   produce `<Name xsi:nil="true" xmlns="..." />`.
+   Empty string fields produce a self-closing `<ContextName xmlns="..." />`.
+
+7. **`*Specified` pattern**: a public bool field named `XxxSpecified` =
+   `true` causes XmlSerializer to emit the corresponding `<Xxx>`
+   element. `IdSpecified = false` (default) → `<Id>` omitted.
+   `IdSpecified = true` → `<Id>` emitted with the int value.
+   The `*Specified` field itself is `[XmlIgnore]` and never emitted.
+
+8. **Self-closing elements** use ` />` (space before `/>`).
+
+9. **Indentation**: 2 spaces, `\r\n` line endings, no trailing
+   newline after the closing tag.
+
+10. **XML declaration**: `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>` —
+    note `utf-16` even though `AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign` HMACs
+    `Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(...)` of this string. The declaration is
+    a static .NET StringWriter default; the actual byte encoding fed
+    to HMAC is UTF-8.
+
+## Files
+
+- `authenticate-me.xml` — `AuthenticateMe`
+- `disconnect.xml` — `Disconnect`
+- `keep-alive.xml` — `KeepAlive`
+- `register-items.xml` — `RegisterItemsRequest`
+- `unregister-items.xml` — `UnregisterItemsRequest`
+
+Each file is the verbatim UTF-8 representation of `request.ToXml()`,
+with literal `\r\n` line endings preserved. Treat as binary (don't
+let your editor reformat).

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/authenticate-me-empty-mac-iv.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
+<AuthenticateMe xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:invensys.schemas">
+  <ConnectionValidator>
+    <ConnectionId xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b</ConnectionId>
+    <MessageNumber xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">42</MessageNumber>
+    <MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111" />
+    <SignatureInitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111" />
+  </ConnectionValidator>
+  <ConsumerAuthenticationData>
+    <Data xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">ZGV0ZXJtaW5pc3RpYy1jaXBoZXJ0ZXh0LWJ5dGVz</Data>
+    <InitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZg==</InitializationVector>
+  </ConsumerAuthenticationData>
+</AuthenticateMe>

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/authenticate-me.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
+<AuthenticateMe xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:invensys.schemas">
+  <ConnectionValidator>
+    <ConnectionId xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b</ConnectionId>
+    <MessageNumber xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">42</MessageNumber>
+    <MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==</MessageAuthenticationCode>
+    <SignatureInitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==</SignatureInitializationVector>
+  </ConnectionValidator>
+  <ConsumerAuthenticationData>
+    <Data xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">ZGV0ZXJtaW5pc3RpYy1jaXBoZXJ0ZXh0LWJ5dGVz</Data>
+    <InitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZg==</InitializationVector>
+  </ConsumerAuthenticationData>
+</AuthenticateMe>

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/disconnect.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
+<Disconnect xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:invensys.schemas">
+  <ConnectionValidator>
+    <ConnectionId xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b</ConnectionId>
+    <MessageNumber xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">42</MessageNumber>
+    <MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==</MessageAuthenticationCode>
+    <SignatureInitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==</SignatureInitializationVector>
+  </ConnectionValidator>
+  <ConsumerAuthenticationData>
+    <Data xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">ZGlzY29ubmVjdC1jaXBoZXJ0ZXh0</Data>
+    <InitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZg==</InitializationVector>
+  </ConsumerAuthenticationData>
+</Disconnect>

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/keep-alive.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
+<KeepAlive xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:invensys.schemas">
+  <ConnectionValidator>
+    <ConnectionId xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b</ConnectionId>
+    <MessageNumber xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">42</MessageNumber>
+    <MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==</MessageAuthenticationCode>
+    <SignatureInitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==</SignatureInitializationVector>
+  </ConnectionValidator>
+</KeepAlive>

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/register-items.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
+<RegisterItemsRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:invensys.schemas">
+  <ConnectionValidator>
+    <ConnectionId xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b</ConnectionId>
+    <MessageNumber xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">42</MessageNumber>
+    <MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==</MessageAuthenticationCode>
+    <SignatureInitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==</SignatureInitializationVector>
+  </ConnectionValidator>
+  <Items>
+    <Type xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2">0</Type>
+    <ReferenceType xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2">1</ReferenceType>
+    <Name xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2">TestChildObject.TestInt</Name>
+    <ContextName xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2" />
+  </Items>
+  <RequireId>true</RequireId>
+  <RegisterOnly>false</RegisterOnly>
+</RegisterItemsRequest>

rust/crates/mxaccess-asb/tests/fixtures/signed-xml/unregister-items.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
+<UnregisterItemsRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:invensys.schemas">
+  <ConnectionValidator>
+    <ConnectionId xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b</ConnectionId>
+    <MessageNumber xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">42</MessageNumber>
+    <MessageAuthenticationCode xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==</MessageAuthenticationCode>
+    <SignatureInitializationVector xmlns="http://asb.contracts.data/20111111">EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==</SignatureInitializationVector>
+  </ConnectionValidator>
+  <Items>
+    <Type xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2">1</Type>
+    <ReferenceType xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2">1</ReferenceType>
+    <Name xsi:nil="true" xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2" />
+    <ContextName xsi:nil="true" xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2" />
+    <Id xmlns="urn:data.data.asb.iom:2">14627333968688430831</Id>
+  </Items>
+</UnregisterItemsRequest>

rust/crates/mxaccess-codec/src/asb_variant.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,975 @@
+//! ASB `Variant` + `AsbStatus` + `RuntimeValue` codec.
+//!
+//! Ports `src/MxAsbClient/AsbContracts.cs` (the `Variant`, `AsbStatus`, and
+//! `RuntimeValue` `IAsbCustomSerializableType` blocks) plus the `DecodeVariant`
+//! / `AsbVariantFactory` value-typed decode/encode in
+//! `src/MxAsbClient/MxAsbDataClient.cs:713-825`. Spec-by-evidence: the wire
+//! shape is documented in `docs/ASB-Variant-Wire-Format.md`.
+//!
+//! Layered for parity with the .NET reference:
+//!
+//! 1. [`AsbVariant`] is the raw 10-byte header + payload layout that round-
+//!    trips byte-for-byte against captured ASB messages. It carries a `u16`
+//!    type id, an `i32` "logical length" (set to `payload.len()` by the
+//!    factory), and a `u32` payload length followed by the payload bytes.
+//!    No interpretation; consumers can stash arbitrary unknown variants.
+//! 2. [`DecodedVariant`] is the typed view. [`decode_variant`] consumes an
+//!    [`AsbVariant`] and produces a typed value for the proven matrix
+//!    (`Bool`, `Int32`, `Float`, `Double`, `String`, `DateTime`, `Duration`,
+//!    plus their array forms). Unknown type IDs surface as
+//!    [`DecodedVariant::Unsupported`] carrying the raw payload — same
+//!    fallback as `MxAsbDataClient.DecodeVariant` at `cs:748` (return raw
+//!    bytes).
+//! 3. The `from_*` factories mirror `AsbVariantFactory.From*` — they build
+//!    an `AsbVariant` whose `length` field is set to `payload.len()` (per
+//!    `cs:1316`). Wire bytes are produced by [`AsbVariant::encode`].
+//!
+//! [`AsbStatus`] and [`RuntimeValue`] round-trip exactly. The richer
+//! status-element parsing (marker bit 7 = implicit zero; otherwise `u16`
+//! follows) documented in `docs/ASB-Variant-Wire-Format.md:182-186` is
+//! deferred to a follow-up — `AsbStatus.payload` is exposed as raw bytes
+//! for now, mirroring the .NET reference, which keeps `Payload` as
+//! `byte[]` and only `AsbPublishMapper.DecodeStatus` walks the records.
+
+use std::string::FromUtf16Error;
+
+use crate::error::CodecError;
+
+/// ASB data type IDs from `AsbContracts.cs:1243-1293`. Stored as `u16` on
+/// the wire. Variants outside the proven set (e.g. GUID, byte string,
+/// localized text, enum/data-type/security/data-quality forms and their
+/// arrays) are carried but not interpreted — matching the .NET reference,
+/// which preserves them as raw bytes via the `_ => payload` fallback at
+/// `MxAsbDataClient.cs:748`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u16)]
+pub enum AsbDataType {
+    Byte = 0,
+    Char = 1,
+    Int16 = 2,
+    UInt16 = 3,
+    Int32 = 4,
+    UInt32 = 5,
+    Int64 = 6,
+    UInt64 = 7,
+    Float = 8,
+    Double = 9,
+    String = 10,
+    DateTime = 11,
+    Duration = 12,
+    Guid = 13,
+    ByteString = 14,
+    LocaleId = 15,
+    LocalizedText = 16,
+    Bool = 17,
+    SByte = 18,
+    ErrorStatus = 19,
+    Enum = 20,
+    DataType = 21,
+    SecurityClassification = 22,
+    DataQuality = 23,
+    ByteArray = 40,
+    CharArray = 41,
+    Int16Array = 42,
+    UInt16Array = 43,
+    Int32Array = 44,
+    UInt32Array = 45,
+    Int64Array = 46,
+    UInt64Array = 47,
+    FloatArray = 48,
+    DoubleArray = 49,
+    StringArray = 50,
+    DateTimeArray = 51,
+    DurationArray = 52,
+    GuidArray = 53,
+    ByteStringArray = 54,
+    LocaleIdArray = 55,
+    LocalizedTextArray = 56,
+    BoolArray = 57,
+    SByteArray = 58,
+    EnumArray = 60,
+    DataTypeArray = 61,
+    SecurityClassificationArray = 62,
+    DataQualityArray = 63,
+    Unknown = 65535,
+}
+
+impl AsbDataType {
+    pub fn as_u16(self) -> u16 {
+        self as u16
+    }
+}
+
+/// Raw ASB `Variant` wire layout (`AsbContracts.cs:1170-1241`).
+///
+/// `length` is the .NET `int` length set by the factory to `payload.len()`
+/// at construction (`cs:1431-1438`). It is written separately from the
+/// `u32` payload-length on the wire — both are emitted by the .NET writer
+/// (`cs:1202-1211`). Decoders may legitimately observe `length != payload.len()`
+/// for malformed or partial frames; this codec preserves both verbatim.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct AsbVariant {
+    pub type_id: u16,
+    pub length: i32,
+    pub payload: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl AsbVariant {
+    /// Build a variant with `length` set to `payload.len()` per
+    /// `AsbVariantFactory.Create` (`cs:1431-1438`).
+    pub fn new(type_id: AsbDataType, payload: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        let length = i32::try_from(payload.len()).unwrap_or(i32::MAX);
+        Self {
+            type_id: type_id.as_u16(),
+            length,
+            payload,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `AsbVariantFactory.Empty` — `TypeUnknown`, length 0, empty payload
+    /// (`cs:1312`).
+    pub fn empty() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            type_id: AsbDataType::Unknown.as_u16(),
+            length: 0,
+            payload: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Wire size in bytes: 2 + 4 + 4 + payload.
+    pub fn wire_len(&self) -> usize {
+        10 + self.payload.len()
+    }
+
+    /// Encode `Variant.WriteToStream` (`cs:1202-1211`). Append-style so
+    /// callers can chain into a larger `BinaryWriter`-equivalent buffer
+    /// without intermediate allocations.
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.type_id.to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.length.to_le_bytes());
+        let payload_len = u32::try_from(self.payload.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX);
+        out.extend_from_slice(&payload_len.to_le_bytes());
+        if !self.payload.is_empty() {
+            out.extend_from_slice(&self.payload);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Standalone encode: convenience wrapper around [`encode_into`].
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(self.wire_len());
+        self.encode_into(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+
+    /// Decode `Variant.InitializeFromStream` (`cs:1213-1219`). Returns
+    /// `(variant, bytes_consumed)`. Empty payload → `payload: Vec::new()`,
+    /// matching .NET `Payload = []`.
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), CodecError> {
+        let mut cursor = 0usize;
+        let type_id = read_u16_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let length = read_i32_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let payload_length = read_u32_le(input, &mut cursor)? as usize;
+        let payload = read_bytes(input, &mut cursor, payload_length)?;
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                type_id,
+                length,
+                payload: payload.to_vec(),
+            },
+            cursor,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Typed decode of an [`AsbVariant`].
+///
+/// Variant order follows the `AsbDataType` numerical sort. Unknown types
+/// surface as [`Unsupported`](DecodedVariant::Unsupported) carrying both
+/// the type ID and the raw payload, mirroring `DecodeVariant`'s `_ =>
+/// payload` fallback at `MxAsbDataClient.cs:748`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum DecodedVariant {
+    /// `null` from .NET when the payload is empty and the type does not
+    /// have an "empty literal" (e.g. empty `string`/`bool[]`/...).
+    /// Matches `_ => null` at `MxAsbDataClient.cs:728`.
+    Empty,
+    Bool(bool),
+    Int32(i32),
+    Float(f32),
+    Double(f64),
+    /// UTF-16LE-decoded contents.
+    String(String),
+    /// Windows FILETIME UTC value (`DateTime.ToFileTimeUtc()` —
+    /// 100-ns ticks since 1601-01-01 UTC).
+    DateTime(i64),
+    /// .NET `TimeSpan.Ticks` — 100-ns ticks.
+    Duration(i64),
+    BoolArray(Vec<bool>),
+    Int32Array(Vec<i32>),
+    FloatArray(Vec<f32>),
+    DoubleArray(Vec<f64>),
+    StringArray(Vec<String>),
+    DateTimeArray(Vec<i64>),
+    DurationArray(Vec<i64>),
+    /// Type IDs outside the proven matrix. Payload bytes are preserved
+    /// verbatim — the consumer can either decode them with a custom
+    /// helper or surface them upstream.
+    Unsupported {
+        type_id: u16,
+        payload: Vec<u8>,
+    },
+}
+
+/// Decode an [`AsbVariant`] into a typed value. Mirrors `MxAsbDataClient.DecodeVariant`
+/// at `cs:713-750` exactly:
+///
+/// * Empty payload → empty literal for known string/array types
+///   (`""` / `[]`), [`Empty`] otherwise.
+/// * Non-empty payload that doesn't satisfy the minimum length for a
+///   scalar (e.g. `TypeInt32` with 3 bytes) falls through to
+///   [`Unsupported`] with the raw payload — matches .NET `when payload.Length >= 4`.
+/// * Decode failures inside the typed branches surface as
+///   [`CodecError::ShortRead`] / [`CodecError::Decode`] so the caller can
+///   distinguish "wrong shape" from "unrecognized type".
+///
+/// [`Empty`]: DecodedVariant::Empty
+/// [`Unsupported`]: DecodedVariant::Unsupported
+pub fn decode_variant(variant: &AsbVariant) -> Result<DecodedVariant, CodecError> {
+    use AsbDataType::*;
+    let type_id = variant.type_id;
+    let payload = &variant.payload;
+
+    if payload.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(match type_id {
+            x if x == String.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::String(std::string::String::new()),
+            x if x == Int32Array.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::Int32Array(Vec::new()),
+            x if x == BoolArray.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::BoolArray(Vec::new()),
+            x if x == FloatArray.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::FloatArray(Vec::new()),
+            x if x == DoubleArray.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::DoubleArray(Vec::new()),
+            x if x == StringArray.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::StringArray(Vec::new()),
+            x if x == DateTimeArray.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::DateTimeArray(Vec::new()),
+            x if x == DurationArray.as_u16() => DecodedVariant::DurationArray(Vec::new()),
+            _ => DecodedVariant::Empty,
+        });
+    }
+
+    match type_id {
+        x if x == Bool.as_u16() && !payload.is_empty() => Ok(DecodedVariant::Bool(
+            payload.first().copied().unwrap_or(0) != 0,
+        )),
+        x if x == Int32.as_u16() && payload.len() >= 4 => {
+            Ok(DecodedVariant::Int32(i32::from_le_bytes(arr4(payload, 0)?)))
+        }
+        x if x == Float.as_u16() && payload.len() >= 4 => {
+            Ok(DecodedVariant::Float(f32::from_le_bytes(arr4(payload, 0)?)))
+        }
+        x if x == Double.as_u16() && payload.len() >= 8 => Ok(DecodedVariant::Double(
+            f64::from_le_bytes(arr8(payload, 0)?),
+        )),
+        x if x == String.as_u16() => Ok(DecodedVariant::String(decode_utf16le(payload)?)),
+        x if x == DateTime.as_u16() && payload.len() >= 8 => Ok(DecodedVariant::DateTime(
+            i64::from_le_bytes(arr8(payload, 0)?),
+        )),
+        x if x == Duration.as_u16() && payload.len() >= 8 => Ok(DecodedVariant::Duration(
+            i64::from_le_bytes(arr8(payload, 0)?),
+        )),
+        x if x == Int32Array.as_u16() => {
+            decode_int32_array(payload).map(DecodedVariant::Int32Array)
+        }
+        x if x == BoolArray.as_u16() => Ok(DecodedVariant::BoolArray(
+            payload.iter().map(|&b| b != 0).collect(),
+        )),
+        x if x == FloatArray.as_u16() => {
+            decode_float_array(payload).map(DecodedVariant::FloatArray)
+        }
+        x if x == DoubleArray.as_u16() => {
+            decode_double_array(payload).map(DecodedVariant::DoubleArray)
+        }
+        x if x == StringArray.as_u16() => {
+            decode_string_array(payload).map(DecodedVariant::StringArray)
+        }
+        x if x == DateTimeArray.as_u16() => {
+            decode_filetime_array(payload).map(DecodedVariant::DateTimeArray)
+        }
+        x if x == DurationArray.as_u16() => {
+            decode_filetime_array(payload).map(DecodedVariant::DurationArray)
+        }
+        _ => Ok(DecodedVariant::Unsupported {
+            type_id,
+            payload: payload.clone(),
+        }),
+    }
+}
+
+// ---- Factories (mirror `AsbVariantFactory.From*` at cs:1314-1429) --------
+
+impl AsbVariant {
+    pub fn from_bool(value: bool) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::Bool, vec![if value { 1 } else { 0 }])
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_i32(value: i32) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::Int32, value.to_le_bytes().to_vec())
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_f32(value: f32) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::Float, value.to_le_bytes().to_vec())
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_f64(value: f64) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::Double, value.to_le_bytes().to_vec())
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_string(value: &str) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::String, encode_utf16le(value))
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_filetime(value: i64) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::DateTime, value.to_le_bytes().to_vec())
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_duration_ticks(value: i64) -> Self {
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::Duration, value.to_le_bytes().to_vec())
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_i32_array(values: &[i32]) -> Self {
+        let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(values.len() * 4);
+        for v in values {
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::Int32Array, payload)
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_bool_array(values: &[bool]) -> Self {
+        Self::new(
+            AsbDataType::BoolArray,
+            values.iter().map(|&b| if b { 1u8 } else { 0u8 }).collect(),
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_f32_array(values: &[f32]) -> Self {
+        let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(values.len() * 4);
+        for v in values {
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::FloatArray, payload)
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_f64_array(values: &[f64]) -> Self {
+        let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(values.len() * 8);
+        for v in values {
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::DoubleArray, payload)
+    }
+
+    /// String-array layout: per-string `i32` byte-length followed by
+    /// UTF-16LE bytes. `null` and `""` both emit a zero-length record
+    /// (`cs:1400`). The .NET decoder maps zero-length back to
+    /// `string.Empty` (`cs:798`).
+    pub fn from_string_array(values: &[&str]) -> Self {
+        let mut payload = Vec::new();
+        for value in values {
+            let bytes = encode_utf16le(value);
+            let len = i32::try_from(bytes.len()).unwrap_or(i32::MAX);
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&len.to_le_bytes());
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&bytes);
+        }
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::StringArray, payload)
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_filetime_array(values: &[i64]) -> Self {
+        let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(values.len() * 8);
+        for v in values {
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::DateTimeArray, payload)
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_duration_array(values: &[i64]) -> Self {
+        let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(values.len() * 8);
+        for v in values {
+            payload.extend_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        Self::new(AsbDataType::DurationArray, payload)
+    }
+}
+
+// ---- AsbStatus -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Wire layout: signed 1-byte `count`, 4-byte unsigned `payload_length`,
+/// `payload_length` bytes of status elements (`cs:1109-1167`). The richer
+/// status-element walk (marker-byte bit 7 = implicit zero, etc., see
+/// `docs/ASB-Variant-Wire-Format.md:180-205`) is deliberately not done
+/// here; the codec round-trips the payload bytes verbatim and exposes a
+/// raw accessor so consumers (or a higher-level `StatusElement` parser
+/// added later) can walk them.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct AsbStatus {
+    pub count: i8,
+    pub payload: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl AsbStatus {
+    pub fn wire_len(&self) -> usize {
+        1 + 4 + self.payload.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        out.push(self.count as u8);
+        let len = u32::try_from(self.payload.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX);
+        out.extend_from_slice(&len.to_le_bytes());
+        if !self.payload.is_empty() {
+            out.extend_from_slice(&self.payload);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(self.wire_len());
+        self.encode_into(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), CodecError> {
+        let mut cursor = 0usize;
+        let count_byte = *input.first().ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let count = count_byte as i8;
+        cursor += 1;
+        let payload_length = read_u32_le(input, &mut cursor)? as usize;
+        let payload = read_bytes(input, &mut cursor, payload_length)?;
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                count,
+                payload: payload.to_vec(),
+            },
+            cursor,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+// ---- RuntimeValue --------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Wraps an [`AsbVariant`] with a `DateTime.ToBinary()` timestamp + status
+/// per `RuntimeValue` at `cs:741-791`. The 8-byte timestamp is the .NET
+/// `DateTime.ToBinary()` packed value (62-bit ticks + 2-bit kind); we
+/// preserve it as `i64` rather than splitting because consumers vary in
+/// whether they care about the kind bits, and the read path on .NET uses
+/// `DateTime.FromBinary` which round-trips the exact value.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct RuntimeValue {
+    pub timestamp_binary: i64,
+    pub timestamp_specified: bool,
+    pub value: AsbVariant,
+    pub status: AsbStatus,
+}
+
+impl RuntimeValue {
+    pub fn wire_len(&self) -> usize {
+        8 + 1 + self.value.wire_len() + self.status.wire_len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode_into(&self, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        out.extend_from_slice(&self.timestamp_binary.to_le_bytes());
+        out.push(if self.timestamp_specified { 1 } else { 0 });
+        self.value.encode_into(out);
+        self.status.encode_into(out);
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(self.wire_len());
+        self.encode_into(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(input: &[u8]) -> Result<(Self, usize), CodecError> {
+        let mut cursor = 0usize;
+        let timestamp_binary = read_i64_le(input, &mut cursor)?;
+        let flag_byte = input.get(cursor).copied().ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 1,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let timestamp_specified = flag_byte != 0;
+        cursor += 1;
+        let value_tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 10,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (value, value_consumed) = AsbVariant::decode(value_tail)?;
+        cursor += value_consumed;
+        let status_tail = input.get(cursor..).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 5,
+            actual: 0,
+        })?;
+        let (status, status_consumed) = AsbStatus::decode(status_tail)?;
+        cursor += status_consumed;
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                timestamp_binary,
+                timestamp_specified,
+                value,
+                status,
+            },
+            cursor,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+// ---- helpers --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn read_array<const N: usize>(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<[u8; N], CodecError> {
+    let slice = read_bytes(input, cursor, N)?;
+    let mut out = [0u8; N];
+    out.copy_from_slice(slice);
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn read_u16_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<u16, CodecError> {
+    Ok(u16::from_le_bytes(read_array::<2>(input, cursor)?))
+}
+
+fn read_u32_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<u32, CodecError> {
+    Ok(u32::from_le_bytes(read_array::<4>(input, cursor)?))
+}
+
+fn read_i32_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<i32, CodecError> {
+    Ok(i32::from_le_bytes(read_array::<4>(input, cursor)?))
+}
+
+fn read_i64_le(input: &[u8], cursor: &mut usize) -> Result<i64, CodecError> {
+    Ok(i64::from_le_bytes(read_array::<8>(input, cursor)?))
+}
+
+fn read_bytes<'a>(
+    input: &'a [u8],
+    cursor: &mut usize,
+    needed: usize,
+) -> Result<&'a [u8], CodecError> {
+    let end = cursor.checked_add(needed).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+        expected: needed,
+        actual: input.len().saturating_sub(*cursor),
+    })?;
+    if end > input.len() {
+        return Err(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: needed,
+            actual: input.len().saturating_sub(*cursor),
+        });
+    }
+    let slice = input.get(*cursor..end).ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+        expected: needed,
+        actual: input.len().saturating_sub(*cursor),
+    })?;
+    *cursor = end;
+    Ok(slice)
+}
+
+fn arr4(payload: &[u8], offset: usize) -> Result<[u8; 4], CodecError> {
+    let slice = payload
+        .get(offset..offset + 4)
+        .ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 4,
+            actual: payload.len().saturating_sub(offset),
+        })?;
+    let mut out = [0u8; 4];
+    out.copy_from_slice(slice);
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn arr8(payload: &[u8], offset: usize) -> Result<[u8; 8], CodecError> {
+    let slice = payload
+        .get(offset..offset + 8)
+        .ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+            expected: 8,
+            actual: payload.len().saturating_sub(offset),
+        })?;
+    let mut out = [0u8; 8];
+    out.copy_from_slice(slice);
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn decode_int32_array(payload: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<i32>, CodecError> {
+    let count = payload.len() / 4;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    for i in 0..count {
+        out.push(i32::from_le_bytes(arr4(payload, i * 4)?));
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn decode_float_array(payload: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, CodecError> {
+    let count = payload.len() / 4;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    for i in 0..count {
+        out.push(f32::from_le_bytes(arr4(payload, i * 4)?));
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn decode_double_array(payload: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<f64>, CodecError> {
+    let count = payload.len() / 8;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    for i in 0..count {
+        out.push(f64::from_le_bytes(arr8(payload, i * 8)?));
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn decode_filetime_array(payload: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<i64>, CodecError> {
+    let count = payload.len() / 8;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    for i in 0..count {
+        out.push(i64::from_le_bytes(arr8(payload, i * 8)?));
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+/// String-array decode: walks `i32` length + UTF-16LE bytes records until
+/// the payload is exhausted or a malformed length is encountered.
+/// `MxAsbDataClient.DecodeStringArray` (`cs:785-803`) stops on negative
+/// length or out-of-range; partial values decoded before that point are
+/// kept. We mirror that exactly.
+fn decode_string_array(payload: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<String>, CodecError> {
+    let mut values = Vec::new();
+    let mut offset = 0usize;
+    while offset + 4 <= payload.len() {
+        let len_bytes = payload
+            .get(offset..offset + 4)
+            .ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+                expected: 4,
+                actual: payload.len().saturating_sub(offset),
+            })?;
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
+        buf.copy_from_slice(len_bytes);
+        let byte_length = i32::from_le_bytes(buf);
+        offset += 4;
+        if byte_length < 0 || (byte_length as usize) > payload.len().saturating_sub(offset) {
+            break;
+        }
+        let byte_length = byte_length as usize;
+        if byte_length == 0 {
+            values.push(String::new());
+            continue;
+        }
+        let str_bytes = payload
+            .get(offset..offset + byte_length)
+            .ok_or(CodecError::ShortRead {
+                expected: byte_length,
+                actual: payload.len().saturating_sub(offset),
+            })?;
+        values.push(decode_utf16le(str_bytes)?);
+        offset += byte_length;
+    }
+    Ok(values)
+}
+
+fn encode_utf16le(value: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(value.len() * 2);
+    for code_unit in value.encode_utf16() {
+        out.extend_from_slice(&code_unit.to_le_bytes());
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn decode_utf16le(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String, CodecError> {
+    if bytes.len() % 2 != 0 {
+        return Err(CodecError::Decode {
+            offset: bytes.len(),
+            reason: "UTF-16LE payload has odd byte length",
+            buffer_len: bytes.len(),
+        });
+    }
+    let units: Vec<u16> = bytes
+        .chunks_exact(2)
+        .map(|chunk| {
+            let mut buf = [0u8; 2];
+            buf.copy_from_slice(chunk);
+            u16::from_le_bytes(buf)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    let buf_len = bytes.len();
+    String::from_utf16(&units).map_err(|err: FromUtf16Error| CodecError::Decode {
+        offset: 0,
+        reason: utf16_error_reason(&err),
+        buffer_len: buf_len,
+    })
+}
+
+const fn utf16_error_reason(_: &FromUtf16Error) -> &'static str {
+    // FromUtf16Error doesn't carry a position; fixed string preserves the
+    // 'static-reason contract used by CodecError variants.
+    "UTF-16LE payload contains an unpaired surrogate"
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn round_trip_variant(variant: AsbVariant) {
+        let bytes = variant.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = AsbVariant::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len(), "decode consumed != encoded len");
+        assert_eq!(decoded, variant, "wire round-trip diverged");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_empty_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_bool_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_bool(true));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_bool(false));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_i32_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_i32(0));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_i32(123));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_i32(i32::MIN));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_i32(i32::MAX));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_floats_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_f32(1.5));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_f64(-std::f64::consts::E));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_string_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_string(""));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_string("hello world"));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_string("éàü 漢字"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_datetime_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_filetime(0));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_filetime(132_845_000_000_000_000));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_duration_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_duration_ticks(0));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_duration_ticks(1_234_567_890));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_int32_array_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_i32_array(&[]));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_i32_array(&[1, 2, 3, -4, i32::MAX]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_bool_array_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_bool_array(&[]));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_bool_array(&[true, false, true, true]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_float_array_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_f32_array(&[1.0, -2.0, 3.5]));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_f64_array(&[std::f64::consts::PI, -0.0]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_string_array_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_string_array(&[]));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_string_array(&["alpha", "", "γαμμα"]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_datetime_and_duration_arrays_round_trip() {
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_filetime_array(&[
+            0,
+            132_845_000_000_000_000,
+            i64::MAX,
+        ]));
+        round_trip_variant(AsbVariant::from_duration_array(&[-1, i64::MIN, 42]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_handles_empty_arrays_to_empty_typed_values() {
+        let v = AsbVariant {
+            type_id: AsbDataType::Int32Array.as_u16(),
+            length: 0,
+            payload: Vec::new(),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_variant(&v).unwrap(),
+            DecodedVariant::Int32Array(Vec::new())
+        );
+
+        let v = AsbVariant {
+            type_id: AsbDataType::String.as_u16(),
+            length: 0,
+            payload: Vec::new(),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_variant(&v).unwrap(),
+            DecodedVariant::String(String::new())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_returns_empty_for_unknown_type_with_empty_payload() {
+        let v = AsbVariant {
+            type_id: AsbDataType::Bool.as_u16(),
+            length: 0,
+            payload: Vec::new(),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(decode_variant(&v).unwrap(), DecodedVariant::Empty);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_int32() {
+        let v = AsbVariant::from_i32(0x1234_5678);
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_variant(&v).unwrap(),
+            DecodedVariant::Int32(0x1234_5678)
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_string() {
+        let v = AsbVariant::from_string("hello");
+        assert_eq!(
+            decode_variant(&v).unwrap(),
+            DecodedVariant::String("hello".to_string())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_string_array_with_empty_entries() {
+        let v = AsbVariant::from_string_array(&["a", "", "bc"]);
+        let decoded = decode_variant(&v).unwrap();
+        match decoded {
+            DecodedVariant::StringArray(values) => {
+                assert_eq!(
+                    values,
+                    vec!["a".to_string(), String::new(), "bc".to_string()]
+                );
+            }
+            other => panic!("expected StringArray, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_unsupported_type_returns_raw_bytes() {
+        let v = AsbVariant {
+            type_id: AsbDataType::Guid.as_u16(),
+            length: 16,
+            payload: vec![0xAB; 16],
+        };
+        match decode_variant(&v).unwrap() {
+            DecodedVariant::Unsupported { type_id, payload } => {
+                assert_eq!(type_id, AsbDataType::Guid.as_u16());
+                assert_eq!(payload, vec![0xAB; 16]);
+            }
+            other => panic!("expected Unsupported, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_variant_int32_too_short_falls_through_to_unsupported() {
+        // payload < 4 bytes for TypeInt32 — match-arm guard fails and
+        // .NET hits the `_ => payload` fallback (cs:748). We mirror that.
+        let v = AsbVariant {
+            type_id: AsbDataType::Int32.as_u16(),
+            length: 3,
+            payload: vec![1, 2, 3],
+        };
+        match decode_variant(&v).unwrap() {
+            DecodedVariant::Unsupported { type_id, payload } => {
+                assert_eq!(type_id, AsbDataType::Int32.as_u16());
+                assert_eq!(payload, vec![1, 2, 3]);
+            }
+            other => panic!("expected Unsupported, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_decode_rejects_truncated_header() {
+        // Cut off before the payload-length field finishes.
+        let bytes = vec![0x04, 0x00, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0xFF];
+        let err = AsbVariant::decode(&bytes).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, CodecError::ShortRead { .. }));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn asb_status_round_trip() {
+        let status = AsbStatus {
+            count: -3,
+            payload: vec![0x01, 0x02, 0x03],
+        };
+        let bytes = status.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = AsbStatus::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert_eq!(decoded, status);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn asb_status_round_trip_empty() {
+        let status = AsbStatus::default();
+        let bytes = status.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = AsbStatus::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, 5);
+        assert_eq!(decoded, status);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn runtime_value_round_trip() {
+        let rv = RuntimeValue {
+            timestamp_binary: 0x0123_4567_89AB_CDEF,
+            timestamp_specified: true,
+            value: AsbVariant::from_i32(42),
+            status: AsbStatus {
+                count: 1,
+                payload: vec![0xC0],
+            },
+        };
+        let bytes = rv.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = RuntimeValue::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert_eq!(decoded, rv);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn runtime_value_round_trip_empty_variant() {
+        let rv = RuntimeValue {
+            timestamp_binary: 0,
+            timestamp_specified: false,
+            value: AsbVariant::empty(),
+            status: AsbStatus::default(),
+        };
+        let bytes = rv.encode();
+        let (decoded, consumed) = RuntimeValue::decode(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(consumed, bytes.len());
+        assert_eq!(decoded, rv);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_wire_layout_is_2_4_4_payload() {
+        // .NET reference: WriteToStream writes Type (u16), Length (i32),
+        // payloadLength (u32), payload bytes. Verify byte positions.
+        let v = AsbVariant::from_i32(0xAABB_CCDD_u32 as i32);
+        let bytes = v.encode();
+        // type_id 0x0004 little-endian
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[0..2], &[0x04, 0x00]);
+        // length = 4
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[2..6], &[0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+        // payload length = 4
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[6..10], &[0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+        // payload = 0xAABB_CCDD little-endian
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[10..14], &[0xDD, 0xCC, 0xBB, 0xAA]);
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess-codec/src/lib.rs

@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
 //!   `NmxTransferEnvelopeTemplate` (round-trip preserver).
 //!
 //! Remaining (wave 2): `NmxSecuredWrite2Message` (`0x38`),
-//! `ObservedWriteBodyTemplate`. ASB Variant + AsbStatus + RuntimeValue land
-//! in M5.
+//! `ObservedWriteBodyTemplate`. ASB Variant + AsbStatus + RuntimeValue
+//! landed in the F24 sub-stream of M5 — see [`asb_variant`].
 //!
 //! Every wire shape here is grounded in `src/MxNativeCodec/*.cs` (the .NET
 //! reference) and `captures/0NN-frida-*` (Frida ground truth).
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
+pub mod asb_variant;
 pub mod envelope;
 pub mod envelope_template;
 pub mod error;
@@ -68,16 +69,11 @@ pub struct NmxWriteMessage;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct NmxSecuredWrite2Message;
 
-// ---- ASB types (M5 follow-up) --------------------------------------------
+// ---- ASB types (M5, F24) -------------------------------------------------
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct AsbVariant;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
-pub struct AsbStatus;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct RuntimeValue;
+pub use asb_variant::{
+    AsbDataType, AsbStatus, AsbVariant, DecodedVariant, RuntimeValue, decode_variant,
+};
 
 // ---- Convenience prelude -------------------------------------------------
 

rust/crates/mxaccess/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ mxaccess-callback = { path = "../mxaccess-callback" }
 mxaccess-galaxy   = { path = "../mxaccess-galaxy" }
 mxaccess-nmx      = { path = "../mxaccess-nmx" }
 mxaccess-rpc      = { path = "../mxaccess-rpc" }
+mxaccess-asb      = { path = "../mxaccess-asb" }
+mxaccess-asb-nettcp = { path = "../mxaccess-asb-nettcp" }
 thiserror         = { workspace = true }
 tokio             = { workspace = true }
 tracing           = { workspace = true }

rust/crates/mxaccess/examples/asb-preamble-probe.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+//! `asb-preamble-probe` — diagnostic for the F20 NMF preamble vs what
+//! AVEVA's NetTcpPortSharing (SMSvcHost) actually accepts.
+//!
+//! Connects to the configured ASB endpoint, sends the canonical
+//! preamble that F25's `AsbClient::send_preamble` would send, then
+//! reads up to 256 bytes from the peer and prints both sides as
+//! hex. Useful for diffing against a Wireshark / pktmon capture of
+//! the .NET reference probe.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use mxaccess_asb::{SoapEnvelope, actions, build_connect_request_body, encode_envelope};
+use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::nbfx::DynamicDictionary;
+use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::nmf::{self, NmfRecord};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let host = std::env::var("MX_ASB_HOST")?;
+    let via = std::env::var("MX_ASB_VIA")?;
+    let addr = parse_host_port(&host, 808)?;
+    eprintln!("connecting {addr} (via={via})");
+
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    nmf::encode_preamble(&via, &mut buf)?;
+    eprintln!("sending {} preamble bytes:", buf.len());
+    print_hex("OUT", &buf);
+
+    stream.write_all(&buf).await?;
+    stream.flush().await?;
+
+    // Read the PreambleAck (single 0x0b byte) before pushing further.
+    let mut ack = [0u8; 1];
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), stream.read_exact(&mut ack)).await??;
+    eprintln!("preamble-ack byte: 0x{:02x}", ack[0]);
+    if ack[0] != 0x0b {
+        eprintln!("expected PreambleAck (0x0b); aborting");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // Build a synthetic ConnectRequest with a placeholder public key
+    // (32 bytes, not a real DH public key — SMSvcHost dispatches by
+    // the wire URL but WCF inside it will eventually decode the
+    // envelope and may reject the body. That rejection is what we
+    // want to observe.)
+    let connection_id = [0xAAu8; 16];
+    let public_key = vec![0xBBu8; 32];
+    let body = build_connect_request_body(connection_id, &public_key);
+    let envelope = SoapEnvelope::new(actions::CONNECT)
+        .with_to(&via)
+        .with_body_tokens(body);
+    let mut dynamic = DynamicDictionary::new();
+    let payload = encode_envelope(&envelope, &mut dynamic)?;
+    eprintln!("envelope NBFX bytes: {}", payload.len());
+    print_hex("ENV", &payload);
+
+    let mut framed = Vec::new();
+    NmfRecord::SizedEnvelope(payload).encode_into(&mut framed)?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "framed SizedEnvelope: {} bytes (1 type + varint len + body)",
+        framed.len()
+    );
+    print_hex("OUT", &framed);
+    stream.write_all(&framed).await?;
+    stream.flush().await?;
+
+    // Read up to 4096 bytes back — Fault would be small, ConnectResponse
+    // would be larger (~200-400 bytes typically).
+    let mut reply = vec![0u8; 4096];
+    let read = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), stream.read(&mut reply)).await;
+    match read {
+        Ok(Ok(0)) => eprintln!("peer closed cleanly (0 bytes)"),
+        Ok(Ok(n)) => {
+            eprintln!("got {n} bytes back:");
+            if let Some(slice) = reply.get(..n) {
+                print_hex("IN ", slice);
+            }
+            // First byte tells us the record type.
+            match reply.first().copied().unwrap_or(0) {
+                0x06 => eprintln!("response = SizedEnvelope (good — WCF accepted the request)"),
+                0x07 => eprintln!("response = End (peer drained cleanly)"),
+                0x08 => eprintln!("response = Fault (peer rejected; check the message text)"),
+                other => eprintln!("response = unknown record type 0x{other:02x}"),
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(Err(e)) => eprintln!("read error: {e}"),
+        Err(_) => eprintln!("read timed out after 10s"),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn print_hex(tag: &str, bytes: &[u8]) {
+    for chunk in bytes.chunks(16) {
+        let hex: Vec<String> = chunk.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect();
+        let ascii: String = chunk
+            .iter()
+            .map(|b| {
+                if b.is_ascii_graphic() || *b == b' ' {
+                    *b as char
+                } else {
+                    '.'
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+        eprintln!("{tag}  {:<48}  {}", hex.join(" "), ascii);
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_host_port(
+    s: &str,
+    default_port: u16,
+) -> Result<std::net::SocketAddr, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    if let Ok(addr) = s.parse() {
+        return Ok(addr);
+    }
+    let with_port = if s.contains(':') {
+        s.to_string()
+    } else {
+        format!("{s}:{default_port}")
+    };
+    Ok(
+        std::net::ToSocketAddrs::to_socket_addrs(&with_port.as_str())?
+            .next()
+            .ok_or("no addrs resolved")?,
+    )
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess/examples/asb-relay.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+//! `asb-relay` — TCP middleman that captures both sides of an ASB
+//! exchange.
+//!
+//! Listens on `MX_RELAY_LISTEN` (default `127.0.0.1:8088`) and forwards
+//! every connection to `MX_RELAY_UPSTREAM` (default `127.0.0.1:808`,
+//! AVEVA's `NetTcpPortSharing` SMSvcHost listener). All bytes both
+//! directions are hex-dumped to stderr with direction + offset
+//! prefixes, so you can `> capture.log 2>&1` and diff client-vs-server
+//! bytes byte-for-byte.
+//!
+//! Use with the .NET probe:
+//!
+//! ```powershell
+//! # Terminal A: start the relay
+//! cargo run -p mxaccess --example asb-relay 2> .\dotnet.log
+//!
+//! # Terminal B: point the .NET probe at the relay
+//! dotnet run --project src\MxAsbClient.Probe -c Release -- `
+//!   --endpoint "net.tcp://desktop-6jl3kko:8088/ASBService/Default_ZB_MxDataProvider/IDataV2"
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Then run our Rust client through the relay:
+//!
+//! ```powershell
+//! $env:MX_ASB_HOST = "127.0.0.1:8088"
+//! cargo run -p mxaccess --example asb-preamble-probe 2> .\rust.log
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Diff the two logs to find wire-byte deltas. Direction labels are
+//! `C->S` (client→server) and `S->C` (server→client).
+//!
+//! ## Important caveat: SMSvcHost URL matching
+//!
+//! When the relay forwards to `127.0.0.1:808`, the SMSvcHost dispatcher
+//! looks at the NMF `Via` record's URL host segment to pick which
+//! registered service to route to. The .NET probe's default URL has
+//! the hostname `desktop-6jl3kko`, NOT `127.0.0.1` — and SMSvcHost
+//! resolves the registered service by the URL the AVEVA installer
+//! recorded (which is the actual hostname). Use the actual hostname
+//! in the .NET probe `--endpoint` arg even when sending through the
+//! relay; only the TCP socket changes (we listen on `127.0.0.1:8088`,
+//! the .NET probe's TCP DNS still resolves to localhost so it
+//! connects to us, but the URL inside the preamble routes correctly
+//! at SMSvcHost).
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let listen_addr =
+        std::env::var("MX_RELAY_LISTEN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:8088".to_string());
+    let upstream_addr =
+        std::env::var("MX_RELAY_UPSTREAM").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:808".to_string());
+
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&listen_addr).await?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "asb-relay listening on {} → forwarding to {}",
+        listen_addr, upstream_addr
+    );
+    eprintln!("hex prefixes: C->S = client→server, S->C = server→client");
+
+    let conn_counter = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+
+    loop {
+        let (client_stream, peer) = listener.accept().await?;
+        let conn_id = conn_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let upstream_addr = upstream_addr.clone();
+        eprintln!("[#{conn_id}] accepted {peer}");
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(e) = handle_connection(conn_id, client_stream, &upstream_addr).await {
+                eprintln!("[#{conn_id}] connection error: {e}");
+            }
+            eprintln!("[#{conn_id}] closed");
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_connection(
+    conn_id: usize,
+    mut client: TcpStream,
+    upstream_addr: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let mut server = TcpStream::connect(upstream_addr).await?;
+    eprintln!("[#{conn_id}] upstream connected");
+
+    // Disable Nagle on both sides so log timing matches actual flushes.
+    let _ = client.set_nodelay(true);
+    let _ = server.set_nodelay(true);
+
+    let (mut cr, mut cw) = client.split();
+    let (mut sr, mut sw) = server.split();
+
+    let cs = forward(conn_id, "C->S", &mut cr, &mut sw);
+    let sc = forward(conn_id, "S->C", &mut sr, &mut cw);
+
+    let _ = tokio::join!(cs, sc);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn forward<R, W>(
+    conn_id: usize,
+    tag: &'static str,
+    reader: &mut R,
+    writer: &mut W,
+) -> std::io::Result<()>
+where
+    R: tokio::io::AsyncRead + Unpin,
+    W: tokio::io::AsyncWrite + Unpin,
+{
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; 8192];
+    let mut total = 0usize;
+    loop {
+        let n = reader.read(&mut buf).await?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        if let Some(slice) = buf.get(..n) {
+            print_hex(conn_id, tag, total, slice);
+            writer.write_all(slice).await?;
+            writer.flush().await?;
+        }
+        total += n;
+    }
+    let _ = writer.shutdown().await;
+    eprintln!("[#{conn_id}] {tag} EOF after {total} bytes");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn print_hex(conn_id: usize, tag: &str, base_offset: usize, bytes: &[u8]) {
+    for (chunk_idx, chunk) in bytes.chunks(16).enumerate() {
+        let offset = base_offset + chunk_idx * 16;
+        let hex: Vec<String> = chunk.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect();
+        let ascii: String = chunk
+            .iter()
+            .map(|b| {
+                if b.is_ascii_graphic() || *b == b' ' {
+                    *b as char
+                } else {
+                    '.'
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+        eprintln!(
+            "[#{conn_id}] {tag} {offset:08x}  {:<48}  {}",
+            hex.join(" "),
+            ascii
+        );
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess/examples/asb-subscribe.rs

@@ -1,44 +1,208 @@
-//! `asb-subscribe` — subscribe via the ASB transport (M5 placeholder).
+//! `asb-subscribe` — bring up an ASB session and exercise RegisterItems +
+//! Read against a live AVEVA endpoint.
 //!
-//! ASB (`net.tcp` to MxDataProvider) is the M5 milestone — the
-//! `mxaccess-asb-nettcp` framing crate and `mxaccess-asb` operations crate
-//! are scaffolded but not yet wired into `Session`. Once M5 lands the demo
-//! body below becomes a ~30-line subscribe + drain identical in shape to
-//! `subscribe.rs`, just over the ASB transport.
+//! Despite the example's historical name, true `Subscribe` over ASB
+//! requires the F25 subscription operations (CreateSubscription /
+//! AddMonitoredItems / Publish-callback) which are not yet implemented.
+//! This example exercises the proven F25/F26 path:
 //!
-//! See `design/60-roadmap.md` M5 for the operations matrix and
-//! `docs/ASB-Native-Integration-Decision.md` for why ASB is the preferred
-//! data-plane.
+//!   `AsbTransport::connect` (TCP + preamble + DH handshake)
+//!   → `AsbClient::register_items`
+//!   → `AsbClient::read`
+//!   → `AsbClient::disconnect`
+//!   → `AsbClient::send_end`
+//!
+//! Once F25 subscription ops land, this example will gain a short
+//! Publish-loop. Until then it's a Read-loop demo.
+//!
+//! # Required env vars
+//!
+//! Populate via `tools/Setup-LiveProbeEnv.ps1` (dot-source it):
+//!
+//! - `MX_LIVE` (any non-empty value enables the live path)
+//! - `MX_ASB_HOST` — ASB endpoint host[:port]; defaults port 808 if omitted
+//!   (the WCF `NetTcpPortSharing` SMSvcHost listener — confirmed via the
+//!   .NET probe's working endpoint at `src/MxAsbClient.Probe/Program.cs:5`)
+//! - `MX_ASB_PASSPHRASE` — solution shared secret (typically read from
+//!   DPAPI on a real install; for CI / dev set directly via Infisical
+//!   per `tools/Setup-LiveProbeEnv.ps1`)
+//! - `MX_ASB_VIA` — `net.tcp://host:port/ASBService` URL (optional;
+//!   derived from `MX_ASB_HOST` when omitted)
+//! - `MX_TEST_TAG` — tag reference (default `TestChildObject.TestInt`)
 
-use mxaccess::{ConnectionOptions, Session};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use mxaccess::AsbTransport;
+use mxaccess_asb::ItemIdentity;
+use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::auth::{CryptoParameters, HashAlgorithm};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    if std::env::var_os("MX_LIVE").is_none() {
+    let Some(env) = LiveEnv::from_process()? else {
         eprintln!(
-            "MX_LIVE not set — `asb-subscribe` is the M5 placeholder; \
-             run `. tools/Setup-LiveProbeEnv.ps1` once the ASB transport lands."
+            "MX_LIVE not set — skipping live demo. Run \
+             `. tools/Setup-LiveProbeEnv.ps1` to populate the required env vars."
         );
         return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    eprintln!("connecting ASB at {} via {} ...", env.addr, env.via_uri);
+    let connection_id = generate_connection_id();
+    // Each AVEVA install picks its own DH group at install time and
+    // stores it under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA\
+    // ArchestrAServices\<solution>\{prime,generator,hashAlgorithm,
+    // keySize}. `CryptoParameters::defaults` falls back to the .NET
+    // reference's 1024-bit default — fine for unit tests but will not
+    // match a live AVEVA install (768-bit primes are typical). The
+    // companion loader `tools/Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1` exports the
+    // registry-stored values as MX_ASB_DH_* env vars; if they're set,
+    // honour them.
+    let crypto = build_crypto_parameters_from_env();
+    let (mut transport, response) = AsbTransport::connect(
+        env.addr,
+        &env.passphrase,
+        &crypto,
+        &env.via_uri,
+        connection_id,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "connected; lifetime={:?} apollo={}",
+        response.connection_lifetime,
+        transport
+            .client_mut()
+            .authenticator_mut()
+            .use_apollo_signing()
+    );
+
+    let client = transport.client_mut();
+    let items = vec![ItemIdentity::absolute_by_name(&env.tag)];
+
+    eprintln!("registering {}", env.tag);
+    let register = client.register_items(&items, true, false).await?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "register status: {} item(s); first error_code = 0x{:04x}",
+        register.status.len(),
+        register.status.first().map(|s| s.error_code).unwrap_or(0)
+    );
+
+    eprintln!("reading {} (timeout 5s)", env.tag);
+    let read = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), client.read(&items)).await??;
+    for (status, value) in read.status.iter().zip(read.values.iter()) {
+        println!(
+            "{} = {:?}  (error_code 0x{:04x})",
+            status.item.name.as_deref().unwrap_or("?"),
+            value.value,
+            status.error_code
+        );
+    }
+    if read.values.is_empty() {
+        println!("{} returned no values yet (status only)", env.tag);
     }
 
-    match Session::connect(ConnectionOptions).await {
-        Ok(_) => {
-            eprintln!(
-                "Session::connect returned Ok unexpectedly — \
-                 update this example once M5 wires the ASB transport."
-            );
-        }
-        Err(mxaccess::Error::Unsupported {
-            operation,
-            transport,
-        }) => {
-            eprintln!(
-                "{operation} on {transport:?}: deferred to M5. See \
-                 design/60-roadmap.md M5 for the ASB transport operations matrix."
-            );
-        }
-        Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
-    }
+    eprintln!("disconnecting");
+    client.disconnect().await?;
+    client.send_end().await?;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+// ---- live-env wiring --------------------------------------------------------
+
+struct LiveEnv {
+    addr: std::net::SocketAddr,
+    passphrase: String,
+    via_uri: String,
+    tag: String,
+}
+
+impl LiveEnv {
+    fn from_process() -> Result<Option<Self>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        if std::env::var_os("MX_LIVE").is_none() {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        let host = std::env::var("MX_ASB_HOST")?;
+        let addr = parse_host_port(&host, 808)?;
+        let passphrase = std::env::var("MX_ASB_PASSPHRASE")
+            .map_err(|_| "MX_ASB_PASSPHRASE not set — ASB requires the solution shared secret")?;
+        let via_uri =
+            std::env::var("MX_ASB_VIA").unwrap_or_else(|_| format!("net.tcp://{host}/ASBService"));
+        let tag = std::env::var("MX_TEST_TAG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "TestChildObject.TestInt".into());
+        Ok(Some(Self {
+            addr,
+            passphrase,
+            via_uri,
+            tag,
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_host_port(
+    s: &str,
+    default_port: u16,
+) -> Result<std::net::SocketAddr, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    if let Ok(addr) = s.parse() {
+        return Ok(addr);
+    }
+    let with_port = if s.contains(':') {
+        s.to_string()
+    } else {
+        format!("{s}:{default_port}")
+    };
+    Ok(
+        std::net::ToSocketAddrs::to_socket_addrs(&with_port.as_str())?
+            .next()
+            .ok_or("no addrs resolved")?,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Generate a fresh 16-byte connection-id GUID for this session. We
+/// could pull `uuid::Uuid::new_v4()` for a real RFC 4122 v4, but the
+/// example deliberately stays dep-light — `rand::random::<[u8; 16]>()`
+/// is sufficient since the field is opaque to the service (the .NET
+/// reference at `MxAsbDataClient.cs:36` uses `Guid.NewGuid()` which
+/// is also a v4 random GUID).
+fn generate_connection_id() -> [u8; 16] {
+    use rand::RngCore;
+    let mut bytes = [0u8; 16];
+    rand::thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut bytes);
+    bytes
+}
+
+/// Build `CryptoParameters` from `MX_ASB_DH_*` env vars, falling back
+/// to `CryptoParameters::defaults()` for any missing field. Each
+/// AVEVA install stores its own DH group (prime, generator, hash,
+/// key-size) under
+/// `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA\ArchestrAServices\<solution>\`;
+/// the companion loader `tools/Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1` exports those
+/// values so the live-bring-up example doesn't have to read the
+/// registry directly (which would pull in a Windows-only crate dep
+/// for what is supposed to be a portable example).
+fn build_crypto_parameters_from_env() -> CryptoParameters {
+    let mut params = CryptoParameters::defaults();
+    if let Ok(prime) = std::env::var("MX_ASB_DH_PRIME") {
+        params.prime_decimal = prime;
+    }
+    if let Ok(generator) = std::env::var("MX_ASB_DH_GENERATOR") {
+        params.generator_decimal = generator;
+    }
+    if let Ok(hash) = std::env::var("MX_ASB_DH_HASH_ALGORITHM") {
+        // Empty / unrecognised maps to `Unrecognised`, NOT to the
+        // library default. .NET's `AsbSystemAuthenticator.CreateHmac`
+        // (`AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:84-93`) treats an empty
+        // hashAlgorithm registry value as "fall through to forceHmac
+        // path" (HMAC-SHA1 for AuthenticateMe). Our `Unrecognised`
+        // variant has matching semantics (`auth.rs:303-309`).
+        params.hash_algorithm = match hash.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "md5" => HashAlgorithm::Md5,
+            "sha1" => HashAlgorithm::Sha1,
+            "sha512" => HashAlgorithm::Sha512,
+            _ => HashAlgorithm::Unrecognised,
+        };
+    }
+    if let Ok(size) = std::env::var("MX_ASB_DH_KEY_SIZE") {
+        if let Ok(parsed) = size.parse::<u32>() {
+            params.key_size_bits = parsed;
+        }
+    }
+    params
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess/src/asb_session.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+//! `AsbSession` — high-level async API on top of [`crate::AsbTransport`].
+//!
+//! Parallel to the NMX-shaped [`crate::Session`] but with an
+//! ASB-specific API surface: register/read/write items, manage
+//! subscriptions, drain publish callbacks, disconnect cleanly. The
+//! struct is `Clone + Send + Sync` (cheap clones share the inner
+//! state through `Arc<Mutex<...>>`), matching the ergonomics of
+//! `Session`.
+//!
+//! Why a parallel struct rather than unifying with `Session`: the NMX
+//! `Session` carries NMX-specific orchestration (`CallbackExporter`,
+//! callback router task, recovery broadcast, `INmxService2` mutex)
+//! that has no ASB analogue. ASB's request/response loop is sync over
+//! a single TCP stream — owning it through a `Mutex<AsbClient>` is
+//! natural for ASB and would be foreign to NMX. The two paths
+//! converge at the `mxaccess` consumer-facing API but stay distinct
+//! at the orchestration layer.
+//!
+//! ## Scope of this iteration (F26 step 3)
+//!
+//! Implements:
+//! * [`AsbSession::connect`] — TCP connect → preamble → DH handshake
+//!   → ready session.
+//! * [`AsbSession::register_items`] / [`unregister_items`] /
+//!   [`read`] / [`write`] — per-operation thin async wrappers.
+//! * [`AsbSession::keep_alive`] / [`disconnect`] / [`shutdown`] —
+//!   lifecycle.
+//! * [`AsbSession::create_subscription`] /
+//!   [`add_monitored_items`] / [`publish`] /
+//!   [`delete_monitored_items`] / [`delete_subscription`] —
+//!   subscription primitives.
+//! * Cheap-clone semantics — the inner state lives behind
+//!   `Arc<Mutex<...>>`, so `clone()` is `O(1)` and the lock
+//!   serialises operation calls (matches the NMX Session's pattern
+//!   per `session.rs:326`).
+//!
+//! Stubbed for next F26 iteration:
+//! * `Stream<Item = MonitoredItemValue>` subscription handle that
+//!   internally drives a `publish`-loop. Today consumers call
+//!   `publish().await` themselves in a loop.
+//! * Recovery / reconnect — the NMX `RecoveryPolicy` shape needs to
+//!   be reused once a captured ASB-side disconnect informs the
+//!   retry strategy.
+//! * Live-probe wire-byte reconciliation against the WCF DataContract
+//!   XML serializer's actual output — flagged in `mxaccess-asb`
+//!   inline.
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use mxaccess_asb::{
+    AddMonitoredItemsResponse, ConnectResponse, CreateSubscriptionResponse,
+    DeleteMonitoredItemsResponse, DeleteSubscriptionResponse, ItemIdentity, MinimalMonitoredItem,
+    MinimalWriteValue, PublishResponse, PublishWriteCompleteResponse, ReadResponse,
+    RegisterItemsResponse, UnregisterItemsResponse, WriteResponse,
+};
+use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::auth::CryptoParameters;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+
+use crate::transport_asb::AsbTransport;
+use crate::{ConnectionError, Error};
+
+/// Cheap-clone async client for the ASB data plane. Drop of the last
+/// clone fires a best-effort `disconnect()` + `send_end()` per the
+/// `Drop` impl below.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct AsbSession {
+    inner: Arc<AsbSessionInner>,
+}
+
+struct AsbSessionInner {
+    transport: Mutex<AsbTransport<TcpStream>>,
+    /// Negotiated connection lifetime / `:V2` Apollo flag from the
+    /// initial Connect handshake. Stable for the life of the session.
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    connect_response: ConnectResponse,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for AsbSession {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("AsbSession").finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsbSession {
+    /// Open a TCP connection, run the NMF preamble + DH handshake, and
+    /// return a ready-to-use session.
+    ///
+    /// `passphrase` is the solution shared secret (typically read
+    /// from DPAPI on a real install — see F23's `dpapi` feature gate
+    /// in `mxaccess-asb-nettcp`). `crypto_parameters` controls the
+    /// DH prime / generator / hash algorithm; pass
+    /// [`CryptoParameters::defaults`] for a stock AVEVA install.
+    /// `connection_id` should be a freshly-generated UUID.
+    pub async fn connect(
+        endpoint: SocketAddr,
+        passphrase: &str,
+        crypto_parameters: &CryptoParameters,
+        via_uri: impl Into<String>,
+        connection_id: [u8; 16],
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let (transport, connect_response) = AsbTransport::connect(
+            endpoint,
+            passphrase,
+            crypto_parameters,
+            via_uri,
+            connection_id,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: Arc::new(AsbSessionInner {
+                transport: Mutex::new(transport),
+                connect_response,
+            }),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Build from an already-constructed [`AsbTransport`] +
+    /// [`ConnectResponse`]. Useful for tests using an in-memory
+    /// transport, and for the F26 step-2 path that surfaces the
+    /// transport for caller customisation before promoting to a
+    /// session.
+    pub fn from_transport(
+        transport: AsbTransport<TcpStream>,
+        connect_response: ConnectResponse,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: Arc::new(AsbSessionInner {
+                transport: Mutex::new(transport),
+                connect_response,
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Borrow the negotiated connect response — useful for inspecting
+    /// the connection lifetime or whether Apollo signing was selected.
+    pub fn connect_response(&self) -> &ConnectResponse {
+        &self.inner.connect_response
+    }
+
+    /// `RegisterItems` — server allocates per-item handles + returns
+    /// per-item Status array. Mirrors `MxAsbDataClient.Register`.
+    pub async fn register_items(
+        &self,
+        items: &[ItemIdentity],
+        require_id: bool,
+        register_only: bool,
+    ) -> Result<RegisterItemsResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .register_items(items, require_id, register_only)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `UnregisterItems` — releases server-side per-item handles.
+    pub async fn unregister_items(
+        &self,
+        items: &[ItemIdentity],
+    ) -> Result<UnregisterItemsResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .unregister_items(items)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `Read` — fetch the current value of each item.
+    pub async fn read(&self, items: &[ItemIdentity]) -> Result<ReadResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client.read(items).await.map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `Write` — set the value of each item. `items.len()` should
+    /// equal `values.len()`; `write_handle` is an opaque correlation
+    /// ID echoed back via `publish_write_complete`.
+    pub async fn write(
+        &self,
+        items: &[ItemIdentity],
+        values: &[MinimalWriteValue],
+        write_handle: u32,
+    ) -> Result<WriteResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .write(items, values, write_handle)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `KeepAlive` — one-way heartbeat to keep the channel alive
+    /// past the WCF inactivity timeout (~30s).
+    pub async fn keep_alive(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client.keep_alive().await.map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `CreateSubscription` — server allocates a subscription, returns
+    /// its ID for use with `add_monitored_items` / `publish` /
+    /// `delete_subscription`.
+    pub async fn create_subscription(
+        &self,
+        max_queue_size: i64,
+        sample_interval: u64,
+    ) -> Result<CreateSubscriptionResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .create_subscription(max_queue_size, sample_interval)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `AddMonitoredItems` — adds items to a subscription.
+    pub async fn add_monitored_items(
+        &self,
+        subscription_id: i64,
+        items: &[MinimalMonitoredItem],
+        require_id: bool,
+    ) -> Result<AddMonitoredItemsResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .add_monitored_items(subscription_id, items, require_id)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `Publish` — long-poll the subscription queue for available
+    /// samples. Caller typically loops this with a `tokio::time::timeout`.
+    pub async fn publish(&self, subscription_id: i64) -> Result<PublishResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .publish(subscription_id)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `DeleteMonitoredItems` — remove items from a subscription.
+    pub async fn delete_monitored_items(
+        &self,
+        subscription_id: i64,
+        items: &[MinimalMonitoredItem],
+    ) -> Result<DeleteMonitoredItemsResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .delete_monitored_items(subscription_id, items)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `DeleteSubscription` — release a server-side subscription.
+    pub async fn delete_subscription(
+        &self,
+        subscription_id: i64,
+    ) -> Result<DeleteSubscriptionResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .delete_subscription(subscription_id)
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `PublishWriteComplete` — drain the write-complete callback
+    /// queue. Returns a count of completed writes (per-element decode
+    /// is deferred to a later iteration).
+    pub async fn publish_write_complete(&self) -> Result<PublishWriteCompleteResponse, Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client
+            .publish_write_complete()
+            .await
+            .map_err(map_client_error)
+    }
+
+    /// `Disconnect` — graceful close. Sends a signed Disconnect
+    /// envelope, then writes the NMF `End` record + shuts down the
+    /// stream.
+    pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let mut transport = self.inner.transport.lock().await;
+        let client = transport.client_mut();
+        client.disconnect().await.map_err(map_client_error)?;
+        client.send_end().await.map_err(map_client_error)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn map_client_error(err: mxaccess_asb::ClientError) -> Error {
+    Error::Connection(ConnectionError::TransportFailure {
+        detail: err.to_string(),
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Compile-time only: `AsbSession` must be `Clone + Send + Sync`
+    /// (the `mxaccess` consumer ergonomics contract).
+    #[test]
+    fn asb_session_is_clone_send_sync() {
+        fn assert_clone_send_sync<T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static>() {}
+        assert_clone_send_sync::<AsbSession>();
+    }
+}

rust/crates/mxaccess/src/lib.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ pub use mxaccess_codec::{
 
 // ---- Public types --------------------------------------------------------
 
+pub mod asb_session;
 pub mod session;
+pub mod transport_asb;
+
+pub use asb_session::AsbSession;
+pub use transport_asb::AsbTransport;
 
 pub use mxaccess_galaxy::{GalaxyTagMetadata, Resolver, ResolverError};
 pub use mxaccess_nmx::WriteValue;
@@ -298,6 +303,13 @@ pub enum ConnectionError {
     CallbackProxyMissing,
     #[error("engine not registered (UninitializedObject / ERROR_INVALID_STATE)")]
     EngineNotRegistered,
+    /// Transport bring-up failed during preamble exchange or
+    /// authentication handshake. `detail` is the underlying error
+    /// message — the original error type is intentionally erased to
+    /// keep the public taxonomy small. ASB-specific (F26 step 2);
+    /// `EngineNotRegistered` covers the analogous NMX failure mode.
+    #[error("transport bring-up failed: {detail}")]
+    TransportFailure { detail: String },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]

rust/crates/mxaccess/src/transport_asb.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+//! `AsbTransport` — bridges the F25 `mxaccess_asb::AsbClient` into the
+//! `mxaccess::Transport` trait + `Session` API.
+//!
+//! Per `design/60-roadmap.md` M5, the ASB transport surfaces:
+//!
+//! * **No `subscribe_buffered`** — ASB has no proven equivalent of NMX's
+//!   buffered-batch DataUpdate frame; consumers calling
+//!   `Session::subscribe_buffered` over ASB get
+//!   `Error::Unsupported(Capability::BufferedSubscribe)`.
+//! * **No `Activate` / `Suspend`** — these are NMX `INmxService2`
+//!   primitives without an ASB analogue.
+//! * **No `OperationComplete` outside the proven write-completion frame**
+//!   — ASB doesn't surface a generic completion-frame channel.
+//!
+//! ## Scope of this iteration (F26 step 1)
+//!
+//! Implements:
+//! * [`AsbTransport`] struct that owns an [`AsbClient`] over an
+//!   `AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send` transport.
+//! * [`Transport`] trait impl returning the capability flags above.
+//! * [`AsbTransport::new`] constructor.
+//!
+//! Stubbed for next F26 iteration:
+//! * `Session::connect_asb` constructor — wires `AsbTransport` into a
+//!   `Session`. Needs a thin shim that owns the AsbClient + delegates
+//!   `register_items`/`read`/`write`/`subscribe` to the corresponding
+//!   client method, mapping ASB result types (`ItemStatus`,
+//!   `RuntimeValue`) back to `mxaccess` types (`MxStatus`,
+//!   `DataChange`, `MxValue`).
+//! * Subscription routing — `Session::subscribe` on ASB maps to a
+//!   `CreateSubscription` + `AddMonitoredItems` + `Publish`-callback
+//!   pipeline; the F25 subscription operations are not yet wired up.
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use mxaccess_asb::{AsbClient, ClientError, ConnectResponse};
+use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::auth::{AsbAuthenticator, CryptoParameters};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+
+use crate::{Error, Transport, TransportCapabilities, TransportKind};
+
+/// `Transport` implementation for the ASB (`net.tcp` + binary-message-
+/// encoder) data plane. Owns the underlying [`AsbClient`].
+pub struct AsbTransport<T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static> {
+    client: AsbClient<T>,
+}
+
+impl<T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static> AsbTransport<T> {
+    /// Build a transport from an already-constructed [`AsbClient`].
+    /// The client should typically have completed
+    /// `send_preamble().await? -> connect().await?` before being
+    /// wrapped — the F26 next-step `Session::connect_asb` will own that
+    /// orchestration.
+    pub fn new(client: AsbClient<T>) -> Self {
+        Self { client }
+    }
+
+    /// Surface the inner client. M5 / F26 step 2 wires concrete
+    /// operations through here.
+    pub fn client_mut(&mut self) -> &mut AsbClient<T> {
+        &mut self.client
+    }
+
+    /// Consume the transport and return the inner client. Useful when
+    /// the caller wants to issue raw IASBIDataV2 operations directly
+    /// before / after the Session-level orchestration kicks in.
+    pub fn into_client(self) -> AsbClient<T> {
+        self.client
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsbTransport<TcpStream> {
+    /// `tokio::net::TcpStream`-specialised constructor: opens the TCP
+    /// connection, runs the F20 preamble exchange, and runs the F25
+    /// step-6 DH `Connect` + `AuthenticateMe` handshake. Returns a
+    /// transport ready for operation calls.
+    ///
+    /// The `via_uri` is the `net.tcp://host:port/path` URL the peer
+    /// expects in the [MS-NMF] `ViaRecord`. `passphrase` is the
+    /// solution-shared secret (typically read from DPAPI on a real
+    /// install — see F23's `dpapi` feature gate; tests / CI pass it
+    /// directly via `AsbCredentials::shared_secret(...)` once that
+    /// type lands).
+    ///
+    /// `crypto_parameters` controls the DH prime / generator / hash
+    /// algorithm; pass [`CryptoParameters::defaults`] for a stock
+    /// AVEVA install.
+    ///
+    /// `connection_id` should typically be a freshly-generated UUID
+    /// (e.g. `Uuid::new_v4().into_bytes()`). Tests pin it for
+    /// determinism.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Surfaces all transport-bring-up failure modes as
+    /// [`Error::Connection`]:
+    /// * TCP connect fails.
+    /// * NMF preamble exchange fails (peer responded with `Fault` or
+    ///   an unexpected record).
+    /// * DH `Connect` operation fails.
+    /// * Encrypted authentication-data assembly fails.
+    /// * `AuthenticateMe` write fails.
+    pub async fn connect(
+        endpoint: SocketAddr,
+        passphrase: &str,
+        crypto_parameters: &CryptoParameters,
+        via_uri: impl Into<String>,
+        connection_id: [u8; 16],
+    ) -> Result<(Self, ConnectResponse), Error> {
+        let stream = TcpStream::connect(endpoint).await.map_err(Error::Io)?;
+        let authenticator = AsbAuthenticator::new(passphrase, crypto_parameters, connection_id)
+            .map_err(map_auth_error)?;
+        let mut client = AsbClient::new(stream, authenticator, via_uri);
+        client.send_preamble().await.map_err(map_client_error)?;
+        let response = client.connect().await.map_err(map_client_error)?;
+        Ok((Self::new(client), response))
+    }
+}
+
+fn map_client_error(err: ClientError) -> Error {
+    use crate::ConnectionError;
+    Error::Connection(ConnectionError::TransportFailure {
+        detail: err.to_string(),
+    })
+}
+
+fn map_auth_error(err: mxaccess_asb_nettcp::auth::AuthError) -> Error {
+    use crate::ConnectionError;
+    Error::Connection(ConnectionError::TransportFailure {
+        detail: err.to_string(),
+    })
+}
+
+/// Compile-time only: `AsbTransport` must be `Send + Sync + 'static`
+/// (the `Transport` trait bound). Sync is provided by `AsbClient`'s
+/// internal lack of interior mutability over non-Sync types — the
+/// `AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send` transport is the only
+/// non-trivial constraint, and Tokio's `TcpStream` satisfies it.
+const _: fn() = || {
+    fn assert_send_sync<T: Send + Sync + 'static>() {}
+    assert_send_sync::<AsbTransport<tokio::io::DuplexStream>>();
+};
+
+impl<T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + Sync + 'static> Transport for AsbTransport<T> {
+    fn capabilities(&self) -> TransportCapabilities {
+        TransportCapabilities {
+            // ASB has no proven buffered-batch DataUpdate equivalent.
+            buffered_subscribe: false,
+            // Activate/Suspend are NMX `INmxService2` primitives.
+            activate_suspend: false,
+            // No generic completion-frame channel on ASB.
+            operation_complete_frame: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn kind(&self) -> TransportKind {
+        TransportKind::Asb
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::unwrap_used,
+    clippy::expect_used,
+    clippy::panic,
+    clippy::indexing_slicing
+)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use mxaccess_asb_nettcp::auth::{AsbAuthenticator, CryptoParameters};
+
+    fn make_authenticator() -> AsbAuthenticator {
+        AsbAuthenticator::new("test-passphrase", &CryptoParameters::defaults(), [0u8; 16]).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn asb_transport_kind_is_asb() {
+        let (client_end, _peer) = tokio::io::duplex(64);
+        let client = AsbClient::new(client_end, make_authenticator(), "test://x/y");
+        let transport = AsbTransport::new(client);
+        assert_eq!(transport.kind(), TransportKind::Asb);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn connect_to_unreachable_endpoint_surfaces_connection_error() {
+        // Bind to a port that won't accept connections. Address
+        // 127.0.0.1:1 is reserved (TCPMUX) and almost always closed,
+        // so connect() should fail immediately. Whether it surfaces
+        // as Io or Connection depends on the platform; we just assert
+        // that it errors cleanly without panicking.
+        let endpoint = "127.0.0.1:1".parse::<std::net::SocketAddr>().unwrap();
+        let result = AsbTransport::<TcpStream>::connect(
+            endpoint,
+            "test-passphrase",
+            &CryptoParameters::defaults(),
+            "net.tcp://127.0.0.1:1/asb",
+            [0u8; 16],
+        )
+        .await;
+        assert!(
+            result.is_err(),
+            "expected connect to unreachable endpoint to fail"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn asb_transport_capabilities_disable_buffered_and_activate_suspend() {
+        let (client_end, _peer) = tokio::io::duplex(64);
+        let client = AsbClient::new(client_end, make_authenticator(), "test://x/y");
+        let transport = AsbTransport::new(client);
+        let caps = transport.capabilities();
+        assert!(!caps.buffered_subscribe);
+        assert!(!caps.activate_suspend);
+        assert!(!caps.operation_complete_frame);
+    }
+}

src/MxAsbClient.Probe/Program.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ using System.Globalization;
 
 string endpoint = GetArg(args, "--endpoint")
     ?? "net.tcp://desktop-6jl3kko/ASBService/Default_ZB_MxDataProvider/IDataV2";
+// `--via` overrides the TCP destination without changing the `<a:To>`
+// SOAP header (so the registered service URL still matches inside
+// SMSvcHost). Use to route the probe through `asb-relay` for wire
+// byte capture, e.g. `--via net.tcp://127.0.0.1:8088/...`.
+string? clientVia = GetArg(args, "--via");
 string[] tags = GetArgs(args, "--tag");
 if (tags.Length == 0)
 {
@@ -53,11 +58,261 @@ if (args.Any(arg => arg.Equals("--dump-register-payload", StringComparison.Ordin
     return;
 }
 
+// `--dump-signed-xml` produces deterministic .NET `XmlSerializer` output
+// for each ConnectedRequest type that goes through `AsbSystemAuthenticator
+// .Sign` (`AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:79`). The output is exactly what
+// the .NET HMAC computation runs over, so the Rust port's canonical-XML
+// emitter (F28) needs to produce byte-identical bytes for every type
+// listed here. Connection IDs, MACs, IVs, and message numbers are pinned
+// to deterministic values so the dump is reproducible.
+if (args.Any(arg => arg.Equals("--dump-signed-xml", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+{
+    Guid connectionId = Guid.Parse("8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b");
+    byte[] mac = Convert.FromBase64String("AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==");
+    byte[] sigIv = Convert.FromBase64String("EBESExQVFhcYGRobHB0eHw==");
+
+    void Dump(string label, object request)
+    {
+        string xml = AsbSerialization.ToXml(request);
+        byte[] xmlBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);
+        Console.WriteLine($"--- {label} ({xmlBytes.Length} UTF-8 bytes) ---");
+        Console.WriteLine(xml);
+        Console.WriteLine($"--- {label} (base64) ---");
+        Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToBase64String(xmlBytes));
+    }
+
+    ConnectionValidator validator = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionId = connectionId,
+        MessageNumber = 42,
+        MessageAuthenticationCode = mac,
+        SignatureInitializationVector = sigIv,
+    };
+
+    // The actual signing flow uses an EMPTY MessageAuthenticationCode +
+    // SignatureInitializationVector at the time of HMAC computation
+    // (`AsbSystemAuthenticator.Sign:79` calls request.ToXml() while the
+    // validator's MAC/IV are still `[]`; the encrypt-and-fill happens
+    // immediately after). The Rust port has to know what XmlSerializer
+    // emits for `byte[] = []` to produce HMAC-matching XML — capture
+    // the variant with empty MAC + IV so we can pin both shapes.
+    ConnectionValidator emptyValidator = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionId = connectionId,
+        MessageNumber = 42,
+        MessageAuthenticationCode = [],
+        SignatureInitializationVector = [],
+    };
+
+    AuthenticateMe authMeEmpty = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionValidator = emptyValidator,
+        ConsumerAuthenticationData = new AuthenticationData
+        {
+            Data = Convert.FromBase64String("ZGV0ZXJtaW5pc3RpYy1jaXBoZXJ0ZXh0LWJ5dGVz"),
+            InitializationVector = Convert.FromBase64String("MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZg=="),
+        },
+    };
+    Dump("AuthenticateMe-empty-mac-iv", authMeEmpty);
+
+    AuthenticateMe authMe = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionValidator = validator,
+        ConsumerAuthenticationData = new AuthenticationData
+        {
+            Data = Convert.FromBase64String("ZGV0ZXJtaW5pc3RpYy1jaXBoZXJ0ZXh0LWJ5dGVz"),
+            InitializationVector = Convert.FromBase64String("MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZg=="),
+        },
+    };
+    Dump("AuthenticateMe", authMe);
+
+    Disconnect disconnect = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionValidator = validator,
+        ConsumerAuthenticationData = new AuthenticationData
+        {
+            Data = Convert.FromBase64String("ZGlzY29ubmVjdC1jaXBoZXJ0ZXh0"),
+            InitializationVector = Convert.FromBase64String("MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZg=="),
+        },
+    };
+    Dump("Disconnect", disconnect);
+
+    KeepAlive keepAlive = new() { ConnectionValidator = validator };
+    Dump("KeepAlive", keepAlive);
+
+    RegisterItemsRequest registerDump = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionValidator = validator,
+        Items = [new ItemIdentity
+        {
+            Type = (ushort)ItemIdentityType.Name,
+            ReferenceType = (ushort)ItemReferenceType.Absolute,
+            Name = "TestChildObject.TestInt",
+            ContextName = string.Empty,
+        }],
+        RequireId = true,
+        RegisterOnly = false,
+    };
+    Dump("RegisterItemsRequest", registerDump);
+
+    UnregisterItemsRequest unregisterDump = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionValidator = validator,
+        Items = [new ItemIdentity
+        {
+            Type = (ushort)ItemIdentityType.Id,
+            ReferenceType = (ushort)ItemReferenceType.Absolute,
+            Id = 0xCAFE_BABE_DEAD_BEEFul,
+            IdSpecified = true,
+        }],
+    };
+    Dump("UnregisterItemsRequest", unregisterDump);
+
+    return;
+}
+
+// `--dump-deterministic-hmac` runs the AuthenticateMe sign path with
+// FIXED inputs end-to-end (no randomness): pinned passphrase, prime,
+// generator, private-key bytes, remote-pub bytes, connection ID,
+// message number, AES IV, and consumer-data/IV bytes. Output is the
+// resulting crypto_key, AES key, canonical XML, HMAC-SHA1, and
+// AES-CBC-encrypted MAC. The Rust port uses these as a fixture for a
+// byte-equality unit test that localises any HMAC/AES/derivation
+// divergence vs the .NET reference without depending on session
+// randomness. Mirrors the per-step decomposition of `AsbSystemAuthent
+// icator.Sign` (`AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs:62-82`) but inlines the
+// math so we control every byte of input.
+if (args.Any(arg => arg.Equals("--dump-deterministic-hmac", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+{
+    System.Numerics.BigInteger prime = System.Numerics.BigInteger.Parse(AsbSolutionCryptoParameters.DefaultPrimeText);
+    System.Numerics.BigInteger generator = 22;
+
+    // 33 bytes: 0x01..0x20 with trailing 0x00 sign byte. Mirrors the
+    // shape `AsbSystemAuthenticator.CreatePrivateKey` produces.
+    byte[] privateKeyBytes = new byte[33];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) { privateKeyBytes[i] = (byte)(i + 1); }
+    privateKeyBytes[32] = 0x00;
+
+    // Remote public key — 128 bytes (1024-bit), high bit clear so
+    // .NET's BigInteger LE-two's-complement reads it as positive
+    // without a sign-byte fix-up.
+    byte[] remotePub = new byte[128];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 127; i++) { remotePub[i] = (byte)((i * 7 + 13) & 0xFF); }
+    remotePub[127] = 0x7F;
+
+    string passphrase = "deterministic-hmac-fixture-passphrase-rust-vs-dotnet";
+    Guid connectionId = Guid.Parse("8cba964a-74c1-ef74-f6aa-761b3540191b");
+    ulong messageNumber = 42;
+
+    // ConsumerAuthenticationData payload. Encrypted bytes are opaque
+    // to the HMAC test (they get base64-embedded in the XML and
+    // signed); use deterministic bytes 0x80..0xFF + 0x00..0x4F (208
+    // bytes — same as a real AuthenticateMe under a 768-bit prime).
+    byte[] consumerData = new byte[208];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 208; i++) { consumerData[i] = (byte)((i * 3 + 7) & 0xFF); }
+    byte[] consumerIv = new byte[16];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) { consumerIv[i] = (byte)((i * 11 + 5) & 0xFF); }
+
+    // Deterministic AES IV for encrypting the HMAC. We pick all-zeros
+    // so the Rust test can reproduce without a random-IV injection
+    // hack. (The real wire path uses a random IV per call; here we
+    // bypass that to make the test reproducible.)
+    byte[] aesIv = new byte[16];
+
+    // ---- crypto_key = shared_secret || passphrase_utf8 ----------
+    System.Numerics.BigInteger sharedValue = System.Numerics.BigInteger.ModPow(
+        new System.Numerics.BigInteger(remotePub),
+        new System.Numerics.BigInteger(privateKeyBytes),
+        prime);
+    byte[] shared = sharedValue.ToByteArray();
+    byte[] cryptoKey = [.. shared, .. System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(passphrase)];
+
+    // ---- canonical XML (empty MAC + IV) -------------------------
+    AuthenticateMe req = new()
+    {
+        ConnectionValidator = new()
+        {
+            ConnectionId = connectionId,
+            MessageNumber = messageNumber,
+            MessageAuthenticationCode = [],
+            SignatureInitializationVector = [],
+        },
+        ConsumerAuthenticationData = new AuthenticationData
+        {
+            Data = consumerData,
+            InitializationVector = consumerIv,
+        },
+    };
+    string xmlText = req.ToXml();
+    byte[] xmlBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlText);
+
+    // ---- HMAC-SHA1(crypto_key, xml_utf8) ------------------------
+    using System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1 hmac = new(cryptoKey);
+    byte[] hash = hmac.ComputeHash(xmlBytes);
+
+    // ---- AES key = PBKDF2-SHA1(base64(crypto_key), salt, 1000) --
+    byte[] salt = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("ArchestrAService");
+    byte[] aesKey = System.Security.Cryptography.Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2(
+        Convert.ToBase64String(cryptoKey),
+        salt,
+        iterations: 1000,
+        System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithmName.SHA1,
+        outputLength: 16);
+
+    // ---- AES-CBC encrypt(hash) with fixed IV --------------------
+    byte[] encryptedMac;
+    using (System.Security.Cryptography.Aes aes = System.Security.Cryptography.Aes.Create())
+    {
+        aes.Key = aesKey;
+        aes.IV = aesIv;
+        // CBC mode, PKCS7 padding (defaults).
+        using System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new();
+        using (System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream cs = new(
+            ms,
+            aes.CreateEncryptor(),
+            System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStreamMode.Write))
+        {
+            cs.Write(hash, 0, hash.Length);
+        }
+        encryptedMac = ms.ToArray();
+    }
+
+    Console.WriteLine("# deterministic-hmac fixture (.NET reference output)");
+    Console.WriteLine($"prime_decimal={prime}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"generator={generator}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"private_key_hex={Convert.ToHexString(privateKeyBytes)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"remote_pub_hex={Convert.ToHexString(remotePub)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"passphrase={passphrase}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"connection_id={connectionId:D}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"message_number={messageNumber}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"consumer_data_hex={Convert.ToHexString(consumerData)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"consumer_iv_hex={Convert.ToHexString(consumerIv)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"aes_iv_hex={Convert.ToHexString(aesIv)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"shared_secret_hex={Convert.ToHexString(shared)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"shared_secret_len={shared.Length}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"crypto_key_hex={Convert.ToHexString(cryptoKey)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"crypto_key_len={cryptoKey.Length}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"xml_utf8_len={xmlBytes.Length}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"xml_utf8_b64={Convert.ToBase64String(xmlBytes)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"hmac_sha1_hex={Convert.ToHexString(hash)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"aes_key_hex={Convert.ToHexString(aesKey)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"encrypted_mac_hex={Convert.ToHexString(encryptedMac)}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"encrypted_mac_len={encryptedMac.Length}");
+    return;
+}
+
 if (probeConnectFailure)
 {
     try
     {
-        using MxAsbDataClient connectFailureClient = MxAsbDataClient.Connect(endpoint, solution, Console.WriteLine, dumpMessages);
+        using MxAsbDataClient connectFailureClient = MxAsbDataClient.Connect(new AsbConnectionOptions
+{
+    Endpoint = endpoint,
+    SolutionName = solution,
+    Trace = Console.WriteLine,
+    DumpMessages = dumpMessages,
+    Via = clientVia,
+});
         Console.WriteLine("connect_failure_observed=False");
     }
     catch (Exception ex)
@@ -79,7 +334,14 @@ if (compatibilitySubscribe)
     return;
 }
 
-using MxAsbDataClient client = MxAsbDataClient.Connect(endpoint, solution, Console.WriteLine, dumpMessages);
+using MxAsbDataClient client = MxAsbDataClient.Connect(new AsbConnectionOptions
+{
+    Endpoint = endpoint,
+    SolutionName = solution,
+    Trace = Console.WriteLine,
+    DumpMessages = dumpMessages,
+    Via = clientVia,
+});
 int publishedEventCount = 0;
 client.PublishedValueReceived += (_, value) =>
 {

src/MxAsbClient/AsbConnectionOptions.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ public sealed record AsbConnectionOptions
 
     public bool DumpMessages { get; init; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional `ClientVia` URL — if set, WCF will TCP-connect to this
+    /// URL but address messages with the `Endpoint` URL (so the
+    /// `&lt;a:To&gt;` SOAP header still matches the registered service).
+    /// Used to route the .NET probe through the `asb-relay` middleman
+    /// without triggering an `AddressFilterMismatch` fault. Mirrors
+    /// `System.ServiceModel.Description.ClientViaBehavior`.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Via { get; init; }
+
     public void Validate()
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Endpoint))

src/MxAsbClient/AsbSystemAuthenticator.cs

@@ -17,9 +17,18 @@ internal sealed class AsbSystemAuthenticator
     private readonly byte[] localPublicKey;
     private byte[] remotePublicKey = [];
     private ulong nextMessageNumber = 1;
+    /// Trace callback for the F28 canonical-XML reconciliation pass —
+    /// when set, `Sign` dumps the request type, the UTF-8 bytes of
+    /// `request.ToXml()`, the resulting HMAC, and the encrypted MAC +
+    /// IV. Used by `MxAsbClient.Probe --dump-signed-xml` and ad-hoc
+    /// live runs to capture the exact bytes the server's HMAC verifier
+    /// recomputes against; the Rust port's `xml_canonical` emitter must
+    /// produce byte-identical XML for the HMAC to round-trip.
+    private readonly Action<string>? sharedTrace;
 
     public AsbSystemAuthenticator(string passphrase, AsbSolutionCryptoParameters cryptoParameters, Action<string>? trace = null)
     {
+        sharedTrace = trace;
         dhPrime = cryptoParameters.Prime;
         dhGenerator = cryptoParameters.Generator;
         hashAlgorithm = cryptoParameters.HashAlgorithm;
@@ -76,9 +85,17 @@ internal sealed class AsbSystemAuthenticator
             return;
         }
 
-        byte[] hash = hmac.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(request.ToXml()));
+        string xmlText = request.ToXml();
+        byte[] xmlBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlText);
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.sign.type={request.GetType().Name}");
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.sign.xml-utf8-len={xmlBytes.Length}");
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.sign.xml-b64={Convert.ToBase64String(xmlBytes)}");
+        byte[] hash = hmac.ComputeHash(xmlBytes);
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.sign.hmac-b64={Convert.ToBase64String(hash)}");
         validator.MessageAuthenticationCode = Encrypt(hash, out byte[] iv);
         validator.SignatureInitializationVector = iv;
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.sign.encrypted-mac-b64={Convert.ToBase64String(validator.MessageAuthenticationCode)}");
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.sign.iv-b64={Convert.ToBase64String(iv)}");
     }
 
     private HMAC? CreateHmac(bool forceHmac)
@@ -133,12 +150,18 @@ internal sealed class AsbSystemAuthenticator
 
     private byte[] DeriveAesKey()
     {
-        return Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2(
-            Convert.ToBase64String(CryptoKey),
+        byte[] cryptoKey = CryptoKey;
+        byte[] aesKey = Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2(
+            Convert.ToBase64String(cryptoKey),
             PasswordSalt,
             iterations: 1000,
             HashAlgorithmName.SHA1,
             outputLength: 16);
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.derive.crypto_key.len={cryptoKey.Length}");
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.derive.crypto_key.hex={Convert.ToHexString(cryptoKey)}");
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.derive.crypto_key.b64={Convert.ToBase64String(cryptoKey)}");
+        sharedTrace?.Invoke($"asb.derive.aes_key.hex={Convert.ToHexString(aesKey)}");
+        return aesKey;
     }
 
     private byte[] CryptoKey

src/MxAsbClient/MxAsbClient.csproj

@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceModel.Primitives" Version="10.0.652802" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="MxAsbClient.Probe" />
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="MxAsbClient.Tests" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>

src/MxAsbClient/MxAsbDataClient.cs

@@ -68,7 +68,19 @@ public sealed class MxAsbDataClient : IDisposable
         AsbSystemAuthenticator authenticator = new(passphrase, cryptoParameters, trace);
         trace?.Invoke("asb.stage=authenticator-ready");
         NetTcpBinding binding = CreateBinding();
-        ChannelFactory<IAsbDataV2> factory = new(binding, new EndpointAddress(endpoint));
+        // Optional `ClientVia`: when set, TCP-connect to that URL but
+        // keep the `<a:To>` header pointing at the registered Endpoint.
+        // Used to route through `asb-relay` for byte-level capture
+        // without triggering an `AddressFilterMismatch` fault. CoreWCF /
+        // .NET 10 dropped `ClientViaBehavior`; the equivalent is to
+        // pass the Via URL through to `CreateChannel(addr, viaUri)`.
+        EndpointAddress endpointAddress = new(endpoint);
+        ChannelFactory<IAsbDataV2> factory = new(binding, endpointAddress);
+        Uri? viaUri = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.Via) ? null : new Uri(options.Via);
+        if (viaUri is not null)
+        {
+            trace?.Invoke($"asb.client_via={viaUri}");
+        }
         AsbDataCustomSerializer.Trace = dumpMessages ? trace : null;
         int replacedSerializers = AsbCustomSerializerContractBehavior.ReplaceSerializer(factory.Endpoint.Contract);
         trace?.Invoke($"asb.serializer.behaviors-replaced={replacedSerializers}");
@@ -83,7 +95,9 @@ public sealed class MxAsbDataClient : IDisposable
         {
             trace?.Invoke("asb.stage=open-factory");
             factory.Open();
-            channel = factory.CreateChannel();
+            channel = viaUri is not null
+                ? factory.CreateChannel(endpointAddress, viaUri)
+                : factory.CreateChannel();
 
             trace?.Invoke("asb.stage=open-channel");
             clientChannel = (IClientChannel)channel;

tools/Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+# Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1 — read the ASB solution shared secret from the local
+# Windows registry + DPAPI and export the env vars the Rust port's
+# `asb-subscribe` example expects.
+#
+# Mirrors `src/MxAsbClient/AsbRegistry.cs:21-41`:
+#   1. Look up the default solution name at
+#      HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA\ArchestrAServices\DefaultASBSolution
+#      (or the value passed via -SolutionName).
+#   2. Read the `sharedsecret` REG_BINARY at
+#      HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA\ArchestrAServices\<solution>\sharedsecret.
+#   3. DPAPI-decrypt the bytes (LocalMachine scope, entropy = "wonderware"
+#      UTF-16LE-encoded — the .NET reference's `Entropy` constant at
+#      `AsbRegistry.cs:10`).
+#   4. UTF-16LE-decode the cleartext into the passphrase string.
+#   5. Export $env:MX_ASB_PASSPHRASE plus convenience-derived $env:MX_ASB_HOST
+#      and $env:MX_ASB_VIA. Sets $env:MX_LIVE=1 to enable the example's
+#      live path.
+#
+# Hard rules:
+#   - Plaintext passphrase NEVER printed to the console (use -Show to opt in).
+#   - DPAPI scope is LocalMachine; the caller's Windows account must be
+#     authorised against the encrypted blob (typically: any local
+#     Administrator or the AVEVA service account).
+#   - Dot-source so env vars persist in the calling pwsh session.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   . .\tools\Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1                         # default solution from registry
+#   . .\tools\Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1 -SolutionName 'Default_ZB_MxDataProvider'
+#   . .\tools\Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1 -GalaxyName 'ZB'        # builds MX_ASB_VIA
+#   .\tools\Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1 -DryRun                   # print what would be set
+#   .\tools\Get-AsbPassphrase.ps1 -Show                     # print plaintext (CI / debug only!)
+
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [string]$SolutionName,
+    [string]$GalaxyName = 'ZB',
+    [string]$AsbHost = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
+    [switch]$DryRun,
+    [switch]$Show
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Mirror `AsbRegistry.RegistryPath` at `cs:12-14`. The registry layout uses
+# the WoW64 redirector path on 64-bit hosts because the AVEVA service that
+# wrote the value runs as 32-bit.
+$ServicesKeyPath = if ([Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) {
+    'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA\ArchestrAServices'
+} else {
+    'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\ArchestrA\ArchestrAServices'
+}
+
+# DPAPI entropy — `AsbRegistry.cs:10`.
+$DpapiEntropy = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes('wonderware')
+
+function Resolve-AsbSolutionName {
+    param([string]$Override)
+    if ($Override) {
+        return $Override
+    }
+    if (-not (Test-Path $ServicesKeyPath)) {
+        throw "ArchestrAServices registry key not found at $ServicesKeyPath. Is AVEVA System Platform installed?"
+    }
+    $default = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $ServicesKeyPath -ErrorAction Stop).DefaultASBSolution
+    if (-not $default) {
+        throw "DefaultASBSolution registry value is empty under $ServicesKeyPath. Pass -SolutionName explicitly."
+    }
+    return $default
+}
+
+function Get-AsbCryptoParameters {
+    param([string]$Solution)
+    # Read the per-solution `prime`, `generator`, `hashAlgorithm`, and
+    # `keySize` registry values. Each AVEVA install picks its own DH
+    # group at provisioning time, so the Rust port must use the
+    # registry-stored values rather than a hardcoded constant — the
+    # default in `CryptoParameters::defaults` is the .NET reference's
+    # 1024-bit fallback (`AsbRegistry.cs:66-83`), but real installs use
+    # smaller group sizes (768-bit prime is common). Mismatch produces a
+    # working `Connect` (the wire bytes are exchanged) but a broken
+    # `AuthenticateMe` (encrypted ConsumerData decrypts to garbage on
+    # the server side because the shared secret derivation diverges).
+    $path = "$ServicesKeyPath\$Solution"
+    if (-not (Test-Path $path)) {
+        throw "Solution registry key not found at $path."
+    }
+    $key = Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -ErrorAction Stop
+    return [pscustomobject]@{
+        Prime = if ($key.PSObject.Properties['prime']) { $key.prime } else { $null }
+        Generator = if ($key.PSObject.Properties['generator']) { $key.generator } else { $null }
+        HashAlgorithm = if ($key.PSObject.Properties['hashAlgorithm']) { $key.hashAlgorithm } else { $null }
+        KeySize = if ($key.PSObject.Properties['keySize']) { $key.keySize } else { $null }
+    }
+}
+
+function Get-AsbSharedSecretBytes {
+    param([string]$Solution)
+    $path = "$ServicesKeyPath\$Solution"
+    if (-not (Test-Path $path)) {
+        throw "Solution registry key not found at $path. Solution=$Solution may be misspelt."
+    }
+    $value = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -ErrorAction Stop).sharedsecret
+    if (-not $value) {
+        throw "sharedsecret value missing under $path."
+    }
+    if ($value -isnot [byte[]]) {
+        throw "sharedsecret value at $path is not REG_BINARY (got $($value.GetType().Name))."
+    }
+    return $value
+}
+
+function Unprotect-AsbSecret {
+    param([byte[]]$Protected)
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Security
+    try {
+        $clear = [System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData]::Unprotect(
+            $Protected,
+            $DpapiEntropy,
+            [System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtectionScope]::LocalMachine
+        )
+    } catch {
+        throw "DPAPI decrypt failed: $_. Possible causes: this account isn't authorised against the LocalMachine-scope blob; the AVEVA service was provisioned under a different machine identity; the sharedsecret bytes are corrupt."
+    }
+    return [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString($clear).TrimEnd("`0")
+}
+
+function Set-LiveEnvVar {
+    param([string]$Name, [string]$Value, [switch]$Sensitive)
+    $display = if ($Sensitive -and -not $Show) { '***redacted***' } else { $Value }
+    if ($DryRun) {
+        Write-Host "[DRY] $Name = $display" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    } else {
+        Set-Item -Path "Env:$Name" -Value $Value
+        Write-Host "[SET] $Name = $display" -ForegroundColor Green
+    }
+}
+
+# --- main flow -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Write-Host 'mxaccess ASB passphrase loader' -ForegroundColor Cyan
+Write-Host "  registry: $ServicesKeyPath" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
+
+$solution = Resolve-AsbSolutionName -Override $SolutionName
+Write-Host "  solution: $solution" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
+
+$protected = Get-AsbSharedSecretBytes -Solution $solution
+Write-Host "  sharedsecret bytes: $($protected.Length) (DPAPI-protected)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
+
+$passphrase = Unprotect-AsbSecret -Protected $protected
+Write-Host "  passphrase chars: $($passphrase.Length) (decrypted)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
+Write-Host ''
+
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_LIVE' -Value '1'
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_HOST' -Value $AsbHost
+# The endpoint URL targets the per-Galaxy MxDataProvider WCF service —
+# `Default_<galaxy>_MxDataProvider`. That's a DIFFERENT name from the
+# system-wide ArchestrA solution that owns the sharedsecret (typically
+# `Archestra_<HOST>`); both live under the same registry root but the
+# .NET probe at `src/MxAsbClient.Probe/Program.cs:5` hardcodes the
+# MxDataProvider segment because that's what serves IASBIDataV2.
+$mxDataProvider = "Default_${GalaxyName}_MxDataProvider"
+# Lowercase the host segment of the URL — WCF's NetTcpPortSharing
+# SMSvcHost matches the registered service URL case-sensitively in
+# the host part; the .NET probe at `src/MxAsbClient.Probe/Program.cs:5`
+# hardcodes the lowercase form (`desktop-6jl3kko`) which is what
+# AVEVA actually registered. We keep $AsbHost as-cased for TCP DNS
+# resolution (`MX_ASB_HOST`) but lowercase it for the Via URL.
+$viaHost = $AsbHost.ToLowerInvariant()
+$via = "net.tcp://$viaHost/ASBService/$mxDataProvider/IDataV2"
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_VIA' -Value $via
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_SOLUTION' -Value $solution
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_GALAXY_NAME' -Value $GalaxyName
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_PASSPHRASE' -Value $passphrase -Sensitive
+
+# Per-solution DH crypto parameters from the registry — must override
+# the Rust port's hardcoded `CryptoParameters::defaults()` (which uses
+# the .NET reference's 1024-bit default; real installs use whatever
+# was provisioned at install time, often a smaller 768-bit prime).
+$crypto = Get-AsbCryptoParameters -Solution $solution
+if ($crypto.Prime) {
+    # Strip whitespace/newlines that PowerShell display would wrap into
+    # the shown value; the registry-stored decimal must be a single
+    # contiguous integer.
+    $primeClean = $crypto.Prime -replace '\s+', ''
+    Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_DH_PRIME' -Value $primeClean
+} else {
+    Write-Host "[WARN] no `prime` value in registry — leaving Rust default in place" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+}
+if ($crypto.Generator) {
+    $genClean = ($crypto.Generator.ToString()) -replace '\s+', ''
+    Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_DH_GENERATOR' -Value $genClean
+}
+# Always export, even if empty — empty string in the registry means
+# "use the forceHmac fallback (HMAC-SHA1)" per `AsbSystemAuthenticator
+# .cs:91-92`. The example must distinguish "no env var" (use library
+# default, MD5) from "registry says empty" (Unrecognised → SHA1 when
+# forced). We pick the empty-string sentinel.
+Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_DH_HASH_ALGORITHM' -Value ($crypto.HashAlgorithm ?? '')
+if ($crypto.KeySize) {
+    Set-LiveEnvVar -Name 'MX_ASB_DH_KEY_SIZE' -Value ($crypto.KeySize.ToString())
+}
+
+Write-Host ''
+Write-Host 'Done. Run the example with:' -ForegroundColor Green
+Write-Host '  cargo run -p mxaccess --example asb-subscribe' -ForegroundColor DarkGray