Phase 3: account linking and two-way chat relay

Test-first from here on (per request after Phase 2): every module below
was written test-then-implementation, confirmed red before green.

api: accounts/sessions/chat_messages tables, plus servers.anonymousChatAllowed.
Online accounts merge into one global identity per real Mojang uuid
(partial unique index on mc_uuid WHERE server_id IS NULL); offline accounts
are scoped per-server (partial unique index on (server_id, mc_uuid)) — see
schema.ts's accounts comment and link.test.ts's merge-scoping tests.

link.ts: storeLinkCode/redeemLinkCode (single-use, Redis-backed with a
10-minute TTL) and session lookup/revocation. Sessions come back in the
HTTP response body rather than an httpOnly cookie — a deliberate MVP
simplification (see link.ts's doc comment) that sidesteps needing to
verify exactly how Elysia's .ws() routes surface cookies; the client
sends the token back via X-MCMapper-Session.

chat.ts/chat-gateway.ts: mod-originated chat (ws-gateway.ts's new "chat"
and "link_request" message types) and browser-originated chat
(/ws/chat/:serverId) both persist to chat_messages and publish to a
per-server Redis pub/sub channel; browser chat additionally resolves
identity (linked session > nickname > rejected if anonymous chat is
disabled for that server) and forwards to the mod's own connection via a
new serverId->socket registry in ws-gateway.ts (getModSocket).

frontend: chat panel + link-code entry on the 2D map page, session token
kept in localStorage (matching the no-cookie tradeoff above).

Verified end-to-end against live containers, including through the real
mod-side Java client: a link code generated by DefaultBackendConnection
round-trips through actual HTTP redemption to the correct account, and a
browser chat message correctly forwards through to the mod's live
ChatListener callback (not just persisted/published).

api/drizzle/0002_linking_and_chat.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+ALTER TABLE "servers" ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS "anonymous_chat_allowed" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT true;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "accounts" (
+	"id" uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid() NOT NULL,
+	"mc_uuid" text NOT NULL,
+	"username" text NOT NULL,
+	"auth_mode" text NOT NULL,
+	"server_id" uuid REFERENCES "servers"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	"created_at" timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+-- Online accounts merge into one global identity per real Mojang UUID.
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "accounts_online_uuid" ON "accounts" ("mc_uuid") WHERE "server_id" IS NULL;
+-- Offline accounts are scoped to the one server that issued the uuid hash.
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "accounts_offline_server_uuid" ON "accounts" ("server_id", "mc_uuid") WHERE "server_id" IS NOT NULL;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "sessions" (
+	"token" text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	"account_id" uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES "accounts"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	"created_at" timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "chat_messages" (
+	"id" bigserial PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	"server_id" uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES "servers"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	"username" text NOT NULL,
+	"message" text NOT NULL,
+	"source" text NOT NULL,
+	"created_at" timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "chat_messages_server_created_idx" ON "chat_messages" ("server_id", "created_at");

api/src/chat-gateway.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { redis } from "./redis";
+import { chatChannel, recordAndPublishChat, resolveChatIdentity } from "./chat";
+import { getModSocket } from "./ws-gateway";
+
+// Wire protocol for browsers connecting to /ws/chat/:serverId, one JSON object per WS text
+// frame:
+//
+//   web -> api  {"type":"chat","message":"...","sessionToken":"...","nickname":"..."}
+//   api -> web  {"username":"...","message":"...","source":"game"|"web"}  (fanned out via Redis
+//               pub/sub — see chat.ts's recordAndPublishChat, published verbatim so every
+//               connected browser, including the sender, sees the same message)
+//
+// `sessionToken`/`nickname` are both optional and both resolved fresh per message (no
+// "identify" handshake step) — see chat.ts's resolveChatIdentity for the precedence rules.
+
+// One shared subscriber connection for the whole process (not one per browser tab) — fans out
+// to whichever browser sockets are currently registered for each server's channel.
+const chatSubscriber = redis.duplicate();
+const browserSocketsByServer = new Map<string, Set<any>>();
+
+chatSubscriber.psubscribe("mcmapper:chat:*");
+chatSubscriber.on("pmessage", (_pattern: string, channel: string, message: string) => {
+  const serverId = channel.slice("mcmapper:chat:".length);
+  const sockets = browserSocketsByServer.get(serverId);
+  if (!sockets) return;
+  for (const ws of sockets) ws.send(message);
+});
+
+function serverIdOf(ws: any): string {
+  return ws.data.params.serverId;
+}
+
+export const chatGateway = {
+  open(ws: any) {
+    const serverId = serverIdOf(ws);
+    let sockets = browserSocketsByServer.get(serverId);
+    if (!sockets) {
+      sockets = new Set();
+      browserSocketsByServer.set(serverId, sockets);
+    }
+    sockets.add(ws);
+  },
+
+  async message(ws: any, raw: unknown) {
+    const serverId = serverIdOf(ws);
+    let msg: any;
+    try {
+      msg = typeof raw === "string" ? JSON.parse(raw) : raw;
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (msg.type !== "chat" || typeof msg.message !== "string" || !msg.message.trim()) return;
+
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(serverId, {
+      sessionToken: msg.sessionToken,
+      nickname: msg.nickname,
+    });
+    if ("error" in identity) {
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "error", error: identity.error }));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await recordAndPublishChat(serverId, { username: identity.username, message: msg.message, source: "web" });
+
+    const modSocket = getModSocket(serverId);
+    if (modSocket) {
+      modSocket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "chat", username: identity.username, message: msg.message }));
+    }
+  },
+
+  close(ws: any) {
+    browserSocketsByServer.get(serverIdOf(ws))?.delete(ws);
+  },
+};
+
+// Exported for anything that wants to sanity-check which channel a server maps to.
+export { chatChannel };

api/src/chat.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { db } from "./db/client";
+import { chatMessages, servers } from "./db/schema";
+import { redis } from "./redis";
+import { recordAndPublishChat, isAnonymousChatAllowed, resolveChatIdentity } from "./chat";
+import { createTestServer, deleteTestServer, createTestSession } from "./test-helpers";
+
+describe("recordAndPublishChat", () => {
+  let server: { id: string };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    server = await createTestServer("chat-record");
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await deleteTestServer(server.id);
+  });
+
+  test("persists the message and publishes it on the server's channel", async () => {
+    const sub = redis.duplicate();
+    await sub.subscribe(`mcmapper:chat:${server.id}`);
+
+    const received = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+      sub.once("message", (_channel, message) => resolve(message));
+    });
+
+    await recordAndPublishChat(server.id, { username: "Steve", message: "hello world", source: "game" });
+
+    const publishedRaw = await received;
+    expect(JSON.parse(publishedRaw)).toEqual({ username: "Steve", message: "hello world", source: "game" });
+    sub.disconnect();
+
+    const rows = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(chatMessages)
+      .where(and(eq(chatMessages.serverId, server.id), eq(chatMessages.message, "hello world")));
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rows[0]!.source).toBe("game");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("isAnonymousChatAllowed", () => {
+  let server: { id: string };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    server = await createTestServer("chat-anon-toggle");
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await deleteTestServer(server.id);
+  });
+
+  test("defaults to true", async () => {
+    expect(await isAnonymousChatAllowed(server.id)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("reflects a false override", async () => {
+    await db.update(servers).set({ anonymousChatAllowed: false }).where(eq(servers.id, server.id));
+    expect(await isAnonymousChatAllowed(server.id)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("an unknown server has no anonymous chat to allow", async () => {
+    expect(await isAnonymousChatAllowed(crypto.randomUUID())).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resolveChatIdentity", () => {
+  let server: { id: string };
+  let anonAllowedFalseServer: { id: string };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    server = await createTestServer("chat-identity");
+    anonAllowedFalseServer = await createTestServer("chat-identity-no-anon");
+    await db
+      .update(servers)
+      .set({ anonymousChatAllowed: false })
+      .where(eq(servers.id, anonAllowedFalseServer.id));
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await deleteTestServer(server.id);
+    await deleteTestServer(anonAllowedFalseServer.id);
+  });
+
+  test("a valid session token resolves to the linked account's username", async () => {
+    const { sessionToken } = await createTestSession("LinkedPlayer");
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(server.id, { sessionToken });
+    expect(identity).toEqual({ username: "LinkedPlayer" });
+  });
+
+  test("no session, anonymous allowed, falls back to the given nickname", async () => {
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(server.id, { nickname: "Guest42" });
+    expect(identity).toEqual({ username: "Guest42" });
+  });
+
+  test("no session, no nickname, anonymous allowed, defaults to Anonymous", async () => {
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(server.id, {});
+    expect(identity).toEqual({ username: "Anonymous" });
+  });
+
+  test("an invalid session token falls back to anonymous rules rather than erroring", async () => {
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(server.id, { sessionToken: "not-a-real-token", nickname: "Fallback" });
+    expect(identity).toEqual({ username: "Fallback" });
+  });
+
+  test("no session and anonymous chat disabled is rejected", async () => {
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(anonAllowedFalseServer.id, { nickname: "Sneaky" });
+    expect(identity).toEqual({ error: "anonymous_chat_disabled" });
+  });
+
+  test("a valid session still works even when anonymous chat is disabled", async () => {
+    const { sessionToken } = await createTestSession("StillLinked");
+    const identity = await resolveChatIdentity(anonAllowedFalseServer.id, { sessionToken });
+    expect(identity).toEqual({ username: "StillLinked" });
+  });
+});

api/src/chat.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { db } from "./db/client";
+import { chatMessages, servers } from "./db/schema";
+import { redis } from "./redis";
+import { getAccountForSession } from "./link";
+
+export interface ChatEvent {
+  username: string;
+  message: string;
+  source: "game" | "web";
+}
+
+export function chatChannel(serverId: string): string {
+  return `mcmapper:chat:${serverId}`;
+}
+
+/** Persists a chat message and fans it out to every browser subscribed to this server's channel. */
+export async function recordAndPublishChat(serverId: string, event: ChatEvent) {
+  await db.insert(chatMessages).values({
+    serverId,
+    username: event.username,
+    message: event.message,
+    source: event.source,
+  });
+  await redis.publish(chatChannel(serverId), JSON.stringify(event));
+}
+
+export async function isAnonymousChatAllowed(serverId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  const [row] = await db
+    .select({ anonymousChatAllowed: servers.anonymousChatAllowed })
+    .from(servers)
+    .where(eq(servers.id, serverId))
+    .limit(1);
+  return row?.anonymousChatAllowed ?? false;
+}
+
+export type ChatIdentity = { username: string } | { error: string };
+
+/**
+ * A linked session (if the token is valid) always wins over an anonymous nickname — a browser
+ * chat message carries both optionally, and this decides who gets credited. An invalid/expired
+ * token isn't treated as an error; it just falls through to the anonymous rules, since the
+ * common case (session expired mid-visit) shouldn't hard-fail a chat message the user can plainly
+ * see they're about to send.
+ */
+export async function resolveChatIdentity(
+  serverId: string,
+  identity: { sessionToken?: string; nickname?: string },
+): Promise<ChatIdentity> {
+  if (identity.sessionToken) {
+    const account = await getAccountForSession(identity.sessionToken);
+    if (account) return { username: account.username };
+  }
+
+  if (!(await isAnonymousChatAllowed(serverId))) {
+    return { error: "anonymous_chat_disabled" };
+  }
+
+  const nickname = identity.nickname?.trim();
+  return { username: nickname || "Anonymous" };
+}

api/src/db/schema.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { pgTable, uuid, text, integer, smallint, timestamp, primaryKey } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
+import { pgTable, uuid, text, integer, smallint, boolean, timestamp, primaryKey, bigserial } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 
 // One row per registered MC server. Phase 1 has no admin registration API yet (Phase 6) —
 // rows are created by `bun run seed` from MCMAPPER_SEED_SERVER_NAME/_TOKEN env vars.
@@ -7,6 +7,50 @@ export const servers = pgTable("servers", {
   name: text("name").notNull(),
   token: text("token").notNull().unique(),
   authMode: text("auth_mode").notNull().default("offline"),
+  // Phase 3: web chat is open to anonymous (unlinked) visitors by default; an admin can require
+  // linking per-server. No admin UI to flip this yet (Phase 6) — set directly in the DB for now.
+  anonymousChatAllowed: boolean("anonymous_chat_allowed").notNull().default(true),
+  createdAt: timestamp("created_at", { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+});
+
+// A linked player identity. `serverId` is null for online-mode accounts (uuid is a real Mojang
+// UUID, safe to merge into one global account across every online-mode server this backend
+// manages) and set for offline-mode accounts (uuid is just a hash of the username, only
+// trustworthy scoped to the one server that issued it) — see the plan's "Identity & Linking"
+// section. The actual uniqueness rules (one global account per online uuid; one account per
+// (server, uuid) for offline) are partial unique indexes in the migration SQL, not expressible
+// in drizzle's schema DSL in a way worth fighting for one column.
+export const accounts = pgTable("accounts", {
+  id: uuid("id").defaultRandom().primaryKey(),
+  mcUuid: text("mc_uuid").notNull(),
+  username: text("username").notNull(),
+  authMode: text("auth_mode").notNull(),
+  serverId: uuid("server_id").references(() => servers.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+  createdAt: timestamp("created_at", { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+});
+
+// A persistent, revocable web session. The token is handed to the client in the redeem response
+// body (not an httpOnly cookie) and sent back via the `X-MCMapper-Session` header — a deliberate
+// Phase 3 MVP simplification (see api/src/link.ts's doc comment for the tradeoff) worth
+// revisiting once there's an actually security-sensitive surface behind it (e.g. admin actions).
+export const sessions = pgTable("sessions", {
+  token: text("token").primaryKey(),
+  accountId: uuid("account_id")
+    .notNull()
+    .references(() => accounts.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+  createdAt: timestamp("created_at", { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+});
+
+// Chat history, both directions. `source` is 'game' (from the mod's ChatBridge.OutboundSink) or
+// 'web' (from a browser's /ws/chat connection).
+export const chatMessages = pgTable("chat_messages", {
+  id: bigserial("id", { mode: "number" }).primaryKey(),
+  serverId: uuid("server_id")
+    .notNull()
+    .references(() => servers.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+  username: text("username").notNull(),
+  message: text("message").notNull(),
+  source: text("source").notNull(),
   createdAt: timestamp("created_at", { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
 });
 

api/src/index.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { db } from "./db/client";
 import { meshPointers, tilePointers } from "./db/schema";
 import { minio, TILE_BUCKET } from "./minio";
 import { createTestServer, deleteTestServer } from "./test-helpers";
+import { storeLinkCode } from "./link";
 
 // Elysia's `.handle()` drives the app in-process against a plain Request/Response, without
 // binding a real port — avoids racing a real running instance for the port (see MCMapper's
@@ -12,6 +13,16 @@ function get(path: string) {
   return app.handle(new Request(`http://localhost${path}`));
 }
 
+function post(path: string, body?: unknown, headers?: Record<string, string>) {
+  return app.handle(
+    new Request(`http://localhost${path}`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json", ...headers },
+      body: body !== undefined ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
 describe("GET /health", () => {
   test("reports ok", async () => {
     const res = await get("/health");
@@ -126,3 +137,68 @@ describe("GET /api/meshes/...", () => {
     expect(res.status).toBe(404);
   });
 });
+
+describe("POST /api/link/redeem, GET /api/me, POST /api/unlink", () => {
+  let server: { id: string };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    server = await createTestServer("link-routes");
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await deleteTestServer(server.id);
+  });
+
+  test("redeeming a valid code returns a session and account", async () => {
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(code, server.id, "route-uuid-1", "RouteTester", "online");
+
+    const res = await post("/api/link/redeem", { code });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as any;
+    expect(body.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(body.account.username).toBe("RouteTester");
+    expect(typeof body.sessionToken).toBe("string");
+  });
+
+  test("redeeming an invalid code fails with 400", async () => {
+    const res = await post("/api/link/redeem", { code: "not-a-real-code" });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as any;
+    expect(body.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("GET /api/me reflects the session from X-MCMapper-Session", async () => {
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(code, server.id, "route-uuid-2", "MeTester", "online");
+    const redeemed = (await (await post("/api/link/redeem", { code })).json()) as any;
+
+    const res = await get("/api/me");
+    // no header at all
+    expect((await res.json() as any).account).toBeNull();
+
+    const authed = await app.handle(
+      new Request("http://localhost/api/me", {
+        headers: { "X-MCMapper-Session": redeemed.sessionToken },
+      }),
+    );
+    const authedBody = (await authed.json()) as any;
+    expect(authedBody.account.username).toBe("MeTester");
+  });
+
+  test("POST /api/unlink revokes the session", async () => {
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(code, server.id, "route-uuid-3", "UnlinkTester", "online");
+    const redeemed = (await (await post("/api/link/redeem", { code })).json()) as any;
+
+    const unlinkRes = await post("/api/unlink", undefined, { "X-MCMapper-Session": redeemed.sessionToken });
+    expect(unlinkRes.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const afterUnlink = await app.handle(
+      new Request("http://localhost/api/me", {
+        headers: { "X-MCMapper-Session": redeemed.sessionToken },
+      }),
+    );
+    expect((await afterUnlink.json() as any).account).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

api/src/index.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "./db/client";
 import { meshPointers, servers, tilePointers } from "./db/schema";
 import { wsGateway } from "./ws-gateway";
+import { chatGateway } from "./chat-gateway";
 import { minio, TILE_BUCKET, ensureTileBucket } from "./minio";
+import { redeemLinkCode, getAccountForSession, revokeSession } from "./link";
 
 await ensureTileBucket();
 
@@ -87,10 +89,37 @@ export const app = new Elysia()
     set.headers["content-type"] = "application/octet-stream";
     return new Response(stream as any);
   })
+  // See link.ts's doc comment: the session token comes back in the body, not an httpOnly
+  // cookie, and is sent back via this header on subsequent requests.
+  .post("/api/link/redeem", async ({ body, set }) => {
+    const { code } = body as { code?: string };
+    if (!code) {
+      set.status = 400;
+      return { ok: false, error: "missing_code" };
+    }
+    const result = await redeemLinkCode(code);
+    if (!result.ok) set.status = 400;
+    return result;
+  })
+  .get("/api/me", async ({ headers }) => {
+    const token = headers["x-mcmapper-session"];
+    const account = token ? await getAccountForSession(token) : null;
+    return { account: account ?? null };
+  })
+  .post("/api/unlink", async ({ headers }) => {
+    const token = headers["x-mcmapper-session"];
+    if (token) await revokeSession(token);
+    return { ok: true };
+  })
   .ws("/ws", {
     open: wsGateway.open,
     message: wsGateway.message,
     close: wsGateway.close,
+  })
+  .ws("/ws/chat/:serverId", {
+    open: chatGateway.open,
+    message: chatGateway.message,
+    close: chatGateway.close,
   });
 
 // Only bind a real port when run directly (`bun run src/index.ts`) — tests import `app` and

api/src/link.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { db } from "./db/client";
+import { accounts } from "./db/schema";
+import { storeLinkCode, redeemLinkCode, getAccountForSession, revokeSession } from "./link";
+import { createTestServer, deleteTestServer } from "./test-helpers";
+
+describe("link code redemption", () => {
+  let serverA: { id: string };
+  let serverB: { id: string };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    serverA = await createTestServer("link-a");
+    serverB = await createTestServer("link-b");
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await deleteTestServer(serverA.id);
+    await deleteTestServer(serverB.id);
+  });
+
+  test("redeeming an unknown code fails", async () => {
+    const result = await redeemLinkCode("does-not-exist");
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("a stored code redeems into a session and account", async () => {
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(code, serverA.id, "uuid-1", "Steve", "online");
+
+    const result = await redeemLinkCode(code);
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!result.ok) return;
+    expect(result.account.username).toBe("Steve");
+    expect(result.sessionToken).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const resolved = await getAccountForSession(result.sessionToken);
+    expect(resolved?.id).toBe(result.account.id);
+  });
+
+  test("a code can only be redeemed once", async () => {
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(code, serverA.id, "uuid-2", "Alex", "online");
+
+    const first = await redeemLinkCode(code);
+    expect(first.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    const second = await redeemLinkCode(code);
+    expect(second.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("online accounts merge into one global identity across servers", async () => {
+    const codeA = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(codeA, serverA.id, "shared-uuid", "Notch", "online");
+    const resultA = await redeemLinkCode(codeA);
+    expect(resultA.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    const codeB = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(codeB, serverB.id, "shared-uuid", "Notch", "online");
+    const resultB = await redeemLinkCode(codeB);
+    expect(resultB.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    if (!resultA.ok || !resultB.ok) return;
+    expect(resultA.account.id).toBe(resultB.account.id);
+  });
+
+  test("offline accounts are scoped per server, not merged", async () => {
+    const codeA = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(codeA, serverA.id, "offline-uuid", "Herobrine", "offline");
+    const resultA = await redeemLinkCode(codeA);
+    expect(resultA.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    const codeB = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(codeB, serverB.id, "offline-uuid", "Herobrine", "offline");
+    const resultB = await redeemLinkCode(codeB);
+    expect(resultB.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    if (!resultA.ok || !resultB.ok) return;
+    expect(resultA.account.id).not.toBe(resultB.account.id);
+  });
+
+  test("re-linking updates the stored username", async () => {
+    const codeA = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(codeA, serverA.id, "rename-uuid", "OldName", "online");
+    const resultA = await redeemLinkCode(codeA);
+    expect(resultA.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!resultA.ok) return;
+
+    const codeB = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(codeB, serverA.id, "rename-uuid", "NewName", "online");
+    const resultB = await redeemLinkCode(codeB);
+    expect(resultB.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!resultB.ok) return;
+
+    expect(resultB.account.id).toBe(resultA.account.id);
+    const [row] = await db.select().from(accounts).where(eq(accounts.id, resultA.account.id));
+    expect(row?.username).toBe("NewName");
+  });
+
+  test("revoking a session invalidates it", async () => {
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await storeLinkCode(code, serverA.id, "uuid-revoke", "Revocable", "online");
+    const result = await redeemLinkCode(code);
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!result.ok) return;
+
+    await revokeSession(result.sessionToken);
+    const resolved = await getAccountForSession(result.sessionToken);
+    expect(resolved).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test("an unknown session token resolves to null", async () => {
+    const resolved = await getAccountForSession("not-a-real-token");
+    expect(resolved).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

api/src/link.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { and, eq, isNull } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { db } from "./db/client";
+import { accounts, sessions } from "./db/schema";
+import { redis } from "./redis";
+
+const LINK_CODE_TTL_SECONDS = 600; // 10 minutes, per the plan's "Identity & Linking" section
+
+type AuthMode = "online" | "offline";
+
+interface LinkCodePayload {
+  serverId: string;
+  uuid: string;
+  username: string;
+  authMode: AuthMode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The mod generates the code itself (so it can show it to the player immediately, without
+ * waiting on a backend round-trip) and sends it here to be stored — this just remembers what
+ * that code means until it's redeemed or expires. See LinkRequest.java's javadoc on the mod
+ * side and ws-gateway.ts's "link_request" handling.
+ */
+export async function storeLinkCode(
+  code: string,
+  serverId: string,
+  uuid: string,
+  username: string,
+  authMode: AuthMode,
+) {
+  const payload: LinkCodePayload = { serverId, uuid, username, authMode };
+  await redis.set(`mcmapper:link:${code}`, JSON.stringify(payload), "EX", LINK_CODE_TTL_SECONDS);
+}
+
+export type RedeemResult =
+  | { ok: true; sessionToken: string; account: { id: string; username: string } }
+  | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+/**
+ * Redemption is a plain HTTP POST from the browser (see index.ts's /api/link/redeem) — the code
+ * itself, once looked up, already carries everything needed (server, uuid, username, authMode),
+ * so the browser doesn't need to be authenticated as anything beforehand.
+ *
+ * The returned `sessionToken` is handed back in the response body rather than set as an
+ * httpOnly cookie — a deliberate Phase 3 MVP simplification (avoids depending on exactly how
+ * Elysia's `.ws()` routes surface cookies, which wasn't worth resolving for a hobby project's
+ * first pass) traded for XSS exposure of the token. Worth revisiting once there's an actually
+ * security-sensitive surface behind a session (e.g. admin actions) — the client is expected to
+ * hold it in memory/localStorage and send it back via the `X-MCMapper-Session` header.
+ */
+export async function redeemLinkCode(code: string): Promise<RedeemResult> {
+  const key = `mcmapper:link:${code}`;
+  const raw = await redis.get(key);
+  if (!raw) return { ok: false, error: "invalid_or_expired_code" };
+  await redis.del(key); // single-use
+
+  const payload: LinkCodePayload = JSON.parse(raw);
+  const account = await upsertAccount(payload);
+
+  const sessionToken = `${crypto.randomUUID()}${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  await db.insert(sessions).values({ token: sessionToken, accountId: account.id });
+
+  return { ok: true, sessionToken, account: { id: account.id, username: account.username } };
+}
+
+async function upsertAccount({ serverId, uuid, username, authMode }: LinkCodePayload) {
+  // Online accounts merge globally by uuid (server_id IS NULL); offline accounts are scoped to
+  // the one server that issued the uuid hash — see schema.ts's `accounts` comment and the
+  // migration's partial unique indexes.
+  const scopeCondition =
+    authMode === "online"
+      ? and(eq(accounts.mcUuid, uuid), isNull(accounts.serverId))
+      : and(eq(accounts.mcUuid, uuid), eq(accounts.serverId, serverId));
+
+  const [existing] = await db.select().from(accounts).where(scopeCondition).limit(1);
+  if (existing) {
+    const [updated] = await db.update(accounts).set({ username }).where(eq(accounts.id, existing.id)).returning();
+    return updated!;
+  }
+
+  const [created] = await db
+    .insert(accounts)
+    .values({
+      mcUuid: uuid,
+      username,
+      authMode,
+      serverId: authMode === "online" ? null : serverId,
+    })
+    .returning();
+  return created!;
+}
+
+export async function getAccountForSession(token: string) {
+  const [row] = await db
+    .select({ id: accounts.id, username: accounts.username })
+    .from(accounts)
+    .innerJoin(sessions, eq(sessions.accountId, accounts.id))
+    .where(eq(sessions.token, token))
+    .limit(1);
+  return row ?? null;
+}
+
+export async function revokeSession(token: string) {
+  await db.delete(sessions).where(eq(sessions.token, token));
+}

api/src/test-helpers.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "./db/client";
-import { servers } from "./db/schema";
+import { accounts, servers, sessions } from "./db/schema";
 
 /**
  * Integration tests need real Postgres/Redis/MinIO — see README's "Running tests" section for
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ export async function deleteTestServer(serverId: string) {
   await db.delete(servers).where(eq(servers.id, serverId));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a linked account + session directly (bypassing the link-code redemption flow, which
+ * has its own dedicated tests in link.test.ts) — for tests that just need *some* valid session.
+ */
+export async function createTestSession(username: string) {
+  const [account] = await db
+    .insert(accounts)
+    .values({ mcUuid: `test-${crypto.randomUUID()}`, username, authMode: "online" })
+    .returning();
+  const sessionToken = `test-session-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  await db.insert(sessions).values({ token: sessionToken, accountId: account!.id });
+  return { accountId: account!.id, sessionToken };
+}
+
 /** Minimal stand-in for Elysia's WS connection object — enough for wsGateway.message()/close(). */
 export class FakeSocket {
   id = crypto.randomUUID();

api/src/ws-gateway.test.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from "bun:test";
 import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "./db/client";
-import { chunkColumns, chunkSections } from "./db/schema";
+import { chatMessages, chunkColumns, chunkSections } from "./db/schema";
 import { redis, DIRTY_CHUNK_STREAM } from "./redis";
-import { wsGateway, chunkOf } from "./ws-gateway";
+import { wsGateway, chunkOf, getModSocket } from "./ws-gateway";
 import { createTestServer, deleteTestServer, FakeSocket } from "./test-helpers";
+import { redeemLinkCode } from "./link";
+import { chatChannel } from "./chat";
 
 describe("chunkOf", () => {
   test("floors toward negative infinity, matching Math.floor(coord/16)", () => {
@@ -160,4 +162,61 @@ describe("wsGateway.message", () => {
     await wsGateway.message(socket2, JSON.stringify({ type: "columns", dimension: 0, columns: [] }));
     expect(socket2.lastMessage()).toEqual({ type: "error", error: "not_authenticated" });
   });
+
+  test("link_request stores a redeemable code carrying the mod-supplied identity", async () => {
+    const socket = new FakeSocket();
+    await wsGateway.message(socket, JSON.stringify({ type: "hello", token: server.token }));
+
+    const code = crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6);
+    await wsGateway.message(
+      socket,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        type: "link_request",
+        code,
+        uuid: "mod-supplied-uuid",
+        username: "ModPlayer",
+        authMode: "online",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const redeemed = await redeemLinkCode(code);
+    expect(redeemed.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!redeemed.ok) return;
+    expect(redeemed.account.username).toBe("ModPlayer");
+  });
+
+  test("getModSocket returns the authenticated connection for a server, and forgets it on close", async () => {
+    const socket = new FakeSocket();
+    await wsGateway.message(socket, JSON.stringify({ type: "hello", token: server.token }));
+    expect(getModSocket(server.id)).toBe(socket);
+
+    wsGateway.close(socket);
+    expect(getModSocket(server.id)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("chat from the mod persists it and publishes it for web viewers", async () => {
+    const socket = new FakeSocket();
+    await wsGateway.message(socket, JSON.stringify({ type: "hello", token: server.token }));
+
+    const sub = redis.duplicate();
+    await sub.subscribe(chatChannel(server.id));
+    const received = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+      sub.once("message", (_channel, message) => resolve(message));
+    });
+
+    await wsGateway.message(
+      socket,
+      JSON.stringify({ type: "chat", uuid: "chatter-uuid", username: "InGamePlayer", message: "gg" }),
+    );
+
+    expect(JSON.parse(await received)).toEqual({ username: "InGamePlayer", message: "gg", source: "game" });
+    sub.disconnect();
+
+    const rows = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(chatMessages)
+      .where(and(eq(chatMessages.serverId, server.id), eq(chatMessages.message, "gg")));
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rows[0]!.source).toBe("game");
+  });
 });

api/src/ws-gateway.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "./db/client";
 import { chunkColumns, chunkSections, servers } from "./db/schema";
 import { markChunkDirty } from "./redis";
+import { storeLinkCode } from "./link";
+import { recordAndPublishChat } from "./chat";
 
 // Wire protocol (mod <-> api), one JSON object per WS text frame:
 //
@@ -25,6 +27,20 @@ import { markChunkDirty } from "./redis";
 // blockStateIds, base64-encoded, indexed by `(ly*16 + lz)*16 + lx` within the section.
 // A "sections" message marks the chunk dirty the same way "columns" does — one dirty-chunk
 // event now triggers the worker to re-render both the 2D tile and any 3D meshes for that chunk.
+//
+//   mod -> api  {"type":"link_request","code":"AB3XQ9","uuid":"...","username":"...","authMode":"online"}
+//
+// Phase 3: sent when a player runs `/mcmapper link` — see LinkRequest.java on the mod side and
+// link.ts's storeLinkCode/redeemLinkCode for the rest of the flow (redemption happens over plain
+// HTTP from the browser, not over this WS connection — see index.ts's /api/link/redeem).
+//
+//   mod -> api  {"type":"chat","uuid":"...","username":"...","message":"..."}
+//   api -> mod  {"type":"chat","username":"...","message":"..."}
+//
+// In-game chat, both directions. mod -> api is this module (records + publishes for web
+// viewers, see chat.ts); api -> mod is sent by the browser-facing /ws/chat route (chat-gateway.ts)
+// looking up the mod's connection via getModSocket() and calling ChatBridge.injectWebChatMessage
+// on the mod side.
 
 interface Column {
   x: number;
@@ -44,11 +60,18 @@ interface ConnState {
 }
 
 const connections = new Map<string | number, ConnState>();
+// Reverse lookup for chat-gateway.ts to forward web-originated chat into the right mod
+// connection — populated on a successful hello, cleaned up on close (see wsGateway.close()).
+const modSocketsByServer = new Map<string, any>();
 
 export function chunkOf(coord: number): number {
   return Math.floor(coord / 16);
 }
 
+export function getModSocket(serverId: string) {
+  return modSocketsByServer.get(serverId);
+}
+
 export const wsGateway = {
   async open() {
     // Nothing to do until `hello` arrives — see message().
@@ -73,6 +96,7 @@ export const wsGateway = {
         return;
       }
       connections.set(ws.id, { serverId: row.id });
+      modSocketsByServer.set(row.id, ws);
       ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "hello_ack", ok: true, serverId: row.id }));
       console.log(`[ws] server '${row.name}' (${row.id}) authenticated`);
       return;
@@ -154,9 +178,29 @@ export const wsGateway = {
       await markChunkDirty(state.serverId, dimension, chunkX, chunkZ);
       return;
     }
+
+    if (msg.type === "link_request") {
+      // The mod generates `code` itself (so it can show it to the player immediately) — this
+      // just remembers what it means until redeemed. See link.ts's storeLinkCode doc comment.
+      await storeLinkCode(msg.code, state.serverId, msg.uuid, msg.username, msg.authMode);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (msg.type === "chat") {
+      await recordAndPublishChat(state.serverId, {
+        username: msg.username,
+        message: msg.message,
+        source: "game",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
   },
 
   close(ws: any) {
+    const state = connections.get(ws.id);
+    if (state && modSocketsByServer.get(state.serverId) === ws) {
+      modSocketsByServer.delete(state.serverId);
+    }
     connections.delete(ws.id);
   },
 };

frontend/src/public/js/map.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// Barebones Leaflet viewer (Phase 1). No auth/marker/chat UI yet — those are Phase 3/4.
+// Barebones Leaflet viewer (Phase 1) + chat/linking (Phase 3). Marker tool and admin panel are
+// still later phases.
 //
 // Tiles are one Minecraft chunk (16x16 blocks) each, upscaled to 256px, at a single native
 // zoom level (see api's tile route + worker/src/render/cpu.rs) — Leaflet stretches that one
@@ -8,12 +9,28 @@
 // on screen. Minecraft's Z grows south (visually "down" on a conventional north-up map), so
 // tile y = -chunkZ here; the api negates it back to chunkZ when looking up the tile pointer
 // (see api/src/index.ts's /api/tiles route comment).
+//
+// Session handling: the session token from /api/link/redeem is kept in localStorage and sent
+// back via the X-MCMapper-Session header / a WS message field, not an httpOnly cookie — see
+// api/src/link.ts's doc comment for why that's a deliberate Phase 3 MVP tradeoff.
+const SESSION_STORAGE_KEY = "mcmapper_session";
+const NICKNAME_STORAGE_KEY = "mcmapper_nickname";
+
 function mapmapper() {
   return {
     loading: true,
     server: null,
     leaflet: null,
 
+    chatSocket: null,
+    chatMessages: [],
+    chatInput: "",
+    linkCode: "",
+    linkStatus: "",
+    sessionToken: localStorage.getItem(SESSION_STORAGE_KEY) || null,
+    account: null,
+    nickname: localStorage.getItem(NICKNAME_STORAGE_KEY) || "",
+
     async init() {
       const servers = await fetch("/api/servers").then((r) => r.json());
       this.loading = false;
@@ -32,7 +49,81 @@ function mapmapper() {
             "data:image/svg+xml;base64," +
             btoa('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="256" height="256"><rect width="256" height="256" fill="#1e1e28"/></svg>'),
         }).addTo(this.leaflet);
+
+        await this.loadAccount();
+        this.connectChat();
       }
     },
+
+    async loadAccount() {
+      if (!this.sessionToken) return;
+      const res = await fetch("/api/me", { headers: { "X-MCMapper-Session": this.sessionToken } });
+      const { account } = await res.json();
+      this.account = account;
+      // A revoked/expired session should stop being sent as if it were still valid.
+      if (!account) {
+        this.sessionToken = null;
+        localStorage.removeItem(SESSION_STORAGE_KEY);
+      }
+    },
+
+    connectChat() {
+      const proto = location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss" : "ws";
+      this.chatSocket = new WebSocket(`${proto}://${location.host}/ws/chat/${this.server.id}`);
+      this.chatSocket.onmessage = (ev) => {
+        const msg = JSON.parse(ev.data);
+        if (msg.type === "error") {
+          this.linkStatus = msg.error;
+          return;
+        }
+        this.chatMessages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), ...msg });
+        if (this.chatMessages.length > 200) this.chatMessages.shift();
+        this.$nextTick(() => {
+          this.$refs.chatLog.scrollTop = this.$refs.chatLog.scrollHeight;
+        });
+      };
+    },
+
+    sendChat() {
+      const message = this.chatInput.trim();
+      if (!message || !this.chatSocket) return;
+      this.chatSocket.send(
+        JSON.stringify({ type: "chat", message, sessionToken: this.sessionToken, nickname: this.nickname }),
+      );
+      this.chatInput = "";
+    },
+
+    saveNickname() {
+      localStorage.setItem(NICKNAME_STORAGE_KEY, this.nickname);
+    },
+
+    async redeemLink() {
+      const code = this.linkCode.trim();
+      if (!code) return;
+      const res = await fetch("/api/link/redeem", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ code }),
+      });
+      const data = await res.json();
+      if (data.ok) {
+        this.sessionToken = data.sessionToken;
+        localStorage.setItem(SESSION_STORAGE_KEY, this.sessionToken);
+        this.account = data.account;
+        this.linkStatus = `linked as ${data.account.username}`;
+        this.linkCode = "";
+      } else {
+        this.linkStatus = data.error;
+      }
+    },
+
+    async unlink() {
+      if (this.sessionToken) {
+        await fetch("/api/unlink", { method: "POST", headers: { "X-MCMapper-Session": this.sessionToken } });
+      }
+      localStorage.removeItem(SESSION_STORAGE_KEY);
+      this.sessionToken = null;
+      this.account = null;
+    },
   };
 }

frontend/src/views/index.pug

@@ -20,5 +20,41 @@ html(lang="en")
           span(x-text="server?.name")
         span.text-sm.text-neutral-500(x-show="loading") loading servers…
         span.text-sm.text-red-400(x-show="!loading && !server") No server registered yet — see backend README (bun run seed).
+      div.flex-1.flex.overflow-hidden
         div#map.flex-1
+        aside.w-80.flex.flex-col.border-l.border-neutral-700.bg-neutral-800(x-show="server")
+          div.flex-1.overflow-y-auto.p-2.space-y-1(x-ref="chatLog")
+            template(x-for="msg in chatMessages" x-bind:key="msg.id")
+              p.text-sm.break-words
+                span.font-semibold(x-text="msg.username")
+                span.text-neutral-500.text-xs(x-show="msg.source === 'game'")  [game]
+                span.text-neutral-400 : 
+                span(x-text="msg.message")
+
+          div.p-2.border-t.border-neutral-700.space-y-2
+            template(x-if="account")
+              div.text-xs.text-neutral-400.flex.items-center.gap-2
+                span
+                  | Linked as
+                  span.font-semibold.text-neutral-200(x-text="' ' + account.username")
+                button.underline(x-on:click="unlink") unlink
+
+            template(x-if="!account")
+              input.w-full.bg-neutral-900.text-sm.px-2.py-1.rounded.border.border-neutral-700(
+                type="text" placeholder="nickname (optional)" x-model="nickname"
+                x-on:change="saveNickname")
+
+            div.flex.gap-1
+              input.flex-1.bg-neutral-900.text-sm.px-2.py-1.rounded.border.border-neutral-700(
+                type="text" placeholder="message" x-model="chatInput"
+                x-on:keydown.enter="sendChat")
+              button.px-2.py-1.bg-neutral-700.rounded.text-sm(x-on:click="sendChat") Send
+
+            template(x-if="!account")
+              div.flex.gap-1
+                input.flex-1.bg-neutral-900.text-sm.px-2.py-1.rounded.border.border-neutral-700(
+                  type="text" placeholder="link code from /mcmapper link" x-model="linkCode")
+                button.px-2.py-1.bg-neutral-700.rounded.text-sm(x-on:click="redeemLink") Link
+
+            p.text-xs.text-amber-400(x-show="linkStatus" x-text="linkStatus")
     script(src="/js/map.js")