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Summary

In the browser editor, pressing Save now writes back to the file you opened instead of downloading a new copy every time. Chromium-based browsers (over HTTPS or localhost) open and save through the File System Access API; Save As, or a document that did not come from a file, asks where to save and keeps writing there afterwards. Safari and Firefox keep the existing download behavior.

What Changed

• src/renderer/src/platform/file-system-access.ts (new): picker support detection, handle read/write, AbortError treated as cancel. Writes go through createWritable(), so a failed write leaves the previous file contents in place and the swap stream is aborted.
• src/renderer/src/platform/document-file-access.ts: Chromium opens and saves through pickers and handles; other engines keep the file input and download fallback. saveDocumentFile takes a { filePath, fileHandle } target. Picker type labels come from a new file.documentType locale key.
• src/renderer/src/store/document-store.ts: session-only fileHandle field, set by loadDocument/completeSave and dropped by every new session (new, open, recovery, share). It never enters document contents, recovery storage, share snapshots or exports.
• lib/document/save-document.ts and document-replacement.ts pass the handle through.
• Tests: document-file-access.browser.test.ts (handle reuse, Save As adopting a new handle, a document without a handle, cancelled pickers, failed write, unreadable pick, fallback), one save-document.test.ts case, one document-store.test.ts case (recovery drops the handle), and tests/e2e/browser-save-in-place.spec.ts.
• tests/playwright.config.ts: Chromium launches with --disable-blink-features=FileSystemAccessLocal. Under automation the real pickers reject with AbortError immediately (measured, with or without a filechooser listener), so every existing spec keeps exercising the file input and download fallback and the new spec fakes the pickers.
• Docs: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md browser-mode note and E2E note, README (en/ko) feature table, website FAQ and example-saving strings (en/ko).

Why

The browser editor loaded files from <input type="file"> with filePath: null and every save called downloadFile(), so Save and Save As shared one path and neither could update the opened file. Keeping the handle in the document store (rather than a module-level variable) ties it to the loaded session: a cancelled or failed replacement cannot leave a stale handle pointing at a different file, and the existing session guard in completeSave already covers saves that finish after a replacement.

Rejected: a Playwright fixture that removed the pickers per test (required an import change in 60 specs plus a lint guard); the launch flag does the same in one config line.

Linked Issue

Fixes #246

Visual Proof

No visual change: the editor UI is unchanged; the difference is which OS dialog appears (Chromium's file picker instead of the download bar) and that the opened file is updated. Covered by tests/e2e/browser-save-in-place.spec.ts.

Testing

Run on macOS (Darwin 27.0.0, Apple Silicon):

• pnpm check — passed (lint, guards 118, format, typecheck, vitest 162 files / 1680 tests).
• pnpm exec vitest run --config config/vitest.config.ts src/renderer/src/platform/document-file-access.browser.test.ts src/renderer/src/platform/document-file-access.test.ts src/renderer/src/lib/document/save-document.test.ts src/renderer/src/lib/document/document-replacement.test.ts src/renderer/src/store/document-store.test.ts — passed.
• pnpm exec playwright test --config tests/playwright.config.ts tests/e2e/browser-save-in-place.spec.ts tests/e2e/document-dirty.spec.ts tests/e2e/presentation-annotation.spec.ts tests/e2e/recovery-retention.spec.ts tests/e2e/html-export.spec.ts --project=chromium — 31 passed (new spec plus existing file-chooser/download specs under the new launch flag).
• pnpm test:site — 58 passed (website strings changed).
• Verified the new tests fail against the previous sources (8 failures; only the fallback regression test passes on both, by design).
• Skipped: full E2E (CI), Rust checks (src-tauri/ unchanged).

Not reproducible headless, please check manually in Chrome on pnpm dev:web: (1) Open a .canvaslide, edit, ⌘S/Ctrl+S: Chrome asks once to allow saving changes, the file on disk updates, the title loses its dirty marker, no download appears. (2) Decline that permission prompt: an error alert appears and the document stays dirty. (3) ⇧⌘S / Ctrl+Shift+S: the save dialog appears and later saves go to the new file. (4) In Safari or Firefox: Save downloads a copy as before.

Desktop check: none — the Tauri open/save path is unchanged (saveWithTauri/openWithTauri untouched; native path tests in document-file-access.test.ts pass).

Platform Notes

• Chromium only, and only in a secure context (HTTPS or localhost); on a plain-http LAN host the browser falls back to downloads.
• Safari and Firefox lack the pickers and keep the file input and download fallback.
• Crash-recovery copies never carry the handle: a recovered document asks where to save on its first Save.
• Tauri: no change.

Checklist

• pnpm check
• Affected unit/spec files (list exact commands in Testing)
• pnpm rust:fmt:check && pnpm rust:clippy && pnpm rust:test — if src-tauri/ changed
• pnpm test:site — if website/ or app modules it imports changed
• pnpm bundle:local (--bundles app for macOS app only) — only if bundling configuration changed
• Affected documentation and links are updated; new permanent docs have a stated purpose

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Chromium-based browsers can save changes directly to an opened document over HTTPS or localhost. Save As lets you choose a file that subsequent saves update.
  • Safari and Firefox continue to download a copy when saving.
• Bug Fixes
  • Canceling a save or encountering a file write error preserves the current document and its unsaved changes.

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Walkthrough

The browser editor now uses File System Access API handles to save Chromium documents back to their opened file. Safari and Firefox retain file-input and download behavior. The document store tracks handles for the session, and tests and browser guidance cover both paths.

Changes

Browser file access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
File System Access API and file access src/renderer/src/platform/file-system-access.ts, src/renderer/src/platform/document-file-access.ts	Adds browser picker, read, and write helpers. Browser file access uses handles when supported and retains file-input and download fallbacks.
Handle state and save flow src/renderer/src/store/document-store.ts, src/renderer/src/lib/document/document-replacement.ts, src/renderer/src/lib/document/save-document.ts, src/renderer/src/platform/document-file-access.test.ts, src/renderer/src/platform/document-file-access.browser.test.ts, src/renderer/src/lib/document/save-document.test.ts, src/renderer/src/store/document-store.test.ts	The store records file handles during document loads and successful saves. Save passes the current handle to file access and records the returned handle. Tests cover handle reuse, Save As, cancellation, failed writes, fallback behavior, and handle clearing.
End-to-end verification and browser guidance tests/e2e/browser-save-in-place.spec.ts, tests/playwright.config.ts, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, README.md, README.ko.md, src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.ts, src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts, website/src/i18n/locales/en.ts, website/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts	The browser end-to-end test checks saving through a file handle, Save As, cancellation, and new-document behavior. Browser setup, architecture guidance, feature tables, and website text describe browser-specific save behavior. The English and Korean locales add the document type label.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant openDocumentFile
  participant FileSystemAccessAPI
  participant readFileHandle
  participant loadReplacement
  participant DocumentStore
  participant saveCurrentDocument
  participant saveDocumentFile
  participant writeFileHandle
  User->>openDocumentFile: Open a document
  openDocumentFile->>FileSystemAccessAPI: Pick a file
  FileSystemAccessAPI-->>openDocumentFile: Return file handle
  openDocumentFile->>readFileHandle: Read file contents
  readFileHandle-->>openDocumentFile: Return bytes
  openDocumentFile-->>loadReplacement: Return document and handle
  loadReplacement->>DocumentStore: Load document with handle
  User->>saveCurrentDocument: Save document
  saveCurrentDocument->>saveDocumentFile: Pass file path and handle
  saveDocumentFile->>writeFileHandle: Write encoded contents
  writeFileHandle-->>saveDocumentFile: Complete write
  saveDocumentFile-->>saveCurrentDocument: Return file path and handle
  saveCurrentDocument->>DocumentStore: Complete save with returned values

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 64efa

Save As may fail when attempted during a lengthy save. The user can retry, so this is a bounded issue to address or accept before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 64efa

Saving can now replace a user-selected local file. The handle is tied to the document session and normal failures leave save state unchanged, but cleanup and file preservation after a final commit failure remain unverified.

Retained concerns

• Medium · reliability · inferred: If the writable stream rejects during close, the new writer propagates the failure without an explicit abort. Save state remains unchanged, but temporary-stream cleanup and preservation of the previous file have not been established for this terminal state.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The new write capability reaches the file represented by the active session's browser handle, or a destination selected for Save As. The inspected routing does not extend that capability to native path commands, other sessions, or a service-side data store.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A selected file supplies untrusted bytes to the document decoder, while a subsequent save sends encoded document bytes to the retained or newly selected handle. Inspection established no route from file contents alone to selecting an arbitrary write destination; this is not a claim of complete security coverage.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Browser pickers supply handles and treat picker dismissal as cancellation. A later save reuses the active handle unless Save As forces selection; a replaced session drops the previous handle, and a late save result cannot install it in the new session.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The failed-write test checks abort and retention of the previous handle and dirty state. Its fake commits on close, but does not exercise close rejection or interruption, so it cannot establish the corresponding file-integrity outcome.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Define and exercise the commit-failure transition, including best-effort cleanup where the stream permits it, and verify previous-file preservation and retry behavior in a supported browser.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: browser documents can be saved back to the opened file.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes all required sections, explains the user impact and design, links issue #246, documents testing and skipped checks, provides platform notes, and addresses visual proof.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue [#246] requirements are implemented. document-file-access.ts uses File System Access pickers when supported, reuses the opened handle for Save, adopts a new handle for Save As, and falls back …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within issue [#246]. Source changes implement browser file handles and save state. Store and replacement changes support session-only handle lifecycle. Tests verify the requested beha…

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