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model: gpt-5.6-sol
service: opencode
session: tractor-addr-unpacking
timestamp: 2026-08-20T03:31:07Z
git_ref: ba07e09d
scope: code
substantive: true
raw_file: 20260820T033107Z_ba07e09d_prompt_io.raw.md
---

## Prompt

The human requested canonical tagged transport addresses with a
reader-first migration. TCP should decode `('tcp', host, port)`, Unix
should decode `('unix', path)`, `uds` should remain an accepted input
alias and internal transport key, and legacy tuple/list inputs must keep
working before writers switch formats.

## Response summary

Introduced canonical and compatibility address aliases, explicit tagged
dispatch, transport-specific tagged readers, and focused serialization
tests. Kept legacy pair inputs and native IPv6 socket values readable so
this boundary can ship before tagged emission.

## Files changed

- `tractor/discovery/_addr.py` - address aliases and tagged dispatch.
- `tractor/ipc/_tcp.py` - tagged, legacy, and IPv6 TCP decoding.
- `tractor/ipc/_uds.py` - canonical Unix and UDS-alias decoding.
- `tests/discovery/test_address_serialization.py` - reader compatibility
  coverage.

## Human edits

The human supplied the canonical `tcp` and `unix` forms, chose `uds` as
an input-only serialization alias while preserving it as the runtime
transport key, and required a reader-first commit boundary. The agent
implemented those decisions; no direct manual source edits were
observed.
