docs(adr): record pdf.js wasm same-origin serving + future-CSP constraint
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Promote the future-CSP constraint from an inline Caddyfile comment to a
durable ADR-028: serve the pdf.js wasm decoders same-origin (never a
CDN), any future CSP must allow 'wasm-unsafe-eval' + worker-src 'self'
blob:, and the build-time guard keeps the wasm shipping. Caddyfile now
points at the ADR.

Addresses re-review: Markus (constraint should be an ADR, not a comment).

Refs #708

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# ADR-028 — pdf.js wasm decoders are served same-origin; a future CSP must allow them
**Date:** 2026-06-01
**Status:** Accepted
**Issue:** #708 (scanned PDFs with CCITT/JBIG2 images render blank)
**Milestone:** Pre-prod read-path hardening
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## Context
pdf.js 5.x moved the **JBIG2, CCITTFax, and JPEG2000 image decoders into
WebAssembly**. A single `jbig2.wasm` module decodes both JBIG2 and CCITTFax;
`openjpeg.wasm` decodes JPEG2000. These modules live in
`node_modules/pdfjs-dist/wasm/` and are not on the web path by default, and
`getDocument` will not load them unless it is given a `wasmUrl`. Without that,
bi-level black-and-white scans (CCITT G4 fax — ~16% of the archive) painted a
blank canvas in production while JPEG scans rendered fine.
Two cross-cutting, long-lived constraints fall out of the fix and are not
obvious from reading any single file — hence this record.
## Decision
1. **Serve the pdf.js wasm from our own origin**, at the unversioned path
`/pdfjs-wasm/`, copied from `node_modules/pdfjs-dist/wasm/` into
`build/client/` at build time by `vite-plugin-static-copy` (a devDependency;
see `frontend/vite.config.ts`). `getDocument` is called with
`wasmUrl: '/pdfjs-wasm/'`. **Never point `wasmUrl` at a public CDN** — a
decoder on the core read path must not become a supply-chain RCE surface.
2. **Any future `Content-Security-Policy` MUST include
`script-src 'wasm-unsafe-eval'` and `worker-src 'self' blob:`.** pdf.js
instantiates WebAssembly and runs its renderer in a worker created from a
`blob:` URL. A CSP without these directives silently re-breaks PDF rendering
for the exact class of documents #708 fixed. No CSP is set today
(`infra/caddy/Caddyfile` `(security_headers)`); the Caddyfile carries a
pointer to this ADR so the future CSP author cannot miss it.
3. **The wasm shipping is guarded at build time.** `frontend/postbuild`
(`scripts/assert-pdfjs-wasm.mjs`) fails the build loudly if `jbig2.wasm` or
`openjpeg.wasm` is absent from `build/client/pdfjs-wasm/` — so a future
`pdfjs-dist` bump that renames or relocates the wasm cannot regress to a
blank canvas unnoticed. This runs in CI and in the Docker build stage.
## Consequences
- The decoders load from the same origin as the app — no third-party trust, no
SRI to manage, correct `Content-Type: application/wasm` served by
adapter-node.
- `/pdfjs-wasm/` is **not** content-hashed, so it must not be served
`immutable` — a revalidating cache avoids serving a stale `.wasm` against a
newer worker after a pdfjs upgrade.
- The CSP constraint is a standing obligation on whoever introduces a CSP. If
that work happens, this ADR and the Caddyfile note are the source of truth.
- No new container or external system is introduced, so the C4 L1/L2 diagrams
are unaffected; `/pdfjs-wasm/` is a static asset served by the existing
frontend container.
- Render/decode failures are no longer silent: the viewer surfaces a localized
message plus a working download link (see #708).