crates/common/src/auth/permissions.rs

@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ impl AccessToken {
         mut requested_permissions: Permissions,
     ) -> Result<(), Vec<Permission>> {
         requested_permissions.difference(self.permissions_bits());
+        // inbuxa: journaling, JR-18: whoever sets up journals may give
+        // others (or, through a role, themselves) the reading of them,
+        // which administrators don't hold by default; the role change is
+        // in the audit log
+        if self.has_permission(Permission::SysJournalUpdate) {
+            requested_permissions.clear(Permission::SysJournalSearch as usize);
+            requested_permissions.clear(Permission::SysJournalExport as usize);
+        }
         if requested_permissions.is_empty() {
             Ok(())
         } else {
@@ -307,6 +315,13 @@ impl Default for DefaultPermissions {
                 | Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate => {
                     default.superuser.push(permission);
                 }
+                // inbuxa: journals are the server's; administrators set them
+                // up but read what's journaled only if granted it
+                // (journaling spec, JR-18, settled answer 5)
+                Permission::SysJournalGet | Permission::SysJournalUpdate => {
+                    default.superuser.push(permission);
+                }
+                Permission::SysJournalSearch | Permission::SysJournalExport => {}
                 // inbuxa: AL-12: tenant administrators lock and delegate
                 // within their tenant
                 Permission::SysAccountLockGet

crates/common/src/manager/compliance_roles.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ const OFFICER: &[Permission] = &[
     Permission::SysDlpPolicyGet,
     Permission::SysDlpReviewGet,
     Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate,
+    // journaling spec, JR-18: see journals, search and export them
+    Permission::SysJournalGet,
+    Permission::SysJournalSearch,
+    Permission::SysJournalExport,
 ];
 
 /// What a tenant's officer holds besides [`READS`].

crates/common/src/manager/granted_permissions.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ const ADMIN_GRANTS: &[Permission] = &[
     Permission::SysDlpPolicyUpdate,
     Permission::SysDlpReviewGet,
     Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate,
+    Permission::SysJournalGet,
+    Permission::SysJournalUpdate,
 ];
 
 /// Granted to the server-level Compliance Officer role once it exists:
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ const OFFICER_GRANTS: &[Permission] = &[
     Permission::SysDlpPolicyGet,
     Permission::SysDlpReviewGet,
     Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate,
+    // journaling spec, JR-18: see journals, search and export them
+    Permission::SysJournalGet,
+    Permission::SysJournalSearch,
+    Permission::SysJournalExport,
 ];
 
 /// Granted to the default tenant administrator roles: reading and exporting

crates/features/src/journal/entries.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,689 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! The built-in journal (JR-5, JR-6, JR-13). Keys, after `J`:
+//!
+//! - `e` + node + seq: a chain link: its seq, the hash of the link before
+//!   it, and the SHA-256 of its entry. One chain per node, as the audit log
+//!   keeps (AU-6), but a link names its entry by hash instead of holding it,
+//!   so an entry can go at the end of its own retention without breaking
+//!   the chain: entries don't expire in chain order.
+//! - `c` + node + seq: the entry, as JSON; its bytes are what the link's
+//!   hash names.
+//! - `p` + node + seq: when an entry past its retention was purged. A link
+//!   whose entry is gone without this marker is a broken chain.
+//! - `t` + time + node + seq: the time index, for search.
+//! - `x` + expiry + node + seq: the expiry index, for purge.
+//! - `h` + node: the chain's head: its hash, then its seq as the last eight
+//!   bytes, which each append asserts.
+//! - `f` + node: where the chain starts after purged links at its start
+//!   were cleared, and the hash the first kept link names.
+//!
+//! The report itself is a blob, kept by a temporary link that lasts until
+//! its entry is purged. Nothing here changes or removes an entry before
+//! its time; nothing in JMAP can.
+
+use super::{Direction, FEATURE, Json};
+use crate::hold::HELD_UNTIL;
+use serde::{Deserialize as SerdeDeserialize, Serialize as SerdeSerialize};
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use std::fmt;
+use store::{
+    BlobStore, Deserialize, IterateParams, SUBSPACE_INBUXA, Serialize, Store, ValueKey,
+    write::{AnyClass, BatchBuilder, BlobLink, BlobOp, ValueClass, assert::AssertValue},
+};
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use trc::AddContext;
+use types::blob_hash::BlobHash;
+
+const KIND_LINK: u8 = b'e';
+const KIND_CONTENT: u8 = b'c';
+const KIND_PURGED: u8 = b'p';
+const KIND_TIME: u8 = b't';
+const KIND_EXPIRY: u8 = b'x';
+const KIND_HEAD: u8 = b'h';
+const KIND_FLOOR: u8 = b'f';
+
+const APPEND_ATTEMPTS: usize = 5;
+/// Entries purged per batch.
+const PURGE_BATCH: usize = 100;
+
+/// Where one entry sits: its node's chain and its place in it.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct EntryId {
+    pub node: u64,
+    pub seq: u64,
+}
+
+impl EntryId {
+    /// As one number, for JMAP ids: the node in the top 16 bits.
+    pub fn to_u64(&self) -> u64 {
+        (self.node << 48) | (self.seq & ((1 << 48) - 1))
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_u64(id: u64) -> Self {
+        EntryId {
+            node: id >> 48,
+            seq: id & ((1 << 48) - 1),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for EntryId {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}-{}", self.node, self.seq)
+    }
+}
+
+/// One journaled message (JR-5).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, SerdeSerialize, SerdeDeserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Entry {
+    pub queue_id: u64,
+    /// Seconds.
+    pub at: u64,
+    pub direction: Direction,
+    pub sender: String,
+    pub authenticated: bool,
+    pub recipients: Vec<String>,
+    pub subject: String,
+    pub message_id: String,
+    /// The people here on either side, whose holds keep the entry.
+    pub accounts: Vec<u32>,
+    pub tenants: Vec<u32>,
+    /// The journals that took it.
+    pub journals: Vec<u32>,
+    pub held: bool,
+    /// The report's blob, hex.
+    pub blob: String,
+    pub size: u64,
+    /// SHA-256 of the report, hex.
+    pub sha256: String,
+    /// Seconds.
+    pub expires_at: u64,
+}
+
+impl Entry {
+    pub fn blob_hash(&self) -> Option<BlobHash> {
+        let bytes = unhex(&self.blob)?;
+        BlobHash::try_from_hash_slice(&bytes).ok()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, SerdeSerialize, SerdeDeserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct Link {
+    seq: u64,
+    prev: String,
+    content: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, SerdeSerialize, SerdeDeserialize)]
+struct Floor {
+    seq: u64,
+    prev: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
+struct Head {
+    seq: u64,
+    hash: String,
+}
+
+impl Head {
+    fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut bytes = self.hash.as_bytes().to_vec();
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&self.seq.to_be_bytes());
+        bytes
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deserialize for Head {
+    fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<Self> {
+        let split = bytes.len().checked_sub(8).ok_or_else(|| {
+            trc::StoreEvent::DataCorruption
+                .into_err()
+                .details("Invalid journal chain head")
+        })?;
+        Ok(Head {
+            seq: u64::from_be_bytes(bytes[split..].try_into().unwrap()),
+            hash: String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes[..split]).into_owned(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+struct Raw(Vec<u8>);
+
+impl Deserialize for Raw {
+    fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Raw(bytes.to_vec()))
+    }
+}
+
+fn class(kind: u8, parts: &[u64]) -> ValueClass {
+    let mut key = Vec::with_capacity(2 + parts.len() * 8);
+    key.push(FEATURE);
+    key.push(kind);
+    for part in parts {
+        key.extend_from_slice(&part.to_be_bytes());
+    }
+    ValueClass::Any(AnyClass {
+        subspace: SUBSPACE_INBUXA,
+        key,
+    })
+}
+
+fn key(kind: u8, parts: &[u64]) -> ValueKey<ValueClass> {
+    ValueKey::from(class(kind, parts))
+}
+
+/// Where an entry's content is kept, for tests that check tampering shows.
+pub fn content_key(id: EntryId) -> ValueKey<ValueClass> {
+    key(KIND_CONTENT, &[id.node, id.seq])
+}
+
+/// The numbers after the kind byte, from the key's tail.
+fn parse_key(key: &[u8], kind: u8, parts: usize) -> Option<Vec<u64>> {
+    let len = 2 + parts * 8;
+    let tail = key.get(key.len().checked_sub(len)?..)?;
+    (tail[0] == FEATURE && tail[1] == kind).then_some(())?;
+    Some(
+        tail[2..]
+            .chunks_exact(8)
+            .map(|chunk| u64::from_be_bytes(chunk.try_into().unwrap()))
+            .collect(),
+    )
+}
+
+pub fn hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    bytes.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect()
+}
+
+fn unhex(value: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    (value.len() % 2 == 0).then_some(())?;
+    (0..value.len())
+        .step_by(2)
+        .map(|i| u8::from_str_radix(value.get(i..i + 2)?, 16).ok())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+pub fn sha256(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    hex(&Sha256::digest(bytes))
+}
+
+async fn head(data: &Store, node: u64) -> trc::Result<Option<Head>> {
+    data.get_value::<Head>(key(KIND_HEAD, &[node]))
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())
+}
+
+async fn floor(data: &Store, node: u64) -> trc::Result<Floor> {
+    Ok(data
+        .get_value::<Json<Floor>>(key(KIND_FLOOR, &[node]))
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+        .map(|Json(floor)| floor)
+        .unwrap_or(Floor {
+            seq: 1,
+            prev: String::new(),
+        }))
+}
+
+async fn nodes(data: &Store) -> trc::Result<Vec<u64>> {
+    let mut nodes = Vec::new();
+    data.iterate(
+        IterateParams::new(key(KIND_HEAD, &[0]), key(KIND_HEAD, &[u64::MAX])).no_values(),
+        |key, _| {
+            if let Some(parts) = parse_key(key, KIND_HEAD, 1) {
+                nodes.push(parts[0]);
+            }
+            Ok(true)
+        },
+    )
+    .await
+    .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    Ok(nodes)
+}
+
+/// Lines up this process's appends; the store's assert settles the rest.
+static APPENDING: Mutex<()> = Mutex::const_new(());
+
+/// Adds an entry to this node's chain, and links its report's blob (already
+/// written) until the entry is purged. An error means nothing was written.
+pub async fn append(data: &Store, node: u64, entry: &Entry) -> trc::Result<EntryId> {
+    let blob = entry.blob_hash().ok_or_else(|| {
+        trc::StoreEvent::UnexpectedError
+            .into_err()
+            .details("Journal entry without a blob")
+    })?;
+    let content = Json(entry).serialize()?;
+    let content_hash = sha256(&content);
+    let _appending = APPENDING.lock().await;
+    let mut attempt = 0;
+    loop {
+        attempt += 1;
+        let current = head(data, node).await?;
+        let (seq, prev) = current
+            .as_ref()
+            .map_or((1, String::new()), |head| (head.seq + 1, head.hash.clone()));
+        let link = Json(&Link {
+            seq,
+            prev,
+            content: content_hash.clone(),
+        })
+        .serialize()?;
+        let new_head = Head {
+            seq,
+            hash: sha256(&link),
+        };
+
+        let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+        batch.assert_value(
+            class(KIND_HEAD, &[node]),
+            current.map_or(AssertValue::None, |head| AssertValue::U64(head.seq)),
+        );
+        batch
+            .set(class(KIND_LINK, &[node, seq]), link)
+            .set(class(KIND_CONTENT, &[node, seq]), content.clone())
+            .set(class(KIND_TIME, &[entry.at, node, seq]), vec![])
+            .set(class(KIND_EXPIRY, &[entry.expires_at, node, seq]), vec![])
+            .set(class(KIND_HEAD, &[node]), new_head.to_bytes())
+            .set(
+                BlobOp::Link {
+                    hash: blob.clone(),
+                    to: BlobLink::Temporary { until: HELD_UNTIL },
+                },
+                vec![],
+            )
+            .set(BlobOp::Commit { hash: blob.clone() }, vec![]);
+        match data.write(batch.build_all()).await {
+            Ok(_) => return Ok(EntryId { node, seq }),
+            Err(err)
+                if attempt < APPEND_ATTEMPTS
+                    && matches!(
+                        err.as_ref(),
+                        trc::EventType::Store(trc::StoreEvent::AssertValueFailed)
+                    ) => {}
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.caused_by(trc::location!())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// One entry, unless it was purged.
+pub async fn get(data: &Store, id: EntryId) -> trc::Result<Option<Entry>> {
+    Ok(data
+        .get_value::<Json<Entry>>(key(KIND_CONTENT, &[id.node, id.seq]))
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+        .map(|Json(entry)| entry))
+}
+
+/// Entries written in `[after, before)` (seconds), newest first, up to
+/// `limit`.
+pub async fn list(
+    data: &Store,
+    after: u64,
+    before: u64,
+    limit: usize,
+) -> trc::Result<Vec<(EntryId, Entry)>> {
+    let mut ids = Vec::new();
+    data.iterate(
+        IterateParams::new(
+            key(KIND_TIME, &[after, 0, 0]),
+            key(KIND_TIME, &[before.saturating_sub(1), u64::MAX, u64::MAX]),
+        )
+        .descending()
+        .no_values(),
+        |key, _| {
+            if let Some(parts) = parse_key(key, KIND_TIME, 3) {
+                ids.push(EntryId {
+                    node: parts[1],
+                    seq: parts[2],
+                });
+            }
+            Ok(ids.len() < limit)
+        },
+    )
+    .await
+    .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(ids.len());
+    for id in ids {
+        if let Some(entry) = get(data, id).await? {
+            out.push((id, entry));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+/// What a purge did.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Purged {
+    pub removed: usize,
+    /// Past their time, kept for a legal hold.
+    pub kept_for_hold: usize,
+}
+
+/// Removes entries past their retention (JR-13), except those `held` keeps:
+/// the entry, its indexes and its blob's link go; the chain link stays,
+/// with a purge marker. Then each chain's start moves past purged links.
+pub async fn purge(
+    data: &Store,
+    now: u64,
+    held: impl Fn(&Entry) -> bool + Sync + Send,
+) -> trc::Result<Purged> {
+    let mut due = Vec::new();
+    data.iterate(
+        IterateParams::new(
+            key(KIND_EXPIRY, &[0, 0, 0]),
+            key(KIND_EXPIRY, &[now, u64::MAX, u64::MAX]),
+        )
+        .ascending()
+        .no_values(),
+        |key, _| {
+            if let Some(parts) = parse_key(key, KIND_EXPIRY, 3) {
+                due.push((
+                    parts[0],
+                    EntryId {
+                        node: parts[1],
+                        seq: parts[2],
+                    },
+                ));
+            }
+            Ok(due.len() < 100_000)
+        },
+    )
+    .await
+    .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+
+    let mut purged = Purged::default();
+    for chunk in due.chunks(PURGE_BATCH) {
+        let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+        for (expires_at, id) in chunk {
+            let parts = [id.node, id.seq];
+            let Some(entry) = get(data, *id).await? else {
+                // Its entry is already gone: only the index is left
+                batch.clear(class(KIND_EXPIRY, &[*expires_at, id.node, id.seq]));
+                continue;
+            };
+            if held(&entry) {
+                purged.kept_for_hold += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            batch
+                .clear(class(KIND_CONTENT, &parts))
+                .clear(class(KIND_TIME, &[entry.at, id.node, id.seq]))
+                .clear(class(KIND_EXPIRY, &[*expires_at, id.node, id.seq]))
+                .set(class(KIND_PURGED, &parts), now.to_be_bytes().to_vec());
+            if let Some(blob) = entry.blob_hash() {
+                batch.clear(BlobOp::Link {
+                    hash: blob,
+                    to: BlobLink::Temporary { until: HELD_UNTIL },
+                });
+            }
+            purged.removed += 1;
+        }
+        if !batch.is_empty() {
+            data.write(batch.build_all())
+                .await
+                .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for node in nodes(data).await? {
+        advance_floor(data, node).await?;
+    }
+    Ok(purged)
+}
+
+/// Clears the purged links at the start of a node's chain, recording where
+/// it now starts and the hash that start names.
+async fn advance_floor(data: &Store, node: u64) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    let start = floor(data, node).await?;
+    let mut cleared: Vec<u64> = Vec::new();
+    let mut next = start.clone();
+    let mut purged_seqs = Vec::new();
+    data.iterate(
+        IterateParams::new(
+            key(KIND_PURGED, &[node, start.seq]),
+            key(KIND_PURGED, &[node, u64::MAX]),
+        )
+        .ascending()
+        .no_values(),
+        |key, _| {
+            if let Some(parts) = parse_key(key, KIND_PURGED, 2) {
+                purged_seqs.push(parts[1]);
+            }
+            Ok(purged_seqs.len() < 100_000)
+        },
+    )
+    .await
+    .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    for seq in purged_seqs {
+        if seq != next.seq {
+            break;
+        }
+        let Some(Raw(link)) = data
+            .get_value::<Raw>(key(KIND_LINK, &[node, seq]))
+            .await
+            .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+        else {
+            break;
+        };
+        next = Floor {
+            seq: seq + 1,
+            prev: sha256(&link),
+        };
+        cleared.push(seq);
+    }
+    if cleared.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    // The floor moves first: a run cut short leaves links before it, which
+    // the next run clears, never a chain that looks broken
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(class(KIND_FLOOR, &[node]), Json(&next).serialize()?);
+    data.write(batch.build_all())
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    for chunk in cleared.chunks(PURGE_BATCH) {
+        let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+        for seq in chunk {
+            batch
+                .clear(class(KIND_LINK, &[node, *seq]))
+                .clear(class(KIND_PURGED, &[node, *seq]));
+        }
+        data.write(batch.build_all())
+            .await
+            .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// One node's chain, as [`verify`] found it.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, SerdeSerialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct ChainReport {
+    pub node: u64,
+    pub entries: u64,
+    pub purged: u64,
+    pub first_seq: u64,
+    pub last_seq: u64,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub broken_at: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub reason: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Rechecks every node's chain (JR-6): each link names the hash of the one
+/// before it, seqs run without gaps, the head matches the last link, each
+/// entry hashes to what its link names or was purged, and, with `blobs`,
+/// each report is there and hashes to what its entry names.
+pub async fn verify(data: &Store, blobs: Option<&BlobStore>) -> trc::Result<Vec<ChainReport>> {
+    let mut reports = Vec::new();
+    for node in nodes(data).await? {
+        let start = floor(data, node).await?;
+        let head = head(data, node).await?.unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut report = ChainReport {
+            node,
+            entries: 0,
+            purged: 0,
+            first_seq: start.seq,
+            last_seq: start.seq.saturating_sub(1),
+            broken_at: None,
+            reason: None,
+        };
+        let mut links = Vec::new();
+        data.iterate(
+            IterateParams::new(
+                key(KIND_LINK, &[node, start.seq]),
+                key(KIND_LINK, &[node, u64::MAX]),
+            )
+            .ascending(),
+            |key, value| {
+                if let Some(parts) = parse_key(key, KIND_LINK, 2) {
+                    links.push((parts[1], value.to_vec()));
+                }
+                Ok(true)
+            },
+        )
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+
+        let mut expected_seq = start.seq;
+        let mut expected_prev = start.prev.clone();
+        for (seq, bytes) in links {
+            let broken = |report: &mut ChainReport, reason: &str| {
+                report.broken_at = Some(EntryId { node, seq }.to_string());
+                report.reason = Some(reason.to_string());
+            };
+            let Ok(Json(link)) = Json::<Link>::deserialize(&bytes) else {
+                broken(&mut report, "The link can't be read.");
+                break;
+            };
+            if seq != expected_seq || link.seq != seq {
+                report.broken_at = Some(EntryId { node, seq }.to_string());
+                report.reason = Some(format!(
+                    "Entry {expected_seq} is missing; the next one found is {seq}."
+                ));
+                break;
+            }
+            if link.prev != expected_prev {
+                broken(
+                    &mut report,
+                    "The link doesn't follow from the one before it: one of them was changed.",
+                );
+                break;
+            }
+            match data
+                .get_value::<Raw>(key(KIND_CONTENT, &[node, seq]))
+                .await
+                .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+            {
+                Some(Raw(content)) => {
+                    if sha256(&content) != link.content {
+                        broken(&mut report, "The entry was changed after it was written.");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if let Some(blobs) = blobs {
+                        let Ok(Json(entry)) = Json::<Entry>::deserialize(&content) else {
+                            broken(&mut report, "The entry can't be read.");
+                            break;
+                        };
+                        let report_bytes = match entry.blob_hash() {
+                            Some(hash) => blobs
+                                .get_blob(hash.as_slice(), 0..usize::MAX)
+                                .await
+                                .caused_by(trc::location!())?,
+                            None => None,
+                        };
+                        match report_bytes {
+                            Some(bytes) if sha256(&bytes) == entry.sha256 => {}
+                            Some(_) => {
+                                broken(&mut report, "The report doesn't match its entry.");
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            None => {
+                                broken(&mut report, "The report is missing.");
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    report.entries += 1;
+                }
+                None => {
+                    if data
+                        .get_value::<Raw>(key(KIND_PURGED, &[node, seq]))
+                        .await
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+                        .is_none()
+                    {
+                        broken(&mut report, "The entry was removed before its time.");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    report.purged += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            expected_prev = sha256(&bytes);
+            expected_seq = seq + 1;
+            report.last_seq = seq;
+        }
+
+        if report.broken_at.is_none()
+            && (head.seq != report.last_seq
+                || (report.last_seq >= report.first_seq && head.hash != expected_prev))
+        {
+            report.broken_at = Some(
+                EntryId {
+                    node,
+                    seq: report.last_seq,
+                }
+                .to_string(),
+            );
+            report.reason = Some(
+                "The chain's recorded end doesn't match its last link: entries were removed \
+                 or changed at the end."
+                    .into(),
+            );
+        }
+        reports.push(report);
+    }
+    Ok(reports)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn keys_read_back() {
+        let ValueClass::Any(any) = class(KIND_EXPIRY, &[5, 3, 9]) else {
+            panic!()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(parse_key(&any.key, KIND_EXPIRY, 3), Some(vec![5, 3, 9]));
+        let mut with_subspace = vec![SUBSPACE_INBUXA];
+        with_subspace.extend_from_slice(&any.key);
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_key(&with_subspace, KIND_EXPIRY, 3),
+            Some(vec![5, 3, 9])
+        );
+        assert_eq!(parse_key(&any.key, KIND_TIME, 3), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hex_round_trips() {
+        let bytes = [0u8, 1, 0xab, 0xff];
+        assert_eq!(unhex(&hex(&bytes)), Some(bytes.to_vec()));
+        assert_eq!(unhex("abc"), None);
+        assert_eq!(unhex("zz"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ids_read_back() {
+        let id = EntryId { node: 3, seq: 77 };
+        assert_eq!(EntryId::from_u64(id.to_u64()), id);
+        assert_eq!(id.to_string(), "3-77");
+    }
+}

crates/features/src/journal/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Journaling (journaling spec, JR-1 to JR-18): a copy of each message the
+//! server queues, with its envelope, kept where nothing in the product
+//! changes or removes it before its retention ends.
+//!
+//! - this module: journals, what makes one valid, and where they're kept;
+//! - [`report`]: the journal report around the untouched message (JR-3);
+//! - [`entries`]: the built-in journal and its chain (JR-5, JR-6, JR-13).
+//!
+//! Kept in the fork's subspace (`store::SUBSPACE_INBUXA`). Every key starts
+//! with `J`; journals are `j` + id (u32), as JSON. There are few, so they're
+//! read whole.
+
+pub mod entries;
+pub mod report;
+
+use crate::{hold::Member, mailflow::rules::jmap_ids};
+use serde::{Deserialize as SerdeDeserialize, Serialize as SerdeSerialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
+use std::{
+    sync::{Arc, RwLock},
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use store::{
+    Deserialize, IterateParams, SUBSPACE_INBUXA, Serialize, Store, ValueKey,
+    write::{AnyClass, BatchBuilder, ValueClass, assert::AssertValue},
+};
+use trc::AddContext;
+
+pub(crate) const FEATURE: u8 = b'J';
+const KIND_JOURNAL: u8 = b'j';
+const CREATE_ATTEMPTS: usize = 5;
+
+/// Retention a journal may be given, in days (settled answer 3).
+pub const MIN_RETENTION_DAYS: u32 = 30;
+pub const MAX_RETENTION_DAYS: u32 = 3650;
+/// Most entries in one scope list.
+const MAX_LIST: usize = 5_000;
+
+/// Which way a message goes, from this server's side (JR-9).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, SerdeSerialize, SerdeDeserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum Direction {
+    /// From someone here to at least one recipient elsewhere.
+    Outgoing,
+    /// From elsewhere to someone here.
+    Incoming,
+    /// From someone here, to people here only.
+    Internal,
+    Any,
+}
+
+impl Direction {
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Direction::Outgoing => "outgoing",
+            Direction::Incoming => "incoming",
+            Direction::Internal => "internal",
+            Direction::Any => "any",
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A message's direction: `Any` is never one.
+    pub fn of(sender_local: bool, any_remote: bool, any_local: bool) -> Direction {
+        match (sender_local, any_remote) {
+            (true, true) => Direction::Outgoing,
+            (true, false) => Direction::Internal,
+            (false, _) if any_local => Direction::Incoming,
+            // Nobody here on either side: relayed mail counts as outgoing
+            (false, _) => Direction::Outgoing,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn includes(&self, direction: Direction) -> bool {
+        *self == Direction::Any || *self == direction
+    }
+}
+
+/// Whose mail a journal takes (JR-9): everyone, or people reached through
+/// their account, domain, group or tenant. Ids are in the JMAP form.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, SerdeSerialize, SerdeDeserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Scope {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub everyone: bool,
+    #[serde(default, with = "jmap_ids")]
+    pub accounts: Vec<u32>,
+    #[serde(default, with = "jmap_ids")]
+    pub groups: Vec<u32>,
+    #[serde(default, with = "jmap_ids")]
+    pub domains: Vec<u32>,
+    #[serde(default, with = "jmap_ids")]
+    pub tenants: Vec<u32>,
+}
+
+impl Scope {
+    fn lists(&self) -> [&Vec<u32>; 4] {
+        [&self.accounts, &self.groups, &self.domains, &self.tenants]
+    }
+
+    /// Whether this scope reaches one person here.
+    pub fn covers(&self, member: &Member) -> bool {
+        self.everyone
+            || self.accounts.contains(&member.account)
+            || member.domains.iter().any(|d| self.domains.contains(d))
+            || member.groups.iter().any(|g| self.groups.contains(g))
+            || member.tenant.is_some_and(|t| self.tenants.contains(&t))
+    }
+}
+
+/// A journal (JR-9): what it takes, and how long its entries are kept.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, SerdeSerialize, SerdeDeserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Journal {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub id: u32,
+    pub name: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub description: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    pub direction: Direction,
+    pub scope: Scope,
+    /// How long an entry this journal writes is kept. An entry keeps the
+    /// retention it was written with (JR-12).
+    pub retention_days: u32,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub created_by: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub created_at: u64,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub updated_at: u64,
+}
+
+/// Why a journal was refused: the property, and what to do.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Invalid {
+    pub property: &'static str,
+    pub reason: String,
+}
+
+fn invalid(property: &'static str, reason: impl Into<String>) -> Result<(), Invalid> {
+    Err(Invalid {
+        property,
+        reason: reason.into(),
+    })
+}
+
+impl Journal {
+    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), Invalid> {
+        if self.name.trim().is_empty() {
+            return invalid("name", "Give the journal a name.");
+        }
+        if self.name.len() > 200 || self.description.len() > 2_000 {
+            return invalid("name", "The name or description is too long.");
+        }
+        if !(MIN_RETENTION_DAYS..=MAX_RETENTION_DAYS).contains(&self.retention_days) {
+            return invalid(
+                "retentionDays",
+                format!("Keep entries between {MIN_RETENTION_DAYS} and {MAX_RETENTION_DAYS} days."),
+            );
+        }
+        let chosen = self.scope.lists().iter().any(|list| !list.is_empty());
+        if self.scope.everyone == chosen {
+            return invalid(
+                "scope",
+                "Journal everyone, or choose accounts, groups, domains or tenants; not both.",
+            );
+        }
+        if self.scope.lists().iter().any(|list| list.len() > MAX_LIST) {
+            return invalid("scope", format!("Choose at most {MAX_LIST} of each."));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Whether this journal takes a message going `direction` with these
+    /// people here on either side.
+    pub fn takes(&self, direction: Direction, members: &[Member]) -> bool {
+        self.enabled
+            && self.direction.includes(direction)
+            && (self.scope.everyone || members.iter().any(|m| self.scope.covers(m)))
+    }
+}
+
+/// A value stored as JSON.
+pub(crate) struct Json<T>(pub T);
+
+impl<T: SerdeSerialize> Serialize for Json<T> {
+    fn serialize(&self) -> trc::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        serde_json::to_vec(&self.0).map_err(|err| {
+            trc::StoreEvent::UnexpectedError
+                .into_err()
+                .details("Failed to serialize a journal record")
+                .reason(err)
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: DeserializeOwned + Sync + Send> Deserialize for Json<T> {
+    fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<Self> {
+        serde_json::from_slice(bytes).map(Json).map_err(|err| {
+            trc::StoreEvent::DataCorruption
+                .into_err()
+                .details("Invalid journal record")
+                .reason(err)
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn class(id: u32) -> ValueClass {
+    let mut key = Vec::with_capacity(6);
+    key.push(FEATURE);
+    key.push(KIND_JOURNAL);
+    key.extend_from_slice(&id.to_be_bytes());
+    ValueClass::Any(AnyClass {
+        subspace: SUBSPACE_INBUXA,
+        key,
+    })
+}
+
+fn key(id: u32) -> ValueKey<ValueClass> {
+    ValueKey::from(class(id))
+}
+
+pub async fn get(data: &Store, id: u32) -> trc::Result<Option<Journal>> {
+    Ok(data
+        .get_value::<Json<Journal>>(key(id))
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+        .map(|Json(journal)| journal))
+}
+
+/// Every journal, oldest first.
+pub async fn all(data: &Store) -> trc::Result<Vec<Journal>> {
+    let mut journals = Vec::new();
+    data.iterate(IterateParams::new(key(0), key(u32::MAX)), |_, value| {
+        if let Ok(Json(journal)) = Json::<Journal>::deserialize(value) {
+            journals.push(journal);
+        }
+        Ok(true)
+    })
+    .await
+    .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    journals.sort_by_key(|journal| journal.id);
+    Ok(journals)
+}
+
+/// Writes a new journal under the next free id, which it returns.
+pub async fn create(data: &Store, journal: &Journal) -> trc::Result<u32> {
+    let mut attempt = 0;
+    loop {
+        attempt += 1;
+        let id = all(data).await?.iter().map(|j| j.id).max().unwrap_or(0) + 1;
+        let stored = Journal {
+            id,
+            ..journal.clone()
+        };
+        let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+        batch.assert_value(class(id), AssertValue::None);
+        batch.set(class(id), Json(&stored).serialize()?);
+        match data.write(batch.build_all()).await {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                invalidate();
+                return Ok(id);
+            }
+            Err(err)
+                if attempt < CREATE_ATTEMPTS
+                    && matches!(
+                        err.as_ref(),
+                        trc::EventType::Store(trc::StoreEvent::AssertValueFailed)
+                    ) => {}
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.caused_by(trc::location!())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Replaces a stored journal (same id).
+pub async fn update(data: &Store, journal: &Journal) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(class(journal.id), Json(journal).serialize()?);
+    data.write(batch.build_all())
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    invalidate();
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Removes a journal. Its entries stay, each until its own time.
+pub async fn delete(data: &Store, id: u32) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.clear(class(id));
+    data.write(batch.build_all())
+        .await
+        .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+    invalidate();
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// How long a node keeps its copy of the journals before reading them again.
+pub const TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+
+type Cached = Option<(Instant, Arc<Vec<Journal>>)>;
+static CACHE: RwLock<Cached> = RwLock::new(None);
+
+/// Forgets this node's copy, so the next message reads the journals again.
+pub fn invalidate() {
+    if let Ok(mut cache) = CACHE.write() {
+        *cache = None;
+    }
+}
+
+/// The enabled journals, from this node's copy (refreshed every [`TTL`]).
+pub async fn enabled(data: &Store) -> trc::Result<Arc<Vec<Journal>>> {
+    if let Ok(cache) = CACHE.read()
+        && let Some((at, journals)) = cache.as_ref()
+        && at.elapsed() < TTL
+    {
+        return Ok(journals.clone());
+    }
+    let journals = Arc::new(
+        all(data)
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|journal| journal.enabled)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+    );
+    if let Ok(mut cache) = CACHE.write() {
+        *cache = Some((Instant::now(), journals.clone()));
+    }
+    Ok(journals)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn journal(scope: Scope) -> Journal {
+        Journal {
+            id: 1,
+            name: "Finance".into(),
+            description: String::new(),
+            enabled: true,
+            direction: Direction::Any,
+            scope,
+            retention_days: 365,
+            created_by: String::new(),
+            created_at: 0,
+            updated_at: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn member(account: u32, groups: Vec<u32>) -> Member {
+        Member {
+            account,
+            domains: vec![1],
+            groups,
+            tenant: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scope_is_everyone_or_chosen() {
+        assert!(
+            journal(Scope {
+                everyone: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .validate()
+            .is_ok()
+        );
+        assert!(journal(Scope::default()).validate().is_err());
+        let both = Scope {
+            everyone: true,
+            groups: vec![4],
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(journal(both).validate().unwrap_err().property, "scope");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn retention_has_bounds() {
+        let mut j = journal(Scope {
+            everyone: true,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        j.retention_days = 29;
+        assert_eq!(j.validate().unwrap_err().property, "retentionDays");
+        j.retention_days = 3651;
+        assert!(j.validate().is_err());
+        j.retention_days = 3650;
+        assert!(j.validate().is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn takes_by_direction_and_member() {
+        let mut j = journal(Scope {
+            groups: vec![7],
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        assert!(j.takes(Direction::Outgoing, &[member(3, vec![7])]));
+        assert!(!j.takes(Direction::Outgoing, &[member(3, vec![8])]));
+        assert!(!j.takes(Direction::Outgoing, &[]));
+        j.direction = Direction::Incoming;
+        assert!(!j.takes(Direction::Outgoing, &[member(3, vec![7])]));
+        j.enabled = false;
+        assert!(!j.takes(Direction::Incoming, &[member(3, vec![7])]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn directions() {
+        assert_eq!(Direction::of(true, true, true), Direction::Outgoing);
+        assert_eq!(Direction::of(true, false, true), Direction::Internal);
+        assert_eq!(Direction::of(false, false, true), Direction::Incoming);
+        assert_eq!(Direction::of(false, true, true), Direction::Incoming);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scope_ids_are_jmap_ids() {
+        let scope: Scope = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"groups":["b"],"tenants":[7]}"#).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(scope.groups, vec![1]);
+        assert_eq!(scope.tenants, vec![7]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::to_value(&scope).unwrap()["tenants"],
+            serde_json::json!(["h"])
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/features/src/journal/report.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! The journal report (JR-3, JR-4): a message whose first part lists the
+//! envelope, one field a line, and whose second part is the message as it
+//! was queued, byte for byte, as `message/rfc822`. Field names are fixed
+//! English: a report is a record, and scripts read it.
+
+use super::Direction;
+use mail_builder::headers::{Header, date::Date, text::Text};
+use mail_parser::MessageParser;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+/// One envelope recipient, with the address it was given as (a list's, for
+/// the list's members).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Recipient {
+    pub address: String,
+    pub orcpt: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// What the queue knows about a message.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Envelope<'x> {
+    pub sender: &'x str,
+    pub authenticated: bool,
+    pub recipients: &'x [Recipient],
+    pub queue_id: u64,
+    /// Seconds.
+    pub received: u64,
+    pub direction: Direction,
+    pub held: bool,
+}
+
+/// What a report says, besides the envelope's own fields.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Fields {
+    pub subject: String,
+    pub message_id: String,
+    pub to: Vec<String>,
+    pub cc: Vec<String>,
+    /// Envelope recipients in neither To nor Cc, nor reached through a list.
+    pub bcc: Vec<String>,
+    /// A list's address, and its members among the recipients.
+    pub expanded: Vec<(String, Vec<String>)>,
+}
+
+/// One line's worth of a value: no line breaks, no control characters.
+fn line(value: &str) -> String {
+    value
+        .chars()
+        .map(|c| if c.is_control() { ' ' } else { c })
+        .collect::<String>()
+        .trim()
+        .to_string()
+}
+
+/// The address an ORCPT names, without its `rfc822;` type.
+fn orcpt_address(orcpt: &str) -> String {
+    let orcpt = orcpt.trim();
+    let bare = match orcpt.split_once(';') {
+        Some((kind, address)) if kind.eq_ignore_ascii_case("rfc822") => address,
+        _ => orcpt,
+    };
+    bare.trim().to_lowercase()
+}
+
+/// Sorts the envelope's recipients by how they were addressed.
+pub fn fields(envelope: &Envelope<'_>, original: &[u8]) -> Fields {
+    let parsed = MessageParser::default().parse_headers(original);
+    let headed = |which: Option<&mail_parser::Address<'_>>| -> Vec<String> {
+        which
+            .map(|list| {
+                list.iter()
+                    .filter_map(|addr| addr.address())
+                    .map(|address| address.to_lowercase())
+                    .collect()
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+    };
+    let (subject, message_id, header_to, header_cc) = match &parsed {
+        Some(message) => (
+            message.subject().map(line).unwrap_or_default(),
+            message
+                .message_id()
+                .map(|id| format!("<{}>", line(id)))
+                .unwrap_or_default(),
+            headed(message.to()),
+            headed(message.cc()),
+        ),
+        None => Default::default(),
+    };
+
+    let mut fields = Fields {
+        subject,
+        message_id,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    for rcpt in envelope.recipients {
+        let address = rcpt.address.to_lowercase();
+        let via = rcpt
+            .orcpt
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(orcpt_address)
+            .filter(|via| !via.is_empty() && *via != address);
+        if header_to.contains(&address) {
+            fields.to.push(line(&rcpt.address));
+        } else if header_cc.contains(&address) {
+            fields.cc.push(line(&rcpt.address));
+        } else if let Some(via) = via {
+            match fields.expanded.iter_mut().find(|(list, _)| *list == via) {
+                Some((_, members)) => members.push(line(&rcpt.address)),
+                None => fields
+                    .expanded
+                    .push((line(&via), vec![line(&rcpt.address)])),
+            }
+        } else {
+            fields.bcc.push(line(&rcpt.address));
+        }
+    }
+    fields
+}
+
+/// The report's first part.
+pub fn text(envelope: &Envelope<'_>, fields: &Fields) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    let mut field = |name: &str, value: &str| {
+        if !value.is_empty() {
+            out.push_str(name);
+            out.push_str(": ");
+            out.push_str(value);
+            out.push_str("\r\n");
+        }
+    };
+    let sender = if envelope.sender.is_empty() {
+        "<>".to_string()
+    } else {
+        line(envelope.sender)
+    };
+    field("Sender", &sender);
+    field(
+        "Authenticated",
+        if envelope.authenticated { "yes" } else { "no" },
+    );
+    field("Subject", &fields.subject);
+    field("Message-ID", &fields.message_id);
+    field("Queue ID", &format!("{:x}", envelope.queue_id));
+    field(
+        "Received",
+        &mail_parser::DateTime::from_timestamp(envelope.received as i64).to_rfc3339(),
+    );
+    field("Direction", envelope.direction.as_str());
+    field("To", &fields.to.join(", "));
+    field("Cc", &fields.cc.join(", "));
+    field("Bcc", &fields.bcc.join(", "));
+    for (list, members) in &fields.expanded {
+        field("Expanded", &format!("{list} -> {}", members.join(", ")));
+    }
+    if envelope.held {
+        field("Held for review", "yes");
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    bytes.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect()
+}
+
+/// Whether a message can travel as 8bit: no NULs, no line past 998 bytes.
+fn fits_8bit(message: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    !message.contains(&0) && message.split(|b| *b == b'\n').all(|l| l.len() <= 998)
+}
+
+/// The whole report: headers, the fields, then the original untouched.
+/// `from` is the address the report is from; `host` names the server in its
+/// Message-ID.
+pub fn build(
+    envelope: &Envelope<'_>,
+    original: &[u8],
+    from: &str,
+    host: &str,
+) -> (Vec<u8>, Fields) {
+    let fields = fields(envelope, original);
+    let body = text(envelope, &fields);
+    // A boundary that can't occur in the original
+    let mut boundary = format!("journal-{}", &hex(&Sha256::digest(original))[..32]);
+    while original
+        .windows(boundary.len())
+        .any(|window| window == boundary.as_bytes())
+    {
+        boundary.push('x');
+    }
+
+    let mut out: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(original.len() + body.len() + 1024);
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("From: Journal <{}>\r\n", line(from)).as_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(b"Date: ");
+    out.extend_from_slice(Date::new(envelope.received as i64).to_rfc822().as_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+    out.extend_from_slice(b"Subject: ");
+    let subject = if fields.subject.is_empty() {
+        "Journal report".to_string()
+    } else {
+        format!("Journal report: {}", fields.subject)
+    };
+    Text::new(subject).write_header(&mut out, "Subject: ".len());
+    out.extend_from_slice(
+        format!(
+            "Message-ID: <journal.{:x}.{}@{}>\r\n",
+            envelope.queue_id,
+            envelope.received,
+            line(host)
+        )
+        .as_bytes(),
+    );
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("X-Inbuxa-Journal: {:x}\r\n", envelope.queue_id).as_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(b"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
+    out.extend_from_slice(
+        format!("Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"{boundary}\"\r\n\r\n").as_bytes(),
+    );
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("--{boundary}\r\n").as_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(
+        b"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n",
+    );
+    out.extend_from_slice(body.as_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("\r\n--{boundary}\r\n").as_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(b"Content-Type: message/rfc822\r\n");
+    out.extend_from_slice(b"Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"original.eml\"\r\n");
+    out.extend_from_slice(if fits_8bit(original) {
+        b"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n".as_slice()
+    } else {
+        b"Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\n\r\n".as_slice()
+    });
+    out.extend_from_slice(original);
+    // The line break before a boundary belongs to the boundary: the
+    // original keeps its own last one
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("\r\n--{boundary}--\r\n").as_bytes());
+    (out, fields)
+}
+
+/// Where the original starts and ends inside a report [`build`] made.
+pub fn original(report: &[u8]) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+    let parsed = MessageParser::default().parse(report)?;
+    let part = parsed.attachment(0)?;
+    let start = part.raw_body_offset() as usize;
+    let end = part.raw_end_offset() as usize;
+    report.get(start..end)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    const ORIGINAL: &[u8] = b"From: [email protected]\r\n\
+To: Bank <[email protected]>\r\n\
+Cc: [email protected]\r\n\
+Subject: Q3 figures\r\n\
+Message-ID: <[email protected]>\r\n\
+\r\n\
+The figures.\r\n";
+
+    fn rcpt(address: &str, orcpt: Option<&str>) -> Recipient {
+        Recipient {
+            address: address.into(),
+            orcpt: orcpt.map(Into::into),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn envelope(recipients: &[Recipient]) -> Envelope<'_> {
+        Envelope {
+            sender: "[email protected]",
+            authenticated: true,
+            recipients,
+            queue_id: 0x1a2b,
+            received: 1_790_000_000,
+            direction: Direction::Outgoing,
+            held: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn recipients_sorted_by_how_they_were_addressed() {
+        let recipients = [
+            rcpt("[email protected]", None),
+            rcpt("[email protected]", Some("rfc822;[email protected]")),
+            rcpt("[email protected]", None),
+            rcpt("[email protected]", Some("[email protected]")),
+            rcpt("[email protected]", Some("rfc822;[email protected]")),
+        ];
+        let fields = fields(&envelope(&recipients), ORIGINAL);
+        assert_eq!(fields.subject, "Q3 figures");
+        assert_eq!(fields.message_id, "<[email protected]>");
+        assert_eq!(fields.to, vec!["[email protected]"]);
+        assert_eq!(fields.cc, vec!["[email protected]"]);
+        assert_eq!(fields.bcc, vec!["[email protected]"]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            fields.expanded,
+            vec![(
+                "[email protected]".to_string(),
+                vec![
+                    "[email protected]".to_string(),
+                    "[email protected]".to_string()
+                ]
+            )]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn report_carries_the_original_untouched() {
+        let recipients = [
+            rcpt("[email protected]", None),
+            rcpt("[email protected]", None),
+        ];
+        let (report, _) = build(
+            &envelope(&recipients),
+            ORIGINAL,
+            "[email protected]",
+            "mx.example.com",
+        );
+        let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&report);
+        assert!(text.contains("Sender: [email protected]\r\n"));
+        assert!(text.contains("Bcc: [email protected]\r\n"));
+        assert!(text.contains("Queue ID: 1a2b\r\n"));
+        assert!(text.contains("Direction: outgoing\r\n"));
+        assert!(text.contains("Subject: Journal report: Q3 figures\r\n"));
+        assert!(!text.contains("Held for review"));
+        assert_eq!(original(&report), Some(ORIGINAL));
+        let unterminated = &ORIGINAL[..ORIGINAL.len() - 2];
+        let (report, _) = build(
+            &envelope(&recipients),
+            unterminated,
+            "[email protected]",
+            "mx.example.com",
+        );
+        assert_eq!(original(&report), Some(unterminated));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn values_stay_on_one_line() {
+        let recipients = [rcpt("[email protected]", None)];
+        let mut env = envelope(&recipients);
+        env.sender = "[email protected]\r\nBcc: [email protected]";
+        env.held = true;
+        let body = text(&env, &Fields::default());
+        assert_eq!(body.matches("\r\n").count(), body.lines().count());
+        assert!(body.contains("Sender: [email protected]  Bcc: [email protected]\r\n"));
+        assert!(body.contains("Held for review: yes\r\n"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_empty_sender_is_shown_as_such() {
+        let recipients = [rcpt("[email protected]", None)];
+        let mut env = envelope(&recipients);
+        env.sender = "";
+        assert!(text(&env, &Fields::default()).starts_with("Sender: <>\r\n"));
+    }
+}

crates/features/src/lib.rs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub mod ai;
 pub mod audit;
 pub mod branding;
 pub mod hold;
+pub mod journal;
 pub mod lock;
 pub mod mailflow;
 pub mod masked_email;

crates/features/src/mailflow/rules.rs

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn one() -> u32 {
 
 /// Group and tenant ids in the JMAP form clients use (`"b"`, `"c"`…), held
 /// as numbers for matching. Plain numbers are read too.
-mod jmap_ids {
+pub(crate) mod jmap_ids {
     use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer, de::Error, ser::SerializeSeq};
     use std::str::FromStr;
     use types::id::Id;

crates/jmap-proto/src/object/inbuxa_journal.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! `inbuxa:Journal/get` and `/set` under `urn:inbuxa:jmap`: journals
+//! (journaling spec, JR-9, JR-12). What a journal has taken stays when the
+//! journal changes or goes; each entry keeps its own retention.
+
+use crate::{
+    object::{AnyId, JmapObject, JmapObjectId},
+    request::deserialize::DeserializeArguments,
+};
+use jmap_tools::{Element, Key, Property};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, str::FromStr};
+use types::id::Id;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct Journal;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub enum JournalProperty {
+    Id,
+    Name,
+    Description,
+    Enabled,
+    /// `outgoing`, `incoming`, `internal` or `any`.
+    Direction,
+    /// Everyone, or chosen accounts, groups, domains and tenants.
+    Scope,
+    /// How long an entry is kept; each keeps what it was written with.
+    RetentionDays,
+    CreatedBy,
+    CreatedAt,
+    UpdatedAt,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub enum JournalValue {
+    Id(Id),
+}
+
+impl Property for JournalProperty {
+    fn try_parse(parent: Option<&Key<'_, Self>>, value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        // Keys inside the scope stay plain keys
+        match parent {
+            None => JournalProperty::parse(value),
+            Some(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn to_cow(&self) -> Cow<'static, str> {
+        match self {
+            JournalProperty::Id => "id",
+            JournalProperty::Name => "name",
+            JournalProperty::Description => "description",
+            JournalProperty::Enabled => "enabled",
+            JournalProperty::Direction => "direction",
+            JournalProperty::Scope => "scope",
+            JournalProperty::RetentionDays => "retentionDays",
+            JournalProperty::CreatedBy => "createdBy",
+            JournalProperty::CreatedAt => "createdAt",
+            JournalProperty::UpdatedAt => "updatedAt",
+        }
+        .into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl JournalProperty {
+    fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        hashify::tiny_map!(value.as_bytes(),
+            b"id" => JournalProperty::Id,
+            b"name" => JournalProperty::Name,
+            b"description" => JournalProperty::Description,
+            b"enabled" => JournalProperty::Enabled,
+            b"direction" => JournalProperty::Direction,
+            b"scope" => JournalProperty::Scope,
+            b"retentionDays" => JournalProperty::RetentionDays,
+            b"createdBy" => JournalProperty::CreatedBy,
+            b"createdAt" => JournalProperty::CreatedAt,
+            b"updatedAt" => JournalProperty::UpdatedAt,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for JournalProperty {
+    type Err = ();
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        JournalProperty::parse(s).ok_or(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Element for JournalValue {
+    type Property = JournalProperty;
+
+    fn try_parse<P>(key: &Key<'_, Self::Property>, value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        match key {
+            Key::Property(JournalProperty::Id) => Id::from_str(value).ok().map(JournalValue::Id),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn to_cow(&self) -> Cow<'static, str> {
+        match self {
+            JournalValue::Id(id) => id.to_string().into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The set call's own argument: why, for the audit log.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct JournalSetArguments {
+    pub reason: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl<'de> DeserializeArguments<'de> for JournalSetArguments {
+    fn deserialize_argument<A>(&mut self, key: &str, map: &mut A) -> Result<(), A::Error>
+    where
+        A: serde::de::MapAccess<'de>,
+    {
+        if key == "reason" {
+            self.reason = map.next_value()?;
+        } else {
+            let _ = map.next_value::<serde::de::IgnoredAny>()?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl JmapObject for Journal {
+    type Property = JournalProperty;
+
+    type Element = JournalValue;
+
+    type Id = Id;
+
+    type Filter = ();
+
+    type Comparator = ();
+
+    type GetArguments = ();
+
+    type SetArguments<'de> = JournalSetArguments;
+
+    type QueryArguments = ();
+
+    type CopyArguments = ();
+
+    type ParseArguments = ();
+
+    const ID_PROPERTY: Self::Property = JournalProperty::Id;
+}
+
+impl From<Id> for JournalValue {
+    fn from(id: Id) -> Self {
+        JournalValue::Id(id)
+    }
+}
+
+impl JmapObjectId for JournalValue {
+    fn as_id(&self) -> Option<Id> {
+        match self {
+            JournalValue::Id(id) => Some(*id),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn as_any_id(&self) -> Option<AnyId> {
+        match self {
+            JournalValue::Id(id) => Some(AnyId::Id(*id)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn as_id_ref(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn try_set_id(&mut self, new_id: AnyId) -> bool {
+        if let AnyId::Id(id) = new_id {
+            *self = JournalValue::Id(id);
+            true
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl JmapObjectId for JournalProperty {
+    fn as_id(&self) -> Option<Id> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn as_any_id(&self) -> Option<AnyId> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn as_id_ref(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn try_set_id(&mut self, _: AnyId) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+}

crates/jmap-proto/src/object/mod.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub mod inbuxa_inventory_snapshot; // inbuxa: personal-data catalog
 pub mod inbuxa_audit; // inbuxa: the audit log
 pub mod inbuxa_legal_hold; // inbuxa: legal hold
 pub mod inbuxa_mail_rule; // inbuxa: DLP and mail flow rules
+pub mod inbuxa_journal; // inbuxa: journaling
 pub mod inbuxa_held_message; // inbuxa: mail held for review
 pub mod inbuxa_hold_export; // inbuxa: legal hold exports
 pub mod inbuxa_explanation; // inbuxa: "Explain this" with the local model

crates/jmap-proto/src/references/eval.rs

@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ impl Response<'_> {
                         GetResponseMethod::MailRule(response) => {
                             response.eval_jptr(path, &mut results)
                         }
+                        GetResponseMethod::Journal(response) => {
+                            response.eval_jptr(path, &mut results)
+                        }
                         GetResponseMethod::HeldMessage(response) => {
                             response.eval_jptr(path, &mut results)
                         }

crates/jmap-proto/src/references/resolve.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ impl Response<'_> {
                 GetRequestMethod::AccountLock(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
                 GetRequestMethod::LegalHold(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
                 GetRequestMethod::MailRule(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
+                GetRequestMethod::Journal(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
                 GetRequestMethod::HeldMessage(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
                 GetRequestMethod::HoldExport(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
                 GetRequestMethod::ProtocolPolicy(request) => request.resolve_references(self)?,
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ impl Response<'_> {
                 SetRequestMethod::MailRule(request) => {
                     request.resolve_references(self, 1, false)?
                 }
+                SetRequestMethod::Journal(request) => {
+                    request.resolve_references(self, 1, false)?
+                }
                 SetRequestMethod::HeldMessage(request) => {
                     request.resolve_references(self, 1, false)?
                 }

crates/jmap-proto/src/request/method.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ pub enum MethodObject {
     // inbuxa: DLP and mail flow rules
     MailRule,
     HeldMessage,
+    // inbuxa: journaling
+    Journal,
     TenantProtocolPolicy,
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@ impl MethodObject {
             | MethodObject::LegalHold
             | MethodObject::HoldExport
             | MethodObject::MailRule
-            | MethodObject::HeldMessage => Capability::Inbuxa,
+            | MethodObject::HeldMessage
+            | MethodObject::Journal => Capability::Inbuxa,
             MethodObject::ProtocolPolicy => Capability::Inbuxa,
             MethodObject::TenantProtocolPolicy => Capability::Inbuxa,
         }
@@ -307,6 +310,8 @@ impl MethodName {
             (MethodFunction::Set, MethodObject::LegalHold) => "inbuxa:LegalHold/set",
             (MethodFunction::Get, MethodObject::MailRule) => "inbuxa:MailRule/get",
             (MethodFunction::Set, MethodObject::MailRule) => "inbuxa:MailRule/set",
+            (MethodFunction::Get, MethodObject::Journal) => "inbuxa:Journal/get",
+            (MethodFunction::Set, MethodObject::Journal) => "inbuxa:Journal/set",
             (MethodFunction::Get, MethodObject::HeldMessage) => "inbuxa:HeldMessage/get",
             (MethodFunction::Set, MethodObject::HeldMessage) => "inbuxa:HeldMessage/set",
             (MethodFunction::Get, MethodObject::HoldExport) => "inbuxa:HoldExport/get",
@@ -465,6 +470,8 @@ impl MethodName {
             "inbuxa:LegalHold/set" => (MethodObject::LegalHold, MethodFunction::Set),
             "inbuxa:MailRule/get" => (MethodObject::MailRule, MethodFunction::Get),
             "inbuxa:MailRule/set" => (MethodObject::MailRule, MethodFunction::Set),
+            "inbuxa:Journal/get" => (MethodObject::Journal, MethodFunction::Get),
+            "inbuxa:Journal/set" => (MethodObject::Journal, MethodFunction::Set),
             "inbuxa:HeldMessage/get" => (MethodObject::HeldMessage, MethodFunction::Get),
             "inbuxa:HeldMessage/set" => (MethodObject::HeldMessage, MethodFunction::Set),
             "inbuxa:HoldExport/get" => (MethodObject::HoldExport, MethodFunction::Get),
@@ -539,6 +546,7 @@ impl Display for MethodObject {
             MethodObject::AccountLock => "inbuxa:AccountLock",
             MethodObject::LegalHold => "inbuxa:LegalHold",
             MethodObject::MailRule => "inbuxa:MailRule",
+            MethodObject::Journal => "inbuxa:Journal",
             MethodObject::HeldMessage => "inbuxa:HeldMessage",
             MethodObject::HoldExport => "inbuxa:HoldExport",
             MethodObject::ProtocolPolicy => "inbuxa:ProtocolPolicy",

crates/jmap-proto/src/request/mod.rs

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ pub enum GetRequestMethod {
     AccountLock(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_account_lock::AccountLock>>),
     LegalHold(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_legal_hold::LegalHold>>),
     MailRule(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_mail_rule::MailRule>>),
+    Journal(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>>),
     HeldMessage(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_held_message::HeldMessage>>),
     HoldExport(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_hold_export::HoldExport>>),
     ProtocolPolicy(Box<GetRequest<crate::object::inbuxa_protocol_policy::ProtocolPolicy>>),
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ pub enum SetRequestMethod<'x> {
     AccountLock(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_account_lock::AccountLock>>),
     LegalHold(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_legal_hold::LegalHold>>),
     MailRule(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_mail_rule::MailRule>>),
+    Journal(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>>),
     HeldMessage(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_held_message::HeldMessage>>),
     HoldExport(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_hold_export::HoldExport>>),
     ProtocolPolicy(Box<SetRequest<'x, crate::object::inbuxa_protocol_policy::ProtocolPolicy>>),

crates/jmap-proto/src/request/parser.rs

@@ -653,6 +653,21 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for CallVisitor {
                     return Err(de::Error::invalid_length(1, &self));
                 }
             },
+            // inbuxa: journaling
+            (MethodFunction::Get, MethodObject::Journal) => match seq.next_element() {
+                Ok(Some(value)) => RequestMethod::Get(GetRequestMethod::Journal(value)),
+                Err(err) => RequestMethod::invalid(err),
+                Ok(None) => {
+                    return Err(de::Error::invalid_length(1, &self));
+                }
+            },
+            (MethodFunction::Set, MethodObject::Journal) => match seq.next_element() {
+                Ok(Some(value)) => RequestMethod::Set(SetRequestMethod::Journal(value)),
+                Err(err) => RequestMethod::invalid(err),
+                Ok(None) => {
+                    return Err(de::Error::invalid_length(1, &self));
+                }
+            },
             // inbuxa: legal hold
             (MethodFunction::Get, MethodObject::LegalHold) => match seq.next_element() {
                 Ok(Some(value)) => RequestMethod::Get(GetRequestMethod::LegalHold(value)),

crates/jmap-proto/src/response/mod.rs

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ pub enum GetResponseMethod {
     AccountLock(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_account_lock::AccountLock>),
     LegalHold(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_legal_hold::LegalHold>),
     MailRule(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_mail_rule::MailRule>),
+    Journal(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>),
     HeldMessage(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_held_message::HeldMessage>),
     HoldExport(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_hold_export::HoldExport>),
     ProtocolPolicy(GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_protocol_policy::ProtocolPolicy>),
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ pub enum SetResponseMethod {
     AccountLock(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_account_lock::AccountLock>>),
     LegalHold(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_legal_hold::LegalHold>>),
     MailRule(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_mail_rule::MailRule>>),
+    Journal(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>>),
     HeldMessage(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_held_message::HeldMessage>>),
     HoldExport(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_hold_export::HoldExport>>),
     Explanation(Box<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_explanation::Explanation>>),
@@ -841,6 +843,19 @@ impl<'x> From<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_mail_rule::MailRule>> for Respon
     }
 }
 
+// inbuxa: journaling
+impl<'x> From<GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>> for ResponseMethod<'x> {
+    fn from(value: GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>) -> Self {
+        ResponseMethod::Get(GetResponseMethod::Journal(value))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'x> From<SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>> for ResponseMethod<'x> {
+    fn from(value: SetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_journal::Journal>) -> Self {
+        ResponseMethod::Set(SetResponseMethod::Journal(Box::new(value)))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'x> From<GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_legal_hold::LegalHold>> for ResponseMethod<'x> {
     fn from(value: GetResponse<crate::object::inbuxa_legal_hold::LegalHold>) -> Self {
         ResponseMethod::Get(GetResponseMethod::LegalHold(value))

crates/jmap/src/api/auth.rs

@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ impl JmapAuthorization for AccessToken {
                         Permission::SysDlpPolicyGet
                     }
                 }
+                // inbuxa: journaling (JR-18)
+                GetRequestMethod::Journal(_) => Permission::SysJournalGet,
                 GetRequestMethod::HoldExport(_) => Permission::SysLegalHoldExport,
                 // inbuxa: legacy protocols off. It takes listeners away and
                 // puts them back, so it takes the listener's permissions
@@ -288,6 +290,14 @@ impl JmapAuthorization for AccessToken {
                                 .details("You are not authorized to change mail rules"))
                         }
                     }
+                    // inbuxa: journaling (JR-18)
+                    SetRequestMethod::Journal(s) => validate_set(
+                        s,
+                        self,
+                        Permission::SysJournalUpdate,
+                        Permission::SysJournalUpdate,
+                        Permission::SysJournalUpdate,
+                    ),
                     // inbuxa: LH-12, exporting held data
                     SetRequestMethod::HoldExport(s) => validate_set(
                         s,
@@ -451,6 +461,7 @@ impl JmapAuthorization for AccessToken {
                 | MethodObject::HoldExport
                 | MethodObject::MailRule
                 | MethodObject::HeldMessage
+                | MethodObject::Journal
                 | MethodObject::ProtocolPolicy
                 | MethodObject::TenantProtocolPolicy => Permission::JmapEmailChanges,
                 // inbuxa: x:MaskedEmail/changes reads what /get reads

crates/jmap/src/api/request.rs

@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ impl RequestHandler for Server {
                                     SetResponseMethod::MailRule(set_response) => {
                                         set_response.update_created_ids(&mut response);
                                     }
+                                    SetResponseMethod::Journal(set_response) => {
+                                        set_response.update_created_ids(&mut response);
+                                    }
                                     SetResponseMethod::HeldMessage(set_response) => {
                                         set_response.update_created_ids(&mut response);
                                     }
@@ -512,6 +515,11 @@ impl RequestHandler for Server {
                     resolve_account_id(&mut req.account_id, method_name.obj, access_token)?;
                     crate::inbuxa::mail_rule::get(self, access_token, *req).await?.into()
                 }
+                // inbuxa: journaling
+                GetRequestMethod::Journal(mut req) => {
+                    resolve_account_id(&mut req.account_id, method_name.obj, access_token)?;
+                    crate::inbuxa::journal::get(self, access_token, *req).await?.into()
+                }
                 // inbuxa: the audit log (AU-9)
                 GetRequestMethod::AuditEvent(mut req) => {
                     resolve_account_id(&mut req.account_id, method_name.obj, access_token)?;
@@ -985,6 +993,22 @@ impl RequestHandler for Server {
                     .await?
                     .into()
                 }
+                SetRequestMethod::Journal(mut req) => {
+                    resolve_account_id(&mut req.account_id, method_name.obj, access_token)?;
+                    let reason = req.arguments.reason.clone();
+                    crate::inbuxa::audit::recorded(
+                        self,
+                        access_token,
+                        session,
+                        &method_name.obj.to_string(),
+                        None,
+                        reason,
+                        *req,
+                        |req| Box::pin(crate::inbuxa::journal::set(self, access_token, req)),
+                    )
+                    .await?
+                    .into()
+                }
                 SetRequestMethod::AuditExport(mut req) => {
                     resolve_account_id(&mut req.account_id, method_name.obj, access_token)?;
                     crate::inbuxa::audit_log::export_set(self, access_token, session, *req)

crates/jmap/src/changes/get.rs

@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ impl IntermediateChangesResponse {
             | MethodObject::LegalHold
             | MethodObject::HoldExport
             | MethodObject::MailRule
+            | MethodObject::Journal
             | MethodObject::HeldMessage
             | MethodObject::ProtocolPolicy
             | MethodObject::TenantProtocolPolicy

crates/jmap/src/inbuxa/journal.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! `inbuxa:Journal` (journaling spec, JR-9, JR-12, JR-18): journals, seen
+//! with `sysJournalGet` and changed with `sysJournalUpdate`, which the
+//! request layer checks. Journals are the server's: nobody in a tenant
+//! reaches them. The request layer records every change in the audit log.
+//! Changing or removing a journal never touches what it has taken.
+
+use common::{Server, auth::AccessToken};
+use inbuxa_features::journal::{self, Journal as Stored};
+use jmap_proto::{
+    error::set::SetError,
+    method::{
+        get::{GetRequest, GetResponse},
+        set::{SetRequest, SetResponse},
+    },
+    object::inbuxa_journal::{Journal, JournalProperty as P, JournalValue},
+    request::IntoValid,
+    types::date::UTCDate,
+};
+use jmap_tools::{Key, Map, Property, Value};
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use store::write::now;
+use types::id::Id;
+
+type JValue = Value<'static, P, JournalValue>;
+
+const ALL: &[P] = &[
+    P::Id,
+    P::Name,
+    P::Description,
+    P::Enabled,
+    P::Direction,
+    P::Scope,
+    P::RetentionDays,
+    P::CreatedBy,
+    P::CreatedAt,
+    P::UpdatedAt,
+];
+
+/// Properties the server sets; a client that sends them is refused.
+const SERVER_SET: &[P] = &[P::Id, P::CreatedBy, P::CreatedAt, P::UpdatedAt];
+
+fn server_level(access_token: &AccessToken) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    if access_token.tenant_id().is_some() {
+        Err(trc::JmapEvent::Forbidden
+            .into_err()
+            .details("Journals are the server's."))
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn json_to_value(json: serde_json::Value) -> JValue {
+    match json {
+        serde_json::Value::Null => Value::Null,
+        serde_json::Value::Bool(b) => Value::Bool(b),
+        serde_json::Value::Number(n) => {
+            if let Some(n) = n.as_u64() {
+                Value::Number(n.into())
+            } else if let Some(n) = n.as_i64() {
+                Value::Number(n.into())
+            } else {
+                Value::Number(n.as_f64().unwrap_or_default().into())
+            }
+        }
+        serde_json::Value::String(s) => Value::Str(Cow::Owned(s)),
+        serde_json::Value::Array(items) => {
+            Value::Array(items.into_iter().map(json_to_value).collect())
+        }
+        serde_json::Value::Object(map) => {
+            let mut out = Map::with_capacity(map.len());
+            for (key, value) in map {
+                out.insert_unchecked(Key::Owned(key), json_to_value(value));
+            }
+            Value::Object(out)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn date(seconds: u64) -> JValue {
+    Value::Str(UTCDate::from_timestamp(seconds as i64).to_string().into())
+}
+
+fn to_value(journal: &Stored, properties: &[P]) -> JValue {
+    let json = serde_json::to_value(journal).unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut out = Map::with_capacity(properties.len());
+    for property in properties {
+        let value = match property {
+            P::Id => Value::Element(JournalValue::Id(Id::from(journal.id))),
+            P::CreatedAt => date(journal.created_at),
+            P::UpdatedAt => date(journal.updated_at),
+            other => json
+                .get(other.to_cow().as_ref())
+                .cloned()
+                .map_or(Value::Null, json_to_value),
+        };
+        out.insert_unchecked(Key::Property(property.clone()), value);
+    }
+    Value::Object(out)
+}
+
+/// A journal as sent: its JSON object, top-level keys only those a client
+/// may set.
+fn client_json(
+    value: Value<'_, P, JournalValue>,
+) -> Result<serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>, SetError<P>> {
+    let mut map = serde_json::Map::new();
+    for (key, value) in value.into_expanded_object() {
+        match &key {
+            Key::Property(p) if SERVER_SET.contains(p) => {
+                return Err(SetError::invalid_properties()
+                    .with_property(p.clone())
+                    .with_description("The server sets this."));
+            }
+            Key::Property(p) => {
+                map.insert(p.to_cow().into_owned(), value.into());
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Err(SetError::invalid_properties().with_property(key.clone().into_owned()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(map)
+}
+
+fn parse(json: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>) -> Result<Stored, SetError<P>> {
+    let journal: Stored =
+        serde_json::from_value(serde_json::Value::Object(json)).map_err(|err| {
+            SetError::invalid_properties().with_description(format!("Not a valid journal: {err}"))
+        })?;
+    journal.validate().map_err(|invalid| {
+        let property = invalid.property.parse::<P>().unwrap_or(P::Name);
+        SetError::invalid_properties()
+            .with_property(property)
+            .with_description(invalid.reason)
+    })?;
+    Ok(journal)
+}
+
+fn journal_id(id: Id) -> Option<u32> {
+    u32::try_from(id.id()).ok()
+}
+
+/// `inbuxa:Journal/get`: every journal, oldest first.
+pub async fn get(
+    server: &Server,
+    access_token: &AccessToken,
+    mut request: GetRequest<Journal>,
+) -> trc::Result<GetResponse<Journal>> {
+    server_level(access_token)?;
+    let properties = request.unwrap_properties(ALL);
+    let (ids, not_found) = request.unwrap_ids(server.core.jmap.get_max_objects)?;
+    let mut response = GetResponse {
+        account_id: request.account_id.into(),
+        state: None,
+        list: Vec::new(),
+        not_found,
+    };
+    let journals = journal::all(server.store()).await?;
+    match ids {
+        None => {
+            response.list = journals
+                .iter()
+                .map(|journal| to_value(journal, &properties))
+                .collect()
+        }
+        Some(ids) => {
+            for id in ids {
+                match journal_id(id).and_then(|id| journals.iter().find(|j| j.id == id)) {
+                    Some(journal) => response.list.push(to_value(journal, &properties)),
+                    None => response.push_not_found(id),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(response)
+}
+
+/// `inbuxa:Journal/set`: create, change or remove journals.
+pub async fn set(
+    server: &Server,
+    access_token: &AccessToken,
+    mut request: SetRequest<'_, Journal>,
+) -> trc::Result<SetResponse<Journal>> {
+    server_level(access_token)?;
+    let mut response = SetResponse::from_request(&request, server.core.jmap.set_max_objects)?;
+    let data = server.store();
+    let actor = server.audit_actor(access_token).await;
+
+    for (client_id, value) in request.unwrap_create() {
+        let stored = match client_json(value).and_then(parse) {
+            Ok(stored) => stored,
+            Err(error) => {
+                response.not_created.append(client_id, error);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        let at = now();
+        let stored = Stored {
+            created_by: actor.name.clone(),
+            created_at: at,
+            updated_at: at,
+            ..stored
+        };
+        let id = journal::create(data, &stored).await?;
+        let mut out = Map::with_capacity(1);
+        out.insert_unchecked(
+            Key::Property(P::Id),
+            Value::Element(JournalValue::Id(Id::from(id))),
+        );
+        response.created.insert(client_id, Value::Object(out));
+    }
+
+    for (id, value) in request.unwrap_update().into_valid() {
+        let Some(current) = (match journal_id(id) {
+            Some(journal_id) => journal::get(data, journal_id).await?,
+            None => None,
+        }) else {
+            response.not_updated.append(id, SetError::not_found());
+            continue;
+        };
+        // The stored journal, with each property sent replacing its own
+        let mut json = match serde_json::to_value(&current) {
+            Ok(serde_json::Value::Object(map)) => map,
+            _ => serde_json::Map::new(),
+        };
+        let changes = match client_json(value) {
+            Ok(changes) => changes,
+            Err(error) => {
+                response.not_updated.append(id, error);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        json.extend(changes);
+        let next = match parse(json) {
+            Ok(next) => next,
+            Err(error) => {
+                response.not_updated.append(id, error);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        let next = Stored {
+            id: current.id,
+            created_by: current.created_by.clone(),
+            created_at: current.created_at,
+            updated_at: now(),
+            ..next
+        };
+        if next != current {
+            journal::update(data, &next).await?;
+        }
+        response.updated.append(id, None);
+    }
+
+    for id in request.unwrap_destroy().into_valid() {
+        let Some(current) = (match journal_id(id) {
+            Some(journal_id) => journal::get(data, journal_id).await?,
+            None => None,
+        }) else {
+            response.not_destroyed.append(id, SetError::not_found());
+            continue;
+        };
+        journal::delete(data, current.id).await?;
+        response.destroyed.push(id);
+    }
+
+    Ok(response)
+}

crates/jmap/src/inbuxa/mod.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod access;
 pub mod account_lock;
 pub mod legal_hold;
 pub mod mail_rule;
+pub mod journal;
 pub mod held_message;
 pub mod dlp_settings;
 pub mod hold_export;

crates/registry/src/schema/enums.rs

@@ -1755,6 +1755,11 @@ pub enum Permission {
     SysDlpPolicyUpdate = 677,
     SysDlpReviewGet = 678,
     SysDlpReviewUpdate = 679,
+    // inbuxa: journaling
+    SysJournalGet = 680,
+    SysJournalUpdate = 681,
+    SysJournalSearch = 682,
+    SysJournalExport = 683,
     SysAccountGet = 219,
     SysAccountCreate = 220,
     SysAccountUpdate = 221,

crates/registry/src/schema/enums_impl.rs

@@ -7097,6 +7097,10 @@ impl EnumImpl for Permission {
             b"sysDlpPolicyUpdate" => Permission::SysDlpPolicyUpdate,
             b"sysDlpReviewGet" => Permission::SysDlpReviewGet,
             b"sysDlpReviewUpdate" => Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate,
+            b"sysJournalGet" => Permission::SysJournalGet,
+            b"sysJournalUpdate" => Permission::SysJournalUpdate,
+            b"sysJournalSearch" => Permission::SysJournalSearch,
+            b"sysJournalExport" => Permission::SysJournalExport,
             b"sysAccountGet" => Permission::SysAccountGet,
             b"sysAccountCreate" => Permission::SysAccountCreate,
             b"sysAccountUpdate" => Permission::SysAccountUpdate,
@@ -7793,6 +7797,10 @@ impl EnumImpl for Permission {
             Permission::SysDlpPolicyUpdate => "sysDlpPolicyUpdate",
             Permission::SysDlpReviewGet => "sysDlpReviewGet",
             Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate => "sysDlpReviewUpdate",
+            Permission::SysJournalGet => "sysJournalGet",
+            Permission::SysJournalUpdate => "sysJournalUpdate",
+            Permission::SysJournalSearch => "sysJournalSearch",
+            Permission::SysJournalExport => "sysJournalExport",
             Permission::SysAccountGet => "sysAccountGet",
             Permission::SysAccountCreate => "sysAccountCreate",
             Permission::SysAccountUpdate => "sysAccountUpdate",
@@ -8482,6 +8490,10 @@ impl EnumImpl for Permission {
             677 => Some(Permission::SysDlpPolicyUpdate),
             678 => Some(Permission::SysDlpReviewGet),
             679 => Some(Permission::SysDlpReviewUpdate),
+            680 => Some(Permission::SysJournalGet),
+            681 => Some(Permission::SysJournalUpdate),
+            682 => Some(Permission::SysJournalSearch),
+            683 => Some(Permission::SysJournalExport),
             219 => Some(Permission::SysAccountGet),
             220 => Some(Permission::SysAccountCreate),
             221 => Some(Permission::SysAccountUpdate),
@@ -8926,7 +8938,7 @@ impl EnumImpl for Permission {
         }
     }
 
-    const COUNT: usize = 680;
+    const COUNT: usize = 684;
 }
 
 impl serde::Serialize for Permission {

crates/services/src/task_manager/maintenance.rs

@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ async fn store_maintenance(
                 trc::error!(err.details("Failed to return unreviewed held mail"));
             }
 
+            // inbuxa: journaling, JR-13: entries past their retention go,
+            // except those a legal hold keeps
+            if let Err(err) = purge_journal(server).await {
+                trc::error!(err.details("Failed to purge journal entries"));
+            }
+
             // inbuxa: AU-7: audit records past their retention go; a
             // failure leaves them for the next run
             if let Err(err) = server.audit_purge().await {
@@ -409,6 +415,54 @@ async fn store_maintenance(
     Ok(TaskResult::Success(vec![]))
 }
 
+/// inbuxa: journaling, JR-13: removes journal entries past their
+/// retention, keeping any whose sender or recipients a legal hold covers
+/// (deleted accounts a hold keeps included), and records how many went.
+async fn purge_journal(server: &Server) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    use inbuxa_features::audit::{Action, Actor, Outcome, Record, Target};
+    let mut held = server.held_accounts().await?;
+    if !held.is_empty() {
+        for (account_id, kept) in
+            inbuxa_features::undelete::data::kept_accounts(server.store()).await?
+        {
+            if server.is_kept_held(account_id, &kept).await? {
+                held.insert(account_id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let at = store::write::now();
+    let purged = inbuxa_features::journal::entries::purge(server.store(), at, |entry| {
+        entry.accounts.iter().any(|account| held.contains(account))
+    })
+    .await?;
+    if purged.removed > 0 || purged.kept_for_hold > 0 {
+        server
+            .audit_note(Record {
+                at: at * 1000,
+                actor: Actor::system("Journal"),
+                via: None,
+                remote_ip: None,
+                action: Action::Destroy,
+                target: Target {
+                    kind: "inbuxa:JournalEntry".into(),
+                    id: None,
+                    name: None,
+                    account_id: None,
+                    tenant_id: None,
+                },
+                changes: vec![],
+                details: Some(format!(
+                    "{} past their retention removed; {} kept for a legal hold",
+                    purged.removed, purged.kept_for_hold
+                )),
+                reason: None,
+                outcome: Outcome::success(),
+            })
+            .await;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn account_maintenance(
     server: &Server,
     task: &TaskAccountMaintenance,

crates/smtp/src/queue/journal.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! inbuxa: journaling (journaling spec, JR-1 to JR-5, JR-11): the copy
+//! taken as a message is queued, after DLP and transport rules, so it has
+//! the envelope the message actually leaves or arrives with.
+
+use crate::queue::{FROM_AUTHENTICATED, FROM_AUTOGENERATED, FROM_DSN, FROM_REPORT, Message};
+use common::Server;
+use inbuxa_features::{
+    hold::Member,
+    journal::{
+        self, Direction,
+        entries::{self, Entry},
+        report::{self, Envelope, Recipient},
+    },
+    mailflow::held::HOLD_SECONDS,
+};
+use store::write::{BatchBuilder, BlobLink, BlobOp, now};
+use types::blob_hash::BlobHash;
+
+/// Marks a journal report the server queued itself, so it's never
+/// journaled (JR-2). Free in the message flags (the MAIL parameters use
+/// the low bits, the sources bits 32 to 37).
+pub const FROM_JOURNAL: u64 = 1 << 48;
+
+/// Journals `message`, whose queued bytes are `raw`, into every enabled
+/// journal that takes it. An error means it may not have been journaled,
+/// and the caller must not queue it.
+pub async fn capture(
+    server: &Server,
+    queue_id: u64,
+    message: &Message,
+    raw: &[u8],
+) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    if message.flags & (FROM_JOURNAL | FROM_REPORT) != 0 {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let journals = journal::enabled(server.store()).await?;
+    if journals.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // Who's here on either side, and which way it goes
+    let mut members: Vec<Member> = Vec::new();
+    let mut sender_local = message.flags & FROM_AUTHENTICATED != 0
+        || (message.return_path.is_empty() && message.flags & (FROM_DSN | FROM_AUTOGENERATED) != 0);
+    if !message.return_path.is_empty()
+        && let Some(id) = server
+            .account_id_from_email(&message.return_path, false)
+            .await?
+    {
+        sender_local = true;
+        if let Some(member) = server.member_of(id).await {
+            members.push(member);
+        }
+    }
+    let (mut any_local, mut any_remote) = (false, false);
+    for rcpt in &message.recipients {
+        let address = rcpt.address.to_lowercase();
+        let domain = address.rsplit_once('@').map_or("", |(_, d)| d);
+        let local_domain = server.domain(domain).await.ok().flatten().is_some();
+        match server.account_id_from_email(&address, false).await? {
+            Some(id) => {
+                any_local = true;
+                if !members.iter().any(|m| m.account == id)
+                    && let Some(member) = server.member_of(id).await
+                {
+                    members.push(member);
+                }
+            }
+            None if local_domain => any_local = true,
+            None => any_remote = true,
+        }
+    }
+    let direction = Direction::of(sender_local, any_remote, any_local);
+    let taken: Vec<&journal::Journal> = journals
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|j| j.takes(direction, &members))
+        .collect();
+    if taken.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // DLP holds a message by putting its release a century off
+    let at = now();
+    let held = !message.recipients.is_empty()
+        && message
+            .recipients
+            .iter()
+            .all(|rcpt| rcpt.retry.due >= at + HOLD_SECONDS / 2);
+    let recipients: Vec<Recipient> = message
+        .recipients
+        .iter()
+        .map(|rcpt| Recipient {
+            address: rcpt.address.to_string(),
+            orcpt: rcpt.orcpt.as_deref().map(Into::into),
+        })
+        .collect();
+    let envelope = Envelope {
+        sender: &message.return_path,
+        authenticated: message.flags & FROM_AUTHENTICATED != 0,
+        recipients: &recipients,
+        queue_id,
+        received: message.created,
+        direction,
+        held,
+    };
+    let host = server.core.network.server_name.as_str();
+    let (bytes, fields) = report::build(&envelope, raw, &format!("postmaster@{host}"), host);
+
+    // The report's blob, reserved until the entry links it
+    let hash = BlobHash::generate(&bytes);
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(
+        BlobOp::Link {
+            hash: hash.clone(),
+            to: BlobLink::Temporary { until: at + 120 },
+        },
+        vec![],
+    );
+    server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await?;
+    server
+        .blob_store()
+        .put_blob(hash.as_slice(), &bytes, server.core.email.compression)
+        .await?;
+
+    let retention_days = taken
+        .iter()
+        .map(|j| j.retention_days)
+        .max()
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut tenants: Vec<u32> = members.iter().filter_map(|m| m.tenant).collect();
+    tenants.sort_unstable();
+    tenants.dedup();
+    let entry = Entry {
+        queue_id,
+        at,
+        direction,
+        sender: message.return_path.to_string(),
+        authenticated: envelope.authenticated,
+        recipients: recipients.iter().map(|r| r.address.clone()).collect(),
+        subject: fields.subject,
+        message_id: fields.message_id,
+        accounts: members.iter().map(|m| m.account).collect(),
+        tenants,
+        journals: taken.iter().map(|j| j.id).collect(),
+        held,
+        blob: entries::hex(hash.as_slice()),
+        size: bytes.len() as u64,
+        sha256: entries::sha256(&bytes),
+        expires_at: at + u64::from(retention_days) * 86_400,
+    };
+    entries::append(server.store(), server.core.network.node_id, &entry).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/smtp/src/queue/mod.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use utils::DomainPart;
 
 pub mod dsn;
 pub mod held; // inbuxa: mail held for review
+pub mod journal; // inbuxa: journaling
 pub mod manager;
 pub mod quota;
 pub mod spool;

crates/smtp/src/queue/spool.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{
@@ -453,6 +455,25 @@ impl MessageWrapper {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // inbuxa: journaling, JR-1: the copy is taken before the message is
+        // queued; if it can't be, the message isn't queued either
+        if let Err(err) = crate::queue::journal::capture(
+            server,
+            self.queue_id,
+            &self.message,
+            message.as_ref(),
+        )
+        .await
+        {
+            trc::error!(
+                err.details("Failed to journal a message.")
+                    .span_id(session_id)
+                    .caused_by(trc::location!())
+            );
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         trc::event!(
             Queue(event),
             SpanId = session_id,

docs/spec/features/journaling.md

@@ -261,6 +261,38 @@ read, export.
 Each phase is its own PR with tests; releases as John decides. Like DLP, it
 stays out of production until John says.
 
+## As built
+
+Phase 2 (`feature/journal-capture`), where it differs from the design or
+fills in what it left open:
+
+- **The chain** is the journal's own (`crates/features/src/journal/
+  entries.rs`), not the audit log's code shared. Entries expire out of chain
+  order (each keeps its journal's retention, and holds keep some longer), so
+  a link names its entry by SHA-256 instead of holding it: purging removes
+  the entry, its indexes and its report's blob link, and writes a purge
+  marker; the link stays. An entry missing without a marker is a broken
+  chain. Purged links at a chain's start are cleared and a floor recorded,
+  as the audit log does.
+- **If the copy can't be taken**, the message isn't queued: the sender gets
+  a temporary failure and tries again. Nothing leaves unjournaled.
+- **The report** says `Authenticated: yes|no` instead of the signed-in
+  account (the queue doesn't keep which account it was). `Added by rule`
+  comes with **Journal it** in phase 3. A recipient given with an ORCPT
+  that names another address counts as expanded from that address.
+- **Journal reports** the server queues carry message flag bit 48
+  (`FROM_JOURNAL`); an older version ignores the bit.
+- **Permissions 680–683**: administrators get `sysJournalGet`/`Update`; the
+  Compliance Officer gets `Get`, `Search` and `Export`. So that an
+  administrator can still appoint an officer (and grant reading as settled
+  answer 5 describes), whoever holds `sysJournalUpdate` may grant `Search`
+  and `Export` without holding them; the role change is in the audit log.
+- **`inbuxa:JournalEntry`** (get, query) and **Check the journal** over
+  JMAP come in phase 4 with search, so every read is audited from the first
+  version that allows one. Phase 2 has `inbuxa:Journal` only.
+- **Outside archives** (a journal's destination) come in phase 3; every
+  journal writes to the built-in journal until then.
+
 ## Known gaps
 
 - A message a person saves to Sent over IMAP, or sends through another

resources/privacy/catalog.toml

@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ exceptions = ["contact", "content"]
 actions = ["contact", "content"]
 createdBy = ["identifier"]
 
+[object."inbuxa:Journal"]
+file = "inbuxa_journal.rs"
+default = "none"
+whose = ["administrator"]
+where = ["data-store"]
+scope = "server"
+retention = "unbounded"
+[object."inbuxa:Journal".properties]
+name = ["content"]
+description = ["content"]
+createdBy = ["identifier"]
+
 [object."inbuxa:LegalHold"]
 file = "inbuxa_legal_hold.rs"
 default = "none"
@@ -408,6 +420,19 @@ captures = ["x:Email.maxMaskedAddresses"]
 leaves_host = false
 written_by = ["crates/features/src/masked_email/data.rs"]
 
+# Journaling (journaling spec, JR-5, JR-14): a copy of each message a
+# journal takes, with its envelope, kept for the journal's retention even
+# after the account is deleted, and longer while a legal hold covers
+# someone on it.
+[source."journal"]
+categories = ["content", "identifier", "contact", "metadata"]
+whose = ["holder", "correspondent"]
+where = ["data-store", "blob-store"]
+scope = "server"
+retention = { setting = "inbuxa:Journal.retentionDays" }
+leaves_host = false
+written_by = ["crates/features/src/journal/entries.rs", "crates/smtp/src/queue/journal.rs"]
+
 [source."outbound-reports"]
 categories = ["network", "identifier", "content"]
 whose = ["correspondent"]

resources/schema/schema.json.sha256

@@ -1 +1 @@
-bLr7o49yK6CtWpENWq5zjgKrbCSzAXW3DZfNAEpnXEE
+JGXu3u5TIsHK6jNasyQy1wVxK-2Ku-PSa5NgiJP61q0

tests/src/system/journal.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,471 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Journaling (journaling spec, phase 2): journals over JMAP, the copy
+//! taken as mail is queued with its whole envelope, the report around the
+//! untouched message, retention, purge, and a chain that shows tampering.
+
+use crate::utils::{
+    account::Account,
+    server::{TestServer, TestServerBuilder},
+    smtp::SmtpConnection,
+};
+use inbuxa_features::journal::{
+    Direction,
+    entries::{self, Entry, EntryId},
+    report,
+};
+use registry::schema::structs::{Expression, MtaStageAuth};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use store::{Deserialize, write::BatchBuilder};
+
+const USING: &[&str] = &[
+    "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core",
+    "urn:ietf:params:jmap:mail",
+    "urn:ietf:params:jmap:submission",
+    "urn:inbuxa:jmap",
+];
+
+async fn call(account: &Account, method: &str, mut arguments: Value) -> (String, Value) {
+    if arguments.get("accountId").is_none() {
+        arguments["accountId"] = account.id_string().into();
+    }
+    let response = account
+        .jmap_request(USING, json!([[method, arguments, "0"]]))
+        .await;
+    let call = response
+        .0
+        .pointer("/methodResponses/0")
+        .cloned()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{method}: {}", response.0));
+    (
+        call[0].as_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string(),
+        call[1].clone(),
+    )
+}
+
+/// Sends a message whose headers name `to`, to the envelope `rcpt_to`.
+async fn send(
+    sender: &Account,
+    identity: &str,
+    mailbox: &str,
+    to: &[&str],
+    rcpt_to: &[&str],
+    subject: &str,
+) -> Value {
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        sender,
+        "Email/set",
+        json!({"create": {"e": {
+            "mailboxIds": {mailbox: true},
+            "from": [{"email": sender.name()}],
+            "to": to.iter().map(|a| json!({"email": a})).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            "subject": subject,
+            "bodyValues": {"b": {"value": "The body."}},
+            "textBody": [{"partId": "b", "type": "text/plain"}]
+        }}}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let email = response["created"]["e"]["id"]
+        .as_str()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("draft: {response}"))
+        .to_string();
+    call(
+        sender,
+        "EmailSubmission/set",
+        json!({"create": {"s": {
+            "emailId": email,
+            "identityId": identity,
+            "envelope": {
+                "mailFrom": {"email": sender.name()},
+                "rcptTo": rcpt_to.iter().map(|a| json!({"email": a})).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            }
+        }}}),
+    )
+    .await
+    .1
+}
+
+async fn all_entries(test: &TestServer) -> Vec<(EntryId, Entry)> {
+    entries::list(test.server.store(), 0, u64::MAX, 10_000)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+async fn entry_for(test: &TestServer, subject: &str) -> Option<(EntryId, Entry)> {
+    all_entries(test)
+        .await
+        .into_iter()
+        .find(|(_, e)| e.subject == subject)
+}
+
+async fn report_of(test: &TestServer, entry: &Entry) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let hash = entry.blob_hash().expect("blob hash");
+    test.server
+        .blob_store()
+        .get_blob(hash.as_slice(), 0..usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .expect("report blob")
+}
+
+pub async fn test(test: &mut TestServer) {
+    println!("Running journaling tests...");
+    let admin = test.account("[email protected]");
+    let sender = admin
+        .create_user_account(
+            "[email protected]",
+            "journal-sender-secret-7101",
+            "Journal sender",
+            &[],
+            vec![],
+        )
+        .await;
+    let other = admin
+        .create_user_account(
+            "[email protected]",
+            "journal-other-secret-7102",
+            "Journal other",
+            &[],
+            vec![],
+        )
+        .await;
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        &sender,
+        "Identity/set",
+        json!({"create": {"i": {"name": "Sender", "email": "[email protected]"}}}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let identity = response["created"]["i"]["id"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        &sender,
+        "Mailbox/set",
+        json!({"create": {"m": {"name": "Journal drafts"}}}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let mailbox = response["created"]["m"]["id"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
+
+    // Nothing is journaled while there are no journals
+    let response = send(
+        &sender,
+        &identity,
+        &mailbox,
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        "Before any journal",
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(response["created"].get("s").is_some(), "{response}");
+    assert!(all_entries(test).await.is_empty());
+
+    // Journals: checked when written, the server's own properties refused
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        &admin,
+        "inbuxa:Journal/set",
+        json!({"create": {
+            "short": {"name": "Short", "enabled": true, "direction": "any",
+                      "scope": {"everyone": true}, "retentionDays": 29},
+            "both": {"name": "Both", "enabled": true, "direction": "any",
+                     "scope": {"everyone": true, "accounts": [sender.id_string()]},
+                     "retentionDays": 365},
+            "none": {"name": "None", "enabled": true, "direction": "any",
+                     "scope": {}, "retentionDays": 365},
+            "server": {"name": "Mine", "enabled": true, "direction": "any",
+                       "scope": {"everyone": true}, "retentionDays": 365,
+                       "createdBy": "me"},
+            "all": {"name": "Everything", "enabled": true, "direction": "any",
+                    "scope": {"everyone": true}, "retentionDays": 365},
+            "out": {"name": "Sender's outgoing", "enabled": true, "direction": "outgoing",
+                    "scope": {"accounts": [sender.id_string()]}, "retentionDays": 3650}
+        }}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    for refused in ["short", "both", "none", "server"] {
+        assert_eq!(
+            response["notCreated"][refused]["type"], "invalidProperties",
+            "{refused}: {response}"
+        );
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        response["notCreated"]["short"]["properties"],
+        json!(["retentionDays"])
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        response["notCreated"]["both"]["properties"],
+        json!(["scope"])
+    );
+    let everything = response["created"]["all"]["id"]
+        .as_str()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{response}"))
+        .to_string();
+    let outgoing = response["created"]["out"]["id"]
+        .as_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    let (_, response) = call(&admin, "inbuxa:Journal/get", json!({"ids": null})).await;
+    let list = response["list"].as_array().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(list.len(), 2, "{response}");
+    assert_eq!(list[0]["name"], "Everything");
+    assert_eq!(list[0]["createdBy"], "[email protected]");
+    assert_eq!(list[1]["scope"]["accounts"], json!([sender.id_string()]));
+    // Each node reads journals again within 30 seconds; this one at once
+    inbuxa_features::journal::invalidate();
+
+    // Internal mail with a Bcc recipient: one entry, the whole envelope
+    let response = send(
+        &sender,
+        &identity,
+        &mailbox,
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        &["[email protected]", "[email protected]"],
+        "Internal with Bcc",
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(response["created"].get("s").is_some(), "{response}");
+    let (_, entry) = entry_for(test, "Internal with Bcc")
+        .await
+        .expect("journaled");
+    assert_eq!(entry.direction, Direction::Internal);
+    assert_eq!(entry.sender, "[email protected]");
+    assert!(entry.authenticated);
+    assert_eq!(entry.recipients.len(), 2, "{entry:?}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.journals.len(),
+        1,
+        "internal isn't outgoing: {entry:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(!entry.held);
+    assert_eq!(entry.expires_at, entry.at + 365 * 86_400);
+    let bytes = report_of(test, &entry).await;
+    assert_eq!(entries::sha256(&bytes), entry.sha256);
+    let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+    assert!(text.contains("Direction: internal\r\n"), "{text}");
+    assert!(
+        text.contains("To: [email protected]\r\n"),
+        "{text}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        text.contains("Bcc: [email protected]\r\n"),
+        "{text}"
+    );
+    let original = report::original(&bytes).expect("original part");
+    let original = String::from_utf8_lossy(original);
+    assert!(
+        original.contains("Subject: Internal with Bcc"),
+        "{original}"
+    );
+    assert!(original.contains("The body."), "{original}");
+    assert!(!original.contains("Bcc:"), "the original is as sent");
+
+    // Outgoing: both journals take it, and it's kept for the longer
+    let response = send(
+        &sender,
+        &identity,
+        &mailbox,
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        "Leaving",
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(response["created"].get("s").is_some(), "{response}");
+    let (leaving_id, entry) = entry_for(test, "Leaving").await.expect("journaled");
+    assert_eq!(entry.direction, Direction::Outgoing);
+    assert_eq!(entry.journals.len(), 2, "{entry:?}");
+    assert_eq!(entry.expires_at, entry.at + 3650 * 86_400);
+
+    // Incoming from outside
+    admin
+        .registry_create_object(MtaStageAuth {
+            require: Expression {
+                else_: "false".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await;
+    let mut lmtp = SmtpConnection::connect().await;
+    lmtp.ingest(
+        "[email protected]",
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        "From: [email protected]\r\nTo: [email protected]\r\nSubject: Arriving\r\n\r\nHi.\r\n",
+    )
+    .await;
+    let (_, entry) = entry_for(test, "Arriving").await.expect("journaled");
+    assert_eq!(entry.direction, Direction::Incoming);
+    assert!(!entry.authenticated);
+    assert_eq!(entry.accounts, vec![other.id().document_id()]);
+
+    // The chain checks out, reports included
+    let store = test.server.store();
+    let blobs = test.server.blob_store();
+    let reports = entries::verify(store, Some(blobs)).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(reports.iter().all(|r| r.broken_at.is_none()), "{reports:?}");
+    let journaled = all_entries(test).await.len() as u64;
+    assert!(reports.iter().map(|r| r.entries).sum::<u64>() >= journaled);
+
+    // An entry changed in the store shows; put back, it checks out again
+    let key = entries::content_key(leaving_id);
+    let stored = store
+        .get_value::<Raw>(key.clone())
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .expect("stored entry")
+        .0;
+    let mut forged: Entry = serde_json::from_slice(&stored).unwrap();
+    forged.recipients = vec!["[email protected]".into()];
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(key.class.clone(), serde_json::to_vec(&forged).unwrap());
+    store.write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    let reports = entries::verify(store, None).await.unwrap();
+    let broken = reports
+        .iter()
+        .find(|r| r.broken_at.is_some())
+        .expect("broken");
+    assert_eq!(
+        broken.broken_at.as_deref(),
+        Some(leaving_id.to_string().as_str())
+    );
+    assert!(
+        broken
+            .reason
+            .as_deref()
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .contains("changed")
+    );
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(key.class.clone(), stored.clone());
+    store.write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        entries::verify(store, None)
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .all(|r| r.broken_at.is_none())
+    );
+
+    // An entry removed without a purge shows too
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.clear(key.class.clone());
+    store.write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    let reports = entries::verify(store, None).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        reports.iter().any(|r| r
+            .reason
+            .as_deref()
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .contains("before its time")),
+        "{reports:?}"
+    );
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(key.class.clone(), stored);
+    store.write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+
+    // Retention: nothing is due yet; a year on, what's kept for a hold
+    // stays, the rest goes, and the chain still checks out
+    let now = store::write::now();
+    let purged = entries::purge(store, now, |_| false).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(purged.removed, 0);
+    let sender_id = sender.id().document_id();
+    let later = now + 400 * 86_400;
+    let purged = entries::purge(store, later, |e| e.accounts.contains(&sender_id))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(purged.removed >= 1, "{purged:?}");
+    assert!(purged.kept_for_hold >= 1, "{purged:?}");
+    assert!(entry_for(test, "Arriving").await.is_none(), "purged");
+    assert!(entry_for(test, "Internal with Bcc").await.is_some(), "held");
+    assert!(entry_for(test, "Leaving").await.is_some(), "ten years");
+    let reports = entries::verify(store, Some(blobs)).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(reports.iter().all(|r| r.broken_at.is_none()), "{reports:?}");
+    assert!(reports.iter().map(|r| r.purged).sum::<u64>() >= 1);
+
+    // Once the hold is gone the held entry goes too
+    let purged = entries::purge(store, later, |_| false).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(purged.removed >= 1, "{purged:?}");
+    assert!(entry_for(test, "Internal with Bcc").await.is_none());
+    assert!(
+        entries::verify(store, Some(blobs))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .all(|r| r.broken_at.is_none())
+    );
+
+    // Changing a journal's retention doesn't touch what it has taken
+    let before = entry_for(test, "Leaving").await.unwrap().1.expires_at;
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        &admin,
+        "inbuxa:Journal/set",
+        json!({"update": {outgoing.clone(): {"retentionDays": 30}}}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(response["updated"].get(&outgoing).is_some(), "{response}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry_for(test, "Leaving").await.unwrap().1.expires_at,
+        before
+    );
+
+    // Journals turned off or removed take nothing more; entries stay
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        &admin,
+        "inbuxa:Journal/set",
+        json!({"update": {everything.clone(): {"enabled": false}}, "destroy": [outgoing]}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(response["updated"].get(&everything).is_some(), "{response}");
+    assert_eq!(response["destroyed"].as_array().map(|d| d.len()), Some(1));
+    inbuxa_features::journal::invalidate();
+    let count = all_entries(test).await.len();
+    let response = send(
+        &sender,
+        &identity,
+        &mailbox,
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        &["[email protected]"],
+        "After the journals",
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(response["created"].get("s").is_some(), "{response}");
+    assert_eq!(all_entries(test).await.len(), count);
+    assert!(entry_for(test, "Leaving").await.is_some());
+
+    // Every change to a journal is in the audit log
+    let (_, response) = call(
+        &admin,
+        "inbuxa:AuditEvent/query",
+        json!({"filter": {"targetKind": "inbuxa:Journal"}}),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(
+        response["ids"].as_array().map_or(0, |ids| ids.len()) >= 4,
+        "{response}"
+    );
+}
+
+struct Raw(Vec<u8>);
+
+impl Deserialize for Raw {
+    fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Raw(bytes.to_vec()))
+    }
+}
+
+#[ignore]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn journal_tests() {
+    let mut test = TestServerBuilder::new("journal_tests")
+        .await
+        .with_default_listeners()
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+    let admin = test.create_admin_account("[email protected]").await;
+    test.insert_account(admin);
+    self::test(&mut test).await;
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}

tests/src/system/mod.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub mod account_lock; // inbuxa: account lock with delegation
 pub mod legal_hold; // inbuxa: legal hold
 pub mod compliance; // inbuxa: the compliance roles
 pub mod mail_rules; // inbuxa: DLP and mail flow rules
+pub mod journal; // inbuxa: journaling
 pub mod audit; // inbuxa: the audit log
 pub mod authorization;
 pub mod auto_reload; // inbuxa: registry writes apply at once