Messaging infrastructureiMessage backends
Direct Apple backend
Operate the clean-room APNs, IDS, identity, encryption, MMCS, attachment, and reaction stack.
Direct Apple backend — contract and behavior
- The backend reimplements the protocol layers Apple's clients use and gates externally visible operations behind completed bootstrap state.
- An operator runs the bootstrap CLI once per Apple ID; the service reads persisted device, identity, push, and anisette state afterward.
- The default bootstrap mode is a dry run; live mode contacts Apple and requires explicit account and host precautions.
- Anisette rotates on its shorter cadence while device certificate and push-token state are longer-lived.