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feat: background account farming with ephemeral connections

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Add RegistrationManager that periodically spawns ephemeral Network
connections to register new NickServ accounts across all configured
networks. Ephemeral connections reuse the existing registration
lifecycle (random nick, email verification, captcha solving) with
two new Network parameters: cred_network (redirect credential storage
to the real network name) and ephemeral (suppress status broadcasts,
skip SASL/IDENTIFY, go straight to REGISTER).

- backlog: add count_verified_creds() query
- config: farm_enabled, farm_interval, farm_max_accounts
- network: cred_network/ephemeral params, credential ref redirection
- farm: new module with sweep loop, per-network cooldown, stats
- router: farm lifecycle integration, farm property
- commands: FARM (status/trigger) and ACCOUNTS (list stored creds)
- tests: 14 farm tests + 5 ephemeral/cred_network network tests

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ notify_on_privmsg = true # notify on private messages
notify_cooldown = 60 # min seconds between notifications
notify_proxy = false # route notifications through SOCKS5
# Background account farming
farm_enabled = false # enable background registration
farm_interval = 3600 # seconds between attempts per network
farm_max_accounts = 10 # max verified accounts per network
[bouncer.backlog]
max_messages = 10000 # per network, 0 = unlimited
replay_on_connect = true # replay missed messages on client connect
@@ -446,6 +451,14 @@ Responses arrive as NOTICE messages from `*bouncer`.
| `CERTFP [network]` | Show certificate fingerprints (all or per-network) |
| `DELCERT <network> [nick]` | Delete a client certificate |
### Account Farming
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `FARM` | Global farming status (enabled/disabled, per-network stats) |
| `FARM <network>` | Network stats + trigger an immediate registration attempt |
| `ACCOUNTS [network]` | List all stored accounts with verified/pending counts |
### Examples
```
@@ -476,6 +489,10 @@ Responses arrive as NOTICE messages from `*bouncer`.
/msg *bouncer CERTFP libera
/msg *bouncer DELCERT libera
/msg *bouncer DELCERT libera fabesune
/msg *bouncer FARM
/msg *bouncer FARM libera
/msg *bouncer ACCOUNTS
/msg *bouncer ACCOUNTS libera
```
### Example Output
@@ -501,6 +518,55 @@ Responses arrive as NOTICE messages from `*bouncer`.
DB size: 2.1 MB
```
## Background Account Farming
The bouncer can automatically grow a pool of verified NickServ accounts across
all configured networks. Primary connections stay active with SASL-authenticated
identities while ephemeral connections register new nicks in the background.
### Setup
```toml
[bouncer]
farm_enabled = true
farm_interval = 3600 # seconds between attempts per network
farm_max_accounts = 10 # max verified accounts per network
```
### How It Works
1. A sweep loop runs every 60 seconds (after an initial 60s stabilization delay)
2. For each NickServ-enabled network, it checks:
- Is there already an active farming attempt? (skip)
- Has the cooldown (`farm_interval`) elapsed since the last attempt? (skip)
- Are there already `farm_max_accounts` verified accounts? (skip)
3. If eligible, an ephemeral connection is spawned with a random nick
4. The ephemeral goes through the full registration lifecycle: REGISTER, email
verification (or captcha), and credential storage
5. Credentials are saved under the real network name, not the ephemeral's
internal `_farm_` prefix
6. Each ephemeral has a 15-minute deadline before being terminated
7. Ephemeral connections are invisible to IRC clients (no status broadcasts,
no channel joins)
### Commands
| Command | What it does |
|---------|-------------|
| `FARM` | Global overview: enabled/disabled, interval, per-network stats |
| `FARM <network>` | Network stats + triggers an immediate registration attempt |
| `ACCOUNTS` | List all stored accounts with verified/pending counts |
| `ACCOUNTS <network>` | Accounts for a specific network |
### Configuration Reference
```toml
[bouncer]
farm_enabled = false # enable background registration (default: off)
farm_interval = 3600 # seconds between attempts per network
farm_max_accounts = 10 # stop farming when this many verified accounts exist
```
## Stopping
Press `Ctrl+C` or send `SIGTERM`. The bouncer shuts down gracefully, closing