fix(crypto): honor Sign and Verify encodings

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Summary

Honor the optional encoding arguments on Sign.sign and Verify.verify. Encoded signatures now use the same codecs as Buffer, while Buffer signatures continue to ignore signatureEncoding as Node does.

Changes

• return an encoded string from ECDSA, RSA, and RSA-PSS Sign.sign calls when outputEncoding is provided
• decode string signatures with signatureEncoding in Verify.verify, including base64url, latin1/binary, ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16 aliases
• preserve the Buffer overload and Node's unknown-encoding errors
• add parity coverage for DER and P1363 ECDSA, RSA, RSA-PSS, every supported Buffer encoding, and invalid encodings

Related issue

Fixes #10472

Test plan

• LLVM_SYS_221_PREFIX=/usr/lib/llvm-22 cargo build --release -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static
• RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 LLVM_SYS_221_PREFIX=/usr/lib/llvm-22 cargo test --release -p perry-stdlib --lib (123 passed)
• Compiled and ran test_gap_10472_crypto_sign_verify_encoding.ts with and without auto-optimize; both outputs match Node
• Re-ran the fixture with PERRY_GC_SCAVENGE=1 PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE=1 PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION=1; output matches the normal run
• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• python3 scripts/check_test_registration.py
• scripts/check_file_size.sh

Checklist

• I have NOT bumped the workspace version or edited CLAUDE.md / CHANGELOG.md (maintainer handles these at merge)
• My commits follow the loose feat: / fix: / docs: / chore: prefix convention used in the log
• I've read CONTRIBUTING.md and agree to the Code of Conduct

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed cryptographic signing to return signatures in the requested encoding, including hexadecimal, Base64, Base64URL, Latin-1, and binary formats.
  • Fixed signature verification to decode string signatures using the specified encoding while preserving support for raw buffer signatures.
  • Invalid encodings now produce the expected errors for string signing and verification.

• Tests

  • Added regression coverage across ECDSA, RSA, and RSA-PSS signing and verification scenarios.

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Walkthrough

Sign.sign now returns encoded strings when an output encoding is provided. Verify.verify decodes string signatures with the specified encoding. Buffer signatures retain raw-byte handling. Tests cover EC, RSA, RSA-PSS, supported encodings, and invalid encodings.

Changes

Crypto signature encoding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Encoded signature output crates/perry-stdlib/src/crypto/ecdh.rs, test-files/test_gap_10472_crypto_sign_verify_encoding.ts, changelog.d/11030-crypto-sign-encoding.md	dispatch_sign derives the optional encoding and uses shared serialization for EC and RSA signature formats. Tests verify encoded output across supported encodings.
Encoded signature verification crates/perry-stdlib/src/crypto/ecdh.rs, test-files/test_gap_10472_crypto_sign_verify_encoding.ts	dispatch_verify decodes string signatures with the supplied encoding and preserves raw Buffer handling. Tests cover RSA-PSS verification and invalid encoding behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 85077

The PR is low risk, but an omitted-encoding verification assertion should be added so regressions in this compatibility path cannot pass unnoticed.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 16.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: honoring encoding arguments in crypto signing and verification.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description follows the repository template. It explains the change, lists concrete updates, references issue #10472, documents extensive test execution, and completes the applicable checklist ite…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes implement the coding requirements in [#10472]. dispatch_sign reads the optional encoding and serializes DER, IEEE-P1363, and RSA signatures as encoded strings. dispatch_verify decodes …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within [#10472]. The implementation updates Sign.sign and Verify.verify, the test file verifies the required compatibility behavior, and the changelog documents the fix. No unrela…

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Docstring coverage is 16.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

test-files/test_gap_10472_crypto_sign_verify_encoding.ts (1)

42-58: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for omitted signatureEncoding on string signatures.

Every current string-signature verification call supplies an encoding. Add a case that passes the base64 string without signatureEncoding. Node treats the omitted argument as UTF-8, so verification must return false; the existing explicit base64 case returns true.

Suggested fix

 const rsa = sign(rsaPrivateKey, "base64");
 console.log(
   "rsa",
   typeof rsa,
   Buffer.isBuffer(rsa),
   verify(rsaPublicKey, rsa, "base64"),
 );
+console.log(
+  "rsa-default-encoding",
+  verify(rsaPublicKey, rsa),
+);

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In `@test-files/test_gap_10472_crypto_sign_verify_encoding.ts` around lines 42 -
58, Add a verification case alongside the existing explicit base64
string-signature check: call verify with the base64 result from sign and omit
the encoding argument, asserting or recording that it returns false while
preserving the explicit base64 case returning true.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@test-files/test_gap_10472_crypto_sign_verify_encoding.ts`:
- Around line 42-58: Add a verification case alongside the existing explicit
base64 string-signature check: call verify with the base64 result from sign and
omit the encoding argument, asserting or recording that it returns false while
preserving the explicit base64 case returning true.

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Landed on main in merge train 257 (#11039, v0.5.1640), main 990b3eeada.

Carried at head 8507786e91. CI on the train head passed every job except the known public-baseline lint step: all 6 gap shards, cargo-test, e2e-scoped, gc-stress, check, warnings and security-audit green.

This train was split by blast radius after an earlier 35-PR assembly hit five gap regressions: it carries only PRs touching no lowering path. Trains rebase-merge, so commits get new SHAs and GitHub cannot mark this merged. Closed as landed.