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Re-adds TIFF as a first-class image format, wired into the metadata modality so a TIFF's EXIF redacts alongside its pixels like JPEG's and PNG's. TIFF was dropped in #263 when the metadata modality landed (the old pixel-only handler predated the #exif sub-part design); several docs still listed it, and now they're accurate again.

What's here

  • Format wiringImageFormat::Tiff + mappings (elide-image), macro-stamped tiff_handler + registry + features (elide-codec), codec-tiff feature (elide facade). No new dependencies: image's tiff feature and little_exif's FileExtension::TIFF were already in the tree.
  • The TIFF EXIF compose fix — the one non-trivial part. Unlike JPEG (APP1 segment) / PNG (eXIf chunk), a TIFF's EXIF is the file's IFD, and little_exif's TIFF write_to_vec rebuilds the whole file from the parsed metadata, ignoring externally re-encoded pixels — so a pixel redaction was silently lost. Source::transfer now special-cases TIFF: parse the freshly-encoded (redacted) container (whose metadata already holds the redacted pixels), and transplant the source's non-structural tags onto it (skipping pixel-layout tags via is_tiff_structural). One TIFF, redacted pixels + kept EXIF, sensitive fields dropped. No upstream little_exif change needed.
  • Test naming — split the image scenarios to <format>_<scenario>: png.rspng_round_trip.rs, and added png_exif.rs + tiff_exif.rs so all three formats have parallel EXIF-strip coverage (PNG had no EXIF test before).

Investigation notes

  • Only TIFF was affected — JPEG and PNG store EXIF in a separate container region, so their existing layer-onto-pixels flow was never broken (confirmed: all prior image tests stay green).
  • The little_exif behavior is an undocumented design consequence (TIFF = IFD), not a fixable-by-config bug; the in-repo transplant is the clean workaround.

Verification

  • Unit (elide-image): buffer round-trips — metadata-only strip, redact+Keep, redact+StripSensitive — 21 tests green.
  • Integration (elide facade): format_image — TIFF/JPEG/PNG EXIF strip + PNG round-trip, 4 green.
  • cargo clippy (image feature set) + cargo +nightly fmt + cargo +nightly doc clean.
  • Default workspace build + a tiff-only feature build (no png/jpeg) both compile — validates the feature-gate broadenings.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added TIFF image support for decoding, encoding, format detection, and round-trip processing.
    • Added TIFF EXIF metadata handling, including GPS metadata removal during anonymization.
    • Added TIFF support to image format and codec integrations.
    • TIFF files can retain non-sensitive metadata while sensitive metadata is removed or redacted.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Preserved valid TIFF image structure and pixel data while removing or redacting sensitive metadata.
    • Improved metadata transfer during image processing without altering pixel-layout information.

TIFF was dropped in #263 when the metadata modality landed (the old
pixel-only handler predated the `#exif` sub-part design). Re-add it as a
first-class image format, wired into the metadata modality so a TIFF's EXIF
redacts alongside its pixels like JPEG's and PNG's.

Threads TIFF through the same layers every image format uses: the
`ImageFormat::Tiff` enum + mappings (elide-image), the macro-stamped
`tiff_handler`, registry, and feature wiring (elide-codec), and the
`codec-tiff` feature (elide facade). No new dependencies — `image`'s tiff
feature and `little_exif`'s `FileExtension::TIFF` were already available.

The one non-trivial part is the pixel-redaction + EXIF compose. Unlike JPEG
(APP1 segment) and PNG (eXIf chunk), a TIFF's EXIF *is* the file's IFD, and
`little_exif`'s TIFF `write_to_vec` rebuilds the whole file from the parsed
metadata — it ignores externally re-encoded pixel bytes, silently dropping
the redaction. `Source::transfer` now special-cases TIFF: it parses the
freshly-encoded (redacted) container, whose metadata already carries the
redacted pixels, and transplants the source's non-structural tags onto it
(skipping the pixel-layout tags via `is_tiff_structural`). Result: one TIFF
with redacted pixels plus the kept EXIF, sensitive fields dropped.

Also split the image integration scenarios to `<format>_<scenario>`:
`png.rs` → `png_round_trip.rs`, and add `png_exif.rs` + `tiff_exif.rs` so all
three formats have parallel EXIF-strip coverage (PNG had none before).

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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018gJ48bgaCTTPB4MD9dcTJj
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The change adds TIFF support across Cargo features, codec registration, image format handling, EXIF transfer, and facade-level tests. Tests cover TIFF metadata stripping, metadata transfer, pixel preservation, redaction, PNG EXIF handling, and image round trips.

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TIFF support

Layer / File(s) Summary
TIFF feature wiring
Cargo.toml, crates/elide-codec/Cargo.toml, crates/elide-image/Cargo.toml, crates/elide/Cargo.toml, crates/elide/src/recognition.rs
The workspace enables TIFF in the image dependency. Crate features expose TIFF support through the codec and facade crates.
Codec registration and public format exports
crates/elide-codec/src/codec/registry.rs, crates/elide-codec/src/handler/image/*, crates/elide-codec/src/handler/mod.rs
The codec registers TIFF handlers and exposes TIFF format construction. EXIF recognition and format hints support TIFF.
Image format and TIFF EXIF transfer
crates/elide-image/src/buffer/format.rs, crates/elide-image/src/exif/mod.rs
ImageFormat::Tiff maps to image decoding, encoding, and TIFF EXIF operations. TIFF metadata transfer copies selected descriptive and sub-IFD tags while preserving destination pixel-layout metadata.
Metadata fixtures and validation
crates/elide-image/src/buffer/mod.rs, crates/elide-image/src/test_util.rs, crates/elide/tests/format_image/*
Tests cover TIFF metadata stripping, metadata transfer, pixel preservation, redaction, PNG EXIF handling, and facade-level image processing.

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  participant Client
  participant Orchestrator
  participant TiffCodec
  participant ExifHandler
  Client->>Orchestrator: process TIFF image
  Orchestrator->>TiffCodec: decode TIFF
  TiffCodec-->>Orchestrator: image and metadata
  Orchestrator->>ExifHandler: analyze and anonymize EXIF
  ExifHandler-->>Orchestrator: redacted metadata
  Orchestrator->>TiffCodec: encode TIFF
  TiffCodec-->>Client: processed TIFF
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In `@crates/elide-image/src/exif/mod.rs`:
- Around line 268-282: Update transfer_tiff and is_tiff_structural so all TIFF
pixel-layout tags are excluded from source metadata transfer, including
PlanarConfiguration and tile offset/byte-count tags represented by little_exif
Unknown* variants. Prefer an explicit allowlist of transferable metadata or
classification by TIFF tag ID, and add a fixture covering a source layout that
differs from the encoder output.

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Comment thread crates/elide-image/src/exif/mod.rs Outdated
Address the CodeRabbit review on #271. The TIFF transfer used a denylist
(`is_tiff_structural`) that could never be exhaustive: tile tags
(TileOffsets/TileByteCounts), PlanarConfiguration, and any tag `little_exif`
parses as an `Unknown*` variant are pixel-layout tags a `matches!` denylist
misses — so a tiled source TIFF would copy stale layout tags onto the
strip-based re-encode and corrupt the output.

Invert to an allowlist: transfer the EXIF/GPS/Interop sub-IFDs wholesale (pure
metadata) plus a fixed set of benign IFD0 descriptive tags; every pixel-layout
tag stays as the freshly-encoded container's own value. Iterates per-IFD via
`get_ifds()`/`get_ifd_type()` so tags are classified by their IFD group.

Strengthen the strip test to a leak-safety contract: a TIFF with GPS (sub-IFD)
+ Make (IFD0) + Orientation (IFD0), after redact + StripSensitive, has both
sensitive fields gone, the pixels redacted, and the benign field retained.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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