[SDK] Migrate the account surface to the pds and service clients (#11367)

Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

oxlint-suppressions.json

@@ -1099,12 +1099,6 @@
     },
     "typescript/no-misused-promises": {
       "count": 2
-    },
-    "typescript/no-unsafe-call": {
-      "count": 2
-    },
-    "typescript/no-unsafe-member-access": {
-      "count": 2
     }
   },
   "src/screens/Settings/components/CopyButton.tsx": {

src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useRequestEmailUpdate.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import {useMutation} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
+import {usePdsClient} from '#/state/session'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 export function useRequestEmailUpdate() {
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
 
   return useMutation({
     mutationFn: async () => {
-      return (await agent.com.atproto.server.requestEmailUpdate()).data
+      return await client.call(com.atproto.server.requestEmailUpdate)
     },
   })
 }

src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useRequestEmailVerification.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import {useMutation} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
+import {usePdsClient} from '#/state/session'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 export function useRequestEmailVerification() {
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
 
   return useMutation({
     mutationFn: async () => {
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.requestEmailConfirmation()
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.requestEmailConfirmation)
     },
   })
 }

src/components/intents/VerifyEmailIntentDialog.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
-import {useAgent, useSession} from '#/state/session'
+import {usePdsClient, useSession} from '#/state/session'
 import {atoms as a, useBreakpoints, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
 import * as Dialog from '#/components/Dialog'
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {useIntentDialogs} from '#/components/intents/IntentDialogs'
 import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {IS_NATIVE} from '#/env'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 export function VerifyEmailIntentDialog() {
   const {verifyEmailDialogControl: control} = useIntentDialogs()
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ function Inner({}: {control: DialogControlProps}) {
     'loading' | 'success' | 'failure' | 'resent'
   >('loading')
   const [sending, setSending] = useState(false)
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
   const {mutate: confirmEmail} = useConfirmEmail({
     onSuccess: () => setStatus('success'),
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ function Inner({}: {control: DialogControlProps}) {
 
   const onPressResendEmail = async () => {
     setSending(true)
-    await agent.com.atproto.server.requestEmailConfirmation()
+    await client.call(com.atproto.server.requestEmailConfirmation)
     setSending(false)
     setStatus('resent')
   }

src/lib/lexClient.ts

@@ -24,3 +24,23 @@ export function createLexClient(
 ): Client {
   return new Client(agent, {strictResponseProcessing: false, ...options})
 }
+
+/**
+ * An unauthenticated {@link Client} pointed at an arbitrary service URL, for
+ * the PRE-AUTH flows that talk to a host the user typed or picked (hosting
+ * provider description, password reset, handle availability). Those requests
+ * cannot go through a session-scoped client, because there is no session yet.
+ *
+ * Deliberately NOT memoized: `service` is user-supplied and changes as the user
+ * edits it, so there is no stable key to cache on. Each call builds a fresh
+ * client, mirroring the ad-hoc agents these call sites constructed inline. That
+ * keeps client identity per-render, so callers must not put the returned client
+ * in a React Query key or a dependency array.
+ *
+ * Requests use PLAIN `fetch`, not `networkAwareFetch`: the host is untrusted
+ * input, and a typo'd or dead service must not be reported as the app losing
+ * network reachability.
+ */
+export function createServiceClient(service: string): Client {
+  return createLexClient({service})
+}

src/screens/Login/ForgotPasswordForm.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import {useCallback, useState} from 'react'
 import {Keyboard, View} from 'react-native'
-import {type ComAtprotoServerDescribeServer} from '@atproto/api'
 import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 import * as EmailValidator from 'email-validator'
 
+import {createServiceClient} from '#/lib/lexClient'
 import {cleanError, isNetworkError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {Agent} from '#/state/session/agent'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme, web} from '#/alf'
 import {Admonition} from '#/components/Admonition'
 import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
@@ -16,9 +15,10 @@ import {At_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as At} from '#/components/icons/At'
 import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {IS_WEB} from '#/env'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 import {FormContainer} from './FormContainer'
 
-type ServiceDescription = ComAtprotoServerDescribeServer.OutputSchema
+type ServiceDescription = com.atproto.server.describeServer.$OutputBody
 
 export const ForgotPasswordForm = ({
   error,
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ export const ForgotPasswordForm = ({
     setIsProcessing(true)
 
     try {
-      const agent = new Agent(null, {service: serviceUrl})
+      /*
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.requestPasswordReset({email})
+       * Pre-auth request against a user-chosen host, so it goes through a
+       * one-off service client rather than a session-scoped one.
+       */
+      const client = createServiceClient(serviceUrl)
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.requestPasswordReset, {email})
       onEmailSent()
     } catch (err) {
       logger.warn('Failed to request password reset', {error: err})

src/screens/Login/SetNewPasswordForm.tsx

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import {useState} from 'react'
 import {View} from 'react-native'
 import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
+import {createServiceClient} from '#/lib/lexClient'
 import {cleanError, isNetworkError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
 import {checkAndFormatResetCode} from '#/lib/strings/password'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {Agent} from '#/state/session/agent'
 import {atoms as a, web} from '#/alf'
 import {Admonition} from '#/components/Admonition'
 import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
 import {IS_WEB} from '#/env'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 import {FormContainer} from './FormContainer'
 
 export const SetNewPasswordForm = ({
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ export const SetNewPasswordForm = ({
     setIsProcessing(true)
 
     try {
-      const agent = new Agent(null, {service: serviceUrl})
+      /*
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.resetPassword({
+       * Pre-auth request against a user-chosen host, so it goes through a
+       * one-off service client rather than a session-scoped one.
+       */
+      const client = createServiceClient(serviceUrl)
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.resetPassword, {
         token: formattedCode,
         password,
       })

src/screens/Settings/AppPasswords.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import Animated, {
   LayoutAnimationConfig,
   LinearTransition,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated'
-import {type ComAtprotoServerListAppPasswords} from '@atproto/api'
 import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
 import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import {type com} from '#/lexicons'
 import {AddAppPasswordDialog} from './components/AddAppPasswordDialog'
 import * as SettingsList from './components/SettingsList'
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export function AppPasswordsScreen({}: Props) {
 function AppPasswordCard({
   appPassword,
 }: {
-  appPassword: ComAtprotoServerListAppPasswords.AppPassword
+  appPassword: com.atproto.server.listAppPasswords.AppPassword
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {i18n, _} = useLingui()

src/screens/Settings/components/AddAppPasswordDialog.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import Animated, {
   SlideInRight,
   SlideOutLeft,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated'
-import {type ComAtprotoServerCreateAppPassword} from '@atproto/api'
 import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import {ChevronRight_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as ChevronRight} from '#/components
 import {SquareBehindSquare4_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as CopyIcon} from '#/components/icons/SquareBehindSquare4'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {IS_WEB} from '#/env'
+import {type com} from '#/lexicons'
 import {CopyButton} from './CopyButton'
 
 export function AddAppPasswordDialog({
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function CreateDialogInner({passwords}: {passwords: string[]}) {
     error: validationError,
     isPending,
   } = useMutation<
-    ComAtprotoServerCreateAppPassword.AppPassword,
+    com.atproto.server.createAppPassword.AppPassword,
     Error | DisplayableError
   >({
     mutationFn: async () => {

src/screens/Settings/components/ChangePasswordDialog.tsx

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import * as EmailValidator from 'email-validator'
 
 import {cleanError, isNetworkError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
 import {checkAndFormatResetCode} from '#/lib/strings/password'
+import {matchXrpcError} from '#/lib/xrpc-error'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {useAgent, useSession} from '#/state/session'
+import {usePdsClient, useSession} from '#/state/session'
 import {ErrorMessage} from '#/view/com/util/error/ErrorMessage'
 import {android, atoms as a, web} from '#/alf'
 import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import * as TextField from '#/components/forms/TextField'
 import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {IS_NATIVE} from '#/env'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 enum Stages {
   RequestCode = 'RequestCode',
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export function ChangePasswordDialog({
 function Inner() {
   const {_} = useLingui()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
   const control = Dialog.useDialogContext()
 
   const [stage, setStage] = useState(Stages.RequestCode)
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ function Inner() {
     setError('')
     setIsProcessing(true)
     try {
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.requestPasswordReset({
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.requestPasswordReset, {
         email: currentAccount.email,
       })
       setStage(Stages.ChangePassword)
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ function Inner() {
     setError('')
     setIsProcessing(true)
     try {
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.resetPassword({
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.resetPassword, {
         token: formattedCode,
         password: newPassword,
       })
@@ -141,7 +143,9 @@ function Inner() {
             msg`Unable to contact your service. Please check your internet connection and try again.`,
           ),
         )
-      } else if (e?.toString().includes('Token is invalid')) {
+      } else if (
+        matchXrpcError(e, com.atproto.server.resetPassword) === 'InvalidToken'
+      ) {
         setError(_(msg`This confirmation code is not valid. Please try again.`))
       } else {
         logger.error('Failed to set new password', {safeMessage: e})

src/screens/Settings/components/DeactivateAccountDialog.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {useAgent, useSessionApi} from '#/state/session'
+import {usePdsClient, useSessionApi} from '#/state/session'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
 import {type DialogOuterProps} from '#/components/Dialog'
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {CircleInfo_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as CircleInfo} from '#/components/ico
 import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 export function DeactivateAccountDialog({
   control,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ function DeactivateAccountDialogInner({
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {_} = useLingui()
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
   const {logoutCurrentAccount} = useSessionApi()
   const [pending, setPending] = useState(false)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | undefined>()
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ function DeactivateAccountDialogInner({
   const handleDeactivate = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       setPending(true)
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.deactivateAccount({})
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.deactivateAccount, {})
       control.close(() => {
         logoutCurrentAccount('Deactivated')
       })
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ function DeactivateAccountDialogInner({
     } finally {
       setPending(false)
     }
-  }, [agent, control, logoutCurrentAccount, _, setPending])
+  }, [client, control, logoutCurrentAccount, _, setPending])
 
   return (
     <>

src/screens/Settings/components/DeleteAccountDialog.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import {useCallback, useRef, useState} from 'react'
 import {type TextInput, View} from 'react-native'
+import {type DidString} from '@atproto/syntax'
 import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
-import {DM_SERVICE_HEADERS} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {useCleanError} from '#/lib/hooks/useCleanError'
 import {sanitizeHandle} from '#/lib/strings/handles'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {useAgent, useSession, useSessionApi} from '#/state/session'
+import {
+  useChatClient,
+  usePdsClient,
+  useSession,
+  useSessionApi,
+} from '#/state/session'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {Admonition} from '#/components/Admonition'
 import {type DialogOuterProps} from '#/components/Dialog'
@@ -24,6 +29,7 @@ import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
 import * as toast from '#/components/Toast'
 import {Span, Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import {chat, com} from '#/lexicons'
 import {resetToTab} from '#/Navigation'
 
 const WHITESPACE_RE = /\s/gu
@@ -72,7 +78,8 @@ function DeleteAccountDialogInner({
   const t = useTheme()
   const {_} = useLingui()
   const cleanError = useCleanError()
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
+  const chatClient = useChatClient()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
   const {removeAccount} = useSessionApi()
 
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ function DeleteAccountDialogInner({
     }
     try {
       setEmailState(EmailState.PENDING)
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.requestAccountDelete()
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.requestAccountDelete)
       setError('')
       setEmailSentCount(prevCount => prevCount + 1)
       setStep(Step.VERIFY_CODE)
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ function DeleteAccountDialogInner({
     } finally {
       setEmailState(EmailState.DEFAULT)
     }
-  }, [agent, cleanError, emailState, setEmailState])
+  }, [client, cleanError, emailState, setEmailState])
 
   const confirmDeletion = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
@@ -112,15 +119,15 @@ function DeleteAccountDialogInner({
         throw new Error('Invalid did')
       }
       const token = confirmCode.replace(WHITESPACE_RE, '')
-      // Inform chat service of intent to delete account.
+      /*
-      const {success} = await agent.chat.bsky.actor.deleteAccount(undefined, {
+       * Inform chat service of intent to delete account. A non-2xx response
-        headers: DM_SERVICE_HEADERS,
+       * throws, so reaching the next line means the chat service accepted it -
-      })
+       * the agent's `success` flag has no client-side equivalent.
-      if (!success) {
+       */
-        throw new Error('Failed to inform chat service of account deletion')
+      await chatClient.call(chat.bsky.actor.deleteAccount)
-      }
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.deleteAccount, {
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.deleteAccount({
+        // the persisted account did is already resolved
-        did: currentAccount.did,
+        did: currentAccount.did as DidString,
         password,
         token,
       })
@@ -142,8 +149,9 @@ function DeleteAccountDialogInner({
     }
   }, [
     _,
-    agent,
+    chatClient,
     cleanError,
+    client,
     confirmCode,
     control,
     currentAccount,

src/state/queries/app-passwords.ts

@@ -1,39 +1,37 @@
-import {type ComAtprotoServerCreateAppPassword} from '@atproto/api'
 import {useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import {STALE} from '#/state/queries'
-import {useAgent} from '../session'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
+import {usePdsClient} from '../session'
 
 const RQKEY_ROOT = 'app-passwords'
 export const RQKEY = () => [RQKEY_ROOT]
 
 export function useAppPasswordsQuery() {
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
   return useQuery({
     staleTime: STALE.MINUTES.FIVE,
     queryKey: RQKEY(),
     queryFn: async () => {
-      const res = await agent.com.atproto.server.listAppPasswords({})
+      const data = await client.call(com.atproto.server.listAppPasswords)
-      return res.data.passwords
+      return data.passwords
     },
   })
 }
 
 export function useAppPasswordCreateMutation() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
   return useMutation<
-    ComAtprotoServerCreateAppPassword.OutputSchema,
+    com.atproto.server.createAppPassword.$OutputBody,
     Error,
     {name: string; privileged: boolean}
   >({
     mutationFn: async ({name, privileged}) => {
-      return (
+      return await client.call(com.atproto.server.createAppPassword, {
-        await agent.com.atproto.server.createAppPassword({
+        name,
-          name,
+        privileged,
-          privileged,
+      })
-        })
-      ).data
     },
     onSuccess() {
       queryClient.invalidateQueries({
@@ -45,10 +43,10 @@ export function useAppPasswordCreateMutation() {
 
 export function useAppPasswordDeleteMutation() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
   return useMutation<void, Error, {name: string}>({
     mutationFn: async ({name}) => {
-      await agent.com.atproto.server.revokeAppPassword({
+      await client.call(com.atproto.server.revokeAppPassword, {
         name,
       })
     },

src/state/queries/handle-availability.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability} from '@atproto/api'
+import {type DatetimeString, type HandleString} from '@atproto/syntax'
 import {useQuery} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import {
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import {
   PUBLIC_BSKY_SERVICE,
 } from '#/lib/constants'
 import {useDebouncedValue} from '#/lib/hooks/useDebouncedValue'
+import {createServiceClient} from '#/lib/lexClient'
 import {createFullHandle} from '#/lib/strings/handles'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 import * as bsky from '#/types/bsky'
-import {Agent} from '../session/agent'
 
 export const RQKEY_handleAvailability = (
   handle: string,
@@ -79,25 +80,33 @@ export async function checkHandleAvailability(
   },
 ) {
   if (serviceDid === BSKY_SERVICE_DID) {
-    const agent = new Agent(null, {service: BSKY_SERVICE})
+    /*
+     * Runs pre-auth during signup, so it goes through a one-off service client
+     * rather than a session-scoped one. The target is the fixed entryway rather
+     * than a user-supplied host, but there is still no session to hang a client
+     * off.
+     */
+    const client = createServiceClient(BSKY_SERVICE)
     // entryway has a special API for handle availability
-    const {data} = await agent.com.atproto.temp.checkHandleAvailability({
+    const data = await client.call(com.atproto.temp.checkHandleAvailability, {
-      handle,
+      // the caller assembles this from a validated username and domain
-      birthDate,
+      handle: handle as HandleString,
+      // callers pass an ISO date string built from the birth-date picker
+      birthDate: birthDate as DatetimeString | undefined,
       email,
     })
 
     if (
-      bsky.dangerousIsType<ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.ResultAvailable>(
+      bsky.isType(
+        com.atproto.temp.checkHandleAvailability.resultAvailable,
         data.result,
-        ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.isResultAvailable,
       )
     ) {
       return {available: true} as const
     } else if (
-      bsky.dangerousIsType<ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.ResultUnavailable>(
+      bsky.isType(
+        com.atproto.temp.checkHandleAvailability.resultUnavailable,
         data.result,
-        ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.isResultUnavailable,
       )
     ) {
       return {
@@ -110,14 +119,18 @@ export async function checkHandleAvailability(
       )
     }
   } else {
-    // 3rd party PDSes won't have this API so just try and resolve the handle
+    /*
-    const agent = new Agent(null, {service: PUBLIC_BSKY_SERVICE})
+     * 3rd party PDSes won't have this API so just try and resolve the handle.
+     * This is an unauthenticated public-appview read, not a call against the
+     * user's chosen host.
+     */
+    const client = createServiceClient(PUBLIC_BSKY_SERVICE)
     try {
-      const res = await agent.resolveHandle({
+      const data = await client.call(com.atproto.identity.resolveHandle, {
-        handle,
+        handle: handle as HandleString,
       })
 
-      if (res.data.did) {
+      if (data.did) {
         return {available: false} as const
       }
     } catch {}

src/state/queries/handle.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import {useCallback} from 'react'
+import {type HandleString} from '@atproto/syntax'
 import {useMutation, useQueryClient} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import {STALE} from '#/state/queries'
-import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
+import {useAgent, usePdsClient} from '#/state/session'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 const handleQueryKeyRoot = 'handle'
 const fetchHandleQueryKey = (handleOrDid: string) => [
@@ -36,11 +38,15 @@ export function useUpdateHandleMutation(opts?: {
   onSuccess?: (handle: string) => void
 }) {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
-  const agent = useAgent()
+  const client = usePdsClient()
 
   return useMutation({
     mutationFn: async ({handle}: {handle: string}) => {
-      await agent.updateHandle({handle})
+      // `agent.updateHandle` was a pure alias for this method
+      await client.call(com.atproto.identity.updateHandle, {
+        // callers validate the handle before submitting
+        handle: handle as HandleString,
+      })
     },
     onSuccess(_data, variables) {
       opts?.onSuccess?.(variables.handle)

src/state/queries/service.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {useQuery} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {Agent} from '../session/agent'
+import {createServiceClient} from '#/lib/lexClient'
+import {com} from '#/lexicons'
 
 const RQKEY_ROOT = 'service'
 export const RQKEY = (serviceUrl: string) => [RQKEY_ROOT, serviceUrl]
@@ -9,9 +10,12 @@ export function useServiceQuery(serviceUrl: string) {
   return useQuery({
     queryKey: RQKEY(serviceUrl),
     queryFn: async () => {
-      const agent = new Agent(null, {service: serviceUrl})
+      /*
-      const res = await agent.com.atproto.server.describeServer()
+       * The host is whatever the user typed or picked, so this describes it
-      return res.data
+       * through a one-off service client rather than a session-scoped one.
+       */
+      const client = createServiceClient(serviceUrl)
+      return await client.call(com.atproto.server.describeServer)
     },
     enabled: isValidUrl(serviceUrl),
   })