docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -794,9 +794,14 @@ platform: the client calls the authenticated `game.export_url` op, the backend m
 **relative, HMAC-signed, short-lived path**
 (`/dl/{game}/{kind}?e=<expiry>&…&s=<HMAC-SHA256>`, 10-minute TTL,
 `BACKEND_EXPORT_SIGN_KEY`), and the client resolves it against its **own origin** (no
-service ever needs to know the public host) and hands it to the platform's native
+service ever needs to know the public host) and hands it to the platform's most
-download: Telegram `downloadFile` (Bot API 8.0), `VKWebAppDownloadFile`, or a plain
+native affordance: Telegram `downloadFile` (Bot API 8.0; the chooser there is the
-browser anchor elsewhere (including the desktop VK iframe). The GET is the gateway's
+native showPopup — the whole TG chain is activation-free bridge calls), VK's native
+photo viewer for the PNG (`VKWebAppShowImages`) + `VKWebAppDownloadFile` for the
+GCG, the OS share sheet with the fetched file on a mobile browser, or a plain
+anchor download (desktop, and the VK desktop iframe fallback). The gateway serves
+the bytes via `http.ServeContent` (Content-Length + Range/206 — Android's system
+DownloadManager hangs on chunked bodies of unknown length). The GET is the gateway's
 **only unauthenticated data route** (`/dl/*` — in the caddy `@gateway` matcher and the
 per-IP public rate limiter): the native download calls carry no cookies or headers, so
 the URL's signature — verified by the backend on its `/api/v1/public` group in constant

docs/FUNCTIONAL.md

@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ Finished games are archived in a dictionary-independent form and exportable in
 **two formats behind one 📤 button** — the GCG file and a rendered **PNG image** of
 the final position; the export is offered **only once a game is finished**, and
 never for an honest-AI practice game (a live game's export would leak the move
-journal; an AI game is throwaway). The format chooser is always the app's **own
+journal; an AI game is throwaway). The format chooser is Telegram's **native popup**
-modal** — deliberately not Telegram's native popup, whose callback runs without
+inside Telegram (safe there: the whole Telegram chain is bridge calls, which need no
-user activation and silently breaks the share/clipboard delivery it leads to.
+user activation) and the app's own modal elsewhere (VK has no native chooser).
 
 The **image** is rendered on the server (the internal render sidecar runs the same
 drawing module the web client tests; always the light theme): the final board with
@@ -340,15 +340,17 @@ running totals alone do not include it). The footer stamps the site host and the
 finish date in the device locale. The scoresheet typography is fixed; a long game
 stretches the board (never below its minimum) so the image carries no dead space.
 
-Delivery is **one route for both formats on every platform**: the app requests a
+Delivery is **one signed, short-lived link for both formats on every platform**,
-signed, short-lived download link and hands it to the platform's native download —
+handed to the most native affordance: Telegram's download dialog (both TG
-Telegram's download dialog, VK's `VKWebAppDownloadFile`, or an ordinary browser
+platforms; sharing onwards from Telegram's own file preview); on VK the image opens
-file download elsewhere (including the desktop VK iframe). The link needs no login
+in **VK's native photo viewer** (on screen at once — saving/sharing are the
-to fetch (the platforms' download calls carry none), is valid for minutes, and
+viewer's own controls) and the GCG goes through VK's download; a **mobile browser
-serves the artifact as a named file attachment. The single exception is a legacy
+gets the OS share sheet** with the file (nothing lands in Downloads first); a
-Telegram client without the download dialog (pre-Bot API 8.0): there the GCG falls
+desktop browser downloads the file. The link needs no login to fetch (the
-back to the old clipboard copy (with the confirming toast) and the image option is
+platforms' downloaders carry none) and is valid for minutes. The single exception
-not offered. Statistics (durable accounts only):
+is a legacy Telegram client without the download dialog (pre-Bot API 8.0): there
+the GCG falls back to the old clipboard copy (with the confirming toast) and the
+image option is not offered. Statistics (durable accounts only):
 wins, losses, draws, max points in a game, and max points for a single move (the
 best play, which already includes every word it formed plus the all-tiles bonus). It
 also shows the player's **move count** (their plays — passes and exchanges do not

docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md

@@ -331,9 +331,10 @@ Telegram.
 **двух форматах за одной кнопкой 📤** — файл GCG и отрисованная **PNG-картинка**
 финальной позиции; экспорт доступен **только после завершения партии** и никогда —
 для тренировочной партии с ИИ (экспорт идущей партии раскрыл бы журнал ходов, а
-партия с ИИ одноразовая). Выбор формата — всегда **собственный модал** приложения,
+партия с ИИ одноразовая). Выбор формата — **нативный попап Telegram** внутри
-сознательно не нативный попап Telegram: его коллбек приходит без user activation и
+Telegram (там это безопасно: вся телеграмовская цепочка — bridge-вызовы, которым
-молча ломает доставку через share/буфер, к которой ведёт выбор.
+user activation не нужна) и собственный модал приложения в остальных случаях (у VK
+нативного чузера нет).
 
 **Картинка** рендерится на сервере (внутренний рендер-сайдкар исполняет тот же
 модуль отрисовки, что тестирует веб-клиент; всегда светлая тема): финальная
@@ -349,14 +350,16 @@ Telegram.
 и дата завершения в локали устройства. Типографика таблицы фиксирована; длинная
 партия растягивает доску (не ниже минимума), так что пустот на картинке нет.
 
-Доставка — **один путь для обоих форматов на любой платформе**: приложение
+Доставка — **одна подписанная короткоживущая ссылка для обоих форматов на любой
-запрашивает подписанную короткоживущую ссылку на скачивание и передаёт её родному
+платформе**, отданная самому родному механизму: диалог загрузки Telegram (обе
-механизму платформы — диалогу загрузки Telegram, `VKWebAppDownloadFile` у VK или
+платформы TG; поделиться дальше — из телеграмовского превью файла); в VK картинка
-обычному браузерному скачиванию файла в остальных случаях (включая десктопный
+открывается в **нативном просмотрщике фото VK** (сразу на экране — сохранение и
-iframe VK). Ссылка не требует логина при скачивании (родные загрузчики платформ его
+шаринг штатными кнопками просмотрщика), а GCG идёт через загрузку VK; **мобильный
-не несут), живёт минуты и отдаёт артефакт именованным файлом. Единственное
+браузер получает системную share-шторку** с файлом (ничего не оседает в Загрузках);
-исключение — устаревший клиент Telegram без диалога загрузки (до Bot API 8.0): там
+десктопный браузер скачивает файл. Ссылка не требует логина при скачивании (родные
-GCG откатывается на прежнее копирование в буфер (с подтверждающим тостом), а пункт
+загрузчики платформ его не несут) и живёт минуты. Единственное исключение —
+устаревший клиент Telegram без диалога загрузки (до Bot API 8.0): там GCG
+откатывается на прежнее копирование в буфер (с подтверждающим тостом), а пункт
 «картинка» не предлагается. Статистика (только у постоянных аккаунтов):
 победы, поражения, ничьи, макс. очков за партию и макс. очков за один ход (лучший
 ход, уже включающий все образованные им слова и бонус за все фишки). Также

docs/UI_DESIGN.md

@@ -406,15 +406,19 @@ enabled on the first, uncached load) and flip in place when an event refreshes t
 - **History / export**: the in-game slide-down history lays each move out in a per-seat grid
   (the word(s) and the move score, no running total); the 📤 in the history header appears
   only once the game is finished — never in an honest-AI game (throwaway practice) — and
-  opens the **format chooser**: always the app's own modal, never Telegram's native popup
+  opens the **format chooser**: Telegram's native popup inside Telegram — safe there,
-  (a `showPopup` callback carries no user activation, which silently breaks gesture-gated
+  since the whole TG chain is bridge calls needing no user activation (a popup callback
-  delivery APIs — on-device finding). The accent button leads with the image, the GCG file
+  must never lead into `navigator.share`/clipboard, the on-device finding) — and the app's
-  is the quiet alternative; both need the connection. Both formats travel the same
+  own modal elsewhere (VK has no native chooser; the accent button leads with the image,
-  signed-URL route: the app mints a relative link (`game.export_url`), resolves it against
+  both options need the connection). Both formats mint the same signed relative link
-  its own origin and hands it to the platform's native download — Telegram `downloadFile`,
+  (`game.export_url`), resolved against the app's own origin, then delivered natively:
-  `VKWebAppDownloadFile`, else a plain anchor download (also the desktop VK iframe, where
+  Telegram `downloadFile` (both TG platforms); on VK the PNG opens in the native photo
-  the bridge method is absent and the anchor works). A legacy Telegram client without
+  viewer (`VKWebAppShowImages`, save/share from its controls) and the GCG goes through
-  `downloadFile` keeps the old GCG clipboard copy and hides the image option. Confirming a
+  `VKWebAppDownloadFile`, both falling back to a plain anchor download (the desktop
+  iframe); a mobile browser fetches the bytes and opens the OS share sheet
+  (`navigator.share` with the file — the proven fetch-then-share pattern), a desktop
+  browser downloads by anchor. A legacy Telegram client without `downloadFile` keeps the
+  old GCG clipboard copy, hides the image option and stays on the app modal. Confirming a
   resign reveals the full board: it closes the history drawer (portrait) and zooms the
   board out.
 - **Export image** (`lib/gameimage.ts` — the shared drawing module the render sidecar

gateway/internal/connectsrv/server.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package connectsrv
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/subtle"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -466,10 +466,11 @@ func (s *Server) exportDownloadHandler() http.Handler {
 		}
 		w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "private, max-age=0")
-		// Explicit length, or the body goes out chunked and Android's system
+		// ServeContent (not a bare Write): the platforms' native downloaders are picky —
-		// DownloadManager (the VKWebAppDownloadFile executor) hangs on it.
+		// Android's system DownloadManager (the VKWebAppDownloadFile executor) hangs on a
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(data)))
+		// chunked body of unknown length and may probe with Range. ServeContent emits
-		_, _ = w.Write(data)
+		// Content-Length, honours Range/If-* and answers 206s from the buffered artifact.
+		http.ServeContent(w, r, "", time.Time{}, bytes.NewReader(data))
 	})
 }
 

ui/e2e/export.spec.ts

@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ test('the chooser downloads the GCG through the same signed-URL route', async ({
   expect((await download).suggestedFilename()).toMatch(/^game-.+\.gcg$/);
 });
 
-test('inside Telegram both formats go through the native downloadFile dialog', async ({ page }) => {
+test('inside Telegram the chooser is the native popup and delivery the native downloadFile', async ({
-  // A Telegram stub with downloadFile present (Bot API 8.0): the image option is offered
+  page,
-  // and the artifact is handed to the native download — never an in-webview anchor.
+}) => {
+  // A Telegram stub with showPopup AND downloadFile (Bot API 8.0): the whole chain stays
+  // in bridge calls — the popup picks the image, the artifact goes to the native download
+  // dialog, never an in-webview anchor. (Activation-safe: no gesture-gated Web APIs.)
   await page.addInitScript(() => {
     Object.assign(window, {
       Telegram: {
@@ -69,6 +72,11 @@ test('inside Telegram both formats go through the native downloadFile dialog', a
           initDataUnsafe: {},
           ready() {},
           expand() {},
+          showPopup(params: { buttons?: { id?: string; type?: string }[] }, cb: (id: string) => void) {
+            const w = window as unknown as { __popup?: unknown };
+            w.__popup = params;
+            setTimeout(() => cb('png'), 0);
+          },
           downloadFile(params: { url: string; file_name: string }) {
             const w = window as unknown as { __downloads?: { url: string; file_name: string }[] };
             (w.__downloads ??= []).push(params);
@@ -84,7 +92,13 @@ test('inside Telegram both formats go through the native downloadFile dialog', a
   await page.locator('.scoreboard').click();
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Export game' }).click();
 
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Image (PNG)' }).click();
+  // The native popup carried both formats plus cancel, and no in-app modal was mounted.
+  const popup = await page.evaluate(
+    () => (window as unknown as { __popup?: { buttons?: { id?: string; type?: string }[] } }).__popup,
+  );
+  expect(popup?.buttons?.map((b) => b.id ?? b.type)).toEqual(['png', 'gcg', 'cancel']);
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'GCG file' })).toHaveCount(0);
+
   await expect
     .poll(() =>
       page.evaluate(() => (window as unknown as { __downloads?: { url: string; file_name: string }[] }).__downloads),
@@ -98,6 +112,36 @@ test('inside Telegram both formats go through the native downloadFile dialog', a
   expect(dl.file_name).toMatch(/^game-.+\.png$/);
 });
 
+test('a mobile browser gets the OS share sheet with the fetched file', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Web Share with files present (a mobile browser): the artifact is fetched from the
+  // signed URL and handed to navigator.share as a File — the sheet opens directly,
+  // nothing lands in Downloads first.
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    const shared: { name: string; type: string }[] = [];
+    Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'canShare', { value: () => true, configurable: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'share', {
+      value: async (data: { files?: File[] }) => {
+        for (const f of data.files ?? []) shared.push({ name: f.name, type: f.type });
+      },
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+    (window as unknown as { __shared: typeof shared }).__shared = shared;
+  });
+  await routeDl(page);
+  await openFinishedHistory(page);
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Export game' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Image (PNG)' }).click();
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => page.evaluate(() => (window as unknown as { __shared: unknown[] }).__shared))
+    .toHaveLength(1);
+  const shared = await page.evaluate(
+    () => (window as unknown as { __shared: { name: string; type: string }[] }).__shared[0],
+  );
+  expect(shared.name).toMatch(/^game-.+\.png$/);
+  expect(shared.type).toBe('image/png');
+});
+
 test('a legacy Telegram client (no downloadFile) hides the image and copies the GCG', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.addInitScript(() => {
     // Headless engines deny the real clipboard; a permissive stub keeps the legacy

ui/src/game/Game.svelte

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   import { variantNameKey, usesStarBlank, BLANK_STAR } from '../lib/variants';
   import { alphabetLetters, hasAlphabet } from '../lib/alphabet';
   import { hintsLeft } from '../lib/hints';
-  import { downloadUrl, shareOrDownloadGcg } from '../lib/share';
+  import { downloadUrl, shareOrDownloadGcg, shareUrlAsFile } from '../lib/share';
-  import { insideVK, vkCopyText, vkDownloadFile } from '../lib/vk';
+  import { insideVK, vkCopyText, vkDownloadFile, vkShowImages } from '../lib/vk';
   import { getCachedGame, setCachedGame, setCachedDraft, type CachedGame } from '../lib/gamecache';
   import { patchLobbyGame } from '../lib/lobbycache';
   import { applyGameOver, applyMoveDelta, applyOpponentJoined, type DeltaResult } from '../lib/gamedelta';
-  import { insideTelegram, telegramCanDownloadFile, telegramDialogsAvailable, telegramDownloadFile, telegramShowConfirm } from '../lib/telegram';
+  import { insideTelegram, telegramCanDownloadFile, telegramDialogsAvailable, telegramDownloadFile, telegramShowConfirm, telegramShowPopup } from '../lib/telegram';
   import { haptic } from '../lib/haptics';
   import {
     BLANK,
@@ -932,20 +932,37 @@
   }
 
   // The finished-game export offers two formats — the GCG file and the server-rendered PNG
-  // image — behind one 📤 button, always through the app's own modal. Never Telegram's
+  // image — behind one 📤 button, both minted as one signed relative URL and delivered by
-  // native popup here: its callback runs with NO user activation, which breaks the
+  // the most platform-native affordance:
-  // gesture-gated delivery APIs (verified on-device). Both formats travel the SAME route on
+  //   Telegram   native showPopup chooser → native downloadFile dialog. All-native and
-  // every platform: mint a signed relative URL, resolve it against our origin, then hand it
+  //              activation-safe: a popup callback carries no user activation, but the
-  // to the platform's native download call — Telegram downloadFile / VKWebAppDownloadFile —
+  //              whole TG chain is bridge calls, never gesture-gated Web APIs.
-  // or a plain browser anchor download elsewhere (including the desktop VK iframe, where
+  //   VK         our modal chooser (VK has no native one) → the PNG opens in VK's native
-  // the bridge method is unavailable and vkDownloadFile falls through).
+  //              image viewer (VKWebAppShowImages — on screen at once, save/share from the
+  //              viewer's own controls); the GCG goes through VKWebAppDownloadFile; either
+  //              falls back to a plain anchor download when the bridge call fails (the
+  //              desktop iframe is an ordinary browser).
+  //   browsers   our modal → the OS share sheet with the fetched file where files can be
+  //              shared (mobile), else a plain anchor download (desktop).
   let exportOpen = $state(false);
   // The only platform without the URL delivery is a legacy Telegram client predating
   // Bot API 8.0 downloadFile: the GCG falls back to the old clipboard copy there, and
-  // the image option is not offered.
+  // the image option is not offered (and the chooser stays our modal).
   const exportImageAvailable = $derived(!insideTelegram() || telegramCanDownloadFile());
 
-  function onExportClick() {
+  async function onExportClick() {
+    if (insideTelegram() && telegramCanDownloadFile() && telegramDialogsAvailable()) {
+      const choice = await telegramShowPopup({
+        message: t('game.exportChoice'),
+        buttons: [
+          { id: 'png', type: 'default', text: t('game.exportImageOpt') },
+          { id: 'gcg', type: 'default', text: t('game.exportGcgOpt') },
+          { type: 'cancel' },
+        ],
+      });
+      if (choice === 'png' || choice === 'gcg') void exportArtifact(choice);
+      return;
+    }
     exportOpen = true;
   }
 
@@ -963,8 +980,8 @@
   }
 
   // exportArtifact delivers a finished game's artifact by the unified signed-URL route.
-  // The device date locale and the UI-localized non-play labels ride the URL so the
+  // The device date locale, its IANA time zone and the UI-localized non-play labels ride
-  // server-rendered image matches what the player would have seen locally.
+  // the URL so the server-rendered image matches what the player would have seen locally.
   const EXPORT_ACTIONS = ['pass', 'exchange', 'resign', 'timeout'] as const;
   async function exportArtifact(kind: 'png' | 'gcg') {
     if (insideTelegram() && !telegramCanDownloadFile()) {
@@ -978,8 +995,14 @@
       const { path, filename } = await gateway.exportUrl(id, kind, dateLocale, labels, timeZone);
       const url = new URL(path, location.origin).href;
       if (insideTelegram() && telegramDownloadFile(url, filename)) return;
-      if (insideVK() && (await vkDownloadFile(url, filename))) return;
+      if (insideVK()) {
+        if (kind === 'png' && (await vkShowImages(url))) return;
+        if (kind === 'gcg' && (await vkDownloadFile(url, filename))) return;
         downloadUrl(url, filename);
+        return;
+      }
+      const outcome = await shareUrlAsFile(url, filename, kind === 'png' ? 'image/png' : 'text/plain');
+      if (outcome === 'failed') showToast(t('error.generic'), 'error');
     } catch (e) {
       handleError(e);
     }

ui/src/lib/i18n/en.ts

@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export const en = {
   'stats.guestHint': 'Sign in to track your statistics.',
 
   'game.exportGcg': 'Export game',
+  'game.exportChoice': 'Export the finished game as:',
   'game.exportImageOpt': 'Image (PNG)',
   'game.exportGcgOpt': 'GCG file',
   'game.gcgActiveOnly': 'Available once the game is finished.',

ui/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts

@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export const ru: Record<MessageKey, string> = {
   'stats.guestHint': 'Войдите, чтобы вести статистику.',
 
   'game.exportGcg': 'Экспорт партии',
+  'game.exportChoice': 'Экспортировать завершённую партию как:',
   'game.exportImageOpt': 'Картинка (PNG)',
   'game.exportGcgOpt': 'Файл GCG',
   'game.gcgActiveOnly': 'Доступно после завершения игры.',

ui/src/lib/share.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,37 @@ export function downloadUrl(url: string, filename: string): void {
   a.remove();
 }
 
+/**
+ * shareUrlAsFile delivers a signed export URL through the OS share sheet where files can
+ * be shared (mobile browsers): it fetches the same-origin bytes, wraps them in a File and
+ * calls navigator.share — the sheet opens directly, nothing lands in Downloads first. The
+ * fetch-then-share chain keeps the click's user activation (the proven GCG pattern).
+ * Where file sharing is absent (desktop) it falls back to the plain anchor download. A
+ * cancelled share is a no-op by the shareOrDownloadGcg invariant.
+ */
+export async function shareUrlAsFile(url: string, filename: string, mime: string): Promise<'shared' | 'downloaded' | 'failed'> {
+  const nav = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' ? navigator : undefined;
+  if (nav && typeof nav.share === 'function' && typeof nav.canShare === 'function') {
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch(url);
+      if (!resp.ok) return 'failed';
+      const file = new File([await resp.blob()], filename, { type: mime });
+      if (nav.canShare({ files: [file] })) {
+        try {
+          await nav.share({ files: [file], title: filename });
+        } catch {
+          /* cancelled — intentionally a no-op */
+        }
+        return 'shared';
+      }
+    } catch {
+      return 'failed';
+    }
+  }
+  downloadUrl(url, filename);
+  return 'downloaded';
+}
+
 type TextShareNav = Pick<Navigator, 'share'> & { canShare?: Navigator['canShare'] };
 
 /**

ui/src/lib/vk.ts

@@ -155,6 +155,20 @@ export async function vkShare(link: string): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * vkShowImages opens VK's native image viewer on url — the image is on screen at once and
+ * the viewer's own controls save/share it, which beats a blind background download for a
+ * picture. Resolves false on any failure or outside VK, so the caller can fall back.
+ */
+export async function vkShowImages(url: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    await (await bridge()).send('VKWebAppShowImages', { images: [url] });
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * vkDownloadFile downloads url as filename through the VK client (VKWebAppDownloadFile) —
  * the mobile in-app file delivery, where the webview ignores <a download>. Resolves false