function createAuthoredOutbox({ storage, fetchJson, getOwnerLogin = () => '', createOperationId, now = () => Date.now(), maxItems = 50 }) {
  const storageKey = 'stackchain.authored-outbox.v1';
  const makeId = createOperationId || (() =>
    globalThis.crypto?.randomUUID?.() || String(Date.now()) + '-' + Math.random().toString(16).slice(2)
  );
  const pending = new Map();
  const supportedKinds = new Set(['issue-comment', 'pull-comment', 'update-reply']);

  function read() {
    try {
      const record = JSON.parse(storage?.getItem(storageKey) || 'null');
      if (![1, 2].includes(record?.version) || !Array.isArray(record.items)) return [];
      return record.items.filter(item => item && supportedKinds.has(item.kind));
    } catch (_error) { return []; }
  }

  function write(items) {
    storage?.setItem(storageKey, JSON.stringify({ version: 2, items }));
  }

  function enqueue(message) {
    if (!supportedKinds.has(message?.kind)) throw new Error('This action cannot be queued.');
    const ownerLogin = String(getOwnerLogin() || '').trim();
    if (!ownerLogin) throw new Error('Confirm your Gitea account before queueing a message.');
    const items = read();
    const requestedOperationId = String(message.operationId || '').slice(0, 128);
    const existing = requestedOperationId && items.find(item => item.operationId === requestedOperationId);
    if (existing) return { ...existing };
    if (items.length >= maxItems) throw new Error('Message outbox is full. Send or discard a queued message first.');
    const id = String(requestedOperationId || makeId()).slice(0, 128);
    const item = {
      id,
      operationId: requestedOperationId || id,
      kind: message.kind,
      repository: String(message.repository || ''),
      number: Number(message.number || 0),
      notificationId: Number(message.notificationId || 0),
      body: String(message.body || ''),
      ownerLogin,
      status: 'queued',
      queuedAt: Number(now()),
    };
    items.push(item);
    write(items);
    return item;
  }

  function update(id, changes) {
    let updated = null;
    write(read().map(item => {
      if (item.id !== id) return item;
      const body = String(changes?.body ?? item.body);
      updated = {
        ...item,
        body,
        operationId: body === item.body ? item.operationId : String(makeId()).slice(0, 128),
        status: 'queued',
      };
      delete updated.error;
      return updated;
    }));
    return updated;
  }

  function discard(id) {
    const items = read();
    if (!items.some(item => item.id === id)) return false;
    write(items.filter(item => item.id !== id));
    return true;
  }

  function endpoint(item) {
    if (item.kind === 'update-reply') {
      return 'api/v1/notifications/' + encodeURIComponent(item.notificationId) + '/reply';
    }
    const repository = item.repository.split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
    const resource = item.kind === 'pull-comment' ? 'pulls' : 'issues';
    return 'api/v1/repos/' + repository + '/' + resource + '/' + encodeURIComponent(item.number) + '/comments';
  }

  async function sendItem(item, currentLogin) {
    if (!currentLogin || item.ownerLogin !== currentLogin) return { blocked: true };
    if (pending.has(item.id)) return pending.get(item.id);
    const request = (async () => {
      try {
        const result = await fetchJson(endpoint(item), {
          method: 'POST',
          headers: {
            Accept: 'application/json',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'Idempotency-Key': item.operationId,
          },
          body: JSON.stringify({ body: item.body }),
        });
        discard(item.id);
        return { result };
      } catch (error) {
        const status = Number(error?.status || 0);
        const permanent = status >= 400 && status < 500;
        if (permanent) {
          write(read().map(candidate => candidate.id === item.id ? {
            ...candidate,
            status: 'attention',
            error: String(error.message || 'Message needs attention').slice(0, 240),
          } : candidate));
        }
        return { error, transient: !permanent };
      }
    })();
    pending.set(item.id, request);
    try { return await request; }
    finally { if (pending.get(item.id) === request) pending.delete(item.id); }
  }

  async function flush(currentLogin) {
    const confirmed = [];
    let blocked = 0;
    currentLogin = String(currentLogin || '').trim();
    for (const item of read()) {
      if (item.status === 'attention') continue;
      if (!currentLogin || item.ownerLogin !== currentLogin) { blocked += 1; continue; }
      const outcome = await sendItem(item, currentLogin);
      if (outcome.result) confirmed.push(outcome.result);
      if (outcome.transient) break;
    }
    return { confirmed, remaining: read(), blocked };
  }

  async function retry(id, currentLogin) {
    const item = read().find(candidate => candidate.id === id);
    if (!item) return { confirmed: [], remaining: read() };
    currentLogin = String(currentLogin || '').trim();
    if (!currentLogin || item.ownerLogin !== currentLogin) {
      return { confirmed: [], remaining: read(), blocked: 1 };
    }
    const queued = item.status === 'attention' ? update(id, item) : item;
    const outcome = await sendItem(queued, currentLogin);
    return { confirmed: outcome.result ? [outcome.result] : [], remaining: read(), blocked: 0 };
  }

  return { enqueue, update, discard, flush, retry, list: () => read().map(item => ({ ...item })) };
}

if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) module.exports = createAuthoredOutbox;