fix: add --meta filtering support to client/server list mode

Plumb metadata filter from client CLI through the HTTP API to the
server's data_service.list_items(). The server accepts a JSON-encoded
meta query parameter where null values mean 'key exists' and string
values mean 'exact match'.

Also fix LZ4 compression round-trip for client mode:
- Explicit flush FrameEncoder before drop to avoid sending only the
  frame header when compress=false
- Send _client_compression metadata so client knows actual compression
  on retrieval (server records compression=None when compress=false)
- Use FrameDecoder (frame format) instead of decompress_size_prepended
  (size-prepended format) to match server storage format

src/client.rs

@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ impl KeepClient {
         order: &str,
         start: u64,
         count: u64,
+        meta: &HashMap<String, Option<String>>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<ItemInfo>, CoreError> {
         #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
         struct ApiResponse {
@@ -239,6 +240,12 @@ impl KeepClient {
         if !tags.is_empty() {
             params.push(("tags".to_string(), tags.join(",")));
         }
+        if !meta.is_empty() {
+            let meta_json = serde_json::to_string(meta).map_err(|e| {
+                CoreError::Other(anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to serialize meta filter: {}", e))
+            })?;
+            params.push(("meta".to_string(), meta_json));
+        }
 
         let param_refs: Vec<(&str, &str)> = params
             .iter()

src/modes/client/get.rs

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ pub fn mode(
         ids[0]
     } else if !tags.is_empty() {
         // Find item by tags
-        let items = client.list_items(tags, "newest", 0, 1)?;
+        let items = client.list_items(tags, "newest", 0, 1, &std::collections::HashMap::new())?;
         if items.is_empty() {
             return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("No items found matching tags: {:?}", tags));
         }
         items[0].id
     } else {
         // Get latest item
-        let items = client.list_items(&[], "newest", 0, 1)?;
+        let items = client.list_items(&[], "newest", 0, 1, &std::collections::HashMap::new())?;
         if items.is_empty() {
             return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("No items found"));
         }
@@ -60,8 +60,17 @@ pub fn mode(
         }
     }
 
-    // Decompress locally
+    // Decompress locally.
-    let compression_type = CompressionType::from_str(&compression).unwrap_or(CompressionType::None);
+    // Prefer _client_compression metadata (set by client save) over the server-reported
+    // compression header, because when compress=false the server stores compressed bytes
+    // but records compression=None.
+    let effective_compression = item_info
+        .metadata
+        .get("_client_compression")
+        .map(|s| s.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or(&compression);
+    let compression_type =
+        CompressionType::from_str(effective_compression).unwrap_or(CompressionType::None);
 
     let decompressed = match compression_type {
         CompressionType::GZip => {
@@ -71,8 +80,13 @@ pub fn mode(
             decoder.read_to_end(&mut content)?;
             content
         }
-        CompressionType::LZ4 => lz4_flex::decompress_size_prepended(&raw_bytes)
+        CompressionType::LZ4 => {
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("LZ4 decompression failed: {}", e))?,
+            use lz4_flex::frame::FrameDecoder;
+            let mut decoder = FrameDecoder::new(&raw_bytes[..]);
+            let mut content = Vec::new();
+            decoder.read_to_end(&mut content)?;
+            content
+        }
         _ => raw_bytes,
     };
 

src/modes/client/info.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub fn mode(
 
     // If tags provided, find matching item first
     let item_ids: Vec<i64> = if !tags.is_empty() {
-        let items = client.list_items(tags, "newest", 0, 1)?;
+        let items = client.list_items(tags, "newest", 0, 1, &std::collections::HashMap::new())?;
         if items.is_empty() {
             return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("No items found matching tags: {:?}", tags));
         }

src/modes/client/list.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ pub fn mode(
 ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     debug!("CLIENT_LIST: Listing items via remote server");
 
-    let items = client.list_items(tags, "newest", 0, 100)?;
+    let meta_filter: std::collections::HashMap<String, Option<String>> = settings
+        .meta
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone()))
+        .collect();
+    let items = client.list_items(tags, "newest", 0, 100, &meta_filter)?;
 
     let output_format = settings_output_format(settings);
 

src/modes/client/save.rs

@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ pub fn mode(
             compressor.write_all(&buffer[..n])?;
         }
 
-        // Finalize compression (flushes any buffered compressed data)
+        // Explicitly flush and finalize compression before dropping.
+        // LZ4 FrameEncoder buffers data internally; without explicit flush,
+        // only the frame header (7 bytes) gets written to the pipe.
+        compressor.flush()?;
         drop(compressor);
 
         // Pipe writer is now dropped (inside compressor), signaling EOF to streamer
@@ -147,6 +150,17 @@ pub fn mode(
         uncompressed_size.to_string(),
     );
 
+    // Record client compression type so the client can decompress on retrieval.
+    // When compress=false, the server stores the blob as-is with compression=None.
+    // Without this metadata, the client would get compressed bytes back but think
+    // they're uncompressed.
+    if !matches!(compression_type, CompressionType::None) {
+        local_metadata.insert(
+            "_client_compression".to_string(),
+            compression_type.to_string(),
+        );
+    }
+
     // Add hostname
     if let Ok(hostname) = gethostname::gethostname().into_string() {
         local_metadata.insert("hostname".to_string(), hostname.clone());

src/modes/server/api/item.rs

@@ -169,9 +169,19 @@ pub async fn handle_list_items(
         .map(|s| parse_comma_tags(s))
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
+    // Parse metadata filter from query parameter
+    let meta_filter: HashMap<String, Option<String>> = if let Some(ref meta_str) = params.meta {
+        serde_json::from_str(meta_str).map_err(|e| {
+            warn!("Failed to parse meta filter JSON string: {e}");
+            StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST
+        })?
+    } else {
+        HashMap::new()
+    };
+
     let data_service = create_data_service(&state);
     let mut items_with_meta = data_service
-        .list_items(tags, HashMap::new())
+        .list_items(tags, meta_filter)
         .await
         .map_err(|e| {
             warn!("Failed to get items: {e}");

src/modes/server/common.rs

@@ -474,6 +474,11 @@ pub struct ListItemsQuery {
     ///
     /// Unsigned integer limiting the number of items returned.
     pub count: Option<u32>,
+    /// Optional metadata filter as JSON string.
+    ///
+    /// JSON object where keys are metadata keys and values are either
+    /// `null` (filter by key existence) or a string (filter by exact value match).
+    pub meta: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Query parameters for item retrieval.