feat(frontier): add FlowIntent and the consent document RPC

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Part of RFC 0002: Explicit consent at signup. Frontier pulls this through PROTON_COMMIT; nothing here is frontier logic.

Adds one enum, two fields and one read-only RPC to FrontierService:

enum FlowIntent {
  FLOW_INTENT_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
  FLOW_INTENT_LOGIN = 1;
  FLOW_INTENT_SIGNUP = 2;
}

message AuthenticateRequest {
  // ...
  FlowIntent flow_intent = 6;
  repeated string accepted_document_ids = 7;
}

rpc ListConsentDocuments(ListConsentDocumentsRequest) returns (ListConsentDocumentsResponse) {}

Why the intent. Frontier cannot tell a signup from a login today. AuthenticateRequest carries no intent and every strategy ends at getOrCreateUser, so a login with an unknown address creates the account — through a view that never showed the documents. flow_intent separates the two: a login never creates an account, a signup never logs an existing user in. It is also what lets a consent check run before the browser leaves for the identity provider, where the email is not yet known but the intent is.

Why the documents. A deployment lists the documents it requires in server config with an id, title, version and URL. ListConsentDocuments serves that list and the client sends back the ids it accepted in accepted_document_ids. Ids rather than one boolean, because the list the client rendered can still differ from config, and ids expose the mismatch instead of stamping a record that says the user accepted something they never saw.

Deliberate choices, so they do not read as oversights:

• An enum, not a string. The set is closed, and its zero value gives backward compatibility for free: a client that does not set flow_intent keeps today's create-or-get behaviour.
• Flat fields, not a oneof over LoginIntent / SignupIntent arms with the ids on the signup arm. A oneof would make a signup-only field unrepresentable on a login rather than merely rejected, but AuthenticateRequest.email is already a field only some strategies use and is checked at runtime, so the flat field is the shape this message has. RFC alternative 8 records the tradeoff; moving later means deprecating field 6 and carrying both for a window.
• One PR for both fields, so neither can claim the other's number.
• AuthCallback gains nothing. Both values ride on the flow row, which is written before the redirect and read after it returns, so neither passes through the browser.
• ListConsentDocuments is separate from ListAuthStrategies. Consent is not a strategy, and AuthStrategy carries name and params and nothing else, so the documents would go in a params map every client has to parse.
• Unauthenticated, like ListAuthStrategies. The document URLs are meant to be read by anyone considering an account, and the ids are an input to an unauthenticated Authenticate — requiring a session to learn what to accept before the account exists is a cycle.

buf lint, buf build and buf breaking --against '.git#branch=main' are all clean. Additive only; no existing field or RPC changes.

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The Frontier API adds an unauthenticated ListConsentDocuments RPC. It returns consent documents with identifiers, titles, versions, and URLs. AuthenticateRequest now supports explicit login and signup intents. Unspecified intent preserves create-or-get behavior. Signup requests can include accepted consent document identifiers. Deployments without required consent return an empty document list.

Suggested reviewers: whoabhisheksah, rohilsurana, amangit07

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b4a0f

Signup consent acceptance records only document IDs while the documents are versioned. If a document changes between listing and authentication, an older acceptance could be treated as acceptance of the current version, creating a correctness risk. Merge should wait for version binding or an explicit atomic current-version contract.

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Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the added FlowIntent enum, consent document fields, and ListConsentDocuments RPC. It also states the compatibility behavior and validation results.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main changes: adding FlowIntent and the consent document RPC.
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In `@raystack/frontier/v1beta1/frontier.proto`:
- Around line 995-998: Update the signup acceptance contract around
accepted_document_ids to include the ConsentDocument.version, or replace the
ID-only value with a server-issued acceptance token. Ensure Authenticate can
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Include the consent-document version in signup acceptance.

ConsentDocument.version is returned by ListConsentDocuments, but accepted_document_ids sends only document IDs. If a document changes between listing and Authenticate, the service cannot distinguish acceptance of the old version from acceptance of the current version. Add the accepted version or use a server-issued acceptance token. Otherwise, enforce and document an atomic current-version contract.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@raystack/frontier/v1beta1/frontier.proto` around lines 995 - 998, Update the
signup acceptance contract around accepted_document_ids to include the
ConsentDocument.version, or replace the ID-only value with a server-issued
acceptance token. Ensure Authenticate can distinguish the version listed from a
later document revision; if neither is added, enforce and document an atomic
current-version contract.