Update config.py

Author: BryceWDesign

src/ix_operator/config.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from enum import StrEnum
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
+from typing import Final
 
 
 class OperatorMode(StrEnum):
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ class TransportBackend(StrEnum):
     TOR = "tor"
 
 
+IMPLEMENTED_TRANSPORT_BACKENDS: Final[tuple[TransportBackend, ...]] = (
+    TransportBackend.LOCAL,
+)
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class RuntimePaths:
     root: Path
@@ -65,11 +71,6 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
         if not (1 <= self.tor_socks_port <= 65535):
             raise ValueError("tor_socks_port must be within 1..65535")
 
-        if self.mode == OperatorMode.HARDENED and self.transport_backend == TransportBackend.LOCAL:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "hardened mode cannot use the local transport backend; choose tcp or tor"
-            )
-
     @classmethod
     def from_env(cls) -> "OperatorConfig":
         mode = OperatorMode(_get_env("IX_OPERATOR_MODE", OperatorMode.DEVELOPMENT.value))