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feat(profile-sync-controller): derive auth and user-storage signing keys natively via SIP-6 instead of message-signing-snap - #9824

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Related to: https://consensyssoftware.atlassian.net/browse/MUL-2058
Client test-drive PR: MetaMask/metamask-extension#45457

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  • I've updated the test suite for new or updated code as appropriate
  • I've updated documentation (JSDoc, Markdown, etc.) for new or updated code as appropriate
  • I've communicated my changes to consumers by updating changelogs for packages I've changed
  • I've introduced breaking changes in this PR and have prepared draft pull requests for clients and consumer packages to resolve them

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Touches authentication and user-storage signing by reading mnemonic seeds from the keyring and vendoring crypto that must stay byte-identical to the snap; breaking messenger dependencies for all consumers.

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BREAKING: Profile sync auth and backup/sync no longer route getPublicKey / signMessage through SnapController:handleRequest and @metamask/message-signing-snap. AuthenticationController and UserStorageController now read HD seeds via KeyringController:withKeyringV2Unsafe and derive/sign in-process with vendored SIP-6 helpers (message-signing.ts, hd-keyring-seed.ts) so keys stay byte-identical to the snap (empty salt, message-signing snap ID as SIP-6 input).

auth-snap-requests.ts is removed; snaps-related dependencies are dropped in favor of @metamask/key-tree and @noble/curves. Auth login signature caching is keyed per entropy source (aligned with user storage). Tests and mocks switch from snap RPC to the new utilities and keyring unsafe access.

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