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fix(server): fail closed when API_SECRET is unset (auto-generated secret + explicit dev opt-out) - #580
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The backend previously failed open: with API_SECRET unset, authMiddleware let every /api request through ("dev mode"), and the stock docker-compose.yml defaults API_SECRET to empty. In that state, anyone who could reach the frontend's /api proxy could call POST /api/sync/auth (returns the stored, decrypted GitHub token) or GET /api/configs/ai?decrypt=true (returns AI provider keys). Found during a security review of a self-hosted deployment (reported via a private security advisory).
This PR makes unconfigured deployments fail closed while deliberately preserving the zero-config behaviors this project supports (local dev, first-run self-hosting).
Changes
Server
API_SECRET resolution (server/src/config.ts): env var wins; if unset and ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH (1/true) is set → no-auth dev mode with a loud one-time warning; otherwise a 256-bit secret is auto-generated and persisted to data/.api-secret (mode 0600, written with flag: 'wx' — never overwrites an existing file; concurrent-start race falls back to reading the winner; empty/unreadable file or read-only volume → ephemeral secret with a clear error log, no crash loop).
authMiddleware: without a valid Bearer it now returns 401 — AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED (actionable bilingual guidance) when the server secret is auto-generated/absent, UNAUTHORIZED when an env secret is set. Bearer verification path unchanged (timing-safe compare).
/health gains a non-sensitive authRequired boolean.
Auto-generated ENCRYPTION_KEY now additionally logs a prominent "back up this file" warning (generation behavior unchanged).
npm run dev:server keeps its zero-config experience via ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1.
Web
Bilingual copy for AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED; backend-proxy 401s carrying that code no longer masquerade as "GitHub token expired or invalid" (which would steer users into resetting their GitHub token).
WebDAV backup "include keys" toggle now warns that such backups contain plaintext secrets (10 locales).
Deployments that already set API_SECRET: no change.
Deployments started without API_SECRET: after pulling the new image the backend generates a secret. Retrieve it once via docker compose logs backend (or cat data/.api-secret) and enter it in the web UI — the client stores it as before. Existing data volumes, encryption keys, and stored tokens are untouched.
Local dev (npm run dev:server / npm run dev:all): unchanged.
Compatibility & data safety
No DB schema, persistence-format, or browser-storage changes. Existing .encryption-key files are never regenerated or overwritten; .api-secret is written with wx (cannot clobber).
MCP endpoints keep their separate token auth (verified: /mcp is unaffected; only the /api/mcp/* management surface now requires auth like every other /api route).
Electron desktop and browser-only mode do not use this server path and are unaffected.
Verified with an end-to-end upgrade simulation (old build writes data on an unauthenticated deployment → new build on the same volume decrypts and serves the same data) plus a per-scenario matrix in tests.
Tests
New server tests: fail-closed AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED, ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH opt-out, env-secret bearer flow, auto-generate once + reuse on restart, never-overwrite, pre-existing .encryption-key untouched; regression test for the proxy-401 error mapping.
Green locally: npm run lint, npm run typecheck, server suite (231 tests), npm run test:ci-gates, npm run check:i18n, npm run build:server, targeted vitest suites.
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新功能
未设置 API Secret 时,后端会自动生成并保存密钥;访问 API 需使用 Bearer Token。
…sted secret
Security hardening: an unset API_SECRET no longer disables auth. The backend
generates a secure random secret on first start, persists it to
data/.api-secret (mode 0600, written with flag 'wx' so an existing file is
never overwritten or truncated), and logs a loud one-time banner explaining
where to retrieve it (docker compose logs backend / cat the file) and that
the Web UI will ask for it once. Existing deployments that never set
API_SECRET therefore get auth enabled with zero file changes; restarts reuse
the persisted secret.
The zero-config dev experience moves behind an explicit escape hatch:
ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1|true keeps /api open with a once-per-process warning
naming the variable. The server npm run dev script sets it so
`npm run dev:server` stays unchanged.
Auth middleware responses when the client has no valid Bearer token:
- missing credentials + server-generated secret -> 401 AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED,
an actionable pointer to the retrieval paths (frontend renders bilingual
guidance from this code);
- missing credentials + operator-set API_SECRET -> 401 UNAUTHORIZED;
- wrong token -> 401 UNAUTHORIZED (timingSafeEqual path untouched);
- null secret without the dev flag -> 401 AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED (defensive).
401 rather than 503 on purpose: the frontend treats backend 5xx as transient
(githubListsApi falls back to direct GitHub connections, githubApi retries
5xx with backoff), while 401 flows into verifyAuth()/login-screen paths
where the API Secret input lives - matching the upgrade goal of an
actionable prompt instead of silent retries.
Also:
- /health now reports a non-sensitive authRequired flag;
- auto-generated data/.encryption-key logs a loud backup warning (data and
key share a volume; losing it loses every stored secret) without changing
generation behavior;
- gitignore data/.api-secret (sibling of .encryption-key);
- docker-compose.yml comment documents the new semantics; the interpolation
of API_SECRET=${API_SECRET:-} is intentionally unchanged.
…p warning
- register AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED in the backend error code table so clients of
a hardened backend see bilingual guidance: retrieve the generated secret
from the backend logs or data/.api-secret, then enter it as the client
API Secret;
- show an inline amber warning on the WebDAV/backup "include keys" toggle
while it is enabled: the backup file contains plaintext keys, keep it
safe. New includeKeysToggle.warning-backup-file-contains-plaintext-keys
string added to all 10 locales (parity gate passes).
- resolveApiSecret: env precedence and trimming, dev escape hatch, generated
file mode 0600 plus startup banner, restart reuse, never overwriting an
existing or concurrently created .api-secret, and empty-file /
unwritable-dir / EEXIST-race fallbacks that keep auth on without
crash-looping;
- resolveEncryptionKey: an existing key is reused (never regenerated) and
the new backup warning fires only when a key is generated;
- auth middleware: fail-closed AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED (including missing
credentials against a server-generated secret), dev-mode pass-through
with exactly one warning, and unchanged Bearer enforcement for
operator-set secrets;
- services/config.test.ts sets env before importing config.js so running
the suite no longer writes key files into server/data.
API_SECRET is no longer "auth disabled when unset": document auto-generation
into data/.api-secret, the ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH dev escape hatch, an
upgrade note for existing deployments (retrieve the generated secret once
from the backend logs, enter it in the Web UI, optionally pin API_SECRET in
.env), and a recommendation to back up data/.encryption-key. The docker run
example no longer labels a secret-less backend as unauthenticated. EN/ZH
kept in sync.
…idance
The backend proxy 401 handler only recognized body code 'UNAUTHORIZED'
(rejected operator-set API_SECRET). With the auth hardening the middleware
also returns 'AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED' when the client has not entered the
server-generated secret yet; that response previously fell through to the
GITHUB_TOKEN_INVALID_ERROR sentinel, telling freshly upgraded zero-config
users their GitHub token expired and steering them into a pointless token
reset.
Recognize AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED in the same proxy-401 branch and throw the
bilingual registry copy via translateBackendError, which points at the
backend API Secret field instead. The UNAUTHORIZED path (operator-set
secret) and the forwarded-upstream-GitHub-401 path are unchanged, as is the
body-read timeout handling.
Adds a regression test in the 401 source-distinction suite: a proxy 401
carrying code AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED must not surface the GitHub-token
sentinel and must mention the API Secret (true for both zh and en registry
copy).
The standalone-backend "Basic" docker run example was still labeled
"no auth" and the env tables said an unset API_SECRET disables
authentication - contradicting the hardening behavior where the backend
auto-generates a secret into data/.api-secret on first start.
Update both DOCKER.md and DOCKER_zh.md to the README framing: the default
is an auto-generated secret persisted to data/.api-secret, all /api
requests then require it as a Bearer token, retrieval is via container
logs or reading the file, and ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1|true is the
explicit zero-config dev escape hatch (new table row in both docs).
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The change makes the API fail closed when no secret is configured. One minor wording gap remains in the backup-keys warning: it does not clearly say that passwords and exported files may also contain plaintext secrets. It is low risk and can be addressed in a follow-up.
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- Line 7: 更新 server 包的 dev 脚本,在设置 ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1 时通过 cross-env 启动 tsx
watch src/index.ts,并在该包的 devDependencies 中声明 cross-env,确保脚本可跨平台运行。
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- Around line 156-165: 更新 README.md、README_zh.md 和 AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED
客户端提示,避免暗示密钥会出现在启动日志或回退场景下可从 data/.api-secret 获取;说明临时密钥回退时需设置
API_SECRET。不要在日志中输出密钥,并保持 config.ts 横幅不泄露密钥值。
Review comments at @server/tests/config.apiSecret.test.ts:
- Line 91: 调整 apiSecret 测试中围绕 secretPath 和 process.getuid 的平台判断:仅在非 Windows
平台断言精确的 POSIX 文件权限;在 Windows 上跳过依赖 chmod 阻止写入的权限测试,并保留现有 root 用户跳过逻辑。Windows
路径仍应验证适用的文件存在行为。
Review comments at @src/components/settings/IncludeKeysToggle.tsx:
- Line 33: 更新 IncludeKeysToggle
中的开关和警告文本:让实时通知区域持续挂载,并在启用开关时通过该区域播报明文密钥警告;为警告设置稳定的标识,并通过开关的 aria-describedby
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The ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1 POSIX env prefix in `npm run dev` fails on
Windows cmd (env assignment is not a command there). Route the variable
through cross-env so `npm run dev:server` keeps the same zero-config dev
experience on every platform. Dependency-only change: no version bumps.
The startup banner told operators the banner was "visible again via
docker compose logs backend", and the auth middleware's English fallback
for AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED said to retrieve the secret "from the backend
logs or data/.api-secret". Since the secret value is deliberately never
written to logs, logs-based wording sends operators hunting for
something that is not there.
The banner now keeps only the storage path and points at
`docker compose exec backend cat /app/data/.api-secret` (or reading the
file straight from the mounted volume), mentions that the Web UI asks
for the secret once, and offers explicitly setting API_SECRET on the
server as the alternative. The middleware fallback message is aligned
the same way. The ephemeral-secret fallback path (secret only in
memory) is unchanged; its console.error already directs operators to
set API_SECRET.
The config test's banner assertions are updated to pin the new wording
(must reference docker compose exec, must not reference logs).
README (EN/ZH) and DOCKER (EN/ZH) previously said the generated secret
is "printed once to the startup logs" or suggested `docker logs` as a
retrieval path. The secret value is never written to logs by design, so
all guidance now reads the data volume: `docker compose exec backend
cat /app/data/.api-secret` (or reading data/.api-secret directly), with
explicitly setting the API_SECRET environment variable as the fallback
when the file is unavailable.
- the exact 0600 permission assertion on the generated .api-secret now
runs only off Windows (Windows reports 0o666); on Windows the test
degrades to asserting the file was created;
- the read-only-directory fallback test is skipped on Windows in
addition to the existing root skip (no getuid there, and chmod does
not actually block directory writes, so the scenario cannot be
reproduced).
The bilingual AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED guidance told users to retrieve the
generated secret "from the backend logs or data/.api-secret". The secret
value is never written to logs, so the copy now gives the in-container
cat command (docker compose exec backend cat /app/data/.api-secret) or
reading the data/.api-secret file from the data volume directly, and
adds the fallback: if the file is unavailable (e.g. the read-only-volume
ephemeral-secret path), explicitly set the API_SECRET environment
variable on the server.
The warning paragraph was conditionally unmounted when the toggle was
switched off, so screen readers could miss the announcement when it came
back. The live region (role=status / aria-live=polite) is now permanently
mounted and only its content toggles. The warning paragraph carries a
stable per-instance id (useId - the component renders in both the backup
panel and the data-management panel, so a shared literal id would
collide) and is wired to the switch via aria-describedby while visible.
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- Line 400: README.md 中的密钥读取说明仅提供了 Compose 命令,不适用于上文的独立容器部署。为独立容器补充使用 `docker
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The ui-preview screenshot workflow (.github/ui-preview/shoot.mjs) treats
any [role="status"] inside main.app-main as an unfinished Suspense
"Loading..." frame and fails the settings-backup/settings-data scenes
readiness wait. The plaintext-key warning's always-mounted live region
used role="status" purely for its announcement semantics, which the gate
cannot distinguish from a loading skeleton.
Drop the role and keep the bare aria-live="polite" container (equivalent
announcement behavior for screen readers), along with the permanent
mount, the useId-based warning id, and the switch's aria-describedby
association. A comment at the JSX records why role="status" is
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Review comment at @server/src/config.ts around lines 115 - 154:
更新密钥生成与持久化流程:不要直接将密钥写入最终的 .api-secret
文件,以免并发启动时读到部分内容;应先将完整密钥写入同一目录的临时文件,再通过不会覆盖现有文件的原子操作发布。若发布因竞争失败,读取并使用已发布的完整密钥;保留现有文件权限设置及临时密钥回退行为。定位修改生成分支中的
fs.writeFileSync 和 EEXIST 处理逻辑。
Major · 保留已配置密钥的前导空格 · config.ts:101-114
server/src/config.ts:101-114 Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
--- a/server/src/config.ts+++ b/server/src/config.ts
@@
- * 1. API_SECRET env var set (non-blank) → use it (trimmed).+ * 1. API_SECRET env var set (non-blank) → use it unchanged.
@@
- return { secret: envSecret.trim(), source: 'env' };+ return { secret: envSecret, source: 'env' };--- a/server/tests/config.apiSecret.test.ts+++ b/server/tests/config.apiSecret.test.ts
@@
- it('uses a non-blank API_SECRET env value, trimmed, without touching the data dir', () => {+ it('uses a non-blank API_SECRET env value unchanged, without touching the data dir', () => {
@@
- expect(resolveApiSecret(dir)).toEqual({ secret: 'env-secret', source: 'env' });+ expect(resolveApiSecret(dir)).toEqual({ secret: ' env-secret ', source: 'env' });
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Review comment at @server/src/config.ts around lines 101 - 114:
更新 resolveApiSecret 中 API_SECRET 的处理:仅用 trim()
判断值是否为空白,对非空白值原样返回,保留前导和尾随空格;同步调整相关测试,验证带空格的密钥未经修改即可使用。
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- Around line 115-154: 更新密钥生成与持久化流程:不要直接将密钥写入最终的 .api-secret
文件,以免并发启动时读到部分内容;应先将完整密钥写入同一目录的临时文件,再通过不会覆盖现有文件的原子操作发布。若发布因竞争失败,读取并使用已发布的完整密钥;保留现有文件权限设置及临时密钥回退行为。定位修改生成分支中的
fs.writeFileSync 和 EEXIST 处理逻辑。
- Around line 101-114: 更新 resolveApiSecret 中 API_SECRET 的处理:仅用 trim()
判断值是否为空白,对非空白值原样返回,保留前导和尾随空格;同步调整相关测试,验证带空格的密钥未经修改即可使用。
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server/src/middleware/auth.ts
server/src/routes/health.ts
server/tests/config.apiSecret.test.ts
server/tests/middleware/auth.test.ts
server/tests/services/config.test.ts
src/components/settings/IncludeKeysToggle.tsx
src/locales/de/app.json
src/locales/en/app.json
src/locales/es/app.json
src/locales/fr/app.json
src/locales/ja/app.json
src/locales/ko/app.json
src/locales/pt-BR/app.json
src/locales/ru/app.json
src/locales/zh-TW/app.json
src/locales/zh/app.json
src/services/githubApi.test.ts
src/services/githubApi.ts
src/utils/backendErrors.ts
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- Write the generated secret to a same-directory temp file and link() it into
place: link never clobbers, and the published inode is always fully written,
so a concurrent start can no longer read a partial .api-secret and fall back
to a mismatched ephemeral secret until restart. EEXIST still means the
concurrent winner's secret is used; temp files are always cleaned up.
- API_SECRET env values are now used unchanged: trim() only tests blankness, so
legacy deployments whose secret contains leading/trailing spaces keep
authenticating with the original value after upgrade.
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- The toggle governs backup AND export files, so the warning now names both
(updated across all 10 locales with proper translations).
- Light-theme warning text moves from amber-600 to amber-700 for sufficient
contrast on white backgrounds; dark theme stays amber-500.
The include-keys toggle also gates WebDAV/proxy passwords, the RPC download
secret, and the backend API secret in backups and exports, so the warning now
names keys, passwords, and other credentials (all 10 locales, proper
translations).
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Summary
The backend previously failed open: with
API_SECRETunset,authMiddlewarelet every/apirequest through ("dev mode"), and the stockdocker-compose.ymldefaultsAPI_SECRETto empty. In that state, anyone who could reach the frontend's/apiproxy could callPOST /api/sync/auth(returns the stored, decrypted GitHub token) orGET /api/configs/ai?decrypt=true(returns AI provider keys). Found during a security review of a self-hosted deployment (reported via a private security advisory).This PR makes unconfigured deployments fail closed while deliberately preserving the zero-config behaviors this project supports (local dev, first-run self-hosting).
Changes
Server
API_SECRETresolution (server/src/config.ts): env var wins; if unset andALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH(1/true) is set → no-auth dev mode with a loud one-time warning; otherwise a 256-bit secret is auto-generated and persisted todata/.api-secret(mode0600, written withflag: 'wx'— never overwrites an existing file; concurrent-start race falls back to reading the winner; empty/unreadable file or read-only volume → ephemeral secret with a clear error log, no crash loop).authMiddleware: without a valid Bearer it now returns401—AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED(actionable bilingual guidance) when the server secret is auto-generated/absent,UNAUTHORIZEDwhen an env secret is set. Bearer verification path unchanged (timing-safe compare)./healthgains a non-sensitiveauthRequiredboolean.ENCRYPTION_KEYnow additionally logs a prominent "back up this file" warning (generation behavior unchanged).npm run dev:serverkeeps its zero-config experience viaALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1.Web
AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED; backend-proxy401s carrying that code no longer masquerade as "GitHub token expired or invalid" (which would steer users into resetting their GitHub token).Docs:
README.md/README_zh.md/DOCKER.md/DOCKER_zh.mdupdated (env tables,ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH, upgrade note for existing deployments).Upgrade notes for self-hosters
API_SECRET: no change.API_SECRET: after pulling the new image the backend generates a secret. Retrieve it once viadocker compose logs backend(orcat data/.api-secret) and enter it in the web UI — the client stores it as before. Existing data volumes, encryption keys, and stored tokens are untouched.npm run dev:server/npm run dev:all): unchanged.Compatibility & data safety
.encryption-keyfiles are never regenerated or overwritten;.api-secretis written withwx(cannot clobber)./mcpis unaffected; only the/api/mcp/*management surface now requires auth like every other/apiroute).Tests
AUTH_NOT_CONFIGURED,ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTHopt-out, env-secret bearer flow, auto-generate once + reuse on restart, never-overwrite, pre-existing.encryption-keyuntouched; regression test for the proxy-401 error mapping.npm run lint,npm run typecheck, server suite (231 tests),npm run test:ci-gates,npm run check:i18n,npm run build:server, targeted vitest suites.Summary by CodeRabbit