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feat(auth): desktop-local sessions renew without the bootstrap token - #16274
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The renderer re-exchanged the desktop bootstrap token every time its bearer for a secondary (WSL) backend neared expiry. That token expires after 24h, so a desktop left running past a day lost its WSL connection at the next renewal. Desktop-bootstrap bearer sessions can now renew themselves: `POST /api/auth/session/renew` trades a valid session for a fresh one and revokes the old one. Any other session is refused. The renderer renews its cached bearer first and only falls back to the bootstrap token when it has no unexpired bearer for that endpoint, so the bootstrap token is needed once per backend run instead of once per bearer lifetime. The bootstrap token keeps its 24h expiry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| previousBearerToken === undefined | ||
| ? exchangeBootstrapToken | ||
| : renewRemoteBearerSession({ httpBaseUrl, bearerToken: previousBearerToken }).pipe( | ||
| Effect.catch(() => exchangeBootstrapToken), |
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🟠 High connection/platform.ts:402
Concurrent or retried renewals can return a bearer that has already been revoked, causing the renderer to cache a token that immediately receives 401s. Each request authenticates the same previousBearerToken, but the server revokes all active desktop-bootstrap sessions when issuing the replacement, so a later renewal invalidates the token returned by an earlier one; a lost response can likewise strand the client once the bootstrap credential expires. Make renewal conditional on the authenticated session, or make it idempotent/serialized with a recovery path for lost responses.
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apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts:1114
Concurrent or retried renewals for the same valid bearer are not safe: each request verifies the old session before this call, then
replaceActiveForSubjectAndMethodrevokes every activedesktop-bootstrapbearer session. Thus request A can mint token A, request B can subsequently revoke token A and mint token B, while A still returns its now-invalid token. If responses arrive/cache out of order (or A is retried after a timeout), the renderer stores a credential that immediately gets 401s; once the bootstrap credential has expired it cannot recover. Replace only the authenticatedsession.sessionId, or make renewal idempotent/serialize it.
apps/server/src/auth/http.ts:394
Concurrent renewals can return a bearer that has already been revoked. Each request authenticates the same old session before this call, then
renewDesktopSessionissues withreplaceActiveForSubjectAndMethod;SessionStore.issuerevokes all active bearer sessions for that subject/method before inserting the replacement. Thus a second renewal can revoke the first request's newly issued token before the first HTTP response is consumed. If responses are received/persisted out of order, the renderer caches that revoked token; after the 24h bootstrap credential has expired, its fallback cannot reconnect, so the intended long-running renewal flow fails. Make renewal conditional on/revoke only the authenticated session (or otherwise serialize/idempotently reuse concurrent renewal results).
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In file @apps/web/src/connection/platform.ts around line 402:
Concurrent or retried renewals can return a bearer that has already been revoked, causing the renderer to cache a token that immediately receives 401s. Each request authenticates the same `previousBearerToken`, but the server revokes all active `desktop-bootstrap` sessions when issuing the replacement, so a later renewal invalidates the token returned by an earlier one; a lost response can likewise strand the client once the bootstrap credential expires. Make renewal conditional on the authenticated session, or make it idempotent/serialized with a recovery path for lost responses.
Also found in 2 other location(s):
- apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts:1114 -- Concurrent or retried renewals for the same valid bearer are not safe: each request verifies the old session before this call, then `replaceActiveForSubjectAndMethod` revokes *every* active `desktop-bootstrap` bearer session. Thus request A can mint token A, request B can subsequently revoke token A and mint token B, while A still returns its now-invalid token. If responses arrive/cache out of order (or A is retried after a timeout), the renderer stores a credential that immediately gets 401s; once the bootstrap credential has expired it cannot recover. Replace only the authenticated `session.sessionId`, or make renewal idempotent/serialize it.
- apps/server/src/auth/http.ts:394 -- Concurrent renewals can return a bearer that has already been revoked. Each request authenticates the same old session before this call, then `renewDesktopSession` issues with `replaceActiveForSubjectAndMethod`; `SessionStore.issue` revokes *all* active bearer sessions for that subject/method before inserting the replacement. Thus a second renewal can revoke the first request's newly issued token before the first HTTP response is consumed. If responses are received/persisted out of order, the renderer caches that revoked token; after the 24h bootstrap credential has expired, its fallback cannot reconnect, so the intended long-running renewal flow fails. Make renewal conditional on/revoke only the authenticated session (or otherwise serialize/idempotently reuse concurrent renewal results).
| return yield* executeEnvironmentHttpRequest( | ||
| environmentEndpointUrl(input.httpBaseUrl, "/api/auth/session/renew"), | ||
| input.timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS, | ||
| client.renewSession({ |
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🟡 Medium authorization/remote.ts:157
Renewal drops the desktop client metadata, so after the first successful renewal the active-session UI loses the T3 Code Desktop label and falls back to a generic OS/browser/subject label. client.renewSession sends only the bearer authorization header, causing the server's deriveAuthClientMetadata({ request }) to receive no label; preserve the authenticated session metadata or include clientMetadata() in this request.
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In file @packages/client-runtime/src/authorization/remote.ts around line 157:
Renewal drops the desktop client metadata, so after the first successful renewal the active-session UI loses the `T3 Code Desktop` label and falls back to a generic OS/browser/subject label. `client.renewSession` sends only the bearer authorization header, causing the server's `deriveAuthClientMetadata({ request })` to receive no `label`; preserve the authenticated session metadata or include `clientMetadata()` in this request.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds an authenticated endpoint to renew eligible desktop bearer sessions. Desktop connection registration can reuse an unexpired cached bearer token for the same endpoint and falls back to bootstrap-token exchange if renewal fails. ChangesDesktop bearer session renewal
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant DesktopConnectionRegistration
participant renewRemoteBearerSession
participant renewSessionEndpoint
participant EnvironmentAuth
DesktopConnectionRegistration->>renewRemoteBearerSession: Send cached bearer token
renewRemoteBearerSession->>renewSessionEndpoint: POST bearer token to renewal endpoint
renewSessionEndpoint->>EnvironmentAuth: Renew authenticated session
EnvironmentAuth-->>renewSessionEndpoint: Return renewed access token
renewSessionEndpoint-->>renewRemoteBearerSession: Return renewal response
renewRemoteBearerSession-->>DesktopConnectionRegistration: Return renewed token or error
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Desktop sessions can now stay connected past the bootstrap token’s expiry, but a stolen desktop bearer could also retain administrative access indefinitely. Bound renewal without ending legitimate long-running sessions before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts:
- Around line 1103-1129: Update renewDesktopSession to require a valid rotating
desktop bootstrap or renewal credential, and enforce its renewal window before
issuing a session; do not let the bearer alone create an unbounded chain of
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| const renewDesktopSession: EnvironmentAuth["Service"]["renewDesktopSession"] = Effect.fn( | ||
| "EnvironmentAuth.renewDesktopSession", | ||
| )(function* (session, requestMetadata) { | ||
| if (session.subject !== DESKTOP_BOOTSTRAP_SUBJECT || session.method !== "bearer-access-token") { | ||
| return yield* new ServerAuthSessionNotRenewableError({}); | ||
| } | ||
| const issued = yield* sessions | ||
| .issue({ | ||
| method: "bearer-access-token", | ||
| subject: session.subject, | ||
| scopes: session.scopes, | ||
| replaceActiveForSubjectAndMethod: true, | ||
| client: requestMetadata, | ||
| }) | ||
| .pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => new ServerAuthSessionRenewalError({ cause }))); | ||
| const now = yield* DateTime.now; | ||
| return { | ||
| access_token: issued.token, | ||
| issued_token_type: AuthAccessTokenType, | ||
| token_type: "Bearer", | ||
| expires_in: Math.max( | ||
| 0, | ||
| Math.floor((issued.expiresAt.epochMilliseconds - now.epochMilliseconds) / 1000), | ||
| ), | ||
| scope: encodeOAuthScope(issued.scopes), | ||
| } satisfies AuthAccessTokenResult; | ||
| }); |
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Bound desktop-session renewal to a rotating bootstrap lifetime.
renewDesktopSession accepts the current desktop-bootstrap bearer and issues another default-TTL bearer with the same administrative scopes. It does not check the original bootstrap grant or carry an absolute issuance time. A stolen bearer can therefore renew repeatedly after the 24-hour bootstrap credential expires.
Do not impose a 24-hour cap on the desktop session itself. That would disconnect desktops that must remain connected past one day. Use a separate rotating bootstrap or renewal credential, and require the current credential or renewal window before issuing another session. Keep active-session replacement for legitimate desktop restarts.
Suggested correction
Change the renewal flow so that bearer renewal is bounded by a rotating desktop bootstrap credential or renewal window. Do not allow a bearer alone to mint an unbounded chain of full-TTL administrative sessions.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts around lines 1103 -
1129:
Update renewDesktopSession to require a valid rotating desktop bootstrap or
renewal credential, and enforce its renewal window before issuing a session; do
not let the bearer alone create an unbounded chain of full-TTL administrative
sessions. Preserve replaceActiveForSubjectAndMethod for legitimate desktop
restarts, and do not cap the desktop session lifetime at 24 hours.
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Dropped after adversarial review. Renewal let a stolen desktop session renew itself indefinitely, and capping that requires the rotating bootstrap token from #16275, at which point renewal is just the existing token exchange. Rotation alone keeps a long-running desktop connected. Replaced by the two-layer stack #16273 → #16275. |
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Stack 2/3, on top of the rejected-token fix.
Problem
The renderer re-exchanged the desktop bootstrap token every time its bearer for a secondary (WSL) backend neared expiry. That token expires after 24h, so a desktop left running past a day lost its WSL connection at the next renewal.
Fix
POST /api/auth/session/renew(EnvironmentAuth.renewDesktopSession). A validdesktop-bootstrapbearer session trades itself for a fresh one and the old one is revoked (replaceActiveForSubjectAndMethod). Any other session (paired clients, browser cookies, DPoP) gets a 401.The bootstrap token keeps its 24h expiry; it's now needed once per backend run instead of once per bearer lifetime.
Contracts change: new
auth.renewSessionendpoint andsession_renewal_failedinternal error reason. Older servers don't have the endpoint, so renewal fails and the renderer falls back to the bootstrap token as before.Tests: server
EnvironmentAuth.test.ts(renews a desktop session without its bootstrap token, revokes the old one; refuses a paired session), webplatform.test.ts(renewal choice).Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code
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