fix(backend): Remove unnecessary custom cookie parsing - #9466
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Fix `Cookie` header parsing in `authenticateRequest()` to follow RFC 6265. The header is now split into name/value pairs before each value is percent-decoded, instead of the whole header being decoded up front. Previously, a cookie whose value contained an encoded `;` or `=` (for example `pref=a%3Bb%3Dc`, which is what most frameworks emit when a value is set from user input) was split into several separate cookies, so Clerk could observe cookies that were not present in the request. A value containing a malformed percent-sequence such as `%C0` also caused the request to throw a `URIError`. Legitimate cookie values are unaffected: single-encoded values decode to the same result as before. Also guard against a non-string `iss` claim when comparing a session token against the instance's frontend API. A `__session` cookie holding a JWT whose payload had a numeric `iss` previously threw a `TypeError` while building the authenticate context, before any signature verification ran.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughUpdated backend cookie parsing to process raw Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR corrects cookie parsing and safely handles non-string issuer claims, preventing malformed requests from being misparsed or throwing prematurely. One minor test assertion remains useful for the suffixed client-UAT fallback, but no actionable merge-blocking risk remains. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/authenticateContext.test.ts`:
- Around line 217-231: Update the test case identified by “falls back to
suffixed cookies when the token has a non-string issuer” to also assert that
context.clientUat equals suffixedClientUat, alongside the existing suffixed
session-token assertion.
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| it('falls back to suffixed cookies when the token has a non-string issuer', async () => { | ||
| const headers = new Headers({ | ||
| cookie: createCookieHeader({ | ||
| __session: createJwt({ payload: { iss: 123 as unknown as string } }), | ||
| __client_uat_MqCvchyS: suffixedClientUat, | ||
| __session_MqCvchyS: suffixedSession, | ||
| }), | ||
| }); | ||
| const clerkRequest = createClerkRequest(new Request('http://example.com', { headers })); | ||
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| const context = await createAuthenticateContext(clerkRequest, { publishableKey: pkLive }); | ||
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| expect(context.usesSuffixedCookies()).toBe(true); | ||
| expect(context.sessionTokenInCookie).toBe(suffixedSession); | ||
| }); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert the suffixed client-UAT fallback.
The fixture sets __client_uat_MqCvchyS, but the test only asserts sessionTokenInCookie. Add an assertion for context.clientUat so this test verifies both fallback values.
As per coding guidelines: “Unit tests are required for all new functionality” and must “Verify proper error handling and edge cases.”
Proposed assertion
expect(context.usesSuffixedCookies()).toBe(true);
expect(context.sessionTokenInCookie).toBe(suffixedSession);
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| it('falls back to suffixed cookies when the token has a non-string issuer', async () => { | |
| const headers = new Headers({ | |
| cookie: createCookieHeader({ | |
| __session: createJwt({ payload: { iss: 123 as unknown as string } }), | |
| __client_uat_MqCvchyS: suffixedClientUat, | |
| __session_MqCvchyS: suffixedSession, | |
| }), | |
| }); | |
| const clerkRequest = createClerkRequest(new Request('http://example.com', { headers })); | |
| const context = await createAuthenticateContext(clerkRequest, { publishableKey: pkLive }); | |
| expect(context.usesSuffixedCookies()).toBe(true); | |
| expect(context.sessionTokenInCookie).toBe(suffixedSession); | |
| }); | |
| it('falls back to suffixed cookies when the token has a non-string issuer', async () => { | |
| const headers = new Headers({ | |
| cookie: createCookieHeader({ | |
| __session: createJwt({ payload: { iss: 123 as unknown as string } }), | |
| __client_uat_MqCvchyS: suffixedClientUat, | |
| __session_MqCvchyS: suffixedSession, | |
| }), | |
| }); | |
| const clerkRequest = createClerkRequest(new Request('http://example.com', { headers })); | |
| const context = await createAuthenticateContext(clerkRequest, { publishableKey: pkLive }); | |
| expect(context.usesSuffixedCookies()).toBe(true); | |
| expect(context.sessionTokenInCookie).toBe(suffixedSession); | |
| expect(context.clientUat.toString()).toBe(suffixedClientUat); | |
| }); |
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In `@packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/authenticateContext.test.ts` around
lines 217 - 231, Update the test case identified by “falls back to suffixed
cookies when the token has a non-string issuer” to also assert that
context.clientUat equals suffixedClientUat, alongside the existing suffixed
session-token assertion.
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Description
Fix
Cookieheader parsing inauthenticateRequest()to follow RFC 6265. The header is now split into name/value pairs before each value is percent-decoded, instead of the whole header being decoded up front.Previously, a cookie whose value contained an encoded
;or=(for examplepref=a%3Bb%3Dc, which is what most frameworks emit when a value is set from user input) was split into several separate cookies, so Clerk could observe cookies that were not present in the request. A value containing a malformed percent-sequence such as%C0also caused the request to throw aURIError.Legitimate cookie values are unaffected: single-encoded values decode to the same result as before.
Also guard against a non-string
issclaim when comparing a session token against the instance's frontend API. A__sessioncookie holding a JWT whose payload had a numericisspreviously threw aTypeErrorwhile building the authenticate context, before any signature verification ran.Fixes AISEC-89
Fixes #9333
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pnpm testruns as expected.pnpm buildruns as expected.Type of change