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Summary

  • Fail closed when consumers is configured and x-abbenay-token is present but matches no consumer: session RPCs return UNAUTHENTICATED instead of mapping the caller to local (#71).
  • Keep omitted token → local for unix-socket / local CLI DX.
  • Align privileged RPCs (authorizeConsumer): missing/unrecognized token → UNAUTHENTICATED; recognized consumer lacking a capability → PERMISSION_DENIED. Denial messages stay identical so the string does not leak token validity.

Why

PR #62 / DR-031 stamped sessions with an owner, but resolveGrpcSessionOwner treated a wrong token like no token. That let a caller with a bad consumer token use the CLI session namespace.

Test plan

  • Unit: resolveGrpcSessionOwner (no token → local, match → consumer:<name>, wrong/empty token → fail closed, stray token with no consumers → local)
  • Unit: session CRUD rejects unrecognized tokens as UNAUTHENTICATED and does not call the store
  • Unit: authorizeConsumer codes (UNAUTHENTICATED vs PERMISSION_DENIED)
  • Integration: Create/Get isolation between local and consumer:full; wrong token on GetSession → UNAUTHENTICATED
  • CI lint-and-test / build matrix

Closes #71

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  • docs/CONFIGURATION.md
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  • packages/python/src/abbenay_grpc/__init__.py
  • packages/python/src/abbenay_grpc/client.py
  • packages/python/tests/test_session_consumer_token.py
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added optional consumer-token support to Python session creation, retrieval, listing, deletion, and session chat operations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved authentication responses by distinguishing unauthenticated requests from insufficient permissions.
    • Invalid or missing tokens now return UNAUTHENTICATED; recognized consumers without required capabilities return PERMISSION_DENIED.
    • Prevented invalid tokens from accessing sessions or being treated as local callers.
    • Applied consistent authentication behavior across streaming, session, inline-policy, and MCP operations.
  • Documentation

    • Updated configuration, security, decision records, and client documentation.

Walkthrough

The PR separates UNAUTHENTICATED from PERMISSION_DENIED, rejects unknown tokens when consumers are configured, validates session ownership before access, forwards Python client tokens, and updates tests and documentation.

Changes

gRPC consumer authentication

Layer / File(s) Summary
Authentication result contract
packages/daemon/src/daemon/server/consumer-auth.ts, packages/daemon/src/daemon/server/abbenay-service.ts, packages/daemon/src/daemon/server/consumer-auth.test.ts
AuthResult now reports authentication-specific denial codes. Token extraction preserves missing and empty headers.
RPC authorization and session ownership
packages/daemon/src/daemon/server/abbenay-service.ts, packages/daemon/src/daemon/server/abbenay-service.test.ts
gRPC authorization maps denial codes for unary, streaming, inline-policy, and MCP registration calls. Session RPCs validate ownership before storage access or asynchronous processing.
Python session token forwarding
packages/python/src/abbenay_grpc/client.py, packages/python/tests/test_session_consumer_token.py
Session CRUD methods accept keyword-only tokens and forward them as x-abbenay-token metadata. Session chat uses the shared metadata helper.
Behavior validation and operator documentation
packages/daemon/tests/integration/*, DESIGN-inline-policy.md, docs/CONFIGURATION.md, docs/SECURITY.md, docs/decisions.md
Tests cover status codes, session isolation, MCP registration, and token forwarding. Documentation records the authentication behavior and DR-049.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 61c9c

Consumer authentication tokens can be exposed and reused when the client connects over non-TLS TCP, enabling consumer impersonation; consumer-owned session access also remains incomplete because Python session CRUD calls do not consistently propagate tokens. Merge should be blocked until token transport is protected or insecure token use is rejected.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PythonClient
  participant gRPCService
  participant resolveGrpcSessionOwner
  participant SessionStorage
  PythonClient->>gRPCService: send session RPC with x-abbenay-token
  gRPCService->>resolveGrpcSessionOwner: resolve local, consumer, or failure
  resolveGrpcSessionOwner-->>gRPCService: validated owner or UNAUTHENTICATED
  gRPCService->>SessionStorage: access data for validated owner
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 73.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly states the primary change: rejecting unrecognized gRPC consumer tokens as unauthenticated.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the fail-closed token behavior, preserved local access, authorization status codes, and test coverage.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #71 by rejecting unrecognized tokens, preserving no-token local ownership, and aligning privileged RPC authorization.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The code, tests, documentation, and Python token forwarding changes support the linked authentication objectives.
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In `@docs/CONFIGURATION.md`:
- Around line 353-354: Update the discovery RPC statement in the configuration
documentation to remove the claim that all discovery RPCs are ungated;
explicitly list only the health, status, and list RPCs that remain ungated,
while preserving the session CRUD description.

In `@packages/python/src/abbenay_grpc/client.py`:
- Around line 341-343: Add an optional token parameter to the create_session,
get_session, list_sessions, and delete_session methods, and forward it through
gRPC metadata using the same consumer-token handling as chat(). Add a client
test covering session creation followed by session_chat with the identical
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- Around line 39-43: Ensure token-bearing TCP connections in
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tls=False and a token is provided; preserve tokenless TCP behavior and the
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