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  • Replaced any-casting with strict Zod validation in api-gateway auth middleware
  • Secured backend microservices against direct access via x-internal-secret injection
  • Fixed ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED on OAuth consent denial by cleanly closing Bun socket
  • Added dynamic, visually consistent JetBrains Mono themed Success/Error landing pages matching the CLI's active theme
  • Refactored http-proxy-middleware v4 configuration to fix TS errors
  • Fixed TS fetch mocking errors in auth.test.ts

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added Clerk-based sign-in, sign-out, token refresh, and persistent CLI authentication.
    • Added authentication-aware command menus, including login, logout, and session commands.
    • Added browser-based login status and error pages.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Protected API, chat, and session operations from unauthorized access.
    • Restricted session data and actions to the authenticated account.
    • Improved handling for expired sessions, remote logout, and failed authentication.
  • Security
    • Added secure authentication checks for CLI requests and service communication.
    • Added required authentication configuration for secure service startup.

…l secrets

- Replaced any-casting with strict Zod validation in api-gateway auth middleware
- Secured backend microservices against direct access via x-internal-secret injection
- Fixed ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED on OAuth consent denial by cleanly closing Bun socket
- Added dynamic, visually consistent JetBrains Mono themed Success/Error landing pages matching the CLI's active theme
- Refactored http-proxy-middleware v4 configuration to fix TS errors
- Fixed TS fetch mocking errors in auth.test.ts
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Walkthrough

The pull request adds Clerk authentication across the CLI, API gateway, chat service, and session service. It persists and refreshes CLI tokens, verifies gateway requests, propagates authenticated user IDs, protects tRPC procedures, and filters CLI commands by authentication state.

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Clerk authentication and authorization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Authentication contracts and configuration
.env.example, AGENTS.md, package.json, packages/api-gateway/package.json, packages/shared/src/trpc.ts, skills-lock.json
Adds Clerk and JWT configuration, dependencies, shared protectedProcedure, and Clerk skill metadata.
Gateway verification and service trust
packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts, packages/api-gateway/src/server.ts, packages/chat-service/src/server.ts, packages/session-service/src/server.ts
Verifies Clerk tokens, caches user IDs, injects trusted headers, and enforces the internal secret between services.
User-scoped backend procedures
packages/chat-service/src/router.ts, packages/session-service/src/router.ts
Requires authenticated procedures and scopes session operations to ctx.userId.
CLI authentication lifecycle
packages/cli/src/env.ts, packages/cli/src/lib/*, packages/cli/src/providers/auth-provider.tsx, packages/cli/src/providers/theme/index.tsx
Adds persisted auth state, PKCE login, token refresh, remote logout handling, authentication HTML, and the useAuth context.
CLI transport and command integration
packages/cli/src/index.tsx, packages/cli/src/layouts/root-layout.tsx, packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/*, packages/cli/src/components/input-bar.tsx, packages/cli/src/dialogs/logout-dialog.tsx, packages/cli/package.json
Adds JWT headers, authenticated subscriptions, refresh retries, auth-aware commands, login guards, and logout handling.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 88861

This change can reject valid authenticated requests and still carries unresolved authorization, cross-user cancellation, HTML injection, and internal-secret configuration risks. The PR should not merge until these concrete correctness and security issues are fixed or explicitly accepted by the appropriate owners.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant APIGateway
  participant Clerk
  participant BackendService
  CLI->>APIGateway: Send JWT authorization header
  APIGateway->>Clerk: Verify JWT or request OAuth userinfo
  Clerk-->>APIGateway: Return authenticated user ID
  APIGateway->>BackendService: Send x-user-id and x-internal-secret
  BackendService-->>CLI: Return protected tRPC response
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packages/chat-service/src/router.ts (1)

214-221: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Authorize cancelChat against the session.

cancelChat requires authentication but does not apply sessionValidatorMiddleware. Any authenticated user who knows another user's sessionId and jobId can publish a cancellation for that job.

Apply sessionValidatorMiddleware before this mutation. This matches streamChat and submitChatJob.

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-  cancelChat: protectedProcedure
+  cancelChat: protectedProcedure
+    .use(sessionValidatorMiddleware)
     .input(z.object({ sessionId: z.string(), jobId: z.string() }))
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In `@packages/chat-service/src/router.ts` around lines 214 - 221, Apply
sessionValidatorMiddleware to the cancelChat protectedProcedure before its
mutation handler, matching the middleware configuration used by streamChat and
submitChatJob, so cancellation is authorized against the requested session.
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packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/filter-command.ts (1)

5-17: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add focused tests for authentication filtering.

Cover authenticated and unauthenticated states. Include /login, /logout, /sessions, and public commands. This function now controls command visibility and should have regression coverage.

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In `@packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/filter-command.ts` around lines 5 -
17, Add focused tests for getFilteredCommands covering both authenticated and
unauthenticated states; verify /login, /logout, /sessions, and public commands
are included or excluded according to each command’s authRequired setting, while
preserving query filtering behavior.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts`:
- Around line 16-35: Update requireAuth and tokenCache to use the validated
Clerk exp claim for each cache entry’s TTL, refusing to cache tokens without a
known expiry instead of applying a fixed duration. When reading cached entries,
evict expired tokens before continuing verification, and ensure expired entries
are removed from the Map; add tests covering expiry enforcement and eviction.

In `@packages/api-gateway/src/server.ts`:
- Around line 36-39: Remove the insecure JWT_SECRET fallback: require a
configured high-entropy internal-service secret and fail startup when absent.
Apply the same required secret to both proxy requests in
packages/api-gateway/src/server.ts (lines 36-39 and 68-72), document no usable
default in .env.example (line 35), and add startup validation in
packages/chat-service/src/server.ts (lines 32-39) and
packages/session-service/src/server.ts (lines 20-27).

In `@packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/commands.tsx`:
- Around line 78-80: Update handleCommand and both command-menu execution paths
to await the promise returned by Command.action and catch rejected actions. On
rejection, show failure feedback through the existing toast mechanism instead of
allowing an unhandled rejection, while preserving the current successful action
behavior.

In `@packages/cli/src/index.tsx`:
- Around line 100-116: Update AuthenticatedEventSource to stop appending the JWT
as the URL token query parameter; instead, use EventSource’s fetch override to
add an Authorization header with the Bearer JWT while preserving the existing
request behavior and unauthenticated path.

In `@packages/cli/src/lib/auth-html.ts`:
- Around line 93-94: Escape errorMsg in the authentication HTML template before
interpolating it into the paragraph, covering &, <, >, double quotes, and single
quotes; keep the successful message unchanged and ensure the escaped value is
used by the failure branch in the template.

In `@packages/cli/src/providers/auth-provider.tsx`:
- Around line 121-142: Update bootCheck and its authTask flow so minDelay is
awaited only when AuthManager.getState() returns a sessionId and an actual
refresh is attempted; allow signed-out startup without a five-second wait while
preserving the existing delay during refresh and the final
setIsAuthenticating(false) behavior.
- Around line 56-76: The startPolling interval must share the same in-flight
refresh coordination as forceRefresh instead of calling refreshJWT directly.
Update the shared refresh mechanism so scheduled and demand-driven refreshes are
serialized, including refresh-token rotation, and only handle UNAUTHORIZED as
logout when the coordinated refresh genuinely fails for the active session.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/chat-service/src/router.ts`:
- Around line 214-221: Apply sessionValidatorMiddleware to the cancelChat
protectedProcedure before its mutation handler, matching the middleware
configuration used by streamChat and submitChatJob, so cancellation is
authorized against the requested session.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/filter-command.ts`:
- Around line 5-17: Add focused tests for getFilteredCommands covering both
authenticated and unauthenticated states; verify /login, /logout, /sessions, and
public commands are included or excluded according to each command’s
authRequired setting, while preserving query filtering behavior.
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  • .env.example
  • AGENTS.md
  • packages/api-gateway/package.json
  • packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts
  • packages/api-gateway/src/server.ts
  • packages/chat-service/src/router.ts
  • packages/chat-service/src/server.ts
  • packages/cli/package.json
  • packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/commands.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/filter-command.ts
  • packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/index.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/types.ts
  • packages/cli/src/components/command-menu/use-command-menu.ts
  • packages/cli/src/components/input-bar.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/components/session-shell.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/dialogs/logout-dialog.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/env.ts
  • packages/cli/src/index.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/layouts/root-layout.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/lib/auth-html.ts
  • packages/cli/src/lib/auth.ts
  • packages/cli/src/lib/clerk-oauth.ts
  • packages/cli/src/providers/auth-provider.tsx
  • packages/cli/src/providers/theme/index.tsx
  • packages/session-service/src/router.ts
  • packages/session-service/src/server.ts
  • packages/shared/src/trpc.ts
  • skills-lock.json

Comment on lines +16 to +35
export const tokenCache = new Map<string, { userId: string; expiresAt: number }>();

export const requireAuth: express.RequestHandler = async (req, res, next) => {
let token = "";
const authHeader = req.headers.authorization;
if (authHeader && authHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
token = authHeader.split(" ")[1] || "";
} else if (typeof req.query.token === "string") {
token = req.query.token;
}

if (!token) {
res.status(401).json({ error: "Missing or invalid Authorization token" });
return;
}

// 1. Check cache first
const cached = tokenCache.get(token);
if (cached && Date.now() < cached.expiresAt) {
req.headers["x-user-id"] = cached.userId;

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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wc -l packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts
cat -n packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- related usages and configuration ---'
rg -n -C 3 'tokenCache|requireAuth|verifyToken|jwtVerify|`@clerk/backend`|CLERK|expiresAt' packages --glob '*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,json}' | head -400

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Clerk Backend verifyToken token expiration revocation cache behavior official documentation

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Clerk's backend authentication follows a stateless, local-verification architecture optimized for performance and security. Token Expiration and Revocation Clerk session tokens are standard JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) [1]. Because JWTs are self-contained, they cannot be programmatically revoked once issued [2]. To manage this limitation while maintaining security, Clerk employs a short-lived token strategy [2][1]: 1. Short TTL: Session tokens are set to expire 60 seconds after issuance [2][1]. 2. Decoupled Revocation: While a specific JWT cannot be "revoked" before it expires, the session itself can be deleted in Clerk's system [1]. Because the token expires in 60 seconds, any unauthorized access (e.g., after a user signs out or a session is deleted) is automatically restricted to a maximum window of 60 seconds [2][1]. 3. Background Refresh: Clerk's frontend SDKs handle token continuity by automatically refreshing the token every 50 seconds to prevent the user from being signed out [2]. Verification and Caching Backend verification occurs via verifyToken() or authenticateRequest() [3][4]. There are two primary verification modes: 1. Networkless (Recommended): By providing the jwtKey (the Clerk JWT public key) to the backend SDK, verification is performed locally using standard RS256 signature checks [3][5]. This eliminates the need for network round-trips to Clerk during the critical path of a request [5]. 2. Networked Fallback: If jwtKey is not provided, the SDK performs a network call to retrieve the JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) from Clerk’s Backend API [3][4]. In this mode, the JWKS is cached in memory on the server for five minutes [5]. Note on Cache Settings: Older versions of Clerk SDKs included a jwksCacheTtlInMs option to customize this cache duration; however, this is now deprecated and is a no-op in current versions [3][4]. The skipJwksCache option remains available if you must force a fresh JWKS fetch before every verification [3][4]. For further implementation details, refer to the official Clerk documentation on verifying tokens [3] and the guide on manual JWT verification [6].

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printf '%s\n' '--- API gateway tests ---'
git ls-files 'packages/api-gateway' | rg '(^|/)(test|tests|__tests__)/|\\.(test|spec)\\.'

printf '%s\n' '--- auth-related test references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'requireAuth|tokenCache|verifyToken|oauth/userinfo' . --glob '*.{test,spec}.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}' --glob '!node_modules' || true

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print(f"Clerk session lifetime cited by documentation: {clerk_session_ttl.total_seconds():.0f}s")
print(f"Cache lifetime in packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts: {cache_ttl.total_seconds():.0f}s")
print(f"Maximum stale-cache authorization after token expiry: {(cache_ttl - clerk_session_ttl).total_seconds():.0f}s")
print("Expired entries are deleted on lookup:", False)
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Bound tokenCache by token expiry.

tokenCache bypasses Clerk verification for five minutes. Clerk session tokens expire after about 60 seconds, so an expired token can remain authorized for up to four additional minutes. Expired entries also remain in the unbounded Map.

Use the validated exp claim for the cache TTL. Do not cache tokens without a known expiry. Evict expired entries and add tests for expiry and eviction.

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In `@packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts` around lines 16 - 35, Update
requireAuth and tokenCache to use the validated Clerk exp claim for each cache
entry’s TTL, refusing to cache tokens without a known expiry instead of applying
a fixed duration. When reading cached entries, evict expired tokens before
continuing verification, and ensure expired entries are removed from the Map;
add tests covering expiry enforcement and eviction.

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Comment on lines +93 to +94
<h1>${success ? 'Authentication Successful' : 'Authentication Failed'}</h1>
<p>${success ? 'You have successfully authenticated with Wright CLI.<br/>You can safely close this tab and return to your terminal.' : errorMsg}</p>

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Escape errorMsg before inserting it into HTML.

packages/cli/src/lib/clerk-oauth.ts passes the callback error_description into this template. An attacker can supply markup in that query parameter. The current interpolation can close the <p> element and execute script in the loopback callback origin.

Escape &, <, >, ", and ' before rendering error text.

Proposed fix
 import type { ThemeColors } from "../theme";

+const escapeHtml = (value?: string) =>
+  (value ?? "").replace(
+    /[&<>"']/g,
+    (character) =>
+      ({
+        "&": "&amp;",
+        "<": "&lt;",
+        ">": "&gt;",
+        '"': "&quot;",
+        "'": "&`#39`;",
+      })[character]!,
+  );
+
 export const getAuthHtml = (success: boolean, errorMsg?: string, theme?: ThemeColors) => `<!DOCTYPE html>
 // ...
-    <p>${success ? 'You have successfully authenticated with Wright CLI.<br/>You can safely close this tab and return to your terminal.' : errorMsg}</p>
+    <p>${success ? 'You have successfully authenticated with Wright CLI.<br/>You can safely close this tab and return to your terminal.' : escapeHtml(errorMsg)}</p>
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covering &, <, >, double quotes, and single quotes; keep the successful message
unchanged and ensure the escaped value is used by the failure branch in the
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packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts (1)

72-107: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Use Clerk’s OAuth token verification flow before authorizing requests.

err.message.includes("at+jwt") is not a stable token-type check. Use Clerk’s documented OAuth token verification flow instead of relying on SDK error text and /oauth/userinfo.

/oauth/userinfo retrieves user claims. It does not establish that the token targets this gateway or has the required scopes. Validate the gateway’s expected audience or client and required scopes before setting x-user-id.

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In `@packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts` around lines 72 - 107, Replace
the err.message “at+jwt” fallback and /oauth/userinfo-based identity lookup with
Clerk’s documented OAuth token verification flow. In the authentication
middleware, verify the token’s expected gateway audience or client and required
scopes before assigning userId or setting x-user-id; do not authorize requests
based solely on claims returned by userInfoSchema.

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package.json (1)

21-21: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Pin TypeScript to a supported exact version.

bun.lock resolves TypeScript to 5.9.3. Do not pin it to 5.5.4; the @trpc/* packages require TypeScript >=5.7.2. Use an exact supported version and update bun.lock.

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Inline comments:
In @.env.example:
- Line 35: Update the JWT_SECRET entry to use an explicitly quoted empty value
and move the security comment to its own line, preserving the existing
configuration key while eliminating dotenv-linter warnings.

In `@packages/cli/src/providers/auth-provider.tsx`:
- Line 63: Update forceRefresh so it publishes and stores the in-flight refresh
promise synchronously before any await, ensuring concurrent callers share one
request. Bind the promise to the active session generation and prevent stale
generations from affecting the current session or triggering logout; add a
regression test covering concurrent refresh calls with a rotating token.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts`:
- Around line 72-107: Replace the err.message “at+jwt” fallback and
/oauth/userinfo-based identity lookup with Clerk’s documented OAuth token
verification flow. In the authentication middleware, verify the token’s expected
gateway audience or client and required scopes before assigning userId or
setting x-user-id; do not authorize requests based solely on claims returned by
userInfoSchema.

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- Line 21: Update the TypeScript dependency entry in package.json to an exact
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resolved supported version 5.9.3 rather than 5.5.4, and regenerate bun.lock to
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Comment thread .env.example
CLERK_FRONTEND_API=
CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=
CLERK_SECRET_KEY=
JWT_SECRET= # MUST BE A HIGH ENTROPY STRING TO SECURE MICROSERVICES No newline at end of file

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dotenv 17.4.2 parses the current line as an empty value, so it does not provide a known non-empty secret. Move the comment and quote the empty value to remove the dotenv-linter warnings.

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In @.env.example at line 35, Update the JWT_SECRET entry to use an explicitly
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Comment thread packages/cli/src/providers/auth-provider.tsx
1. Refactored API gateway auth middleware to use robust authenticateRequest flow to validate OAuth token audience and scopes.

2. Made forceRefresh single-flight in cli to prevent concurrent refresh race conditions.

3. Pinned typescript to exactly 5.9.3 to satisfy trpc requirements.

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In `@packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts`:
- Around line 84-91: Update the required-scope validation in the authentication
middleware to read the authenticated scopes from authState.toAuth().scopes
instead of decoding token. Preserve the existing requiredScopes iteration and
missing-scope rejection behavior, including support for opaque OAuth tokens.
- Around line 72-76: Update the acceptsToken configuration in
authenticateRequest to use Clerk’s valid "session_token" type instead of
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Comment thread packages/api-gateway/src/middleware/auth.ts
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