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siftlode/backend/tests/test_auth_session.py
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peter 3ac3d382e7 fix(auth): stop the address-bar mirror eating emailed auth tokens, and unlock revoked accounts
Two independent bugs made an email+password registration unrecoverable in prod.

The verification link did nothing. urlWithParams/clearParams rebuilt the URL as
pathname+query and dropped the fragment — but the one-time auth tokens ride the
fragment (#verify=/#reset=, SB3), and the providers that mirror nav params
(useUrlMirror in FeedFilters/Playlists/Plex/Channels) sit ABOVE the lazily-loaded
<App> in main.tsx. Their mount effect replaceState'd the token away before the auth
card's chunk had loaded, so the card read an empty hash: the link opened a bare
sign-in page, no request, no banner. Both helpers now carry the fragment over.

The account was then locked out for good. SEC-10 nulls password_hash when an
unverified account is attested (here: admin approval landing before the user could
verify — which the bug above made impossible). That is indistinguishable from a
Google-only account, and reset eligibility keyed off password_hash alone, so no
reset link was ever issued: no password to sign in with, and no way to get one.
users.password_revoked_at records the revocation, reset eligibility honours it, and
setting a password again (reset-confirm or set-password) clears it. An account that
never had a password stays ineligible on purpose — its owner adds one from Settings.

/auth/verify now also answers password_reset_required so the card can say why the
registered password stopped working, instead of leaving the user at the uniform
"Invalid email or password". Telling the holder of a valid verify token leaks
nothing: they have already proved they own the mailbox.

The 0078 migration backfills the stamp for rows carrying the exact lockout signature
(local, non-demo, no password, unverified), so existing victims recover unaided.
2026-09-02 01:28:45 +02:00

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"""Auth / session security core (TEST-1), DB-lane.
The wallet impersonation gate, epoch-based session revocation, single-use tokens and the
enumeration-safe uniform 401 are the security mag, and had zero tests (only `_oauth_redirect_uri` was
covered). Starlette's SessionMiddleware round-trips the signed cookie under TestClient, so the whole
browser-less flow is exercisable. Uses the real auth stack via the `client` fixture (NO current_user
override) so login, the wallet gate and epoch revoke are the code under test.
Note: `/api/me` is the bootstrap probe — it returns 200 `{authenticated: False}` when logged out, not a
401. A revoked session is therefore checked on a PROTECTED endpoint (`/api/feed`), which does 401.
"""
from datetime import timedelta
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from app.auth import ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_HEADER
from app.main import app
_PW = "correct horse battery"
# The `client`/`as_user` fixtures bake in the post-setup `_configured` state, so no per-test patch here.
def _login(client, email, password):
return client.post("/auth/password-login", json={"email": email, "password": password})
def test_password_login_then_me_is_authenticated(client, make_user):
make_user(email="alice@example.com", password=_PW)
assert _login(client, "alice@example.com", _PW).status_code == 200
me = client.get("/api/me")
assert me.status_code == 200
assert me.json()["authenticated"] is True
assert me.json()["email"] == "alice@example.com"
def test_wrong_password_and_unknown_email_give_a_byte_identical_401(client, make_user):
make_user(email="bob@example.com", password=_PW)
wrong_pw = _login(client, "bob@example.com", "not the password")
unknown = _login(client, "nobody@example.com", _PW)
assert wrong_pw.status_code == 401 and unknown.status_code == 401
# Identical body: a wrong password and a non-existent account must be indistinguishable (no
# account-enumeration oracle).
assert wrong_pw.json() == unknown.json()
def test_a_non_wallet_account_header_falls_back_to_the_default(client, make_user):
# The X-Siftlode-Account header may only re-target an account already signed into THIS browser
# (in the session wallet). A header naming someone else must be ignored, not honored — otherwise
# it's an impersonation gate hole.
make_user(email="alice2@example.com", password=_PW)
mallory = make_user(email="mallory@example.com", password=_PW)
assert _login(client, "alice2@example.com", _PW).status_code == 200
me = client.get("/api/me", headers={ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_HEADER: str(mallory.id)})
assert me.status_code == 200
assert me.json()["email"] == "alice2@example.com" # still Alice, not Mallory
def test_logout_others_revokes_the_other_session_but_keeps_the_caller(client, make_user):
# Two independent cookie jars (browsers) signed into the same account. `logout-others` from one
# bumps the account epoch so the OTHER's cookie is rejected on its next request, while the caller
# is re-stamped and stays in. Checked on /api/feed (a protected endpoint that 401s on revocation).
make_user(email="carol@example.com", password=_PW)
# A second, independent cookie jar; the `client` fixture already routed get_db to the test DB on
# the shared app, so this instance uses it too — it just has its own session cookie.
other = TestClient(app)
assert _login(client, "carol@example.com", _PW).status_code == 200
assert _login(other, "carol@example.com", _PW).status_code == 200
assert other.get("/api/feed").status_code == 200 # both valid to start
assert client.post("/auth/logout-others").status_code == 200
assert other.get("/api/feed").status_code == 401 # its epoch is now stale
assert client.get("/api/feed").status_code == 200 # the caller stays signed in
def test_reset_confirm_is_single_use_and_kills_existing_sessions(client, make_user, db):
from app.routes.auth import _issue_token
user = make_user(email="dave@example.com", password=_PW)
assert _login(client, "dave@example.com", _PW).status_code == 200
assert client.get("/api/feed").status_code == 200 # session valid at the pre-reset epoch
raw = _issue_token(db, user, "reset", timedelta(hours=1))
db.commit()
ok = client.post(
"/auth/password-reset/confirm", json={"token": raw, "password": "brand new pw!"}
)
assert ok.status_code == 200
# A reset bumps the epoch (compromise response) -> the pre-reset cookie is now rejected.
assert client.get("/api/feed").status_code == 401
# The token is single-use: a replay is a clean 400, not a second reset.
replay = client.post(
"/auth/password-reset/confirm", json={"token": raw, "password": "another pw!!"}
)
assert replay.status_code == 400
def test_activating_an_unverified_account_drops_its_preset_password(db, make_user):
# SEC-10 (account pre-emption): an attacker registers victim@x with a password before the approved
# owner arrives. The address was never verified, so admin approval must NOT hand that pre-set
# password a working login — it is dropped and any session it minted is revoked.
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
victim = make_user(
email="victim@example.com",
password="attacker-chosen",
email_verified=False,
is_active=False,
)
epoch0 = victim.session_epoch or 0
_activate_user_by_email(db, "victim@example.com")
assert victim.is_active is True
assert victim.password_hash is None
assert (victim.session_epoch or 0) == epoch0 + 1
def test_activating_a_verified_account_keeps_its_password(db, make_user):
# A legit account whose email IS verified (e.g. a no-SMTP registration) keeps its password on
# approval — the guard must not break the normal flow.
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
user = make_user(
email="legit@example.com", password="my own password", email_verified=True, is_active=False
)
_activate_user_by_email(db, "legit@example.com")
assert user.is_active is True
assert user.password_hash is not None
def _register_and_fetch(db, email: str):
"""Run the /register background worker, then read the users/invites rows back through a FRESH
query. The worker owns its own session, so anything it failed to commit is simply not there."""
from sqlalchemy import select as _select
from app.models import Invite, User
from app.routes.auth import _register_account
_register_account(email, _PW)
db.expire_all()
user = db.execute(_select(User).where(User.email == email)).scalar_one_or_none()
invite = db.execute(_select(Invite).where(Invite.email == email)).scalar_one_or_none()
return user, invite
def _no_smtp(monkeypatch):
"""Put the worker on the no-SMTP path and capture the admin notice instead of sending it."""
from app.routes import auth as auth_mod
notified: list[str] = []
monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod.email_mod, "email_enabled", lambda: False)
monkeypatch.setattr(
auth_mod.email_mod, "send_admin_new_request", lambda admins, to: notified.append(to) or True
)
return notified
def test_registration_of_a_pre_approved_email_persists_the_account_without_smtp(
db, make_user, monkeypatch
):
# THE regression. An admin whitelists an address, the person registers, and the account silently
# never existed: upsert_pending_invite leaves an already-approved row alone and returns WITHOUT
# committing, and the only other commit on this path (_issue_token) is gated on SMTP — so with no
# working mail the flushed user was rolled back at session close. The sign-up answered "ok",
# created nothing, and re-registering did the same again.
from app.models import Invite
notified = _no_smtp(monkeypatch)
make_user(email="admin@example.com", role="admin")
db.add(Invite(email="roland@example.com", status="approved", decided_by="admin@example.com"))
db.commit()
user, invite = _register_and_fetch(db, "roland@example.com")
assert user is not None, "pre-approved registration was rolled back — the account is gone"
assert user.password_hash is not None
assert user.email_verified is True # no SMTP => ownership can't be proven by link
assert (
user.is_active is False
) # approval is bound to the account by an admin, not by signing up
# The admin's standing decision is left exactly as it was — is_allowed() still reads "approved",
# so their Google sign-in keeps working and an anonymous sign-up cannot revoke access.
assert invite.status == "approved"
assert invite.decided_by == "admin@example.com"
# The notify path still fires for an already-approved address — nothing lands in the queue, so
# it is the only announcement there is. (Whether it is DELIVERED is separate: on a real no-SMTP
# instance `_send` drops it, which is the open half of the problem, roadmap UX-25.)
assert notified == ["roland@example.com"]
def test_registration_with_an_already_pending_request_persists_the_account(
db, make_user, monkeypatch
):
# The same rollback, reached the other way: someone uses Request access, then registers before
# the admin has decided. upsert_pending_invite leaves the pending row alone and does not commit.
from app.models import Invite
notified = _no_smtp(monkeypatch)
make_user(email="admin@example.com", role="admin")
db.add(Invite(email="pia@example.com", status="pending"))
db.commit()
user, invite = _register_and_fetch(db, "pia@example.com")
assert user is not None, "registration was rolled back — the account is gone"
assert user.is_active is False
assert invite.status == "pending"
assert notified == ["pia@example.com"]
def test_an_admin_can_activate_a_pre_approved_registrant(db, monkeypatch):
# The recovery path for the account above, pinned so it cannot quietly break: re-entering the
# address in the Access-requests whitelist box (POST /api/admin/invites) runs
# _activate_user_by_email, which is also what keeps the SEC-10 preset-password guard in play.
from app.models import Invite
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
_no_smtp(monkeypatch)
db.add(Invite(email="roland@example.com", status="approved", decided_by="admin@example.com"))
db.commit()
user, _ = _register_and_fetch(db, "roland@example.com")
_activate_user_by_email(db, "roland@example.com")
db.expire_all()
assert user.is_active is True
assert user.password_hash is not None # a verified account keeps its own password
def test_registration_of_an_unknown_email_still_persists_account_and_pending_invite(
db, make_user, monkeypatch
):
# Guard, not a regression test: this branch always worked (upsert INSERTs the invite and commits
# the same transaction). It must keep working — and it is the case that DOES notify the admin.
notified = _no_smtp(monkeypatch)
make_user(email="admin@example.com", role="admin")
user, invite = _register_and_fetch(db, "stranger@example.com")
assert user is not None
assert user.is_active is False
assert invite is not None and invite.status == "pending"
assert notified == ["stranger@example.com"]
def test_registration_of_a_previously_denied_email_revives_the_request(db, make_user, monkeypatch):
# Guard: a denied person may ask again — the invite flips back to pending (and commits) so the
# admin sees a fresh request. The stale decision must not leak into the new account's state.
from app.models import Invite
notified = _no_smtp(monkeypatch)
make_user(email="admin@example.com", role="admin")
db.add(Invite(email="denis@example.com", status="denied", decided_by="admin@example.com"))
db.commit()
user, invite = _register_and_fetch(db, "denis@example.com")
assert user is not None
assert user.is_active is False
assert invite.status == "pending"
assert invite.decided_at is None and invite.decided_by is None
assert notified == ["denis@example.com"]
def test_registration_of_a_pre_approved_email_persists_the_account_with_smtp(db, monkeypatch):
# Guard, not a regression test: with SMTP on, _issue_token's own commit already persisted the
# user, so this branch was never broken and must stay unbroken.
from app.models import Invite
from app.routes import auth as auth_mod
sent: list[str] = []
monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod.email_mod, "email_enabled", lambda: True)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod.email_mod, "send_verify_email", lambda to, link: sent.append(to))
monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod.email_mod, "send_admin_new_request", lambda admins, to: True)
db.add(Invite(email="rita@example.com", status="approved", decided_by="admin@example.com"))
db.commit()
user, invite = _register_and_fetch(db, "rita@example.com")
assert user is not None
assert user.email_verified is False # must confirm the address
assert user.is_active is False
assert invite.status == "approved"
assert sent == ["rita@example.com"]
def test_verifying_an_email_never_grants_access_on_its_own(client, db, make_user):
# Verification attests the address; it does not decide access. The two gates stay separate.
from app.models import Invite
from app.routes.auth import _issue_token
user = make_user(email="rita@example.com", password=_PW, email_verified=False, is_active=False)
db.add(Invite(email="rita@example.com", status="approved", decided_by="admin@example.com"))
db.commit()
raw = _issue_token(db, user, "verify", timedelta(hours=1))
assert client.post("/auth/verify", json={"token": raw}).status_code == 200
db.expire_all()
assert user.email_verified is True
assert user.is_active is False
assert _login(client, "rita@example.com", _PW).status_code == 403
def test_register_route_creates_the_account_end_to_end(client, db, monkeypatch):
# The tests above call _register_account directly, so nothing covered the ROUTE: its
# allow_registration gate, its rate limiter and the background.add_task wiring that makes the
# whole flow reachable at all. TestClient runs BackgroundTasks after the response, so a single
# POST exercises the real path end to end.
from sqlalchemy import select as _select
from app.models import User
_no_smtp(monkeypatch)
r = client.post("/auth/register", json={"email": "newbie@example.com", "password": _PW})
assert r.status_code == 200 and r.json() == {"status": "ok"}
db.expire_all()
user = db.execute(_select(User).where(User.email == "newbie@example.com")).scalar_one_or_none()
assert user is not None, "POST /auth/register answered ok but created nothing"
assert user.password_hash is not None
def test_register_route_is_refused_when_registration_is_closed(client, db, monkeypatch):
# The gate is an explicit 403 with nothing created — not a uniform "ok" that silently drops it.
from sqlalchemy import select as _select
from app import sysconfig
from app.models import User
_no_smtp(monkeypatch)
sysconfig.set_value(db, "allow_registration", False)
r = client.post("/auth/register", json={"email": "closed@example.com", "password": _PW})
assert r.status_code == 403
db.expire_all()
assert (
db.execute(_select(User).where(User.email == "closed@example.com")).scalar_one_or_none()
is None
)
# --- SEC-10 lockout: a revoked preset password must stay RECOVERABLE ---------------------------
#
# Regression pack for the prod incident of 2026-09-02. An account registered with a password, then
# approved by an admin BEFORE its email was verified, ended up with password_hash = NULL. That is
# also what a Google-only account looks like, and reset eligibility keyed off `password_hash` alone —
# so the account could neither sign in (no password) nor obtain a reset link, and every response on
# the way was a deliberately uniform "ok"/401. `password_revoked_at` is the trace that tells the two
# apart; these pin each step of the way back in.
def _capture_reset_links(monkeypatch) -> list[str]:
"""Patch the reset mailer and collect the recipients it is asked to write to."""
from app.routes import auth as auth_mod
sent: list[str] = []
monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod.email_mod, "send_password_reset", lambda to, link: sent.append(to))
return sent
def test_the_approval_revoke_stamps_password_revoked_at(db, make_user):
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
victim = make_user(
email="stamped@example.com",
password="attacker-chosen",
email_verified=False,
is_active=False,
)
assert victim.password_revoked_at is None
_activate_user_by_email(db, "stamped@example.com")
assert victim.password_hash is None
assert victim.password_revoked_at is not None # …so the reset flow can tell it HAD a password
def test_an_account_whose_password_was_revoked_can_still_get_a_reset_link(
db, make_user, monkeypatch
):
# THE lockout bug: without the stamp this sent nothing, and the account was unrecoverable.
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
from app.routes.auth import _send_reset_if_eligible
make_user(
email="lockedout@example.com",
password="chosen at registration",
email_verified=False,
is_active=False,
)
_activate_user_by_email(db, "lockedout@example.com")
sent = _capture_reset_links(monkeypatch)
_send_reset_if_eligible("lockedout@example.com")
assert sent == ["lockedout@example.com"]
def test_a_google_only_account_is_still_not_reset_eligible(db, make_user, monkeypatch):
# The other side of the rule: an account that NEVER had a password gets no reset link — its owner
# adds one from Settings while signed in (/auth/set-password), which proves identity by session.
from app.routes.auth import _send_reset_if_eligible
make_user(email="googler@example.com", password=None, google_sub="sub-123")
sent = _capture_reset_links(monkeypatch)
_send_reset_if_eligible("googler@example.com")
assert sent == []
def test_completing_a_reset_clears_the_revocation_stamp(client, db, make_user):
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
from app.routes.auth import _issue_token
user = make_user(
email="recovered@example.com",
password="chosen at registration",
email_verified=False,
is_active=False,
)
_activate_user_by_email(db, "recovered@example.com")
raw = _issue_token(db, user, "reset", timedelta(hours=1))
db.commit()
ok = client.post(
"/auth/password-reset/confirm", json={"token": raw, "password": "a brand new one"}
)
assert ok.status_code == 200
db.expire_all()
assert user.password_hash is not None
assert user.password_revoked_at is None # spent — not a permanently reset-eligible account
assert _login(client, "recovered@example.com", "a brand new one").status_code == 200
def test_verify_tells_a_revoked_account_that_it_needs_a_new_password(client, db, make_user):
# The banner's input. Saying so leaks nothing: the caller just proved mailbox control by holding a
# valid single-use verify token. Without it the user meets only the uniform "Invalid email or
# password" and has no way to learn why the password they chose stopped working.
from app.routes.admin import _activate_user_by_email
from app.routes.auth import _issue_token
user = make_user(
email="needspw@example.com",
password="chosen at registration",
email_verified=False,
is_active=False,
)
_activate_user_by_email(db, "needspw@example.com")
raw = _issue_token(db, user, "verify", timedelta(hours=1))
db.commit()
r = client.post("/auth/verify", json={"token": raw})
assert r.status_code == 200
assert r.json() == {"ok": True, "password_reset_required": True}
def test_verify_reports_no_reset_needed_for_an_intact_account(client, db, make_user):
from app.routes.auth import _issue_token
user = make_user(email="intact@example.com", email_verified=False, is_active=False)
raw = _issue_token(db, user, "verify", timedelta(hours=1))
db.commit()
r = client.post("/auth/verify", json={"token": raw})
assert r.status_code == 200
assert r.json() == {"ok": True, "password_reset_required": False}