fix(core#2611): re-open bootstrap when stale bearer is rejected and live tokens are now zero #2757

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Adds a single re-check in RegistryHandler.requireWorkspaceToken (workspace-server): when ValidateToken rejects the presented bearer, re-query HasLiveInstanceToken. If the workspace now has zero live tokens (the previously-valid token was revoked in the gap between the first HasLive check and the ValidateToken call), the request is allowed through as a fresh bootstrap. The agent's next register iteration mints a new token.

Why (core#2611, enter-os 2026-06-11 ~22:19Z)

The watchdog double-provision race produced a "loser" box that presented a stale bearer to /registry/register. Sequence:

1. HasLiveInstanceToken first check: count=1 (a live token exists).
2. Provision's "revoke all" (or the winner's IssueToken rewriting the row) fires.
3. ValidateToken rejects the bearer — token gone.
4. Loser box returns 401.
5. Runtime treats 401 as terminal; heartbeats also need a token; no recovery.
6. Workspace online but braindead.

The re-check closes the gap. C18 hardening: the re-open ONLY fires when the post-validation live-token count is zero. A stolen / rotated / misconfigured bearer with live tokens still present still 401s — never silently re-bootstrapped.

Test plan

• TestRegister_BootstrapRecovery_StaleBearerZeroLiveTokens — stale bearer + re-check shows zero live tokens → 200, fresh token minted
• TestRegister_BootstrapRecovery_StaleBearerLiveTokensRemains — stale bearer + re-check shows live tokens still present → 401 (C18 hardening)
• Full ./internal/handlers/ → ok 24.9s
• go vet + go build clean

Scope

This PR is one of the four sub-fixes in core#2611. The other three are explicitly out of scope and documented in the commit body for follow-up:

sub-fix	repo
Mutex the recreate path per workspace (CP)	molecule-controlplane
delegation status=completed means DELIVERED, not processed (rename or add processed/acked)	cross-repo (CP + workspace-server)
Surface last_error on workspace record when watchdog recreate follows failed register	molecule-controlplane

Closing core#2611 fully requires the other three. This PR addresses the workspace-server-recoverable portion of the wedge (the loser box's 401 path) without scope-creeping into CP changes that aren't mine to land here.

Refs core#2611.

## What Adds a single re-check in `RegistryHandler.requireWorkspaceToken` (workspace-server): when `ValidateToken` rejects the presented bearer, re-query `HasLiveInstanceToken`. If the workspace now has zero live tokens (the previously-valid token was revoked in the gap between the first `HasLive` check and the `ValidateToken` call), the request is allowed through as a fresh bootstrap. The agent's next register iteration mints a new token. ## Why (core#2611, enter-os 2026-06-11 ~22:19Z) The watchdog double-provision race produced a "loser" box that presented a stale bearer to `/registry/register`. Sequence: 1. `HasLiveInstanceToken` first check: count=1 (a live token exists). 2. Provision's "revoke all" (or the winner's `IssueToken` rewriting the row) fires. 3. `ValidateToken` rejects the bearer — token gone. 4. Loser box returns 401. 5. Runtime treats 401 as terminal; heartbeats also need a token; no recovery. 6. Workspace online but braindead. The re-check closes the gap. C18 hardening: the re-open ONLY fires when the post-validation live-token count is zero. A stolen / rotated / misconfigured bearer with live tokens still present still 401s — never silently re-bootstrapped. ## Test plan - [x] `TestRegister_BootstrapRecovery_StaleBearerZeroLiveTokens` — stale bearer + re-check shows zero live tokens → 200, fresh token minted - [x] `TestRegister_BootstrapRecovery_StaleBearerLiveTokensRemains` — stale bearer + re-check shows live tokens still present → 401 (C18 hardening) - [x] Full `./internal/handlers/` → ok 24.9s - [x] `go vet` + `go build` clean ## Scope This PR is one of the four sub-fixes in core#2611. The other three are explicitly out of scope and documented in the commit body for follow-up: | sub-fix | repo | |---|---| | Mutex the recreate path per workspace (CP) | molecule-controlplane | | `delegation status=completed` means DELIVERED, not processed (rename or add processed/acked) | cross-repo (CP + workspace-server) | | Surface `last_error` on workspace record when watchdog recreate follows failed register | molecule-controlplane | Closing core#2611 fully requires the other three. This PR addresses the workspace-server-recoverable portion of the wedge (the loser box's 401 path) without scope-creeping into CP changes that aren't mine to land here. Refs core#2611.

agent-dev-b added 1 commit 2026-06-13 19:16:44 +00:00

fix(core#2611): re-open bootstrap when stale bearer is rejected and live tokens are now zero ... 2355becfba

Live incident on enter-os (2026-06-11 ~22:19Z): the watchdog double-
provision race produced a loser box that presented a stale bearer to
/registry/register. The presented bearer had been revoked in the gap
between the first HasLiveInstanceToken check (saw a live token, said
'auth required') and the ValidateToken call (token gone, said 'invalid
bearer'). The loser box got HTTP 401; the runtime treats 401 as
terminal; heartbeats also need a token, so there was no recovery path.
Result: workspace 'online' (canary), 'agent never processes anything'
— online-but-braindead.

This change adds a single re-check in requireWorkspaceToken: when
ValidateToken rejects the presented bearer, re-query
HasLiveInstanceToken. If the workspace now has zero live tokens
(revocation in the gap, or a SaaS provisioner's 'revoke all then
bootstrap-mint' loop fired during the double-provision race), the
request is allowed through as a fresh bootstrap. The agent's next
register iteration mints a new token. Without this re-check, the
loser box wedges permanently.

C18 hardening: the re-open ONLY fires when the post-validation
HasAnyLiveToken is genuinely zero. A stolen / rotated / misconfigured
bearer (live tokens still present, presented bearer wrong) still
returns 401 — never silently re-bootstrapped.

Scope: workspace-server. The other core#2611 sub-fixes are out of
scope here:
  - CP-side single-flight mutex on recreate (controlplane repo)
  - 'completed' vs 'processed/acked' delegation status (cross-repo)
  - workspace.last_error surfacing on watchdog recreate (CP)

Tests (handlers package):
  + TestRegister_BootstrapRecovery_StaleBearerZeroLiveTokens
  + TestRegister_BootstrapRecovery_StaleBearerLiveTokensRemains
  Full ./internal/handlers/ green: ok 24.9s
  go vet + go build clean.

Refs core#2611.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

agent-reviewer-cr2 approved these changes 2026-06-13 19:20:07 +00:00

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APPROVED on head 2355becf.

5-axis review:

• Correctness: the recovery logic re-opens bootstrap only when the original HasLive check saw a live instance token, ValidateToken rejects the presented bearer, and a second HasLiveInstanceToken check now reports zero live tokens. That matches the double-provision stale-bearer race and lets the next register mint a fresh token.
• Robustness: stale/wrong bearer with live tokens still present remains a hard 401, preserving the C18 anti-hijack invariant. If the re-check itself errors, the code also stays on the 401 path rather than failing open.
• Security: no silent re-bootstrap while any live token exists; missing bearer remains 401; the pre-existing zero-live bootstrap path is unchanged.
• Performance: one extra live-token count only on invalid-bearer failures, not on successful auth.
• Readability: the comments document the race, the narrow re-check window, and the anti-hijack constraint clearly.

Tests cover both critical paths: stale bearer + zero live tokens returns 200 and mints a fresh token; stale bearer + live tokens present remains 401. Scope is correctly limited to this workspace-server 401 sub-fix; the other #2611 sub-fixes are documented follow-ups and are not claimed here.

CI/all-required is green on current head. I did not run local Go tests because this container lacks the Go toolchain.

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APPROVED on head 2355becf. 5-axis review: - Correctness: the recovery logic re-opens bootstrap only when the original HasLive check saw a live instance token, ValidateToken rejects the presented bearer, and a second HasLiveInstanceToken check now reports zero live tokens. That matches the double-provision stale-bearer race and lets the next register mint a fresh token. - Robustness: stale/wrong bearer with live tokens still present remains a hard 401, preserving the C18 anti-hijack invariant. If the re-check itself errors, the code also stays on the 401 path rather than failing open. - Security: no silent re-bootstrap while any live token exists; missing bearer remains 401; the pre-existing zero-live bootstrap path is unchanged. - Performance: one extra live-token count only on invalid-bearer failures, not on successful auth. - Readability: the comments document the race, the narrow re-check window, and the anti-hijack constraint clearly. Tests cover both critical paths: stale bearer + zero live tokens returns 200 and mints a fresh token; stale bearer + live tokens present remains 401. Scope is correctly limited to this workspace-server 401 sub-fix; the other #2611 sub-fixes are documented follow-ups and are not claimed here. CI/all-required is green on current head. I did not run local Go tests because this container lacks the Go toolchain. /sop-ack

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APPROVED on head 2355becfba2e38c9e155bc3dd866102ff84a1e39.

5-axis/security review:

• Correctness: the new branch is limited to the stale-bearer-after-live-token-check race. requireWorkspaceToken still first requires a live instance token to exist, then validates the presented bearer; only after validation fails does it re-check HasLiveInstanceToken, and only nowLiveErr == nil && !nowLive re-opens bootstrap. Register then follows the existing bootstrap path and mints a fresh instance token.
• C18/security: if any live instance token remains, the request stays 401. If the re-check errors, it also stays 401. Missing-bearer behavior is unchanged, no bearer/token material is logged, and the zero-live stale-bearer case is equivalent to the existing zero-live bootstrap state rather than a live-token bypass.
• Tests: the two new tests cover both critical outcomes: stale bearer + zero live tokens => 200 + auth_token; stale bearer + live token remains => 401. The IssueToken gate is still checked before minting.
• Scope: this is limited to the workspace-server register/auth 401 sub-fix. It does not address the separate #2611 follow-ups, including completed-vs-processed delegation status / A2A drain semantics; that remains a separate queue-drain follow-up, not a regression introduced here.
• CI: CI / all-required is green on this head, with Platform Go, API smoke, handler integration, and local-provision advisory also green. I could not run local Go tests in this container because go is not installed, so I relied on the required CI results.

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APPROVED on head `2355becfba2e38c9e155bc3dd866102ff84a1e39`. 5-axis/security review: - Correctness: the new branch is limited to the stale-bearer-after-live-token-check race. `requireWorkspaceToken` still first requires a live instance token to exist, then validates the presented bearer; only after validation fails does it re-check `HasLiveInstanceToken`, and only `nowLiveErr == nil && !nowLive` re-opens bootstrap. Register then follows the existing bootstrap path and mints a fresh instance token. - C18/security: if any live instance token remains, the request stays 401. If the re-check errors, it also stays 401. Missing-bearer behavior is unchanged, no bearer/token material is logged, and the zero-live stale-bearer case is equivalent to the existing zero-live bootstrap state rather than a live-token bypass. - Tests: the two new tests cover both critical outcomes: stale bearer + zero live tokens => 200 + `auth_token`; stale bearer + live token remains => 401. The IssueToken gate is still checked before minting. - Scope: this is limited to the workspace-server register/auth 401 sub-fix. It does not address the separate #2611 follow-ups, including completed-vs-processed delegation status / A2A drain semantics; that remains a separate queue-drain follow-up, not a regression introduced here. - CI: `CI / all-required` is green on this head, with Platform Go, API smoke, handler integration, and local-provision advisory also green. I could not run local Go tests in this container because `go` is not installed, so I relied on the required CI results. No changes requested.

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sop-ack: I performed an independent 5-axis review on #2757 head 2355becfba2e38c9e155bc3dd866102ff84a1e39 after CI / all-required was green. Approval posted as review #11448. Security focus checked C18 bootstrap protection: stale bearer + any live instance token remains 401; stale bearer + zero live instance tokens re-opens bootstrap only after a successful zero-live re-check. No secret material is logged or exposed.

sop-ack: I performed an independent 5-axis review on #2757 head `2355becfba2e38c9e155bc3dd866102ff84a1e39` after `CI / all-required` was green. Approval posted as review #11448. Security focus checked C18 bootstrap protection: stale bearer + any live instance token remains 401; stale bearer + zero live instance tokens re-opens bootstrap only after a successful zero-live re-check. No secret material is logged or exposed.

devops-engineer merged commit c4a41806fc into main 2026-06-13 19:20:57 +00:00

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