molecule-core/workspace/platform_auth.py
Hongming Wang c636022d2f fix(runtime): auto-fallback CONFIGS_DIR for non-container hosts (closes #2458)
The runtime persists per-workspace state (`.auth_token`,
`.platform_inbound_secret`, `.mcp_inbox_cursor`) under `/configs` —
the workspace-EC2 mount path. Inside a container that's writable,
agent-owned. Outside a container, `/configs` either doesn't exist or
isn't writable by an unprivileged user.

The default broke the external-runtime path (`pip install
molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` + `molecule-mcp` on a Mac/Linux
laptop). First heartbeat tries to persist `.platform_inbound_secret`
and crashes:

    [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/configs'

The heartbeat thread logs and dies. Workspace flips offline within
a minute. Operator sees no actionable error.

Adds workspace/configs_dir.py — single resolution point with a tiered
fallback:

  1. CONFIGS_DIR env var, if set — explicit operator override
     (preserves existing tests + custom deployments verbatim).
  2. /configs — if it exists AND is writable. In-container default;
     unchanged behavior for every prod workspace.
  3. ~/.molecule-workspace — created with mode 0700 so per-file 0600
     perms aren't undermined by a world-readable parent.

Migrates the four readers (platform_auth, platform_inbound_auth,
mcp_cli, inbox) to call configs_dir.resolve() instead of
inlining `Path(os.environ.get("CONFIGS_DIR", "/configs"))`.

Existing tests that assert the old `/configs`-as-default contract
updated to assert the new contract: when CONFIGS_DIR is unset, path
resolves to a writable location — `/configs` if present, fallback
otherwise. Tests skip the fallback branch on hosts that DO have a
writable `/configs` (CI containers).

Verified the original repro is fixed: with no CONFIGS_DIR set on
macOS, configs_dir.resolve() returns ~/.molecule-workspace, the dir
exists, and writes succeed.

Test suite: 1454 passed, 3 skipped, 2 xfailed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-01 13:07:55 -07:00

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"""Workspace auth-token store (Phase 30.1).
Single source of truth for this workspace's authentication token. The
token is issued by the platform on the first successful
``POST /registry/register`` call and travels with every subsequent
heartbeat / update-card / (later) secrets-pull / A2A request.
The token is persisted to ``<configs>/.auth_token`` so it survives
restarts — we only expect to receive it once from the platform, since
``/registry/register`` no-ops token issuance for workspaces that already
have one on file.
Storage:
${CONFIGS_DIR}/.auth_token # 0600, one line, no trailing newline
Callers interact with three functions:
:func:`get_token` — returns the cached token or None
:func:`save_token` — persists a freshly-issued token
:func:`auth_headers`— builds the Authorization header dict for httpx
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import os
from pathlib import Path
import configs_dir
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# In-process cache so we don't hit disk on every heartbeat. The heartbeat
# loop fires on a short interval and reading a tiny file 10x per minute
# is wasteful. The file is the durable copy; this var is the hot path.
_cached_token: str | None = None
def _token_file() -> Path:
"""Path to the on-disk token file. Resolved via configs_dir so
in-container (/configs) and external-runtime (~/.molecule-workspace)
operators land on a writable location automatically. Explicit
CONFIGS_DIR env var still wins."""
return configs_dir.resolve() / ".auth_token"
def get_token() -> str | None:
"""Return the cached token, reading it from disk on first call.
Resolution order:
1. In-process cache (hot path)
2. ``${CONFIGS_DIR}/.auth_token`` file (in-container default —
the platform writes this on provision and rotates it on
restart)
3. ``MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN`` env var (external-runtime path —
operators running the universal MCP server outside a
container have no /configs volume to populate, so they pass
the token via env)
File-first preserves in-container behavior unchanged: containers
always have /configs/.auth_token on disk, env-var fallback only
fires when there's no file. This is additive — no existing caller
sees a behavior change.
"""
global _cached_token
if _cached_token is not None:
return _cached_token
path = _token_file()
if path.exists():
try:
tok = path.read_text().strip()
except OSError as exc:
logger.warning("platform_auth: failed to read %s: %s", path, exc)
tok = ""
if tok:
_cached_token = tok
return tok
# File missing or empty — fall back to env (external-runtime path).
env_tok = os.environ.get("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN", "").strip()
if env_tok:
_cached_token = env_tok
return env_tok
return None
def save_token(token: str) -> None:
"""Persist a newly-issued token. Creates the file with 0600 mode atomically.
Uses ``os.open(O_CREAT, 0o600)`` so the file is never world-readable,
even transiently. The previous ``write_text()`` + ``chmod()`` approach
had a TOCTOU window where a concurrent reader could access the token
between the two syscalls (M4 — flagged in security audit cycle 10).
Idempotent — if an identical token is already on disk we skip the
write so we don't churn the file's mtime or trigger spurious
filesystem watchers."""
global _cached_token
token = token.strip()
if not token:
raise ValueError("platform_auth: refusing to save empty token")
if get_token() == token:
return
path = _token_file()
path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
# O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC with mode=0o600 atomically creates (or
# truncates) the file with restricted permissions in a single syscall,
# eliminating the TOCTOU window.
fd = os.open(str(path), os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC, 0o600)
try:
os.write(fd, token.encode())
finally:
os.close(fd)
_cached_token = token
def auth_headers() -> dict[str, str]:
"""Return a header dict to merge into httpx calls. Empty if no token
is available yet — callers send the request as-is and the platform's
heartbeat handler grandfathers pre-token workspaces through until
their next /registry/register issues one.
Always sets ``Origin`` to ``PLATFORM_URL`` when that env var is set.
On hosted SaaS deployments the tenant's edge WAF requires a same-
origin header — without it ``/workspaces/*`` and ``/registry/*/peers``
requests get silently rewritten to the canvas Next.js app, which has
no such routes and returns an empty 404. Inside-container calls are
unaffected (Docker-internal PLATFORM_URLs aren't behind the WAF).
Discovered while smoke-testing the molecule-mcp external-runtime
path against a live tenant — every tool call returned "not found"
because the WAF was eating them.
"""
headers: dict[str, str] = {}
platform_url = os.environ.get("PLATFORM_URL", "").strip()
if platform_url:
headers["Origin"] = platform_url
tok = get_token()
if tok:
headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {tok}"
return headers
def self_source_headers(workspace_id: str) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Return auth headers PLUS X-Workspace-ID identifying this workspace
as the source of the request.
Use this for any POST the workspace's own runtime fires against the
platform's A2A endpoints — heartbeat self-messages, initial_prompt,
idle-loop fires, peer-to-peer A2A from runtime tools. Without the
X-Workspace-ID header the platform's a2a_receive logger writes
source_id=NULL, which the canvas's My Chat tab interprets as a
user-typed message and renders the internal prompt to the user.
See workspace-server/internal/handlers/a2a_proxy.go:184 for the
server-side classification rule.
Centralised here so adding a new system header (e.g. a per-fire
correlation ID) only touches one place — and so that any
workspace→A2A POST that doesn't use this helper stands out in
review as a probable bug."""
return {**auth_headers(), "X-Workspace-ID": workspace_id}
def clear_cache() -> None:
"""Reset the in-memory cache. Used by tests that write fresh token
files between cases."""
global _cached_token
_cached_token = None
def refresh_cache() -> str | None:
"""Force re-read of the token from disk, discarding the in-process cache.
Use this when a 401 response suggests the cached token is stale —
e.g. after the platform rotates tokens during a restart (issue #1877).
Returns the (new) token value or None if not found/error."""
global _cached_token
_cached_token = None
return get_token()