auth: fail closed on a corrupt account store and write it atomically - #2502
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An unclean power-off on the Orange Pi left data/.auth_user.json at its correct size and mtime but filled with NUL bytes. _read_users() swallowed the JSONDecodeError and returned an empty store, so is_configured() said False, every onboarding gate concluded this was a fresh install, and the box served the create-your-account form to anyone who could reach it. Submitting that form called setup_user(), which wrote over the NULs and destroyed the real accounts for good. Two fixes, one per defect: - tinyagentos/atomic_io.py writes via a sibling temp file, fsyncs it, renames, then fsyncs the directory, so a crash leaves either the whole old file or the whole new one. The account store, session store, legacy .auth_password and .auth_local_token all go through it now, keeping 0600 from creation rather than chmod-after-write. - _read_users() now distinguishes missing (fresh install) from present but unparseable, raising AuthStoreCorruptError for the latter. is_configured() catches it and answers True, which closes every onboarding path at once since they all consult that one predicate, and setup_user() propagates it so a corrupt store can never be overwritten. /auth/status reports store_error: "unreadable" so the UI can say what is wrong instead of offering setup.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAuthentication persistence now uses crash-safe atomic writes and serialized account mutations. Corrupt account stores fail closed, return explicit 503 responses, and prevent onboarding. Status reporting, recovery documentation, and regression tests cover these behaviors. ChangesAuthentication store durability
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The PR correctly fails closed on corrupt account data and makes primary account writes atomic, but concurrent login and account-management operations can still lose changes or resurrect deleted users, while legacy password rehashing remains vulnerable to crash-time truncation. Recovery instructions also contain unsafe or inaccurate steps. These current-head correctness and recovery risks make the PR unsafe to merge until addressed. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant AuthMiddleware
participant AuthManager
participant AuthStore
Client->>AuthMiddleware: send authentication request
AuthMiddleware->>AuthManager: process request
AuthManager->>AuthStore: read account store
AuthStore-->>AuthManager: valid data or AuthStoreCorruptError
AuthManager-->>AuthMiddleware: authentication result or store error
AuthMiddleware-->>Client: response or 503 account_store_unreadable
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Documents the "create an account" symptom on a configured install, how to tell it apart from a genuine fresh install via /auth/status store_error, the restore procedure, and a byte-level scan for anything else the same power-off truncated (a shell `tr -d '\0' | grep .` test false-positives on binary files, which cost a wrong conclusion during the incident). Renames the changelog fragment to the documented <pr>-<slug> form. Docs-Reviewed: routes/auth.py only adds a store_error field to /auth/status and no agent-facing contract changed, so agent-coordination.md is unaffected; the operator-facing half is documented in docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md instead.
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In `@tinyagentos/atomic_io.py`:
- Around line 51-56: Update the atomic write implementation around the temporary
path and os.write call to use a unique sibling temporary file per operation,
loop until the entire data buffer is written, and propagate directory fsync
failures instead of reporting success. Serialize AuthManager read-modify-write
updates in _write_users so concurrent calls cannot overwrite one another.
Apply the same fix in `@tinyagentos/atomic_io.py` around lines 56 - 57.
Apply the same fix in `@tinyagentos/atomic_io.py` around lines 73 - 82.
In `@tinyagentos/auth.py`:
- Around line 261-266: Update the account-store validation before returning data
to require a list-valued "users" field, raising AuthStoreCorruptError for
missing or non-list values so setup_user() cannot overwrite a corrupt store. Add
regression coverage for empty objects and {"users": null} alongside the existing
corruption cases.
In `@tinyagentos/routes/auth.py`:
- Around line 692-695: In the authentication endpoint, guard the get_user() and
session_user() calls so they run only when store_error is None; preserve the
existing store_error: "unreadable" response after AuthStoreCorruptError and add
a regression test covering a valid session with a corrupt .auth_user.json.
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167-169: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winDocument the legacy password store too.
The changelog states that the legacy password file also uses atomic writes. This prevention paragraph names only the account, session, and auth-token stores. Include the legacy password store so the runbook matches the implemented durability scope.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md`:
- Around line 129-130: Scope the controller-rescue procedure to a single
installation layout, consistently using the same data directory and service
identity throughout. Update the later /opt/tinyagentos, user-mode, and macOS
instructions or explicitly define supported variables at the start so file
inspection and restoration target the intended auth_user.json.
- Line 128: Update the status probe curl command to use -sS -f so connection
failures and HTTP errors produce a nonzero result while retaining the existing
store_error interpretation.
- Around line 139-140: Update the backup-selection instructions around the find
command to exclude .CORRUPT-* files and validate each candidate as parseable
JSON with a usable account-store structure before installation. After starting
the service, verify the result through /auth/status before considering the
rescue successful.
- Line 138: Update the .auth_user.json backup command in the recovery
instructions to generate a collision-resistant destination for repeated attempts
on the same day, using a timestamp with time and/or a unique suffix such as
mktemp, while preserving the original evidence copy.
- Around line 142-146: Update the recovery procedure around the systemctl start
tinyagentos step so the controller remains stopped while taos recover-password
and the subsequent byte scan run; move the restart command until after both
offline operations are complete.
- Line 140: Update the rescue commands around the auth file installation and
related user operations to use shell-safe uppercase variable placeholders such
as NEWEST_GOOD_COPY and USERNAME, quoting each variable wherever it is used so
pasted commands cannot be interpreted as redirection syntax.
- Around line 155-163: Update the file-scanning loop around os.walk to read each
file in fixed-size chunks instead of loading it with read(); stop scanning a
file as soon as a non-NUL byte is found, and report it only when all chunks are
non-empty and entirely NUL while preserving OSError handling.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md`:
- Around line 167-169: Update the Prevention paragraph to include the legacy
password store alongside the account store, session store, and auth token when
describing atomic writes and crash durability.
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make the status probe fail loudly.
curl -s hides connection errors. If the controller is down, the command prints nothing and the operator can misread the result. Use -sS -f or check the exit status and HTTP status before interpreting store_error.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` at line 128, Update the status probe curl
command to use -sS -f so connection failures and HTTP errors produce a nonzero
result while retaining the existing store_error interpretation.
| sudo -u taos python3 -c "d=open('/opt/taos/data/.auth_user.json','rb').read(); \ | ||
| print(len(d), 'bytes,', d.count(0), 'NUL')" |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Use one installation path and service identity.
This procedure uses /opt/taos and the taos user, but the same runbook uses /opt/tinyagentos later and documents user-mode and macOS installs. Define the data directory and service user at the start, or scope this procedure to one installation layout. Otherwise, operators can inspect or restore the wrong file.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` around lines 129 - 130, Scope the
controller-rescue procedure to a single installation layout, consistently using
the same data directory and service identity throughout. Update the later
/opt/tinyagentos, user-mode, and macOS instructions or explicitly define
supported variables at the start so file inspection and restoration target the
intended auth_user.json.
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| sudo systemctl stop tinyagentos | ||
| cd /opt/taos/data | ||
| sudo cp -a .auth_user.json .auth_user.json.CORRUPT-$(date +%Y%m%d) # keep the evidence |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Preserve evidence across repeated recovery attempts.
The backup suffix contains only YYYYMMDD. A second attempt on the same day overwrites the previous evidence copy. Include time and a uniqueness suffix, or use mktemp.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` at line 138, Update the .auth_user.json
backup command in the recovery instructions to generate a collision-resistant
destination for repeated attempts on the same day, using a timestamp with time
and/or a unique suffix such as mktemp, while preserving the original evidence
copy.
| find /opt/taos -name '.auth_user.json*' -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %s %p\n' | sort | ||
| sudo install -o taos -g taos -m 600 <newest-good-copy> /opt/taos/data/.auth_user.json |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Validate the backup before installing it.
find ... | sort orders candidates by timestamp, but it does not prove that a candidate is valid JSON or contains a usable account store. It also lists the corrupt evidence copy created on Line 138. Add a parse and structure check, exclude .CORRUPT-* files, and verify /auth/status after starting the service.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` around lines 139 - 140, Update the
backup-selection instructions around the find command to exclude .CORRUPT-*
files and validate each candidate as parseable JSON with a usable account-store
structure before installation. After starting the service, verify the result
through /auth/status before considering the rescue successful.
| cd /opt/taos/data | ||
| sudo cp -a .auth_user.json .auth_user.json.CORRUPT-$(date +%Y%m%d) # keep the evidence | ||
| find /opt/taos -name '.auth_user.json*' -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %s %p\n' | sort | ||
| sudo install -o taos -g taos -m 600 <newest-good-copy> /opt/taos/data/.auth_user.json |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Use shell-safe placeholders.
<newest-good-copy> and <user> are parsed as shell redirection syntax when pasted literally. Use variables such as NEWEST_GOOD_COPY and USERNAME, then quote those variables in the commands.
Also applies to: 145-146
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` at line 140, Update the rescue commands
around the auth file installation and related user operations to use shell-safe
uppercase variable placeholders such as NEWEST_GOOD_COPY and USERNAME, quoting
each variable wherever it is used so pasted commands cannot be interpreted as
redirection syntax.
| sudo systemctl start tinyagentos | ||
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| guessing: `sudo -u taos /opt/taos/.venv/bin/taos recover-password --username <user>`. |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep the controller stopped during offline recovery.
Line 142 starts the controller before taos recover-password runs. That command directly changes the authentication store without the server, as documented in tinyagentos/app.py Lines 1786-1836. Running it while the controller is active can race with authentication-store writes. Complete password recovery and the byte scan before restarting the controller.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` around lines 142 - 146, Update the
recovery procedure around the systemctl start tinyagentos step so the controller
remains stopped while taos recover-password and the subsequent byte scan run;
move the restart command until after both offline operations are complete.
| for dp, _, fn in os.walk("/opt/taos/data"): | ||
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Scan files in bounded chunks.
read() loads each file into memory. This command scans the full data directory, which can contain large database or model files. Read fixed-size chunks and stop after the first non-NUL byte to avoid excessive memory use during recovery.
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` around lines 155 - 163, Update the
file-scanning loop around os.walk to read each file in fixed-size chunks instead
of loading it with read(); stop scanning a file as soon as a non-NUL byte is
found, and report it only when all chunks are non-empty and entirely NUL while
preserving OSError handling.
Four findings from the bot review, each verified against the code and each
now covered by a test that fails without its fix:
- `{}` and `{"users": null}` parsed fine and read as "no accounts", so
is_configured() said False and setup_user() would overwrite the store —
the very hole this PR closes, reachable through a different corruption
shape. _read_users() now requires a list-valued "users" envelope.
- The temp file was named per-process, so two threads writing the same
target shared one inode and could splice their bytes. Now a random
sibling name opened O_EXCL. The racing-threads test only caught this
sometimes, so it asserts the property directly: 8 concurrent writes use
8 distinct temp paths.
- os.write may write fewer bytes than it was handed; the return value was
ignored. Now loops over a memoryview until the buffer is drained.
- A directory fsync failure was swallowed, reporting a durable rename we
had not achieved. Now propagated, except EINVAL/ENOTSUP/EOPNOTSUPP/EBADF
which mean the mount cannot fsync a directory at all.
Also serialises the account store's read-modify-write cycles behind a
re-entrant per-instance lock. Atomic writes make each write all-or-nothing
but two concurrent cycles still lose one edit — twelve concurrent invites
landed six users before this. check_password is deliberately not
serialised: its only write is the argon2 rehash upgrade, already guarded
by _hash_upgrade_lock, and locking it would put every login behind one
argon2 verify.
/auth/status stops consulting get_user()/session_user() once the store
probe has failed; a live session cookie would otherwise re-raise and turn
the endpoint into a 500 instead of the store_error response.
Docs-Reviewed: no agent-facing contract changed; /auth/status only gains
the store_error field already documented in this PR's runbook entry.
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Worked through the review findings — all four were real, all four now have a test that fails without its fix.
PID-only temp path — real. Two threads writing the same target shared one inode. Now a random sibling name opened Ignored Swallowed directory fsync — real. Propagated now, except Serialising the read-modify-write cycles — also taking this one. It is a pre-existing race rather than part of the crash-safety bug, but it is the same shape and cheap to close: a re-entrant per-instance lock on the eight store mutators. Twelve concurrent invites landed six users before it. One more from re-reading the route: 228 tests green across the auth suites (23 of them new). |
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Second bot review flagged that list_users/get_user/find_user propagate AuthStoreCorruptError to API callers. The suggested fix -- degrade like is_multi_user does -- would be wrong: is_multi_user is a display hint, while these return account data, and answering "no such user" when the truth is "cannot read the users" is the same conflation that produced the onboarding screen. So they keep raising, and the error becomes one honest answer instead of an opaque per-route 500. The app-level exception handler alone was not enough. AuthMiddleware runs outside Starlette's exception handling and reads the store itself (get_user_by_id on the session path), so the error escaped as a bare 500 before any handler saw it -- the first version of the API test caught exactly that. AuthMiddleware.dispatch now wraps the real body and answers 503 (HTML for browsers, JSON otherwise); the app handler stays for errors raised inside routes. Three API-level tests: /auth/users answers 503 rather than an empty list, /auth/status still reports store_error with configured true, and /auth/setup redirects to login rather than rendering the claim-this-box form. Docs-Reviewed: no agent-facing contract changed; the operator-facing 503 is documented in docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md.
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On the unprotected-read-paths warning — the gap is real, but the suggested shape of the fix is not the one I took.
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562-566: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winOne legacy password write still bypasses the atomic path.
set_passwordnow writes atomically with mode0o600. The legacy rehash insidecheck_passwordat line 677 still callsself._password_file.write_text(new_hash). A crash during that write leaves a truncated hash and locks the legacy install out. Route it throughset_password-style atomic persistence.♻️ Proposed change at line 677
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md`:
- Around line 123-126: Update the runbook statement around the account-store
failure response to limit 503 account_store_unreadable behavior to requests that
require account-store data. Explicitly preserve the 303 response for GET
/auth/setup and exemptions for health and static endpoints.
In `@tests/test_auth_store_durability.py`:
- Around line 218-245: Update the directory-fsync callbacks in
test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed and
test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated to classify descriptors with
os.fstat and stat.S_ISDIR instead of probing /proc. Extract or reuse the shared
directory check to remove duplication, and rename enotsup_on_dir to reflect that
it raises EINVAL.
In `@tinyagentos/atomic_io.py`:
- Around line 79-92: Update the directory fsync exception handling around
os.fsync in the atomic I/O function: stop tolerating EBADF, and obtain optional
errno constants such as ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP via getattr without treating
EACCES or EPERM as unsupported-filesystem cases. Preserve propagation of
permission and invalid-descriptor failures while continuing to tolerate only
genuinely unsupported directory fsync errors.
In `@tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py`:
- Around line 477-480: Use a repr-safe format for request.url.path in the
authentication error log within tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py lines 477-480,
changing the placeholder to %r. Apply the same request-path logging change in
tinyagentos/app.py line 1580; no other logging behavior needs modification.
In `@tinyagentos/auth.py`:
- Around line 29-42: Update AuthManager.check_password and update_last_login so
every account-store read-modify-write is protected by self._users_lock. Replace
the separate _hash_upgrade_lock guarding the password-hash upgrade with the
re-entrant users lock, and add the same lock around update_last_login’s
_write_users call while preserving existing behavior.
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In `@tinyagentos/auth.py`:
- Around line 562-566: Update the legacy rehash branch in check_password to
persist new_hash through atomic_write_text with mode 0o600 instead of
self._password_file.write_text, matching set_password’s atomic persistence
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| install, not this failure. Every other request answers **503 | ||
| `account_store_unreadable`** rather than a plausible empty result: "no such | ||
| user" and "cannot read the users" are different facts, and a route that | ||
| guesses between them is how the accounts got overwritten in the first place. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Limit the 503 statement to account-store operations.
GET /auth/setup returns 303 for an unreadable store. Health and static endpoints also remain exempt. The statement that every other request returns 503 is false. Describe 503 responses as applying to requests that need account-store data.
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- install, not this failure. Every other request answers **503
+ install, not this failure. Requests that need account-store data answer **503
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| install, not this failure. Every other request answers **503 | |
| `account_store_unreadable`** rather than a plausible empty result: "no such | |
| user" and "cannot read the users" are different facts, and a route that | |
| guesses between them is how the accounts got overwritten in the first place. | |
| install, not this failure. Requests that need account-store data answer **503 | |
| `account_store_unreadable`** rather than a plausible empty result: "no such | |
| user" and "cannot read the users" are different facts, and a route that | |
| guesses between them is how the accounts got overwritten in the first place. |
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In `@docs/runbooks/controller-rescue.md` around lines 123 - 126, Update the
runbook statement around the account-store failure response to limit 503
account_store_unreadable behavior to requests that require account-store data.
Explicitly preserve the 303 response for GET /auth/setup and exemptions for
health and static endpoints.
| def test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch): | ||
| """A rename we cannot make durable must not report success.""" | ||
| real_fsync = os.fsync | ||
| target = tmp_path / "state.json" | ||
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| def fail_on_dir(fd): | ||
| if os.path.isdir(f"/proc/self/fd/{fd}") if os.path.exists("/proc/self/fd") \ | ||
| else False: | ||
| raise OSError(errno.EIO, "disk gone") | ||
| return real_fsync(fd) | ||
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| monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", fail_on_dir) | ||
| with pytest.raises(OSError): | ||
| atomic_write_text(target, "payload") | ||
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| def test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch): | ||
| """Mounts that cannot fsync a directory are a mount property, not a failure.""" | ||
| real_fsync = os.fsync | ||
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| def enotsup_on_dir(fd): | ||
| if os.path.exists("/proc/self/fd") and os.path.isdir(f"/proc/self/fd/{fd}"): | ||
| raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "not supported") | ||
| return real_fsync(fd) | ||
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| monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", enotsup_on_dir) | ||
| target = tmp_path / "state.json" | ||
| atomic_write_text(target, "payload") | ||
| assert target.read_text() == "payload" |
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Make the directory-fsync tests independent of /proc.
Both tests identify a directory descriptor through /proc/self/fd/{fd}. On a platform without /proc, such as macOS, fail_on_dir never raises. test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed then fails with "DID NOT RAISE" instead of skipping. test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated silently stops exercising the tolerance branch.
Use os.fstat with stat.S_ISDIR to classify the descriptor. That works on any POSIX platform and removes the duplicated /proc probe. Also rename enotsup_on_dir, because it raises EINVAL.
💚 Proposed test fix
+def _is_dir_fd(fd: int) -> bool:
+ import stat
+ return stat.S_ISDIR(os.fstat(fd).st_mode)
+
+
class TestPartialWrites:
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def test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
"""A rename we cannot make durable must not report success."""
real_fsync = os.fsync
target = tmp_path / "state.json"
def fail_on_dir(fd):
- if os.path.isdir(f"/proc/self/fd/{fd}") if os.path.exists("/proc/self/fd") \
- else False:
+ if _is_dir_fd(fd):
raise OSError(errno.EIO, "disk gone")
return real_fsync(fd)
monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", fail_on_dir)
with pytest.raises(OSError):
atomic_write_text(target, "payload")
def test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
"""Mounts that cannot fsync a directory are a mount property, not a failure."""
real_fsync = os.fsync
- def enotsup_on_dir(fd):
- if os.path.exists("/proc/self/fd") and os.path.isdir(f"/proc/self/fd/{fd}"):
+ def unsupported_on_dir(fd):
+ if _is_dir_fd(fd):
raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "not supported")
return real_fsync(fd)
- monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", enotsup_on_dir)
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| def test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch): | |
| """A rename we cannot make durable must not report success.""" | |
| real_fsync = os.fsync | |
| target = tmp_path / "state.json" | |
| def fail_on_dir(fd): | |
| if os.path.isdir(f"/proc/self/fd/{fd}") if os.path.exists("/proc/self/fd") \ | |
| else False: | |
| raise OSError(errno.EIO, "disk gone") | |
| return real_fsync(fd) | |
| monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", fail_on_dir) | |
| with pytest.raises(OSError): | |
| atomic_write_text(target, "payload") | |
| def test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch): | |
| """Mounts that cannot fsync a directory are a mount property, not a failure.""" | |
| real_fsync = os.fsync | |
| def enotsup_on_dir(fd): | |
| if os.path.exists("/proc/self/fd") and os.path.isdir(f"/proc/self/fd/{fd}"): | |
| raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "not supported") | |
| return real_fsync(fd) | |
| monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", enotsup_on_dir) | |
| target = tmp_path / "state.json" | |
| atomic_write_text(target, "payload") | |
| assert target.read_text() == "payload" | |
| def _is_dir_fd(fd: int) -> bool: | |
| import stat | |
| return stat.S_ISDIR(os.fstat(fd).st_mode) | |
| def test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch): | |
| """A rename we cannot make durable must not report success.""" | |
| real_fsync = os.fsync | |
| target = tmp_path / "state.json" | |
| def fail_on_dir(fd): | |
| if _is_dir_fd(fd): | |
| raise OSError(errno.EIO, "disk gone") | |
| return real_fsync(fd) | |
| monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", fail_on_dir) | |
| with pytest.raises(OSError): | |
| atomic_write_text(target, "payload") | |
| def test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch): | |
| """Mounts that cannot fsync a directory are a mount property, not a failure.""" | |
| real_fsync = os.fsync | |
| def unsupported_on_dir(fd): | |
| if _is_dir_fd(fd): | |
| raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "not supported") | |
| return real_fsync(fd) | |
| monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fsync", unsupported_on_dir) | |
| target = tmp_path / "state.json" | |
| atomic_write_text(target, "payload") | |
| assert target.read_text() == "payload" |
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In `@tests/test_auth_store_durability.py` around lines 218 - 245, Update the
directory-fsync callbacks in test_directory_fsync_failure_is_not_swallowed and
test_directory_fsync_unsupported_is_tolerated to classify descriptors with
os.fstat and stat.S_ISDIR instead of probing /proc. Extract or reuse the shared
directory check to remove duplication, and rename enotsup_on_dir to reflect that
it raises EINVAL.
| # Without this the rename can be lost on a crash even though the file | ||
| # contents were synced -- so a failure here means we did not deliver the | ||
| # durability the caller asked for, and saying nothing would be a lie. | ||
| # The exception is a filesystem that cannot fsync a directory at all | ||
| # (some network and union filesystems); that is a property of the mount, | ||
| # not a failed write. | ||
| dir_fd = os.open(path.parent, os.O_RDONLY) | ||
| try: | ||
| os.fsync(dir_fd) | ||
| except OSError as exc: | ||
| if exc.errno not in (errno.EINVAL, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.EOPNOTSUPP, errno.EBADF): | ||
| raise | ||
| finally: | ||
| os.close(dir_fd) |
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In Python, attempting to open a directory using os.open with O_RDONLY on Windows results in a PermissionError [Errno 13] because the underlying Windows API (CreateFileW) defaults to opening regular files and explicitly rejects directories [1][2][3]. This is a well-documented behavioral difference between platforms [4][5]. While POSIX systems typically allow opening directories for reading (often resulting in file descriptors that can be used for directory-specific operations), Windows restricts this behavior by default [2][3][6]. Specifically, the Python os.open function on Windows calls the Windows API CreateFileW without the FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS flag [2][6]. Consequently, when a directory path is provided, the system returns a status code (STATUS_FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY) that the Windows C runtime translates to ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, which Python subsequently maps to a PermissionError [2][3]. While not exposed as a standard or documented feature of the os module, some advanced users have noted that using the undocumented C runtime flag _O_OBTAIN_DIR (0x2000) with os.open can technically enable opening directories on Windows by invoking the necessary backup semantics [1][2][3]. However, relying on undocumented flags is generally discouraged for production code [3]. Official Python documentation for os.open advises consulting the MSDN on Windows for specific flag availability and behavior, acknowledging that behavior may vary significantly by platform [7][8][9].
Citations:
- 1: https://bugs.python.org/issue43095
- 2: https://discuss.python.org/t/permissionerror-errno-13-permission-denied-python-2023/22360
- 3: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2021-April/901818.html
- 4: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21785127/open-a-directory-on-windows-permission-denied
- 5: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70615508/why-does-the-open-function-raise-a-permissionerror-instead-of-a-isadirectoryer
- 6: https://discuss.python.org/t/permissionerror-errno-13-permission-denied-python-2023/22360/11
- 7: https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/os.html
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In the Python errno module, ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP are distinct symbols that map to platform-specific error codes defined by the underlying operating system [1][2]. Their availability and values are inherently platform-dependent [3]. Key technical details: 1. Platform Dependence: The Python errno module acts as an interface to the system's C errno values. Consequently, the presence and specific integer values of ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP depend entirely on the host operating system's headers (e.g., sys/errno.h) [2][3]. 2. Distinct vs. Same Values: While POSIX standards suggest these error values should be distinct, many operating systems (such as Linux) define them with the same integer value [4]. Conversely, other platforms (like some versions of macOS/Darwin) may treat them as separate error codes [3]. 3. Python Implementation: Python exposes these symbols only if they are defined by the underlying platform's C library at the time the Python interpreter is built [2]. Since Python 3.2, both symbols are explicitly handled in the errno module, provided they exist on the target system [1][5]. 4. Practical Implications: Because these values are platform-dependent, relying on their absolute integer values or assuming they are distinct is non-portable [3]. Code that needs to check for "operation not supported" errors should ideally check for both symbols if robust portability is required, as demonstrated in various standard library workarounds [3]. In summary, ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP are not guaranteed to be the same, nor are they guaranteed to exist on all platforms; their behavior is dictated by the environment where the Python interpreter was compiled [2][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.python.org/3/library/errno.html
- 2: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Modules/errnomodule.c
- 3: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38986?cnum_hist=3&cversion=0
- 4: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/errno.3.html
- 5: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Doc/library/errno.rst
Do not swallow invalid descriptors or permission failures
Remove EBADF from the tolerated errors and resolve optional errno names with getattr. Do not add EACCES or EPERM to the generic tolerated set because they can indicate a permission failure, not unsupported directory fsync. Native Windows controller support is not established; Windows worker support does not require this function.
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In `@tinyagentos/atomic_io.py` around lines 79 - 92, Update the directory fsync
exception handling around os.fsync in the atomic I/O function: stop tolerating
EBADF, and obtain optional errno constants such as ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP via
getattr without treating EACCES or EPERM as unsupported-filesystem cases.
Preserve propagation of permission and invalid-descriptor failures while
continuing to tolerate only genuinely unsupported directory fsync errors.
| logger.error( | ||
| "account store unreadable while authenticating %s", | ||
| request.url.path, exc_info=True, | ||
| ) |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Neutralize request paths before logging.
ASGI can decode %0D and %0A in the request path. Logging request.url.path with %s can then inject forged log lines while the store is unreadable. Log the path with %r or encode control characters first.
tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py#L477-L480: logrequest.url.pathwith%r.tinyagentos/app.py#L1580-L1580: logrequest.url.pathwith%r.
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In `@tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py` around lines 477 - 480, Use a repr-safe
format for request.url.path in the authentication error log within
tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py lines 477-480, changing the placeholder to %r.
Apply the same request-path logging change in tinyagentos/app.py line 1580; no
other logging behavior needs modification.
Source: Linters/SAST tools
| def _serialized(method): | ||
| """Hold the instance's account-store lock for the whole method. | ||
|
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| Every mutator reads the store, edits the parsed dict and writes it back. | ||
| Atomic writes make each *write* all-or-nothing, but two concurrent | ||
| read-modify-write cycles still lose one of the two edits -- invite a user | ||
| while another request renames one and the rename can vanish. Serialising | ||
| the cycle is the missing half. Re-entrant so a mutator may call another. | ||
| """ | ||
| @functools.wraps(method) | ||
| def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs): | ||
| with self._users_lock: | ||
| return method(self, *args, **kwargs) | ||
| return wrapper |
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Two account-store read-modify-write paths still bypass _users_lock.
The decorator covers the eight mutators it is applied to. Two remaining writers are not covered, so the lost-update class the docstring describes still exists:
check_passwordupgrades a legacy password hash at lines 651-662 under_hash_upgrade_lock. That is a different lock object fromself._users_lock, so it excludes only other hash upgrades. A login that upgrades a hash can interleave withdelete_userorupdate_profile: the mutator reads the store, the upgrade writes it, then the mutator writes back its stale copy. The upgraded hash is lost, or a deleted user reappears.update_last_loginat lines 875-884 rewrites the whole store with no lock at all. It runs on every successful login, so it can silently drop a concurrent invite or deletion.
Hold self._users_lock in both paths. The lock is re-entrant, so _hash_upgrade_lock can be replaced by it without a deadlock risk.
🔒️ Proposed fix
if ok:
if new_hash:
# Upgrade the stored hash in-place.
- # Lock ensures the read-modify-write is atomic when
- # concurrent logins race on the same legacy hash.
- with _hash_upgrade_lock:
+ # The account-store lock, not a hash-only lock:
+ # this cycle must also exclude the mutators.
+ with self._users_lock:
data = self._read_users()+ `@_serialized`
def update_last_login(self, user_id: str) -> None:
data = self._read_users()Run this script to list every account-store writer and confirm which ones hold the lock:
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
ast-grep outline tinyagentos/auth.py --items all
echo '--- methods that call _write_users ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import ast, pathlib
tree = ast.parse(pathlib.Path("tinyagentos/auth.py").read_text())
cls = next(n for n in tree.body if isinstance(n, ast.ClassDef) and n.name == "AuthManager")
for fn in cls.body:
if not isinstance(fn, ast.FunctionDef):
continue
writes = [c for c in ast.walk(fn) if isinstance(c, ast.Call)
and isinstance(c.func, ast.Attribute) and c.func.attr == "_write_users"]
if not writes:
continue
decorators = [ast.unparse(d) for d in fn.decorator_list]
withs = [ast.unparse(w.items[0].context_expr) for w in ast.walk(fn)
if isinstance(w, ast.With) and w.items]
print(f"{fn.name}: line={fn.lineno} decorators={decorators} with={withs}")
PY
echo '--- other _hash_upgrade_lock users ---'
rg -n -C 3 '_hash_upgrade_lock' tinyagentos🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@tinyagentos/auth.py` around lines 29 - 42, Update AuthManager.check_password
and update_last_login so every account-store read-modify-write is protected by
self._users_lock. Replace the separate _hash_upgrade_lock guarding the
password-hash upgrade with the re-entrant users lock, and add the same lock
around update_last_login’s _write_users call while preserving existing behavior.
beta.49 was bumped and collated on 2026-08-15 but never promoted to master or tagged, and 59 fragments have landed since. Per the collator's own rule those fold into the next version, so this release is beta.50 and beta.49 stays an unreleased section in the changelog. Headline fix: the account store no longer reads a NUL-filled file as a fresh install (#2502). Docs-Reviewed: release bump only, no route, schema or behaviour change; the CHANGELOG section is generated from fragments already reviewed on their own PRs. Packaging files change only in the version string.
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Two follow-ups from the incident, recorded here so they are not lost with the session context. 1. Non-atomic state writers (the sweep). 16 further 2. A file literally named 3. Host mount options (not a code issue). The device that hit this is mounted |
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What happened
An unclean power-off on the Orange Pi left
data/.auth_user.jsonat its correct size (901 bytes) and mtime but filled entirely with NUL bytes. taOS came back showing the create-your-account screen.Two separate defects turned a storage glitch into an account wipe:
1. The read path conflated "corrupt" with "fresh install."
_read_users()caughtJSONDecodeErrorand returned{"users": []}, sois_configured()saidFalse. Every onboarding gate —auth_middleware.py:567,routes/auth.py(login/setup pages),routes/dashboard.py:33— consults that one predicate, so all of them offered setup to an unauthenticated caller. Submitting the form calledsetup_user(), which wrote over the NULs and destroyed the real accounts permanently.Demonstrated on unpatched
origin/dev:2. The write path was not crash-safe.
_write_userswas a barewrite_text()— no temp file, no fsync, no rename.hub/identity.py:112andtaosnet/mesh_credentials.py:88already do temp+replace; the account store, the file that matters most, did not. (The device is also mounteddata=writeback, which widens the window — a separate host-side fix — butdata=ordereddoes not make a bare write durable either.)The fix
tinyagentos/atomic_io.py— write to a sibling temp file,fsyncit,os.replace, thenfsyncthe directory. A crash leaves either the whole old file or the whole new one. The account store, session store, legacy.auth_passwordand.auth_local_tokenall route through it, and get0600from creation rather than chmod-after-write._read_users()now distinguishes missing (fresh install, empty store) from present-but-unparseable, raisingAuthStoreCorruptErrorfor the latter.is_configured()catches it and answersTrue— closing every onboarding path at once, since they share that predicate — andsetup_user()lets it propagate so a corrupt store can never be overwritten.is_multi_user(), a display hint, degrades quietly instead./auth/statusreportsstore_error: "unreadable"so the UI can explain the state instead of offering setup.Tests
tests/test_auth_store_durability.py— 14 tests. The regression test writes the exact on-disk shape the Pi came back with (right size, all NULs) and assertsis_configured()/needs_onboarding(); a separate test asserts the corrupt bytes survive an attemptedsetup_user(). Also covers the missing-store case still onboarding, empty/truncated/wrong-type payloads, atomic-write mode handling, and that a failed write leaves the original intact with no temp file behind.Follow-ups (not in this PR)
journal_data_writeback+commit=120(fstab also has a straydefaults,,). Switching todata=orderedneeds a reboot.write_text(json.dumps(...))state writers remain, and the existing temp+replace sites lack thefsync.Summary by CodeRabbit
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