fix(devtools): require dev auth token for openInEditor and options RPC methods

package.json

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint --cache .",
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s",
     "release": "pnpm test && bumpp -r -x \"pnpm run changelog\" --all",
-    "test": "pnpm lint",
+    "test": "pnpm lint && pnpm test:unit",
+    "test:unit": "pnpm -r --filter \"./packages/*\" run test:unit",
     "docs": "nuxi dev docs",
     "docs:build": "CI=true nuxi generate docs",
     "typecheck": "vue-tsc --noEmit",

packages/devtools-kit/src/_types/rpc.ts

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export interface ServerFunctions {
 
   // Options
   getOptions: <T extends keyof NuxtDevToolsOptions>(tab: T) => Promise<NuxtDevToolsOptions[T]>
-  updateOptions: <T extends keyof NuxtDevToolsOptions>(tab: T, settings: Partial<NuxtDevToolsOptions[T]>) => Promise<void>
-  clearOptions: () => Promise<void>
+  updateOptions: <T extends keyof NuxtDevToolsOptions>(token: string, tab: T, settings: Partial<NuxtDevToolsOptions[T]>) => Promise<void>
+  clearOptions: (token: string) => Promise<void>
 
   // Updates
   checkForUpdateFor: (name: string) => Promise<PackageUpdateInfo | undefined>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export interface ServerFunctions {
   telemetryEvent: (payload: object, immediate?: boolean) => void
   customTabAction: (name: string, action: number) => Promise<boolean>
   runWizard: <T extends WizardActions>(token: string, name: T, ...args: GetWizardArgs<T>) => Promise<void>
-  openInEditor: (filepath: string) => Promise<boolean>
+  openInEditor: (token: string, filepath: string) => Promise<boolean>
   restartNuxt: (token: string, hard?: boolean) => Promise<void>
   installNuxtModule: (token: string, name: string, dry?: boolean) => Promise<InstallModuleReturn>
   uninstallNuxtModule: (token: string, name: string, dry?: boolean) => Promise<InstallModuleReturn>

packages/devtools/client/composables/editor.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useClipboard } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { useRouter } from '#app/composables/router'
 import { devtoolsUiShowNotification } from '#imports'
+import { ensureDevAuthToken } from './dev-auth'
 import { rpc } from './rpc'
 import { useServerConfig, useVirtualFiles } from './state'
 import { useCurrentVirtualFile } from './state-routes'
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function useOpenInEditor() {
       router.push('/modules/virtual-files')
     }
     else {
-      await rpc.openInEditor(filepath)
+      await rpc.openInEditor(await ensureDevAuthToken(), filepath)
     }
   }
 }

packages/devtools/client/composables/storage-options.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { NuxtDevToolsOptions } from '../../types'
 import { watchDebounced } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { reactive, toRefs } from 'vue'
 import { defaultTabOptions } from '../../src/constant'
+import { devAuthToken, isDevAuthed } from './dev-auth'
 import { rpc } from './rpc'
 
 const cache = new Map<string, any>()
@@ -22,7 +23,12 @@ function getTabOptions<T extends keyof NuxtDevToolsOptions>(tab: T): ToRefs<Nuxt
       watchDebounced(
         source,
         async (options) => {
-          rpc.updateOptions(tab, options)
+          // Persisting options writes to disk and is a token-gated action.
+          // Only persist when the session is already authenticated, and never
+          // trigger an auth prompt from this passive watcher.
+          if (!isDevAuthed.value || !devAuthToken.value)
+            return
+          rpc.updateOptions(devAuthToken.value, tab, options)
         },
         { deep: true, flush: 'post', debounce: 500, maxWait: 1000 },
       )

packages/devtools/client/pages/settings.vue

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { watchEffect } from 'vue'
 import { definePageMeta } from '#imports'
 import { useClient } from '~/composables/client'
+import { ensureDevAuthToken, isDevAuthed } from '~/composables/dev-auth'
 import { rpc } from '~/composables/rpc'
 import { getCategorizedTabs, useAllTabs } from '~/composables/state-tabs'
 import { telemetryEnabled } from '~/composables/telemetry'
@@ -62,28 +63,48 @@ const MinimizeInactiveOptions = [
 
 const categories = getCategorizedTabs(useAllTabs())
 
+// Persisting settings is a token-gated action (see storage-options watcher).
+// When the user deliberately edits a setting on this page, ensure the session
+// is authenticated once so the change is actually written to disk.
+let authEnsured = false
+async function onEdit() {
+  if (authEnsured || isDevAuthed.value)
+    return
+  authEnsured = true
+  try {
+    await ensureDevAuthToken()
+  }
+  catch {
+    authEnsured = false
+  }
+}
+
 function toggleTab(name: string, v?: boolean) {
+  onEdit()
   if (v)
     hiddenTabs.value = hiddenTabs.value.filter(i => i !== name)
   else
     hiddenTabs.value.push(name)
 }
 
 function toggleTabCategory(name: string, v?: boolean) {
+  onEdit()
   if (v)
     hiddenTabCategories.value = hiddenTabCategories.value.filter(i => i !== name)
   else
     hiddenTabCategories.value.push(name)
 }
 
 function togglePinTab(name: string) {
+  onEdit()
   if (pinnedTabs.value.includes(name))
     pinnedTabs.value = pinnedTabs.value.filter(i => i !== name)
   else
     pinnedTabs.value.push(name)
 }
 
 function pinMove(name: string, delta: number) {
+  onEdit()
   const index = pinnedTabs.value.indexOf(name)
   if (index === -1)
     return
@@ -105,7 +126,7 @@ async function clearOptions() {
       if (key.startsWith('nuxt-devtools-'))
         localStorage.removeItem(key)
     })
-    await rpc.clearOptions()
+    await rpc.clearOptions(await ensureDevAuthToken())
     client.value?.app?.reload?.()
     window.location.reload()
   }
@@ -200,18 +221,18 @@ watchEffect(() => {
           </div>
           <div mx--2 my1 h-1px border="b base" op75 />
           <p>UI Scale</p>
-          <NSelect v-model="scale" n="primary">
+          <NSelect v-model="scale" n="primary" @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <option v-for="i of scaleOptions" :key="i[0]" :value="i[1]">
               {{ i[0] }}
             </option>
           </NSelect>
           <div mx--2 my1 h-1px border="b base" op75 />
-          <NCheckbox v-model="sidebarExpanded" n-primary>
+          <NCheckbox v-model="sidebarExpanded" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <span>
               Expand Sidebar
             </span>
           </NCheckbox>
-          <NCheckbox v-model="sidebarScrollable" :disabled="sidebarExpanded" n-primary>
+          <NCheckbox v-model="sidebarScrollable" :disabled="sidebarExpanded" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <span>
               Scrollable Sidebar
             </span>
@@ -222,24 +243,24 @@ watchEffect(() => {
           Features
         </h3>
         <NCard p4 flex="~ col gap-2">
-          <NCheckbox v-model="interactionCloseOnOutsideClick" n-primary>
+          <NCheckbox v-model="interactionCloseOnOutsideClick" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <span>Close DevTools when clicking outside</span>
           </NCheckbox>
           <!-- <NCheckbox v-model="showExperimentalFeatures" n-primary>
             <span>Show experimental features</span>
           </NCheckbox> -->
-          <NCheckbox v-model="showHelpButtons" n-primary>
+          <NCheckbox v-model="showHelpButtons" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <span>Show help buttons</span>
           </NCheckbox>
 
-          <NCheckbox v-model="showPanel" n-primary>
+          <NCheckbox v-model="showPanel" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <span>Show the floating panel</span>
           </NCheckbox>
 
           <div mx--2 my1 h-1px border="b base" op75 />
 
           <p>Minimize floating panel on inactive</p>
-          <NSelect v-model.number="minimizePanelInactive" n-primary>
+          <NSelect v-model.number="minimizePanelInactive" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <option v-for="i of MinimizeInactiveOptions" :key="i[0]" :value="i[1]">
               {{ i[0] }}
             </option>
@@ -248,7 +269,7 @@ watchEffect(() => {
           <div mx--2 my1 h-1px border="b base" op75 />
 
           <p>Open In Editor</p>
-          <NSelect v-model="openInEditor" n-primary>
+          <NSelect v-model="openInEditor" n-primary @update:model-value="onEdit">
             <option v-for="i of editorOptions" :key="i[0]" :value="i[1]">
               {{ i[0] }}
             </option>

packages/devtools/client/plugins/global.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { NuxtDevtoolsHostClient } from '@nuxt/devtools-kit/types'
 import { triggerRef } from 'vue'
 import { defineNuxtPlugin, useRouter } from '#imports'
 import { useClient } from '../composables/client'
+import { ensureDevAuthToken } from '../composables/dev-auth'
 import { rpc } from '../composables/rpc'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin(() => {
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(() => {
     client.value.revision.value += 1
   }
 
-  function onInspectorClick(path: string) {
-    rpc.openInEditor(path)
+  async function onInspectorClick(path: string) {
+    rpc.openInEditor(await ensureDevAuthToken(), path)
   }
 
   function setupClient(_client: NuxtDevtoolsHostClient) {

packages/devtools/package.json

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     "dev:playground": "pnpm build && nuxi dev playground",
     "dev:prepare": "pnpm run stub && nuxi prepare client",
     "prepare": "tsx scripts/prepare.ts",
-    "prepack": "pnpm build"
+    "prepack": "pnpm build",
+    "test:unit": "vitest run"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@vitejs/devtools": "*",
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@
     "vanilla-jsoneditor": "catalog:frontend",
     "vis-data": "catalog:frontend",
     "vis-network": "catalog:frontend",
+    "vitest": "catalog:cli",
     "vue-tsc": "catalog:cli",
     "vue-virtual-scroller": "catalog:frontend"
   }

packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/general.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ModuleOptions, NuxtLayout } from '@nuxt/schema'
-import type { Component, NuxtApp, NuxtPage } from 'nuxt/schema'
+import type { Component, NuxtApp, NuxtOptions, NuxtPage } from 'nuxt/schema'
 import type { Import, Unimport } from 'unimport'
 import type { AutoImportsWithMetadata, HookInfo, NuxtDevtoolsServerContext, ServerDebugContext, ServerFunctions } from '../types'
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ export function setupGeneralRPC({
   })
 
   return {
-    getServerConfig() {
-      return nuxt.options
+    getServerConfig(): NuxtOptions {
+      return nuxt.options as unknown as NuxtOptions
     },
     async getServerDebugContext() {
       if (!nuxt._debug)
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ export function setupGeneralRPC({
     getServerHooks(): HookInfo[] {
       return Object.values(serverHooks)
     },
-    async openInEditor(input: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    async openInEditor(token: string, input: string): Promise<boolean> {
+      await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
       if (input.startsWith('./') || !ABSOLUTE_PATH_RE.test(input))
         input = resolve(process.cwd(), input)
 

packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/options.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function getOptions() {
   return options
 }
 
-export function setupOptionsRPC({ nuxt }: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext) {
+export function setupOptionsRPC({ nuxt, ensureDevAuthToken }: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext) {
   async function getOptions<T extends keyof NuxtDevToolsOptions>(tab: T): Promise<NuxtDevToolsOptions[T]> {
     if (!options || options[tab]) {
       options = defaultTabOptions
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@ export function setupOptionsRPC({ nuxt }: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext) {
 
   getOptions('ui')
 
-  async function clearOptions() {
+  async function clearOptions(token: string) {
+    await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
     options = undefined
     await clearLocalOptions({
       root: nuxt.options.rootDir,
     })
   }
 
   return {
-    async updateOptions(tab, _settings) {
+    async updateOptions(token, tab, _settings) {
+      await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
       const settings = await getOptions(tab)
       Object.assign(settings, _settings)
       await writeLocalOptions(

packages/devtools/test/server-rpc-auth.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { mkdtemp } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { createHooks } from 'hookable'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { setupGeneralRPC } from '../src/server-rpc/general'
+import { setupOptionsRPC } from '../src/server-rpc/options'
+
+const VALID_TOKEN = 'valid-token'
+
+// Mutating RPC methods must gate on the dev auth token, exactly like the rest
+// of the RPC surface (restartNuxt, storage writes, npm, terminals, ...). These
+// tests assert the guard runs before any side effect.
+function createAuthStub() {
+  return vi.fn(async (token: string) => {
+    if (token !== VALID_TOKEN)
+      throw new Error('[Nuxt DevTools] Invalid dev auth token.')
+  })
+}
+
+function createNuxtStub(rootDir: string) {
+  const hooks = createHooks()
+  return {
+    hooks,
+    hook: hooks.hook.bind(hooks),
+    callHook: hooks.callHook.bind(hooks),
+    options: { rootDir },
+  } as any
+}
+
+describe('options rpc auth', () => {
+  let rootDir: string
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    rootDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'nuxt-devtools-test-'))
+    // sandbox where local options are persisted (see getHomeDir)
+    process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = rootDir
+  })
+
+  it('updateOptions rejects an invalid token', async () => {
+    const ensureDevAuthToken = createAuthStub()
+    const rpc = setupOptionsRPC({ nuxt: createNuxtStub(rootDir), ensureDevAuthToken } as any)
+
+    await expect(rpc.updateOptions('invalid', 'behavior', { openInEditor: 'malicious' }))
+      .rejects
+      .toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+    expect(ensureDevAuthToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith('invalid')
+  })
+
+  it('updateOptions proceeds with a valid token', async () => {
+    const ensureDevAuthToken = createAuthStub()
+    const rpc = setupOptionsRPC({ nuxt: createNuxtStub(rootDir), ensureDevAuthToken } as any)
+
+    await expect(rpc.updateOptions(VALID_TOKEN, 'ui', { scale: 2 })).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ensureDevAuthToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith(VALID_TOKEN)
+  })
+
+  it('clearOptions rejects an invalid token', async () => {
+    const ensureDevAuthToken = createAuthStub()
+    const rpc = setupOptionsRPC({ nuxt: createNuxtStub(rootDir), ensureDevAuthToken } as any)
+
+    await expect(rpc.clearOptions('invalid')).rejects.toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+    expect(ensureDevAuthToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith('invalid')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('general rpc auth', () => {
+  function createGeneralRPC(ensureDevAuthToken: ReturnType<typeof createAuthStub>) {
+    return setupGeneralRPC({
+      nuxt: createNuxtStub(process.cwd()),
+      options: {},
+      refresh: vi.fn(),
+      ensureDevAuthToken,
+      openInEditorHooks: [],
+    } as any)
+  }
+
+  it('openInEditor rejects an invalid token before touching the filesystem', async () => {
+    const ensureDevAuthToken = createAuthStub()
+    const general = createGeneralRPC(ensureDevAuthToken)
+
+    await expect(general.openInEditor('invalid', './some-file.ts'))
+      .rejects
+      .toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+    expect(ensureDevAuthToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith('invalid')
+  })
+
+  it('openInEditor proceeds past auth with a valid token', async () => {
+    const ensureDevAuthToken = createAuthStub()
+    const general = createGeneralRPC(ensureDevAuthToken)
+
+    // A non-existent file resolves to `false` (never spawns an editor), which
+    // proves the auth guard passed rather than short-circuiting with a throw.
+    await expect(general.openInEditor(VALID_TOKEN, '/definitely/not/a/real/path-xyz'))
+      .resolves
+      .toBe(false)
+    expect(ensureDevAuthToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith(VALID_TOKEN)
+  })
+})

packages/devtools/vitest.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    environment: 'node',
+    include: ['test/**/*.test.ts'],
+  },
+})