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What this PR does

Sessions written by this CLI stay visible to the 3.x CLI that shares the same auth store. Today our first write silently logs the 3.x CLI out. Merging this closes #204.

The bug

Both CLI lines point at one auth store (auth.json plus auth.context.json) but disagree about its shape:

  • The 3.x CLI (@prisma/cli@latest, 3.0.0-beta.30) reads sessions from a top-level tokens array (data.tokens || []), selected by the context file's activeWorkspaceId.
  • This CLI writes { version, sessions, currentWorkspaceId }, and it writes the whole file.

Adoption of the legacy store is deliberately a pure read, so 3.x sessions keep working until this CLI's first mutation. For someone who only runs read commands, that first mutation is the background token refresh. After it, 3.x reports authenticated: false with no error anywhere: its reader simply finds an empty array.

The fix

One write choke point gains a legacy mirror. writeCredentialState:

  1. also serializes the sessions in the legacy record shape under tokens ({ workspaceId, token, refreshToken? }), and
  2. keeps auth.context.json's activeWorkspaceId in step with currentWorkspaceId, preserving the remembered-workspace name map.

Every mutation flows through this function (login, refresh, select, end session, logout), so all of them stay legacy-visible. The mirror is invisible to this CLI's own reader, which branches on sessions before ever looking at tokens. This is also the behavior the code already intended: auth/operations.ts carries an unwired storeLegacyCredential helper written for exactly this purpose.

Hardening from the review rounds: the context file writes via temp plus rename (a torn context makes 3.x silently self-activate its latest session), and an empty state with no pre-existing context file does not materialize one (an existing null pointer reads as "signed out" to 3.x, an absent file does not).

Proof

End-to-end against the real published 3.x binary, using a store refreshed through activeCredentialStorage().setTokens (the exact write the background refresh performs):

store written by main:        auth whoami -> authenticated: false
store written by this branch: auth whoami -> authenticated: true, workspace wksp_e2e

Regression tests read the store exactly as the 3.x CLI does: refresh keeps the session visible, create and select move the pointer, endSession preserves or clears the legacy view, and the mirror stays invisible to our own reader. The core two fail without the fix. Full suite: 985 passing, tsc --noEmit and pnpm lint clean.

Scope

Two small functions in legacy-state.ts (the module that owns legacy-format knowledge) plus two lines in writeCredentialState. No changes to the credential manager, the lock protocol, or the schema this CLI reads. Known pre-existing gaps (the project transfer path writing through @prisma/credentials-store, dead performLogout code) are documented in the PR comments as follow-ups.

Fixes #204.

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Both CLI lines point at the same auth store (auth.json +
auth.context.json), but they disagree about its shape: the 3.x CLI
reads sessions from a top-level `tokens` array selected by the context
file's `activeWorkspaceId`, while this CLI writes
{ version, sessions, currentWorkspaceId } and nothing else. Adoption of
the legacy store is deliberately a pure read, so a user who logged in
with 3.x keeps working — until this CLI's first mutation of the file.
For a user who only runs read commands that first mutation is the
background token refresh, which rewrites auth.json without the
`tokens` key and silently logs the 3.x CLI out (#204): its reader does
`data.tokens || []` and reports authenticated: false.

The fix is a legacy mirror at the single write choke point.
writeCredentialState serializes the sessions a second time in the
legacy record shape under `tokens`, and keeps auth.context.json's
`activeWorkspaceId` in step with `currentWorkspaceId` (preserving the
remembered-workspace name map). Every mutation — login, refresh,
select, logout — flows through this function, so all of them stay
legacy-visible. The mirror is invisible to this CLI's own reader,
which branches on `sessions` before ever looking at `tokens`, so
adoption, precedence, and the migration tests are untouched.

This is the behavior the code already intended: auth/operations.ts
carries an unwired storeLegacyCredential helper whose comment says the
legacy store 'dies with the legacy shell' — the shell is still alive on
`latest`, and the docs drive users through both CLIs on one machine.

Regression tests read the store exactly as the 3.x CLI does (tokens
array + active pointer, refreshToken required): a refresh keeps the
session visible, create/select move the pointer, and the mirror stays
invisible to our own reader. Two of the three fail without the fix.

Verification: pnpm --filter @prisma/cli test (981 passing),
tsc --noEmit, pnpm lint.

Fixes #204.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved compatibility between current and legacy authentication state.
    • Kept saved credentials and refreshed tokens readable across CLI versions.
    • Synchronized the active workspace in the authentication context.
    • Recreated missing or corrupted authentication context files automatically.

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The authentication state writer now stores a legacy tokens mirror derived from current sessions. It preserves refresh tokens when available. It also synchronizes auth.context.json with the active workspace and recreates invalid or missing context data. Migration tests verify token refreshes, session creation, session selection, and compatibility with the current credential reader.

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In `@packages/cli/src/auth/legacy-state.ts`:
- Around line 40-42: Update the guard around readLegacyContext so a credential
write is skipped only when the raw activeWorkspaceId and workspaces data are
canonical, not merely when the normalized activeWorkspaceId matches
currentWorkspaceId; otherwise reserialize the legacy context to repair
whitespace-padded IDs and malformed workspace data. Add a regression case
covering a whitespace-padded activeWorkspaceId.

In `@packages/cli/tests/credential-manager-migration.test.ts`:
- Around line 353-374: The credential migration tests need coverage for
endSession’s legacy-state behavior. Extend the endSession tests to verify
removing a non-active session preserves the remaining credential and active
pointer, and removing the active session makes readAsLegacyCli return null while
clearing activeWorkspaceId.
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End-to-end validation against the real published 3.x CLI, beyond the unit-level reader simulation:

Procedure: create a session and then rotate it through activeCredentialStorage().setTokens (the exact write the background refresh performs) into a temp store via PRISMA_AUTH_FILE, then run the packed @prisma/cli@3.0.0-beta.30 binary against that store via PRISMA_COMPUTE_AUTH_FILE.

== store written by main's code ==
auth whoami --json → authenticated: false | workspace: null    (the #204 symptom)

== store written by this branch ==
auth whoami --json → authenticated: true  | workspace: { id: "wksp_e2e", ... }

…zes from nothing

From an independent review of the mirror:

- auth.context.json now goes through the same temp+rename as auth.json.
  A torn context file does not crash either CLI's reader, but the 3.x
  CLI treats an unreadable context as absent and then self-activates
  its latest session — a torn write could silently switch its active
  workspace.
- When no context file exists and nothing is selected, none is created.
  The 3.x CLI reads an existing null pointer as 'explicitly signed
  out' where an absent file lets it self-activate; an rc store that
  never had a context should not flip that behavior.
- The atomicity test now expects the trailing context rename, and new
  tests pin that a pointer move preserves the remembered-workspace
  name map and that an empty write materializes no context file.

Considered and rejected: adopting legacy entries via their stored
workspaceId when the token carries no claims — the adoption suite
deliberately pins claims as the only trusted key ('keys on the
workspace_id claim ... ignores undecodable entries'), and every rc
session token is a claims-bearing platform JWT.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A fresh-context review of this diff surfaced two hardening items, now pushed: the auth.context.json write goes through temp+rename (a torn context makes the 3.x CLI silently self-activate its latest session), and an empty state with no pre-existing context file no longer materializes one (an existing null pointer reads as 'explicitly signed out' to 3.x, where an absent file lets it self-activate — an rc store that never had a context shouldn't flip that). Plus two more regression tests (pointer move preserves the workspace name map; empty write creates no context file). 983 tests pass.

Noted for follow-up, deliberately out of this PR's scope (pre-existing): the project transfer recipient path still writes the store through @prisma/credentials-store (legacy envelope, non-atomic, outside the state lock) — after it runs, rc falls back to legacy adoption; and performLogout/storeLegacyCredential/guard.ts are dead code. Both predate this change.

Ending a non-active session keeps the remaining session and pointer
visible to the 3.x reader; ending the active one empties the mirror
and nulls the pointer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ankur-arch dismissed coderabbitai[bot]’s stale review August 18, 2026 13:42

Both findings addressed (endSession tests added; trim-guard finding rejected with evidence on the thread); wmadden approved.

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Credential store incompatibility: sessions refreshed by the rc CLI are invisible to @prisma/cli@latest (3.0.0-beta.30)

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