fix(security): verify keychain round-trip in keychain_available() - #77
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The probe only called get_password() for a non-existent key, which returns None without error on the 'fail' keyring backend. This made keychain_available() return True even though set_password() silently discards secrets, causing user secrets to be lost without warning. Add a round-trip verification: write a probe value, read it back, and only return True if the value matches. Before: keychain_available() returns True on 'fail' backend (secrets lost) After: keychain_available() returns False on 'fail' backend (falls back to file) Bug: SC-008
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Bug:
keychain_available()returns True for "fail" backend — secrets silently lostBefore
The probe only calls
get_password()for a non-existent key, which returnsNonewithout error on thefailkeyring backend. This causeskeychain_available()to returnTrueeven thoughset_password()silently discards secrets.On the
failbackend,set_password()also silently succeeds (does nothing), and the secret is not actually stored. The user receives confirmation of success, but the secret is lost forever.After
A round-trip verification is performed: write a probe value, read it back, and only return
Trueif the value matches.Evidence
keychain_available()returnsTrueonfailbackend → secrets silently lostkeychain_available()returnsFalseonfailbackend → correctly falls back to file storageFix
Replace the
get_passwordprobe with a write-read-delete round-trip verification. This ensures the keychain backend actually persists data before reporting availability.Spark Compete Packet
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