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fix(data-plane): answer every unaccepted session token with 401 - #1602
The data plane's Native routes answered session credentials inconsistently:
A bearer value that is not a data-plane token, such as a management API key sent to /v1/sessions/{id}/events or a port proxy, was a 400 invalid_request with the message invalid_token. An unknown or expired token was a 401.
Authorization: bearer <token> (any case other than Bearer) was not read, so a valid token was reported as missing (401 data-plane token required). Authentication schemes are case-insensitive (RFC 7235 section 2.1).
After this change the scheme is matched case-insensitively, and a malformed token answers the same 401 unauthorized ("invalid or expired data-plane token") as an unknown, expired or other session's token. A non-Bearer scheme (Basic, say) still carries no data-plane token and is left to the proxied service.
A token issued for another session stays a 401, and the OpenAPI now says so: the events and proxy 401 descriptions list "including a token issued for another session". The attach 401 covers only a malformed token in Authorization or Sec-WebSocket-Protocol, the one refusal made before the upgrade: without a header token the upgrade completes and the token comes in the first attach frame, and a token that is unknown, expired, or issued for another session is refused after the upgrade with a non-retryable error frame, code unauthenticated. The events 403 is described as a token issued for this session that does not grant the access, which is when the resolver refuses with it (missing scope, revoked port session). Answering 403 for another session's token would need a second lookup keyed by token hash on every refusal, which has no index today; the session-scoped answer is what a holder of that token can act on.
Validation
header_token_accepts_authorization_and_subprotocol now covers bearer, BEARER with extra spaces, a Basic scheme, and two malformed bearer values. Without the change it fails: bearer dpt_… parses to None instead of the token.
New malformed_data_plane_token_is_unauthorized_on_every_native_route: an API-key-shaped and a short dpt_ bearer on events and proxy routes answer 401 unauthorized. Without the change: left: 400, right: 401.
cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -p pplx-space-data-plane-server -p pplx-space-api --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings, cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked, cargo test -p pplx-space-data-plane-server, and the pplx-space-api OpenAPI tests (public_docs, with --config "profile.test.package.pplx-space-api.opt-level=0" --all-features): pass.
Kind (current guest), raw HTTP:
before (main 963a572): API key as bearer on events 400 {"error":{"code":"invalid_request","message":"invalid_token"}}, on the proxy 400 {"code":"invalid_request","message":"invalid_token"}; bearer <own token> and BEARER <own token> 401 "data-plane token required"; unknown and other session's token 401.
after: API key, garbage and short dpt_ bearers, unknown and other session's token all 401 unauthorized "invalid or expired data-plane token" on events and proxy; bearer/BEARER with the session's own token 200 (event stream; proxied sub); Basic … 401 "data-plane token required".
Kind native typed smoke (scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh native, SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_ADMIN_TOKEN_FILE set) on a build of all seven of these fixes together: 47 passed, 0 failed, 0 inconclusive. That combined build is local evidence; this branch alone was validated by its unit and integration tests.
Severity and risk
Severity: low. Clients got a misleading status for a wrong credential, and clients that lowercase the scheme could not attach.
Risk: low. Requests that authenticated before still do. A client that branched on the 400 for a malformed token now sees 401. Roll back by reverting.
Stack
Independent of the other data-plane error changes. If #1603 merges first, the new test's proxy rows read the error code at /error/code instead of /code.
Not covered
The management API's own bearer parsing (crates/l40_api/api/src/middleware/auth.rs) still requires the exact Bearer prefix; this change is the data plane's.
AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code, tests, and this description; the author reviewed them.
Why: Malformed data-plane tokens on native routes now get 401 instead of 400, and the Bearer scheme is matched case-insensitively. Clients that handle 400 for malformed tokens may behave differently. The change is tested, but because it alters the native API's documented error behavior, owners should confirm the compatibility impact before merging.
Commit: 9cc77487875c.
Walkthrough
Authorization header parsing now accepts case-insensitive Bearer schemes and surrounding whitespace. Malformed token credentials return unauthorized responses on native routes instead of bad-request responses. Tests cover malformed credentials and header parsing. API descriptions clarify the documented 401 and 403 cases.
Merge Risk: High · up to 9cc77
Malformed data-plane tokens on native routes now get 401 instead of 400, and the Bearer scheme is matched case-insensitively. Clients that handle 400 for malformed tokens may behave differently. The change is tested, but because it alters the native API's documented error behavior, owners should confirm the compatibility impact before merging.
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Rewrite the prefix to match the required format, for example: "data-plane: answer every unaccepted session token with 401". Keep the rest of the title as it is.
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Rewrite the prefix to match the required format, for example: "data-plane: answer every unaccepted session token with 401". Keep the rest of the title as it is.
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Review comments at @crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public_docs.rs:
- Line 280: Update the 401 response description to cover only malformed header
credentials. Document that a token for another session can receive HTTP 101
followed by an unauthenticated error frame, and that a missing header token may
proceed to upgrade with authentication handled after upgrade by attach_session
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The data plane's Native routes answered credentials inconsistently. A
bearer value that is not a data-plane token, such as a management API key
sent to the events stream or a port proxy, was a 400 `invalid_request`
with the message `invalid_token`, while an unknown or expired token was a
401. `Authorization: bearer <token>` was not read at all, because only the
exact `Bearer ` prefix was, so a valid token sent with a lowercase scheme
was reported as missing. Authentication schemes are case-insensitive
(RFC 7235 section 2.1).
The scheme is now matched case-insensitively, and a malformed token
answers the same 401 `unauthorized` as an unknown, expired, or other
session's token. The OpenAPI 401 descriptions on the events, attach and
proxy routes now say so; the events 403 says it is for a token issued for
this session that does not grant the access, which is when the resolver
refuses with it. A token for another session stays a 401: tokens are
looked up by session, so telling it apart from an unknown token would need
a second lookup keyed by token hash on every refusal.
The attach route's 401 listed every token the data plane does not accept,
but only a malformed token in `Authorization` or `Sec-WebSocket-Protocol` is
refused before the upgrade. Without a header token the upgrade completes and
the token comes in the first `attach` frame, and a well-formed token that is
unknown, expired, or issued for another session is looked up after the
upgrade and refused with an `unauthenticated` error frame. The description
now says so. The events and proxy routes look the token up before they
answer, so their 401 stays as it is.
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Summary
The data plane's Native routes answered session credentials inconsistently:
/v1/sessions/{id}/eventsor a port proxy, was a 400invalid_requestwith the messageinvalid_token. An unknown or expired token was a 401.Authorization: bearer <token>(any case other thanBearer) was not read, so a valid token was reported as missing (401 data-plane token required). Authentication schemes are case-insensitive (RFC 7235 section 2.1).After this change the scheme is matched case-insensitively, and a malformed token answers the same 401
unauthorized("invalid or expired data-plane token") as an unknown, expired or other session's token. A non-Bearer scheme (Basic, say) still carries no data-plane token and is left to the proxied service.A token issued for another session stays a 401, and the OpenAPI now says so: the events and proxy 401 descriptions list "including a token issued for another session". The attach 401 covers only a malformed token in
AuthorizationorSec-WebSocket-Protocol, the one refusal made before the upgrade: without a header token the upgrade completes and the token comes in the firstattachframe, and a token that is unknown, expired, or issued for another session is refused after the upgrade with a non-retryableerrorframe, codeunauthenticated. The events 403 is described as a token issued for this session that does not grant the access, which is when the resolver refuses with it (missing scope, revoked port session). Answering 403 for another session's token would need a second lookup keyed by token hash on every refusal, which has no index today; the session-scoped answer is what a holder of that token can act on.Validation
header_token_accepts_authorization_and_subprotocolnow coversbearer,BEARERwith extra spaces, a Basic scheme, and two malformed bearer values. Without the change it fails:bearer dpt_…parses toNoneinstead of the token.malformed_data_plane_token_is_unauthorized_on_every_native_route: an API-key-shaped and a shortdpt_bearer on events and proxy routes answer 401unauthorized. Without the change:left: 400, right: 401.cargo fmt --check,cargo clippy -p pplx-space-data-plane-server -p pplx-space-api --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings,cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked,cargo test -p pplx-space-data-plane-server, and the pplx-space-api OpenAPI tests (public_docs, with--config "profile.test.package.pplx-space-api.opt-level=0" --all-features): pass.before (main 963a572): API key as bearer on events 400
{"error":{"code":"invalid_request","message":"invalid_token"}}, on the proxy 400{"code":"invalid_request","message":"invalid_token"};bearer <own token>andBEARER <own token>401 "data-plane token required"; unknown and other session's token 401.after: API key, garbage and short
dpt_bearers, unknown and other session's token all 401unauthorized"invalid or expired data-plane token" on events and proxy;bearer/BEARERwith the session's own token 200 (event stream; proxiedsub);Basic …401 "data-plane token required".scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh native,SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_ADMIN_TOKEN_FILEset) on a build of all seven of these fixes together: 47 passed, 0 failed, 0 inconclusive. That combined build is local evidence; this branch alone was validated by its unit and integration tests.Severity and risk
Severity: low. Clients got a misleading status for a wrong credential, and clients that lowercase the scheme could not attach.
Risk: low. Requests that authenticated before still do. A client that branched on the 400 for a malformed token now sees 401. Roll back by reverting.
Stack
Independent of the other data-plane error changes. If #1603 merges first, the new test's proxy rows read the error code at
/error/codeinstead of/code.Not covered
The management API's own bearer parsing (
crates/l40_api/api/src/middleware/auth.rs) still requires the exactBearerprefix; this change is the data plane's.AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code, tests, and this description; the author reviewed them.