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api: persist client attribution on native create operations - #1665
Native create admission can now save the request's resolved client ID as the operation's metric_client_id. It does this only while the new switch SPACE_NATIVE_CREATE_CLIENT_ATTRIBUTION_ENABLED is on, and the switch is off by default. With the switch on and #1664 deployed, native create metrics carry the caller's client_id instead of unknown, whether the create runs inline or through the cluster controller's dispatcher.
create_native_sandbox_operation reads request_client_id() and saves it when the switch is on and the ID isn't unknown. When the switch is off, or the caller is unattributed, payloads keep their current JSON shape.
The saved value is already a bounded ClientIdTag resolved from the static allowlist, so no new cardinality enters the payload.
Attribution is not part of the idempotency fingerprint. A replay from a different client reuses the original operation and keeps the original client.
native_create_persists_default_policy_in_operation_payload runs in its own test process with the switch set to On. It admits as admitting-client, replays as replaying-client, and checks that the saved payload holds admitting-client.
native_create_records_no_client_with_the_attribution_switch_unset runs in its own test process with the switch unset. It admits as an allowlisted client and checks that the payload has no metric_client_id key.
Red checks at this head: defaulting the switch to on fails the unset test, and forcing it off fails the switch-on test.
Risk: with the switch off, nothing changes on the wire. With it on, an executor without #1664 rejects payloads that contain the field and fails the create. The switch's documented rollout below is what prevents that. A code rollback of this PR alone is always safe.
Rollout
The API and the cluster controller can roll out in either order, because the switch is off by default and payloads are byte-identical with it off.
Turn SPACE_NATIVE_CREATE_CLIENT_ATTRIBUTION_ENABLED on only once every space-api and space-cluster-controller replica runs a release with this change. Both execute native creates: the API through its inline runner, the controller through its dispatcher.
Why: Native creates can now carry client attribution into controller execution, but that cross-service path has not been validated in a cluster. Validate it before merging and follow the documented rollout sequence.
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Walkthrough
When SPACE_NATIVE_CREATE_CLIENT_ATTRIBUTION_ENABLED is on, native sandbox creation stores a known request client ID in the create-operation payload. The setting defaults to off. Unknown client tags are not stored. Idempotent replays retain the ID from the admitting request.
Possibly related PRs
perplexityai/SPACE#1664: Adds metric_client_id to the create payload and restores it during execution.
Merge Risk: High · up to 83ac8
Native creates can now carry client attribution into controller execution, but that cross-service path has not been validated in a cluster. Validate it before merging and follow the documented rollout sequence.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 83ac8
The change carries bounded metric attribution, not authorization authority, and defaults off. Replay preserves the original attribution. Risk is primarily operational: enabling it requires compatible executors, and rollback to older readers requires draining attributed creates. Deployment enforcement and mixed-version execution were not demonstrated.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The changed attacker-controlled influence is attribution of the caller's admitted native creates to an existing allowlisted metric label, including delayed execution and retries. The inspected flow does not grant another tenant's operation access or convert the label into a sandbox authorization principal.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Metric attribution is self-selected header metadata, not authenticated client identity. Existing controls restrict admission to configured, validated IDs; absent or unlisted headers resolve to unknown. Persisted-value restoration rejects invalid or reserved labels and uses overflow when its runtime cap is exhausted.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — The new metadata shares the existing admission transaction rather than introducing a separate mutable record. Organization-scoped idempotency locking precedes pool claims; operation insertion and admission claims commit together, while replay, conflict and failed admission do not replace the stored payload. Existing cancellation and stale-claim recovery operate on operation state and claim tokens, not attribution.
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The Validation section names native_create_persists_default_policy_in_operation_payload and reports that it fails when attribution is forced off. The test asserts that the admitting client ID is per…
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PASS: The pull request does not weaken a safeguard. The diff adds two attribution tests and a new assertion for the admitting client. Existing idempotency and payload assertions remain in place. No te…
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The Validation section names native_create_persists_default_policy_in_operation_payload and reports that it fails when attribution is forced off. The test asserts that the admitting client ID is persisted and retained on replay.
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Review comments at @crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/sandboxes.rs:
- Line 275: Gate the `metric_client_id` write in the sandbox creation path so it
remains disabled until every API and cluster-controller replica that can produce
or consume `CreateSandboxOperationPayload` supports the field; use the existing
rollout configuration mechanism rather than assuming a new API. Preserve the
compatibility requirement in the rollback procedure, including disabling the
write before rolling back to incompatible replicas.
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223-260: Trivial · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Cover unknown clients with attribution enabled.
The admission tests would not catch a regression that persists "unknown" as metric_client_id. Extend the enabled-attribution test to admit ClientIdTag::UNKNOWN and assert that the persisted JSON omits the key. Older executors reject payloads containing the key.
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Review comment at @crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/sandboxes/tests.rs
around lines 223 - 260:
Extend the enabled-attribution test alongside
native_create_records_no_client_with_the_attribution_switch_unset to admit a
native create with ClientIdTag::UNKNOWN, then verify the persisted payload_json
omits metric_client_id. Preserve the test’s existing setup and assertions.
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Review comments at @crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/sandboxes/tests.rs:
- Around line 223-260: Extend the enabled-attribution test alongside
native_create_records_no_client_with_the_attribution_switch_unset to admit a
native create with ClientIdTag::UNKNOWN, then verify the persisted payload_json
omits metric_client_id. Preserve the test’s existing setup and assertions.
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Native create admission records the request's already-bounded client ID
as the create payload's metric_client_id, so the executor's metrics keep
the caller's client_id. Attribution stays out of the idempotency
fingerprint, so a replay keeps the original operation's identity.
Older executors reject unknown payload keys, and the chart rolls the API
and the controllers out together, so the API writes the field only while
SPACE_NATIVE_CREATE_CLIENT_ATTRIBUTION_ENABLED is on. It is off by
default, to be enabled once every space-api and space-cluster-controller
replica runs this release.
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Summary
Native create admission can now save the request's resolved client ID as the operation's
metric_client_id. It does this only while the new switchSPACE_NATIVE_CREATE_CLIENT_ATTRIBUTION_ENABLEDis on, and the switch is off by default. With the switch on and #1664 deployed, native create metrics carry the caller'sclient_idinstead ofunknown, whether the create runs inline or through the cluster controller's dispatcher.create_native_sandbox_operationreadsrequest_client_id()and saves it when the switch is on and the ID isn'tunknown. When the switch is off, or the caller is unattributed, payloads keep their current JSON shape.ClientIdTagresolved from the static allowlist, so no new cardinality enters the payload.SPACE_ADMIN_CREATE_REQUESTED_BY_ENABLEDpattern from api: close six admin API gaps the admin console works around #1303 and api: record who requested an admin create by default #1512: it is read withenv_flag_varand documented on its constant and indocs/configuration.md. It defaults to off, as that switch did in api: close six admin API gaps the admin console works around #1303.Validation
native_create_persists_default_policy_in_operation_payloadruns in its own test process with the switch set toOn. It admits asadmitting-client, replays asreplaying-client, and checks that the saved payload holdsadmitting-client.native_create_records_no_client_with_the_attribution_switch_unsetruns in its own test process with the switch unset. It admits as an allowlisted client and checks that the payload has nometric_client_idkey.cargo testfilters as api: prepare native create consumers for client attribution #1664 give 164 + 70 passed;cargo clippy --all-targets -D warnings,cargo fmt --check,cargo archandscripts/source_guards/env_test_hook_boundary.pypass.Severity and risk
Severity: low. Metrics attribution only.
Risk: with the switch off, nothing changes on the wire. With it on, an executor without #1664 rejects payloads that contain the field and fails the create. The switch's documented rollout below is what prevents that. A code rollback of this PR alone is always safe.
Rollout
The API and the cluster controller can roll out in either order, because the switch is off by default and payloads are byte-identical with it off.
SPACE_NATIVE_CREATE_CLIENT_ATTRIBUTION_ENABLEDon only once everyspace-apiandspace-cluster-controllerreplica runs a release with this change. Both execute native creates: the API through its inline runner, the controller through its dispatcher.Stack
#1664 has merged (
fbd85065e), and this PR is rebased ontomain.AI assistance: Perplexity Computer drafted the code, tests and this description.
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