feat(rpc): authenticate the admin gRPC interface - #877
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WalkthroughThe PR adds bearer-token authentication to the admin gRPC server. It adds startup validation, optional TLS, bind-address checks, remote-bind safeguards, constant-time token checks, tests, and updated RPC security documentation. ChangesAdmin RPC security
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds mandatory admin RPC authentication, TLS support, and stricter startup validation, but enabled-RPC startup failures may not terminate startup as intended because transport readiness is not confirmed before the daemon continues. Merge should wait for that behavior to be fixed or explicitly accepted; the remaining documentation and TLS-readability issues are bounded follow-up risks. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RPCClient
participant RpcServer
participant BearerAuth
participant AdminServiceServer
RPCClient->>RpcServer: Connect to admin gRPC endpoint
RpcServer->>BearerAuth: Apply bearer-token interceptor
RPCClient->>BearerAuth: Send Authorization bearer token
BearerAuth->>BearerAuth: Compare credentials in constant time
BearerAuth->>AdminServiceServer: Forward authenticated request
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205-207: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThe security documentation uses incomplete source citations. Each reference should include the defining file path and enclosing function name.
docs/RPC.md#L205-L207: add file paths and enclosing functions forensure_dispute_finalize_permissionandadmin_add_solver_action.docs/RPC_RATE_LIMITING.md#L71-L72: citesrc/rpc/auth.rstogether with the enclosingfn call.Based on learnings, “In Mostro documentation Markdown files, cite source code using the file path and enclosing function name.”
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src/config/util.rs (1)
168-176: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winConfirm read access, not just presence.
fs::metadatasucceeds for a file the daemon cannot read, for example mode000or a directory. The error text says "not readable", so a permission problem passes validation and then fails later inRpcServer::startwith a different message. Open the file to test the exact capability the server needs.♻️ Proposed change
(Some(cert), Some(key)) => { for (field, path) in [("tls_cert_path", cert), ("tls_key_path", key)] { - fs::metadata(path).map_err(|e| { + std::fs::File::open(path).map_err(|e| { MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::IOError(format!( "[rpc].{field} ({path:?}) is not readable: {e}" ))) })?; } }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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68-81: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUse a vetted constant-time comparison.
Replace the custom loop with
subtle::ConstantTimeEqand addsubtle = "2.6"toCargo.toml. The current loop has no compiler-level constant-time guarantee.subtleprovides the required optimization barrier and handles unequal slice lengths.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/RPC.md`:
- Around line 146-150: Update the authorization documentation around GetVersion
to state only that token comparison uses constant-time behavior, avoiding any
claim that total request rejection latency reveals nothing to remote callers;
retain the existing authentication requirements and handler-ordering
description.
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 791-801: Replace the grpcurl examples using the AUTH variable with
a client path that does not expose the bearer token in process arguments, or
include a clear trusted-host warning. Apply the same update to README.md lines
791-801 and docs/RPC.md lines 152-157, directing users to the safer client
example where applicable.
In `@src/rpc/auth.rs`:
- Line 22: Update the authorization parsing around BEARER_PREFIX to match the
Bearer scheme case-insensitively while preserving exact token extraction and
comparison. Ensure lowercase and uppercase scheme variants are accepted without
changing token contents or validation behavior.
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In `@docs/RPC.md`:
- Around line 205-207: Update the citations in docs/RPC.md lines 205-207 to
include the defining file paths and enclosing function names for
ensure_dispute_finalize_permission and admin_add_solver_action; update
docs/RPC_RATE_LIMITING.md lines 71-72 to cite src/rpc/auth.rs and the enclosing
fn call. No direct code changes are required.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/RPC_RATE_LIMITING.md` around lines 71 - 72.
In `@src/config/util.rs`:
- Around line 168-176: Update the TLS path validation in the Some(cert),
Some(key) branch to open each configured path instead of only calling
fs::metadata, so validation confirms the daemon can read the file and rejects
directories or inaccessible paths. Preserve the existing
MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::IOError(...)) context for open failures.
In `@src/rpc/auth.rs`:
- Around line 68-81: Replace the custom comparison in constant_time_eq with
subtle::ConstantTimeEq, add subtle = "2.6" to the project dependencies, and use
the trait’s result to return the equality boolean while preserving correct
handling of unequal slice lengths.
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In `@src/main.rs`:
- Around line 276-288: Update the startup flow around RpcServer::start so daemon
initialization waits until TLS setup and listener binding have succeeded before
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I reviewed the current head strictly and cannot approve yet.
The authentication interceptor itself looks good, and the focused local tests passed. However, one blocking startup invariant remains: when [rpc].enabled = true, main.rs still starts the RPC server in a detached tokio::spawn and then continues daemon initialization immediately. The only TLS parsing/tls_config check and listener bind happen inside RpcServer::start after that detach (src/rpc/server.rs), so malformed TLS material or a bind failure is discovered asynchronously, after later startup work can already proceed.
That conflicts with this PR's fail-closed posture for the admin interface: an explicitly enabled admin RPC must either be known to be listening/auth-gated before the daemon proceeds, or the daemon must fail before continuing normal startup. Please add an explicit readiness/error handshake (or pre-bind/pre-validate the listener/TLS material before detaching the serving future) so startup cannot advance past the RPC gate until TLS setup and listener binding have succeeded.
I did not repeat the older non-ASCII-token and grpcurl-token comments as blockers: the current head now rejects non-printable/non-space ASCII tokens at startup, and the docs/README include shared-host warnings plus a safer Rust-client path.
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git diff --check 87c4f8e2569bd2a77e917b0b0ae5b23db24a5799...HEADcargo fmt --all -- --checkcargo test rpc::auth::tests:: -- --nocapturecargo test config::util::rpc_validation_tests:: -- --nocapturecargo test rpc::server::tests::start_refuses_to_serve_without_a_token -- --exact --nocapturecargo test rpc::server::tests::served_rpc_rejects_calls_without_the_token -- --exact --nocapture
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Approved on the current head.
I re-checked the previous blocker: main.rs now calls RpcServer::bind(...) before spawning the accept loop, and bind performs the token check, TLS material parsing/tls_config, and TcpIncoming::bind before returning. That satisfies the fail-closed startup invariant for [rpc].enabled = true: the daemon no longer continues normal startup while the explicitly enabled admin RPC might still fail to become available.
Focused local verification passed on this head:
git diff --check 87c4f8e2569bd2a77e917b0b0ae5b23db24a5799...HEADcargo fmt --all -- --checkcargo test rpc::server::tests::bind_rejects_unparseable_address -- --exact --nocapturecargo test rpc::server::tests::bind_surfaces_bind_failure_before_returning -- --exact --nocapturecargo test rpc::server::tests::bind_refuses_to_serve_without_a_token -- --exact --nocapturecargo test rpc::server::tests::bind_rejects_malformed_tls_material -- --exact --nocapturecargo test rpc::server::tests::served_rpc_rejects_calls_without_the_token -- --exact --nocapturecargo test rpc::auth::tests:: -- --nocapturecargo test config::util::rpc_validation_tests:: -- --nocapture
GitHub checks are green on the same commit. I would merge this.
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Strict review of head 79b0b86. I re-checked every thread already posted (Codex: TLS failure propagation, non-ASCII tokens; CodeRabbit: timing claim, argv exposure, case-insensitive scheme, RPC readiness) and none of those are repeated below — all of them are addressed on this head, and the bind() split is the right shape for the fail-closed invariant.
Verified locally on this head
cargo fmt --all -- --check✅cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings✅cargo test --bin mostrod -- rpc:: config::util::→ 82 passed, 0 failed (includesserved_rpc_rejects_calls_without_the_tokenandbind_rejects_malformed_tls_material) ✅- Confirmed in tonic 0.14.5 source that
Router::serve_with_incomingstill appliesself.tls(serve_internal→ServerIoStream::new(.., self.tls)) and thatTcpIncomingitems implementConnected, soremote_addr()is populated for the interceptor and the rate limiter.
What is good
- Interceptor is minimal, constant-time on the credential, single failure message, scheme case-insensitive per RFC 7235.
- Startup validation is fatal on every unsafe combination, and
bind()re-checks the token so the server can never serve ungated even if validation is bypassed. - Tests cover the regression that matters most (service registered without the interceptor) end to end.
Why REQUEST_CHANGES (2 actionable items, both small)
validate_rpc_settings/is_loopback_addressacceptlisten_addressspellings (localhost, unbracketed::1) thatRpcServer::bindrejects, so the daemon passes validation and then exits withInvalid address. The PR adds a test that pins this contradiction in.- Unauthenticated requests skip the
RateLimiterentirely and each one writes awarn!line — with the newallow_remote = truepath that is a zero-cost log-amplification vector from the network.
Details inline. Neither is a hole in the auth gate itself; both are quick fixes.
Nits (non-blocking)
- PR description says "No new crates" —
subtleis a new direct dependency inCargo.toml(it was already in the tree transitively). Worth one word in the description. auth.rs:46split_once(' '): RFC 7235 allows1*SPbetween scheme and token68, soBearer <token>(two spaces) is refused. Fine to keep strict, just noting it is a deliberate choice.
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In `@docs/RPC.md`:
- Around line 32-36: Update the source citations in the listen_address
documentation to include the relevant repository file paths and enclosing
function names for validate_rpc_settings and RpcServer::bind, using the
project’s Markdown citation format and avoiding :: notation or line-based
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In `@docs/STARTUP_AND_CONFIG.md`:
- Around line 157-158: Update the RPC configuration documentation to state that
toml::from_str requires enabled, listen_address, and port, and that Rust Default
values do not apply because these fields and Settings.rpc lack serde defaults.
Remove the claim that omitted or empty keys fall back to Rust defaults; keep the
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Closes #807.
Adds transport-level authentication to the admin gRPC interface, plus startup guards so it cannot be exposed unintentionally.
What changed
MOSTRO_RPC_TOKEN, environment-only) is required on every method, checked by a tonic interceptor in constant time.[rpc].enabled = truewithout a token, when a non-loopback address is bound without[rpc].allow_remote = true, or when only half a TLS pair is configured.[rpc].tls_cert_path/[rpc].tls_key_path.[rpc].listen_addressis validated with the same parserRpcServer::binduses, so a config that passes validation is guaranteed to bind.warn!, the rest atdebug!, behind a capped peer table.docs/RPC.md,README.mdandsettings.tpl.tomlupdated accordingly.Config change (breaking for existing RPC users)
[rpc].enabled = truenow requiresMOSTRO_RPC_TOKENin the environment or in~/.mostro/.env; the daemon refuses to start without it. The default remainsenabled = false, so nodes that never turned the RPC on are unaffected.ValidateDbPasswordnow requires the token as well, which affects clients usingit as a health check.
[rpc].listen_addressmust be an IP literal, with IPv6 bracketed (127.0.0.1,[::1],0.0.0.0). Hostnames such aslocalhostpassed config validationbefore but never bound, so no working configuration changes behaviour: the
daemon now refuses them at validation with an actionable message instead of
exiting later on
Invalid address.Dependencies
tonicgains thetls-ringfeature, andsubtlebecomes a direct dependency inCargo.tomlfor the constant-time credential comparison. No new crates enter thetree:
subtlewas already there transitively, andCargo.lockonly adds asingle dependency edge to
tokio-rustls, also already present.Tests
Includes an end-to-end test that serves the API on an ephemeral port and asserts an anonymous call is rejected while an authenticated one succeeds.
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