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Forge-level secrets: a sealed, write-only slot an operator can trust #356

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Forge-level secrets are in: operators can seal a credential at the forge, an org or a repo, and nothing can read it back except one resolver. `tsc` is clean and the 9 new tests pass. The full `bun test` still shows failures. I confirmed six of them fail identically on the commit before mine: four in `test/prompts.test.ts` (Instagram prompts) and two in `test/signin-throttle.test.ts`. The first 10…

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Forge-level secrets are in: operators can seal a credential at the forge, an org or a repo, and nothing can read it back except one resolver. tsc is clean and the 9 new tests pass. The full bun test still shows failures. I confirmed six of them fail identically on the commit before mine: four in test/prompts.test.ts (Instagram prompts) and two in test/signin-throttle.test.ts. The first 10 failures also included a redirect-refusal test, a terminal-line test, the diff-comment test and a RepoSource browse test. I didn't check those, and I didn't read the rest of the failure list.

What changed

  • Table: migration 34 adds secret (name, scope, scope_id, value_enc, updated_at, last_read_at). Scope is forge, org or repo; scope_id is the org or repo id, or empty for the forge. Each value is sealed with seal() under AAD secret:<scope>:<name>.
  • Store: src/core/secret_store.ts holds names, validation and set/delete/list. Names use the NAME_SHAPE rule and values are capped at 64 KiB. Secrets are kept apart from app_env: nothing here flows into an app's process.
  • Resolver: resolveSecrets(db, dataDir, bus, names, {org, repo, actor, run}) is the only read path. The narrowest scope wins (repo, then org, then forge). Each open appends a secret.read event with actor, run, name and scope, never the value, and stamps last_read_at.
  • Bad rows: a row that won't open is logged and skipped. A wider scope does not stand in for it, and it leaves no read event.
  • Writes: src/actions/secrets.ts allows writes only for forge admins at every scope. Everyone else gets not_found.
  • API: GET /api/v1/secrets/:scope, PUT /api/v1/secrets/:scope/:name ({value, ref}) and DELETE …?ref=. ref is an org name or owner/name. The list shows names and timestamps only.
  • Pages: Settings → Secrets (forge), the same card on an org's page, and on a repo's General settings. These show only to a forge admin; the cards post to /settings/secrets, which is same-origin and admin-scope checked. Where each card sends you back is worked out from scope and ref, not taken from the form.
  • Events: secret.* events are visible to admins only, and forge-level ones have no repo, so no stream shows them.
  • Docs: docs/APPS.md has a new "Forge secrets" section.

Tests (test/secret-store.test.ts) cover seal/open round trip with AAD mismatch, scope precedence, a tampered row, validation, write-only listing over the API, admin-only writes, the read event without the value, the namespace staying apart from app_env, and the pages with CSRF refusal.

Left out

  • No caller yet: nothing calls resolveSecrets — that comes with whatever first needs a credential (spawning forges, tofu state).
  • AAD binding: AAD is exactly secret:<scope>:<name> as the issue says, so it doesn't bind scope_id. Someone with SQL write access could move a same-named secret between two orgs.
  • Orphaned rows: secrets for a deleted org or repo are not swept.
  • Studio view: the repo card is on the dev-mode settings page only; the studio's one-page app settings don't show it.
  • Snapshots: the key-in-snapshot gap applies to these rows too, as the issue says.

Try it

  • Sign in as a forge admin and open /settings/secrets.
  • curl -X PUT -H "authorization: Bearer $T" -d '{"value":"x"}' $FORGE_URL/api/v1/secrets/forge/CF_API_TOKEN
  • Then GET /api/v1/secrets/forge to see the name and timestamps with no value.

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Closes #335

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