fix(server): keep the JWT run-mismatch audit when the claimed run is missing

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work
> - Rejected agent JWTs whose run header disagrees with the signed claim
    are audited into activity_log so operators can see spoof attempts
> - The audit insert writes the claimed run id into run_id, which is a
    real foreign key to heartbeat_runs; a bogus claim violates the FK and
    the catch swallows it, so the audit row is silently lost exactly when
    it matters most
> - This pull request verifies the claimed run exists before trusting it
    into the FK column; the claim itself stays in entityId and details
> - The benefit is a reliable audit trail for rejected credentials

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #10498 — the anonymous fall-through half was fixed on master already
(every failed-credential branch now returns an explicit 401/403/422);
this closes the residual FK-swallowed audit defect.

## What Changed

- server/src/middleware/auth.ts: auditAgentJwtRunHeaderMismatch looks up
  the claimed run id and populates runId only when the row exists;
  entityId and details.claimRunId carry the claim either way.
- server/src/__tests__/agent-auth-middleware.test.ts: a mismatch whose
  claimed run does not exist still produces the audit row with runId
  omitted.

## Verification

- pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server vitest run
  src/__tests__/agent-auth-middleware.test.ts — 17 tests pass.

## Risks

- Low risk. One extra indexed select on a rare rejection path; the audit
  payload is unchanged apart from runId now being conditional.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude — SWE-2 Max agent via Devin CLI, tool use and code
  execution.

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
This commit is contained in:
Waseem Ilyas 2026-09-10 23:05:53 +00:00
parent 4042eb1c48
commit 1114ebaf42
2 changed files with 45 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -372,6 +372,38 @@ describe("agent auth middleware", () => {
});
});
it("audits a run header mismatch even when the claimed run does not exist", async () => {
const companyId = randomUUID();
const agentId = randomUUID();
const claimedRunId = randomUUID();
const spoofedRunId = randomUUID();
const { db, activity } = createDbState({
agent: { id: agentId, companyId },
});
const token = createLocalAgentJwt(agentId, companyId, "codex_local", claimedRunId, "user-claim");
const res = await request(createApp(db))
.get("/actor")
.set("Authorization", `Bearer ${token}`)
.set("X-Paperclip-Run-Id", spoofedRunId);
expect(res.status).toBe(422);
expect(res.body.code).toBe("agent_jwt_run_id_mismatch");
expect(activity).toHaveLength(1);
expect(activity[0]).toMatchObject({
companyId,
actorType: "agent",
actorId: agentId,
action: "auth.agent_jwt_run_header_mismatch",
entityType: "heartbeat_run",
entityId: claimedRunId,
details: { claimRunId: claimedRunId, headerRunId: spoofedRunId },
});
// run_id carries a real FK to heartbeat_runs; a nonexistent claim must not
// be written into it or the whole audit row is lost to the FK violation.
expect(activity[0].runId).toBeUndefined();
});
it("falls back to the run row responsible user for legacy claim-less agent JWTs", async () => {
const companyId = randomUUID();
const agentId = randomUUID();

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@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ async function auditAgentJwtRunHeaderMismatch(
input: { companyId: string; agentId: string; claimRunId: string; headerRunId: string; method: string; url: string },
) {
try {
// The claimed run id is untrusted input from a rejected token. activity_log
// .run_id is a real FK to heartbeat_runs, so writing it unconditionally
// makes the insert fail — and the catch swallows it — exactly when the
// claim is bogus. Keep the claim in entityId/details and populate the FK
// column only when the row actually exists.
const claimedRunExists = isUuidLike(input.claimRunId)
? await db
.select({ id: heartbeatRuns.id })
.from(heartbeatRuns)
.where(eq(heartbeatRuns.id, input.claimRunId))
.then((rows) => rows.length > 0)
: false;
await db.insert(activityLog).values({
companyId: input.companyId,
actorType: "agent",
@ -165,7 +177,7 @@ async function auditAgentJwtRunHeaderMismatch(
entityType: "heartbeat_run",
entityId: input.claimRunId,
...(isUuidLike(input.agentId) ? { agentId: input.agentId } : {}),
...(isUuidLike(input.claimRunId) ? { runId: input.claimRunId } : {}),
...(claimedRunExists ? { runId: input.claimRunId } : {}),
details: {
claimRunId: input.claimRunId,
headerRunId: input.headerRunId,