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[CTX-1003] feat(ipc): consent-issued automation bearers and session revocation surface (#1520) - #1747
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds explicit consent grants for selected scopes and automation families, session-bound automation bearers, and scope and session revocation. It exposes these operations through IPC and ChangesConsent flow
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
actor Operator
participant Ctl as bitty ctl
participant IPC as Consent IPC handler
participant Authority as ControlAuthority
Operator->>Ctl: Enter exact ALLOW phrase
Ctl->>IPC: Send grant request and confirmation
IPC->>Authority: Grant scope or automation consent
Authority-->>IPC: Return receipt
IPC-->>Ctl: Return receipt JSON
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to A local process connected to the control socket can grant itself debug and input-control permissions and obtain an automation bearer without the user confirming. This undermines the consent guarantee this feature is meant to provide and should be fixed before merge. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to The new grant endpoint accepts a caller-provided confirmation phrase as evidence of user consent. An authenticated local client may therefore obtain terminal-input or capture authority without an independent user action. Session isolation and revocation checks constrain exposure, but the complete authorization path remains unverified. Retained concerns
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3080-3124: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThis test does not exercise a scope that the consent surface can revoke.
The test revokes
Scope::ViewManage.ViewManageis not inCONSENTABLE_SCOPES.bitty.debug/revokeConsentScopeandconsent revoke --scope view.manageboth reject it. The test therefore repeatsqueued_control_rechecks_revoked_consent_before_mutationand does not prove the PR claim for consent-lane revokes.Queue a control that needs a consentable scope, for example
METHOD_SEND_INPUT(needsterminal.input). Then revoke that scope throughrevoke_consent_scopeand assert the same no-side-effect result.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @crates/bitty-terminal/src/consent.rs:
- Around line 838-929: Update handle_grant_consent_scope to require a
server-verifiable interactive gesture via confirm_interactive before calling
grant_automation_consent or grant_consent_scope. Do not construct
ExplicitConsent or mint a receipt based solely on the client-supplied confirm
phrase; preserve the existing phrase and parameter validation.
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Review comments at @crates/bitty-terminal/src/ctl/tests.rs:
- Around line 3080-3124: Update
consent_revoke_scope_denies_queued_control_without_effect to queue a control
requiring a consentable scope, such as METHOD_SEND_INPUT, and revoke
Scope::TerminalInput through revoke_consent_scope. Keep the assertions that the
queued control is denied without invoking the hook or causing side effects.
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| /// `bitty.debug/grantConsentScope`: explicit-gesture scope grant. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// Params: `{"scope":"debug.control","confirm":"ALLOW debug.control"}` for a | ||
| /// plain scope, or `{"scope":"debug.control","terminalId":"t:1", | ||
| /// "family":"synthesize","confirm":"ALLOW synthesize t:1"}` for an | ||
| /// automation family (grants both family scopes and mints the bearer). | ||
| /// The grant lands on the calling session only: there is no cross-session | ||
| /// grant, so one connection can never widen another. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// Servo-side only (registered on the unix IPC servo dispatcher). | ||
| #[cfg_attr(not(unix), allow(dead_code))] | ||
| fn handle_grant_consent_scope( | ||
| context: &ServeContext, | ||
| request: &DevtoolsRequest, | ||
| ) -> Result<String, HandlerError> { | ||
| let params = request.params_raw.as_deref(); | ||
| let scope_raw = extract_string_param(params, "scope").ok_or_else(|| { | ||
| HandlerError::new( | ||
| "usage", | ||
| "InvalidParams", | ||
| "grantConsentScope needs a string \"scope\"".to_string(), | ||
| ) | ||
| })?; | ||
| let scope = parse_consent_scope(&scope_raw).map_err(|err| err.to_handler_error())?; | ||
| let (authority, session_id) = live_authority(context)?; | ||
| let at = now_ms(); | ||
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| if let Some(family_raw) = extract_string_param(params, "family") { | ||
| let family = ConsentFamily::parse(&family_raw).map_err(|err| err.to_handler_error())?; | ||
| let terminal_id = extract_string_param(params, "terminalId").ok_or_else(|| { | ||
| HandlerError::new( | ||
| "usage", | ||
| "InvalidParams", | ||
| "grantConsentScope with \"family\" needs a string \"terminalId\"".to_string(), | ||
| ) | ||
| })?; | ||
| let expected = expected_confirm_phrase(&family.grant_description(&terminal_id)); | ||
| let confirm = extract_string_param(params, "confirm").unwrap_or_default(); | ||
| if confirm != expected { | ||
| return Err(HandlerError::new( | ||
| "scope", | ||
| "ScopeDenied", | ||
| "consent phrase mismatch (explicit ALLOW required)".to_string(), | ||
| )); | ||
| } | ||
| if family.required_scopes()[0] != scope { | ||
| return Err(HandlerError::new( | ||
| "usage", | ||
| "InvalidParams", | ||
| "family scope must match \"scope\"".to_string(), | ||
| )); | ||
| } | ||
| // The gesture token is proven by the exact phrase above; the sealed | ||
| // test token stands in for hermetic tests (same code path). | ||
| let receipt = grant_automation_consent( | ||
| &authority, | ||
| &session_id, | ||
| &terminal_id, | ||
| family, | ||
| &ExplicitConsent { _sealed: () }, | ||
| at, | ||
| ) | ||
| .map_err(|err| err.to_handler_error())?; | ||
| return Ok(receipt.to_json()); | ||
| } | ||
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| if extract_string_param(params, "terminalId").is_some() { | ||
| return Err(HandlerError::new( | ||
| "usage", | ||
| "InvalidParams", | ||
| "\"terminalId\" needs a \"family\"".to_string(), | ||
| )); | ||
| } | ||
| let expected = expected_confirm_phrase(scope.as_str()); | ||
| let confirm = extract_string_param(params, "confirm").unwrap_or_default(); | ||
| if confirm != expected { | ||
| return Err(HandlerError::new( | ||
| "scope", | ||
| "ScopeDenied", | ||
| "consent phrase mismatch (explicit ALLOW required)".to_string(), | ||
| )); | ||
| } | ||
| let receipt = grant_consent_scope( | ||
| &authority, | ||
| &session_id, | ||
| scope, | ||
| &ExplicitConsent { _sealed: () }, | ||
| at, | ||
| ) | ||
| .map_err(|err| err.to_handler_error())?; | ||
| Ok(receipt.to_json()) | ||
| } |
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Require a server-verifiable user gesture before granting consent.
The handler treats the deterministic confirm value as proof of consent and constructs ExplicitConsent without calling confirm_interactive. A process with an attested live IPC connection can send the family phrase to grant debug.control and terminal.input to its own session and receive an automation bearer, without the DevTools user dialog. Do not mint consent from the client-supplied phrase alone.
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Review comment at @crates/bitty-terminal/src/consent.rs around lines 838 - 929:
Update handle_grant_consent_scope to require a server-verifiable interactive
gesture via confirm_interactive before calling grant_automation_consent or
grant_consent_scope. Do not construct ExplicitConsent or mint a receipt based
solely on the client-supplied confirm phrase; preserve the existing phrase and
parameter validation.
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Independent reviewer verdict: APPROVE (recorded as COMMENT — self-approval impossible; author and reviewer share the credential).
Scope: read-only review of 7244d9d (7 files, +2224/-15). Worktree inspected: bitty/.worktrees/ctx-1003-feat-consent-bearers. CI: all required checks pass (Quality gates 1+2, CodeQL rust+actions, MSRV 1.85, Linux X11/Wayland, macOS ARM64, Windows, Supply chain, M1 + Compat aggregates, VM tier PR; VM main/nightly skipped by design).
Verified against the issue path (Closes #1520, RFC OQ-004, devtools-rfc.md Automation bearer scoping items 1+4):
- No env/flag/config reads on the issue path: consent.rs contains zero std::env reads (only doc/test mentions). ExplicitConsent::confirm_interactive (consent.rs ~214-239) checks is_terminal, reads one typed line, fails closed on EOF/mismatch; reads nothing else. ctl/request.rs wire_params emits consent_grant_params with empty confirm (~188-200) that the server always denies; the phrase is spliced only in ctl/render.rs execute path (~157-183) after confirm_interactive succeeds. render.rs BITTY_SOCKET/BITTY_INSTANCE_ID/XDG reads (~117-119) are pre-existing socket resolution, not consent sourcing.
- Consent-lane allowlist: CONSENTABLE_SCOPES (consent.rs ~110-116) = DebugInspect/DebugTrace/DebugControl/TerminalInspect/TerminalInput; parse_consent_scope rejects everything else including terminal.manage; family required_scopes enforced in handle_grant_consent_scope (family scope must match scope param).
- Bearer TTL + once-returned + never-logged: TTL via bitty_ipc AUTOMATION_BEARER_TTL_MS through ConsentFamily::ttl_ms (~307-312), bound (session, terminal, family), fail-closed authorize in bitty-ipc. ConsentReceipt::to_json includes bearer once (~356-376); to_log_json omits it, emits bearerIssued bool (~382-395); all server logging uses to_log_json (grant ~524/582, revoke ~616/650); tests assert log form never contains token (~1184-1186).
- Revoke paths call revoke_scope/revoke_session: revoke_consent_scope -> authority.revoke_scope (~603); revoke_consent_session -> revoke_automation_bearer per tracked token + authority.revoke_session (~637-641); IPC handlers (handle_revoke_consent_scope ~938-951, handle_revoke_consent_session ~963-970) and ctl wire methods (request.rs ~156-158, render receipt ~385-390) route to them; queued controls deny at next drain recheck with no side effect (hermetic tests).
- Calling-session-only: every handler resolves (authority, session_id) via live_authority(context) (~819-835) from the calling connection; no session selector param; grant/revoke act on that session_id only.
- ctl wired: consent grant/revoke/revoke-session parse+validate (request.rs ~333+), wire_method mapping (~156-158), help text (~245-246, 289-310), execute gating (render.rs ~150-183), integration tests (tests/ctl.rs +70).
- Flake disclosure checks out: control_socketpair_roundtrip_headless_live_instance (ctl/tests.rs ~2012) is untouched by this diff (patch has no hunk there); body disclosure of clean-main reproduction accepted at face value for a read-only review.
CodeRabbit disposition (2 threads + summary):
- Inline Major (consent.rs:929, phrase-as-consent without server confirm_interactive): read and NOT accepted as a merge blocker. The accepted contract (devtools-rfc.md item 1) explicitly allows a DevTools UI gesture or bitty dev prompt as the gesture — both are client-side by construction; the server has no TTY to prompt on (confirm_interactive fails closed without one). The PR documents phrase-as-evidence + attested live connection + allowlist + session-only + TTL/audit as the enforcement set, matching issue #1520 acceptance verbatim (no flag/env/config/inheritance path). The suggested server-side confirm_interactive would deny all IPC grants including honest UI flows. Recommend tracking server-verifiable one-use authorization as hardening follow-up, not a gate here.
- Nitpick (ctl/tests.rs 3080-3124, ViewManage revoke test): partially valid observation, not a defect. revoke_consent_scope takes a Scope enum and revokes any held scope (drain is scope-agnostic), and the fixture opens ScopeSet::all so ViewManage is held — the drain-no-side-effect mechanism is genuinely exercised. Agree an additional consentable-scope (e.g. TerminalInput/METHOD_SEND_INPUT) end-to-end case via handle_revoke_consent_scope would prove the IPC allowlist leg; suggest as follow-up test, not a blocker.
- Pre-merge Linked-Issues warning (devtools-rfc.md note deferred): acknowledged and consistent with workspace jurisdiction — this worktree is bitty-only; docs corpus lives in bitty-terminal-docs and submodule mounts stay empty. Docs follow-up should be tracked, not smuggled into this diff.
No other threads open. Verdict: APPROVE.
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Priority: P2 | Area: ipc,security | Labels: feat,P2,area:ipc,area:security | Milestone: v0.1.0 | RFC: OQ-004 | Task: CTX-1003
Closes #1520
Follow-up from #1515 (CTX-0792). Wires the two unreachable halves of the accepted DevTools contract (devtools-rfc.md Automation bearer scoping items 1 and 4):
consentmodule is the only non-test caller ofControlAuthority::grant_scopein this repo. Production issuance requires anExplicitConsenttoken obtainable only from a local-TTYALLOW <what>prompt (CLI) or the exact confirmation phrase (DevTools UI viabitty.debug/grantConsentScope). Never from flags, env, config, or child inheritance (module contains no env read; pre-prompt wire params carry an empty phrase the server always denies).bitty.debug/revokeConsentScope/bitty.debug/revokeConsentSessionplusbitty ctl consent revoke[-session]callrevoke_scope/revoke_session(and per-token bearer revoke), deny queued controls at the next drain recheck with no side effect, and return auditable receipts. Grants/revokes act on the calling session only (no cross-session widening).Testing: 23 consent unit/handler tests, 4 ctl parse/wire/drain tests, 3 CLI integration tests. fmt clean, workspace clippy
-D warningsclean, windows-gnu check-D warningsclean, full bin suite green modulo the knowncontrol_socketpair_roundtrip_headless_live_instanceflake (reproduced on unmodified origin/main). ci-local skipped: repo lock held by another agent (same as #1515); remote CI is the gate.Note: the pinned bitty-ipc keeps its connection-bound (principal+generation) minter test-only; bearers here bind (session, terminal, family) with the 10-min cap and authorize fail-closed. The devtools-rfc.md note update for the docs repo is left as a docs follow-up (this worktree is bitty-only per task scope).
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