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Fix desktop local-stack ownership checks - #595

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Why

The packaged desktop app trusted any healthy service listening on its saved loopback port. A source development server could therefore supply API and computer-screen routes behind the bundled production renderer, and an older managed container stack could remain attached after an app update.

What changed

  • Give each app-managed Compose stack a private local identity token.
  • Add a token-authenticated web probe that reports the running image tag.
  • Reuse a saved local stack only when both its identity and expected release tag match.
  • Reconcile missing, unrelated, or stale listeners before forwarding app traffic.
  • Extend desktop unit and CI Electron fixtures for token creation, listener rejection, stale-version rejection, and valid-stack reuse.

Testing

  • Desktop unit suite passed (192 tests).
  • Contracts unit suite passed (25 tests).
  • Desktop, web, and contracts TypeScript checks passed.
  • Production web build and packaged macOS directory build passed.
  • Local HTTP boundary check confirmed an ordinary development listener is rejected, the matching managed preview is accepted, an invalid token returns 404, and an older image tag is rejected.
  • Playwright discovered the updated desktop E2E coverage; the windowed suite is left to CI as required.
  • The wider unit run passed 2,422 tests; one unrelated background-process cleanup test timed out locally and also timed out when retried alone.

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  • New Features

    • Desktop now securely identifies its managed local stack with a private token.
    • Compatible saved stacks are reused automatically when their identity and image version match.
    • Setup and reconnection verify the stack’s origin, authentication, and version before proceeding.
    • Stack status checks now report the running image version.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented unrelated, outdated, or unauthorized local servers from being mistaken for the desktop app’s stack.
    • Restricted private-token transmission to secure or local connections.
    • Improved handling when the managed stack is unavailable or mismatched.

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  • apps/desktop/e2e/local-stack.spec.ts
  • apps/desktop/src/local-stack.test.ts
  • apps/desktop/src/local-stack.ts
  • apps/desktop/src/main.ts
  • apps/desktop/src/setup-config.test.ts
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Walkthrough

The desktop app assigns each local stack a private token. The web probe validates the token and returns the image tag. Startup and reconnect logic use authenticated ownership and image readiness checks before reusing or starting a stack.

Changes

Managed stack identity and reuse

Layer / File(s) Summary
Probe response contract and validation
packages/contracts/src/desktop.ts, apps/desktop/src/setup-config.ts, apps/desktop/src/setup-config.test.ts
Defines DesktopStackProbeResponse. Validates managed URLs, token transport, and non-empty authenticated image tags.
Authenticated web probe
apps/web/vite.config.ts, infra/compose/docker-compose.images.yml
Adds the well-known probe endpoint, constant-time token comparison, and environment-variable wiring for the token and image tag.
Local stack token lifecycle
apps/desktop/src/local-stack.ts, apps/desktop/src/local-stack.test.ts
Creates or reuses a 0600 64-character token file. Passes the token to probes and Docker. Compares the reported image tag with the desired tag.
Desktop startup and reconnect flow
apps/desktop/src/main.ts, apps/desktop/e2e/local-stack.spec.ts
Restricts managed URLs and checks authenticated stack ownership before reuse. Starts setup when the stack is missing, stale, or owned by another process. Tests token installation and exact-origin reuse.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5a88a

Desktop local stacks are now reused only after confirming the expected private identity and release tag, while invalid, stale, or unrelated listeners return users to setup rather than receiving app traffic. The change is ready to merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DesktopApp
  participant LocalStackController
  participant WebProbeEndpoint
  DesktopApp->>LocalStackController: Check matchesDesiredStack()
  LocalStackController->>WebProbeEndpoint: Send stack token to the selected URL
  WebProbeEndpoint-->>LocalStackController: Return imageTag or 404
  LocalStackController-->>DesktopApp: Return readiness
  DesktopApp-->>DesktopApp: Open app or show setup
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The PR adds token-authenticated identity and release checks before the desktop app reuses a local Compose stack.

  • Creates and securely stores a private identity token for each managed stack.
  • Adds an authenticated web probe that reports the running image tag.
  • Reconciles missing, foreign, and stale stacks instead of forwarding application traffic to them.
  • Aligns the authenticated, persisted, and opened origins for managed desktop setups.
  • Expands desktop unit and Electron coverage for ownership, version, and origin checks.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

No blocking failure remains; the current saved-startup and setup-save paths authenticate the same normalized managed origin they subsequently open.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
apps/desktop/src/main.ts Authenticates the normalized managed origin before opening or reusing a saved local stack.
apps/desktop/src/local-stack.ts Adds private stack-token lifecycle, authenticated image-tag probing, and token propagation into Compose.
apps/desktop/src/setup-config.ts Adds helpers that align managed setup origins and restrict cleartext token transport to loopback.
apps/web/vite.config.ts Exposes the authenticated local-stack identity probe from the managed web service.
infra/compose/docker-compose.images.yml Supplies the desktop stack token to the managed web container.
packages/contracts/src/desktop.ts Defines the shared response shape for the authenticated stack probe.
apps/desktop/e2e/local-stack.spec.ts Covers valid reuse and rejection of an unchecked saved listener.
apps/desktop/src/local-stack.test.ts Covers token creation, identity matching, image-version rejection, and probe URL forwarding.
apps/desktop/src/setup-config.test.ts Covers managed-origin alignment and safe token-transport rules.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  participant Desktop
  participant TokenFile as Private token file
  participant Listener as Saved local origin
  participant Compose
  Desktop->>TokenFile: Read stack identity token
  Desktop->>Listener: GET ownership probe with token
  Listener-->>Desktop: Authenticated image tag
  alt Token and expected tag match
    Desktop->>Listener: Open authenticated origin
  else Missing, foreign, or stale
    Desktop->>Compose: Pull and start expected release
    Compose-->>Desktop: Managed stack ready
    Desktop->>Listener: Verify token and image tag
  end
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In `@apps/desktop/src/main.ts`:
- Around line 691-697: Update probeManagedStack and its request construction to
avoid sending DESKTOP_STACK_TOKEN_HEADER over unencrypted HTTP: require HTTPS
for the managed-stack token, or allow HTTP only for verified loopback hosts.
Preserve the existing token behavior for HTTPS URLs and ensure private-network
or .local HTTP URLs do not receive the token.

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  • apps/desktop/e2e/local-stack.spec.ts
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  • apps/desktop/src/local-stack.ts
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  • apps/desktop/src/setup-config.test.ts
  • apps/desktop/src/setup-config.ts
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Comment thread apps/desktop/src/main.ts
Managed setups must load the configured LOCAL_WEB_URL after ownership
checks. Reject saved or setup URLs that normalize to a different
loopback origin instead of trusting a foreign listener.

Co-authored-by: Elie Steinbock <elie222@users.noreply.github.com>
Refuse to attach the private stack token when the probe target is
cleartext HTTP outside loopback, including private-network and .local
hosts.

Co-authored-by: Elie Steinbock <elie222@users.noreply.github.com>
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