feat: Add JWT validation to APIM for managed identity authentication

[willvelida]

Summary

Implements JWT validation in Azure API Management using APIM Named Values pattern for all 4 APIs (Weight, Activity, Sleep, Food). This enables Managed Identity authentication for the future Blazor UI while maintaining backward compatibility with subscription key authentication.

Changes

Infrastructure

• New Module: infra/modules/apim/apim-named-values.bicep

  • Creates 3 APIM Named Values: openid-config-url, jwt-audience, jwt-issuer
  • Conditionally deployed when enableManagedIdentityAuth = true
  • Uses environment().authentication.loginEndpoint for multi-cloud support

• Updated API Bicep Files (Weight, Activity, Sleep, Food):

  • Added module call to apim-named-values
  • Removed string replacement logic (replace() calls)
  • Simplified policy resources to use loadTextContent() only
  • Removed unused variables and linter suppressions

• Updated Policy XML Files (all 4 APIs):

  • Changed placeholders to APIM Native Value syntax: {{openid-config-url}}, {{jwt-audience}}, {{jwt-issuer}}
  • Maintains <choose> logic: JWT validation for Bearer tokens, subscription key fallback for others

• Updated Parameter Files (all 4 APIs):

  • Added enableManagedIdentityAuth = true
  • Added tenantId = '' (empty default, overridden by workflow)

CI/CD Workflows

• Enhanced Workflow Templates:

  • template-bicep-validate.yml
  • template-bicep-whatif.yml
  • template-bicep-deploy.yml
  • Added parameter preparation step to inject tenantId from secrets using jq
  • Solves GitHub Actions limitation: secrets can't be passed through job outputs

• Updated API Workflows (all 4):

  • Removed tenantId from job outputs
  • Removed tenantId from parameters JSON
  • Templates now handle tenantId injection automatically

Documentation

• Decision Record: docs/decision-records/2025-11-12-apim-named-values-for-jwt-config.md

  • Documents why Named Values chosen over string replacement
  • Explains workflow template enhancement pattern

• Common Resolutions: .specify/memory/common-resolutions.md

  • Added pattern for passing secrets to Bicep via workflow templates
  • Prevents future "double-slash URL" issues

Testing Results ✅

Deployment Status

• ✅ All 4 API workflows passed deployment
• ✅ APIM Named Values created successfully
• ✅ JWT validation policies deployed

APIM Named Values Verification

Name               Value
-----------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jwt-audience       https://management.core.windows.net/
jwt-issuer         https://login.microsoftonline.com/e60bb76c-8fda-4ed4-a354-4836e3bfcbc3/v2.0
openid-config-url  https://login.microsoftonline.com/e60bb76c-8fda-4ed4-a354-4836e3bfcbc3/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration

✅ No double slashes - tenantId injection working correctly!

JWT Authentication Testing

Test Setup:

# Acquired JWT token
TOKEN=$(az account get-access-token --resource https://management.azure.com/ --query accessToken -o tsv)

# Tested all 4 APIs with Bearer token
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" https://api-biotrackr-dev.azure-api.net/{api}/api/{resource}

Results:

API	Endpoint	Auth Method	Response	Status
Weight	/weight/api/weight	JWT Bearer	404 Resource Not Found	✅ Pass
Activity	/activity/api/activity	JWT Bearer	404 Resource Not Found	✅ Pass
Sleep	/sleep/api/sleep	JWT Bearer	404 Resource Not Found	✅ Pass
Food	/food/api/food	JWT Bearer	404 Resource Not Found	✅ Pass

Analysis:

• All APIs returned 404 (Resource Not Found) instead of 401 (Unauthorized)
• This confirms JWT authentication is working correctly
• 404 response means the request passed authentication and reached the backend API
• No data exists yet, which is expected for fresh deployment

Backward Compatibility

• ✅ No subscription key requirement enforced (backward compatible by default in Consumption tier)
• ✅ Policy has <otherwise> clause for subscription key fallback
• ✅ Existing subscription-based clients will continue to work

Deployment Notes

• Branch References: API workflows temporarily reference @013-apim-managed-identity to test updated templates
  • Need to revert to @main after merge
• Empty tenantId: Parameter files have tenantId = '' - actual value injected by workflows
• Conditional Deployment: Named Values only created when enableManagedIdentityAuth = true

Implementation Highlights

Why Named Values Instead of String Replacement?

1. APIM-Native: Uses built-in feature designed for configuration management
2. Runtime Updates: Can change values in Portal without Bicep redeployment
3. Better Debugging: Values visible in APIM Portal
4. Cleaner Code: Eliminates nested replace() calls and linter suppressions
5. Secret Support: Can integrate with Key Vault for sensitive values (future)

Workflow Secret Passing Pattern

GitHub Actions doesn't allow secrets in reusable workflow with: blocks or job outputs:. Solution:

# Template injects secret into parameters
- name: Prepare Parameters with Tenant ID
  run: |
    PARAMS=$(echo '${{ inputs.parameters }}' | jq -c '. + {"tenantId": "${{ secrets.tenant-id }}"}')
    echo "params=$PARAMS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

Checklist

• Bicep modules created/updated
• Policy XML files updated
• Parameter files updated
• Workflow templates enhanced
• API workflows updated
• All deployments successful
• JWT authentication tested
• Named Values verified
• Decision record created
• Common resolutions updated
• Revert workflow branch references to @main
• Update issue Enable APIM Managed Identity Authentication for UI Consumer #152 acceptance criteria

Related

• Issue Enable APIM Managed Identity Authentication for UI Consumer #152: Enable APIM Managed Identity Authentication for UI Consumer
• Decision Record: docs/decision-records/2025-11-12-apim-named-values-for-jwt-config.md

[github-actions]

Package	Line Rate	Branch Rate	Health
Biotrackr.Activity.Api	80%	86%	➖
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[github-actions]

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Biotrackr.Weight.Api	75%	79%	➖
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Minimum allowed line rate is 70%

[github-actions]

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Biotrackr.Food.Api	77%	71%	➖
Summary	77% (224 / 291)	71% (20 / 28)	➖

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[github-actions]

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Biotrackr.Sleep.Api	87%	92%	✔
Summary	87% (215 / 247)	92% (22 / 24)	✔

Minimum allowed line rate is 80%