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fix(ipc): bind identity in dispatch (PR-EIPC-2) - #56
Bind identity in dispatch (foundation-strengthening item PR-EIPC-2, successor of PR-EIPC-1 / #54). After challenge-response authentication succeeded, nothing checked that later messages on the connection actually came from the authenticated peer: a peer authenticated as ebot.client could send a message with Source: eipc-server and it would be dispatched, and the heartbeat handler recorded liveness under the sender-controlled payload Service field, so any peer could forge health for an arbitrary service ID.
core: new AuthenticatedPeer with fail-closed ValidateIdentity (Source + SessionID must match the peer) and ValidateMessage (+ Capability must be granted). A nil peer passes everything — the unbound path is the documented unsecured/local API, not a silent fail-open.
core.Router: DispatchFor / DispatchBatchFor validate before the handler runs; plain Dispatch unchanged.
core.ServerEndpoint: BindPeer / BoundPeer; Receive rejects a forged Source or a foreign session token with ErrAuth once bound (connection drops — an identity forgery is an authentication failure). ClientEndpoint.Send stamps its session token when the message carries none.
services/broker: RouteFor / FanoutFor reject forgeries before any delivery.
services/health: RecordHeartbeatFor rejects health for any service ID other than the peer's own.
security/auth: PeerIdentity.BoundPeer() conversion to the core type.
cmd/eipc-server: binds the peer after auth (replacing SetPeerCapabilities), dispatches via DispatchFor, and records heartbeats under the envelope Source, never the payload's Service field.
docs/security-model.md: identity-binding note, including the deliberate unbound-path scope limit.
cmd/eipc-server/main.go: wiring — the checks are live in the shipped server, not just library API.
docs/security-model.md: identity-binding section.
30 new tests (core/identity_test.go, core/router_identity_test.go, core/endpoint_identity_test.go, services/broker/broker_identity_test.go, services/health/health_identity_test.go, security/auth/identity_binding_test.go): forged/missing source, wrong/missing session, ungranted capability, handler never runs for a forgery, forged broker messages deliver nothing, forged heartbeats record nothing, TCP-pair endpoint tests including client session stamping. A mutation check confirmed the forged-source tests fail when the check is disabled.
Scope limit (follow-up, not this PR)
Capability is deliberately not checked in ServerEndpoint.Receive: the server loop enforces it with an error ack and keeps the connection up, while an identity forgery drops the connection. Dispatch-time capability validation lives in DispatchFor / RouteFor / FanoutFor.
The C SDK has no equivalent dispatch binding; its contract work is PR-EIPC-6. The plain unbound methods (Dispatch, Route, Fanout, RecordHeartbeat) remain unsecured by design — callers that need authentication must use the *For variants or bind the peer.
Seam + journey stage
Seam 5 JUDGMENT — integrating/shipping: a forged Source can no longer impersonate a peer on a secured endpoint. API layer (Go dispatch/endpoint API); MCP layer unaffected.
CI status
Local verification (Go 1.26.10 toolchain): gofmt clean, go vet ./... clean, go build ./... clean, go test -race ./... green on all packages including the 30 new tests. CI on this PR is the verification gate and must be green before any merge (next-day review; multi-look class — do NOT merge in this PR).
Contract-change: yes — dispatch on a bound connection now rejects messages whose Source/SessionID do not match the authenticated peer, and broker/health *For variants add identity-gated entry points (plain methods unchanged). No existing in-repo caller is affected: the shipped client already stamps its session token as SessionID on every post-auth message, and the server binds only after auth.
Architecture-impact: no — no new component, layer, or seam change.
Refs: foundation plan briefs/2026-11-01-foundation-eipc.md §PR-EIPC-2; successor of PR-EIPC-1 (#54).
Summary by Sourcery
Bind authenticated peer identities to IPC connections and secured dispatch paths to prevent post-authentication impersonation and forged service health.
New Features:
Add authenticated peer identity binding for secured message dispatch, endpoint reception, broker routing, fanout, and heartbeat recording.
Bug Fixes:
Prevent authenticated peers from impersonating other services, reusing foreign session tokens, invoking handlers without granted capabilities, or forging health for arbitrary service IDs.
Enhancements:
Preserve the existing unbound APIs as explicitly unsecured paths while providing identity-aware alternatives for callers that require authentication.
Stamp missing session IDs on client messages and bind authenticated identities in the shipped server.
Documentation:
Document identity binding behavior, secured entry points, and the deliberate scope of unbound APIs.
Tests:
Add coverage for valid bindings, forged identities, invalid sessions, capability enforcement, blocked handlers and deliveries, heartbeat protection, and endpoint session stamping.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Added authenticated options for message dispatch, routing, fanout, and heartbeat recording, with checks against the peer’s identity, session, and granted capabilities.
Bug Fixes
Messages with a mismatched source or session are rejected before reaching handlers or recipients.
Heartbeat records now use the authenticated message source; conflicting service names in the payload are ignored.
Documentation
Clarified which message and heartbeat operations perform authentication checks.
After challenge-response authentication, nothing checked that later
messages on a connection actually came from the authenticated peer.
A peer authenticated as ebot.client could send a message with
Source: eipc-server and it would be dispatched, and the heartbeat
handler recorded liveness under the sender-controlled payload Service
field, so any peer could forge health for an arbitrary service ID.
- core: new AuthenticatedPeer with fail-closed ValidateIdentity
(Source + SessionID) and ValidateMessage (+ Capability).
- core.Router: DispatchFor / DispatchBatchFor validate before the
handler runs; plain Dispatch is the documented unsecured path.
- core.ServerEndpoint: BindPeer/BoundPeer; Receive rejects forged
Source or foreign session tokens with ErrAuth once bound.
ClientEndpoint.Send stamps its session token when the message
carries none.
- services/broker: RouteFor / FanoutFor reject forgeries before
any delivery.
- services/health: RecordHeartbeatFor rejects health for any
service ID other than the peer's own.
- security/auth: PeerIdentity.BoundPeer() conversion.
- cmd/eipc-server: bind the peer after auth, dispatch via
DispatchFor, record heartbeats under the envelope Source.
- docs/security-model.md: identity-binding note, including the
deliberate unbound-path scope limit.
Refs: foundation plan briefs/2026-11-01-foundation-eipc.md (PR-EIPC-2),
successor of PR-EIPC-1 (#54).
30 new tests: AuthenticatedPeer validation (forged/missing source,
wrong/missing session, ungranted capability, nil-peer passthrough),
Router DispatchFor/DispatchBatchFor (handler never runs for a
forgery), ServerEndpoint BindPeer over a real TCP pair (genuine
message accepted incl. client session stamping, forged source and
wrong session rejected, BindPeer(nil) clears), Broker RouteFor/
FanoutFor (forgery delivers nothing), health RecordHeartbeatFor
(forged service records nothing), and auth PeerIdentity.BoundPeer()
round-trip.
Refs: foundation plan briefs/2026-11-01-foundation-eipc.md (PR-EIPC-2).
Document the identity-binding threat, enforcement points, and intentionally unsecured unbound APIs.
docs/security-model.md L121-147
Tests
Cover endpoint peer binding, genuine session-stamped messages, rejection of forged identities, and clearing the binding.
core/endpoint_identity_test.go L1-174
Test authenticated-peer identity and capability validation, including missing or forged fields and nil-peer behavior.
core/identity_test.go L1-100
Verify identity-aware router dispatch blocks invalid messages before handlers and handles mixed batches correctly.
core/router_identity_test.go L1-128
Verify broker routing and fanout reject forged identities without delivering messages.
services/broker/broker_identity_test.go L1-123
Verify heartbeat identity restrictions reject forged service IDs without recording health.
services/health/health_identity_test.go L1-54
Test conversion from authenticated PeerIdentity to the core bound-peer representation.
security/auth/identity_binding_test.go L1-59
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The change adds authenticated peer identity and capability checks across endpoint receive, router dispatch, broker routing and fanout, and heartbeat recording. The server binds the authenticated peer, attributes heartbeats to the message envelope’s Source, and documents secured and unsecured API paths.
Adds identity and capability validation for authenticated peers, with tests for matching and mismatching message fields.
Convert authentication identity and bind endpoints security/auth/identity.go, security/auth/identity_binding_test.go, core/endpoint.go, core/endpoint_identity_test.go
Converts PeerIdentity to AuthenticatedPeer. Client sends fill an empty SessionID; bound server endpoints validate received identity. Tests cover binding, clearing, and mismatches.
Gate dispatch and service operations core/router.go, core/router_identity_test.go, services/broker/broker.go, services/broker/broker_identity_test.go, services/health/health.go, services/health/health_identity_test.go
Adds peer-validated dispatch, routing, fanout, and heartbeat recording methods. Tests cover valid peers, rejected messages, and nil-peer paths.
Wire peer checks into server handling cmd/eipc-server/main.go, docs/security-model.md
The server binds the authenticated peer and uses it for dispatch. Heartbeat records use message Source; the security model describes identity binding and unsecured API paths.
sequenceDiagram
participant ClientEndpoint
participant ServerEndpoint
participant EIPCServer
participant Router
ClientEndpoint->>ServerEndpoint: Send message with Source and SessionID
ServerEndpoint->>ServerEndpoint: Validate identity against bound peer
ServerEndpoint-->>EIPCServer: Return validated message
EIPCServer->>Router: DispatchFor(message, bound peer)
Router->>Router: Validate identity and capability
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The identity-binding change looks sound, but two docs misdescribe the heartbeat API's security contract. The linked-issue policy check also fails and needs a closing issue reference in the PR body. These are small follow-ups before merge.
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• Reject forged sources and session tokens before authenticated messages reach handlers.
• Prevent broker delivery and heartbeat records from trusting a peer’s claimed identity.
• Preserve documented unsecured APIs and add regression tests for bound and unbound paths.
The following are alternative approaches to this PR:
1. Validate only at the server endpoint
➕ Provides one enforcement point for messages received on bound connections.
➕ Requires fewer secured API variants.
➖ Direct router and broker callers could still dispatch forged messages.
➖ Does not address heartbeat identity checks for direct service callers.
Recommendation: Keep endpoint rejection and the bound dispatch and service APIs: they protect both the shipped connection flow and direct callers while preserving explicit unsecured/local methods. Reviewers should verify that secured callers consistently pass a non-nil bound peer, since nil intentionally selects the unbound path.
Files changed (14) +909 / -8
Bug fix (7) +244 / -8
main.goEnforce peer binding in the server loop+19/-5
Enforce peer binding in the server loop
• Binds the authenticated peer to its endpoint and dispatches subsequent messages through DispatchFor. Heartbeats are recorded under the validated envelope source rather than the sender-controlled payload service.
• Introduces a core-level peer identity that checks message source and session, then checks claimed capabilities. Nil peers retain the explicit unsecured/local behavior.
View medium (2) 1. eNI intents fail session checks 🔗
Description
ServerEndpoint.Receive now requires the authenticated session token in every post-auth message,
but eNI sends intents and tool requests through C SDK functions that leave the header’s session_id
empty. If eNI reaches an authenticated Go-server connection, those messages are rejected before
dispatch; eNI’s bridge also does not currently perform the server’s challenge-response handshake, so
this needs coordinated C SDK and eNI support.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
The newly enforced post-auth session check cannot accept messages from eNI’s C SDK bridge, which does not authenticate or put a session token in outgoing headers.
## Fix Focus Areas
- core/endpoint.go[298-306]
- sdk/c/src/eipc_client.c[29-43]
- /cross_repos/eNI/common/src/eipc_bridge.c[20-38]
## Recommended Fix
Add challenge-response and session-token storage to the eIPC C SDK, stamp the token on outgoing message headers, and update eNI’s bridge to complete authentication before forwarding. Test eNI-originated intent and tool frames against the bound Go server.
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HeartbeatSender.Start sends messages without a SessionID, and a client endpoint created with an
empty constructor-time token cannot stamp the token issued later by authentication. When a client
starts this sender on an authenticated connection, the first heartbeat fails the new bound identity
check and the server closes the connection.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
The exported heartbeat sender omits the session token required by bound server endpoints. Clients that create their endpoint before authentication with an empty token cannot use it for post-authentication heartbeats.
## Fix Focus Areas
- core/lifecycle.go[80-88]
- core/endpoint.go[47-52]
- core/identity.go[47-49]
## Recommended Fix
Provide a way for the heartbeat sender to carry the issued session token in each message, without reconstructing the endpoint and resetting its sequence counter. Add a test that authenticates, starts heartbeats, and verifies a bound server accepts them.
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HeartbeatSender.Start sends messages without a SessionID, and a client endpoint created with an
empty constructor-time token cannot stamp the token issued later by authentication. When a client
starts this sender on an authenticated connection, the first heartbeat fails the new bound identity
check and the server closes the connection.
Agent Prompt
## Issue description
The exported heartbeat sender omits the session token required by bound server endpoints. Clients that create their endpoint before authentication with an empty token cannot use it for post-authentication heartbeats.
## Fix Focus Areas
- core/lifecycle.go[80-88]
- core/endpoint.go[47-52]
- core/identity.go[47-49]
## Recommended Fix
Provide a way for the heartbeat sender to carry the issued session token in each message, without reconstructing the endpoint and resetting its sequence counter. Add a test that authenticates, starts heartbeats, and verifies a bound server accepts them.
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2. Eni intents fail session checks 🔗 Cross-repo conflict≡ Correctness
ServerEndpoint.Receive now requires the authenticated session token in every post-auth message,
but eNI sends intents and tool requests through C SDK functions that leave the header’s session_id
empty. If eNI reaches an authenticated Go-server connection, those messages are rejected before
dispatch; eNI’s bridge also does not currently perform the server’s challenge-response handshake, so
this needs coordinated C SDK and eNI support.
Agent Prompt
## Issue description
The newly enforced post-auth session check cannot accept messages from eNI’s C SDK bridge, which does not authenticate or put a session token in outgoing headers.
## Fix Focus Areas
- core/endpoint.go[298-306]
- sdk/c/src/eipc_client.c[29-43]
- /cross_repos/eNI/common/src/eipc_bridge.c[20-38]
## Recommended Fix
Add challenge-response and session-token storage to the eIPC C SDK, stamp the token on outgoing message headers, and update eNI’s bridge to complete authentication before forwarding. Test eNI-originated intent and tool frames against the bound Go server.
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Hey - I've found 6 issues
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Please address the comments from this code review:
## Individual Comments### Comment 1
<locationpath="cmd/eipc-server/main.go"line_range="559" />
<code_context>
+ // session token (Receive rejects forgeries), and only its granted
+ // capabilities (ValidateCapability). This also sets the peer's
+ // capabilities, replacing the old SetPeerCapabilities call.
+ endpoint.BindPeer(peer.BoundPeer())
type authResult struct {
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Service identity is forgeable**
When a client that knows the shared HMAC key requests authentication as a different known service, `CreateChallenge` and `VerifyResponse` trust the client-supplied service ID and verify the proof with the same global shared secret for every service. `peer.BoundPeer()` therefore binds the claimed identity and its capabilities, letting the client use capabilities granted to another service.
Authenticate each service with a distinct credential, and bind the resulting peer identity only to the service proven by that credential.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 2
<locationpath="security/auth/identity.go"line_range="175-186" />
<code_context>
+// BoundPeer returns the core-level view of this authenticated peer for
+// dispatch binding (see core.AuthenticatedPeer). Returns nil for a nil
+// identity.
+func (p *PeerIdentity) BoundPeer() *core.AuthenticatedPeer {
+ if p == nil {
+return nil+ }
+ caps := make([]string, len(p.Capabilities))
+ copy(caps, p.Capabilities)
+ return &core.AuthenticatedPeer{
+ServiceID: p.ServiceID,+SessionToken: p.SessionToken,+Capabilities: caps,+ }
+}
+
// ValidateSession checks whether a session token is valid and not expired.
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Expired sessions remain dispatchable**
When a direct caller retains a `BoundPeer` past its session TTL or after `Authenticator.RevokeSession`, `PeerIdentity.BoundPeer()` drops the session’s expiry and active-session status, while `DispatchFor` and `RouteFor` only validate the resulting snapshot. Direct callers that keep it after expiry or revocation continue dispatching and delivering messages with the old session.
Make the secured entry points validate current session validity through the authenticator, or include equivalent expiry and revocation checks in the peer-validation contract.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<locationpath="core/endpoint_identity_test.go"line_range="22-174" />
<code_context>
+ defer clientConn.Close()
+ defer serverConn.Close()
++ hmacKey := []byte("test-secret-key-for-hmac-256bit!")
+ c := protocol.DefaultCodec()
++ clientEP := NewClientEndpoint(clientConn, c, hmacKey, "tok-abc123")
+ serverEP := NewServerEndpoint(serverConn, c, hmacKey)
+ serverEP.BindPeer(&AuthenticatedPeer{
+ServiceID: "ebot.client",+SessionToken: "tok-abc123",+ })
++ errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+ go func() {
+_, err := serverEP.Receive()+errCh <- err+ }()
++ msg := NewMessage(TypeChat, "eipc-server", []byte(`{}`))
+ msg.SessionID = "tok-abc123"
+ if err := clientEP.Send(msg); err != nil {
+t.Fatalf("Send failed: %v", err)+ }
++ if err := <-errCh; !errors.Is(err, ErrAuth) {
+t.Fatalf("expected ErrAuth for forged source, got %v", err)+ }
+}
+
+// TestServerEndpointBindPeer_RejectsWrongSession proves a bound endpoint
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Secrets appear in test fixtures**
The added tests commit session-token literals and hard-coded HMAC/authentication keys in fixtures, contrary to the rule against placing tokens and keys in test fixtures.
Avoid embedding token and key values in test fixtures; use non-secret test data that does not represent credentials.
Also at `core/identity_test.go:14-60`, `services/broker/broker_identity_test.go:16-123`, `services/health/health_identity_test.go:16-53`, `security/auth/identity_binding_test.go:13-59`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 4
<locationpath="core/endpoint.go"line_range="50-52" />
<code_context>
+ // Stamp the endpoint's session token when the message carries none,
+ // so the server can bind the message to this authenticated session.
+ // An explicitly set SessionID is left untouched.
+ if msg.SessionID == "" {
+msg.SessionID = e.sessionID+ }
+
hdr := protocol.Header{
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Post-auth messages lack session tokens**
When a client creates its endpoint before authentication with an empty session ID and later sends a message without setting `Message.SessionID`, `ClientEndpoint` keeps its constructor `sessionID` and stamps that empty value onto the message. The bound server rejects it with `ErrAuth`, so callers must set the token on every message or rebuild the endpoint.
Provide a way to update the endpoint's session ID after authentication and use the updated value when stamping messages.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 5
<locationpath="core/endpoint.go"line_range="147-158" />
<code_context>
+// connection. Binding also sets the peer's capabilities for
+// ValidateCapability. Pass nil to clear the binding.
+func (e *ServerEndpoint) BindPeer(peer *AuthenticatedPeer) {
+ e.peerMu.Lock()
+ if peer == nil {
+e.peer = nil+ } else {
+cpy := *peer+caps := make([]string, len(peer.Capabilities))+copy(caps, peer.Capabilities)+cpy.Capabilities = caps+e.peer = &cpy+ }
+ e.peerMu.Unlock()
+ e.SetPeerCapabilities(peerCapabilitiesOf(peer))
+}
+
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Capability checks use mismatched peer grants**
When a peer is rebound while `ValidateCapability` runs, or two callers invoke `BindPeer` concurrently, `BindPeer` updates the peer and its capabilities under separate locks, so `ValidateCapability` can combine one peer's identity with another peer's grants. It rejects valid requests or makes incorrect capability decisions, and the server loop can return an error ack instead of the requested result.
Update and read the peer identity and capabilities as one synchronized snapshot.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 6
<locationpath="core/identity.go"line_range="37-73" />
<code_context>
+// peer cannot impersonate another service by forging Source;
+// - msg.SessionID must be present and equal the peer's SessionToken,
+// so an envelope from another session is rejected.
+func (p *AuthenticatedPeer) ValidateIdentity(msg Message) error {
+ if p == nil {
+return nil+ }
+ if msg.Source == "" {
+return fmt.Errorf("%w: message has no source", ErrAuth)+ }
+ if msg.Source != p.ServiceID {
+return fmt.Errorf("%w: source %q is not the authenticated peer %q", ErrAuth, msg.Source, p.ServiceID)+ }
+ if msg.SessionID == "" {
+return fmt.Errorf("%w: message from %q carries no session", ErrAuth, msg.Source)+ }
+ if msg.SessionID != p.SessionToken {
+return fmt.Errorf("%w: session mismatch for %q", ErrAuth, msg.Source)+ }
+ return nil
+}
+
+// ValidateMessage is ValidateIdentity plus capability validation: when
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**New API docs omit contracts**
Callers reading these new exported methods get a brief description but no parameter and return-value documentation or runnable example, leaving their public contracts incomplete.
Document each new exported method's parameters and return value and add a runnable example.
Also at `core/endpoint.go:146-170`, `core/router.go:56-70`, `services/broker/broker.go:129-155`, `services/health/health.go:66`, `security/auth/identity.go:175`.
</issue_to_address>
Sourcery assessment
Needs a human reviewer. 4 findings to address first, and a flaw in the new source, session, or capability checks could let a message reach handlers under an identity or permission it was not granted, potentially exposing access or triggering actions that reverting cannot undo. The change enforces an authentication trust boundary, so verify the checks against the server’s actual peer and capability lifecycle.
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🟠 High · Service identity is forgeable
When a client that knows the shared HMAC key requests authentication as a different known service, CreateChallenge and VerifyResponse trust the client-supplied service ID and verify the proof with the same global shared secret for every service. peer.BoundPeer() therefore binds the claimed identity and its capabilities, letting the client use capabilities granted to another service.
Authenticate each service with a distinct credential, and bind the resulting peer identity only to the service proven by that credential.
Prompt for AI agents
In `cmd/eipc-server/main.go` at line 559:
**Service identity is forgeable**
When a client that knows the shared HMAC key requests authentication as a different known service, `CreateChallenge` and `VerifyResponse` trust the client-supplied service ID and verify the proof with the same global shared secret for every service. `peer.BoundPeer()` therefore binds the claimed identity and its capabilities, letting the client use capabilities granted to another service.
Authenticate each service with a distinct credential, and bind the resulting peer identity only to the service proven by that credential.
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🟡 Medium · Expired sessions remain dispatchable
When a direct caller retains a BoundPeer past its session TTL or after Authenticator.RevokeSession, PeerIdentity.BoundPeer() drops the session’s expiry and active-session status, while DispatchFor and RouteFor only validate the resulting snapshot. Direct callers that keep it after expiry or revocation continue dispatching and delivering messages with the old session.
Make the secured entry points validate current session validity through the authenticator, or include equivalent expiry and revocation checks in the peer-validation contract.
Prompt for AI agents
In `security/auth/identity.go` at lines 175-186:
**Expired sessions remain dispatchable**
When a direct caller retains a `BoundPeer` past its session TTL or after `Authenticator.RevokeSession`, `PeerIdentity.BoundPeer()` drops the session’s expiry and active-session status, while `DispatchFor` and `RouteFor` only validate the resulting snapshot. Direct callers that keep it after expiry or revocation continue dispatching and delivering messages with the old session.
Make the secured entry points validate current session validity through the authenticator, or include equivalent expiry and revocation checks in the peer-validation contract.
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⚪ Low · Secrets appear in test fixtures
The added tests commit session-token literals and hard-coded HMAC/authentication keys in fixtures, contrary to the rule against placing tokens and keys in test fixtures.
Avoid embedding token and key values in test fixtures; use non-secret test data that does not represent credentials.
Also at core/identity_test.go:14-60, services/broker/broker_identity_test.go:16-123, services/health/health_identity_test.go:16-53, security/auth/identity_binding_test.go:13-59.
Prompt for AI agents
In `core/endpoint_identity_test.go` at lines 22-174:
**Secrets appear in test fixtures**
The added tests commit session-token literals and hard-coded HMAC/authentication keys in fixtures, contrary to the rule against placing tokens and keys in test fixtures.
Avoid embedding token and key values in test fixtures; use non-secret test data that does not represent credentials.
Also at `core/identity_test.go:14-60`, `services/broker/broker_identity_test.go:16-123`, `services/health/health_identity_test.go:16-53`, `security/auth/identity_binding_test.go:13-59`.
- Never commit a credential, token, key or connection string.
- Never log one, and never return one in an error message or stack trace.
- Never place one in a test fixture, a comment, or an example.
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🟡 Medium · Post-auth messages lack session tokens
When a client creates its endpoint before authentication with an empty session ID and later sends a message without setting Message.SessionID, ClientEndpoint keeps its constructor sessionID and stamps that empty value onto the message. The bound server rejects it with ErrAuth, so callers must set the token on every message or rebuild the endpoint.
Provide a way to update the endpoint's session ID after authentication and use the updated value when stamping messages.
Prompt for AI agents
In `core/endpoint.go` at lines 50-52:
**Post-auth messages lack session tokens**
When a client creates its endpoint before authentication with an empty session ID and later sends a message without setting `Message.SessionID`, `ClientEndpoint` keeps its constructor `sessionID` and stamps that empty value onto the message. The bound server rejects it with `ErrAuth`, so callers must set the token on every message or rebuild the endpoint.
Provide a way to update the endpoint's session ID after authentication and use the updated value when stamping messages.
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🟡 Medium · Capability checks use mismatched peer grants
When a peer is rebound while ValidateCapability runs, or two callers invoke BindPeer concurrently, BindPeer updates the peer and its capabilities under separate locks, so ValidateCapability can combine one peer's identity with another peer's grants. It rejects valid requests or makes incorrect capability decisions, and the server loop can return an error ack instead of the requested result.
Update and read the peer identity and capabilities as one synchronized snapshot.
Prompt for AI agents
In `core/endpoint.go` at lines 147-158:
**Capability checks use mismatched peer grants**
When a peer is rebound while `ValidateCapability` runs, or two callers invoke `BindPeer` concurrently, `BindPeer` updates the peer and its capabilities under separate locks, so `ValidateCapability` can combine one peer's identity with another peer's grants. It rejects valid requests or makes incorrect capability decisions, and the server loop can return an error ack instead of the requested result.
Update and read the peer identity and capabilities as one synchronized snapshot.
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⚪ Low · New API docs omit contracts
Callers reading these new exported methods get a brief description but no parameter and return-value documentation or runnable example, leaving their public contracts incomplete.
Document each new exported method's parameters and return value and add a runnable example.
Also at core/endpoint.go:146-170, core/router.go:56-70, services/broker/broker.go:129-155, services/health/health.go:66, security/auth/identity.go:175.
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In `core/identity.go` at lines 37-73:
**New API docs omit contracts**
Callers reading these new exported methods get a brief description but no parameter and return-value documentation or runnable example, leaving their public contracts incomplete.
Document each new exported method's parameters and return value and add a runnable example.
Also at `core/endpoint.go:146-170`, `core/router.go:56-70`, `services/broker/broker.go:129-155`, `services/health/health.go:66`, `security/auth/identity.go:175`.
Build & Test is green on all three OSes (ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022, macos-latest), Cross-compile binaries green, CodeQL + Analyze green, Sourcery review green.
The only failing check is policy / Policy / Linked Issue: it requires the PR body to close at least one same-repository issue (Fixes/Closes/Resolves #N). This PR deliberately carries no Closes — PR-EIPC-2 is a foundation-strengthening item with no tracker issue (per the foundation plan, briefs/2026-11-01-foundation-eipc.md §PR-EIPC-2), and the loop files no issues for its own work. Predecessor #54 merged without a linked issue, before the policy workflow was bumped by dependabot #55.
Decision needed at review: file a tracker issue for PR-EIPC-2 and link it with Closes #N, or record a policy exemption for foundation items. No code change is needed — do not merge while the check is red without that decision.
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Actionable comments posted: 1
Nitpick comments: 1
services/health/health.go: 1
46-50: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Align the RecordHeartbeat doc with the production caller.
The comment says secured servers must use RecordHeartbeatFor. The production heartbeat handler in cmd/eipc-server/main.go calls RecordHeartbeat(msg.Source, ...) instead. It relies on DispatchFor to bind msg.Source. The doc and the production code disagree.
Do one of these:
Change the server handler to call RecordHeartbeatFor(msg.Source, hb.Status, endpoint.BoundPeer()). This gives defense in depth. It needs a way to pass the peer into the handler.
Reword the doc to say that callers behind DispatchFor may use RecordHeartbeat.
I found no production caller of RecordHeartbeatFor.
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Review comment at @services/health/health.go around lines 46 - 50:
Update the RecordHeartbeat documentation to clarify that callers whose identity
is bound by DispatchFor may use RecordHeartbeat; retain the distinction that
unbound callers do not receive an identity check.
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Review comments at @docs/security-model.md:
- Around line 135-137: Update the security-contract wording around
Router.DispatchFor, Broker.RouteFor, Broker.FanoutFor, and
health.Service.RecordHeartbeatFor: state that the routing methods validate
message capabilities against the peer’s grants, while RecordHeartbeatFor
validates the heartbeat’s service identity against the peer and does not
validate Capability.
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Review comments at @services/health/health.go:
- Around line 46-50: Update the RecordHeartbeat documentation to clarify that
callers whose identity is bound by DispatchFor may use RecordHeartbeat; retain
the distinction that unbound callers do not receive an identity check.
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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Separate heartbeat identity checks from capability checks.
health.Service.RecordHeartbeatFor checks the service ID against the peer. It does not accept or validate Capability, so the current wording gives direct callers an incorrect security contract. State that DispatchFor, RouteFor, and FanoutFor validate message capabilities, while RecordHeartbeatFor validates the heartbeat identity. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Based on learnings, “Keep the written record true after the code changes.”
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Review comment at @docs/security-model.md around lines 135 - 137:
Update the security-contract wording around Router.DispatchFor, Broker.RouteFor,
Broker.FanoutFor, and health.Service.RecordHeartbeatFor: state that the routing
methods validate message capabilities against the peer’s grants, while
RecordHeartbeatFor validates the heartbeat’s service identity against the peer
and does not validate Capability.
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Premise: pass — master main.go:635 plain router.Dispatch, :156 heartbeat under sender-controlled hb.Service, :547 SetPeerCapabilities only; no identity binding existed.
Contract: pass — Contract-change: yes; plain Dispatch/Route/Fanout/RecordHeartbeat signatures unchanged in the diff, only *For variants added + server wiring; dependent ebuild vendors a stale copy (re-vendor queued as before, same as #54 precedent). No in-repo caller affected (shipped client stamps SessionID post-auth).
CI: green @52453971 (CI — eIPC run 42686390351, Build & Test success all 3 OSes; CodeQL success) | policy / Linked Issue red structural only (foundation item, no issue to close — same waiver as #54) | master push CI running at merge time, verified after.
Integration: Integration-unverified: infra (nightly Unified Build quota failure, 6th night).
Reviewer: loop run 2026-11-10
Second look: pass (0 blocking; advisories A1–A6 recorded in work/2026-11-10-secondlook-eipc56.md: nil-peer footgun, policy waiver, RecordHeartbeatFor token, empty-Capability, non-constant-time compare, mutation-check note)
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What / why
Bind identity in dispatch (foundation-strengthening item PR-EIPC-2, successor of PR-EIPC-1 / #54). After challenge-response authentication succeeded, nothing checked that later messages on the connection actually came from the authenticated peer: a peer authenticated as
ebot.clientcould send a message withSource: eipc-serverand it would be dispatched, and the heartbeat handler recorded liveness under the sender-controlled payloadServicefield, so any peer could forge health for an arbitrary service ID.core: newAuthenticatedPeerwith fail-closedValidateIdentity(Source + SessionID must match the peer) andValidateMessage(+ Capability must be granted). A nil peer passes everything — the unbound path is the documented unsecured/local API, not a silent fail-open.core.Router:DispatchFor/DispatchBatchForvalidate before the handler runs; plainDispatchunchanged.core.ServerEndpoint:BindPeer/BoundPeer;Receiverejects a forged Source or a foreign session token withErrAuthonce bound (connection drops — an identity forgery is an authentication failure).ClientEndpoint.Sendstamps its session token when the message carries none.services/broker:RouteFor/FanoutForreject forgeries before any delivery.services/health:RecordHeartbeatForrejects health for any service ID other than the peer's own.security/auth:PeerIdentity.BoundPeer()conversion to the core type.cmd/eipc-server: binds the peer after auth (replacingSetPeerCapabilities), dispatches viaDispatchFor, and records heartbeats under the envelopeSource, never the payload'sServicefield.docs/security-model.md: identity-binding note, including the deliberate unbound-path scope limit.Changes
core/identity.go(new) +core/router.go,core/endpoint.go: binding type, dispatch variants, endpoint enforcement.services/broker/broker.go,services/health/health.go,security/auth/identity.go:*Forvariants + conversion.cmd/eipc-server/main.go: wiring — the checks are live in the shipped server, not just library API.docs/security-model.md: identity-binding section.core/identity_test.go,core/router_identity_test.go,core/endpoint_identity_test.go,services/broker/broker_identity_test.go,services/health/health_identity_test.go,security/auth/identity_binding_test.go): forged/missing source, wrong/missing session, ungranted capability, handler never runs for a forgery, forged broker messages deliver nothing, forged heartbeats record nothing, TCP-pair endpoint tests including client session stamping. A mutation check confirmed the forged-source tests fail when the check is disabled.Scope limit (follow-up, not this PR)
ServerEndpoint.Receive: the server loop enforces it with an error ack and keeps the connection up, while an identity forgery drops the connection. Dispatch-time capability validation lives inDispatchFor/RouteFor/FanoutFor.Dispatch,Route,Fanout,RecordHeartbeat) remain unsecured by design — callers that need authentication must use the*Forvariants or bind the peer.Seam + journey stage
Seam 5 JUDGMENT — integrating/shipping: a forged Source can no longer impersonate a peer on a secured endpoint. API layer (Go dispatch/endpoint API); MCP layer unaffected.
CI status
Local verification (Go 1.26.10 toolchain):
gofmtclean,go vet ./...clean,go build ./...clean,go test -race ./...green on all packages including the 30 new tests. CI on this PR is the verification gate and must be green before any merge (next-day review; multi-look class — do NOT merge in this PR).Contract-change: yes — dispatch on a bound connection now rejects messages whose Source/SessionID do not match the authenticated peer, and broker/health
*Forvariants add identity-gated entry points (plain methods unchanged). No existing in-repo caller is affected: the shipped client already stamps its session token asSessionIDon every post-auth message, and the server binds only after auth.Architecture-impact: no — no new component, layer, or seam change.
Refs: foundation plan
briefs/2026-11-01-foundation-eipc.md§PR-EIPC-2; successor of PR-EIPC-1 (#54).Summary by Sourcery
Bind authenticated peer identities to IPC connections and secured dispatch paths to prevent post-authentication impersonation and forged service health.
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