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pubsub: breaking changes to auth and tokens - #738
Breaking changes to authentication and tokens for 4.0.0, plus two small non-breaking fixes in the same code. Each commit is one change, passes ruff and test/uts on its own, has an UPDATING.md entry where it is breaking, and updates test/uts/deviations.md: entries it closes are removed, tests that now pass are un-gated, and the header counts are moved with them.
Several of these change what reaches a customer's auth server (an auth_callback or auth_url), not only their code. Those are called out below and in UPDATING.md.
Commits
Use token auth when a key comes with a means of getting a token (RSA4). Given a key plus an auth_callback, auth_url, token or token_details, the client used Basic auth and never called the callback. The HTTP client also dropped a token/token_details given alongside a key. It now uses token auth and keeps the key for renewal. Migration: pass use_token_auth=False to keep Basic auth, which RSA4 allows. Auth servers: a client configured like this now calls them.
Send token params to an auth_url under their wire names (RSA8c1a, 4.0.0 findings: presence type exports, ignored recover, auth_url param names #736). Sends clientId, not client_id, with no transition period. A dict/Capability capability goes as JSON, not a Python repr. A timedelta ttl goes as integer ms, not 1:00:00. None values are left out. timestamp and nonce were already wire names. This covers GET query and POST body. Migration (auth servers): read clientId. The param names callers pass are unchanged.
Hold a realtime client's configured clientId before CONNECTED (RTC17, RTN2e).auth.client_id is set from the start, as on the HTTP client, so the first auth_callback/auth_url call now carries the clientId. Migration: don't use auth.client_id is None as a not-connected check. Auth servers now receive the clientId on the first token request.
Keep an explicit clientId in authorize() and copy the params (RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j). An explicit client_id is no longer overwritten, and the caller's dict is no longer mutated. The configured clientId still wins over one in default_token_params (RSA7a4). Migration: a conflicting explicit clientId now fails with 40102 instead of silently getting a token for the configured one. Drop it or pass the configured one.
Reject a token_details whose clientId conflicts with client_id (RSA15a, RSA15c). Raises IncompatibleClientIdException (40102) at construction. A bare token string has no readable clientId. For that case the spec's other check applies, against CONNECTED connectionDetails: the realtime client already does this and fails the connection with 40102. A REST client has nothing to compare it with. Migration: make the two agree, or drop client_id.
Make TokenDetails.capability the server's JSON string (TD5, RSA16a). It holds a str, or None. Capability stays the builder for token params. Also fixes Capability.add_operation_to_resource, which always raised AttributeError. Migration: wrap it as Capability(td.capability). to_dict() now gives the string, so an auth server returning to_dict() sends the wire form.
Stop inventing expires and issued for a bare token string (RSA16b). Both are now None, and TokenDetails no longer reads time.time(). Every reader of expires handles None: token_details_has_expired, reauth_if_expired, and a %d debug log that would have raised. Migration: handle None.
Apply default_token_params in create_token_request() (RSA5c, RSA6c). With no params, the defaults apply. Given params, even {}, replace them wholesale, in request_token() too. Migration (auth servers): a server with default_token_params that signs with create_token_request() now issues tokens with those defaults, which usually means a shorter ttl or narrower capability. A request_token() call that names some params no longer inherits the rest.
Accept a token that names no clientId on a configured client (deviations.md I.4, RSA7). A JWT or bare token string from an auth callback/URL has no parsed clientId, and was rejected 40102. On realtime that cost a failed attempt plus a 15 s disconnected_retry_timeout, and on REST the request failed. Not breaking.
Let a basic-auth realtime connection enter presence for others (I.2, RSA7b4). A server wildcard was recorded as a validated None clientId, so enter_client could never succeed. It is now '*'. The Basic X-Ably-ClientId header now comes from the configured clientId, per RSA7e2, so the wildcard is never echoed back. Not breaking. The five UTS integration tests that worked around this with client_id='*' now build their clients as the spec does.
Decision: TokenDetails.capability holds the server's string as is
Not canonicalised. Evidence:
Spec: TD5 says the attribute "contains the capability JSON stringified", and TC2 says "a string representation of the JSON will suffice". features.md asks for canonicalisation only when signing a TokenRequest, never for what the server returns.
UTS: the specs assert the literal server string, for example rest/unit/RSA16a/reflects-capability-1 and rest/unit/TD/token-details-from-json-0. json.dumps canonicalisation would fail those on its separators alone.
Other SDKs:
ably-js stores it as received (TokenDetails.capability: string, from a plain JSON.parse).
ably-java stores it as received (a String deserialised by gson). It applies Capability.c14n only to outgoing params, in requestToken and createTokenRequest.
ably-cocoa stores it as received (NSString via artString).
ably-go stores it as received (a string struct field).
ably-dotnet is the exception: it parses it into a Capability and re-serialises it.
Decision: given token params replace default_token_params, not merge
Evidence:
Spec:
RSA8e (requestToken) and RSA9h (createTokenRequest) both say that provided params "are not merged with the configured client library defaults, but rather are used instead of the stored values (even when null)".
RSA10j says the same for authorize(), which here already replaced.
RSA5c and RSA6c only require the defaults when no params are given.
Other SDKs: every SDK read uses the params ?: stored idiom, and none merges key by key.
ably-js uses tokenParams || Utils.copy(this.tokenParams) in _requestTokenImpl and _createTokenRequestImpl.
ably-java uses params == null ? this.tokenParams : params.copy() in requestToken and createTokenRequest.
ably-cocoa uses tokenParams ? : [_tokenParams copy], commented "If options, params passed in, they're used instead of stored, don't merge them".
ably-dotnet uses tokenParams ?? CurrentTokenParams ?? TokenParams.WithDefaultsApplied() in RequestTokenAsync, AuthorizeAsync and CreateTokenRequestAsync.
ably-go replaces in requestToken, and never reads DefaultTokenParams in createTokenRequest.
The "use the defaults" path in create_token_request()/request_token() does not overlay the configured clientId. That path covers no params given, and default_token_params that name a clientId. RSA7a4's precedence is applied in authorize() only. create_token_request() still falls back to auth.client_id when the params name none, as before.
TokenDetails.DEFAULTS is left in place. The library no longer reads it, but a legacy test does.
One extra root-cause count correction. Commit 4 closed the RSA10b root cause, but its UTS test stayed gated on the RSA12a check. So the REST root-cause count in the deviations.md header drops by one more in the I.4 commit, which says so.
Conflicts
This branch is rebased onto #737 (v4-exceptions), so the conflicts with it are resolved here. None of the resolutions changes behaviour:
ably/pubsub/http/http.py: the credential chain keeps this PR's RSA4 ordering (a key given with a token is kept) and pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737's InvalidArgumentException (40106) for a key with key_name/key_secret and for a token_details that is not a TokenDetails.
test/uts/deviations.md: the header counts were re-measured at every commit on the new base, not added up by hand. pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737 and this PR each closed one realtime root cause, so the root-cause figures fall by both.
v4/http-client-options (#739) is stacked on this branch and will resolve its own conflicts with it.
Tests
test/uts, measured. Each figure matches the header of deviations.md at that commit:
The 11 tests un-gated are exactly the 11 that left the gated failure list, and no new failure appears. Every commit was also checked on its own with ruff and the unit tiers, in both modes.
New mocked tests:test/ably/http/authurlparams_test.py and test/ably/http/authorizeparams_test.py. They need no sandbox and pass locally.
Legacy tests edited but not run, because they hit the sandbox:
test/ably/realtime/realtimeauth_test.py: the three clientId inheritance/mismatch tests.
test/ably/http/httpcapability_test.py and test/ably/http/httptoken_test.py: the td.capability assertions now wrap the string in Capability(...).
Token auth is selected when token credentials are configured unless use_token_auth overrides the selection. Client IDs are initialized and validated earlier. Tests cover mismatched IDs, callbacks, and presence behavior.
TokenDetails preserves missing metadata as None and stores capability strings. Non-string capabilities are converted to strings, and capability operation updates use set union. Tests compare the revised representations.
Conformance records and suite totals test/uts/deviations.md
The document updates deviation counts, candidate classifications, auth findings, and suite totals.
ably/ably-pubsub-python#736: This issue concerns auth URL parameter names and wire formats, which this PR updates.
Possibly related PRs
ably/ably-pubsub-python#737: This PR shares changes to authentication initialization and request-token behavior, and is identified as the direct base of this stacked PR.
Suggested reviewers: ttypic
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to f8935
A failed authorization can leave the rejected token available for later requests. Some realtime clients can also reject otherwise valid presence operations or token renewal. Resolve these authentication-state issues before merging.
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A client given a key alongside an auth_callback, auth_url, token or
token_details authenticated with basic auth: Auth.__init__ chose the
scheme from use_token_auth and the presence of a key secret alone, so the
callback and auth URL were never consulted, and the HTTP client's
credential chain discarded a token or token_details given with a key.
RSA4 selects token auth whenever use_token_auth is unspecified and any of
those four is given, and RSA4a/RSA4b then treat the key as a means of
renewing the token.
The client now does that. The key is kept, so a token given with it can
be renewed. use_token_auth=False still forces basic auth when a key is
present, which RSA4 allows, since it only applies when use_token_auth is
unspecified.
This is a breaking change. A client configured with both now calls its
auth_callback or auth_url, which reaches the customer's auth server, or
presents the token it was given. Callers who relied on the key winning
pass use_token_auth=False, or drop the unused option. The RSA1
token-precedence UTS test now asserts the specification's Bearer header.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
token_request_from_auth_url passed the SDK's internal token params dict
straight to the auth URL, as the query string for GET and the form body
for POST. An auth server therefore received client_id where RSA8c1a and
every other SDK send clientId, a capability dict as its Python repr, a
timedelta ttl as "1:00:00", and an unset param as an empty value. Issue
#736 reports the client_id half: an auth server written against the docs
or another SDK never sees the client ID and issues a token without one.
The params are now sent under their wire names and in their wire forms:
client_id becomes clientId, a capability that is not already a JSON
string is serialised as canonical JSON, a timedelta ttl becomes integer
milliseconds, and None values are left out. timestamp and nonce already
travel under their wire names, and auth_params and any other key pass
through unchanged. Token params still take precedence over auth_params
on a name conflict (RSA8c2), now under the wire name.
This is a breaking change for auth servers: one that reads client_id
from a 3.x client must read clientId instead. There is no transition
period that sends both. The names callers use in token_params are
unchanged. A mocked test covers GET and POST, and the RSA12b UTS test's
deviation note drops the half this fixes; it stays gated on the RSA12a
clientId check.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Auth.__init__ set auth.client_id to None on a realtime client, deferring
it to the clientId a CONNECTED message confirms. So client.client_id and
client.auth.client_id disagreed until the connection was established
(RTC17), and _ensure_valid_auth_credentials, which only puts a non-null
client_id into the token params, called the first auth_callback or
auth_url without the configured clientId (RTN2e, RSA7d, RSA12a). The
REST client did neither.
A realtime client now initialises its clientId as the REST client does:
the configured clientId, or failing that the clientId of a supplied
TokenDetails (RSA7b1, RSA7b2). CONNECTED still validates it through
_configure_client_id, which keeps a configured clientId against a
wildcard and rejects a conflicting one with 40102 (RSA15a).
This is a breaking change. auth.client_id is no longer None before
CONNECTED on a client with a configured clientId, and the first token
request now carries that clientId, so an auth_callback receives
client_id and an auth server receives clientId where 3.x sent neither.
An auth server that issues tokens from the params it receives now issues
them for that clientId. The RTN2e UTS test is un-gated, the RTC17 one
asserts the specification's equality, and three legacy realtime auth
tests that pinned None before CONNECTED now expect the clientId.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
_ensure_valid_auth_credentials wrote the client's clientId into the
token params whenever it had one, over any client_id the caller passed,
and did so in the caller's own dict. So authorize({'client_id': 'b'}) on
a client configured as 'a' silently requested a token for 'a', and the
caller's dict came back changed. RSA10b and RSA10j have explicit
TokenParams supersede the configured ones, and RSA10h makes
Auth#clientId the value used only by default.
authorize() now copies the params it is given and fills in the client's
clientId only when they name none. Params taken from
default_token_params still have the configured clientId written over
theirs, which RSA7a4 requires. A conflicting explicit clientId now
yields a token for that clientId, which _configure_client_id rejects
with 40102 as for any token whose clientId conflicts with the configured
one (RSA15a).
This is a breaking change for a caller that passed a clientId other
than the configured one: authorize() now fails with 40102 where it used
to succeed with a token for the configured clientId. Such callers drop
the explicit clientId or pass the configured one. The RSA10b UTS test's
deviation note now names only the RSA12a check that still gates it, and
two mocked tests cover the copy and the explicit clientId.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A client built with a client_id and a token_details naming a different,
non-wildcard clientId was never checked: Auth.__init__ only fell back to
the token's clientId when none was configured, and _configure_client_id,
which raises on a conflict, runs only after a fetched token. An HTTP
client then made requests under a token for the other clientId. RSA15a
requires the configured clientId to match any non-wildcard clientId in
the TokenDetails, and RSA15c requires an error response.
Auth.__init__ now raises IncompatibleClientIdException with 40102, the
code _configure_client_id already uses for the same conflict, when token
auth is selected and the token's clientId is known and conflicts. The
check runs at construction, which the RSA7 UTS test explicitly permits.
A wildcard or absent token clientId passes (RSA15b). A bare token
string carries no clientId the client can read, so it is checked where
RSA15a says: against the CONNECTED connectionDetails on a realtime
client, which already fails the connection with 40102. A REST client has
nothing to check it against.
This is a breaking change: such a client now fails to construct, and a
realtime one no longer gets as far as connecting. Callers make the two
clientIds agree or drop client_id. The RSA15a UTS test is un-gated, the
RSA7 mismatch and RSA15c ones expect the error from the constructor, and
the legacy realtime mismatch test expects it there too.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
TokenDetails parsed its capability into a Capability mapping, so a
token's capability could not be read as the JSON string TD5 and RSA16a
describe, and a missing one became an empty Capability rather than None.
Separately, Capability.add_operation_to_resource always raised
AttributeError: Capability stores each resource's operations as a set,
and the method called .append on it.
TokenDetails.capability is now a str holding the capability exactly as
the server sent it, or None. A dict or Capability passed to the
constructor is serialised as canonical JSON, and to_dict() returns the
string. Capability stays the builder for the capability token param and
is still canonicalised before a TokenRequest is signed (RSA9f).
add_operation_to_resource now adds the operation to the set.
Why as received rather than canonicalised: TD5 says the attribute
"contains the capability JSON stringified" and TC2 that "a string
representation of the JSON will suffice", and nothing in features.md
asks a client to canonicalise what the server returns; c14n appears only
for TokenRequest signing. The UTS specs assert the literal server string
(rest/unit/RSA16a/reflects-capability-1, rest/unit/TD/
token-details-from-json-0), which json.dumps canonicalisation would fail
on its separators alone. ably-js (TokenDetails.capability: string, the
response passed through JSON.parse), ably-java (a String deserialised
by gson, Capability.c14n applied only to outgoing params), ably-cocoa
(NSString via artString) and ably-go (a string struct field) all store
it as received. Only ably-dotnet parses and re-serialises it.
This is a breaking change: code that indexed or compared
token_details.capability as a Capability wraps it in Capability(...),
and to_dict() now gives a string, so an auth server returning to_dict()
from an auth_url sends the capability in the wire form rather than as a
JSON object. The TD and RSA16a UTS tests now assert the specification's
strings, and the legacy capability and token tests wrap the attribute.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
TokenDetails defaulted expires to the local time plus an hour, read from
time.time() rather than the clock, and issued to 0. So a TokenDetails
known only by its token string, whether passed as token, returned as a
bare string or JWT by an auth_callback or auth_url, or constructed
directly, reported an expiry nobody had stated. RSA16b requires only the
token attribute to be populated in that case.
expires and issued now default to None, as capability already does
since the previous commit. Every reader of expires handles None:
token_details_has_expired returns False for it, as it does with no
server time offset, which is the only check RSA4b1 permits and the one
reauth_if_expired relies on; and the cached-token debug log now formats
it with %s rather than %d, which would have raised inside logging. A
bare token with a known time offset is therefore no longer renewed an
hour after it was wrapped; the server's token error drives its renewal
(RSA4b). TokenDetails no longer reads the time at all.
This is a breaking change for code that read expires or issued from
such a TokenDetails, which must handle None. Nothing on the wire
changes. The two RSA16b UTS tests are un-gated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
create_token_request() read only the token params handed to it, so a
direct call ignored default_token_params entirely and signed a request
with no ttl or capability (RSA5c, RSA6c). request_token(), meanwhile,
merged explicit params over the defaults key by key.
Both now take the same rule: with no token params the defaults apply,
and given params, even an empty dict, replace the defaults wholesale.
That is what RSA8e and RSA9h say ("the values of each attribute are not
merged with the configured client library defaults, but rather are used
instead of the stored values (even when null)"), what RSA10j says for
authorize(), and what authorize() here already did. Replace rather than
merge on the evidence of the other SDKs too: ably-js
(`tokenParams || Utils.copy(this.tokenParams)` in both
_requestTokenImpl and _createTokenRequestImpl), ably-java
(`params == null ? this.tokenParams : params.copy()` in requestToken and
createTokenRequest), ably-cocoa (`tokenParams ? : [_tokenParams copy]`,
commented "they're used instead of stored, don't merge them") and
ably-dotnet (`tokenParams ?? CurrentTokenParams ?? ...`) all replace.
ably-go replaces in requestToken and never reads DefaultTokenParams in
createTokenRequest. None merges key by key. request_token() also copies
the params it passes to an auth_callback, as the merge used to.
This is a breaking change in both directions. An auth server whose
client sets default_token_params and signs with create_token_request()
now issues tokens carrying those defaults, typically a shorter ttl or a
narrower capability. A request_token() call that names some params no
longer inherits the rest from the defaults, so a default capability that
restricted its tokens no longer applies. Callers pass every param they
want. The RSA5c and RSA6c UTS tests are un-gated, and a mocked test
covers both methods.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
_configure_client_id ran after every token fetch and read a token with no
clientId as an attempt to change the configured one, raising 40102. A
bare token string or JWT from an auth_callback or auth_url is wrapped
without being parsed, so its clientId is always None: a client
configured with clientId whose auth server returns a JWT for that very
clientId failed its first attempt, and a realtime client then waited out
a full disconnected_retry_timeout, fifteen seconds, before the retry took
the cached-token branch and connected (deviations.md I.4, RSA7). A
REST client failed the request outright. RSA15a constrains only a
non-wildcard token clientId, and the RSA7 UTS case table has a
configured clientId with a null token clientId succeed.
_configure_client_id now leaves a configured clientId as it is when the
token names none. The server still validates the token against the
clientId: a realtime client sends it on connect (RSA7e1) and fails on a
CONNECTED clientId that conflicts (RSA15a), and a mismatched JWT now
reaches that failure on its first attempt.
This is not a breaking change. The RSA12b, RSA10b and realtime
integration RSA7 matching-clientId UTS tests are un-gated, the RSA12a
test asserts the specification's success, and the mismatched-clientId
integration test no longer needs a twenty-second wait. The header's REST
root-cause count also drops the RSA10b cause, which closed with the
explicit-clientId fix but whose test stayed gated on this one.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A realtime client built from a key alone is told clientId "*" in its
CONNECTED message. _configure_client_id opens with a branch that keeps a
configured clientId against a server wildcard, and with no clientId
configured that branch still fired, recording the clientId as validated
and None. can_assume_client_id then refused every clientId, so
presence.enter_client could never succeed on such a connection
(deviations.md I.2; RSA7b4, RTP14, RTP15). The UTS integration presence
tests and the repository's own presence suite worked around it by
configuring client_id='*'.
The branch now applies only when a clientId is configured, so with none
the client takes the wildcard as its clientId, which RSA7b4 asks for.
Because auth.client_id can now be "*", the Basic auth X-Ably-ClientId
header is taken from the configured clientId, as RSA7e2 specifies,
rather than from auth.client_id, so a wildcard the server reported is
never sent back to it as a clientId. A later authorize() on such a
client requests a wildcard token, which RSA10h asks for and the key
already permits.
This is not a breaking change. The three batch presence tests and the
two realtime integration presence tests that configured client_id='*'
as a workaround now build their clients as the specifications do.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reject or validate token_details when token is also passed.
When both token and token_details are given, create_http_client takes the token branch and drops token_details. The client_id conflict check runs only for token_details, so a conflicting client_id is accepted silently. Decide whether to reject the combination or validate it and document the precedence. This branch order predates the change.
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Review comment at @ably/pubsub/http/http.py around lines 73 - 78:
Update create_http_client to reject calls that provide both token and
token_details, using the existing invalid-argument handling, so token_details
and its client_id checks cannot be silently skipped.
Add a unit test that asserts the exact token-server capability string.
The integration assertion now parses the returned capability before comparing it, so it no longer detects a client-side rewrite of that string. The token-server response path in ably/pubsub/http/auth.py has no unit test that asserts the exact string. Add one next to test_rsa16a_token_from_request_token in test/uts/rest/unit/auth/token_details_test.py. Mock requestToken with a compact capability string and assert token_details.capability equals that string.
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Review comment at @test/ably/http/httptoken_test.py at line 41:
Add a unit test next to test_rsa16a_token_from_request_token in
token_details_test.py that mocks requestToken with a compact capability string
and asserts token_details.capability exactly equals that string, without parsing
or normalizing it.
Add a None-valued token parameter to the auth URL wire test.
The test passes no None value, so a change that stops omitting None parameters would still pass. Add a None-valued token parameter to the authorize input and assert that it is absent from the sent parameters. This covers the omission rule in _auth_url_token_params.
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Review comment at @test/ably/http/authurlparams_test.py around lines 25 - 31:
Update the auth URL wire test around authorize to include a token parameter set
to None and assert it is omitted from the parameters sent, covering the omission
behavior in _auth_url_token_params.
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ably/pubsub/types/tokendetails.py-51-51: 1
51-51: Minor · Potential issue · Low value
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TokenDetails.to_dict now emits capability=None for bare tokens. The supplied auth-URL POST path places this dictionary in its request body, where an explicit null might not be equivalent to omitting an unknown capability.
The auth endpoint may reject the request or interpret its capability parameter differently, preventing token acquisition.
This can occur when: An auth-URL POST uses a TokenDetails for auth_params whose capability is unknown.
ably/pubsub/http/auth.py-374-377: 1
374-377: Minor · Potential issue · Quick win
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The new missing-client-ID exemption applies only when auth_options.client_id was configured. If the current ID instead came from initial token_details, renewal with a bare token or JWT still falls through to the immutability check and may reject a token whose ID is merely unknown.
Renewal raises 40102 and can interrupt HTTP authentication or a realtime connection even if the renewed token belongs to alice.
This can occur when: Start with token_details.client_id='alice', no client_id option, and a renewal callback that returns a bare token string.
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Review comments at @ably/pubsub/http/auth.py:
- Around line 45-47: In the Basic authentication branch of the auth constructor,
reset `self.__client_id` to `options.client_id` before returning so
token-derived identity is not exposed or used for Basic-auth client ID checks.
- Around line 133-134: In _ensure_valid_auth_credentials, defer assigning the
result of request_token to __token_details until _configure_client_id has
validated its client ID. A validation failure must leave the rejected token
uncached.
Review comments at @ably/pubsub/server/__init__.py:
- Around line 172-173: Update the `IncompatibleClientIdException` entry in the
factory docstring to clarify that the `client_id` conflict with `token_details`
raises only when token authentication is used; preserve the existing exception
description otherwise.
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Review comments at @ably/pubsub/http/http.py:
- Around line 73-78: Update create_http_client to reject calls that provide both
token and token_details, using the existing invalid-argument handling, so
token_details and its client_id checks cannot be silently skipped.
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Review comments at @test/ably/http/authurlparams_test.py:
- Around line 25-31: Update the auth URL wire test around authorize to include a
token parameter set to None and assert it is omitted from the parameters sent,
covering the omission behavior in _auth_url_token_params.
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and asserts token_details.capability exactly equals that string, without parsing
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<title>Ably Pub/Sub | Identified clients</title>
<location>https://ably.com/docs/auth/identified-clients</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last week; You can use basic authentication to allow a client to claim any `clientId` when they authenticate with Ably. ... const ably = new Ably.Rest(process.env.ABLY_API_KEY); ... If no `clientId` is provided when using token authentication then clients are not permitted to assume an identity and will be considered an unidentified client in all operations.
# Identified clients
When a client is authenticated and connected to Ably, it is considered to be an authenticated client. While an authenticated client has a means to authenticate with Ably, they do not necessarily have an identity.
When a client is assigned a trusted identity, that is, a `clientId`, then they are considered to be an identified client. For all operations that client performs with the Ably service, their `clientId` field will be automatically populated and can be trusted by other clients.
For example, assume you are building a chat application and want to allow clients to publish messages and be present on a channel. If each client is assigned a trusted identity by your server, such as a unique email address or UUID, then all other subscribed clients can trust any messages or presence events they receive in the channel as being from that client. No other clients are permitted to assume a `clientId` that they are not assigned in their Ably-compatible token. They are unable to masquerade as another `clientId`.
## ClientId immutability
A connection's `clientId`, once set, is immutable. You cannot change a `clientId` after it has been established for a connection.
### Late initialization
It is possible to have late initialization of `clientId` in certain scenarios:
* AuthCallback discovery: When using `authCallback`, the `clientId` may only become known when the first authCallback completes and returns a token with a `clientId`.
* Opaque token processing: When the library receives an opaque token string, it only learns the `clientId` when it receives a response from the server that has processed the token.
In both cases, the immutability requirement is satisfied because the `clientId` gets set as part of the client's first interaction with the server. Once this initial authentication is complete, the `clientId` cannot be changed for that connection.
## Assign a clientId
There are three different ways a client can be identified with using a `clientId`:
* A client claims a `clientId` when authenticating with an API key.
* A client is authenticating with a token issued for a specific `clientId`.
* A client claims a `clientId` when authenticating with a token that is issued for a wildcard `clientId`.
When a client sets their own ID there is the possibility that they can pretend to be someone else. To prevent this, it is recommended that you embed a `clientId` in the token issued to your clients from your auth server. This ensures that the `clientId` is set by your auth server, and eliminates the chance of a client pretending to be someone else.
Note:
Identifying a client varies depending on whether they are authenticating with basic authentication or token authentication. Token authentication is recommended in most instances so that clients authenticate using short-lived tokens and do not have access to API keys.
Since you then control the `clientId`, all other clients can rely on the validity of the `clientId` in published messages and of members present in presence channels. This eliminates the possibility of a client pretending to be someone else, as they cannot claim a `clientId` in their own.
### Basic auth
You can use basic authentication to allow a client to claim any `clientId` when they authenticate with Ably. As the assignation of the `clientId` is not handled by a server, it cannot be trusted to represent the genuine identity of the client.
### Token auth
You can use token authentication to set an explicit `clientId` when creating or issuing a token. Clients using that token are restricted to operations for only that `clientId`, and all operations will implicitly contain that `clientId`.
For example, when publishing a message, the `clientId` attribute of the message will be pre-populated with that `clientId`. Entering presence will also implicitly use that `clientId`.
#### Using JWT
To set a `clientId` in a JWT, include the `x-ably-clientId` claim in the JWT payload:
Claim | Value
--- | ---
`x-ably-clientId` | The `clientId` to assign to the client (for example, `user-123`).
See JWT authentication for complete server and client examples in all supported languages.
#### Using TokenRequest
To set a `clientId` in a TokenRequest, pass it as a parameter:
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const ably = new Ably.Rest(process.env.ABLY_API_KEY);
const tokenRequest = await ably.auth.createTokenRequest({ clientId: 'user-123' });
// Return tokenRequest to client`
### Wildcard token auth
You can use token authentication to set a wildcard `clientId` using a value of `*` when creating a token. Clients are then able to assume any identity in their operations, such as when publishing a message or entering presence.
## Unidentified clients
If no `clientId` is provided when using token authentication then clients are not permitted to assume an identity and will be considered an unidentified client in all operations. Messages published will contain no `clientId` and those clients will not be permitted to enter the presence set.</excerpt>
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<title>Ably Pub/Sub | REST API Reference</title>
<location>https://ably.com/docs/api/rest-api</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; Using one of the application keys created via the application dashboard, basic authentication provides the simplest method to authenticate with Ably, but has two important limitations: ... Token Authentication uses an Ably-compatible token to authenticate with Ably without sharing a private API key. ... For example, if you want to publish a message using the REST API so that it appears to come from an existing connected realtime client, then the connection's private (secret) connection key must be included. ... X-Ably-ClientId | Optional client ID, base64-encoded (to allow arbitrary unicode).
# REST API Reference
Welcome to the Ably REST API Reference documentation.
The Ably REST API provides a way for a wide range of server and client devices to communicate with the Ably service over REST. The REST API does not provide a realtime long-lived connection to Ably, but in all other respects is a simple subset of the full realtime messaging API.
The primary use-case for the REST API is for servers that are part of the back-end of an application such as a web application, that publish messages, issue access tokens (temporary and client-specific) for its various clients, obtain message and presence history, and retrieve statistics.
The functional scope of the REST API includes:
* Authentication of the server with Ably, and creation of tokens for use by clients.
* Publication of messages
* Retrieval of message history
* Retrieval of presence state and presence
* Retrieval of statistics for application usage
## Authentication
To understand the REST API it is easiest first to understand the various authentication methods that Ably supports. For a detailed explanation, view the Authentication documentation.
Clients can access Ably, whether using REST or the Realtime service, by two methods:
1. Basic authentication
2. Token authentication
Each of these is explained in more detail in the following sections.
### Basic Authentication
Using one of the application keys created via the application dashboard, basic authentication provides the simplest method to authenticate with Ably, but has two important limitations:
* the application key is transmitted over the network as part of a request; therefore it may only be used over TLS (HTTPS or "SSL") connections. This can be a performance disadvantage in some network environments where long round-trip times are amplified by the SSL handshake.
* the client using the API must be in possession of the application key, which potentially exposes the key to compromise. ## Channel routes
Routes providing access to the messaging service within a channel scope.
### Publish one or more messages on a channel
#### POST main.realtime.ably.net/channels/{channelId}/messages
Publish a message on a channel. Note that since the REST API is stateless, publication using this API is outside the context of any specific connection.
The request body contains message details and is an object of the form:
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data: <optional message payload>,
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connectionKey: <optional private connection key>,
id: <optional message ID, see below>,
extras: <optional, see below>
}`
In JSON format, the accepted types for the `data` payload are:
* string
* any JSON-encodable Array or Object.
MessagePack additionally supports byte arrays
A message may be published over REST on behalf of an existing realtime connection when a valid `connectionKey` is present. Can also be specified as a `messageId` querystring parameter. Equivalent to `Message.id` | string
X-Ably-Name | Optional message name. Can also be specified as a `name` querystring parameter. Equivalent to `Message.name` | string
X-Ably-ConnectionKey | Optional connection key, used to publish on behalf of a realtime connection, see documentation above. Can also be specified as a `connectionKey` querystring parameter. Equivalent to `Message.connectionKey` | string
X-Ably-Encoding | Optional message encoding. Allows you to specify the encoding of the message to allow recipient client libraries to decode it. For example, an encoding of `json` will instruct client libraries to automatically JSON-parse the message on receipt. Also useful if sending an encrypted message, to allow client libraries to decrypt it (assuming they have the correct key). Must be in the correct format per our client lib development guide ; if unsure, leave this unspecified. Can also be specified as an `encoding` querystring parameter. Equivalent to `Message.encoding` | string
X-Ably-ClientId | Optional client ID, base64-encoded (to allow arbitrary unicode). Can also be specified as a `clientId` querystring parameter (not base64-encoded). Equivalent to `Message.clientId` | string
##### Options
Property | Value
--- | ---
Content-Type | `application/json`, `application/x-msgpack` or `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
Accept | `application/json` by default or `application/x-msgpack`
Auth required | yes (basic or token with `message-update-own` or `message-update-any` capability)
##### Capabilities
* `message-update-own` := Can update or append to your own messages (messages where the original publisher's `clientId` matches the updater's `clientId`, where both are identified)
* `message-update-any` := Can update or append to any message on the channel
* `message-delete-own` := Can delete your own messages
* `message-delete-any` := Can delete any message on the channel
##### Returns
Returns an `UpdateDeleteResult` object with a single `versionSerial` field: the serial of the version of the updated, deleted, or appended message, or `null` if the message was superseded by a subsequent update before it could be published.
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"versionSerial": "01826232512345-002@abcdefghij:002"
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An unsuccessful request returns an error.
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<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 weeks ago; Basic authentication is the simplest way to authenticate with Ably. ... * A client that authenticates using an API key can claim any client ID it chooses.
# Basic auth
Basic authentication is the simplest way to authenticate with Ably. It requires passing an API key when instancing an SDK.
Important:
Private API keys should never be shared with untrusted parties, and as such, should only be used by your trusted secure servers when authenticating with Ably.
The following is an example of using basic authentication:
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## Basic auth architecture
The process used by Ably SDKs to authenticate with Ably using basic authentication is illustrated in the following diagram:
## When to use basic auth
Ably recommends that basic authentication is only used server-side because of the following potential issues:
* The secret is passed directly by the client to Ably, so it is only permitted for connections that are over TLS, to prevent the key secret being intercepted.
* All of the configured capabilities of the key are implicitly possible in any request, and clients that legitimately obtain this key may then abuse the rights for that key.
* A client that authenticates using an API key can claim any client ID it chooses. Therefore this client ID cannot be trusted to represent the genuine identity of the client. Client IDs should be assigned by the server, once the client's credentials have been authenticated.
Note:
When selecting an Ably SDK for implementing basic authentication with Ably, you don't need to use the realtime interface.
As basic authentication is primarily designed for authenticating a secure server, it is more efficient to use the REST interface of an Ably SDK. This is because the overhead associated with maintaining a realtime connection is not required. However, this is only true when the server is used solely for authentication.</excerpt>
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<title>Ably Pub/Sub | REST API Token Request Spec</title>
<location>https://ably.com/docs/api/token-request-spec</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; If a `clientId` was included in the request, then the token is associated with that `clientId`, and may be used to identify that client in operations that require identification (e.g. joining a channel that requires identification, or publishing a message with a verified `clientId`). ... Note that Basic authentication must be used in order to request an Ably Token with an unsigned Ably `TokenRequest`. ... `curl -X POST "https://main.realtime.ably.net/keys/{{API_KEY_NAME}}/requestToken" \
key value | (private) key "secret" string, system-generated, uniquely associated with this key
### Ably TokenRequest format
A request for an Ably Token is made against the `requestToken` endpoint, with a JSON Ably `TokenRequest` in the request body. The Ably `TokenRequest` comprises:
* the `keyName` comprising of the app ID and key ID such as `{{API_KEY_NAME}}`
* a capability (i.e. a set of channel names or resource expressions and, for each, a set of operations) which should be a subset of the set of capability associated with the key specified in `keyName`
* optionally, a `clientId` thus identifying clients using this token and preventing them from identifying themselves with any other `clientId`
* optionally, an expiry time or TTL, will default to 1 hour if not specified
* a timestamp to ensure the Ably `TokenRequest` is still valid
* a unique nonce string, randomly-generated by the client, to ensure the Ably `TokenRequest` cannot be reused
A signed Ably `TokenRequest` also contains:
* a signature, generated as an HMAC of each of the above components, using the key secret value.
A signed Ably `TokenRequest` can be used to request an Ably Token from Ably without an authenticated connection. The signature generated with the key secret confirms the authenticity of the token and can thus be "trusted" by Ably. As signed Ably Token Requests can be issued without a request to Ably, a server with a valid API key can issue Ably `TokenRequests` directly to clients, and clients can in turn generate an Ably Token by sending the Ably `TokenRequest` to Ably.
The receiving Ably server verifies the signature if present, the timestamp (which must be within 2 minutes of the current time), verifies that the nonce/timestamp combination has not been used previously, verifies that the requested validity period is permitted, and verifies that the requested capabilities are permitted for that token based on the key capabilities.
The server may choose to subset the capabilities based on the capabilities of the key.
The server replies with an access token, which is essentially a signed version of the resolved set of capabilities, plus other metadata associated with the token (such as expiry time).
This access token can then be used for subsequent REST requests or Realtime connections. If a `clientId` was included in the request, then the token is associated with that `clientId`, and may be used to identify that client in operations that require identification (e.g. joining a channel that requires identification, or publishing a message with a verified `clientId`).
When the channel path is exactly `*`, then all channels are matched. If however, a channel path ends with `:*`, it matches every channel with more segments beneath that prefix. For example, the channel path `user:*` matches `user:john` and `user:matt`. Find out more about resource names and wildcards
• for operations, the wildcard character `*` has special meaning. When the operation is exactly `*`, then all operations are supported. Otherwise, a permitted operation string must be provided | String
clientId | The canonical form is the unquoted and un-escaped string. In the case that no clientId is included in the request, the empty string is used | String
timestamp | The decimal integer representation, without leading zeros, of the time of the of the request in milliseconds since the epoch | Integer
nonce | An unquoted, un-escaped random string of at least 16 characters | String
### Capability operations
The following capability operations are available for API keys and issued tokens:
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<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; A private API key string for `ClientOptions#key``ClientOptions#Key` or the constructor, as obtained from the application dashboard, is required for Basic Authentication. ... Note that initializing the library with a `key``Key` does not necessarily mean that the library will use Basic auth; using the private key it is also able to create and sign Ably TokenRequests and use token authentication when necessary. ... clientId | A client ID, used for identifying this client when publishing messages or for presence purposes. ... endpoint | Enables enterprise customers to use their own custom endpoints, which support dedicated, isolated clusters and regional message routing and storage constraints.
Find out more about TLS
default: true | `Boolean`
clientId | A client ID, used for identifying this client when publishing messages or for presence purposes. The `clientId` can be any non-empty string. This option is primarily intended to be used in situations where the library is instantiated with a key; note that a `clientId` may also be implicit in a token used to instantiate the library; an error will be raised if a `clientId` specified here conflicts with the `clientId` implicit in the token. Find out more about client identities | `String`
useTokenAuth | When true, forces Token authentication to be used by the library. Please note that if a `clientId` is not specified in the `ClientOptions` or `TokenParams`, then the Ably Token issued will be anonymous.
default: false | `Boolean`
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Citations:
- 1: https://ably.com/docs/auth/identified-clients?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://ably.com/docs/api/rest-api?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://ably.com/docs/auth/identified-clients?utm_source=openai
Keep the token-derived clientId out of Basic auth.
When use_token_auth=False and a key is set, the constructor still copies token_details.client_id into the client ID. The client then takes the Basic path, which carries no token identity. For a realtime client, a presence enter on behalf of another client is then rejected locally, although the API key permits that clientId claim. The rejection is a 400/40012AblyException raised before any request is sent. auth.client_id also reports the token's clientId for a client that authenticates with Basic credentials.
The base code set the client ID to None for realtime clients, so this realtime rejection is newly reachable in this PR. The REST path already had this fallback at the merge base.
Clear the token-derived identity when the Basic branch is selected, so only the configured clientId remains:
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self.__auth_mechanism = Auth.Method.BASIC
basic_key = f"{options.key_name}:{options.key_secret}"
basic_key = base64.b64encode(basic_key.encode('utf-8'))
self.__basic_credentials = basic_key.decode('ascii')
+ # Basic auth carries no token identity; keep only the configured clientId.+ self.__client_id = options.client_id
return
Based on the Ably basic auth documentation: a client that authenticates with an API key can claim any clientId it chooses.
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In the Basic authentication branch of the auth constructor, reset
`self.__client_id` to `options.client_id` before returning so token-derived
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Do not cache a token that fails the client ID check.
_ensure_valid_auth_credentials stores the token from request_token before _configure_client_id validates it. On a client ID mismatch, the call raises 40102, but the rejected token stays cached. Later requests then send it without another check. Store the token only after validation passes.
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In _ensure_valid_auth_credentials, defer assigning the result of request_token
to __token_details until _configure_client_id has validated its client ID. A
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Qualify the IncompatibleClientIdException docstring for token auth.
The new Raises entry says a client_id that conflicts with token_details raises IncompatibleClientIdException. With key, use_token_auth=False, and token_details, the factory returns a client without raising. Basic auth is selected first, and the conflict check runs only on the token path. State that the check applies only when token authentication is used.
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--- "a/ably/pubsub/server/__init__.py"+++ "b/ably/pubsub/server/__init__.py"@@ -169,8 +169,9 @@
With code 40106, if no means of authenticating is given, if `key` is combined
with `key_name` or `key_secret`, or if `endpoint` is combined with
`environment`, `rest_host` or `realtime_host`. It is also a ValueError.
- IncompatibleClientIdException- If `client_id` conflicts with the client ID of `token_details`.+ IncompatibleClientIdException+ If `client_id` conflicts with the client ID of `token_details`+ and token authentication is used.
"""
with factory_construction():
return _DefaultPubSubHttpClient(**kwargs)
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Update the `IncompatibleClientIdException` entry in the factory docstring to
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ruffandtest/utson its own, has anUPDATING.mdentry where it is breaking, and updatestest/uts/deviations.md: entries it closes are removed, tests that now pass are un-gated, and the header counts are moved with them.Several of these change what reaches a customer's auth server (an
auth_callbackorauth_url), not only their code. Those are called out below and inUPDATING.md.Commits
keyplus anauth_callback,auth_url,tokenortoken_details, the client used Basic auth and never called the callback. The HTTP client also dropped atoken/token_detailsgiven alongside a key. It now uses token auth and keeps the key for renewal. Migration: passuse_token_auth=Falseto keep Basic auth, which RSA4 allows. Auth servers: a client configured like this now calls them.auth_urlunder their wire names (RSA8c1a, 4.0.0 findings: presence type exports, ignoredrecover,auth_urlparam names #736). SendsclientId, notclient_id, with no transition period. A dict/Capabilitycapability goes as JSON, not a Python repr. Atimedeltattl goes as integer ms, not1:00:00.Nonevalues are left out.timestampandnoncewere already wire names. This covers GET query and POST body. Migration (auth servers): readclientId. The param names callers pass are unchanged.auth.client_idis set from the start, as on the HTTP client, so the firstauth_callback/auth_urlcall now carries the clientId. Migration: don't useauth.client_id is Noneas a not-connected check. Auth servers now receive the clientId on the first token request.authorize()and copy the params (RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j). An explicitclient_idis no longer overwritten, and the caller's dict is no longer mutated. The configured clientId still wins over one indefault_token_params(RSA7a4). Migration: a conflicting explicit clientId now fails with 40102 instead of silently getting a token for the configured one. Drop it or pass the configured one.token_detailswhose clientId conflicts withclient_id(RSA15a, RSA15c). RaisesIncompatibleClientIdException(40102) at construction. A bare token string has no readable clientId. For that case the spec's other check applies, against CONNECTEDconnectionDetails: the realtime client already does this and fails the connection with 40102. A REST client has nothing to compare it with. Migration: make the two agree, or dropclient_id.TokenDetails.capabilitythe server's JSON string (TD5, RSA16a). It holds astr, orNone.Capabilitystays the builder for token params. Also fixesCapability.add_operation_to_resource, which always raisedAttributeError. Migration: wrap it asCapability(td.capability).to_dict()now gives the string, so an auth server returningto_dict()sends the wire form.expiresandissuedfor a bare token string (RSA16b). Both are nowNone, andTokenDetailsno longer readstime.time(). Every reader ofexpireshandlesNone:token_details_has_expired,reauth_if_expired, and a%ddebug log that would have raised. Migration: handleNone.default_token_paramsincreate_token_request()(RSA5c, RSA6c). With no params, the defaults apply. Given params, even{}, replace them wholesale, inrequest_token()too. Migration (auth servers): a server withdefault_token_paramsthat signs withcreate_token_request()now issues tokens with those defaults, which usually means a shorter ttl or narrower capability. Arequest_token()call that names some params no longer inherits the rest.disconnected_retry_timeout, and on REST the request failed. Not breaking.NoneclientId, soenter_clientcould never succeed. It is now'*'. The BasicX-Ably-ClientIdheader now comes from the configured clientId, per RSA7e2, so the wildcard is never echoed back. Not breaking. The five UTS integration tests that worked around this withclient_id='*'now build their clients as the spec does.Decision:
TokenDetails.capabilityholds the server's string as isNot canonicalised. Evidence:
features.mdasks for canonicalisation only when signing a TokenRequest, never for what the server returns.rest/unit/RSA16a/reflects-capability-1andrest/unit/TD/token-details-from-json-0.json.dumpscanonicalisation would fail those on its separators alone.TokenDetails.capability: string, from a plainJSON.parse).Stringdeserialised by gson). It appliesCapability.c14nonly to outgoing params, inrequestTokenandcreateTokenRequest.NSStringviaartString).Capabilityand re-serialises it.Decision: given token params replace
default_token_params, not mergeEvidence:
requestToken) and RSA9h (createTokenRequest) both say that provided params "are not merged with the configured client library defaults, but rather are used instead of the stored values (even when null)".authorize(), which here already replaced.params ?: storedidiom, and none merges key by key.tokenParams || Utils.copy(this.tokenParams)in_requestTokenImpland_createTokenRequestImpl.params == null ? this.tokenParams : params.copy()inrequestTokenandcreateTokenRequest.tokenParams ? : [_tokenParams copy], commented "If options, params passed in, they're used instead of stored, don't merge them".tokenParams ?? CurrentTokenParams ?? TokenParams.WithDefaultsApplied()inRequestTokenAsync,AuthorizeAsyncandCreateTokenRequestAsync.requestToken, and never readsDefaultTokenParamsincreateTokenRequest.Skipped or scoped down
recover,auth_urlparam names #736's other half is not done.create_token_request/request_tokenstill silently ignore camelCase keys such as{'clientId': ...}. This PR only fixes the auth_url wire names.create_token_request()/request_token()does not overlay the configured clientId. That path covers no params given, anddefault_token_paramsthat name a clientId. RSA7a4's precedence is applied inauthorize()only.create_token_request()still falls back toauth.client_idwhen the params name none, as before.TokenDetails.DEFAULTSis left in place. The library no longer reads it, but a legacy test does.deviations.mdheader drops by one more in the I.4 commit, which says so.Conflicts
This branch is rebased onto #737 (
v4-exceptions), so the conflicts with it are resolved here. None of the resolutions changes behaviour:ably/pubsub/http/http.py: the credential chain keeps this PR's RSA4 ordering (a key given with a token is kept) and pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737'sInvalidArgumentException(40106) for a key withkey_name/key_secretand for atoken_detailsthat is not aTokenDetails.ably/pubsub/server/__init__.py: theRaisessection keeps pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737's 40106 wording and adds this PR'sIncompatibleClientIdException.UPDATING.md: this PR's entries follow pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737's at the end of the 4.0.0 section.test/uts/deviations.md: the header counts were re-measured at every commit on the new base, not added up by hand. pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737 and this PR each closed one realtime root cause, so the root-cause figures fall by both.v4/http-client-options(#739) is stacked on this branch and will resolve its own conflicts with it.Tests
test/uts, measured. Each figure matches the header ofdeviations.mdat that commit:RUN_DEVIATIONS=1v4-exceptions(pubsub: breaking changes to exceptions #737)default_token_paramscommitThe 11 tests un-gated are exactly the 11 that left the gated failure list, and no new failure appears. Every commit was also checked on its own with
ruffand the unit tiers, in both modes.New mocked tests:
test/ably/http/authurlparams_test.pyandtest/ably/http/authorizeparams_test.py. They need no sandbox and pass locally.Legacy tests edited but not run, because they hit the sandbox:
test/ably/realtime/realtimeauth_test.py: the three clientId inheritance/mismatch tests.test/ably/http/httpcapability_test.pyandtest/ably/http/httptoken_test.py: thetd.capabilityassertions now wrap the string inCapability(...).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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