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Fixes mobile SAML login failing with No matching login attempt found for the large majority of attempts.

The mobile login flow makes the in-app webview and the native app redeem the same credential token concurrently. The SAML login handler was deleting the token on its first redemption (CredentialTokens.removeById), so whichever request lost the race found no token and login failed with 401. This restores the behavior of the original fix in #7343, which this code regressed from.

The token is now left for the TTL mechanism to clean up: credential_tokens already has a TTL index on expireAt (tokens are created with a 60-second validity in CredentialTokensRaw.create), so no documents leak.

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Closes #40605

Steps to test or reproduce

  1. Configure SAML login with any IdP (reproduced with Keycloak).
  2. On a mobile device, open the Rocket.Chat React Native app.
  3. Tap the SAML login button and complete authentication at the IdP.
  4. The in-app webview completes the login; the native app must now also succeed with POST /api/v1/login instead of returning No matching login attempt found.

Unit-level reproduction is covered by the added regression test tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts, which simulates the two redemptions sharing one token and fails on the previous code (second redemption returns { type: 'saml', error: 403 }).

Further comments

  • The deletion was removed rather than deferred because both redemptions legitimately need the same token within the flow; a grace window shorter than the token TTL would not reliably cover the native app's request.
  • The TTL index on credential_tokens.expireAt already provides cleanup, so this does not introduce a storage leak.
  • Security consideration: the token is a ~17-character random value transmitted over HTTPS and expires in at most 60 seconds, so allowing it to be redeemed twice does not meaningfully widen the replay window and matches the behavior of the original fix (can't upload odt with Electron Client, even if "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" is set Accepted Media Types #7343) and of the CAS flow's design.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • SAML credential tokens can now be redeemed by both mobile webview and native app flows.
    • Tokens remain available for concurrent authentication attempts and are automatically cleaned up after expiration.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage confirming tokens can be redeemed more than once before expiration.

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The SAML login handler no longer deletes credential tokens after redemption. Tokens remain available for concurrent mobile webview and native app requests and expire through the existing TTL index. Unit tests verify repeated redemption.

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SAML credential token reuse

Layer / File(s) Summary
Retain redeemed SAML tokens
apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts, .changeset/saml-mobile-credential-token-reuse.md
The handler stops immediate credential-token deletion and documents TTL-based cleanup. The changeset records the patch release.
Validate repeated redemption
apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts
Tests stub SAML user insertion and unlicensed-auth warnings. They verify that the same credential token can authenticate two successive requests.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1bc41

The change allows the mobile webview and native app to redeem the same SAML token, but the regression tests need follow-up because one does not exercise successful redemption and another does not verify concurrent requests. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness of this bounded test risk.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MobileWebview
  participant NativeApp
  participant SAMLLoginHandler
  participant CredentialTokenStore
  MobileWebview->>SAMLLoginHandler: Redeem credential token
  NativeApp->>SAMLLoginHandler: Redeem the same credential token
  SAMLLoginHandler->>CredentialTokenStore: Retain token until expireAt
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Suggested labels: type: bug, area: authentication

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apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts (1)

83-96: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Start both redemption requests before awaiting either request.

The current test awaits the first redemption before starting the second. This verifies sequential reuse, but not the concurrent webview and native-app flow described by the PR. Use Promise.all for the two handler calls.

Proposed test adjustment
-		const first = await handler({ saml: true, credentialToken: 'shared-token' });
-		const second = await handler({ saml: true, credentialToken: 'shared-token' });
+		const [first, second] = await Promise.all([
+			handler({ saml: true, credentialToken: 'shared-token' }),
+			handler({ saml: true, credentialToken: 'shared-token' }),
+		]);
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In `@apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts` around lines 83
- 96, Update the test around the two handler calls to start both credential
redemption requests before awaiting either result, using Promise.all with the
existing shared-token inputs. Preserve the assertions that both responses
contain userId and removeById is not called.
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Inline comments:
In `@apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts`:
- Around line 49-53: Update the no-deletion test around handler so
retrieveCredential returns a valid credential before invocation, exercising the
redemption path rather than the missing-credential path; assert redemption
succeeds and removeById is not called while preserving the shared beforeEach
defaults for other tests.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts`:
- Around line 83-96: Update the test around the two handler calls to start both
credential redemption requests before awaiting either result, using Promise.all
with the existing shared-token inputs. Preserve the assertions that both
responses contain userId and removeById is not called.
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beforeEach(() => {
retrieveCredential.reset();
retrieveCredential.resolves(null);
insertOrUpdateSAMLUser.reset();
insertOrUpdateSAMLUser.resolves({ userId: 'some-user-id', token: 'some-token' });

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a valid credential for the no-deletion test.

beforeEach configures retrieveCredential to resolve null, and the test at Lines [77-81] does not override it. The test therefore exercises the missing-credential path instead of the redemption path. Seed a valid credential before calling handler, then assert that redemption succeeds and removeById is not called.

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In `@apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts` around lines 49
- 53, Update the no-deletion test around handler so retrieveCredential returns a
valid credential before invocation, exercising the redemption path rather than
the missing-credential path; assert redemption succeeds and removeById is not
called while preserving the shared beforeEach defaults for other tests.

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2 issues found across 3 files

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<file name="apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts:29">
P1: After the first redemption, any holder of the bearer token can redeem it repeatedly for the remaining 60 seconds and receive a fresh login session each time. Preserve the two-client requirement with an atomic bounded redemption count or another replay limit instead of leaving the token reusable without limit.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts:29">
P1: When both clients redeem a token for a new SAML user concurrently, the check-then-insert flow can create two accounts because neither redemption is serialized or made idempotent. Serialize redemption per credential token or make SAML user creation atomic and have both handlers reuse the resulting user.</violation>
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const loginResult = await SAML.retrieveCredential(loginRequest.credentialToken);

await CredentialTokens.removeById(loginRequest.credentialToken);
// Do not delete the credential token on redemption: the mobile login flow makes the webview

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P1: After the first redemption, any holder of the bearer token can redeem it repeatedly for the remaining 60 seconds and receive a fresh login session each time. Preserve the two-client requirement with an atomic bounded redemption count or another replay limit instead of leaving the token reusable without limit.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts, line 29:

<comment>After the first redemption, any holder of the bearer token can redeem it repeatedly for the remaining 60 seconds and receive a fresh login session each time. Preserve the two-client requirement with an atomic bounded redemption count or another replay limit instead of leaving the token reusable without limit.</comment>

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@@ -27,7 +26,10 @@ Accounts.registerLoginHandler('saml', async (loginRequest) => {
 	const loginResult = await SAML.retrieveCredential(loginRequest.credentialToken);
 
-	await CredentialTokens.removeById(loginRequest.credentialToken);
+	// Do not delete the credential token on redemption: the mobile login flow makes the webview
+	// and the native app redeem the same token concurrently, so removing it after the first
+	// redemption makes the second one fail with "No matching login attempt found".
</file context>

const loginResult = await SAML.retrieveCredential(loginRequest.credentialToken);

await CredentialTokens.removeById(loginRequest.credentialToken);
// Do not delete the credential token on redemption: the mobile login flow makes the webview

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P1: When both clients redeem a token for a new SAML user concurrently, the check-then-insert flow can create two accounts because neither redemption is serialized or made idempotent. Serialize redemption per credential token or make SAML user creation atomic and have both handlers reuse the resulting user.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts, line 29:

<comment>When both clients redeem a token for a new SAML user concurrently, the check-then-insert flow can create two accounts because neither redemption is serialized or made idempotent. Serialize redemption per credential token or make SAML user creation atomic and have both handlers reuse the resulting user.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -27,7 +26,10 @@ Accounts.registerLoginHandler('saml', async (loginRequest) => {
 	const loginResult = await SAML.retrieveCredential(loginRequest.credentialToken);
 
-	await CredentialTokens.removeById(loginRequest.credentialToken);
+	// Do not delete the credential token on redemption: the mobile login flow makes the webview
+	// and the native app redeem the same token concurrently, so removing it after the first
+	// redemption makes the second one fail with "No matching login attempt found".
</file context>

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Cross-linking: #41408 by @prathamesh04 (opened a month before this one, still open) removes the same CredentialTokens.removeById call from server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts, approaching it from the 2FA flow instead of the mobile one. I missed it when opening this PR. The two conflict and only one should land - I have left a comparison on that PR and am happy to close this one if maintainers prefer that approach.

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