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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions taosmd/admin.py
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Expand Up @@ -419,6 +419,21 @@ async def a2a_admin_supersede_message(
return {"superseded": True, "id": msg_id}


async def a2a_admin_prune_receipts(
older_than_ts: float,
*,
data_dir: Path | str,
stores: dict,
) -> dict:
"""Prune receipts older than ``older_than_ts`` (by delivered_at).

Returns ``{"pruned": int}``.
"""
receipt_store = stores["receipts"]
n = await receipt_store.prune(older_than_ts)
return {"pruned": n}


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions taosmd/api.py
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Expand Up @@ -144,12 +144,16 @@ async def _ensure_stores(data_dir=None) -> dict:
from taosmd.claims.store import ClaimStore # noqa: PLC0415
claims = ClaimStore(db_path=str(path / "claims.db"))
await claims.init()
from taosmd.receipts import ReceiptStore # noqa: PLC0415
receipts = ReceiptStore(db_path=str(path / "a2a-receipts.db"))
await receipts.init()

stores = {
"archive": archive,
"vector": vmem,
"kg": kg,
"claims": claims,
"receipts": receipts,
"data_dir": str(path),
}
_stores_cache[resolved] = stores
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192 changes: 191 additions & 1 deletion taosmd/http_server.py
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Expand Up @@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
``GET /a2a/stream`` ``?thread=&since=`` -> SSE stream (text/event-stream)
``GET /a2a/channels`` -> ``{"channels": [...]}``
``GET /a2a/members`` ``?channel=<name>`` -> ``{"members": [...]}``
``PATCH /a2a/receipts`` ``{"message_id"}`` -> mark message seen by authenticated agent
``GET /a2a/messages/{id}/receipts`` -> ``{"delivered": [...], "read": [...]}``
``GET /a2a/receipts`` ``?message_id=&agent=`` -> ``{"delivered_at", "seen_at"}`` or 404
``POST /tasks`` ``{"title", "body"?, "project"?, "assignee"?, "priority"?, "depends_on"?: [...], "created_by"}`` -> task object
``GET /tasks`` ``?status=&project=&assignee=&limit=`` -> ``{"tasks": [...]}``
``GET /tasks/ready`` ``?project=&assignee=&limit=`` -> ``{"tasks": [...]}``
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -147,6 +150,7 @@
``POST /a2a/admin/delete-channel`` ``{"channel": str}`` -> ``{"deleted": true, "channel": str}``
``POST /a2a/admin/rename-channel`` ``{"from": str, "to": str}`` -> ``{"renamed": true, "from": str, "to": str}``
``POST /a2a/admin/supersede-message`` ``{"id": int}`` -> ``{"superseded": true, "id": int}``
``POST /a2a/admin/prune-receipts`` ``{"ttl_days"?: int}`` -> ``{"pruned": int}`` (admin)

Inspection UI
-------------
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -722,6 +726,38 @@ def _check_token(self, path: str) -> bool:
return auth[len("Bearer "):].strip() == _server_token
return False

def _get_authenticated_agent_id(self) -> str | None:
"""Return the agent identity from a verified registry token, or None.

Only the ``sub`` claim of a Bearer token is used; the server token
(data-plane auth) is not an identity token and therefore yields
``None``. Raw-bus subscribers that present no token also get
``None`` -- they produce no delivered mark.
"""
if _registry_verifier is None:
return None
auth = self.headers.get("Authorization", "")
if not auth.startswith("Bearer "):
return None
token = auth[len("Bearer "):].strip()
if not token:
return None
from . import registry_auth as _ra # noqa: PLC0415
raw_sub: str = ""
try:
import jwt as _jwt # noqa: PLC0415
unverified = _jwt.decode(token, options={"verify_signature": False})
raw_sub = unverified.get("sub", "") or ""
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
pass
claimed_identity = raw_sub
try:
claims = _registry_verifier.authorize(token, claimed_identity)
sub = claims.get("sub", "") or ""
return sub if sub else None
except _ra.AuthError:
return None

@staticmethod
def _is_admin_route(method: str, path: str) -> bool:
"""Return True for admin write routes (#154).
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -750,6 +786,7 @@ def _is_admin_route(method: str, path: str) -> bool:
"/a2a/admin/delete-channel",
"/a2a/admin/rename-channel",
"/a2a/admin/supersede-message",
"/a2a/admin/prune-receipts",
)

def _check_admin_token(self) -> bool:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -883,6 +920,9 @@ def do_POST(self) -> None: # noqa: N802
def do_DELETE(self) -> None: # noqa: N802
self._dispatch("DELETE")

def do_PATCH(self) -> None: # noqa: N802
self._dispatch("PATCH")

def _dispatch(self, method: str) -> None:
parts = urlsplit(self.path)
path = parts.path.rstrip("/") or "/"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -956,7 +996,18 @@ def _dispatch(self, method: str) -> None:
elif method == "GET" and path == "/a2a/stream":
self._handle_a2a_stream(query)
return # SSE response already sent; skip _send_json error path
# Task graph endpoints — prefix matching for /tasks/{id} paths
elif method == "PATCH" and path == "/a2a/receipts":
self._handle_a2a_receipts_seen()
elif method == "GET" and path.startswith("/a2a/messages/") and path.endswith("/receipts"):
msg_id = path[len("/a2a/messages/"):-len("/receipts")]
self._handle_a2a_message_receipts(msg_id)
elif method == "GET" and path == "/a2a/receipts":
self._handle_a2a_receipts(query)
elif method == "POST" and path == "/a2a/receipts/delivered":
self._handle_a2a_receipts_delivered()
elif method == "POST" and path == "/a2a/receipts/seen":
self._handle_a2a_receipts_seen_explicit()
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use one verified identity gate for all receipt writes.

The explicit POST handlers trust the body agent_id. A caller can record delivered or seen receipts for another agent. This bypasses the identity protection in PATCH /a2a/receipts.

Also, when _server_token and _registry_verifier are both configured, Line 937 rejects a valid registry JWT before PATCH reaches _get_authenticated_agent_id. Supplying the server token then produces no verified sub.

Bind receipt writes to a verified token sub, or restrict trusted delivery writes to an internal/admin-only path. Make the dispatch gate accept the registry-authenticated PATCH route without opening it when registry verification is unavailable. Add coverage for forged POST identities and for a server configured with both token systems.

Also applies to: 1713-1761

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In `@taosmd/http_server.py` around lines 999 - 1009, Unify receipt-write
authorization across _handle_a2a_receipts_seen, _handle_a2a_receipts_delivered,
and _handle_a2a_receipts_seen_explicit so body agent_id values cannot target
another agent; derive the target identity from a verified token sub or limit
trusted delivery writes to an internal/admin path. Update the
dispatch/authentication gate to allow registry-authenticated PATCH requests when
both _server_token and _registry_verifier are configured, while still rejecting
requests when registry verification is unavailable. Add coverage for forged POST
identities and the dual-token configuration.

# Task graph endpoints -- prefix matching for /tasks/{id} paths
elif method == "POST" and path == "/tasks":
self._handle_task_create()
elif method == "GET" and path == "/tasks":
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1047,6 +1098,8 @@ def _dispatch(self, method: str) -> None:
self._handle_admin_a2a_rename_channel()
elif method == "POST" and path == "/a2a/admin/supersede-message":
self._handle_admin_a2a_supersede_message()
elif method == "POST" and path == "/a2a/admin/prune-receipts":
self._handle_admin_a2a_prune_receipts()
elif method == "GET" and _serve_dashboard and self._try_serve_static(parts.path):
return # static asset served
elif method == "GET" and _serve_dashboard:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1551,6 +1604,12 @@ def _handle_a2a_stream(self, qs: dict) -> None:
is a quick, bounded archive query; the sleep happens here in
the request thread, never inside the service loop. Disconnects
are detected via write errors and exit the loop cleanly.

When the subscriber's identity is known (authenticated proxy
path, ``sub`` claim present in the Bearer token) a delivered
receipt is written after each frame lands on the wire. Raw-bus
subscribers that carry no identifying token produce no delivered
mark.
"""
thread = (qs.get("thread") or [None])[0]
since_raw = (qs.get("since") or [None])[0]
Expand All @@ -1559,6 +1618,8 @@ def _handle_a2a_stream(self, qs: dict) -> None:
except (TypeError, ValueError):
last_ts = time.time()

subscriber_agent = self._get_authenticated_agent_id()

# Send SSE response headers before entering the poll loop.
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
Expand All @@ -1581,6 +1642,18 @@ def _handle_a2a_stream(self, qs: dict) -> None:
frame = f"data: {json.dumps(msg)}\n\n"
self.wfile.write(frame.encode("utf-8"))
last_ts = msg["ts"]
# Record a delivered receipt for authenticated
# subscribers only. Raw-bus subscribers have no
# identifying token so subscriber_agent is None.
if subscriber_agent is not None:
runner.run(

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[WARNING]: Unhandled exception from runner.run() crashes the SSE stream

Inside _handle_a2a_stream, the runner.run(service.a2a_record_delivered(...)) call is not wrapped in a try/except. If the service raises (database error, loop shutdown), the exception propagates out of the SSE handler, crashing the request thread and disconnecting the client without a clean shutdown.

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service.a2a_record_delivered(
msg["id"],
subscriber_agent,
ts=time.time(),
data_dir=data_dir,
)
)
self.wfile.flush()
else:
self.wfile.write(b": keepalive\n\n")
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# Client disconnected; exit the thread cleanly.
return

# ----- A2A receipt handlers -----------------------------------------

def _handle_a2a_receipts_seen(self) -> None:
body = self._read_json_body()
message_id_raw = body.get("message_id")
if message_id_raw is None:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' is required")
try:
message_id = int(message_id_raw)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' must be an integer") from exc
agent_id = self._get_authenticated_agent_id()
if agent_id is None:
self._send_json(401, {"error": "registry auth: Bearer token with sub claim required"})
return
runner.run(
service.a2a_record_seen(message_id, agent_id, data_dir=data_dir)
)
self._send_json(200, {"ok": True})

def _handle_a2a_message_receipts(self, msg_id_str: str) -> None:
try:
message_id = int(msg_id_str)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("message id must be an integer") from exc
result = runner.run(
service.a2a_get_receipts(message_id, data_dir=data_dir)
)
self._send_json(200, result)

def _handle_a2a_receipts(self, qs: dict) -> None:
message_id_raw = (qs.get("message_id") or [None])[0]
agent_id = (qs.get("agent") or [None])[0]
if message_id_raw is None or agent_id is None:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' and 'agent' query parameters are required")
try:
message_id = int(message_id_raw)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' must be an integer") from exc
receipt = runner.run(
service.a2a_get_receipt(message_id, agent_id, data_dir=data_dir)
)
if receipt is None:
self._send_json(404, {"error": "receipt not found"})
return
self._send_json(200, receipt)

def _handle_a2a_receipts_delivered(self) -> None:
body = self._read_json_body()
message_id = body.get("message_id")
agent_id = body.get("agent_id")
ts = body.get("ts")
if message_id is None:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' is required")
if agent_id is None:
raise _BadRequest("'agent_id' is required")
try:
message_id = int(message_id)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' must be an integer") from exc
if ts is not None:
try:
ts = float(ts)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'ts' must be a float") from exc
else:
ts = time.time()
runner.run(
service.a2a_record_delivered(message_id, agent_id, ts=ts, data_dir=data_dir)

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[WARNING]: Unverified agent_id allows forged delivery receipts

_handle_a2a_receipts_delivered takes agent_id directly from the request body and records a delivery receipt without checking that it matches the authenticated identity. Any client holding the data-plane server token can mark arbitrary messages as delivered for any agent, which is the exact forgery vector this PR is meant to address.

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)
self._send_json(200, {"ok": True})

def _handle_a2a_receipts_seen_explicit(self) -> None:
body = self._read_json_body()
message_id = body.get("message_id")
agent_id = body.get("agent_id")
ts = body.get("ts")
if message_id is None:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' is required")
if agent_id is None:
raise _BadRequest("'agent_id' is required")
try:
message_id = int(message_id)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'message_id' must be an integer") from exc
if ts is not None:
try:
ts = float(ts)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'ts' must be a float") from exc
else:
ts = time.time()
runner.run(
service.a2a_record_seen(message_id, agent_id, ts=ts, data_dir=data_dir)

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[WARNING]: Unverified agent_id allows forged seen receipts

_handle_a2a_receipts_seen_explicit takes agent_id directly from the request body and records a seen receipt without checking that it matches the authenticated identity. Any client holding the data-plane server token can mark arbitrary messages as seen for any agent.

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)
self._send_json(200, {"ok": True})

# ----- task graph handlers ----------------------------------------

def _handle_task_create(self) -> None:
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)
self._send_json(200, result)

def _handle_admin_a2a_prune_receipts(self) -> None:
if not self._check_admin_token():
return
body = self._read_json_body()
ttl_days = body.get("ttl_days")
if ttl_days is not None:
try:
ttl_days = int(ttl_days)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
raise _BadRequest("'ttl_days' must be an integer") from exc
if ttl_days <= 0:
raise _BadRequest("'ttl_days' must be a positive integer")
else:
ttl_days = 30
older_than_ts = time.time() - ttl_days * 86400
result = runner.run(
service.admin_a2a_prune_receipts(older_than_ts, data_dir=data_dir)
)
self._send_json(200, result)

return TaosmdHandler


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Expand Up @@ -302,6 +302,22 @@ def _vector_memory_valid_to(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
)


# --- a2a-receipts.db ----------------------------------------------------

def _a2a_receipts_baseline(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
from taosmd.receipts import SCHEMA # noqa: PLC0415

exec_script(conn, SCHEMA)


_A2A_RECEIPTS: tuple[Migration, ...] = (
Migration(
1, "a2a_receipts_baseline", _a2a_receipts_baseline,
lambda c: table_exists(c, "a2a_receipts"),
),
)


# --- knowledge-graph.db ------------------------------------------------

def _knowledge_graph_baseline(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
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#: Logical database name -> ordered migration steps.
REGISTRY: dict[str, tuple[Migration, ...]] = {
"a2a_receipts": _A2A_RECEIPTS,
"archive_index": _ARCHIVE_INDEX,
"claims": _CLAIMS,
"collections": _COLLECTIONS,
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#: Logical database name -> filename inside the data directory.
DB_FILES: dict[str, str] = {
"a2a_receipts": "a2a-receipts.db",
"archive_index": "archive-index.db",
"claims": "claims.db",
"collections": "collections.db",
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