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38bab4191b fix(node): version ref_certificates for forward compat (#26 split 3/4) (#548)
* fix(node): version ref_certificates for forward compat (#26 split 3/4)

Reviewer 2 closed PR #224 on 2026-08-28 with a directive: split
into four narrow PRs. This is Split PR 3 (certificate / CLI
compatibility). No findings are assigned to it; it is required
because the protocol/client work is independently reviewable and
should not remain coupled to post-receive recovery.

The wire-format problem: the ref-cert payload is a fixed 7-field
JSON blob the node signs. Future changes (additional pusher
attestations, content-binding fields, secondary signatures) would
either break every existing cert or be impossible to ship without
a flag day. Versioning the cert makes the format forward-compat
and explicit.

NEW MIGRATION v28
  ref_certificates gains `version INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1`.
  DEFAULT 1 means an existing row reads as v1 with no backfill
  needed; NOT NULL means a missing value is a hard error rather
  than a silent v0.

NEW FIELD ON RefCertificate
  `version: u32`. v1 is the pre-versioning 7-field payload
  (no `version` key in the signed JSON, so a v1 cert is
  byte-for-byte identical to today's cert). v2+ certs will
  include a `version` key and any new fields, both
  backwards-compatible: an old client reading a v2 cert sees the
  unknown `version` field and either ignores it (graceful) or
  refuses to verify (explicit).

API CHANGES
  - list_certs and get_cert now include `version` in the JSON
    response.
  - issue_ref_certificate sets `version: 1` on every new cert.

GL CHANGES
  - gl cert show reads the `version` field; missing field
    defaults to 1 (forward-compat with old servers). v1 certs
    go through the unchanged verify path. v2+ certs are
    explicitly rejected with an "upgrade the client" message
    rather than silently guessing the payload shape — a future
    client that supports v2 cannot accidentally treat a v1 cert
    as v2.

GOLDEN-FORMAT FIXTURE
  v1_payload_matches_frozen_canonical_form pins the v1 signing
  payload byte-for-byte. Reverting this to a v2 shape (adding a
  `version` key) is what the versioned format forbids: an old
  client reading a v1 cert must not see a `version` key in the
  signed JSON. The same byte-form is what gl's verify_signature
  reconstructs in crates/gl/src/cert.rs, so any drift between
  node and CLI breaks the test instead of silently rendering
  every real cert INVALID.

TESTS
  - 3 v1_payload_tests in crates/gitlawb-node/src/cert.rs:
    frozen-canonical-form, round-trip structural, default
    version is 1.
  - 2 new tests in crates/gl/src/cert.rs:
    missing_version_defaults_to_1_and_verifies,
    explicit_version_1_takes_v1_path.
  - 12 existing ref_certificate_tests still pass with the
    version column added.

Compiles clean, 1091 tests pass with 0 regressions, gl 4 cert
tests pass, clippy clean under -D warnings, fmt clean.

Cross-PR overlap (declared in the PR description):

  - #134 (anchors auth): independent. The cert API is unchanged
    in shape; auth gates apply as before.
  - #285 (advisory-lock session affinity): independent.
  - #306 (Content-Digest on signed requests): independent.
  - #314 (small-order Ed25519): independent. v1 certs verify
    through the same path, which already enforces the small-
    order check from #314 on the embedded node DID.
  - #324 (libp2p keypair persistence): independent.
  - #325 (gossip ref-update auth): independent. PR 1's signed
    HTTP push is the durable-intent producer; this PR owns the
    cert shape. The two PRs read and write the same cert table
    but do not step on each other (PR 1 calls
    issue_ref_certificate_idempotent; this PR keeps the
    deterministic cert id but does not change who calls what).
  - #382 (replication withheld-subtree trees): independent.

* fix(node,gl): address review feedback on cert version compat

- Drop the duplicate `version` ALTER from the v1 migration bundle; v28
  is now the sole owner of the column.
- Add a v28 upgrade-path test (v25/v26 pattern) that seeds a legacy
  pre-v28 ref_certificates row, drops the column + migration record,
  re-runs migrations, and asserts DEFAULT 1 + legacy row reads as v1.
- Extract a shared `v1_signing_payload` builder so the live signer
  and the frozen-vector test share one literal; a regression in the
  signer now fails the test.
- Tighten gl's `version` parsing: missing key → v1, present value
  must be a JSON integer that fits in u32 and equals 1. Null, strings,
  floats, overflow, and unknown versions all return Err instead of
  collapsing to v1 (Reviewer 2). Add a truth-table test pinning every
  cell of the parser.
- Extend the v1 forward-compat tests to actually round-trip through
  `verify_signature`, and add a regression test that pins the verdict
  branch rejects v2 even when the v1 signature would otherwise verify.

* fix(cert): address CI failures on PR #386

- cargo fmt --all (CI fmt check was red on the prior commit)
- v28 upgrade-path test: switch version_column_default from
  fetch_one to fetch_optional, so a pre-v28 database with the
  column dropped returns Ok(None) rather than RowNotFound. The
  precondition assertion is what detects a missing column;
  RowNotFound would have masked a regression.
- clippy `needless_borrow` on the v2 verdict-branch test:
  drop the leading `&` on `cert_json["signature"].as_str()`.

* fix(gl,node): make the v2 rejection and issuer anchor real, and test them as such

Round-2 findings, all three demonstrated by execution:

- cmd_show's Ok(v != 1) verdict arm was dead code (parse_cert_version
  admits only 1), and the test aimed at it copied the match instead of
  calling the command. The match now mirrors the parser's contract and
  two end-to-end mockito tests drive cmd_show itself: a version-2 cert
  with a valid v1 signature fails --verify with the version named.

- --verify no longer accepts the queried node's self-reported DID as a
  trust anchor: the node that served a forged cert can serve a matching
  self-report, and that fallback passed a wholly forged certificate with
  exit 0. --verify now requires --expect-node before claiming a trusted
  issuer, with a test proving the refusal (and the anchored positive
  control passing).

- The node-side version test asserted version == 1 on its own literal;
  it now cross-checks the issuing construction: a version-1 claim must
  verify against the v1 payload builder's bytes rebuilt from the cert's
  own fields, and the v1 payload must carry no version key.

* fix(node,gl): address round-2 reviewer findings on #26 split 3/4 cert compat

BREAKING CHANGE: gl cert show <id> --verify now requires --expect-node <did>; the node's self-reported DID is no longer trusted as a cert anchor.

* fix(node): bind cert v2 test to live issuer via sqlx::test

* fix(node,gl): address round-3 reviewer findings on #26 split 3 cert compat

- Stamp new certs v1 until v2 verifier ships; v2 issuance refused by shipped gl
- Add v2_signing_payload with version in signed bytes, downgrade test
- Verify signature in well-formed test, add DB read-back to issuer test
- Fix README/db comments and version-refusal message

* fix(gl): route cert list through error_for_status; correct cert show example

Round 4 reviewer findings on #26 split 3 cert compat:

- P2 (cert.rs:113): cmd_list called .json() straight through on the
  cert list endpoint and let a gated 404 (whose body lacks a
  `certificates` key) fall into the empty-list branch, printing "No
  ref certificates" with exit 0. Wire cmd_list through the same
  error_for_status() gate that cmd_show and resolve_cert_id already
  use, and pin the new behavior with a load-bearing test
  (`cmd_list_surfaces_gated_404_as_err`) that drives cmd_list end
  to end against a 404 mock. cmd_show is unchanged.

- P3 (README.md:314): the documented `gl cert show <id> --verify`
  example bound the certificate ID as the REPO positional, because
  the parser is `gl cert show [OPTIONS] <REPO> <ID>`. Insert the
  missing `<repo>` positional so the example matches the CLI
  parser.

The original BREAKING CHANGE footer in bb553b67 carried the same
shortened `gl cert show <id> --verify` example; this commit's
footer supersedes it with the canonical command, which is what
release-note scrapers read. The round-2 commit message itself is
left in history unchanged; the new footer is the one callers
should rely on.

BREAKING CHANGE: gl cert show <repo> <id> --verify requires --expect-node <did>; the queried node's self-reported DID is no longer accepted as a cert anchor.

* style(gl): fix fmt in cert list response parsing

* fix(gl): label version refusals distinctly and clean cert show help

A cert declaring an unsupported version printed INVALID, which reads as
a failed Ed25519 check even though verify_signature never ran. The
display now prints UNSUPPORTED VERSION for version refusals and keeps
INVALID for real signature failures. The Show help no longer cites
review rounds or commit history.

* docs(node): align RefCertificate.version rustdoc with the signed-bytes v2 contract

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Co-authored-by: Gravirei <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kevin Codex <[email protected]>
2026-11-08 21:38:02 +00:00
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