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@lfdebrux lfdebrux commented Dec 15, 2023 •
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What problem does this pull request solve?

While working on #368 I realised that we don't have anything preventing the same API token being used more than once. This seemed like a bug to me, so I've tried to fix it.

I've also thought it would make API keys easier to identify if they have a prefix, the same way GitHub or Trello does, so I added that as well.

These changes shouldn't stop any existing API tokens from working.

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Add uniqueness validation for access tokens
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We could end up with weird behaviour if the same access token digest is
present twice in the database.
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Add prefix to API access tokens
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It is considered good practice to add a prefix to API keys so that they
are easier to identify [[1], [2]], both for humans and machines.

[1]: https://github.blog/2021-04-05-behind-githubs-new-authentication-token-formats/
[2]: https://tailscale.com/kb/1277/key-prefixes
@lfdebrux lfdebrux changed the title API Token tweaks API token tweaks Dec 15, 2023
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Quality Gate Passed Quality Gate passed

Kudos, no new issues were introduced!

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0.0% Duplication on New Code

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Nice, think both of these changes make sense. I like the fact the test allows for the digest to be the same, I'd never have thought of that!

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Hi @lfdebrux Can I double check why this is needed? Have we introduced some way for devs to insert their own generated token? I'm asking because originally the idea was that the model would control the value of the token digest being generated so in theory there should never have been duplicate token digests

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Hi @lfdebrux Can I double check why this is needed? Have we introduced some way for devs to insert their own generated token? I'm asking because originally the idea was that the model would control the value of the token digest being generated so in theory there should never have been duplicate token digests

Yes, see #368

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thanks @lfdebrux I've posted a message about allowing devs to use whatever token they like,

@lfdebrux lfdebrux marked this pull request as draft December 18, 2023 11:28
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