Implement GitHub token auto-refresh with file-based credentials cache

GitHub App installation access tokens expire after 1 hour, causing 401
"Bad credentials" errors in long-running CI jobs. This change implements
automatic token refresh with a file-based cache shared across processes.

Changes:
- Add expiresAt field to GithubClient to track token expiration
- Implement credentials cache file (.github-token-cache.json) for sharing
  tokens between parent and child processes
- Auto-refresh tokens when they expire within 5 minutes
- Remove old environment variable approach
- Add test infrastructure for configurable token lifetime
- Add new test verifying token refresh after expiration

The cache file stores tokens with ISO8601 expiration timestamps and uses
file locking to prevent concurrent refresh. Child processes read from the
cache, and any process can refresh if the token is expired.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: zyla

src/CommitStatus.hs

@@ -4,19 +4,24 @@ module CommitStatus where
 
 import Universum
 
-import Data.Aeson (FromJSON(..), ToJSON(..), encode)
+import Data.Aeson (FromJSON(..), ToJSON(..), encode, eitherDecodeFileStrict)
 import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (getPOSIXTime)
+import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime, getCurrentTime, diffUTCTime)
+import Data.Time.Format.ISO8601 (iso8601ParseM, iso8601Show)
 import Web.JWT (Algorithm(RS256), JWTClaimsSet(..), encodeSigned, numericDate, stringOrURI, EncodeSigner (..), readRsaSecret, JOSEHeader (..))
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as TE
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client as HTTP
 import Network.HTTP.Client.TLS (tlsManagerSettings)
-import System.Environment (getEnv, lookupEnv, setEnv)
+import System.Environment (getEnv, lookupEnv)
 import Network.HTTP.Types.Status (Status(..))
 import Data.Aeson.Decoding (eitherDecode)
 import qualified Data.Text as Text
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
+import System.FileLock (withFileLock, SharedExclusive(..))
+import System.Directory (doesFileExist)
 import Utils (getCurrentCommit, logError, logDebug)
-import Types (AppState(..), GithubClient(..))
+import Types (AppState(..), GithubClient(..), Settings(..))
 
 -- Define the data types for the status update
 data StatusRequest = StatusRequest
@@ -35,20 +40,105 @@ data StatusResponse = StatusResponse
   deriving anyclass (FromJSON)
 
 -- Define the data type for the installation token response
-newtype InstallationTokenResponse = InstallationTokenResponse
+data InstallationTokenResponse = InstallationTokenResponse
   { token :: T.Text
+  , expires_at :: T.Text
   } deriving (Show, Generic)
   deriving anyclass (FromJSON)
 
+-- Cache file for storing credentials across processes
+data CredentialsCache = CredentialsCache
+  { cachedToken :: T.Text
+  , cachedExpiresAt :: T.Text
+  } deriving (Show, Generic)
+  deriving anyclass (FromJSON, ToJSON)
+
+credentialsCacheFile :: Settings -> FilePath
+credentialsCacheFile settings = settings.stateDirectory <> "/.github-token-cache.json"
+
+readCredentialsCache :: Settings -> IO (Maybe (T.Text, UTCTime))
+readCredentialsCache settings = do
+  let cacheFile = credentialsCacheFile settings
+  exists <- doesFileExist cacheFile
+  if exists then do
+    result <- eitherDecodeFileStrict @CredentialsCache cacheFile
+    case result of
+      Left _ -> pure Nothing
+      Right cache -> do
+        case iso8601ParseM (toString cache.cachedExpiresAt) of
+          Just expiresAt -> pure $ Just (cache.cachedToken, expiresAt)
+          Nothing -> pure Nothing
+  else
+    pure Nothing
+
+writeCredentialsCache :: Settings -> T.Text -> UTCTime -> IO ()
+writeCredentialsCache settings token expiresAt = do
+  let cacheFile = credentialsCacheFile settings
+  let lockFile = cacheFile <> ".lock"
+  let cache = CredentialsCache
+        { cachedToken = token
+        , cachedExpiresAt = T.pack $ iso8601Show expiresAt
+        }
+  withFileLock lockFile Exclusive \_ ->
+    BL.writeFile cacheFile (encode cache)
+
 getClient :: AppState -> IO GithubClient
 getClient appState = do
   mClient <- readIORef appState.githubClient
   case mClient of
-    Just client -> pure client
+    Just client -> do
+      -- Check if token is expired or expiring soon (within 5 minutes)
+      now <- getCurrentTime
+      let secondsUntilExpiry = diffUTCTime client.expiresAt now
+      if secondsUntilExpiry < 300 then do
+        logDebug appState $ "GitHub token expired or expiring soon (in " <> show (floor secondsUntilExpiry :: Int) <> "s), refreshing..."
+        writeIORef appState.githubClient Nothing
+        getClient appState
+      else
+        pure client
     Nothing -> do
-      client <- initClient appState
-      writeIORef appState.githubClient $ Just client
-      pure client
+      -- Try reading from cache file first (for child processes)
+      mCached <- readCredentialsCache appState.settings
+      case mCached of
+        Just (cachedToken, expiresAt) -> do
+          now <- getCurrentTime
+          let secondsUntilExpiry = diffUTCTime expiresAt now
+          if secondsUntilExpiry < 300 then do
+            -- Cached token is expired, create new one
+            logDebug appState "Cached GitHub token expired, creating new one"
+            initClient appState
+          else do
+            -- Use cached token, build client
+            logDebug appState "Using cached GitHub token from file"
+            client <- buildClientWithToken appState cachedToken expiresAt
+            writeIORef appState.githubClient (Just client)
+            pure client
+        Nothing -> do
+          -- No cache, create new token
+          initClient appState
+
+buildClientWithToken :: AppState -> T.Text -> UTCTime -> IO GithubClient
+buildClientWithToken _appState accessToken expiresAt = do
+  -- Load environment variables
+  apiUrl <- fromMaybe "https://api.github.com" <$> lookupEnv "GITHUB_API_URL"
+  appId <- getEnv "GITHUB_APP_ID"
+  installationId <- getEnv "GITHUB_INSTALLATION_ID"
+  privateKeyStr <- getEnv "GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY"
+  owner <- getEnv "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"
+  repo <- getEnv "GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+  manager <- HTTP.newManager tlsManagerSettings
+
+  pure $ GithubClient
+    { apiUrl = T.pack apiUrl
+    , appId = T.pack appId
+    , installationId = T.pack installationId
+    , privateKey = T.pack privateKeyStr
+    , owner = T.pack owner
+    , repo = T.pack repo
+    , manager = manager
+    , accessToken = accessToken
+    , expiresAt = expiresAt
+    }
 
 initClient :: AppState -> IO GithubClient
 initClient appState = do
@@ -95,26 +185,35 @@ initClient appState = do
             -- FIXME: handle the error better
             exitFailure
           Right tokenResponse ->
-            pure tokenResponse.token
+            pure tokenResponse
+
+  -- Create new token
+  tokenResponse <- createToken
 
-  -- Try to read token from environment variable
-  -- Otherwise generate a new one, and set env for future uses (also in child processes)
-  accessToken <- lookupEnv "_taskrunner_github_access_token" >>= \case
-    Just token -> pure $ T.pack token
+  -- Parse expires_at to UTCTime
+  expiresAt <- case iso8601ParseM (toString tokenResponse.expires_at) of
+    Just t -> pure t
     Nothing -> do
-      token <- createToken
-      setEnv "_taskrunner_github_access_token" $ T.unpack token
-      pure token
-
-  pure $ GithubClient { apiUrl = T.pack apiUrl
-                      , appId = T.pack appId
-                      , installationId = T.pack installationId
-                      , privateKey = T.pack privateKeyStr
-                      , owner = T.pack owner
-                      , repo = T.pack repo
-                      , manager = manager
-                      , accessToken = accessToken
-                      }
+      logError appState $ "CommitStatus: Failed to parse expires_at: " <> tokenResponse.expires_at
+      exitFailure
+
+  -- Write to cache file for child processes
+  writeCredentialsCache appState.settings tokenResponse.token expiresAt
+
+  let client = GithubClient
+        { apiUrl = T.pack apiUrl
+        , appId = T.pack appId
+        , installationId = T.pack installationId
+        , privateKey = T.pack privateKeyStr
+        , owner = T.pack owner
+        , repo = T.pack repo
+        , manager = manager
+        , accessToken = tokenResponse.token
+        , expiresAt = expiresAt
+        }
+
+  writeIORef appState.githubClient (Just client)
+  pure client
 
 updateCommitStatus :: MonadIO m => AppState -> StatusRequest -> m ()
 updateCommitStatus appState statusRequest = liftIO do

src/Types.hs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Universum
 import SnapshotCliArgs (SnapshotCliArgs)
 import Data.Aeson (FromJSON, ToJSON)
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client as HTTP
+import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime)
 
 data Settings = Settings
   { stateDirectory :: FilePath
@@ -66,4 +67,5 @@ data GithubClient = GithubClient
   , repo :: Text
   , manager :: HTTP.Manager
   , accessToken :: Text
+  , expiresAt :: UTCTime
   }

test/FakeGithubApi.hs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RecursiveDo #-}
 
-module FakeGithubApi (Server, start, stop, clearOutput, getOutput) where
+module FakeGithubApi (Server, start, stop, clearOutput, getOutput, setTokenLifetime) where
 
 import Universum
 
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import Network.HTTP.Types (status200, status201, status400, status404, methodPos
 import Data.Aeson (encode, object, (.=), Value)
 import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+import Data.Time.Clock (getCurrentTime, addUTCTime)
+import Data.Time.Format.ISO8601 (iso8601Show)
 
 import Control.Concurrent (forkIO, ThreadId, killThread)
 
@@ -31,9 +33,17 @@ handleAccessTokenRequest :: Server -> Text -> Request -> (Response -> IO Respons
 handleAccessTokenRequest server instId req respond =
     if requestMethod req == methodPost
         then do
+          -- Read token lifetime from server state
+          lifetimeSeconds <- readIORef server.tokenLifetimeSeconds
+          now <- getCurrentTime
+          let expiresAt = addUTCTime (fromIntegral lifetimeSeconds) now
           addOutput server $ "Requested access token for installation " <> instId
           respond $ responseLBS status200 [("Content-Type", "application/json")]
-            (encode $ object ["token" .= ("mock-access-token" :: Text), "installation_id" .= instId])
+            (encode $ object
+              [ "token" .= ("mock-access-token" :: Text)
+              , "expires_at" .= iso8601Show expiresAt
+              , "installation_id" .= instId
+              ])
         else respond $ responseLBS status400 [] "Bad Request"
 
 handleCommitStatusRequest :: Server -> Text -> Text -> Text -> Request -> (Response -> IO ResponseReceived) -> IO ResponseReceived
@@ -61,16 +71,18 @@ data Server = Server
   { tid :: ThreadId
   , output :: IORef [Text]
   , statuses :: IORef (Map Text [Value])  -- Map from commit SHA to list of status objects
+  , tokenLifetimeSeconds :: IORef Int
   }
 
 start :: Int -> IO Server
 start port = do
   started <- newEmptyMVar
   output <- newIORef []
   statuses <- newIORef Map.empty
+  tokenLifetimeSeconds <- newIORef 3600  -- Default: 1 hour
   let settings = Warp.setPort port $ Warp.setBeforeMainLoop (putMVar started ()) Warp.defaultSettings
   rec
-    let server = Server {tid, output, statuses}
+    let server = Server {tid, output, statuses, tokenLifetimeSeconds}
     tid <- forkIO $ Warp.runSettings settings $ app server
   takeMVar started
   pure server
@@ -82,9 +94,10 @@ addOutput :: Server -> Text -> IO ()
 addOutput (Server {output}) msg = modifyIORef output (msg :)
 
 clearOutput :: Server -> IO ()
-clearOutput (Server {output, statuses}) = do
+clearOutput (Server {output, statuses, tokenLifetimeSeconds}) = do
   writeIORef output []
   writeIORef statuses Map.empty
+  writeIORef tokenLifetimeSeconds 3600  -- Reset to default
 
 getOutput :: Server -> IO [Text]
 getOutput (Server {output}) = reverse <$> readIORef output
@@ -100,3 +113,6 @@ getStatuses :: Server -> Text -> IO [Value]
 getStatuses (Server {statuses}) commitSha = do
   statusMap <- readIORef statuses
   pure $ fromMaybe [] $ Map.lookup commitSha statusMap
+
+setTokenLifetime :: Server -> Int -> IO ()
+setTokenLifetime server seconds = writeIORef server.tokenLifetimeSeconds seconds

test/Spec.hs

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ runTest fakeGithubServer source = do
   withSystemTempDirectory "testrunner-test" \dir -> do
     let options = getOptions (toText source)
 
+    -- Set token lifetime if specified in test
+    whenJust options.githubTokenLifetime $ \lifetime ->
+      FakeGithubApi.setTokenLifetime fakeGithubServer lifetime
+
     (pipeRead, pipeWrite) <- createPipe
     path <- getEnv "PATH"
 
@@ -170,6 +174,7 @@ data Options = Options
   -- If github status is disabled, taskrunner should work without them.
   , githubKeys :: Bool
   , quiet :: Bool
+  , githubTokenLifetime :: Maybe Int
   }
 
 instance Default Options where
@@ -179,6 +184,7 @@ instance Default Options where
     , s3 = False
     , githubKeys = False
     , quiet = False
+    , githubTokenLifetime = Nothing
     }
 
 getOptions :: Text -> Options
@@ -198,6 +204,9 @@ getOptions source = flip execState def $ go (lines source)
       ["#", "github", "keys"] -> do
         modify (\s -> s { githubKeys = True })
         go rest
+      ["#", "github", "token", "lifetime", n] -> do
+        modify (\s -> s { githubTokenLifetime = readMaybe (toString n) })
+        go rest
       ["#", "quiet"] -> do
         modify (\s -> (s :: Options) { quiet = True })
         go rest

test/t/github-commit-status-failure-then-success.out

@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 -- github:
 Requested access token for installation 123
 Updated commit status for fakeowner/fakerepo to {"context":"mytask","description":null,"state":"failure","target_url":null}
-Requested access token for installation 123
 Updated commit status for fakeowner/fakerepo to {"context":"mytask","description":null,"state":"success","target_url":null}

test/t/slow/github-token-refresh.out

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- output:
+[mytask] stdout | First status update done
+[mytask] stdout | Second status update done (token refreshed)
+-- github:
+Requested access token for installation 123
+Requested access token for installation 123
+Updated commit status for fakeowner/fakerepo to {"context":"mytask","description":"not cached","state":"pending","target_url":null}
+Requested access token for installation 123
+Updated commit status for fakeowner/fakerepo to {"context":"mytask","description":"not cached","state":"pending","target_url":null}
+Requested access token for installation 123
+Requested access token for installation 123
+Updated commit status for fakeowner/fakerepo to {"context":"mytask","description":null,"state":"success","target_url":null}

test/t/slow/github-token-refresh.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# check output github
+# no toplevel
+# github keys
+# github token lifetime 2
+
+export TASKRUNNER_ENABLE_COMMIT_STATUS=1
+
+git init -q
+git commit --allow-empty -q -m "Initial commit"
+
+taskrunner -n mytask bash -e -c '
+  snapshot -n --commit-status
+  echo "First status update done"
+  sleep 3
+  snapshot -n --commit-status
+  echo "Second status update done (token refreshed)"
+'