a2a_protocol_server/auth/
mod.rs

1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
2// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
3//
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5
6//! Server-side authentication interceptors.
7//!
8//! These implement [`ServerInterceptor`] and reject unauthenticated requests
9//! before the handler runs. They read the request's HTTP headers from the
10//! [`CallContext`] — which the JSON-RPC, REST, gRPC, and WebSocket bindings all
11//! populate — so a single interceptor guards every transport.
12//!
13//! | Interceptor | Validates | Feature |
14//! |---|---|---|
15//! | [`ApiKeyAuthInterceptor`] | A configurable header against allowed keys (constant-time) | always |
16//! | [`BearerTokenAuthInterceptor`] | `Authorization: Bearer <token>` against allowed tokens (constant-time) | always |
17//! | `JwtAuthInterceptor` (`auth-jwt` feature) | A signed JWT (HS256/RS256/ES256), with static or remote (JWKS) keys | `auth-jwt` |
18//!
19//! # Error mapping
20//!
21//! An interceptor rejects a request by returning an
22//! [`A2aError`]. The A2A protocol has no
23//! dedicated "unauthenticated" error code (the spec models authentication at
24//! the transport/security-scheme layer, e.g. an HTTP `401` with
25//! `WWW-Authenticate`), so a rejection surfaces as
26//! [`InvalidRequest`](a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode::InvalidRequest)
27//! (HTTP 400 / gRPC `INVALID_ARGUMENT`). When you need true `401` semantics
28//! with a challenge header, terminate authentication at a gateway in front of
29//! the agent; these interceptors are the self-contained, defense-in-depth
30//! option and never reveal *why* a credential was rejected to the caller.
31//!
32//! # Example
33//!
34//! ```rust,no_run
35//! use a2a_protocol_server::auth::BearerTokenAuthInterceptor;
36//! use a2a_protocol_server::RequestHandlerBuilder;
37//! # struct Exec;
38//! # a2a_protocol_server::agent_executor!(Exec, |_ctx, _q| async { Ok(()) });
39//!
40//! let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(Exec)
41//!     .with_interceptor(BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["secret-token-1", "secret-token-2"]))
42//!     .build()
43//!     .unwrap();
44//! ```
45
46use std::collections::HashSet;
47use std::future::Future;
48use std::pin::Pin;
49use std::sync::Arc;
50
51use a2a_protocol_types::error::{A2aError, A2aResult, ErrorCode};
52
53use crate::call_context::CallContext;
54use crate::interceptor::ServerInterceptor;
55
56#[cfg(feature = "auth-jwt")]
57pub mod jwt;
58
59#[cfg(feature = "auth-jwt")]
60pub use jwt::{Jwks, JwtAuthInterceptor, JwtValidator};
61
62/// Builds the generic "unauthenticated" rejection.
63///
64/// The message is intentionally generic — it never says whether the header was
65/// absent, malformed, or simply wrong, so it cannot be used as an oracle.
66pub(crate) fn auth_rejected() -> A2aError {
67    A2aError::new(ErrorCode::InvalidRequest, "authentication required")
68}
69
70/// Compares two byte slices in constant time (with respect to their content).
71///
72/// The length is compared first and short-circuits — token *length* is not
73/// considered secret — but for equal-length inputs the comparison examines
74/// every byte regardless of where the first difference is, so a network
75/// attacker cannot recover a secret byte-by-byte from response timing.
76#[must_use]
77pub(crate) fn constant_time_eq(a: &[u8], b: &[u8]) -> bool {
78    if a.len() != b.len() {
79        return false;
80    }
81    let mut diff = 0u8;
82    for (x, y) in a.iter().zip(b.iter()) {
83        diff |= x ^ y;
84    }
85    diff == 0
86}
87
88/// Returns `true` when `candidate` constant-time-equals any allowed value.
89///
90/// Every allowed value is examined (no early return on the first match) so
91/// the number of comparisons does not depend on which key matched.
92fn any_constant_time_match(candidate: &[u8], allowed: &HashSet<Vec<u8>>) -> bool {
93    let mut matched = false;
94    for value in allowed {
95        matched |= constant_time_eq(candidate, value);
96    }
97    matched
98}
99
100// ── ApiKeyAuthInterceptor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
101
102/// Rejects requests whose API-key header is absent or not in the allowed set.
103///
104/// The header name defaults to `x-api-key` (matched case-insensitively, as all
105/// header keys in [`CallContext`] are lowercased) and is configurable via
106/// [`with_header`](Self::with_header).
107pub struct ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
108    header_name: String,
109    allowed: HashSet<Vec<u8>>,
110}
111
112impl ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
113    /// Creates an interceptor accepting any of the given keys on the default
114    /// `x-api-key` header.
115    #[must_use]
116    pub fn new<I, S>(keys: I) -> Self
117    where
118        I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
119        S: Into<String>,
120    {
121        Self {
122            header_name: "x-api-key".to_owned(),
123            allowed: keys.into_iter().map(|k| k.into().into_bytes()).collect(),
124        }
125    }
126
127    /// Sets the header name to read the key from (lowercased automatically).
128    #[must_use]
129    pub fn with_header(mut self, header_name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
130        self.header_name = header_name.into().to_ascii_lowercase();
131        self
132    }
133}
134
135impl std::fmt::Debug for ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
136    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
137        f.debug_struct("ApiKeyAuthInterceptor")
138            .field("header_name", &self.header_name)
139            .field("allowed_keys", &self.allowed.len())
140            .finish()
141    }
142}
143
144impl ServerInterceptor for ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
145    fn before<'a>(
146        &'a self,
147        ctx: &'a CallContext,
148    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
149        Box::pin(async move {
150            let key = ctx
151                .http_headers()
152                .get(&self.header_name)
153                .ok_or_else(auth_rejected)?;
154            if any_constant_time_match(key.as_bytes(), &self.allowed) {
155                Ok(())
156            } else {
157                Err(auth_rejected())
158            }
159        })
160    }
161
162    fn after<'a>(
163        &'a self,
164        _ctx: &'a CallContext,
165    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
166        Box::pin(async move { Ok(()) })
167    }
168
169    fn authenticates(&self) -> bool {
170        true
171    }
172}
173
174// ── BearerTokenAuthInterceptor ────────────────────────────────────────────────
175
176/// Rejects requests whose `Authorization: Bearer <token>` is absent or whose
177/// token is not in the allowed set.
178///
179/// For tokens that are *validated* rather than *enumerated* (signed JWTs), use
180/// `JwtAuthInterceptor` (the `auth-jwt` feature).
181pub struct BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
182    allowed: HashSet<Vec<u8>>,
183}
184
185impl BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
186    /// Creates an interceptor accepting any of the given bearer tokens.
187    #[must_use]
188    pub fn new<I, S>(tokens: I) -> Self
189    where
190        I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
191        S: Into<String>,
192    {
193        Self {
194            allowed: tokens.into_iter().map(|t| t.into().into_bytes()).collect(),
195        }
196    }
197}
198
199impl std::fmt::Debug for BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
200    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
201        f.debug_struct("BearerTokenAuthInterceptor")
202            .field("allowed_tokens", &self.allowed.len())
203            .finish()
204    }
205}
206
207/// Extracts the token from an `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header value.
208///
209/// The scheme is matched case-insensitively (RFC 7235 §2.1), and surrounding
210/// whitespace on the token is trimmed. Returns `None` when the header is not a
211/// non-empty bearer credential.
212pub(crate) fn extract_bearer(auth_header: &str) -> Option<&str> {
213    let rest = auth_header.strip_prefix("Bearer ").or_else(|| {
214        // Case-insensitive scheme match without allocating.
215        let (scheme, rest) = auth_header.split_once(' ')?;
216        scheme.eq_ignore_ascii_case("bearer").then_some(rest)
217    })?;
218    let token = rest.trim();
219    (!token.is_empty()).then_some(token)
220}
221
222impl ServerInterceptor for BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
223    fn before<'a>(
224        &'a self,
225        ctx: &'a CallContext,
226    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
227        Box::pin(async move {
228            let header = ctx
229                .http_headers()
230                .get("authorization")
231                .ok_or_else(auth_rejected)?;
232            let token = extract_bearer(header).ok_or_else(auth_rejected)?;
233            if any_constant_time_match(token.as_bytes(), &self.allowed) {
234                Ok(())
235            } else {
236                Err(auth_rejected())
237            }
238        })
239    }
240
241    fn after<'a>(
242        &'a self,
243        _ctx: &'a CallContext,
244    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
245        Box::pin(async move { Ok(()) })
246    }
247
248    fn authenticates(&self) -> bool {
249        true
250    }
251}
252
253// ── Shared plumbing for JWT (also used dep-free above) ─────────────────────────
254
255/// A resolved authenticated principal, stashed for downstream interceptors.
256///
257/// `JwtAuthInterceptor` records the validated `sub` (and issuer) here; wrap it
258/// in an `Arc` so it is cheap to clone into request-scoped state.
259#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
260#[non_exhaustive]
261pub struct AuthenticatedPrincipal {
262    /// The token subject (`sub` claim), when present.
263    pub subject: Option<String>,
264    /// The token issuer (`iss` claim), when present.
265    pub issuer: Option<String>,
266}
267
268/// Convenience alias for a shared principal.
269pub type SharedPrincipal = Arc<AuthenticatedPrincipal>;
270
271// ── Tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
272
273#[cfg(test)]
274mod tests {
275    use super::*;
276
277    fn ctx_with(header: &str, value: &str) -> CallContext {
278        CallContext::new("message/send").with_http_header(header, value)
279    }
280
281    // -- constant_time_eq -----------------------------------------------------
282
283    #[test]
284    fn constant_time_eq_matches_and_rejects() {
285        assert!(constant_time_eq(b"abc", b"abc"));
286        assert!(!constant_time_eq(b"abc", b"abd"));
287        assert!(!constant_time_eq(b"abc", b"ab"));
288        assert!(constant_time_eq(b"", b""));
289    }
290
291    // -- extract_bearer -------------------------------------------------------
292
293    #[test]
294    fn extract_bearer_variants() {
295        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Bearer tok"), Some("tok"));
296        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("bearer tok"), Some("tok"));
297        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("BEARER   tok  "), Some("tok"));
298        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Basic tok"), None);
299        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Bearer "), None);
300        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Bearer"), None);
301        assert_eq!(extract_bearer(""), None);
302    }
303
304    // -- ApiKeyAuthInterceptor ------------------------------------------------
305
306    #[tokio::test]
307    async fn api_key_accepts_allowed_and_rejects_others() {
308        let i = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["key-1", "key-2"]);
309
310        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "key-1")).await.is_ok());
311        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "key-2")).await.is_ok());
312        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "nope")).await.is_err());
313        // Missing header → rejected.
314        assert!(i.before(&CallContext::new("m")).await.is_err());
315    }
316
317    #[tokio::test]
318    async fn api_key_custom_header() {
319        let i = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["k"]).with_header("X-Company-Key");
320        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-company-key", "k")).await.is_ok());
321        // Default header is not consulted when a custom one is set.
322        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "k")).await.is_err());
323    }
324
325    // -- BearerTokenAuthInterceptor -------------------------------------------
326
327    #[tokio::test]
328    async fn bearer_accepts_allowed_and_rejects_others() {
329        let i = BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["tok-a", "tok-b"]);
330
331        assert!(i
332            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Bearer tok-a"))
333            .await
334            .is_ok());
335        assert!(i
336            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "bearer tok-b"))
337            .await
338            .is_ok());
339        assert!(i
340            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Bearer wrong"))
341            .await
342            .is_err());
343        assert!(i
344            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Basic tok-a"))
345            .await
346            .is_err());
347        assert!(i.before(&CallContext::new("m")).await.is_err());
348    }
349
350    #[tokio::test]
351    async fn rejection_message_is_generic() {
352        // The error must not leak whether the header was missing vs wrong.
353        let i = BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["tok"]);
354        let missing = i.before(&CallContext::new("m")).await.unwrap_err();
355        let wrong = i
356            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Bearer nope"))
357            .await
358            .unwrap_err();
359        assert_eq!(missing.message, wrong.message);
360        assert_eq!(missing.message, "authentication required");
361    }
362
363    #[test]
364    fn debug_impls_render_type_and_redact_secrets() {
365        // Debug must render the type name (a stubbed-out impl that writes
366        // nothing would be a silent regression) and must never leak the raw
367        // API keys or bearer tokens.
368        let api = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["super-secret-api-key"]).with_header("X-Company-Key");
369        let api_dbg = format!("{api:?}");
370        assert!(
371            api_dbg.contains("ApiKeyAuthInterceptor"),
372            "ApiKey Debug: {api_dbg}"
373        );
374        assert!(
375            api_dbg.contains("x-company-key"),
376            "header name is shown (lowercased)"
377        );
378        assert!(
379            !api_dbg.contains("super-secret-api-key"),
380            "raw API keys must never appear in Debug output"
381        );
382
383        let bearer = BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["super-secret-bearer-token"]);
384        let bearer_dbg = format!("{bearer:?}");
385        assert!(
386            bearer_dbg.contains("BearerTokenAuthInterceptor"),
387            "Bearer Debug: {bearer_dbg}"
388        );
389        assert!(
390            !bearer_dbg.contains("super-secret-bearer-token"),
391            "raw bearer tokens must never appear in Debug output"
392        );
393    }
394
395    /// Kills `replace <impl ServerInterceptor for ApiKeyAuthInterceptor>
396    /// ::authenticates -> bool with false`.
397    ///
398    /// The existing tests here all check that the interceptor *rejects* bad
399    /// keys and *accepts* good ones — behaviour that is identical either way,
400    /// because `authenticates` is a declaration, not an enforcement. It is
401    /// what `has_authenticator` consults before the extended agent card is
402    /// served (spec §13.3). Returning `false`, a correctly-configured API-key
403    /// chain reports no authenticator and the card is refused to everyone —
404    /// the failure is a lockout rather than a leak, but it is still silent.
405    #[test]
406    fn api_key_interceptor_declares_that_it_authenticates() {
407        let interceptor = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["k1"]);
408        assert!(
409            interceptor.authenticates(),
410            "an auth interceptor must declare itself as one, or a chain \
411             containing only it reports no authenticator"
412        );
413
414        let mut chain = crate::interceptor::ServerInterceptorChain::new();
415        chain.push(std::sync::Arc::new(ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["k1"])));
416        assert!(
417            chain.has_authenticator(),
418            "a chain guarded by an API-key interceptor must satisfy the \
419             extended-agent-card authentication requirement"
420        );
421    }
422}
a2a_protocol_server/auth/mod.rs

a2a_protocol_server/auth/
mod.rs
