a2a-protocol-server 0.7.0

Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol v1.0 — server framework (hyper-backed)
Documentation
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
//
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//! Server-side authentication interceptors.
//!
//! These implement [`ServerInterceptor`] and reject unauthenticated requests
//! before the handler runs. They read the request's HTTP headers from the
//! [`CallContext`] — which the JSON-RPC, REST, gRPC, and WebSocket bindings all
//! populate — so a single interceptor guards every transport.
//!
//! | Interceptor | Validates | Feature |
//! |---|---|---|
//! | [`ApiKeyAuthInterceptor`] | A configurable header against allowed keys (constant-time) | always |
//! | [`BearerTokenAuthInterceptor`] | `Authorization: Bearer <token>` against allowed tokens (constant-time) | always |
//! | `JwtAuthInterceptor` (`auth-jwt` feature) | A signed JWT (HS256/RS256/ES256), with static or remote (JWKS) keys | `auth-jwt` |
//!
//! # Error mapping
//!
//! An interceptor rejects a request by returning an
//! [`A2aError`]. The A2A protocol has no
//! dedicated "unauthenticated" error code (the spec models authentication at
//! the transport/security-scheme layer, e.g. an HTTP `401` with
//! `WWW-Authenticate`), so a rejection surfaces as
//! [`InvalidRequest`](a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode::InvalidRequest)
//! (HTTP 400 / gRPC `INVALID_ARGUMENT`). When you need true `401` semantics
//! with a challenge header, terminate authentication at a gateway in front of
//! the agent; these interceptors are the self-contained, defense-in-depth
//! option and never reveal *why* a credential was rejected to the caller.
//!
//! # Example
//!
//! ```rust,no_run
//! use a2a_protocol_server::auth::BearerTokenAuthInterceptor;
//! use a2a_protocol_server::RequestHandlerBuilder;
//! # struct Exec;
//! # a2a_protocol_server::agent_executor!(Exec, |_ctx, _q| async { Ok(()) });
//!
//! let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(Exec)
//!     .with_interceptor(BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["secret-token-1", "secret-token-2"]))
//!     .build()
//!     .unwrap();
//! ```

use std::collections::HashSet;
use std::future::Future;
use std::pin::Pin;
use std::sync::Arc;

use a2a_protocol_types::error::{A2aError, A2aResult, ErrorCode};

use crate::call_context::CallContext;
use crate::interceptor::ServerInterceptor;

#[cfg(feature = "auth-jwt")]
pub mod jwt;

#[cfg(feature = "auth-jwt")]
pub use jwt::{Jwks, JwtAuthInterceptor, JwtValidator};

/// Builds the generic "unauthenticated" rejection.
///
/// The message is intentionally generic — it never says whether the header was
/// absent, malformed, or simply wrong, so it cannot be used as an oracle.
pub(crate) fn auth_rejected() -> A2aError {
    A2aError::new(ErrorCode::InvalidRequest, "authentication required")
}

/// Compares two byte slices in constant time (with respect to their content).
///
/// The length is compared first and short-circuits — token *length* is not
/// considered secret — but for equal-length inputs the comparison examines
/// every byte regardless of where the first difference is, so a network
/// attacker cannot recover a secret byte-by-byte from response timing.
#[must_use]
pub(crate) fn constant_time_eq(a: &[u8], b: &[u8]) -> bool {
    if a.len() != b.len() {
        return false;
    }
    let mut diff = 0u8;
    for (x, y) in a.iter().zip(b.iter()) {
        diff |= x ^ y;
    }
    diff == 0
}

/// Returns `true` when `candidate` constant-time-equals any allowed value.
///
/// Every allowed value is examined (no early return on the first match) so
/// the number of comparisons does not depend on which key matched.
fn any_constant_time_match(candidate: &[u8], allowed: &HashSet<Vec<u8>>) -> bool {
    let mut matched = false;
    for value in allowed {
        matched |= constant_time_eq(candidate, value);
    }
    matched
}

// ── ApiKeyAuthInterceptor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Rejects requests whose API-key header is absent or not in the allowed set.
///
/// The header name defaults to `x-api-key` (matched case-insensitively, as all
/// header keys in [`CallContext`] are lowercased) and is configurable via
/// [`with_header`](Self::with_header).
pub struct ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
    header_name: String,
    allowed: HashSet<Vec<u8>>,
}

impl ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
    /// Creates an interceptor accepting any of the given keys on the default
    /// `x-api-key` header.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn new<I, S>(keys: I) -> Self
    where
        I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
        S: Into<String>,
    {
        Self {
            header_name: "x-api-key".to_owned(),
            allowed: keys.into_iter().map(|k| k.into().into_bytes()).collect(),
        }
    }

    /// Sets the header name to read the key from (lowercased automatically).
    #[must_use]
    pub fn with_header(mut self, header_name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        self.header_name = header_name.into().to_ascii_lowercase();
        self
    }
}

impl std::fmt::Debug for ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        f.debug_struct("ApiKeyAuthInterceptor")
            .field("header_name", &self.header_name)
            .field("allowed_keys", &self.allowed.len())
            .finish()
    }
}

impl ServerInterceptor for ApiKeyAuthInterceptor {
    fn before<'a>(
        &'a self,
        ctx: &'a CallContext,
    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
        Box::pin(async move {
            let key = ctx
                .http_headers()
                .get(&self.header_name)
                .ok_or_else(auth_rejected)?;
            if any_constant_time_match(key.as_bytes(), &self.allowed) {
                Ok(())
            } else {
                Err(auth_rejected())
            }
        })
    }

    fn after<'a>(
        &'a self,
        _ctx: &'a CallContext,
    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
        Box::pin(async move { Ok(()) })
    }

    fn authenticates(&self) -> bool {
        true
    }
}

// ── BearerTokenAuthInterceptor ────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Rejects requests whose `Authorization: Bearer <token>` is absent or whose
/// token is not in the allowed set.
///
/// For tokens that are *validated* rather than *enumerated* (signed JWTs), use
/// `JwtAuthInterceptor` (the `auth-jwt` feature).
pub struct BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
    allowed: HashSet<Vec<u8>>,
}

impl BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
    /// Creates an interceptor accepting any of the given bearer tokens.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn new<I, S>(tokens: I) -> Self
    where
        I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
        S: Into<String>,
    {
        Self {
            allowed: tokens.into_iter().map(|t| t.into().into_bytes()).collect(),
        }
    }
}

impl std::fmt::Debug for BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        f.debug_struct("BearerTokenAuthInterceptor")
            .field("allowed_tokens", &self.allowed.len())
            .finish()
    }
}

/// Extracts the token from an `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header value.
///
/// The scheme is matched case-insensitively (RFC 7235 §2.1), and surrounding
/// whitespace on the token is trimmed. Returns `None` when the header is not a
/// non-empty bearer credential.
pub(crate) fn extract_bearer(auth_header: &str) -> Option<&str> {
    let rest = auth_header.strip_prefix("Bearer ").or_else(|| {
        // Case-insensitive scheme match without allocating.
        let (scheme, rest) = auth_header.split_once(' ')?;
        scheme.eq_ignore_ascii_case("bearer").then_some(rest)
    })?;
    let token = rest.trim();
    (!token.is_empty()).then_some(token)
}

impl ServerInterceptor for BearerTokenAuthInterceptor {
    fn before<'a>(
        &'a self,
        ctx: &'a CallContext,
    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
        Box::pin(async move {
            let header = ctx
                .http_headers()
                .get("authorization")
                .ok_or_else(auth_rejected)?;
            let token = extract_bearer(header).ok_or_else(auth_rejected)?;
            if any_constant_time_match(token.as_bytes(), &self.allowed) {
                Ok(())
            } else {
                Err(auth_rejected())
            }
        })
    }

    fn after<'a>(
        &'a self,
        _ctx: &'a CallContext,
    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
        Box::pin(async move { Ok(()) })
    }

    fn authenticates(&self) -> bool {
        true
    }
}

// ── Shared plumbing for JWT (also used dep-free above) ─────────────────────────

/// A resolved authenticated principal, stashed for downstream interceptors.
///
/// `JwtAuthInterceptor` records the validated `sub` (and issuer) here; wrap it
/// in an `Arc` so it is cheap to clone into request-scoped state.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
#[non_exhaustive]
pub struct AuthenticatedPrincipal {
    /// The token subject (`sub` claim), when present.
    pub subject: Option<String>,
    /// The token issuer (`iss` claim), when present.
    pub issuer: Option<String>,
}

/// Convenience alias for a shared principal.
pub type SharedPrincipal = Arc<AuthenticatedPrincipal>;

// ── Tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    fn ctx_with(header: &str, value: &str) -> CallContext {
        CallContext::new("message/send").with_http_header(header, value)
    }

    // -- constant_time_eq -----------------------------------------------------

    #[test]
    fn constant_time_eq_matches_and_rejects() {
        assert!(constant_time_eq(b"abc", b"abc"));
        assert!(!constant_time_eq(b"abc", b"abd"));
        assert!(!constant_time_eq(b"abc", b"ab"));
        assert!(constant_time_eq(b"", b""));
    }

    // -- extract_bearer -------------------------------------------------------

    #[test]
    fn extract_bearer_variants() {
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Bearer tok"), Some("tok"));
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("bearer tok"), Some("tok"));
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("BEARER   tok  "), Some("tok"));
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Basic tok"), None);
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Bearer "), None);
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer("Bearer"), None);
        assert_eq!(extract_bearer(""), None);
    }

    // -- ApiKeyAuthInterceptor ------------------------------------------------

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn api_key_accepts_allowed_and_rejects_others() {
        let i = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["key-1", "key-2"]);

        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "key-1")).await.is_ok());
        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "key-2")).await.is_ok());
        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "nope")).await.is_err());
        // Missing header → rejected.
        assert!(i.before(&CallContext::new("m")).await.is_err());
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn api_key_custom_header() {
        let i = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["k"]).with_header("X-Company-Key");
        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-company-key", "k")).await.is_ok());
        // Default header is not consulted when a custom one is set.
        assert!(i.before(&ctx_with("x-api-key", "k")).await.is_err());
    }

    // -- BearerTokenAuthInterceptor -------------------------------------------

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn bearer_accepts_allowed_and_rejects_others() {
        let i = BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["tok-a", "tok-b"]);

        assert!(i
            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Bearer tok-a"))
            .await
            .is_ok());
        assert!(i
            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "bearer tok-b"))
            .await
            .is_ok());
        assert!(i
            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Bearer wrong"))
            .await
            .is_err());
        assert!(i
            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Basic tok-a"))
            .await
            .is_err());
        assert!(i.before(&CallContext::new("m")).await.is_err());
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn rejection_message_is_generic() {
        // The error must not leak whether the header was missing vs wrong.
        let i = BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["tok"]);
        let missing = i.before(&CallContext::new("m")).await.unwrap_err();
        let wrong = i
            .before(&ctx_with("authorization", "Bearer nope"))
            .await
            .unwrap_err();
        assert_eq!(missing.message, wrong.message);
        assert_eq!(missing.message, "authentication required");
    }

    #[test]
    fn debug_impls_render_type_and_redact_secrets() {
        // Debug must render the type name (a stubbed-out impl that writes
        // nothing would be a silent regression) and must never leak the raw
        // API keys or bearer tokens.
        let api = ApiKeyAuthInterceptor::new(["super-secret-api-key"]).with_header("X-Company-Key");
        let api_dbg = format!("{api:?}");
        assert!(
            api_dbg.contains("ApiKeyAuthInterceptor"),
            "ApiKey Debug: {api_dbg}"
        );
        assert!(
            api_dbg.contains("x-company-key"),
            "header name is shown (lowercased)"
        );
        assert!(
            !api_dbg.contains("super-secret-api-key"),
            "raw API keys must never appear in Debug output"
        );

        let bearer = BearerTokenAuthInterceptor::new(["super-secret-bearer-token"]);
        let bearer_dbg = format!("{bearer:?}");
        assert!(
            bearer_dbg.contains("BearerTokenAuthInterceptor"),
            "Bearer Debug: {bearer_dbg}"
        );
        assert!(
            !bearer_dbg.contains("super-secret-bearer-token"),
            "raw bearer tokens must never appear in Debug output"
        );
    }
}