feat(nvcf): accept delegated projected ServiceAccount tokens for worker auth - #848
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…er auth Adds a fallback token validation path for self-hosted NVCF clusters where workers present a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) instead of the legacy bootstrap worker token. When the NVCF-issued token decrypt fails and nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled=true, the gRPC worker service calls ICMS POST /v1/workers/tokens/introspect (RFC 7662) to verify the PSAT via cluster OIDC. Active results are cached in-process for up to 14 minutes to avoid repeated ICMS calls per worker connection. Changes: - IcmsStubService: add WorkerTokenIntrospectRequest/Result DTOs and introspectWorkerToken exchange method - IcmsClient: delegate introspectWorkerToken to the stub - WorkerTokenIntrospectionService (new): Caffeine cache + introspection wrapper gated on nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled - GrpcWorkerService: catch ForbiddenException from legacy validation and fall through to ICMS introspection when enabled - application.yaml: add nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: false (overridden to true in self-hosted Helmfile overlay) Relates to #840 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds ICMS worker-token introspection, caches active results, and integrates optional delegated-token validation into ChangesDelegated worker-token validation
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Delegated worker authentication can accept expired projected tokens, potentially allowing workers to remain authorized beyond token expiry. Expiration enforcement and regression coverage should be added before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant GrpcWorkerService
participant WorkerTokenIntrospectionService
participant IcmsClient
participant ICMS
GrpcWorkerService->>WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: Validate delegated token
WorkerTokenIntrospectionService->>IcmsClient: Request introspection
IcmsClient->>ICMS: Send worker-token introspection request
ICMS-->>IcmsClient: Return active result and bindings
IcmsClient-->>WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: Return introspection result
WorkerTokenIntrospectionService-->>GrpcWorkerService: Return validated worker result
GrpcWorkerService->>GrpcWorkerService: Match function/version and preserve expiry
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- Around line 254-265: Bind the delegated-token authorization in
GrpcWorkerService to the function identity returned by
workerTokenIntrospectionService.introspect: extend the introspection result with
authorized function and version IDs, require both to exactly match functionId
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- Around line 410-424: The WorkerTokenIntrospectResult contract lacks verified
token expiration, allowing WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to cache active
tokens beyond expiry. Add a verified expiration field populated from
introspection, update WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to retain entries only
until the earlier of 14 minutes or the remaining token lifetime, and add
coverage for an active token expiring in under 14 minutes; preserve normal
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Is there a reason why some of these important claims can be null in the delegated token?
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None of these should be nullable, fixing
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| @Value("${nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled:false}") boolean enabled) { |
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Change the property to nvcf.worker.delegated-token.enabled
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Do you want this turned on for other profiles such as ncp?
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I'm going to leave this disabled by default in all cases for now. Can revisit turning it on for the ncp profile later
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This should be /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect.
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| @JsonProperty("token_type") | ||
| @Nullable String tokenType; | ||
| @Nullable String error; |
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Should there be function_id and function_version_id claims in this result so that we can use them to verify?
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They can be fields in this result yes (and task_id when relevant)
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Should we have an exp claim that specifies the token expiration time? Then, we can use that to cache the results. If an expired token is presented, then the request should not be authorized.
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Yes there must be one
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Should we validate that the token was issued by ICMS/SIS using ICMS's public/well-known jwks?
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The token was issued by the cluster itself, not by ICMS. ICMS receives the cluster's pubkey on cluster registration (already part of the NVCA <-> ICMS multi-cluster registration flow) and verifies the worker token's signature internally using that cluster's pubkey. Very similar to how psat cluster registration works now
- Fix property name: nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled -> nvcf.worker.delegated-token.enabled (was a hyphen where the convention uses a dot separator) - Fix ICMS introspect URL: /v1/workers/tokens/introspect -> /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect to match the ICMS controller path prefix - Add RFC 7662 exp field to WorkerTokenIntrospectResult so NVCF API receives the token expiry time alongside the active flag - Cap the introspection cache TTL to min(14min, remaining-token-lifetime) using a Caffeine per-entry Expiry so a token near expiry is not cached for up to 14 minutes beyond its actual expiry Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GrpcWorkerService.connectOncecallsWorkerTokenIntrospectionService; cache hits can bypass ICMS, and inactive results reject the connection. Add this path todocs/dev/architecture.md.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 429-433: Add an integration test for
IcmsClient.introspectWorkerToken that captures the outgoing request and verifies
the auto-configured WebClient.Builder propagates both W3C traceparent and
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- Around line 1-43: Update the worker authentication architecture flow in
docs/dev/architecture.md to show that, when delegated-token authentication is
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…sion A delegated (PSAT) worker token was accepted on the strength of ICMS active=true alone, and the function identity was then rebuilt from the caller-supplied functionId/functionVersionId. Any active worker token could therefore obtain credentials for, or connect as an instance of, any function. This change closes that gap and aligns the service with SDD v0.3: - Select the delegated or legacy path by token shape (a compact JWS whose audience starts with "nvcf-icms:") instead of falling back to introspection after a legacy-token failure. A legacy token whose embedded function does not match the request is rejected outright. - Require ICMS to return the workload binding (function_id, function_version_id, request_id, exp) and reject the request unless the binding equals the requested function version. The resulting NvcfIssuedToken is built from the ICMS binding, never from the request. - On the delegated path connectOnce no longer mints a legacy worker token; the mounted PSAT remains the worker's credential and the response expiration reflects the PSAT expiry. - Cache introspection allows for min(exp, 15 min); an active result that lacks exp or the function binding is treated as inactive and not cached. - refreshAssetDownloadCredentials validates the bearer against the function carried by the first streamed message through the same shape-aware path. requestArtifacts and streamArtifacts stay legacy-only because their request carries no function identity. - Fix the feature flag property to the key the code reads (nvcf.worker.delegated-token.enabled). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| log.debug("worker authorized via delegated token, instance_id={} cluster_id={}", | ||
| result.getInstanceId(), result.getClientId()); | ||
| var expiresAt = Instant.ofEpochSecond(result.getExp()); |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Broken Authentication (CWE-613): Insufficient Session Expiration
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Reject expired delegated tokens before authorization.
The delegated path checks active and workload binding but does not validate exp. Reject results whose expiration is at or before the current time, and add a regression test.
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var expiresAt = Instant.ofEpochSecond(result.getExp());
+if (!expiresAt.isAfter(Instant.now())) {
+ throw new ForbiddenException("worker token expired");
+}
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| var expiresAt = Instant.ofEpochSecond(result.getExp()); | |
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Why
Part of the delegated worker token feature (issue #840). On self-hosted NVCF clusters, workers receive a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) mounted into their pods. The legacy token validation path decrypts an NVCF-issued JWE, which the PSAT is not. This PR adds a fallback so the gRPC worker service calls ICMS token introspection when the decrypt fails, enabling workers to authenticate via cluster OIDC instead of the static bootstrap token.
What changed
IcmsStubService: AddedWorkerTokenIntrospectRequest/WorkerTokenIntrospectResultDTOs and theintrospectWorkerTokenHTTP exchange method targetingPOST /v1/workers/tokens/introspect.IcmsClient: Delegating wrapper forintrospectWorkerToken.WorkerTokenIntrospectionService(new): Caffeine-backed cache keyed on SHA-256(token), evicted after 14 minutes. Inactive results are never cached so clock-skew andnbfedge cases are retried. Gated onnvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled.GrpcWorkerService.validateWorkerToken: When legacy decrypt throwsForbiddenExceptionand the delegated-token flag is on, falls through to ICMS introspection.active=true→ synthesize aNvcfIssuedTokenwith the claimed function IDs (independently verified by the function lookup inconnectOnce).active=false→ re-throw forbidden.application.yaml: Addednvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: false(default). Self-hosted Helmfile overlay sets it totrue.Customer Release Notes
Not customer visible — self-hosted infrastructure change.
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Usage
Enable on self-hosted clusters by setting
nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: truein the Helmfile values overlay (done in the deploy manifests PR). No changes needed for managed NVCF.Testing
WorkerTokenIntrospectionServiceTest: cache-hit, cache-miss, no-cache-on-inactive, distinct-tokens, token-forwarded-to-ICMS.Notes
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connectOnceneeds the delegated-token path. AfterconnectOncereturns the NVCF-issuednvcfWorkerToken, subsequent gRPC calls (artifacts, credentials) use that token and hit the existing legacy path.References
Relates to #840
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