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Part of the delegated worker token feature (issue #840). On self-hosted NVCT clusters, task workers receive a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) mounted into their pods. The existing path decodes a Notary-issued assertion JWT, which the PSAT is not. This PR adds a fallback so WorkerAssertionValidator calls ICMS token introspection when Notary decode fails, enabling task workers to authenticate via cluster OIDC.

What changed

  • IcmsStubService: Added WorkerTokenIntrospectRequest/WorkerTokenIntrospectResult DTOs and the introspectWorkerToken HTTP exchange method targeting POST /v1/workers/tokens/introspect.

  • IcmsClient: Delegating wrapper for introspectWorkerToken.

  • WorkerTokenIntrospectionService (new): Caffeine-backed cache keyed on SHA-256(token), evicted after 14 minutes. Inactive results are never cached. Gated on nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled.

  • WorkerAssertionValidator.validate: Wraps validateNotaryJwt in try/catch. When ForbiddenException is thrown and the flag is on, falls through to ICMS introspection. active=true → authorized. active=false → re-throw forbidden.

  • application.yaml: Added nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled: false (default). Self-hosted Helmfile overlay sets it to true.

Customer Release Notes

Not customer visible — self-hosted infrastructure change.

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Usage

Enable on self-hosted clusters by setting nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled: true in the Helmfile values overlay. No changes needed for managed NVCT.

Testing

Notes

NVCT task workers use WorkerAssertionValidator.validate directly (no gRPC issued-token flow). The Notary JWT path remains unchanged when the flag is off.

References

Relates to #840

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Dependencies

No new third-party dependencies. Caffeine is already used in IcmsClient.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added worker-token introspection to verify validity, status, expiration, and associated metadata.
    • Added optional delegated-token authentication with task and identity binding checks.
    • Added caching for active introspection results to improve repeated authorization checks.
    • Delegated tokens no longer receive replacement refresh tokens.
  • Configuration

    • Added a setting to enable or disable delegated-token support, disabled by default.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for introspection, caching, feature flags, validation, and refresh-token handling.

… worker auth

Adds a fallback token validation path for self-hosted NVCT clusters where
workers present a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) instead
of the Notary-issued assertion JWT.  When Notary JWT decoding fails and
nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled=true, WorkerAssertionValidator 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.

Changes:
- IcmsStubService: add WorkerTokenIntrospectRequest/Result DTOs and
  introspectWorkerToken exchange method
- IcmsClient: delegate introspectWorkerToken to the stub
- WorkerTokenIntrospectionService (new): Caffeine cache + introspection
  wrapper gated on nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled
- WorkerAssertionValidator: inject WorkerTokenIntrospectionService and
  catch ForbiddenException from Notary JWT validation, falling through to
  ICMS introspection when enabled
- application.yaml: add nvct.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>
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Walkthrough

The change adds ICMS worker-token introspection models and client support. It caches complete active results. Worker assertion validation accepts active delegated tokens when enabled. Delegated refresh requests do not receive replacement tokens.

Changes

Delegated worker-token introspection

Layer / File(s) Summary
ICMS introspection contract
src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/icms/IcmsStubService.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/icms/IcmsClient.java
Adds request and result DTOs and forwards requests to POST /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect.
Introspection service and cache
src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/token/WorkerTokenIntrospectionService.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/test/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/token/WorkerTokenIntrospectionServiceTest.java
Identifies delegated tokens by audience, hashes raw tokens for cache keys, caches complete active results, and tests inactive, expired, malformed, and incomplete results.
Delegated validation and refresh handling
src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/token/WorkerAssertionValidator.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/token/TokenService.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvct/grpc/GrpcWorkerService.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/test/java/com/nvidia/nvct/service/token/WorkerAssertionValidatorTest.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/test/java/com/nvidia/nvct/util/MockIcmsServer.java, src/control-plane-services/cloud-tasks/nvct-core/src/test/java/com/nvidia/nvct/grpc/GrpcWorkerServiceTest.java
Routes delegated tokens to ICMS, checks active status and NCA/task bindings, propagates the authentication result, and omits replacement tokens for delegated credentials. Configuration and integration tests cover the flow.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0b38b

Delegated worker tokens are routed through ICMS introspection and require active status plus matching NCA and task bindings before authentication. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GrpcWorkerService
  participant TokenService
  participant WorkerAssertionValidator
  participant WorkerTokenIntrospectionService
  participant IcmsClient
  participant IcmsStubService
  GrpcWorkerService->>TokenService: validateWorkerAccessAssertion(ncaId, taskId)
  TokenService->>WorkerAssertionValidator: validate(token, ncaId, taskId)
  WorkerAssertionValidator->>WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: introspect(token)
  WorkerTokenIntrospectionService->>IcmsClient: introspectWorkerToken(request)
  IcmsClient->>IcmsStubService: POST /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect
  IcmsStubService-->>IcmsClient: WorkerTokenIntrospectResult
  IcmsClient-->>WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: introspection result
  WorkerTokenIntrospectionService-->>WorkerAssertionValidator: active result
  WorkerAssertionValidator-->>TokenService: delegated authentication status
  TokenService-->>GrpcWorkerService: validation result
  GrpcWorkerService-->>GrpcWorkerService: omit replacement token for delegated credentials
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@PostExchange(value = "/v1/workers/tokens/introspect",

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This should be /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect. Same comment as in cloud-functions.


public WorkerTokenIntrospectionService(
IcmsClient icmsClient,
@Value("${nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled:false}") boolean enabled) {

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Change property to nvct.worker.delegate-token.enabled.

ess-agent-container: ${nvct.sidecars.hostname}/${nvct.sidecars.repository}/ess-agent:1.0.5
otel-collector-container: ${nvct.sidecars.hostname}/${nvct.sidecars.repository}/byoo-otel-collector:0.126.16
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delegated-token-enabled: false

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Should this be enabled for ncp profile?

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log.debug("task worker authorized via delegated token, instance_id={}",
result.getInstanceId());
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Same comment as in cloud-functions - we are not using the taskId during validation in this flow.

- Fix property name: nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled -> nvct.worker.delegate-token.enabled
- Fix ICMS introspect URL: /v1/workers/tokens/introspect -> /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect
- Add RFC 7662 exp field to WorkerTokenIntrospectResult
- Cap cache TTL to min(14min, remaining-token-lifetime) via Caffeine per-entry Expiry

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412-416: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Update docs/dev/architecture.md with the worker-token introspection flow.

The existing sequence diagram omits the WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to IcmsStubService.introspectWorkerToken call and its POST /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect request.

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around lines 412 - 416, Update the worker-token introspection sequence diagram
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…ect auth path by token shape

Introspected (projected ServiceAccount) worker tokens were accepted for any
task: the validator only checked active=true and ignored ncaId/taskId, and it
fell back to introspection after any legacy failure, so a caller controlled
which path ran. Align with SDD v0.3:

- WorkerAssertionValidator.validate selects the path by token shape (compact
  JWS with an nvcf-icms: audience is delegated; anything else is a Notary
  assertion) and never falls through between paths. On the delegated path the
  ICMS-returned nca_id/task_id must equal the requested task, otherwise
  PERMISSION_DENIED "worker token not bound to requested task". It returns
  whether the caller is delegated.
- TokenService.validateWorkerAccessAssertion propagates that flag and
  GrpcWorkerService.refreshToken issues no replacement Notary token to a
  delegated caller; the mounted token is the worker's credential for its
  lifetime.
- WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: cache TTL is min(exp, 15 min); an active
  result without exp or the task binding is treated as inactive and is not
  cached; new static isDelegatedToken shape check; property key fixed to
  nvct.worker.delegated-token.enabled (application.yaml now nests the key so it
  actually binds).
- IcmsStubService introspection DTO carries client_id, request_id,
  function_id, function_version_id, task_id, nca_id.

Tests: MockIcmsServer gains introspection stubs; WorkerAssertionValidatorTest
covers delegated bound/nca-mismatch/task-mismatch/inactive/unbound and legacy
mismatch without fallback; WorkerTokenIntrospectionServiceTest covers shape
detection, missing binding, and expiry; GrpcWorkerServiceTest covers
refreshToken with a delegated caller. The test profile enables the flag.

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