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Projected ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) based worker authentication (issue #840) requires the NVCF API and NVCT API services to have the delegated-token feature flag enabled in the self-managed deployment. Without this, both services fall back to Notary JWT validation only and reject PSAT-based workers even when all other pieces (NVCA token injection, ICMS introspection endpoint, worker library) are in place.

What changed

deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl:

  • NVCF API: Restructured the remoteConfig.configData.nvcf block so worker.delegated-token-enabled: true is always emitted. The LLM request router address remains conditional on $llmEnabled within the same block. Previously the entire remoteConfig stanza was guarded by $llmEnabled, which would have left the feature flag absent on deployments without LLM support.

  • NVCT API: Added NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATED_TOKEN_ENABLED: "true" to the nvctApi.env map. Spring Boot's relaxed env var binding maps this to nvct.worker.delegated-token-enabled in the service's application properties.

No RBAC changes are needed: the NVCA operator ClusterRole already grants full CRUD on serviceaccounts, so NVCA can create per-instance worker ServiceAccounts and the kubelet can issue projected tokens for those SAs.

Customer Release Notes

Self-managed NVCF deployments now accept projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Tokens (PSAT) as worker credentials, enabling keyless worker authentication on self-hosted clusters without pre-distributed bootstrap secrets.

Plan Summary

Single-file Helmfile overlay change; no new Helm chart values, no new Kubernetes resources. The remoteConfig mechanism for NVCF API injects config via a ConfigMap; the env mechanism for NVCT API injects Spring Boot properties as environment variables.

Usage

No operator action required. After upgrading, both services automatically prefer PSAT-based auth for workers that present a valid projected token, while falling back to the existing Notary JWT path for workers that do not.

Testing

This change depends on the NVCF API (PR #848) and NVCT API (PR #849) service changes being deployed. End-to-end validation requires a self-hosted cluster with NVCA injecting PSATs and ICMS introspection enabled.

Notes

The defaults in the services' application.yaml remain false for non-self-managed environments; these overlay values override them only in the self-managed Helmfile stack.

References

Closes #840

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  • New Features

    • Added a configuration option to enable delegated worker-token authentication for self-managed deployments. It is disabled by default.
    • Delegated worker-token settings are now applied consistently to the API and worker services when enabled.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Worker-router addresses are no longer passed to the API when LLM features are disabled, including invalid configured addresses.

Enable PSAT-based delegated worker token authentication for both the
NVCF API and NVCT API services in the self-managed Helmfile overlay.

- Set nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled=true via remoteConfig for
  the NVCF API (cloud-functions). The existing remoteConfig block is
  restructured so the flag is always emitted; the LLM request router
  address remains conditional on $llmEnabled.
- Set NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATED_TOKEN_ENABLED=true as an env var for the
  NVCT API (cloud-tasks), which binds to nvct.worker.delegated-token-
  enabled via Spring Boot's relaxed env var naming.

NVCA already holds ClusterRole rules for serviceaccounts CRUD, so no
RBAC changes are required for projected ServiceAccount token injection.

Closes #840
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Self-managed deployments now control delegated worker-token authentication through a security setting. The setting configures API and NVCT output. Tests cover default, disabled, and enabled states and disabled LLM routing.

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Delegated worker token deployment

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Enable delegated worker tokens
deploy/stacks/self-managed/environments/base.yaml, deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl
The base environment adds security.delegatedWorkerTokens.enabled, disabled by default. The template passes this value to API delegated-token settings and the NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATEDTOKEN_ENABLED environment variable.
Validate rendered configuration
deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/delegated-worker-tokens.sh, deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-router-worker-address.sh, deploy/stacks/self-managed/Makefile
Tests validate unset, disabled, and enabled delegated-token output, reject obsolete key names, and confirm that disabled LLM routing omits invalid worker addresses. The Makefile includes the delegated-token test in the default test target.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0080c

Self-managed deployments can now explicitly enable delegated worker-token authentication while retaining a disabled default. Rendering coverage validates both service configurations and the test suite includes that coverage, so no current merge-blocking risk remains.

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The changes satisfy the deployment configuration portion of issue #840 by adding one feature flag, wiring both API settings, and adding render tests. They do not implement the issue's other required end-to-end components, including projected ServiceAccount token provisioning, worker identity registration, token introspection, client fallback logic, cleanup, or related NVCA resources.

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl`:
- Around line 343-351: Add regression assertions in the self-managed stack test
covering the LLM-disabled render: verify
configData.nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled is true and llm-request-router is
absent, and verify the NVCT output contains NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATED_TOKEN_ENABLED
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Comment on lines 343 to +351
remoteConfig:
configData:
nvcf:
worker:
delegated-token-enabled: true
{{- if $llmEnabled }}
llm-request-router:
worker-address: {{ $llmRequestRouterWorkerAddress | quote }}
{{- end }}
{{- end }}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add regression coverage for both delegated-token render paths.

The supplied test in deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-router-worker-address.sh Lines 182-197 checks only the LLM-enabled worker address. Add assertions that:

  1. With LLM disabled, the API still renders configData.nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: true and omits llm-request-router.
  2. The NVCT output contains NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATED_TOKEN_ENABLED: "true".

Run the repository-native test runner before merge. As per coding guidelines: “Code changes must include tests, or the Pull Request must explain why tests are not applicable; run the repository-native test runner before committing.”

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl` around lines 343 - 351, Add
regression assertions in the self-managed stack test covering the LLM-disabled
render: verify configData.nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled is true and
llm-request-router is absent, and verify the NVCT output contains
NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATED_TOKEN_ENABLED set to "true". Preserve the existing
LLM-enabled worker-address assertions and run the repository-native test runner.

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estroz marked this pull request as draft August 14, 2026 17:40
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estroz and others added 2 commits August 27, 2026 10:57
…ess validation

Verify that an invalid worker address does not cause the Helm render to fail
when addons.llm.enabled is false. Validation must only run when LLM is enabled;
previously, validation errors could surface even on the disabled code path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…orrect property spellings

The self-managed stack hardcoded the NVCF and NVCT delegated-token flags on
and used key spellings that the services do not read
(nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled and NVCT_WORKER_DELEGATED_TOKEN_ENABLED
never bound to nvcf.worker.delegated-token.enabled and
nvct.worker.delegated-token.enabled), so the feature was silently off.

Add security.delegatedWorkerTokens.enabled (default false) and render both
service flags from it with the spellings the services read. Add a render test
that asserts both emitted values for default, disabled, and enabled, and wire
it into make test.

Deploy prerequisite: the NVCF and NVCT service credentials must carry the
worker-token-introspect scope so ICMS serves the worker introspection endpoint;
that scope is configured in the identity provider outside this repository.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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