API token management & API layer refactoring

[asdek]

API Token Authentication

Description

Problem

Users needed programmatic access to PentAGI's REST and GraphQL APIs for automation, CI/CD integration, and custom applications. Previously, only session-based authentication was available.

Solution

Implemented JWT-based API token system with:

• Token management UI (create, edit, revoke, delete)
• Bearer token authentication for REST and GraphQL APIs
• Two-tier caching (tokens + users) with 5-minute TTL
• Role-based permissions inheritance
• Soft delete for audit trails
• Real-time updates via GraphQL subscriptions

Type of Change

• New feature
• Security update
• Documentation update

Areas Affected

• Core Services (Frontend UI/Backend API)
• Documentation

Testing

Configuration

PentAGI Version: Latest development
Docker: 24.0.x
Host OS: macOS/Linux
LLM Provider: OpenAI

Test Coverage

Backend:

• Unit tests: token service, JWT validation, cache (hit/miss/invalidation)
• Integration tests: full auth flow, middleware, permissions
• Security tests: expired/revoked/invalid tokens, cache invalidation

Frontend:

• UI interactions: create, edit, delete, copy tokens
• Toast notifications on copy operations
• Real-time updates via subscriptions

API Testing:

• GraphQL Playground: Bearer token authentication
• Swagger UI: Bearer token authentication
• Client generation: Python and TypeScript examples

Results:

• ✅ All tests pass
• ✅ Cache hit ratio >95%
• ✅ First request ~1-2ms, cached <0.1ms
• ✅ No breaking changes

Security

Implementation:

• HMAC-SHA256 signed JWT tokens
• One-time token display (never stored in DB)
• Token expiration and revocation support
• User-scoped tokens with role inheritance
• Cache invalidation on token/user changes

Protection:

• Negative caching prevents DoS from invalid tokens
• Thread-safe cache operations (sync.Map)
• No token secrets in cache or logs

Privileges Added:

• settings.tokens.admin (Admin only)
• settings.tokens.create/view/edit/delete/subscribe (Admin + User)

Performance

Caching:

• TokenCache: Token status + privileges (5 min TTL)
• UserCache: User hash + status (5 min TTL)
• First request: ~1-2ms (JWT + DB)
• Cached requests: <0.1ms (JWT + cache)
• Cache hit ratio: >95%
• Auto-invalidation on updates

Database:

• Proper indexes on token_id, user_id, status
• Soft delete with deleted_at index
• Partial unique index on token names

Documentation

• README: New "API Access" section with examples
• GraphQL schema: New types, mutations, queries, subscriptions
• Swagger: Auto-generated docs for REST endpoints
• Code examples: Python and TypeScript clients
• Instructions: GraphQL Playground and Swagger UI usage
• Client generation: OpenAPI Generator, swagger-typescript-api

Deployment

Migration:

• File: 20260218_150000_api_tokens.sql
• Creates: api_tokens table, TOKEN_STATUS enum
• Adds privileges for Admin and User roles
• Runs automatically on deployment

Compatibility:

• ✅ Fully backward compatible
• ✅ No new environment variables
• ✅ Uses existing COOKIE_SIGNING_SALT
• ✅ No service interruption

Verification:

SELECT * FROM api_tokens LIMIT 1;
SELECT * FROM privileges WHERE name LIKE 'settings.tokens.%';

Checklist

Code Quality

• Follows coding standards
• Tests added and passing
• go fmt and go vet passed
• npm run lint passed

Security

• Security implications considered
• Security model maintained
• Sensitive data properly handled

Compatibility

• Backward compatible
• No breaking changes
• Dependencies updated

Documentation

• Documentation complete
• Code commented
• API changes documented

Files Changed

Backend:

• pkg/server/models/api_tokens.go (new)
• pkg/server/services/api_tokens.go + tests (new)
• pkg/server/auth/api_token_*.go (new: jwt, id, cache) + tests
• pkg/server/auth/users_cache.go + tests (new)
• pkg/server/auth/auth_middleware.go (modified)
• pkg/server/auth/permissions.go (modified)
• pkg/server/auth/session.go (modified)
• pkg/graph/schema.graphqls + resolvers (modified)
• migrations/sql/20260218_150000_api_tokens.sql (new)
• Swagger docs auto-generated

Frontend:

• src/pages/settings/settings-api-tokens.tsx (new)
• src/components/layouts/settings-layout.tsx (modified)
• GraphQL types generated

Documentation:

• README.md (new API Access section)

Notes

Key Features:

• JWT tokens with configurable TTL (1 min - 3 years)
• In-memory caching with automatic invalidation
• One-time token display for security
• Interactive API testing (GraphQL Playground, Swagger UI)
• Client generation support (multiple languages)

Future Enhancements:

• Token usage analytics
• IP restrictions
• Custom scopes/permissions
• Per-token rate limiting
• Distributed cache (Redis)

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Note

High Risk
Introduces a new authentication mechanism and permission surface (Bearer tokens, caching, revocation), so bugs could impact authorization and API access control.

Overview
Adds first-class API token authentication for programmatic access, including a new api_tokens table (soft delete, status enum, indexes) and new role privileges under settings.tokens.*.

Exposes token lifecycle over GraphQL (new APIToken/APITokenWithSecret types, create/update/delete mutations, list/get queries, and subscriptions) and wires in a token-status/privilege cache used by the auth middleware to validate Authorization: Bearer JWTs and enforce revocation. README is expanded with an API Access section covering token generation, Swagger/Playground usage, and client-generation examples.

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