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fix(gateway): run turns as the signed-in account, not a claimed sender - #259

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Stacked on #257 (#256 is merged). Merge #257 first, then retarget this PR to main.

Session.AuthenticatedUserId is the identity a turn runs with:

  • it partitions per-user capability bindings (CapabilitySlotExecutor);
  • it is sent to MCP servers as _meta.userId (McpNativeTool, Nacos adapter);
  • when it is empty, both fall back to the session's SenderId.

Two problems:

  1. Only /ws set it. Turns from POST /api/integration/messages, MCP openclaw.send_message, A2A, /v1/*, and /apps/chat ran as whatever senderId (or A2A contextId) the caller put in the request. Any operator could make an MCP server see an arbitrary user.
  2. The worker only overwrote it when a message carried an account, so the last writer's account stuck. After an operator posted into a Telegram session, that Telegram user's next turns ran with the operator's identity, including the operator's _meta.userId.

Summary

  • EndpointHelpers.ResolveAuthenticatedAccountId returns the signed-in account. It reuses the per-request token verification from fix(gateway): role-gate agent execution and close /apps loopback bypass #256, so there is no extra PBKDF2 work.
  • REST messages and MCP send_message stamp the account on the queued InboundMessage. QueueMessageAsync gains an authenticatedUserId parameter; the public request DTO is unchanged, so callers cannot set it.
  • /v1/chat/completions, /v1/responses, and /apps/chat set the account on the session for the turn.
  • A2A: the auth middleware captures the account in an async-local (A2ACallerContext), and the bridge applies it. The async-local still flows into work the A2A SDK detaches from the request, which IHttpContextAccessor would not.
  • TurnIdentity.Apply in the worker:
    • a turn runs as its own caller;
    • an external sender without an account runs without one;
    • system, scheduled, automation, and background-continuation turns keep the session's identity.

Open loopback and bootstrap callers have no account (both admin-equivalent), so their turns keep falling back to SenderId, as before.

Behavior changes

  • MCP servers that read _meta.userId now receive account ids (for example opacct_...) for REST, MCP, A2A, /v1/*, and /apps/chat turns, instead of the caller-supplied sender id. For /v1/* with account tokens this replaces the token-hash requester key.
  • Channel turns (Telegram, Slack, …) in a session an operator wrote to no longer run as that operator.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
  • Documentation update
  • Tests

Validation

  • dotnet build OpenClaw.Net.slnx --configuration Release: 0 warnings, 0 errors
  • dotnet test OpenClaw.Net.slnx --configuration Release --no-build: OpenClaw.Tests 3,139 passed / 11 skipped / 0 failed; NacosLiveAcceptance 25 passed; LayaService 67 passed
  • dotnet run --project samples/OpenClaw.HelloAgent -c Release --no-build

New tests failed first for the right reason. Each surface ran the turn with no account or with the caller's claimed sender, and the Telegram turn inherited the operator's account. The guards cover system, cron, automation, and background turns keeping the session identity.

Review Notes

  • I considered NativeAOT compatibility (no reflection or new serialization; AsyncLocal only)
  • I considered security posture and unsafe defaults. This changes identity semantics, so it needs core maintainer review.
  • I updated docs/tests where needed: docs/AUTHENTICATION.md §3.5 (with zh-CN) and CHANGELOG.md
  • This PR is scoped and does not mix unrelated changes

Commercial or Customer-Driven Contribution Disclosure

Same origin as #256: surfaced during a spec review for AgentQi Mobile. Vendor-neutral gateway hardening.

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  • All new and existing tests passed locally (dotnet test)
  • I have updated the documentation (README.md, comments) if required
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  • I have checked the relevant maintainer review checklist
  • I have disclosed whether this directly supports a company or customer use case

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Phase B (session ownership: owner-or-admin writes, operator-wide reads, unowned sessions stay unowned, an "only my sessions" filter) follows as a separate PR on top of this one.

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  • Security
    • /ws/live now requires permission to run the agent; connections without it are closed.
    • Session details now report whether the caller can run the agent, including when viewer execution is enabled.
  • Account Identity
    • Authenticated turns use the signed-in account’s identity. External senders without an account no longer inherit the previous writer’s identity; system and background turns retain the session identity.
  • Companion
    • The app checks execution permission before connecting and explains when access is denied.
  • Documentation
    • Updated authentication guidance to cover live connections, permissions, and turn identity.

Telli and others added 4 commits September 28, 2026 14:54
Account-token verification runs PBKDF2 (120,000 iterations, about 17 ms
of CPU) inside OperatorAccountService's global lock and then rewrites
the accounts file. The role checks added in this branch meant that
/v1/*, /apps/chat, A2A, /ws, /ws/live, and mutating MCP tools verified
the same token twice per request, halving account-token throughput on
those surfaces.

Cache the verification outcome in HttpContext.Items for the rest of the
request. Revocation, disabling, and role changes still apply from the
next request.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
/ws/live admitted any authenticated role. It runs no tools, but it opens
a live session on the gateway's provider credentials, so a viewer token
could spend them. It now uses CanExecuteAgent like /ws and closes below
operator with 1008.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Companion opened the chat socket before loading the account's role, so
a viewer was admitted and then closed by the gateway. It now loads the
role first; when the gateway reports a role below operator it explains
that chat needs the operator role instead of connecting, and keeps the
read-only status views. A role that is only the no-token placeholder
does not block the connection, and the role is applied as soon as the
auth session loads rather than after the setup status call.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Session.AuthenticatedUserId scopes per-user capability bindings and is
passed to MCP servers as _meta.userId, falling back to SenderId. Only
/ws set it, so turns from REST messages, MCP send_message, A2A, /v1/*,
and /apps/chat ran as whatever senderId or A2A contextId the caller
supplied.

- EndpointHelpers.ResolveAuthenticatedAccountId resolves the signed-in
  account (reusing the per-request token verification). REST and MCP
  stamp it on queued messages; /v1/*, /apps/chat, and the A2A bridge
  set it on the session. A2A captures it in middleware through an
  async-local, so detached SDK work still sees it.
- The worker no longer lets an account-less external turn inherit the
  previous writer's account: after an operator posted into a Telegram
  session, the Telegram user's turns ran as that operator. System,
  scheduled, automation, and background-continuation turns still act on
  the session's behalf and keep its identity.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough

The gateway now reports and checks agent-execution permission for /ws/live and Companion connections. Authenticated account identity is passed into agent turns through several gateway entry points. Inbound turns without an account clear prior identity unless they act on the session’s behalf.

Changes

Gateway authorization and account-based turn identity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Agent-execution authorization
src/OpenClaw.Core/Models/AdminApiModels.cs, src/OpenClaw.Core/Models/GatewayConfig.cs, src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Endpoints/*, src/OpenClaw.Tests/EndpointHelpersAuthenticationTests.cs, src/OpenClaw.Tests/GatewayAdminEndpointTests.cs, docs/AUTHENTICATION.md, docs/zh-CN/AUTHENTICATION.md, CHANGELOG.md
The auth-session response includes CanExecuteAgent. Authorization helpers report execution permission and cache token verification within a request. /ws/live closes connections that fail the execution check with policy-violation status. Tests cover the permission response, live WebSocket authorization, and token revocation behavior.
Companion authorization preflight
src/OpenClaw.Companion/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs, src/OpenClaw.Tests/CompanionConnectionTests.cs, CHANGELOG.md
Companion loads execution permission before connecting. It stays disconnected when the gateway reports false; tests cover true, an omitted field, and no loaded token.
Authenticated account propagation
src/OpenClaw.Gateway/A2A/*, src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Composition/IntegrationApiFacade.cs, src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Endpoints/*, src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Mcp/OpenClawMcpTools.cs, src/OpenClaw.Tests/GatewayAdminEndpointTests.cs, docs/AUTHENTICATION.md, docs/zh-CN/AUTHENTICATION.md, CHANGELOG.md
Authenticated account IDs are kept separate from caller-supplied sender IDs. Integration and MCP messages receive the account ID, and chat, Apps Chat, and A2A execution pass account identity into sessions. Tests cover those entry points.
Inbound turn identity rules
src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Extensions/TurnIdentity.cs, src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Extensions/GatewayInboundMessageWorker.cs, src/OpenClaw.Tests/TurnIdentityTests.cs, CHANGELOG.md
Inbound messages with an account set session identity. Accountless external messages clear it. System, scheduled, automation, and background turns retain the session identity. The worker persists the session when identity changes.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant A2AEndpointExtensions
  participant EndpointHelpers
  participant A2ACallerContext
  participant OpenClawA2AExecutionBridge
  participant Session
  A2AEndpointExtensions->>EndpointHelpers: Resolve authenticated account ID
  A2AEndpointExtensions->>A2ACallerContext: Set AccountId
  OpenClawA2AExecutionBridge->>A2ACallerContext: Read AccountId
  OpenClawA2AExecutionBridge->>Session: Set AuthenticatedUserId
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5c98d

Overlapping Apps Chat turns using the same session ID can run tools under the wrong account. Hold the session lock through execution before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to 5c98d

Most entry points gain stronger caller attribution or execution checks, but overlapping chat requests can still change the account identity used by an active turn. That matters because tools use this identity to select capabilities and identify the caller to external services.

Retained concerns

  • High · security · inferred: Overlapping /apps/chat requests for the same caller-selected session can replace the account identity of a turn already in progress; later capability and MCP calls read that shared identity.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — An authorized caller able to select another active session ID can affect identity reads within that shared gateway session, including capability scope and an MCP server's reported user ID. The evidence does not establish cross-tenant access or a demonstrated exploit.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — No Security finding was retained. The deferred Apps candidate has a credible path from caller-selected session ID and authenticated account assignment through shared mutable state to later tool identity reads; whether a particular overlapping schedule exploits it remains untested.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — /apps/chat checks request authorization and agent-execution eligibility before accepting the message; /ws/live independently checks eligibility before invoking its bridge. These controls limit callers but do not serialize Apps turns admitted under different authorized accounts.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A per-session lock exists and is used around the A2A identity transition, but the Apps assignment and streaming call do not use it; an exception or cancellation also leaves the assigned identity on the active session.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Bind Apps turns to an authorized session owner and hold the per-session lock from identity assignment through execution, or pass an immutable authenticated identity to tool execution. Exercise overlapping requests, cancellation, and retries when validating the chosen boundary.
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Telli and others added 2 commits September 29, 2026 03:58
…role

Companion's preflight refused to open chat for any gateway-reported role
below operator. With Security.AllowViewerAgentExecution on, the gateway
still admits those viewers, so the documented migration switch did not
work for Companion users.

GET /auth/session now reports canExecuteAgent, computed by the same rule
CanExecuteAgent enforces, including the opt-out. Companion blocks only
when the gateway says false; when the field is absent (older gateways)
it connects and lets the gateway decide.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…p-authenticated-account

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Telli changed the base branch from fix/ws-live-role-and-companion-role-hint to main September 29, 2026 12:11
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- Line 85: In the `/apps/chat` flow, acquire the session lock before assigning
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? $"apps-{Guid.NewGuid():N}"
: requestedSessionId!;
var session = await runtime.SessionManager.GetOrCreateByIdAsync(sessionId, "apps", sessionId, ct);
session.AuthenticatedUserId = EndpointHelpers.ResolveAuthenticatedAccountId(ctx, startup);

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Hold the Apps session lock through agent execution.

Two authenticated /apps/chat requests can provide the same sessionId and receive the same Session. The Apps endpoint assigns AuthenticatedUserId without acquiring the existing session lock, then starts RunStreamingAsync. MCP and capability tools read session.AuthenticatedUserId during the turn. If the second request overwrites the property before the first request invokes a tool, the first turn can use the second account's identity.

Acquire the lock before the assignment and retain it through RunStreamingAsync, as the stable OpenAI session paths already do.

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             var sessionId = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(requestedSessionId)
                 ? $"apps-{Guid.NewGuid():N}"
                 : requestedSessionId!;
             var session = await runtime.SessionManager.GetOrCreateByIdAsync(sessionId, "apps", sessionId, ct);
+            await using var sessionLock = await runtime.SessionManager.AcquireSessionLockAsync(session.Id, ct);
             session.AuthenticatedUserId = EndpointHelpers.ResolveAuthenticatedAccountId(ctx, startup);
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Review comment at @src/OpenClaw.Gateway/Endpoints/AppsEndpoints.cs at line 85:
In the `/apps/chat` flow, acquire the session lock before assigning
`session.AuthenticatedUserId` and hold it through `RunStreamingAsync`, matching
the stable OpenAI session paths so concurrent requests cannot change the
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