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Summary

Follow-up to #77. The app is not deployed yet, so there is no migration surface to protect — this tightens the widget SSO token contract to the standard claims with no legacy escape hatches.

Contract changes

  • sub is the only identity claim (RFC 7519 subject). The legacy userId fallback (previously announced for removal after 2026-12-31) is removed entirely; any other identity claim is not read. Non-string sub values are rejected by the existing schema validation.
  • iat is required alongside exp. Missing or non-numeric time claims are rejected after the signature verifies (jose only validates exp when present). Non-numeric exp is now explicitly rejected too.
  • Lifetime cap is strictly exp - iat. The "assume minted now when iat absent" degradation in the lifetime check is gone — a token without iat never reaches the cap check.
  • Clock-skew leeway tightened from 30s to 10s. Both sides are NTP-synced servers; the worst-case expired-but-accepted window shrinks to ~11s against the 24h lifetime cap.

Testability

  • verifyJwt gains a nowSeconds option (test seam): time-claim and skew tests pin "now" explicitly instead of racing the wall clock. Boundary tests now assert the exact leeway edge (iat = now + 10s accepted, +11s rejected) with zero flake risk.
  • CLOCK_SKEW_LEEWAY_SECONDS is exported so tests reference the real constant rather than magic numbers.
  • Pattern matches upstream Effect conventions (e.g. TestClock.setTime(fixed) and Cache TTL tests) adapted for jose, which reads the real OS clock internally and cannot be driven by Effect's Clock.

Kept intentionally (not legacy fallbacks)

  • 10s clock-skew leeway — standard practice, prevents clock-drift sign-in failures.
  • Fail-safe clamp on organization.jwt_max_token_lifetime_minutes — an invalid stored value falls back to the 24h default, never loosens the cap.

Test plan

  • packages/domain: 57 files, 530 tests pass
  • tsc --noEmit clean on packages/domain
  • Updated: verification.test.ts, verification-hex.test.ts, sso.test.ts, utils.test.ts, jwt-parsing.test.ts (fixtures use sub + iat; new missing-iat rejection test; fallback/conflict tests replaced)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Improvements
    • Updated JWT SSO to use the standard sub claim for identity.
    • JWTs now require numeric iat and exp claims.
    • Added stricter token timing validation, including a 10-second clock-skew allowance and future-issued token checks.
    • Updated SSO documentation, examples, and error guidance to reflect the new requirements.

The app is not yet deployed, so there is no migration surface to
protect: the token contract is tightened to the standard claims with no
legacy escape hatches.

- Identity comes exclusively from the standard `sub` claim. The legacy
  `userId` fallback (previously scheduled for removal after 2026-12-31)
  is removed entirely; any other identity claim is not read.
- `iat` is now required alongside `exp`. Missing or non-numeric time
  claims are rejected after the signature verifies, and the lifetime cap
  is computed strictly as `exp - iat` (the "assume minted now when iat
  absent" degradation is gone).
- Clock-skew leeway tightened from 30s to 10s; both sides are
  NTP-synced servers, so the expired-but-accepted window shrinks to a
  negligible ~11s worst case against the 24h lifetime cap.
- verifyJwt gains a `nowSeconds` test seam (options bag) so skew and
  time-claim tests pin "now" explicitly instead of racing the wall
  clock; boundary tests now assert the exact leeway edge.

docs/widget-sso.md updated to match the enforced contract.
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JWT SSO now uses sub for identity. JWT verification requires numeric exp and iat claims, applies a 10-second clock-skew allowance, and supports a pinned verification timestamp. Tests and documentation reflect the updated contract.

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JWT SSO contract

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JWT time validation and contract
packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification.ts, packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification.test.ts, packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification-hex.test.ts, docs/widget-sso.md, packages/domain/src/widget/sso.test.ts
JWT verification now requires numeric exp and iat claims, measures lifetime from iat, uses a configurable verification timestamp, and applies 10 seconds of clock skew. Fixtures and documentation use sub and required iat.
Sub-only contact identity
packages/domain/src/contact/utils.ts, packages/domain/src/contact/jwt-parsing.test.ts, packages/domain/src/contact/utils.test.ts
Contact parsing now uses sub directly. Legacy userId fallback and conflict handling were removed. Tests cover ignored legacy claims, required sub, and updated fixtures.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to faeb0

The PR tightens JWT claim validation and clock-skew handling, but the contract documentation should explicitly require a string subject and the custom verification-time option should keep all time checks consistent. These are bounded, non-blocking follow-ups that require owner awareness before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant JWT
  participant verifyJwt
  participant enforceTimeClaims
  participant ContactParser
  JWT->>verifyJwt: Submit signed token
  verifyJwt->>enforceTimeClaims: Validate exp and iat
  enforceTimeClaims-->>verifyJwt: Return time validation result
  verifyJwt->>ContactParser: Provide verified payload
  ContactParser->>ContactParser: Resolve identity from sub
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117-120: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Apply nowSeconds to jwtVerify.

When options.nowSeconds differs from the wall clock, jose.jwtVerify evaluates exp and nbf at the wrong instant. Add currentDate: new Date(nowSeconds * 1000) to align these checks with the custom iat validation.

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In `@packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification.ts` around lines 117 - 120,
Update the jose.jwtVerify call in the token verification flow to pass
currentDate derived from options.nowSeconds in milliseconds, so exp and nbf
checks use the same custom instant as iat validation. Preserve the existing
HS256 algorithm and clock-tolerance options.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/widget-sso.md`:
- Line 25: Update the `sub` entry in the contract table to explicitly require a
stable string identifier, matching `parsePersonAttributes` validation and its
use as the contact `externalId` and SSO deduplication key.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification.ts`:
- Around line 117-120: Update the jose.jwtVerify call in the token verification
flow to pass currentDate derived from options.nowSeconds in milliseconds, so exp
and nbf checks use the same custom instant as iat validation. Preserve the
existing HS256 algorithm and clock-tolerance options.
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Greptile Summary

This follow-up tightens widget SSO around standard JWT claims and completes the clock-seam fix from the prior review.

  • Uses sub exclusively for contact identity and removes the legacy userId fallback.
  • Requires numeric iat and exp, caps lifetime using exp - iat, and reduces clock-skew tolerance to ten seconds.
  • Passes the pinned verification instant to jose through currentDate, aligning expiration and not-before checks with the custom issued-at check.
  • Updates SSO documentation and JWT/contact tests for the stricter contract.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

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Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification.ts Requires numeric time claims, applies a ten-second skew allowance, enforces lifetime from exp - iat, and consistently supplies the selected verification instant to jose and custom checks.
packages/domain/src/jwt-secret/verification.test.ts Adds deterministic coverage proving that the pinned instant drives jose expiration checks and exercises required claims and skew boundaries.
packages/domain/src/contact/utils.ts Removes legacy identity resolution and maps only the standard sub claim into the validated contact identifier.
docs/widget-sso.md Documents the stricter sub, iat, exp, lifetime, and clock-skew contract.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
    A[Signed widget JWT] --> B[jose signature and aud verification]
    B --> C[exp and nbf checked at currentDate]
    C --> D[Require numeric exp and iat]
    D --> E[Check future iat with 10s leeway]
    E --> F[Enforce exp minus iat lifetime cap]
    F --> G[Use sub as contact identity]
    G --> H[Create restricted widget session]
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…b as string

Review follow-up:

- Pass currentDate (derived from options.nowSeconds) to jose.jwtVerify so
  its exp/nbf validation uses the same instant as the post-signature
  time-claim rules. Previously jose used the wall clock while iat/lifetime
  checks honored the pinned time, leaving time-boundary tests able to
  drift. Production behavior is unchanged (nowSeconds defaults to now).
- Add a regression test proving the seam drives jose: a token valid at
  mint time is rejected when verification is pinned past its exp.
- docs: state that `sub` must be a stable string, matching the schema
  validation (CommonContactFields.userId = S.String) and its use as the
  contact externalId / SSO dedupe key.
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