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Description

This pull request fixes and hardens CSRF protection for sign-in, sign-up, session update, and token revocation operations across both server-side API functions and client-side endpoints.

The changes focus on making CSRF validation behave correctly when skipCSRFCheck is disabled, particularly when server-side APIs explicitly provide the doubleSubmitToken option.

Server-side APIs now correctly determine whether Double-Submit Cookie validation should be skipped by default or explicitly enabled through doubleSubmitToken. The skipCSRFCheck and doubleSubmitToken options are also validated against the default configuration to prevent incorrect fallback behavior during CSRF validation.

Key Changes

  • Fixed CSRF validation for signInCredentials.
  • Fixed CSRF validation for signUp.
  • Fixed CSRF validation for updateSession.
  • Fixed CSRF validation for revokeToken.
  • Improved Double-Submit Cookie validation for server-side API functions.
  • Correctly handled the default skipCSRFCheck behavior.
  • Added explicit support for enabling validation through doubleSubmitToken.
  • Ensured skipCSRFCheck and doubleSubmitToken are evaluated against the configured defaults.
  • Prevented incorrect CSRF validation fallbacks.

Warning

The previous fallback behavior could result in an incorrect CSRF validation decision and potentially weaken the intended CSRF protection under specific configurations. This PR ensures that the configured security behavior is respected consistently.

Note

This PR does not intentionally introduce a new authentication flow or change the expected CSRF protection model. It fixes and verifies the existing CSRF validation logic so that server-side and client-side operations consistently respect the configured security options.

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Walkthrough

This change centralizes CSRF validation in API request validation, removes CSRF checks from session handlers, updates related contracts and tests, adds initiation logs, and changes server-side authentication redirects.

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CSRF validation and server flows

Layer / File(s) Summary
Centralized CSRF verifier
packages/core/src/shared/utils.ts, packages/core/src/shared/utils/api.ts, packages/core/src/shared/logger.ts
CSRF verification moves to internal_verifyCSRFToken. The previous helper and double-submit assertion are removed. New initiation log messages are defined.
API validation wiring
packages/core/src/api/createApi.ts, packages/core/src/api/*.ts
Sensitive APIs pass CSRF options separately. Validation runs before the core operation. updateSession forwards validated headers to session refresh.
Session operation contracts
packages/core/src/@types/session.ts, packages/core/src/session/**
Session refresh and destruction handlers no longer accept CSRF flags or perform CSRF verification.
CSRF response validation
packages/core/test/**
Tests now expect 403, CSRF_TOKEN_MISSING, or CSRF_TOKEN_MISMATCH for the updated validation paths.
Server app redirects
apps/nextjs/app-router/src/components/server/*.tsx, packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
Server authentication flows redirect to server routes. The changelog records the CSRF validation change.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 01a73

This change centralizes CSRF validation and changes stateful logout ordering. One test assertion is now stale, and an interrupted logout can revoke the server session while leaving browser cookies uncleared, causing retries to fail before cleanup. Merge should wait for the test correction and either a recovery-safe cleanup fix or explicit acceptance of this bounded reliability risk.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant AuthAPI
  participant CSRFVerifier
  participant SessionStore
  Client->>AuthAPI: Submit authentication or session request
  AuthAPI->>CSRFVerifier: Validate skipCSRFCheck and doubleSubmitToken
  CSRFVerifier-->>AuthAPI: Return validated request or CSRF error
  AuthAPI->>SessionStore: Refresh or destroy session
  SessionStore-->>AuthAPI: Return session result
  AuthAPI-->>Client: Return response or redirect
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packages/core/test/api/stateless/revokeToken.test.ts (1)

70-71: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the invalid-CSRF-token assertion.

The request at Lines 61-65 has a CSRF cookie and a mismatched X-CSRF-Token. revokeToken validates CSRF before it accesses the provider-token cookie. Expect CSRF_TOKEN_MISMATCH, as this file already does at Lines 599-604. Otherwise this test fails after the centralized validation change.

Proposed fix
-                code: "COOKIE_INVALID_VALUE",
-                message: "Expected configuration cookie not found or contains an empty value.",
+                code: "CSRF_TOKEN_MISMATCH",
+                message: "CSRF token verification failed. Please refresh and try again.",
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In `@packages/core/test/api/stateless/revokeToken.test.ts` around lines 70 - 71,
Update the assertion for the mismatched X-CSRF-Token request in revokeToken
tests to expect CSRF_TOKEN_MISMATCH instead of COOKIE_INVALID_VALUE, matching
the existing assertion near the other CSRF validation case.
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Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/core/test/api/stateless/revokeToken.test.ts`:
- Around line 70-71: Update the assertion for the mismatched X-CSRF-Token
request in revokeToken tests to expect CSRF_TOKEN_MISMATCH instead of
COOKIE_INVALID_VALUE, matching the existing assertion near the other CSRF
validation case.

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📒 Files selected for processing (28)
  • apps/nextjs/app-router/src/components/server/profile.tsx
  • apps/nextjs/app-router/src/components/server/sign-in.tsx
  • apps/nextjs/app-router/src/components/server/sign-up.tsx
  • packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
  • packages/core/src/@types/session.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/createApi.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/refreshUserInfo.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/revokeToken.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/signInCredentials.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/signOut.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/signUp.ts
  • packages/core/src/api/updateSession.ts
  • packages/core/src/session/stateful/destroySession.ts
  • packages/core/src/session/stateful/refreshSession.ts
  • packages/core/src/session/stateful/refreshUserInfo.ts
  • packages/core/src/session/stateless/destroySession.ts
  • packages/core/src/session/stateless/refreshSession.ts
  • packages/core/src/session/stateless/refreshUserInfo.ts
  • packages/core/src/shared/logger.ts
  • packages/core/src/shared/utils.ts
  • packages/core/src/shared/utils/api.ts
  • packages/core/test/actions/session/updateSession/stateless.test.ts
  • packages/core/test/api/stateful/refreshUserInfo.test.ts
  • packages/core/test/api/stateful/revokeToken.test.ts
  • packages/core/test/api/stateful/updateSession.test.ts
  • packages/core/test/api/stateless/refreshUserInfo.test.ts
  • packages/core/test/api/stateless/revokeToken.test.ts
  • packages/core/test/api/stateless/updateSession.test.ts

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@halvaradop halvaradop changed the title fix(core): fix skipCSRFCheck fallback in server APIs fix(core)!: fix skipCSRFCheck fallback in server APIs Aug 30, 2026
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