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fix(config): refuse to start without a valid API_KEY
T3ST3ST3R0N Oct 7, 2026
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fix(config): report an unset API_KEY explicitly
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21 changes: 17 additions & 4 deletions config/config.go
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package config

import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"regexp"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -68,9 +70,20 @@ func Load() (*Config, error) {
cfg.LogBufferSize = 1
}

cfg.ApiKey, err = GetEnvAsUUID("API_KEY")
if err != nil {
log.Printf("[Error] Failed to load API Key, error: %v", err)
// The API key is the node's only authentication. A missing, malformed or all-zero key
// would leave the node accepting the all-zero UUID, so Load reports it as an error
// (main exits). cfg is still returned complete for NewTestConfig, which sets its own key.
var apiKeyErr error
if GetEnv("API_KEY", "") == "" {
apiKeyErr = errors.New("API_KEY is not set")
} else {
cfg.ApiKey, apiKeyErr = GetEnvAsUUID("API_KEY")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject malformed UUID wrappers.

If API_KEY is x3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6y, uuid.Parse ignores the outer characters and Load accepts the key. This conflicts with the requirement to reject malformed keys. Validate the input format before parsing it; uuid.Validate checks the wrapper. (github.com)

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Review comment at @config/config.go at line 80:
Update the API key parsing in Load, where GetEnvAsUUID reads API_KEY, to
validate the raw UUID input with uuid.Validate before parsing it. Reject
malformed wrappers and preserve the existing behavior for valid UUIDs.

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}
if apiKeyErr == nil && cfg.ApiKey == uuid.Nil {
apiKeyErr = errors.New("must not be the all-zero UUID")
}
if apiKeyErr != nil {
apiKeyErr = fmt.Errorf("invalid API_KEY: %w", apiKeyErr)
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not forward key bytes in validation errors.

If a 45-character API_KEY has an invalid URN prefix, uuid.Parse includes the first nine bytes in its error. This wrapper forwards those bytes to the startup log. Return an error that names API_KEY without forwarding value-bearing parser text. (github.com)

Based on learnings, errors for credential-bearing environment variables should name the variable rather than reveal its value.

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Review comment at @config/config.go around lines 85 - 86:
Update the API_KEY validation error handling so it names API_KEY without
wrapping or exposing the underlying parser error or key bytes; preserve the
existing behavior of reporting validation failure.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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}

nodeHostStr := GetEnv("NODE_HOST", "0.0.0.0")
Expand All @@ -84,7 +97,7 @@ func Load() (*Config, error) {
cfg.NodeHost = "127.0.0.1"
}

return cfg, nil
return cfg, apiKeyErr
}

// NewTestConfig creates a config for testing
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package config

import (
"os"
"strings"
"testing"
)

// unsetEnv removes name for the duration of the test (t.Setenv can only set, not unset).
func unsetEnv(t *testing.T, name string) {
t.Helper()
t.Setenv(name, "") // registers the restore of the original value
if err := os.Unsetenv(name); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("unset %s: %v", name, err)
}
}

func TestLoadRejectsMissingAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
unsetEnv(t, "API_KEY")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Isolate the missing-key test from .env.

If a developer has a .env file with API_KEY, Load restores that key after unsetEnv removes it. The test then fails even though the missing-key behavior works. Run this test from a temporary directory without .env, or otherwise prevent dotenv loading for this case. (github.com)

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Review comment at @config/config_test.go at line 19:
Isolate the missing-key test that calls unsetEnv for API_KEY from dotenv loading
so a developer’s .env cannot restore the key; run the test from a temporary
directory without .env or otherwise prevent Load from loading dotenv for this
case.

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cfg, err := Load()
if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "API_KEY is not set") {
t.Fatalf("expected a not-set error, got %v", err)
}
if cfg == nil {
t.Fatal("Load must still return the config (NewTestConfig relies on it)")
}
}

func TestLoadRejectsInvalidAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
cases := map[string]string{
"empty": "",
"not a uuid": "not-a-uuid",
"all zero": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
}
for name, value := range cases {
t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv("API_KEY", value)

cfg, err := Load()
if err == nil {
t.Fatalf("expected Load to fail for API_KEY=%q", value)
}
if cfg == nil {
t.Fatal("Load must still return the config (NewTestConfig relies on it)")
}
})
}
}

func TestLoadAcceptsValidAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
const key = "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
t.Setenv("API_KEY", key)

cfg, err := Load()
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("Load failed: %v", err)
}
if cfg.ApiKey.String() != key {
t.Fatalf("expected ApiKey %s, got %s", key, cfg.ApiKey)
}
}
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