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feat(security): opt-in unattended config-secret unlock for headless hosts - #8666
New opt-in operator setting: [secrets] unattended_unlock = true, or OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK=1 in the environment. It lets a headless openhuman-core serve host unlock encrypted config fields (for example local_ai.api_key) with nobody answering the "Unlock configuration secrets" approval.
The setting only takes effect when the operator also supplied the keyring master key (OPENHUMAN_KEYRING_MASTER_KEY or OPENHUMAN_KEYRING_MASTER_KEY_FILE) to a file or encrypted_file keyring. Without that key it is ignored, a warning is logged, and a person still approves. The default and the desktop work exactly as before.
Documented in the OS keyring gitbook page, the cloud-deploy env table and the secret-storage README.
Problem
secret_cipher::resolve_user_master_inner calls ApprovalGate::intercept_forced("native_secret_grant", ...) on every config load or save that touches an encrypted field. A forced approval always waits for a person. A serve host has no chat surface, so the grant parks unrouted (forced secret grant without a chat route — parking unrouted) until the TTL runs out. The load then fails with "the approval to unlock configuration secrets was not answered in time", which callers see as "Config loading timed out". Approving over RPC (approval_decide, approve_once) unlocks a single load, and forced approvals cannot be approved permanently. Seen in production on main f329a14, on a serve host running OPENHUMAN_KEYRING_BACKEND=file with an operator key file.
Solution
New module modules/security/unattended_unlock.rs. unlock_mode is a pure function that picks one of three modes from the setting, whether the operator supplied the key, and the backend: Interactive, Unattended or IgnoredWithoutOperatorKey. answer_master_grant raises the same forced native_secret_grant through the same gate. It runs outside whatever turn triggered the load (origin Unknown), so a channel or cron turn is not refused before the grant exists. When the grant parks, the host approves it once with gate.decide(ApproveOnce). TinySecurity's grant, its audit row and the cipher path stay the same. Only the person answering is replaced, by the operator's standing approval.
resolve_user_master / resolve_user_master_with_existing_key now take the Config, which SecretStore and the device-pairing callers already have, and branch on the mode.
The host answers only the park it raised itself. The new ApprovalGate::intercept_forced_correlated stamps that park's tool_call_id with a fresh per-call id, and the poller matches on it, so any other pending grant waits for its own person. The spawned request is held in an AbortOnDropHandle: a cancelled load withdraws its park.
"Operator-supplied" is checked with the same parser startup uses (key_source::operator_master_key_supplied): exactly one variable set, the file readable and not writable by others, and a valid 64-hex key. That holds for the file backend too. A SaaS core ignores the setting (UnlockMode::IgnoredOnSaas), because its users approve in chat.
The environment override also holds for configs read raw from the file (SecretsConfig::effective_unattended_unlock).
Why the change stays host-side: TinySecurity does not authenticate the person. It verifies the host's decision ticket (ApprovalPrompt2.VerifyHuman, actor operator). Who may approve on the operator's behalf is host policy, so no tinysecurity contract change is needed.
Grep-friendly logs under [security::unattended_unlock] (approving, approved, refused, setting ignored). No key material or argument values are logged.
Submission Checklist
Tests added or updated. Regression test: unattended_unlock_round_trips_an_encrypted_local_ai_key_without_a_person. Against the unfixed code it timed out waiting on the parked grant; with the fix it passes. Kept behaviour: without_unattended_unlock_the_secret_grant_still_parks_for_a_person (parks; a refusal fails the save closed). Unit tests cover the mode truth table, the env override and registration matching.
Diff coverage ≥ 80%: every new branch has a unit or integration test; the CI Lite diff-cover gate confirms the number.
Coverage matrix: N/A, this only adds a config option.
Feature IDs: N/A
No new external network dependencies
Manual smoke checklist: N/A, desktop behaviour is unchanged
Linked issue closed via Closes #8665
Impact
Headless serve hosts can now opt in to unattended unlock. Desktop and default behaviour are unchanged: the setting defaults to false and is ignored without an operator-supplied file-keyring key.
Security: anyone who can read the operator key file can already decrypt the keyring. That is why the setting only applies when that key is present.
SecretsConfig gains a public field, unattended_unlock, in the embed config facade. Struct literals need the new field or ..Default::default().
CI note
On the current main (54510a1), some lanes fail for every PR, unrelated PRs included (#8662, #8657): checks (process-statics stale sandbox/openshell record, saas-ambient baseline; both fixed by #8664), four rust-cov-core tests (openai_oauth, profiles keychain_error, media reference_policy, tool_catalog fixture), the rust-cov-facades approval/profile suites, and Native policy fixture (expects TinySecurity contract (2, 0) but gets (2, 1)). The new tests in this PR pass in those lanes.
Intended behavior change: with the opt-in setting and an operator key, the host approves its own config-secret unlock.
User-visible effect: headless hosts load encrypted config without timing out.
Parity Contract
Legacy behavior preserved: with the setting off, or without an operator key, the grant still parks for a person.
Guard/fallback/dispatch parity checks: the same gate, forced variant and one-time grant; a deny or expiry still fails closed.
Duplicate / Superseded PR Handling
Duplicate PR(s): none
Canonical PR: this one
Resolution: N/A
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Headless deployments can enable unattended approval for encrypted configuration secrets when using a supported file-based keyring and a valid, operator-supplied master key. The setting is off by default and can be controlled through configuration or OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK.
Security
Unattended approvals are logged without exposing key material. Unsupported setups—including SaaS deployments, missing or unusable keys, and disabled settings—continue to require approval through the supported interactive flow.
Documentation
Added guidance on enabling unattended unlock, its requirements, and its limitations.
Adds an `unattended_unlock` flag to the secrets config, off by default, that lets a headless host answer the one-time unlock approval itself when the operator has supplied the keyring master key to a file or encrypted file backend. The setting is ignored on other backends, where the approval still waits for a person, and it can be overridden via `OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK`.
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Update SecretsConfig construction sites in tests and credential helpers to include the new unattended_unlock field, defaulting it to false so existing behaviour is unchanged.
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The worktree bootstrap checkpointed stale submodule checkouts as a bump;
put every gitlink back on the commits upstream main records.
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Introduce a module that lets the core unlock without user interaction, so unattended sessions can proceed without a manual unlock step.
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Registers the new unattended_unlock module in the security module tree so its tests can be compiled and run alongside the existing security tests.
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Adds a section explaining the new `unattended_unlock` setting that lets a headless `openhuman-core serve` host approve its own configuration-secret unlock instead of waiting for a person who isn't there. The cloud-deploy env table gains the matching `OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK` variable, noting it only applies alongside an operator-supplied master key.
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Add tests proving that with secrets.unattended_unlock enabled a headless serve host seals and reopens local_ai.api_key without a person answering the grant, and that with the setting off the grant still parks for a human and a refusal fails the save closed. Also note the setting in the secret storage README.
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The secret master grant now consults the `[secrets] unattended_unlock` config to decide whether a person or the host answers the approval, so unattended hosts can unlock configuration secrets without a human present. The config is threaded through the resolve helpers to make that decision available at the grant site.
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The unattended unlock poller now checks a parked grant's registration id before approving it, so a grant raised by another profile's configuration is never answered by the wrong registration. Grants whose arguments were redacted are still treated as ours since only one secret scope is live per process, and the two headless-host tests are serialized behind a shared mutex to stop them racing over the process gate.
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…ference
The parked-grant test now only asserts a fail-closed save when its own deny decision was applied, since another native-cipher test in the same binary can answer any parked grant. Added coverage for the OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK env overlay, including that blank or unrecognised values leave the file setting untouched.
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Relocated the unattended unlock env overlay test out of the shared load_env_overlay_tests file into a new secrets_tests module wired up via a cfg(test) path attribute, keeping the secrets overlay tests next to the code they cover.
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Walkthrough
Adds a default-off setting for unattended unlocking of encrypted configuration secrets. When enabled with a valid operator-supplied key and a file-based keyring, the host can approve a matching master grant. Other cases retain interactive approval.
Adds SecretsConfig.unattended_unlock, defaulting to false. The environment overlay reads OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK; recognized boolean values update the setting, while blank or unrecognized values leave it unchanged.
Select and answer the approval mode crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/unattended_unlock.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/unattended_unlock_tests.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/approval/gate_setup.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/approval/gate_forced_tests.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/secret_storage/encrypted_file_backend/key_source.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/secret_storage/encrypted_file_backend/key_source_tests.rs, scripts/ci/process-statics.json
Selects unattended mode only when the setting is enabled, a valid operator key is present, and the backend is File or EncryptedFile. The approval flow matches the pending grant by tool and correlation ID before approving it once.
Pass configuration into master resolution crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/mod.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/secret_cipher.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/secret_storage/encrypted_store.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/credentials/api_key.rs
Passes Config into master-key resolution. The resolver uses the selected mode to answer the grant or retain forced human approval. It logs a warning when unattended unlock is ignored because an operator key is missing.
Adds tests for unattended encrypted-secret round trips and the default interactive approval path. Updates configuration fixtures and documents the setting, environment variable, supported keyring conditions, and approval behavior.
sequenceDiagram
participant SecretCipher
participant UnattendedUnlock
participant ApprovalGate
SecretCipher->>UnattendedUnlock: Select mode from configuration and keyring conditions
UnattendedUnlock->>ApprovalGate: Submit correlated grant request
ApprovalGate-->>UnattendedUnlock: Expose pending grant
UnattendedUnlock->>ApprovalGate: Approve matching tool and correlation ID
ApprovalGate-->>SecretCipher: Return grant outcome
The feature is default-off and approves only its own grant. The remaining risk is possible flakiness in new security tests that share a process-wide approval gate, so owners should watch CI for flakes.
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Issue #8665 requires an unattended encrypted local_ai.api_key round-trip, preserved person approval when disabled, and at least 80% diff coverage. The changed secret-resolution path selects unattended mode only for the enabled setting with a supplied operator key and a file-backed backend. The integration test covers the encrypted local_ai.api_key round-trip. The regression test confirms that the disabled setting still parks the forced grant. The PR reports diff coverage above 80%.
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The changes support issue #8665. The config setting and environment override provide the requested opt-in. Key-source validation enforces the operator-key condition. Correlated approval handling limits the host decision to its own grant. SaaS handling, capability metadata, documentation, call-site updates, and tests support or document this security behavior. No unrelated product change is shown.
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A rabbit checks the keyring at night A matching grant comes into sight The host approves just once, then rests While secrets stay behind their tests The default stays as it was before Soft paws depart beside the door
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Pull request purpose (title): feat(security): opt-in unattended config-secret unlock for headless hosts. This pull request adds an opt-in operator setting `[secrets] unattended_unlock` (and the `OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK` environment override) so a headless `openhuman-core serve` host can answer the one-time "Unlock configuration secrets" approval itself instead of parking the forced `native_secret_grant` until TTL expiry, which previously made config loads touching an encrypted field fail. The setting is off by default and is honoured only when the operator supplied a usable keyring master key to a `file` or `encrypted_file` keyring; elsewhere it is ignored, a warning is logged, and a person still approves. Desktop and default behaviour are unchanged.
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What changed
Master-grant resolution now takes the `Config` and branches on a three-way unlock mode. A new module decides interactive, unattended, or ignored (without operator key, or on SaaS) from the setting, a validity-checked operator-key probe, and the effective keyring backend; in unattended mode it raises the same forced `native_secret_grant` through a new correlated `intercept_forced_correlated` so the park carries a fresh per-call id, then approves only its own park once via `decide(ApproveOnce)`. The request is held in an abort-on-drop handle so a cancelled caller withdraws its park, and deny, expiry, or a failed request still fail closed. The setting is added to `SecretsConfig` as a public default-false field with an env overlay, all struct literals gain the field, a capability catalog entry is registered, the test-only `ASSUME_OPERATOR_KEY` counter is added to the process-statics allowlist, and the keyring gitbook page, cloud-deploy env table and secret-storage README document the behaviour.
Features
Added — Opt-in `secrets.unattended_unlock` config field: New public, default-false setting on the secrets config that a headless host can enable to approve its own config-secret master grant; struct literals need the new field or a default spread. (crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/tools/integrations.rsimpl Default for ComposioConfig {)
Added — `OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK` env override: Environment wins over the file setting; `0`/`off` turns a file-enabled value off, and blank or unparseable values leave the file setting untouched. Also honoured on raw config reads through `effective_unattended_unlock`. (crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load/env_overlay/secrets.rs, crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load/env_overlay.rsimpl Config {)
Added — Three-way unlock mode decision: `unlock_mode`/`mode_for` decide interactive, unattended, ignored-without-operator-key, or ignored-on-SaaS from the setting, whether a usable operator master key was supplied, and the effective keyring backend, so a desktop with an OS keychain or app-minted key never takes the unattended path. (crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/unattended_unlock.rs)
Added — Usable-operator-key validation: `operator_master_key_supplied`/`operator_master_key_valid` treat a key variable that is set but unusable (missing file, malformed value, both set, blank) as not supplied, and wipe the decoded key after checking, so the unattended policy trusts only a usable operator key. (crates/openhuman-core/src/security/secret_storage/encrypted_file_backend/key_source.rspub(super) fn load_or_mint_master_key()
Added — Correlated forced grant and host-side one-time approval: `intercept_forced_correlated` stamps the park with the caller's correlation id, and `answer_master_grant` approves only the park it raised (matching tool plus correlation id), leaving any other pending grant for its own owner; a cancelled caller's park is withdrawn via the abort-on-drop handle. (crates/openhuman-core/src/security/approval/gate_setup.rsimpl ApprovalGate {, crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/unattended_unlock.rs)
Internal refactor — `Config` threaded through master resolution: `resolve_user_master`/`resolve_user_master_with_existing_key` and their cipher-level counterparts accept the `Config` so the mode can be evaluated; `SecretStore` and the device-pairing callers pass the config they already hold. (crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/mod.rspub(crate) async fn resolve_user_master_with_existing_key(, crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/secret_cipher.rsasync fn resolve_user_master_inner(, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/secret_storage/encrypted_store.rsimpl SecretStore {)
Internal refactor — `SecretsConfig` struct literals updated for the new field: Existing call sites and test fixtures set `unattended_unlock: false`, preserving prior behaviour for credential stores, config load tests and embed runtime builders. (crates/openhuman-core/src/security/credentials/api_key.rspub async fn store_api_key(config: &Config, key: &str) -> Result<AuthProfile> {, crates/openhuman-core/src/security/credentials/ops/boot_env_tests.rsfn config_in(tmp: &TempDir) -> Config {, crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load_tests.rsasync fn preflight_config_load_preserves_sealed_secrets_until_security_is_ready(, crates/openhuman-embed/src/runtime/info_tests.rsfn typed_configuration_groups_apply_on_top_of_supplied_config() {, crates/openhuman-embed/tests/runtime_configuration.rsasync fn assert_runtime_configuration() {)
Added — Capability catalog entry `security.unattended_secret_unlock`: Surfaces the new capability, its operator-key preconditions and the SaaS limitation in the about-app capability catalog as Beta. (crates/openhuman-core/src/platform/about_app/catalog_localai_settings_mobile.rsCapability {)
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Tests
unit — The env override sets, clears, and ignores blank or unparseable values without disturbing the file setting, the full overlay applies it, and a raw config read honours it.: The tests lane reports these assert real behaviour; no execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load/env_overlay/secrets_tests.rs)
unit — The mode truth table: setting off stays interactive for every backend and key state, an operator key on a file or encrypted_file keyring goes unattended, host/memory backends or a missing key are ignored, SaaS is ignored, and a default config is interactive.: The tests lane reports these assert real behaviour; no execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/unattended_unlock_tests.rs)
unit — A park with this call's correlation id is ours, while another caller's correlation id, an uncorrelated park (a person's desktop prompt), and another tool are all refused.: The tests lane reports it asserts real behaviour; no execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/modules/security/unattended_unlock_tests.rs)
integration — A correlated forced secret grant parks with its correlation id, is recorded as the forced variant, and returns Allow when decided.: The tests lane reports it asserts real behaviour; no execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/security/approval/gate_forced_tests.rsasync fn forced_secret_grant_from_automation_or_a_channel_still_denies_without_a)
unit — Only exactly one readable, well-formed key counts as supplied; nothing set, an unreadable file, a malformed file, a short inline key, both set, and a blank value all count as not supplied.: The tests lane reports it asserts real behaviour and would fail on regression; no execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/security/secret_storage/encrypted_file_backend/key_source_tests.rsfn denied_host_source_does_not_fall_back_to_workspace_key() {)
integration — A headless host with the setting and an operator key seals and reopens `local_ai.api_key` without anyone answering, with the sealed value not containing the plaintext.: The tests lane reports this genuinely fails if the auto-approval regresses; note it short-circuits when the native module is not staged and takes the `assume_operator_key()` shortcut, so the real operator-key env check and backend kind in `mode_for` are not exercised by this test. No execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load/secrets_tests.rsasync fn a_failed_secret_encryption_reports_the_field_and_the_reason() {)
integration — With the setting off, the same host still parks the grant for a person, and the save completes once someone approves.: Preserves the interactive default; it skips when the module is not staged and approves rather than denies because the process gate is shared with other native-cipher tests. No execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load/secrets_tests.rs)
unit — Existing config and embed test fixtures construct `SecretsConfig` with the new field explicitly false.: Keeps pre-existing behaviour intact across the config and embed test fixtures; no execution result is claimed here. (crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load_tests.rsasync fn preflight_config_load_preserves_sealed_secrets_until_security_is_ready(, crates/openhuman-embed/tests/runtime_configuration.rsasync fn assert_runtime_configuration() {)
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Lane summary: Reviewed 6 files; 0 findings. 1 file was not security-reviewed: docs/gitbooks/en/features/os-keyring-and-secret-storage.md (prose or tabular data). _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `468e8c231f36`), so retrieved context may be out of date._
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Positive: The tests lane answered that the new opt-in path and its pure decision, env overlay, key-source check and correlated park are covered by tests asserting real outcomes, including the negative case where the grant still parks for a person, and found no defect. It notes the code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `468e8c231f36`).
Lane summary: The change adds an opt-in `[secrets] unattended_unlock` path that lets a headless host answer the config-secret master grant itself, gated on an operator-supplied keyring key and a file/encrypted_file backend, with the pure decision, the env overlay, the key-source check and the correlated park all covered by tests that assert real outcomes (including the negative case where the grant still parks for a person). I found no defect that would misbehave for a reachable input, regress existing behaviour, or break a repository rule. _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `468e8c231f36`), so retrieved context may be out of date._
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Lane summary: The description matches the diff: it names the new `[secrets] unattended_unlock` setting and its env override, the operator-key precondition, the correlated forced grant, the SaaS/ignored modes, the capability catalog entry and the docs, and the diff does all of those. I found no description defect to report. _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `468e8c231f36`), so retrieved context may be out of date._
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🟡 Changes recommended
Unattended unlock can bypass human approval without a validated operator key and approve another configuration’s secret request even when unattended unlocking is disabled for that configuration.
This PR adds opt-in unattended config-secret unlocking for headless OpenHuman hosts, addressing #8665. It lets the host answer one-time secret approvals while retaining the existing TinySecurity grant and cipher flow.
Changes:
Adds [secrets] unattended_unlock and its environment override, defaulting to off.
Integrates automatic approval into master-key resolution, conditioned on the setting and operator-key checks.
Adds regression tests and documents headless deployment configuration.
Add a helper that reports whether the operator provided a valid master key through the environment, treating a set-but-unusable variable as absent so policies that trust an operator key never rely on a broken one. The decoded key is wiped after the check, and tests cover the valid, missing, malformed, and conflicting cases.
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The unattended unlock flow now stamps its approval request with a fresh correlation id and only answers the park carrying that id, so a grant raised by another configuration is left for its own owner instead of being answered here. The operator key check also delegates to the backend's key source so a set-but-unusable key no longer counts as an operator key, and the spawned request is aborted on drop so a cancelled caller withdraws its park.
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… tests
Added a test asserting that a forced secret grant raised with a correlation id parks with that id as its tool_call_id and still resolves to Allow, and switched the unattended-unlock test helper to build pending approvals through the constructor. The security-module tests now skip unless the native test module is staged, so a clean checkout no longer tries to download it.
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Wrapped several long assert! and assert_eq! calls across the security test modules so they fit within the formatter's line width. No test logic or coverage changed.
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130-134: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift
Exercise the real operator-key and backend checks.
assume_operator_key() skips both checks in mode_for. This round trip can therefore pass with the default memory backend and no operator key. It does not verify the documented headless deployment path. Add a process-isolated case that supplies the key and selects encrypted_file; keep the current test for the approval loop. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @crates/openhuman-core/src/config/schema/load/secrets_tests.rs around lines 130 - 134:
Add a process-isolated case alongside the round trip using `native_cipher_fixture` and `headless_gate` that supplies the operator key and selects the `encrypted_file` backend, allowing the real `mode_for` checks to run without `assume_operator_key()`. Keep the existing test and its approval-loop coverage unchanged.
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- Around line 129-131: Update the tests using HEADLESS_HOST, explicit_consent,
and assume_operator_key so their process-wide consent override cannot interfere
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- Around line 81-84: Update the unlock_mode decision so unattended approval
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Drops the `secrets.unattended_unlock` setting along with its env overlay, keyring key source, approval-gate bypass, and the tests and docs that covered it, so encrypted config secrets always require a person to approve the unlock grant.
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Headless hosts can now set `secrets.unattended_unlock` so config secrets are sealed and reopened with an operator-supplied keyring key instead of parking an approval grant that nobody answers. The setting defaults off, and with it disabled the unlock grant still waits for a person and fails closed on refusal.
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The shared process gate means a parked grant may belong to another native-cipher test, so the test now approves instead of denying and asserts the save succeeds. Comments and docs were updated to describe the unattended unlock decision as resting on where the key came from rather than on the kind of host.
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Major · Isolate the pending grant for this save. · secrets_tests.rs:203
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Isolate the pending grant for this save.
A concurrent native-cipher fixture can park a grant on the same gate. This test can approve that grant instead and leave its own save waiting. The fixture can also approve this test’s grant before this test observes it, causing a failure or timeout.
Isolate the gate or correlate both responders with their own grants.
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Update the pending-grant lookup for native_secret_grant and its responders so each responder handles only the grant created by this save; alternatively, isolate this test’s gate from the concurrent native-cipher fixture. Ensure neither responder can approve the other grant or leave its own save waiting.
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Unattended unlock is now refused when the core runs as SaaS, since the gate cannot force an approval without an authenticated WebChat route. The setting falls back to interactive approval and logs a warning so operators know it was ignored.
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Clarifies that a SaaS core ignores the unattended unlock setting, since its users approve unlocks in chat rather than relying on a supplied key.
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This test calls unlock_mode directly. In test builds, mode_for returns Unattended before its SaaS check while assume_operator_key() is held. Move the SaaS check ahead of that override and test mode_for in SaaS mode. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update mode_for so its SaaS check runs before the test-build override guarded by assume_operator_key(), and change the test to exercise mode_for in SaaS mode rather than calling unlock_mode directly. Assert the SaaS behavior while preserving the override for non-SaaS cases.
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- Around line 405-406: Update the catalog description to clarify that on SaaS, a
forced grant without a routable WebChat origin is denied before approval; revise
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The opt-in model for unattended config secret unlocking is well structured. Keeping it strictly opt-in ensures existing security postures remain untouched while providing a clean operational path for headless environments.
The unattended unlock setting is now resolved with the environment override applied, so callers holding a configuration read straight from the file still respect OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK. The env var name and parsing logic moved into SecretsConfig so both the overlay and the raw read share one implementation, with tests covering the override cases.
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Documented that a SaaS core refuses an unlock when no chat route is available, since the setting is ignored there and approval must happen in chat.
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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Warn when a raw config read ignores an invalid override.
The normal overlay warns for an invalid boolean, but this path silently retains the file value. If the file enables unattended unlock and an operator mistypes false, unattended approval remains enabled without a warning from this path. Warn for invalid nonblank values without logging the raw value.
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Update the fallback match arm for the raw boolean config override to warn when a nonblank override is invalid, while continuing to retain the file value. Do not include the raw override value in the warning, and preserve the existing behavior for blank overrides.
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Isolate the mode test from the process environment.
a_default_config_is_interactive now fails when the documented environment variable is 1: mode_for selects Unattended for its default config. It also fails with 0 when the test enables the config field. Inject the environment value into this test or run it in an isolated process.
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Isolate a_default_config_is_interactive from the process environment so mode_for is tested deterministically. Explicitly provide the documented environment setting for the test or run it in an isolated process, avoiding process-wide environment mutation that could race with other tests.
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[secrets] unattended_unlock = true, orOPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK=1in the environment. It lets a headlessopenhuman-core servehost unlock encrypted config fields (for examplelocal_ai.api_key) with nobody answering the "Unlock configuration secrets" approval.OPENHUMAN_KEYRING_MASTER_KEYorOPENHUMAN_KEYRING_MASTER_KEY_FILE) to afileorencrypted_filekeyring. Without that key it is ignored, a warning is logged, and a person still approves. The default and the desktop work exactly as before.Problem
secret_cipher::resolve_user_master_innercallsApprovalGate::intercept_forced("native_secret_grant", ...)on every config load or save that touches an encrypted field. A forced approval always waits for a person. A serve host has no chat surface, so the grant parks unrouted (forced secret grant without a chat route — parking unrouted) until the TTL runs out. The load then fails with "the approval to unlock configuration secrets was not answered in time", which callers see as "Config loading timed out". Approving over RPC (approval_decide,approve_once) unlocks a single load, and forced approvals cannot be approved permanently. Seen in production on main f329a14, on a serve host runningOPENHUMAN_KEYRING_BACKEND=filewith an operator key file.Solution
modules/security/unattended_unlock.rs.unlock_modeis a pure function that picks one of three modes from the setting, whether the operator supplied the key, and the backend:Interactive,UnattendedorIgnoredWithoutOperatorKey.answer_master_grantraises the same forcednative_secret_grantthrough the same gate. It runs outside whatever turn triggered the load (originUnknown), so a channel or cron turn is not refused before the grant exists. When the grant parks, the host approves it once withgate.decide(ApproveOnce). TinySecurity's grant, its audit row and the cipher path stay the same. Only the person answering is replaced, by the operator's standing approval.resolve_user_master/resolve_user_master_with_existing_keynow take theConfig, whichSecretStoreand the device-pairing callers already have, and branch on the mode.ApprovalGate::intercept_forced_correlatedstamps that park'stool_call_idwith a fresh per-call id, and the poller matches on it, so any other pending grant waits for its own person. The spawned request is held in anAbortOnDropHandle: a cancelled load withdraws its park.key_source::operator_master_key_supplied): exactly one variable set, the file readable and not writable by others, and a valid 64-hex key. That holds for thefilebackend too. A SaaS core ignores the setting (UnlockMode::IgnoredOnSaas), because its users approve in chat.SecretsConfig::effective_unattended_unlock).security.unattended_secret_unlock.ApprovalPrompt2.VerifyHuman, actoroperator). Who may approve on the operator's behalf is host policy, so notinysecuritycontract change is needed.[security::unattended_unlock](approving, approved, refused, setting ignored). No key material or argument values are logged.Submission Checklist
unattended_unlock_round_trips_an_encrypted_local_ai_key_without_a_person. Against the unfixed code it timed out waiting on the parked grant; with the fix it passes. Kept behaviour:without_unattended_unlock_the_secret_grant_still_parks_for_a_person(parks; a refusal fails the save closed). Unit tests cover the mode truth table, the env override and registration matching.Closes #8665Impact
SecretsConfiggains a public field,unattended_unlock, in the embed config facade. Struct literals need the new field or..Default::default().CI note
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main(54510a1), some lanes fail for every PR, unrelated PRs included (#8662, #8657):checks(process-staticsstalesandbox/openshellrecord,saas-ambientbaseline; both fixed by #8664), fourrust-cov-coretests (openai_oauth,profiles keychain_error,media reference_policy,tool_catalogfixture), therust-cov-facadesapproval/profile suites, andNative policy fixture(expects TinySecurity contract(2, 0)but gets(2, 1)). The new tests in this PR pass in those lanes.Related
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OPENHUMAN_SECRETS_UNATTENDED_UNLOCK.