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Lukas 8138857ee1 feat: Implement session secret rotation support
Adds support for gradual session secret rotation without forcing logout:

- Add BANGUI_SESSION_SECRET_PREVIOUS config field for rotation window
- Implement unwrap_session_token_with_rotation() to accept tokens signed with
  either current or previous secret
- Update validate_session() to transparently accept old tokens during rotation
- Update logout() to accept tokens from both secrets
- Add comprehensive logging for rotation events and metrics
- Add 8 new tests covering all rotation scenarios
- Update documentation with step-by-step rotation strategy
- Update .env.example with previous secret field

Key features:
- No forced logout: old tokens continue working during rotation window
- Transparent validation: old tokens are automatically logged for monitoring
- Production-safe: can rotate secrets without service interruption
- Metrics-ready: logs track token rotation for observability

Rotation workflow:
1. Generate new secret and set BANGUI_SESSION_SECRET
2. Set BANGUI_SESSION_SECRET_PREVIOUS to old secret
3. Wait for old tokens to expire (≥ session_duration_minutes)
4. Unset BANGUI_SESSION_SECRET_PREVIOUS to complete rotation

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-01 18:01:11 +02:00

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## [MEDIUM] Session secret rotation not implemented
**Where found**
- `backend/app/config.py` — single `session_secret` with no rotation support
**Why this is needed**
If secret leaks, all sessions compromised. No way to invalidate old sessions.
**Goal**
Support gradual secret rotation without forcing logout.
**What to do**
1. Store multiple secrets: current and previous
2. Accept tokens signed with either key
3. Re-sign tokens with current secret on validation
**Possible traps and issues**
- Rotation strategy must be documented
- Metrics needed to track secret usage
**Docs changes needed**
- Update `Docs/Backend-Development.md` § Session Management
**Doc references**
- `Docs/Backend-Development.md`
---
## [MEDIUM] No CORS configuration
**Where found**
- `backend/app/main.py` — no CORS middleware added
**Why this is needed**
If frontend on different origin, cross-origin requests blocked without CORS configuration.
**Goal**
Add CORS middleware with proper origin whitelisting.
**What to do**
1. Add CORS middleware with specific origin whitelist
2. Make configurable via environment variable
3. Default to localhost for development
**Possible traps and issues**
- `allow_origins=["*"]` defeats CORS security
- Credentials require specific origins, not wildcard
- Missing config silently fails in browser
**Docs changes needed**
- Update `Docs/Deployment.md` § CORS Configuration
**Doc references**
- `Docs/Deployment.md`
---
## [MEDIUM] Input validation missing for regex patterns (ReDoS)
**Where found**
- `backend/app/routers/config.py` — regex validation accepts arbitrary patterns without timeout
**Why this is needed**
Malicious regex causes catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). Attacker sends pattern → compilation hangs → DoS.
**Goal**
Add timeout and complexity limits to regex validation.
**What to do**
1. Add timeout to regex compilation (2 seconds recommended)
2. Add length limit (reject patterns > 1000 characters)
3. Use `signal.alarm()` (Unix) or timeout library
**Possible traps and issues**
- `signal.alarm()` Unix-only
- Some valid complex regexes may timeout
- Frontend should also validate (defense in depth)
**Docs changes needed**
- Update API docs to document regex validation limits
**Doc references**
- `backend/app/routers/config.py`
---
## [MEDIUM] No structured logging to external system
**Where found**
- Logs only go to stdout/file, no external aggregation
**Why this is needed**
Can't search across instances, historical logs lost on instance recycle.
**Goal**
Ship logs to centralized logging platform.
**What to do**
1. **Short-term:** Ensure `structlog` JSON output is valid (already done)
2. **Long-term:** Ship to logging platform (ELK, Datadog, Papertrail)
**Possible traps and issues**
- External logging adds latency
- Sensitive data must not be logged
- Log volume can be massive
**Docs changes needed**
- Add `Docs/Observability.md` section on logging
**Doc references**
- `Docs/Observability.md` (new)
---
## [MEDIUM] No Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
**Where found**
- Backend: no metrics collection, latency tracking
- Frontend: no error tracking, performance metrics
- No observability into request performance
**Why this is needed**
Without metrics, blind in production: API slow? Unknown. Which endpoints fail most? Unknown.
**Goal**
Add comprehensive metrics collection and monitoring.
**What to do**
1. **Backend metrics:**
- Add Prometheus metrics: request count, latency, active requests
- Expose `/metrics` endpoint
2. **Frontend metrics:**
- Page load time, FCP, LCP using `web-vitals`
- API error rates and latencies
3. **Aggregation:**
- Prometheus + Grafana, or Datadog/NewRelic
**Possible traps and issues**
- Metrics collection has performance cost
- Cardinality explosion with tags
- PII in metrics
**Docs changes needed**
- Add `Docs/Observability.md`
**Doc references**
- `Docs/Observability.md` (new)
---
## [LOW] Frontend charts not memoized
**Where found**
- `frontend/src/components/TopCountriesPieChart.tsx`
- `frontend/src/components/TopCountriesBarChart.tsx`
**Why this is needed**
Charts re-render on every parent update, Recharts reprocesses 5000+ points.
**Goal**
Memoize chart components.
**What to do**
1. Wrap with `React.memo` with custom comparison
2. Ensure data objects are stable
**Possible traps and issues**
- Shallow comparison might not be enough
- Memoization has memory cost
**Docs changes needed**
- No documentation changes
**Doc references**
- `frontend/src/components/TopCountriesChart.tsx`
---
## [LOW] No request deduplication on frontend
**Where found**
- `frontend/src/hooks/useFetchData.ts` — each call launches new request
- User clicks "Refresh" twice → two identical requests
**Why this is needed**
Duplicates waste bandwidth, cause race conditions (response 2 arrives first, then response 1 overwrites with stale data).
**Goal**
Deduplicate identical in-flight requests.
**What to do**
1. Implement request cache
2. Clear cache entry when response received
3. Use in `useFetchData`
**Possible traps and issues**
- Cache must be cleared on data mutation
- Stale data in cache possible if not careful
**Docs changes needed**
- No documentation changes
**Doc references**
- `frontend/src/hooks/useFetchData.ts`