✅ [Complete] Beads Issue Tracking - Validation & Security Hardening

[0xtsotsi]

Summary

Implemented comprehensive validation, authentication, and rate limiting for the Beads issue tracking API.

Changes Made

Validation Layer

• Created apps/server/src/lib/beads-validation.ts (191 lines)
• Created apps/server/src/lib/json-parser.ts (49 lines)
• Created apps/server/src/lib/validation-middleware.ts (185 lines)

Validations Implemented:

• Title: required, 3-100 characters
• Description: optional, max 5000 characters
• Status: must be valid Beads status
• Priority: must be valid Beads priority
• Column: must be valid Beads column

Authentication & Authorization

• Enhanced apps/server/src/lib/auth.ts (24 line diff)
• Added user verification before issue operations
• Added project ownership validation

Rate Limiting

• Created apps/server/src/lib/rate-limiter.ts (91 lines)
• Configurable limits per route (default: 100 req / 15 min)
• Redis-backed storage for distributed rate limiting

Route Updates

• apps/server/src/routes/beads/routes/create.ts - Added validation
• apps/server/src/routes/beads/routes/list.ts - Added auth & validation
• apps/server/src/routes/beads/routes/update.ts - Added auth & validation
• apps/server/src/routes/beads/routes/delete.ts - Added auth
• Added apps/server/src/routes/beads/routes/validate.ts endpoint

Service Layer

• Enhanced apps/server/src/services/beads-service.ts (192 line diff)
• Added apps/server/src/routes/beads/common.ts utilities

Tests

• apps/server/tests/unit/lib/beads-validation.test.ts (340 lines)
• apps/server/tests/unit/lib/json-parser.test.ts (103 lines)
• apps/server/tests/unit/services/beads-service.test.ts (50 lines)

Documentation

• Created BEADS_AUDIT_REPORT.md (529 lines)

Type Safety

• Updated libs/types/src/beads.ts (16 line diff)
• Fixed TypeScript errors in Beads components

UI Enhancements

• Updated apps/ui/src/components/views/beads-view/beads-kanban-board.tsx
• Added apps/ui/src/components/views/beads-view/components/beads-badges.tsx
• Updated dialogs with validation feedback
• Fixed drag-and-drop state management

Security Improvements

1. Input Validation: All Beads API inputs validated before processing
2. Auth Checks: User must be authenticated for all write operations
3. Rate Limiting: API endpoints protected from abuse
4. JSON Parsing: Safe request body parsing with error handling

Files Changed: 46

+2,304 insertions, -308 deletions

Verification Status

• Unit tests added and passing
• TypeScript compilation clean
• Manual API testing completed
• Integration tests (future work)
• Load testing for rate limits (future work)

Related

• PR: rebrand: Automaker → DevFlow.brnd with Beads validation fixes (Vibe Kanban) #13

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Related Issues

• ✅ [Complete] DevFlow.brnd Rebrand Implementation #14

🔗 Related PRs

#1 - feat: Add Dual Claude Authentication (API Key + CLI Subscription) [merged]
#5 - feat(Beads): implement full Kanban board UI for issue tracking [merged]
#11 - fix(beads): Fix TypeScript type errors and improve type safety [merged]

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[0xtsotsi]

Closed as completed - Beads validation and security hardening successfully implemented in PR #13 which has been merged to main.