feat(audit): add a header for auditlog files to know which key was used to seal them - #46
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAudit files now contain self-describing headers with format and key metadata. File rotation preserves headers. Replay selects decoding from headers, validates fingerprints, and supports legacy headerless files. ChangesAudit file header flow
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds audit-file headers and legacy replay support, but file-creation collisions can still append duplicate headers or remove an existing audit segment, potentially corrupting audit-log continuity; this handling should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AuditEngine
participant AuditFile
participant ReplayReadFile
participant CryptoEngine
AuditEngine->>CryptoEngine: obtain key mode and fingerprint
AuditEngine->>AuditFile: create file with header metadata
AuditFile->>AuditFile: write audit header
ReplayReadFile->>AuditFile: read file payload
ReplayReadFile->>ReplayReadFile: parse header
ReplayReadFile->>CryptoEngine: validate matching fingerprint
ReplayReadFile->>ReplayReadFile: decode plaintext or encrypted records
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In `@internal/audit/file_test.go`:
- Line 429: Update the header tests containing deferred f.Close calls to check
close errors, preferably by registering t.Cleanup callbacks that report failures
through the test handle; apply this consistently at all referenced cleanup
sites.
In `@internal/audit/file.go`:
- Around line 117-120: Update the writeHeader error path in the surrounding
audit-file creation function to preserve the original header-write error while
checking and reporting failures from osFile.Close and os.Remove(path). Ensure
cleanup errors are surfaced without masking the header error, and retain removal
of the partial audit segment.
- Around line 111-120: The open function must create each audit segment
exclusively to prevent concurrent writers from sharing a file. Replace the
non-exclusive creation flow with exclusive creation, and when it returns
fs.ErrExist, regenerate the filename and retry; write the header only after
exclusive creation succeeds, while preserving cleanup for header-write failures
without removing another writer’s segment.
In `@internal/audit/replay_test.go`:
- Around line 363-368: Extend the replayAuthLog test to create a second enabled
engine using a different 32-byte key, then replay the file written with ce
through that engine and assert zero entries, exercising the KeyFingerprint
mismatch branch. Keep the existing nil-engine assertion as a separate case and
preserve the current fail-closed expectations.
In `@internal/audit/replay.go`:
- Around line 155-168: The readFile header-handling path must distinguish a
genuinely absent magic prefix from truncated or unsupported TSDA headers. Update
parseHeader and its callers so only absent magic triggers legacy
plaintext/encrypted inference; recognized but invalid or unknown-version headers
must be rejected and skipped without fallback decoding. Preserve normal decoding
for valid headers.
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internal/audit/file_test.go (1)
437-437: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUse production-valid key-mode fixtures.
KeyModeSimplerepresents plaintext during replay. An enabledcrypto.EnginemakesnewFilewrite encrypted records. At lines 437 and 566, useKeyModeEnvelopewithce, or use a disabled engine with a zero fingerprint for a plaintext fixture.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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internal/audit/file_test.go (1)
538-554: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAssert the rotated header version.
This test checks the rotated file’s magic, key mode, and fingerprint, but it does not check
raw[4]. Add the sameauditFileVersionassertion used byTestAuditFileHeaderLayoutso a rotation-specific version regression cannot pass.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@internal/audit/file_test.go`:
- Line 437: Update the newFile fixtures at the referenced test cases to use a
production-valid key-mode and engine combination: pair the enabled crypto.Engine
ce with KeyModeEnvelope, or disable the engine and use a zero fingerprint when
testing plaintext. Apply the same correction to both affected fixture setups.
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In `@internal/audit/file_test.go`:
- Around line 538-554: The rotated-file assertions should also validate the
header version at raw[4]. In the rotated file checks near
TestAuditFileHeaderLayout, add the same auditFileVersion assertion while
preserving the existing magic, key mode, and fingerprint validations.
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Description
Add a 22-byte header to audit log file to identifiy how it was sealed.
Component: Crypto / Audit
Type of Change:
Related Issue
Closes #40
Technical Deep Dive & Context
Header layout (22 bytes, matching the envelope format):
magic—TSDAso any random file is rejected before length-prefixed records are misreadversion— format version (currently 1)keyMode—KeyModeSimple(0) = plaintext,KeyModeEnvelope(1) = sealed recordsfingerprint—SHA-256(key)[:16]of the sealing key, reusingcrypto.FingerprintBytesReader behavior (
readFile):keyModeis the authority.KeyModeEnvelopevalidates the engine's fingerprint before attempting decryption (fail-closed on mismatch).KeyModeSimplereads as plaintext regardless of the engine.LevelDebuglog flags each legacy file.Crypto changes:
Enginestores only a 16-bytekeyFingerprint(not the raw key) computed at construction time via the exportedcrypto.FingerprintBytes. TheKeyFingerprint()method exposes it for audit file header validation.No migration required. Existing headerless files are read identically to before the header feature.
How Has This Been Tested?
New tests added:
TestAuditFileHeaderLayout— raw bytes match[TSDA][1][mode][fp]TestAuditFileHeaderMagicRejection— non-magic files treated as legacyTestAuditFileHeaderKeyMode— plaintext=0, sealed=1TestAuditFileHeaderOnRotation— rotated file also starts with the headerTestAuditFileHeaderFingerprintMatchesKey— fingerprint matches sealing keyTestLegacyHeaderlessFileStillReplays— headerless plaintext files decode correctlyUpdated existing tests:
TestReplayAuthLogFormatMismatch— reflects new header-is-authority semanticsTestReplayAuthLogUndecryptableRecord— byte flip offset adjusted past headerChecklist
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