feat(vertex): accept pasted GCP credential JSON in the API-key slot (#6842)

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Closes #6842.

Summary

Let the provider's API-key slot accept a GCP credential JSON (Service Account or authorized_user) directly, stored keychain-backed so only a marker reaches config.json. Credential setup becomes self-contained in the provider config — no environment variables — and the existing multi-key 429 failover works across mixed key types unchanged.

Changes

• src/lib/gcp-adc.ts — new credential source 0: an active gcp-sa:<account> marker resolves the JSON from the OS credential store (same service name and injectable entry factory as keychain: references) and runs the existing RS256 JWT / refresh-token exchange. Everything downstream — per-source token cache, refresh skew, in-flight dedup — is untouched. parseGcpCredentialJson is deliberately strict (only service_account / authorized_user type fields count), so a literal API key that happens to start with { is never eaten.
• src/providers/api-keys.ts — addProviderApiKey detects a pasted credential JSON and diverts it: the secret is stored in the OS keychain with a read-back check, and only the gcp-sa: marker is persisted. Single, pretty-printed (multi-line), and comma-separated JSONs are accepted — the same convention as newline-separated API keys, ready for future pool rotation. File paths are rejected with specific guidance ("paste the full JSON body, not a file path" — the most common paste mistake); unrecognized types are rejected before anything is stored.
• src/router.ts — usableResolvedApiKey registers the active gcp-sa: marker with the ADC resolver, so a marker in any pool entry (active or rotated-to) becomes the source. The registration is a no-op for every other value.
• src/adapters/google.ts — vertex's x-goog-api-key fast path skips gcp-sa: markers: they are not API-key material, so they must reach the ADC branch (project/location + Bearer) instead.

Design notes

• resolveProviderApiKey stays synchronous — a marker string keeps the single sync read gate intact, no signature changes anywhere.
• Key-type mixing is natural: each apiKeyPool entry can independently hold a raw key, an ${ENV} ref, a keychain: ref, or a gcp-sa: marker. The existing 429 failover (key-failover.ts) already rotates pool entries with per-key cooldown — SA credentials get rotation for free, no failover changes.
• Secrets never enter config.json or its backups; the privacy scan passes.

Tests

• tests/providers/gcp-sa-marker.test.ts (18 tests): marker parsing (strict type detection), paste splitting (pretty-printed / comma-separated / file-path rejection / truncated JSON), addProviderApiKey diversion + keychain storage + config-marker-only persistence, upsert idempotency, fail-closed on keychain-unavailable, ADC resolution through the marker (real RSA key + real JWT exchange), unreadable-marker failure surface, and marker-clearing restoring the normal source priority.
• tests/adapters/google/gcp-sa-adapter.test.ts: the marker never takes the x-goog-api-key fast path — it reaches the ADC branch.
• Existing suites pass: gcp-adc.test.ts (17), key-failover.test.ts, provider-key-store.test.ts, provider-api-keys.test.ts (pre-existing flaky failures in that file reproduce on clean main without these changes), typecheck, privacy scan, structure-ssot, and the file-size ratchet.

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Walkthrough

The provider API-key input now accepts supported GCP credential JSON and stores it in the OS credential store. The provider pool stores a gcp-sa: marker. Vertex ADC resolution uses that marker before other ADC sources.

Changes

GCP credential flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Credential paste and storage src/lib/gcp-adc.ts, src/providers/api-keys.ts, tests/providers/gcp-sa-marker.test.ts	The input parser accepts supported service-account and authorized-user JSON, rejects invalid credentials and file paths, and stores one credential object in the OS credential store. The provider pool stores and activates its marker. Tests cover parsing, storage, duplicate entries, and keychain failures.
Marker registration and ADC resolution src/lib/gcp-adc.ts, src/router.ts, src/adapters/google.ts, tests/adapters/google/gcp-sa-adapter.test.ts, tests/providers/gcp-sa-marker.test.ts	The router registers the active marker. The Vertex adapter excludes it from API-key handling. ADC checks marker credentials before file, user, and metadata sources, and errors if marker credentials cannot be loaded. Tests cover marker resolution and failure behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ApiKeyInput
  participant addProviderApiKey
  participant OSKeychain
  participant ProviderPool
  participant usableResolvedApiKey
  participant VertexAdapter
  participant gcp-adc
  ApiKeyInput->>addProviderApiKey: submit credential JSON
  addProviderApiKey->>OSKeychain: store and verify credential
  addProviderApiKey->>ProviderPool: save and select gcp-sa marker
  usableResolvedApiKey->>gcp-adc: register marker
  usableResolvedApiKey->>VertexAdapter: resolve provider key
  VertexAdapter->>gcp-adc: load ADC credentials
  gcp-adc->>OSKeychain: read marker credential

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2dae4

Pasted GCP credentials work, but concurrent requests can make a Vertex call authenticate with the wrong service account or fall back to the machine's default credentials. Removing a key or a failed save can also leave its private key in the OS keychain. Fix the global marker state before merging.

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Linked Issues check		Directly linked issue #6821 is closed and completed. It supplies historical context only. No active linked issue provides coding requirements for this pull request. The reported changes in `src/lib/gc…
Out of Scope Changes check		The reviewed changes stay within the historical scope of #6821. They add keychain-backed gcp-sa: markers, strict credential parsing, ADC resolution, Vertex fast-path exclusion, and tests for storage…
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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: accepting pasted GCP credential JSON in the Vertex provider API-key slot. This matches the credential parsing, keychain storage, marker persi…

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/lib/gcp-adc.ts:
- Around line 228-243: Remove the process-global active marker from gcp-adc.ts
(lines 228-243); accept the marker as an option to getVertexAccessToken and pass
it through to currentAdcSourceKey and loadAdcCredentials. In src/router.ts (line
306), stop calling setActiveGcpCredentialMarker and carry the marker on the
routed provider config so the Vertex adapter branch passes it explicitly.

Review comments at @src/providers/api-keys.ts:
- Around line 84-96: Update storeGcpCredentialJson and its addProviderApiKey
caller to track whether the keychain entry was newly created, and delete only
newly created entries if commitProviderApiKeySelection fails. In
removeProviderApiKey, capture the account from
gcpCredentialMarkerAccount(entry.key) and delete it only after a successful
removal.

Review comments at @tests/adapters/google/gcp-sa-adapter.test.ts:
- Around line 45-48: Narrow the rejection assertion in the ADC test to match a
signing-specific error, such as a PEM, importKey, or pkcs8 error, so unrelated
failures do not satisfy it. Keep the check focused on buildRequest in the
createGoogleAdapter flow.

Review comments at @tests/providers/gcp-sa-marker.test.ts:
- Around line 244-250: Isolate the “clearing the marker restores the normal
source priority” test from host ADC state: point CLOUDSDK_CONFIG at an empty
temporary directory, unset GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, and stub
globalThis.fetch to return 404 so getVertexAccessToken cannot use real
credentials or make a network call. Restore the original environment values and
fetch stub in afterEach.

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Clean up GCP credential entries when selection fails or a key is removed.

addProviderApiKey stores the credential before commitProviderApiKeySelection. A non-committed result returns an error but leaves a newly created keychain entry without a configuration reference. Track whether the entry existed before writing, and delete it on a failed commit only when it was newly created.

removeProviderApiKey removes gcp-sa: markers from configuration but does not delete their keychain accounts. After a successful removal, delete the account returned by gcpCredentialMarkerAccount(entry.key).

🐛 Suggested fix

+type StoredGcpCredential = {
+  marker: string;
+  account: string;
+  created: boolean;
+};
+
-function storeGcpCredentialJson(config: OcxConfig, name: string, credentialJson: string): string {
+function storeGcpCredentialJson(config: OcxConfig, name: string, credentialJson: string): StoredGcpCredential {
   const probe = probeProviderKeychain();
   if (!probe.available) throw new Error(`OS keychain unavailable: ${probe.reason}`);
   const id = apiKeyPoolEntryId(credentialJson);
   const account = `${name}/${id}`;
   const entry = providerKeychainEntry(account);
+  const created = entry.getPassword() == null;
   entry.setPassword(credentialJson);
   if (entry.getPassword() !== credentialJson) {
     try { entry.deletePassword(); } catch { /* best effort */ }
     throw new Error(`keychain read-back mismatch for ${account}`);
   }
-  return `${GCP_CREDENTIAL_MARKER_PREFIX}${account}`;
+  return { marker: `${GCP_CREDENTIAL_MARKER_PREFIX}${account}`, account, created };
 }

-      let marker: string;
+      let stored: StoredGcpCredential;
       try {
-        marker = storeGcpCredentialJson(config, name, credentialJson);
+        stored = storeGcpCredentialJson(config, name, credentialJson);
       } catch (error) {
         return { error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "credential storage failed" };
       }
@@
         const pool = ensurePool(fresh);
         const existing = pool.find(e => e.id === id);
         if (existing) {
-          existing.key = marker;
+          existing.key = stored.marker;
           if (label?.trim()) existing.label = label.trim();
         } else {
-          pool.push({ id, key: marker, ...(label?.trim() ? { label: label.trim() } : {}), addedAt: Date.now() });
+          pool.push({ id, key: stored.marker, ...(label?.trim() ? { label: label.trim() } : {}), addedAt: Date.now() });
         }
-        fresh.apiKey = marker;
+        fresh.apiKey = stored.marker;
         return { changed: true, selectionChanged: true, value: id };
       });
       if (committed.status === "committed") {
         invalidateResolvedProviderKeyCache();
         return { id };
       }
+      if (stored.created) {
+        try { providerKeychainEntry(stored.account).deletePassword(); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+      }
       return { error: "provider selection unavailable" };

 export function removeProviderApiKey(config: OcxConfig, name: string, id: string): boolean {
+  let removedMarkerAccount: string | undefined;
   const committed = commitProviderApiKeySelection(config, name, provider => {
@@
     const entry = pool.find(e => e.id === id);
     if (!entry) return { changed: false, value: false };
+    removedMarkerAccount = gcpCredentialMarkerAccount(entry.key);
     provider.apiKeyPool = pool.filter(e => e.id !== id);
@@
   });
+  if (committed.status === "committed" && committed.value && removedMarkerAccount) {
+    try { providerKeychainEntry(removedMarkerAccount).deletePassword(); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+  }
   return committed.status === "committed" && committed.value;
 }

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Review comment at @src/providers/api-keys.ts around lines 84 - 96:
Update storeGcpCredentialJson and its addProviderApiKey caller to track whether
the keychain entry was newly created, and delete only newly created entries if
commitProviderApiKeySelection fails. In removeProviderApiKey, capture the
account from gcpCredentialMarkerAccount(entry.key) and delete it only after a
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The assertion is too broad to prove that the request took the ADC route.

rejects.toThrow() passes for any error, for example a URL or validation error unrelated to ADC. Assert on a signing error, such as /PEM|importKey|pkcs8/i. Alternatively, stub fetch and assert that no request carries an x-goog-api-key header.

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Review comment at @tests/adapters/google/gcp-sa-adapter.test.ts around lines 45
- 48:
Narrow the rejection assertion in the ADC test to match a signing-specific
error, such as a PEM, importKey, or pkcs8 error, so unrelated failures do not
satisfy it. Keep the check focused on buildRequest in the createGoogleAdapter
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This test depends on the host's ADC state and can make a real network call.

After the marker is cleared, loadAdcCredentials reads GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS and ~/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json. If neither exists, it calls the real globalThis.fetch against metadata.google.internal, which can take up to 2 s.

On a developer machine that has run gcloud auth application-default login, the test sends a real OAuth exchange. It then fails or passes depending on that environment.

Fix:

• Point CLOUDSDK_CONFIG at an empty temp dir.
• Unset GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS.
• Stub globalThis.fetch to return 404.
• Restore all three values in afterEach.

The Betterleaks hint for Lines 23-29 flags a dummy PEM. It is not a real secret.

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Isolate the “clearing the marker restores the normal source priority” test from
host ADC state: point CLOUDSDK_CONFIG at an empty temporary directory, unset
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, and stub globalThis.fetch to return 404 so
getVertexAccessToken cannot use real credentials or make a network call. Restore
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