feat(inbox): add persisted trust verification slice - #612
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Inbox adds persisted peer trust states, verification events, replay protection, inbound trust assessment, peer trust APIs, and browser components for trust status and verification history. ChangesInbox trust verification
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Trust decisions and their display can become inaccurate, while invalid configuration can weaken replay and freshness protection. These issues should be resolved before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant WebhookHandler
participant assessInboundTrust
participant SQLiteTrustStore
WebhookHandler->>SQLiteTrustStore: persist inbound event
WebhookHandler->>assessInboundTrust: assess agent payload
assessInboundTrust->>SQLiteTrustStore: read trust and claim message ID
assessInboundTrust->>SQLiteTrustStore: record event and update trust
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In `@inbox/server/index.ts`:
- Line 286: Update the call to assessInboundTrust to pass an explicit canonical
signature verification result based on the WEBHOOK_TOKEN verification outcome:
use failed for a verification failure, unavailable when verification cannot be
performed, and preserve successful verification as passed. Ensure invalid is
persisted only for failed verification, while unavailable produces unknown.
In `@inbox/server/trust.ts`:
- Around line 3-4: Validate the parsed values for MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS and
REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS during startup, rejecting non-finite and non-positive
configuration values before they reach assessInboundTrust or claimMessageId.
Preserve the existing environment defaults and fail initialization with a clear
configuration error when validation fails.
In `@inbox/src/components/DetailRail.tsx`:
- Around line 149-153: Update the useEffect keyed by event?.agentId to
immediately reset trust and history when no agent is selected or before fetching
a new agent’s data, and cancel or ignore prior fetch results during cleanup so
stale requests cannot update the current peer’s state.
- Line 164: Update the trust status display in the DetailRail component to
choose the message based on the trust state, rather than using “No verified
signed interaction yet.” for every missing lastVerifiedAt case. Preserve the
last-verified timestamp when available, and provide distinct unavailable,
blocked, and invalid messages for pending/failure, blocked, and invalid states
while retaining the unknown message only for the unknown state.
- Line 199: Update the result indicator rendering in DetailRail’s history.map
display so VerificationEvent.result handles accepted, rejected, and observed
distinctly; render observed neutrally instead of mapping it to the rejection
mark, while preserving the existing accepted and rejected behavior.
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| const id = String(payload.event_id ?? crypto.randomUUID()); | ||
| const receivedAt = new Date().toISOString(); | ||
| const firstContact = recordEvent(id, agentId, receivedAt, payload); | ||
| assessInboundTrust(agentId, payload, new Date(receivedAt)); |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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printf '\n--- trust implementation ---\n'
sed -n '1,75p' inbox/server/trust.ts
printf '\n--- webhook route references ---\n'
rg -n -C 3 'assessInboundTrust|signature_present|webhook|WEBHOOK|webhookToken' inbox/server/index.ts inbox/server/trust.tsRepository: GetBindu/Bindu
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Other (CWE-345)
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Pass an explicit canonical verification result.
When WEBHOOK_TOKEN is unset, a caller can submit signature_present: true. Because line 286 omits signatureVerified, assessInboundTrust records invalid without a canonical verification failure. Persist invalid only after verification returns failed; treat unavailable as unknown.
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In `@inbox/server/index.ts` at line 286, Update the call to assessInboundTrust to
pass an explicit canonical signature verification result based on the
WEBHOOK_TOKEN verification outcome: use failed for a verification failure,
unavailable when verification cannot be performed, and preserve successful
verification as passed. Ensure invalid is persisted only for failed
verification, while unavailable produces unknown.
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| const MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS = Number(process.env.BINDU_SIGNATURE_MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS ?? "300"); | ||
| const REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS = Number(process.env.BINDU_REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS ?? "86400"); |
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rg -n -C 3 'BINDU_SIGNATURE_MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS|BINDU_REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS|process\.env|dotenv|startup|listen\(' inbox/server inbox/package.json package.json 2>/dev/null | head -240Repository: GetBindu/Bindu
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Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult
Reject invalid trust-window configuration at startup.
Number(...) accepts NaN, Infinity, zero, and negative values without validation. A non-finite clock-skew value disables freshness checks. A non-positive retention value can delete existing replay claims before insertion. Reject these values before they reach assessInboundTrust and claimMessageId.
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In `@inbox/server/trust.ts` around lines 3 - 4, Validate the parsed values for
MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS and REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS during startup, rejecting
non-finite and non-positive configuration values before they reach
assessInboundTrust or claimMessageId. Preserve the existing environment defaults
and fail initialization with a clear configuration error when validation fails.
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| useEffect(() => { | ||
| if (!event?.agentId) return; | ||
| fetch(`/api/peers/${encodeURIComponent(event.agentId)}/trust`).then((r) => r.ok ? r.json() : null).then(setTrust).catch(() => setTrust(null)); | ||
| fetch(`/api/peers/${encodeURIComponent(event.agentId)}/verification-history`).then((r) => r.ok ? r.json() : []).then(setHistory).catch(() => setHistory([])); | ||
| }, [event?.agentId]); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Reset and cancel trust requests when the selected agent changes.
When event?.agentId becomes empty, this effect leaves the previous trust and history values in state. When the agent changes, requests for the previous agent can also resolve after the new requests. The UI can show one peer’s trust data for another peer. Reset both states at the start of the effect and ignore or abort stale requests during cleanup.
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minimal, and validate.
In `@inbox/src/components/DetailRail.tsx` around lines 149 - 153, Update the
useEffect keyed by event?.agentId to immediately reset trust and history when no
agent is selected or before fetching a new agent’s data, and cancel or ignore
prior fetch results during cleanup so stale requests cannot update the current
peer’s state.
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| return ( | ||
| <div className="space-y-1 text-[12px]"> | ||
| <Section label="Agent trust"> | ||
| <div className="flex items-center gap-2"><TrustBadge status={trust?.status ?? "unavailable"} /><span className="text-fg-muted">{trust?.lastVerifiedAt ? `last verified ${trust.lastVerifiedAt}` : "No verified signed interaction yet."}</span></div> |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Use a state-specific trust message.
When the request is pending or fails, or when the server returns blocked or invalid without lastVerifiedAt, the UI displays “No verified signed interaction yet.” That message describes only the unknown state. Display an unavailable, blocked, or invalid message for those states.
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minimal, and validate.
In `@inbox/src/components/DetailRail.tsx` at line 164, Update the trust status
display in the DetailRail component to choose the message based on the trust
state, rather than using “No verified signed interaction yet.” for every missing
lastVerifiedAt case. Preserve the last-verified timestamp when available, and
provide distinct unavailable, blocked, and invalid messages for pending/failure,
blocked, and invalid states while retaining the unknown message only for the
unknown state.
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| )} | ||
| </div> | ||
| <Section label="Verification history"> | ||
| {history.length === 0 ? <div className="text-fg-dim">No verification events recorded.</div> : <ol className="space-y-2">{history.map((item) => <li key={item.id}><span className="font-medium">{item.result === "accepted" ? "✓" : "✕"} {item.eventType.replaceAll("_", " ")}</span><div className="text-fg-dim">{item.occurredAt}{item.reason ? ` — ${item.reason}` : ""}</div></li>)}</ol>} |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Render observed as a neutral result.
VerificationEvent.result includes accepted, rejected, and observed. This condition maps both rejected and observed to ✕, so an observed event appears rejected. Use an explicit three-way mapping or display the result text.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@inbox/src/components/DetailRail.tsx` at line 199, Update the result indicator
rendering in DetailRail’s history.map display so VerificationEvent.result
handles accepted, rejected, and observed distinctly; render observed neutrally
instead of mapping it to the rejection mark, while preserving the existing
accepted and rejected behavior.
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Summary
Problem: The Inbox lacked durable, operator-visible trust state for signed peer interactions, including timestamp freshness, replay detection, and verification history.
Why it matters: Without persisted replay/freshness checks and clear trust outcomes, operators cannot reliably distinguish an authenticated interaction from a stale, replayed, invalid, or blocked peer event.
What changed: Added SQLite-backed peer trust state, verification history, replay records, trust APIs, an accessible Verify-panel trust badge/history, configurable timestamp/replay windows, and focused unit tests.
What did NOT change (scope boundary): This PR does not add payment quotes, spending policies, payment receipts, a unified audit timeline, peer metadata-change review, or the full canonical-signature verification adapter at the webhook boundary.
Change Type (select all that apply)
Bug fix
Feature
Refactor
Documentation
Security hardening
Tests
Chore/infra
Scope (select all touched areas)
Server / API endpoints
Extensions (DID, x402, etc.)
Storage backends
Scheduler backends
Observability / monitoring
Authentication / authorization
CLI / utilities
Tests
Documentation
CI/CD / infra
Linked Issue/PR
Closes # — No coordinating issue was provided.
Related # — None.
User-Visible / Behavior Changes
The Inbox Verify panel now displays a text-and-icon trust status badge and verification-history entries for the selected peer.
New peers default to unknown; discovery does not mark a peer as verified.
Trust APIs are available for trusted Inbox clients:
GET /api/peers/:peerId/trust
GET /api/peers/:peerId/verification-history
POST /api/peers/:peerId/block
POST /api/peers/:peerId/unblock
New configuration values:
BINDU_SIGNATURE_MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS — defaults to 300.
BINDU_REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS — defaults to 86400.
Security Impact (required)
New permissions/capabilities? No
Secrets/credentials handling changed? No
New/changed network calls? Yes
Database schema/migration changes? Yes
Authentication/authorization changes? No
If any Yes, explain risk + mitigation:
Network calls: The existing Verify panel now calls new same-origin Inbox APIs to retrieve trust state and verification history. These routes remain behind the existing /api/* authentication middleware when BINDU_COMMS_TOKEN is configured.
Database schema: Adds peer_trust_state, verification_events, and replay_protection tables using CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS. Existing Inbox data is not modified or removed.
Trust decision risk: Webhook payload JSON is not trusted as proof of a valid signature. verified requires a server-side canonical-signature verification result; the browser does not provide that result.
Replay risk: Message IDs are persisted with a uniqueness constraint and expired using the configured retention window.
Verification
Environment
OS: Linux 6.18.35 x86_64
Python version: Python 3.14.4
Storage backend: Inbox local SQLite via better-sqlite3
Scheduler backend: Not applicable; the Inbox trust slice does not use a scheduler.
Steps to Test
Run cd inbox && npm test.
Run cd inbox && npm run typecheck.
Run cd inbox && npm run build.
Run git diff --check.
Expected Behavior
Valid server-supplied verification results become verified.
Tampered-signature results become invalid and record signature_failed.
Stale signatures become invalid and record timestamp_rejected.
Replayed accepted message IDs become invalid and record replay_rejected.
A blocked peer remains blocked, even if a subsequent signature-verification result is valid.
The TypeScript Inbox app typechecks and production build succeeds.
Actual Behavior
All five trust tests passed.
TypeScript typechecking passed.
The Vite production build passed.
Whitespace validation passed.
Evidence (attach at least one)
Failing test before + passing after
Test output / logs
Screenshot / recording
Performance metrics (if relevant)
Test output included:
✔ accepts a fresh canonical-signature verification result
✔ records a failed signature
✔ rejects stale signatures
✔ rejects replayed message ids
✔ does not silently re-verify an operator-blocked peer
tests 5
pass 5
fail 0
Human Verification (required)
What you personally verified (not just CI):
Verified scenarios:
Ran the Inbox trust test suite locally against a temporary SQLite database.
Ran TypeScript typechecking and the production Vite build.
Ran whitespace validation with git diff --check.
Edge cases checked:
Duplicate message ID after a prior accepted message.
Timestamp outside the allowed clock-skew window.
Failed signature result.
Blocked peer cannot transition back to verified.
Trust-history API result limit is bounded.
What you did NOT verify:
Browser-level visual interaction or screenshot capture.
A live end-to-end agent webhook carrying a canonical DID signature.
Full webhook-boundary canonical signature verification, because this vertical slice expects that result to be provided by the server-side verifier adapter.
Payment Cockpit functionality, peer-change review, and full audit timeline functionality.
Compatibility / Migration
Backward compatible? Yes
Config/env changes? Yes
Database migration needed? Yes
If yes, exact upgrade steps:
Deploy the updated Inbox server and UI together.
Start the Inbox normally; SQLite initialization creates the new tables automatically.
Optionally configure:
export BINDU_SIGNATURE_MAX_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS=300
export BINDU_REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS=86400
No manual SQL migration, data export, or existing-data rewrite is required.
Failure Recovery (if this breaks)
How to disable/revert this change quickly:
Revert commit e1a78a0.
Restart the Inbox API process.
Files/config to restore:
Restore the prior versions of inbox/server/db.ts, inbox/server/index.ts, inbox/server/trust.ts, and Inbox UI files from the preceding commit.
Optional new SQLite tables can remain safely after rollback because the prior application ignores unknown tables.
Known bad symptoms reviewers should watch for:
Unexpected invalid trust state caused by a future signature-verifier adapter passing an incorrect result.
SQLite write errors if the Inbox database path is read-only.
Verify-panel trust/history requests returning unavailable state if the Inbox API is unreachable.
Risks and Mitigations
Risk: A future webhook canonical-signature adapter could pass an incorrect verification result.
Mitigation: The trust layer accepts the verification result as an explicit server-side parameter and does not read a client/webhook JSON signature_valid claim.
Risk: Replay retention growth can increase local SQLite size under high traffic.
Mitigation: Replay entries are pruned during claims according to BINDU_REPLAY_RETENTION_SECONDS; the retention period is configurable.
Risk: Operators may expect the vertical slice to verify webhook signatures end-to-end immediately.
Mitigation: The implementation and documentation explicitly state that the canonical verifier adapter is a follow-up; discovery remains unknown by default.
Checklist
Tests pass (uv run pytest) — Not run; this PR changes the standalone Inbox TypeScript application.
Pre-commit hooks pass (uv run pre-commit run --all-files) — Not run.
Documentation updated (if needed)
Security impact assessed
Human verification completed — Automated local verification completed; browser/live-agent verification remains outstanding.
Backward compatibility considered
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New Features
Documentation
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