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fix(audit): protect AuditService._ensure_session() with threading.Lock #10933

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features/audit_session_race.feature
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# This test captures bug #991 — AuditService._ensure_session() TOCTOU race.
# This test captures bug #991 - AuditService._ensure_session() TOCTOU race.
#
# The @tdd_expected_fail tag inverts the test result: the underlying assertion
# fails (proving the bug exists) but CI reports the scenario as passed.
# When #991 is fixed, the @tdd_expected_fail tag must be removed.
# Originally tagged @tdd_expected_fail while the bug was unfixed (see TDD
# issue #1095). The @tdd_expected_fail tag was removed when the fix for
# #991 was merged.
#
# See: https://git.cleverthis.com/cleveragents/cleveragents-core/issues/991
@tdd_expected_fail @tdd_bug @tdd_bug_991 @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_991
Feature: TDD Bug #991 — AuditService._ensure_session() TOCTOU race
AuditService._ensure_session() checks ``if self._session is None``, then
creates an engine, runs create_all, builds a sessionmaker, and assigns
self._session — all without a threading.Lock. If two threads call
_ensure_session() concurrently, both see self._session is None, both
create separate engines and sessions, and the second assignment wins,
@tdd_issue @tdd_issue_991
Feature: TDD Bug #991 - AuditService._ensure_session() TOCTOU race
AuditService._ensure_session() used to check if self._session is None,
then create an engine, run create_all, build a sessionmaker, and assign
self._session - all without a threading.Lock. If two threads called
_ensure_session() concurrently, both saw self._session as None, both
created separate engines and sessions, and the second assignment won,
leaking the first engine/session.
This test proves the race exists by launching multiple threads that call
The fix adds a threading.Lock with double-checked locking so that only
the first thread to acquire the lock performs the initialisation.
This test proves the fix works by launching multiple threads that call
_ensure_session() simultaneously via a threading.Barrier and verifying
that create_engine is called exactly once (the correct, thread-safe
behavior). Without the fix, create_engine is called multiple times.
that create_engine is called exactly once.
Scenario: Concurrent _ensure_session() calls must create only one engine
Given an AuditService with no pre-injected session and a temp database
When 10 threads call _ensure_session concurrently through a barrier
Then create_engine should have been called exactly once
And all 10 threads should have completed with a session or error
And all 10 threads should have received a valid session
features/steps/audit_session_race_steps.py
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"""Step definitions for bug #991 — AuditService._ensure_session() TOCTOU race.
"""Step definitions for bug #991 - AuditService._ensure_session() TOCTOU race.
This module provides the Behave step implementations for the TDD bug-capture
test that proves bug #991 exists. The bug is a Time-Of-Check-to-Time-Of-Use
(TOCTOU) race in ``AuditService._ensure_session()``: the method checks
``if self._session is None`` and then creates an engine, runs ``create_all``,
builds a ``sessionmaker``, and assigns ``self._session`` — all without holding
a ``threading.Lock``. Concurrent callers can each see ``_session is None``
test that proves bug #991 is fixed. The bug was a Time-Of-Check-to-Time-Of-Use
(TOCTOU) race in AuditService._ensure_session(): the method checked
if self._session is None and then created an engine, ran create_all,
built a sessionmaker, and assigned self._session - all without holding
a threading.Lock. Concurrent callers could each see _session is None
and create duplicate engines, leaking all but the last.
The test uses ``@tdd_expected_fail`` so that CI passes while the bug is
unfixed. The underlying assertion ("create_engine called exactly once")
fails because the race allows multiple threads to trigger creation. The
tag inversion causes the scenario to be reported as passed.
The fix adds a threading.Lock with double-checked locking so only the
first thread to acquire the lock performs session initialisation.
Race detection uses ``unittest.mock.patch`` on ``create_engine`` within the
``audit_service`` module to count actual calls. This is deterministic and
avoids the timing-dependent ``was_none`` proxy that cannot distinguish
between "thread observed None then raced" and "thread correctly entered the
creation branch".
When bug #991 is fixed (by adding a ``threading.Lock``), the assertion will
pass and the ``@tdd_expected_fail`` tag must be removed from the feature file.
**Accepted limitations (self-QA):**
*Setup asserts under ``@tdd_expected_fail``* — The ``When`` step contains
infrastructure assertions (barrier synchronisation, thread liveness) that
would cause the scenario to fail if the test harness itself is broken.
Under ``@tdd_expected_fail``, any assertion failure is inverted to a pass,
so a broken barrier would appear as an unexpected-pass rather than a clear
setup error. This is an accepted trade-off: the barrier and thread-alive
checks have never failed in practice, and the alternative — splitting the
scenario into a non-``@tdd_expected_fail`` setup scenario and a separate
assertion scenario — would add complexity for negligible benefit.
*Timing-sensitive race detection* — The ``threading.Barrier`` maximises the
probability of the race manifesting but cannot guarantee it on every run.
On a lightly loaded single-core machine the OS scheduler may serialise the
threads so that only one enters ``_ensure_session()`` at a time, producing
a false-negative (``create_engine`` called once even without a lock). In
practice, 10 threads with a barrier reliably triggers multiple calls on all
CI and developer hardware tested. If flaky false-negatives appear, increase
the thread count or add a small ``time.sleep`` after the barrier to widen
the race window.
Originally tagged @tdd_expected_fail so the expected assertion failure
(proving the bug exists) would pass CI. After the fix for #991 was
implemented, @tdd_expected_fail was removed and the test now runs
normally - verifying that create_engine is called exactly once even
under concurrent access.
See: https://git.cleverthis.com/cleveragents/cleveragents-core/issues/991
"""
@@ -58,12 +31,13 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
from behave import given, then, when
from behave.runner import Context
from sqlalchemy import create_engine as _real_create_engine
from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
from cleveragents.application.services.audit_service import AuditService
from cleveragents.config.settings import Settings
def _make_settings(**overrides: str) -> Settings:
def _make_settings(**overrides: object) -> Settings:
"""Create a Settings instance with optional field overrides.
Resets the Settings singleton so a fresh instance is constructed.
@@ -77,70 +51,41 @@ def _make_settings(**overrides: str) -> Settings:
return base
# ── Given ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@given("an AuditService with no pre-injected session and a temp database")
def step_audit_service_no_session(context: Context) -> None:
"""Create an AuditService that will use _ensure_session() for lazy init.
A file-based temp SQLite database is used (not :memory:) because each
``create_engine("sqlite:///:memory:")`` call produces an independent
in-memory database, which would mask the race condition. A shared
file ensures all threads contend on the same database.
"""
"""Create an AuditService that will use _ensure_session() for lazy init."""
fd, db_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".db", prefix="test_race_991_")
os.close(fd)
# Remove the empty file so create_engine creates it fresh
os.unlink(db_path)
context.db_path = db_path
db_url = f"sqlite:///{db_path}"
settings = _make_settings(database_url=db_url)
# Do NOT pass session= so that _ensure_session() performs lazy init
settings = _make_settings(database_url=db_url, audit_async=False)
context.service = AuditService(settings=settings, database_url=db_url)
context.thread_sessions: list[object] = []
context.thread_errors: list[Exception] = []
context.thread_sessions = []
context.thread_errors = []
context.engine_create_count = 0
# Register cleanup to dispose engine/session and remove temp database
# files (M4: prevent SQLAlchemy resource leaks).
def _cleanup_db(path: str = db_path) -> None:
svc: AuditService = context.service
if svc._session is not None:
bind = svc._session.bind
svc._session.close()
if svc._session.bind is not None:
svc._session.bind.dispose()
if isinstance(bind, Engine):
bind.dispose()
for suffix in ("", "-journal", "-wal", "-shm"):
with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
os.unlink(path + suffix)
context.add_cleanup(_cleanup_db)
# ── When ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
context._cleanup_handlers.append(_cleanup_db)
@when("{n:d} threads call _ensure_session concurrently through a barrier")
def step_concurrent_ensure_session(context: Context, n: int) -> None:
"""Launch *n* threads that all call ``_ensure_session()`` simultaneously.
A ``threading.Barrier`` synchronises the threads so they all enter
``_ensure_session()`` at (approximately) the same instant, maximising
the chance of the TOCTOU race manifesting.
Race detection uses ``unittest.mock.patch`` on ``create_engine`` within
the ``audit_service`` module to count actual invocations. The mock
wraps the real ``create_engine`` so the database is still created, but
we can inspect ``mock.call_args_list`` afterward for a deterministic race
indicator.
"""
"""Launch n threads that all call _ensure_session() simultaneously."""
barrier = threading.Barrier(n)
sessions: list[object] = []
errors: list[Exception] = []
collect_lock = threading.Lock()
# Wrap create_engine so real engines are created but calls are counted
engine_mock = MagicMock(side_effect=_real_create_engine)
def worker() -> None:
@@ -163,14 +108,11 @@ def step_concurrent_ensure_session(context: Context, n: int) -> None:
t.start()
for t in threads:
t.join(timeout=30)
# M3: Verify no threads are still alive after join timeout
for t in threads:
assert not t.is_alive(), (
f"Thread {t.name} is still alive after join timeout — "
f"Thread {t.name} is still alive after join timeout - "
f"possible deadlock in _ensure_session()"
)
barrier_errors = [
err for err in errors if isinstance(err, threading.BrokenBarrierError)
]
@@ -179,7 +121,6 @@ def step_concurrent_ensure_session(context: Context, n: int) -> None:
"_ensure_session() calls. This invalidates race setup. "
f"Barrier errors: {barrier_errors}; all errors: {errors}"
)
context.engine_create_count = len(engine_mock.call_args_list)
context.thread_sessions = sessions
@@ -187,42 +128,22 @@ def step_concurrent_ensure_session(context: Context, n: int) -> None:
context.thread_count = n
# ── Then ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@then("create_engine should have been called exactly once")
def step_create_engine_called_once(context: Context) -> None:
"""Assert create_engine was called exactly once.
With the bug present (no threading.Lock), multiple threads will enter
the ``if self._session is None`` branch and each call ``create_engine``,
so the mock's call list length will be > 1.
This assertion therefore **fails** while the bug exists — which is
the expected behavior for a ``@tdd_expected_fail`` test.
When the fix adds a lock, only the first thread calls create_engine
and the count is exactly 1.
"""
"""Assert create_engine was called exactly once."""
count = context.engine_create_count
assert count == 1, (
f"create_engine was called {count} time(s), expected exactly 1. "
f"This confirms the TOCTOU race in _ensure_session() — multiple "
f"threads saw _session as None because there is no threading.Lock. "
f"This indicates the TOCTOU race in _ensure_session() is not fixed - "
f"multiple threads saw _session as None because the threading.Lock is "
f"missing or not effective. "
f"Thread errors (if any): {context.thread_errors}"
)
@then("all {n:d} threads should have completed with a session or error")
def step_all_threads_completed(context: Context, n: int) -> None:
"""Verify that all *n* threads completed — either with a session or error.
The total of successful sessions plus errors must equal the number of
threads launched (non-tautological assertion). This confirms no threads
silently hung or crashed. With the unfixed bug some threads may receive
an error (e.g. from a disposed engine); once #991 is fixed all threads
will succeed with no errors.
"""
@then("all {n:d} threads should have received a valid session")
def step_all_threads_got_session(context: Context, n: int) -> None:
"""Verify that all n threads completed - either with a session or error."""
total = len(context.thread_sessions) + len(context.thread_errors)
assert total == n, (
f"Expected {n} threads to complete but only {total} did "
robot/security_audit.robot
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Should Contain ${content} def prune(
Should Contain ${content} retention_days
Audit Service Has Thread Safe Session Init
[Documentation] Verify _ensure_session() uses threading.Lock (bug #991 fix)
${content}= Get File ${AUDIT_SERVICE}
Should Contain ${content} import threading
Should Contain ${content} _session_lock
Should Contain ${content} threading.Lock()
Audit Service Has Close And Context Manager
[Documentation] Verify the audit service supports close() and context manager
${content}= Get File ${AUDIT_SERVICE}
src/cleveragents/application/services/audit_service.py
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self._settings = settings
self._database_url = database_url
self._owns_session = session is None
self._session_lock = threading.Lock()
# When a session is injected (e.g. in tests), use it directly.
# Otherwise defer engine + table creation to the first call that
# actually needs the database (_ensure_session). This avoids
@@ -226,11 +227,13 @@ class AuditService:
is unnecessary for the audit service.
"""
if self._session is None:
url = self._database_url or self._settings.database_url
engine = create_engine(url, echo=False)
Base.metadata.create_all(engine, tables=[AuditLogModel.__table__])
factory = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
self._session = factory()
with self._session_lock:
if self._session is None:
url = self._database_url or self._settings.database_url
engine = create_engine(url, echo=False)
Base.metadata.create_all(engine, tables=[AuditLogModel.__table__])
factory = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
self._session = factory()
return self._session
# ── Background writer loop ───────────────────────────────────
@@ -500,7 +503,13 @@ class AuditService:
@staticmethod
def _row_to_entry(row: AuditLogModel) -> AuditLogEntry:
"""Convert a SQLAlchemy model row to a domain data class."""
"""Convert a SQLAlchemy model row to a domain data class.
Note: The ``# type: ignore[arg-type]`` suppressions below are
pre-existing and tracked for removal in issue #10854. They arise
because ``AuditLogModel`` uses legacy SQLAlchemy column declarations
that Pyright cannot resolve to concrete Python types.
"""
try:
details = json.loads(row.details) if row.details else {} # type: ignore[arg-type]
except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):