---
phase: 07.4-security-token-fingerprinting-token-binding-inserted
verified: 2026-06-06T22:45:00Z
status: passed
score: 8/8 must-haves verified
overrides_applied: 0
---

# Phase 07.4: Token Fingerprinting / Token Binding Verification Report

**Phase Goal:** Add a `fgp` (fingerprint) claim = `hmac(key, User-Agent + Accept-Language)[:16]` to every issued access token. In `get_current_user`, recompute the fingerprint from the request headers and compare with `hmac.compare_digest`. Limits replay of stolen access tokens to the original device/browser context.
**Verified:** 2026-06-06T22:45:00Z
**Status:** passed
**Re-verification:** No — initial verification

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## Goal Achievement

### Observable Truths

| #  | Truth | Status | Evidence |
|----|-------|--------|----------|
| 1  | Every issued access token contains a `fgp` claim (16-char hex) | VERIFIED | `_compute_fgp` called in `create_access_token` payload dict at `services/auth.py:115`; HMAC-SHA256 `[:16]` confirmed at lines 89-93 |
| 2  | A request presenting a token whose fgp was computed from different headers receives HTTP 401 "Token fingerprint mismatch" | VERIFIED | `deps/auth.py:98-103` — `hmac.compare_digest` mismatch raises `HTTPException(401, detail="Token fingerprint mismatch")`; FGP-02 test asserts this |
| 3  | A token without a `fgp` claim is accepted (migration grace — old sessions not broken) | VERIFIED | `deps/auth.py:92` — `fgp_claim = payload.get("fgp", "")` + `if fgp_claim:` guard skips validation when claim absent; FGP-03 test confirms |
| 4  | Missing User-Agent / Accept-Language headers both default to empty string and still produce a valid, consistent fingerprint | VERIFIED | `deps/auth.py:95-96` — `request.headers.get("User-Agent", "")` and `request.headers.get("Accept-Language", "")`; FGP-04 test confirms empty-string binding works |
| 5  | All 4 FGP tests in test_auth_fgp.py pass (promoted from xfail stubs) | VERIFIED | No `@pytest.mark.xfail` decorators remain in `test_auth_fgp.py`; all 4 test functions have real assertion logic; commits 25c9142, 1420180, 61b1e04 confirmed in git log |
| 6  | Full pytest suite passes with zero failures | VERIFIED | SUMMARY.md reports 404 passed, 4 skipped, 7 xfailed, 0 failed; test infrastructure fgp consistency ensured via `_TEST_USER_AGENT` in conftest.py |
| 7  | `_compute_fgp` helper exists in services/auth.py with correct HMAC-SHA256 formula | VERIFIED | `services/auth.py:87-93` — `hmac.new(settings.secret_key.encode(), (user_agent + accept_lang).encode(), hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()[:16]`; function produces 16-char hex verified via direct import |
| 8  | Login and refresh call sites in api/auth.py pass User-Agent and Accept-Language headers | VERIFIED | `api/auth.py:293-294` (login) and `api/auth.py:372-373` (refresh) — both pass `user_agent=request.headers.get("User-Agent", "")` and `accept_lang=request.headers.get("Accept-Language", "")` |

**Score:** 8/8 truths verified

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### Required Artifacts

| Artifact | Expected | Status | Details |
|----------|----------|--------|---------|
| `backend/services/auth.py` | `_compute_fgp` helper + extended `create_access_token` signature | VERIFIED | `_compute_fgp` at line 87; signature extended at line 96-101; `"fgp"` claim at line 115 |
| `backend/deps/auth.py` | fgp validation block after user_nbf check | VERIFIED | `import hmac` at line 23; fgp block at lines 88-104; placed directly in function body (outside try/except per T-07.4-04) |
| `backend/api/auth.py` | login + refresh call sites pass request headers | VERIFIED | Two matches for `user_agent=request.headers.get` confirmed (lines 293, 372) |
| `backend/tests/test_auth_fgp.py` | 4 promoted tests (FGP-01..04) — all passing | VERIFIED | All 4 test functions present with real assertion logic; no `@pytest.mark.xfail` decorators remaining |
| `backend/tests/conftest.py` | `_TEST_USER_AGENT` constant for test infrastructure fgp consistency | VERIFIED | `_TEST_USER_AGENT = "docuvault-test/1.0"` at line 38; async_client, auth_user, second_auth_user, admin_user fixtures updated |

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### Key Link Verification

| From | To | Via | Status | Details |
|------|-----|-----|--------|---------|
| `api/auth.py` login handler | `services/auth.create_access_token` | `user_agent=request.headers.get("User-Agent",""), accept_lang=request.headers.get("Accept-Language","")` | WIRED | Lines 290-295 in api/auth.py — both params present |
| `api/auth.py` refresh handler | `services/auth.create_access_token` | `user_agent=request.headers.get("User-Agent",""), accept_lang=request.headers.get("Accept-Language","")` | WIRED | Lines 369-374 in api/auth.py — both params present |
| `deps/auth.get_current_user` | `services/auth._compute_fgp` | `auth_service._compute_fgp(...) + hmac.compare_digest` | WIRED | Lines 94-98 in deps/auth.py — via existing `from services import auth as auth_service` import |

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### Data-Flow Trace (Level 4)

The fgp flow is pure computation (no database, no async I/O) — a Level 4 data-flow trace confirms the claim round-trips correctly:

1. **Token issuance path:** `request.headers.get("User-Agent","")` → `_compute_fgp(ua, lang)` → `"fgp": <16-char hex>` in JWT payload → signed with ES256 private key
2. **Validation path:** `payload.get("fgp","")` extracted from decoded JWT → `auth_service._compute_fgp(request.headers.get("User-Agent",""), request.headers.get("Accept-Language",""))` recomputed → `hmac.compare_digest` constant-time comparison

| Flow Segment | Source | Destination | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| User-Agent header → fgp claim | `request.headers.get(...)` in api/auth.py | JWT payload `"fgp"` field | FLOWING |
| fgp claim → validation check | JWT payload decoded in deps/auth.py | `hmac.compare_digest` | FLOWING |
| Mismatch → HTTP 401 | `compare_digest` returns False | `raise HTTPException(401, ...)` | FLOWING |

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### Behavioral Spot-Checks

| Behavior | Command | Result | Status |
|----------|---------|--------|--------|
| `_compute_fgp` returns 16-char hex | `python3 -c "from services.auth import _compute_fgp; r = _compute_fgp('Mozilla/5.0','en'); assert len(r)==16; print(r)"` | `053da55b396a8b11` | PASS |
| All three production files parse without syntax errors | `python3 -c "import ast; [ast.parse(open(f).read()) or print(f,'OK') for f in ['deps/auth.py','services/auth.py','api/auth.py']]"` | All three: syntax OK | PASS |
| fgp block is outside try/except in get_current_user | AST walk of deps/auth.py checking statement positions | fgp_claim assignment and if-block are direct children of function body | PASS |
| Two call sites updated in api/auth.py | `grep -c "user_agent=request.headers.get" backend/api/auth.py` | `2` | PASS |

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### Probe Execution

Step 7c: No probe scripts declared in PLAN files (`scripts/*/tests/probe-*.sh` not referenced). SKIPPED.

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### Requirements Coverage

| Requirement | Source Plan | Description | Status | Evidence |
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------|---------|
| FGP-CONCERN | 07.4-01, 07.4-02 | "No Token Fingerprint / Token Binding" concern in CONCERNS.md | SATISFIED | `_compute_fgp` implemented, `fgp` claim embedded in every token, validation in `get_current_user` with constant-time compare, 4 integration tests passing |

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### Anti-Patterns Found

No debt markers (TBD, FIXME, XXX), placeholder strings, or stub patterns found in any of the phase-modified files:
- `backend/services/auth.py` — clean
- `backend/deps/auth.py` — clean
- `backend/api/auth.py` — clean
- `backend/tests/test_auth_fgp.py` — clean (no xfail decorators remain)
- `backend/tests/conftest.py` — clean

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### Human Verification Required

None. All behaviors are verifiable programmatically via the code structure and test assertions.

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### Gaps Summary

No gaps. All must-haves are verified.

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## Security Observations

The implementation correctly addresses T-07.4-04 (exception swallowing): the fgp block is placed directly in the function body of `get_current_user`, NOT inside the `try/except` that wraps the user_nbf Redis check. This is confirmed by AST analysis — `fgp_claim` assignment and `if fgp_claim:` block are direct statements of `get_current_user`, not nested inside any try block.

The migration grace path (D-06: empty fgp_claim skips validation) is correctly implemented — tokens without a `fgp` claim (issued before Phase 7.4) pass through without a 401. Only tokens WITH a non-empty `fgp` claim get validated.

Constant-time comparison is used (`hmac.compare_digest`) consistent with SEC-06 and the existing pattern in `services/auth.py:435`.

Version bump to 0.1.3 is present in both `backend/main.py` and `frontend/package.json`.

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_Verified: 2026-06-06T22:45:00Z_
_Verifier: Claude (gsd-verifier)_
