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• Bug fix
• Documentation
• Feature
• Tests
• Dependency update
• Maintenance or refactor

Problem and motivation

#1110 made @sapiom/tools send the tenant API key only over https (or plain http to a loopback host) and drop it on a cross-origin redirect. The rule lived in tools only: @sapiom/analytics-core, @sapiom/core, @sapiom/agent-core and @sapiom/mcp each set x-api-key / x-sapiom-api-key themselves, so all four still send the key in the clear to an http:// host and let fetch carry it across a redirect (Node's fetch strips authorization on an origin change, not custom headers).

Patching each client would leave the next one free to repeat the mistake. This PR gives the key one owner and makes CI enforce it.

Summary and scope

One owner of the key. The policy module moves from packages/tools/src/_client/credential-policy.ts to a new subpath, @sapiom/analytics-core/credential (the zero-dependency package tools, agent-core and mcp already depend on; core and browser-pay gain it as their only runtime dependency). Its new credentialFetch(fetchImpl, url, init, { header, value }, policy) is the only code that sets the key header: it checks the channel, sets the header after init.headers (a caller header can neither override nor forge it), and follows redirects with the existing fetchKeepingCredential.

Client	Change	Refusal
@sapiom/tools	Transport.fetch calls credentialFetch; same rules, same messages	unchanged
@sapiom/analytics-core	HttpSender.send calls credentialFetch	untrusted endpoint: batch sent without the key (analytics never fails the host); refused redirect hop: batch dropped, not retried
@sapiom/core	HttpClient gets the key as a credential, not a header; new SapiomClient({ allowInsecureHttp })	CredentialChannelError, never retried
@sapiom/agent-core	send and openStream call credentialFetch; new createClient({ allowInsecureHttp })	the existing NETWORK error, reason in hint
@sapiom/mcp	appLinksFetch calls credentialFetch	the existing { kind: "network" } result
@sapiom/browser-pay	the payment relay calls credentialFetch (landed on main during review; redirects still refused)	CredentialChannelError when the relay is built

CredentialPolicy gains label and optIn, so each refusal names its own package and opt-in. A refused channel throws CredentialChannelError extends TypeError, so existing catches still apply and core's retry loop can skip it. The policy tolerates an injected fetch that answers a bare { ok, status } (analytics' FetchLike): no headers means the redirect is returned as is.

Enforced next time. scripts/credential-header-check.mjs (pnpm credential-header:check, new step in the examples CI job) fails when non-test code under packages/*/src sets either key header as an object key, a bracket assignment, or a set / setHeader / append argument, anywhere but the shared module. Its allowlist names exact paths, and an entry whose file no longer matches fails too, so the list can only shrink. It reads literals: a header name in a variable, or the key as Authorization: Bearer, is for review to catch.

Out of scope: packages/harness (Agent Studio). Its four files that set the key are allowlisted and tracked in SAP-4112, with its Bearer sites. A per-wrapper allowInsecureHttp option on @sapiom/fetch / axios / node-http / langchain is not added; SAPIOM_ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP=1 covers them.

Related work

Related issue or discussion: SAP-4106 (internal tracker), the follow-up #1110 named. Harness follow-up: SAP-4112 (related to SAP-4106). #788 also edits packages/agent-core/src/client.ts (textual conflict only).

Validation

pnpm --filter @sapiom/analytics-core exec jest --maxWorkers=2   # 11 suites, 241 pass
pnpm --filter @sapiom/tools exec jest --maxWorkers=2            # 64 suites, 1090 pass
pnpm --filter @sapiom/core exec jest --maxWorkers=2             # 8 suites, 142 pass
pnpm --filter @sapiom/agent-core exec jest --maxWorkers=2       # 20 suites, 297 pass
pnpm --filter @sapiom/mcp exec vitest run --maxWorkers=2        # 27 files, 351 pass
node --test scripts/credential-header-check.test.mjs            # 16 pass
pnpm credential-header:check                                    # passed
pnpm examples:check:test                                        # 244 pass
pnpm pr-ci-security:check                                       # pass
typecheck + lint, the five packages                             # exit 0

Tests and documentation

• analytics-core/src/credential.spec.ts (moved from tools): adds CredentialChannelError, per-client wording, mayCarryCredential, and credentialFetch (forged header replaced, no check without a key, minimal fetch responses).
• analytics-core/src/__tests__/http-sender-channel.test.ts, core/src/client/HttpClient.channel.test.ts, new cases in agent-core/src/__tests__/client.test.ts, mcp/src/tools/app-links-api.test.ts: refusal before any fetch call, loopback and both opt-ins allowed, cross-origin 307 drops the key, same-origin keeps it, no retry of a refused channel.
• scripts/credential-header-check.test.mjs: every flagged form, the non-flagged ones (a header name as a value, a type union, a Set entry, a comparison), a stale allowlist entry, and the real tree.
• Existing assertions changed only where the key moved: core's defaults.headers → defaults.credential. CredentialChannelError keeps name: "TypeError", so tools' usage events and logs are unchanged.
• analytics-core/CONTRACT.md: when the key is sent.

Compatibility and release impact

• Breaking or externally visible changes: core, agent-core and mcp now refuse plain http:// to a non-loopback host (a Docker service name, a LAN IP) before sending, naming the opt-in; analytics goes anonymous there instead. Redirects to another origin drop the key in every client. Core's deprecated getHttpClient().defaults.headers no longer carries the key (defaults.credential does).
• Changeset: Added (analytics-core, core, agent-core, browser-pay minor; mcp, tools patch).

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📝 Walkthrough

SDK transports now use shared credential-channel and redirect handling. Selected clients support an insecure-HTTP opt-in. Core exposes credentials in HTTP client defaults. CI checks literal tenant-key header writes.

Changes: Credential Transport

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared credential policy and fetch packages/analytics-core/src/credential.ts, packages/analytics-core/src/credential.spec.ts, packages/analytics-core/src/types.ts, packages/analytics-core/package.json, packages/analytics-core/CONTRACT.md, .changeset/sdk-shared-credential-transport.md	analytics-core exports credentialFetch, credential policy types, and channel checks. Shared transport applies channel and redirect rules to credentials. The endpoint contract and changeset describe these rules.
Analytics batch transport packages/analytics-core/src/http-sender.ts, packages/analytics-core/src/__tests__/http-sender-channel.test.ts	HttpSender uses shared credential handling. It sends batches without a key when the endpoint cannot carry credentials and drops batches redirected to a refused channel.
Core client credentials packages/core/src/client/*, packages/core/package.json, packages/core/README.md	Core passes API and vault keys as credential objects, supports insecure-HTTP configuration, and exposes credentials in HTTP client defaults. Tests cover channel checks, redirects, retries, and key updates.
Agent client transport packages/agent-core/src/client.ts, packages/agent-core/src/__tests__/client.test.ts	GatewayClient uses shared credential handling for JSON and SSE requests and adds an insecure-HTTP option. Tests cover channel refusal, opt-ins, redirects, and stream reading.
MCP and tools transports packages/mcp/src/tools/app-links-api.ts, packages/mcp/src/tools/app-links-api.test.ts, packages/mcp/README.md, packages/tools/src/_client/*	MCP App Links and tools use credentialFetch with package-specific policy wording. MCP tests cover channel and redirect behavior. The tools security spec imports shared constants.

Credential-Header CI Check

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Header audit and CI integration scripts/credential-header-check.mjs, scripts/credential-header-check.test.mjs, scripts/credential-header-allowlist.json, package.json, .github/workflows/test.yml	A repository script detects tenant-key header writes, checks allowlist entries, and runs in CI. Tests cover detection and audit results.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HttpClient
  participant credentialFetch
  participant fetchImpl
  HttpClient->>credentialFetch: Request, credential, and policy
  credentialFetch->>credentialFetch: Check URL and prepare headers
  credentialFetch->>fetchImpl: Send request
  fetchImpl-->>credentialFetch: Return response or redirect
  credentialFetch->>fetchImpl: Follow redirect with credential rules
  credentialFetch-->>HttpClient: Return response or channel error

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scripts/credential-header-check.mjs: 1

18-23: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Regex patterns miss common header-write forms.

HEADER matches only quoted names, and FORBIDDEN has no pattern for new Headers([["x-api-key", k]]) or Object.fromEntries. Both forms write the header without a match. Mixed-case or computed names also pass. This is a known limit of a regex guard. Document the limit in the file header, or move to an AST-based check later.

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Update the credential-header check around HEADER and FORBIDDEN to document that
its regex patterns do not catch header writes through Headers constructor
arrays, Object.fromEntries, or mixed-case and computed names; keep the change
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packages/analytics-core/src/__tests__/http-sender-channel.test.ts: 1

90-123: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add an anonymous HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect test.

The fixture defaults to apiKey = "sk_live", so this test covers only credentialed redirects. The anonymous test covers an initial HTTP endpoint, not an HTTPS request that redirects to HTTP. A regression that skips the channel check for anonymous redirects could therefore pass.

Suggested fix

+  it("drops an anonymous batch before following a redirect that leaves https", async () => {
+    const { sender, calls, debug } = senderWith(
+      "https://collector.example/c",
+      [redirectTo("http://evil.internal/c")],
+      null,
+    );
+    await expect(sender.send([])).resolves.toBe("drop");
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(keyOf(calls[0])).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(debug[0][0]).toBe("collector redirect refused; batch dropped");
+  });

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Add an anonymous HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect case to the sender tests using
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Approving. Note in the changeset/release notes that refusing non-loopback http:// and stripping key headers on cross-origin redirects are behaviour changes, shipped as 0.x minor bumps. @sapiom/core gains its first runtime dependency (@sapiom/analytics-core).

[antoine-berger]

@gwitwer thanks for the review. Changes since your approval:

• Changeset (7687dff): states that refusing non-loopback http:// and stripping the key headers on a cross-origin redirect are behavior changes shipped as 0.x minor bumps, and that @sapiom/core gains its first runtime dependency (@sapiom/analytics-core).
• @sapiom/browser-pay (19ef213): it landed on main during review and set x-api-key by hand in relay.ts, which failed credential-header:check. The payment relay now sends the key through credentialFetch like every other client, with the channel checked when the relay is built. Redirects are still refused. browser-pay is bumped minor and also gains @sapiom/analytics-core as its only runtime dependency (noted in the changeset). The allowlist is back to the 4 harness files tracked in SAP-4112.
• main merged into the branch (8bee2ae).

The pushes dismissed your approval. Could you take another look?

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Approving. The browser-pay relay moving onto the shared rule (now accepting *.localhost and SAPIOM_ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP=1) is fine: one channel rule for every client.