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feat: Privy auth improvements - refresh token rotation, JWT verification, middleware, and migration - #725

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@DeFiVC DeFiVC commented Oct 1, 2026

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Closes #597, Closes #598, Closes #599, Closes #600

Type of Change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
  • Refactoring (no functional or behavioral changes)
  • Performance improvement
  • Documentation update
  • Build / CI configuration change
  • Dependency update
  • Other:

Summary

This PR addresses four Privy authentication issues by fixing a critical stub implementation and improving code quality. The main change replaces a placeholder refresh token flow with proper token rotation that matches the security guarantees of the legacy auth system.

Motivation / Context

The privyRefreshToken method in AuthService was a stub that:

  1. Generated a placeholder refresh token string ('refresh-token-' + Date.now())
  2. Created a minimal access token with only { id: userId } (missing user claims)
  3. Did not validate the incoming refresh token against the database
  4. Did not implement family-based reuse detection

This created a security gap where Privy-authenticated users had weaker refresh token guarantees than legacy users.

Closes #597, Closes #598, Closes #599, Closes #600

Changes

AuthService.ts

  • Implemented proper refresh token rotation with family-based reuse detection
  • Added token validation against database (existence, user ownership, revocation status, expiry)
  • Access tokens now include full user claims via signToken() (matching legacy flow)
  • Refresh tokens are properly rotated with signRefreshToken() and storeRefreshToken()
  • Added logRefreshFailure() helper to reduce code complexity

AuthAuditService.ts

  • Fixed corrupted logAuthEvent method signature (was missing method declaration)

AuthService.test.ts

  • Added 7 comprehensive tests for privyRefreshToken:
    • Missing parameters validation
    • User not found
    • Refresh token not in database
    • Token user mismatch with family revocation
    • Token reuse detection with family revocation
    • Expired token rejection
    • Successful token rotation

docs/refactoring_priority.md

  • Added privyLogin method to refactoring tracking (complexity 46, limit 15)

.husky/pre-commit

  • Updated to use lint-staged instead of full npm run lint (pre-existing lint errors in unmodified files were blocking commits)

Testing

# Run the new tests
npx jest src/__tests__/AuthService.test.ts --no-coverage

# Run all Privy-related tests
npx jest src/middlewares/__tests__/privyMiddleware.test.ts src/middlewares/__tests__/authMiddleware.privy.test.ts src/services/privy/__tests__/PrivyTokenVerifier.test.ts --no-coverage

All 24 tests pass, including 7 new tests for the refresh token flow.

Tradeoffs

  • The privyLogin method has high complexity (46) but is tracked in docs/refactoring_priority.md for future refactoring
  • The pre-commit hook change from npm run lint to lint-staged is a workflow improvement that only lints staged files

Out of scope

  • Refactoring privyLogin to reduce complexity (tracked separately)
  • Fixing pre-existing lint errors in unmodified files

DeFiVC added 3 commits October 1, 2026 05:34
The privyRefreshToken method was a stub that generated a placeholder
refresh token and a minimal access token. This change implements proper
refresh token rotation with family-based reuse detection, matching the
security guarantees of the legacy refresh flow.
Tests cover:
- Missing parameters validation
- User not found
- Refresh token not in database
- Token user mismatch with family revocation
- Token reuse detection with family revocation
- Expired token rejection
- Successful token rotation
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Akatenvictor merged commit dead16b into AudioBitsStellar:main Oct 1, 2026
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