fix(csp-workbench): Policy Diff shows the applied CSP, not the request - #4697
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The sandbox proxy builds the guest's policy inside the iframe — either the `buildCSP` result or the permissive literal — so the host has never had any way to see it. Everything the host knew about "the effective CSP" was the widget's own `_meta.ui.csp` request echoed back. Post the injected string to the parent as `mcpjam:csp-applied`, just before that mount's `mcpjam:view-mode`, so the ordering the host observes matches what actually happened, and forward it through the outer iframe alongside the other non-JSON-RPC proxy messages. Transport only: nothing consumes the message yet. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The "Effective" column was built from the same object as "Requested" — both read `csp?.connectDomains` and friends off the server-normalized metadata — so it could never disagree with the declaration. It showed none of what the proxy actually emitted: no `sanitizeDomain` stripping, no `'unsafe-inline'`/`data:`/ `blob:`, no `cspDirectives` overrides, and in permissive mode none of the wildcards the browser was really enforcing. Violations got classified against that model, which is how a widget blocked for an unrelated reason surfaced as `effective ≠ observed` and sent a bug report chasing host stripping that never happened. Consume `mcpjam:csp-applied` into the debug store, parse it once into a directive map, and drive the column from that. - `setWidgetAppliedCsp` merges into the stored `csp` so the declared allowlists and violations survive; `setWidgetCsp` now drops `headerString` explicitly, since it runs when fresh HTML is committed and the previous mount's policy must not be labelled as applied to bytes it never saw. - The parsed map travels alongside the four flattened arrays so `readEffective` can fall back to `default-src`. Flattening alone would lose it, and a permissive mount's `default-src *` is exactly where that matters. - No applied header (offline replay, saved eval trace, or the mount still in flight) keeps the previous behaviour rather than blanking the column — but the UI now labels it "unconfirmed" instead of presenting a request as a reading. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughThe sandbox proxy now reports the injected CSP header and mode through the iframe and renderer. The widget debug store records applied CSP data and clears stale headers when new HTML is committed. CSP utilities parse directives, resolve Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The Policy Diff can temporarily display a prior widget policy or misstate valid CSP fallback behavior, leading to misleading diagnostics. The fixes are localized and should be applied before relying on this view for CSP investigation. Thanks for using CodeRabbit! It's free for OSS, and your support helps us grow. If you like it, consider giving us a shout-out. Comment |
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<file name="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts">
<violation number="1" location="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts:527">
P2: The stale-header reset only runs when `setWidgetCsp` is reached, but that path is guarded in `mcp-apps-renderer.tsx` by `if (csp || permissions || !permissive || serverDeclaredDomain)`. A permissive widget that declares no csp/permissions/domain never calls `setWidgetCsp`, so on a refetch its `headerString` is not cleared; if the new mount's `mcpjam:csp-applied` never arrives (offline/replay), the previous mount's policy is shown as "applied" to bytes it never saw — the exact assumption-presented-as-fact this change exists to prevent. The `setWidgetAppliedCsp` create-if-missing path explicitly supports these widgets, so the invariant claimed in this comment is incomplete for them.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts:552">
P2: When a refetch remounts the same `toolCallId`, a delayed `mcpjam:csp-applied` from the previous mount can overwrite the newly cleared header because this setter has no mount or generation check. Include a mount token in the event and ignore messages that do not match the current fetch generation.
(Based on your team's feedback about same-key asynchronous replacements.)</violation>
</file>
<file name="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/csp-header.ts">
<violation number="1" location="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/csp-header.ts:22">
P2: When a host profile adds `script-src-elem` or `style-src-elem`, the proxy emits that directive but this parser omits its sources from the Effective resource column. Include CSP3 element directives and resolve their precedence over `script-src`/`style-src` so Policy Diff reflects the browser's applied policy.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/csp-header.ts:92">
P2: `base-uri` is a Document directive and does not inherit `default-src` (only fetch directives do). `resolveDirective` applies the default-src fallback to it here and in `readEffective`, so for an applied policy with `default-src` set but no explicit `base-uri`, the Effective column and classifier would wrongly treat default-src as governing base-uri. Read base-uri directly from the map without the fallback.</violation>
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<file name="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/classify.ts">
<violation number="1" location="mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/classify.ts:95">
P2: When the applied policy contains `script-src-elem` or `style-src-attr`, `fieldDirective` discards the browser's actual governing directive and `readEffective` reads `script-src` or `style-src` instead. Pass the violation's effective directive into `readEffective` and resolve that exact directive before applying the field fallback.</violation>
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| }; | ||
| const nextCsp = { | ||
| ...currentCsp, | ||
| headerString: applied.headerString, |
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P2: When a refetch remounts the same toolCallId, a delayed mcpjam:csp-applied from the previous mount can overwrite the newly cleared header because this setter has no mount or generation check. Include a mount token in the event and ignore messages that do not match the current fetch generation.
(Based on your team's feedback about same-key asynchronous replacements.)
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts, line 552:
<comment>When a refetch remounts the same `toolCallId`, a delayed `mcpjam:csp-applied` from the previous mount can overwrite the newly cleared header because this setter has no mount or generation check. Include a mount token in the event and ignore messages that do not match the current fetch generation.
(Based on your team's feedback about same-key asynchronous replacements.) </comment>
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@@ -506,13 +517,62 @@ export const useWidgetDebugStore = create<WidgetDebugStore>((set, get) => ({
+ };
+ const nextCsp = {
+ ...currentCsp,
+ headerString: applied.headerString,
+ // The proxy is authoritative about which branch it took: in permissive
+ // mode it never calls buildCSP at all.
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| export type CspDirectiveMap = Record<string, string[]>; | ||
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| /** Directives whose sources the workbench folds into one "resource" column. */ | ||
| const RESOURCE_DIRECTIVES = [ |
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P2: When a host profile adds script-src-elem or style-src-elem, the proxy emits that directive but this parser omits its sources from the Effective resource column. Include CSP3 element directives and resolve their precedence over script-src/style-src so Policy Diff reflects the browser's applied policy.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/csp-header.ts, line 22:
<comment>When a host profile adds `script-src-elem` or `style-src-elem`, the proxy emits that directive but this parser omits its sources from the Effective resource column. Include CSP3 element directives and resolve their precedence over `script-src`/`style-src` so Policy Diff reflects the browser's applied policy.</comment>
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@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+export type CspDirectiveMap = Record<string, string[]>;
+
+/** Directives whose sources the workbench folds into one "resource" column. */
+const RESOURCE_DIRECTIVES = [
+ "script-src",
+ "style-src",
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| case "websocket": | ||
| return "connect-src"; | ||
| case "script": | ||
| return "script-src"; |
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P2: When the applied policy contains script-src-elem or style-src-attr, fieldDirective discards the browser's actual governing directive and readEffective reads script-src or style-src instead. Pass the violation's effective directive into readEffective and resolve that exact directive before applying the field fallback.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/classify.ts, line 95:
<comment>When the applied policy contains `script-src-elem` or `style-src-attr`, `fieldDirective` discards the browser's actual governing directive and `readEffective` reads `script-src` or `style-src` instead. Pass the violation's effective directive into `readEffective` and resolve that exact directive before applying the field fallback.</comment>
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@@ -82,10 +83,52 @@ function readDeclared(
+ case "websocket":
+ return "connect-src";
+ case "script":
+ return "script-src";
+ case "stylesheet":
+ return "style-src";
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| // proxy applied" to bytes it never saw — the exact | ||
| // assumption-presented-as-fact this panel exists to stop. Same | ||
| // invariant as the `setFirstCspBlock(null)` reset alongside it. | ||
| headerString: undefined, |
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P2: The stale-header reset only runs when setWidgetCsp is reached, but that path is guarded in mcp-apps-renderer.tsx by if (csp || permissions || !permissive || serverDeclaredDomain). A permissive widget that declares no csp/permissions/domain never calls setWidgetCsp, so on a refetch its headerString is not cleared; if the new mount's mcpjam:csp-applied never arrives (offline/replay), the previous mount's policy is shown as "applied" to bytes it never saw — the exact assumption-presented-as-fact this change exists to prevent. The setWidgetAppliedCsp create-if-missing path explicitly supports these widgets, so the invariant claimed in this comment is incomplete for them.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts, line 527:
<comment>The stale-header reset only runs when `setWidgetCsp` is reached, but that path is guarded in `mcp-apps-renderer.tsx` by `if (csp || permissions || !permissive || serverDeclaredDomain)`. A permissive widget that declares no csp/permissions/domain never calls `setWidgetCsp`, so on a refetch its `headerString` is not cleared; if the new mount's `mcpjam:csp-applied` never arrives (offline/replay), the previous mount's policy is shown as "applied" to bytes it never saw — the exact assumption-presented-as-fact this change exists to prevent. The `setWidgetAppliedCsp` create-if-missing path explicitly supports these widgets, so the invariant claimed in this comment is incomplete for them.</comment>
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@@ -506,13 +517,62 @@ export const useWidgetDebugStore = create<WidgetDebugStore>((set, get) => ({
+ // proxy applied" to bytes it never saw — the exact
+ // assumption-presented-as-fact this panel exists to stop. Same
+ // invariant as the `setFirstCspBlock(null)` reset alongside it.
+ headerString: undefined,
},
updatedAt: Date.now(),
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| connectDomains: resolveDirective(map, "connect-src") ?? [], | ||
| resourceDomains: resource, | ||
| frameDomains: resolveDirective(map, "frame-src") ?? [], | ||
| baseUriDomains: resolveDirective(map, "base-uri") ?? [], |
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P2: base-uri is a Document directive and does not inherit default-src (only fetch directives do). resolveDirective applies the default-src fallback to it here and in readEffective, so for an applied policy with default-src set but no explicit base-uri, the Effective column and classifier would wrongly treat default-src as governing base-uri. Read base-uri directly from the map without the fallback.
Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/csp-header.ts, line 92:
<comment>`base-uri` is a Document directive and does not inherit `default-src` (only fetch directives do). `resolveDirective` applies the default-src fallback to it here and in `readEffective`, so for an applied policy with `default-src` set but no explicit `base-uri`, the Effective column and classifier would wrongly treat default-src as governing base-uri. Read base-uri directly from the map without the fallback.</comment>
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@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+ connectDomains: resolveDirective(map, "connect-src") ?? [],
+ resourceDomains: resource,
+ frameDomains: resolveDirective(map, "frame-src") ?? [],
+ baseUriDomains: resolveDirective(map, "base-uri") ?? [],
+ };
+}
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- Line 67: Update resolveDirective to use directive-specific CSP fallback
chains: leave base-uri unresolved when absent, and resolve frame-src through
frame-src, then child-src, then default-src. Preserve existing behavior for
other directives and add tests covering both base-uri and frame-src resolution.
In `@mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts`:
- Line 527: Update setWidgetHtml to clear only the retained csp record’s
headerString when committing widget HTML, while preserving the rest of the CSP
state. Add a lifecycle test covering a pure-permissive widget that skips
setWidgetCsp and verifies the previous mount’s header is not reported as
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| ): string[] | undefined { | ||
| const own = map[directive.toLowerCase()]; | ||
| if (own) return own; | ||
| return map["default-src"]; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Use directive-specific CSP fallback chains.
resolveDirective feeds both effectiveFromCspHeader and classifyDiagnoses, but it applies default-src to every missing directive. base-uri has no fallback, while frame-src must resolve frame-src → child-src → default-src. Correct these paths and add tests for both cases.
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In
`@mcpjam-inspector/client/src/components/chat-v2/thread/csp-workbench/csp-header.ts`
at line 67, Update resolveDirective to use directive-specific CSP fallback
chains: leave base-uri unresolved when absent, and resolve frame-src through
frame-src, then child-src, then default-src. Preserve existing behavior for
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| // proxy applied" to bytes it never saw — the exact | ||
| // assumption-presented-as-fact this panel exists to stop. Same | ||
| // invariant as the `setFirstCspBlock(null)` reset alongside it. | ||
| headerString: undefined, |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Clear headerString when committing widget HTML.
A pure-permissive widget skips setWidgetCsp, while setWidgetHtml retains the previous csp record. The Policy Diff then treats the previous mount’s header as applied until the next mcpjam:csp-applied message. Clear only headerString in setWidgetHtml, and add a pure-permissive lifecycle test.
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In `@mcpjam-inspector/client/src/stores/widget-debug-store.ts` at line 527, Update
setWidgetHtml to clear only the retained csp record’s headerString when
committing widget HTML, while preserving the rest of the CSP state. Add a
lifecycle test covering a pure-permissive widget that skips setWidgetCsp and
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Fixes #4648.
Root cause
The Policy Diff's "Requested" and "Effective" columns were populated from the same object. At the publish site in
mcp-apps-renderer.tsx,connectDomains: csp?.connectDomainsandwidgetDeclared: { connectDomains: csp.connectDomains, ... }read the same server-normalized metadata, so "Effective" could never disagree with the declaration and never reflected the string the proxy injects.It showed none of what
buildCSPactually emits: nosanitizeDomainstripping, no'unsafe-inline'/data:/blob:tokens, nocspDirectivesoverrides, and nothing at all from the permissive branch — which is a completely different policy from the declared arrays, and onebuildCSPis never even called for.So the classifier was comparing real browser violations against a model that wasn't the live policy. That is why it fired
runtime-mismatch: the gap was the panel's own, not a discrepancy between the host and the browser.Ruled out during investigation
allow-same-originis unconditionally present across the whole ancestor chain — bothbuildOuterSandboxAttributebranches and both inner-frame branches add it as spec-mandated, andmountInnerneeds it to reachcontentDocumentfor thedocument.writemount. The guest never has an opaque origin, so no block can be attributed to one.frame-ancestors. There are no subresource directives to intersect with, so the injected<meta>is effectively the guest's entire policy.frame-src.sanitizeDomainis the identity function over the Stripe domains,cspSubtypePolicyhas no frame subtype (only connect and resource), andmergeDirectivecan only add tokens. The declared domains reach the emitted string intact.What changes
mcpjam:csp-applied, posted just before that mount'smcpjam:view-modeso the host's ordering stays faithful. The two branches were collapsed to a single injection point, so there is exactly one value to inject and exactly one to report. The permissive branch still omitsconnectGuardScript, as before.headerStringfield via a merging setter, so the declared allowlists and recorded violations survive.setWidgetCspnow clears it explicitly: it runs at the fetch-commit site, so new HTML means a new mount and a new policy, and carrying the old header forward would label the previous mount's policy as applied to bytes it never saw.readEffectivecan fall back todefault-src. Flattening to the four arrays alone would dropdefault-srcand reintroduce the same false mismatch through another door — a permissive mount'sdefault-src *is only visible in the map.headerString— offline replay fromcachedWidgetHtmlUrl, saved eval traces, or the window between mount and message — Effective shows the declared allowlists exactly as it does today, marked UNCONFIRMED. The column is never empty, and the UI now distinguishes what the proxy applied from what the widget requested.Answer to the reporter
The SolvaPay widget declares only
frameDomains, so the real policy leavesconnect-srcat'none'andscript-srcwith no domains:Stripe loads
js.stripe.com/v3as a<script src>and makes XHR calls toapi.stripe.com. Both die there.frame-srcwas correct all along — the panel wasn't showing the other directives, which is why the block looked like aframe-srcmismatch.Testing
Verified against a test MCP server in both branches. In permissive mode, Effective went from mirroring Requested to showing the real wildcard literal. In widget-declared mode, Effective now surfaces
connect-src 'none'and the token-onlyscript-srcthat Requested never showed.Typecheck clean (client and widget-react), 94 tests passing, 16 of them new: a parser suite covering both real proxy policies verbatim, and store tests for the merge, the mode override, create-if-missing, and the stale-header clear.
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Fixes #4648. The CSP Policy Diff's "Effective" column now shows the policy the sandbox proxy actually injected instead of echoing the widget's request, so the classifier no longer reports false
runtime-mismatchmismatches.Bug Fixes
mcpjam:csp-appliedjust before that mount'smcpjam:view-mode; the permissive and declared branches now share one injection path.default-srcfallback.Written for commit 0c4514e. Summary will update on new commits.