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fix(playback): keep Apple media authorization session-bound - #791

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Problem

Related issue: N/A, narrow fix

I traced a separate Apple playback authorization problem that could leave media playing from its buffer while later range requests or an internal reload used an expired bearer and entered a loading or recovery state.

The affected build uses Aether, which snapshots HTTP request headers when it loads an item. Silo's API client can refresh its access token independently, but the already-loaded player continues using the original bearer for subsequent media requests. When that bearer expires, a valid playback session can receive a 401 even though its direct-play, remux, or transcode decision is still valid.

This is separate from the Apple black-picture autoplay bug. The companion Apple PR fixes the native renderer handoff: Silo-Server/silo-apple#202

Approach

I kept the current tokenless header_authenticated_media_v1 behavior for every unaffected client. For iOS, tvOS, and macOS build 31 clients that advertise the affected capabilities, the playback plan now also returns a signed, session-bound stream capability in X-Silo-Stream-Token.

The media URL remains credential-free. The compatibility capability is accepted before bearer fallback only on playback byte-delivery GET and HEAD routes. It is bound to the playback session, user, profile, file, expiry, and permitted playback recipe. It cannot authorize progress, replan, stop, download, administration, or unrelated API operations.

The same mode remains sticky across replans and can reconstruct the existing direct, remux, or transcode recipe after a server runtime restart. Proxy egress is disabled for this affected client path so the private header remains at the Silo origin and is not forwarded to a third-party media origin.

Regular bearer and API-key fallback requests still pass through the normal profile authorization gate. Valid signed stream capabilities use their session-bound profile identity without requiring the stale bearer. The transport rate limiter runs before profile resolution on both paths.

This does not alter route selection or force transcoding. The server still chooses direct play, remux, or transcode from the same playback plan and serves the same media bytes.

Validation

  • GOWORK=off GOCACHE=/tmp/silo-pr791-go-cache go test ./internal/api/handlers ./internal/api/middleware ./internal/streamtoken ./internal/auth -count=1
  • GOWORK=off GOCACHE=/tmp/silo-pr791-go-cache go vet ./internal/api/handlers ./internal/api/middleware ./internal/streamtoken ./internal/auth
  • make verify-local-paths
  • git diff --check

All checks passed. The focused handler and middleware packages also include regressions for an attempted replan feature downgrade, profile rejection on ordinary bearer fallback, capability bypass of the redundant viewer lookup, and the rate -> viewer -> handler middleware order.

Review findings

CodeRabbit rated the initial revision high risk and raised two valid issues:

  • A capability-bearing replan did not independently restore headerAuth, which could allow a future caller outside the existing sticky-feature path to produce a credential-bearing URL or re-enable proxy routing. The current plan's capability header now pins header authentication, with start-to-replan coverage.
  • Ordinary account-authenticated media fallback bypassed the viewer gate. The route now applies viewer access only to ordinary bearer/API-key requests while signed capabilities retain their bounded path.

The first Codex follow-up review then found that my initial viewer-gate composition performed profile resolution before rate limiting. I changed the middleware order and added an explicit ordering test. The second Codex review reported no remaining actionable correctness issues.

Risks

The compatibility path is deliberately limited to the affected Apple platforms and build 31. Other clients retain the existing behavior. The exception can be removed after a released Apple build refreshes player media authorization safely. Device validation is still required with the companion Apple build.

AI Disclosure

  • Tool(s): OpenAI Codex
  • Model(s): gpt-5.6-sol
  • Involvement: AI-assisted
  • Adversarial review: I reproduced and diagnosed the playback behavior from live sessions and server logs, separated the stale media-authorization problem from the Apple renderer lifecycle problem, and designed the session-bound compatibility boundary. I used OpenAI Codex to help trace the server and client code, implement the patch and regression tests, run the focused validation, and perform repeated independent read-only diff reviews. CodeRabbit later found two authorization-boundary issues. I verified and fixed both. A Codex follow-up found one rate-limit ordering problem in the first correction, which I also fixed and tested. The final Codex review reported no remaining actionable correctness issues.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added session-bound playback capabilities for HLS, streams, subtitles, and transcoded media.
    • Playback can continue with valid session capabilities even when an account access token has expired.
    • Added support for capability authentication through request headers and query parameters.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved playback reconstruction across live sessions, transcodes, remuxes, and subtitle delivery.
    • Improved Apple tvOS build 31 compatibility for direct and subtitle streams.

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  • internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go
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Walkthrough

Playback routes now support signed, session-bound stream capabilities in headers or query parameters. Apple build-31 clients receive capability headers, and handlers use verified request claims to reconstruct playback sessions.

Changes

Playback transport capability flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Capability contract and transport authentication
internal/streamtoken/token.go, internal/auth/jwt.go, internal/api/middleware/auth.go, internal/api/middleware/transport_auth_test.go, internal/api/middleware/viewer_access.go
The middleware verifies session-bound stream capabilities from headers or query parameters. Valid capabilities populate request claims before JWT or API-key fallback. Viewer access bypasses profile resolution for stream-token requests.
Capability-authenticated playback routes
internal/api/router.go
HLS, stream, subtitle, and font routes use RequireTransportAuth with rate limiting and transport-aware viewer access.
Apple session capability negotiation and propagation
internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go, internal/api/handlers/playback_v3_test.go
Apple build-31 clients can receive signed session capability headers. Transport builders and planned playback paths preserve the headers. Tests cover platform, build, feature, and replan behavior.
Claim-based stream reconstruction
internal/api/handlers/playback.go, internal/api/handlers/stream.go, internal/api/handlers/playback_transport_capability_test.go
Handlers read verified transport claims before falling back to the st query token. Tests verify reconstruction with an expired bearer token.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3f52c

The change keeps the Apple playback authorization capability session-bound and limited to the affected clients and media routes; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains at the current head after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: quick104, neurekadev

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AppleClient
  participant PlaybackV3
  participant TransportAuth
  participant StreamHandler
  AppleClient->>PlaybackV3: Start playback
  PlaybackV3->>TransportAuth: Provide signed stream capability header
  TransportAuth->>StreamHandler: Forward verified session claims
  StreamHandler-->>AppleClient: Serve stream or subtitle content
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Inline comments:
In `@internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go`:
- Around line 220-225: Update mediaAuthModeForReplanV3 so detecting
streamtoken.Header in currentPlan.Stream.Headers sets mode.headerAuth = true
alongside the existing capability and proxy settings. Add a replan test that
removes header authentication from req.ClientFeatures and verifies the
replacement plan uses X-Silo-Stream-Token without a signed token in the media
URL.

In `@internal/api/router.go`:
- Around line 2075-2079: Update the stream route group around
RequireTransportAuth and HandleStream so account-auth fallback requests also
pass viewerAccessMiddleware.RequireViewerAccess, while valid X-Silo-Stream-Token
requests bypass the viewer gate and remain usable without bearer authentication.
Add coverage for both the regular-auth/profile-authorization path and the
stream-token path.
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