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Jack YeandXuanwo 2f88b71c21 feat: add persistent OAuth token cache and session APIs (#4182)
Stacked on #4173 (diff includes it until that merges; will rebase
after). Addresses the token-cache part of [Colin's
review](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/4173#issuecomment-5674048100).

Adds an explicit, opt-in persistent OAuth token cache shared by Rust,
Python, and Node clients, plus `login` / `status` / `logout` session
APIs, so short-lived processes (CLIs, scripts, notebooks) reuse one
session instead of restarting a browser or device flow on every start.

- **Opt-in and minimal**: existing callers stay memory-only and lazy.
Only refresh tokens are persisted (never access tokens, never client
secrets), so there are no local token-expiry decisions to get wrong when
clocks move. Each process start performs one silent refresh grant.
- **Hardened file backend**: private directory (`0700`), per-record
files (`0600`), owner validation, symlink rejection, and atomic `rename`
replacement. Corrupt, truncated, unknown-version, or permission-invalid
records fail with actionable errors naming the file. Native keyring
backends were evaluated (keyring crate routes Linux through D-Bus/zbus:
heavy deps, headless/CI flakiness) and are deferred; the file store is
the explicit opt-in, not a downgrade from a keyring.
- **Cache key**: SHA-256 of the canonical identity (issuer, client ID,
sorted/de-duplicated scopes, flow, public/confidential), so no secret
appears in a filename and distinct identities never collide. Versioned
record schema (`version: 1`). One record per identity: last login wins,
documented.
- **Cross-process rotation locking**: per-key `fs4` file lock (`flock` /
`LockFileEx`) around the refresh critical section — acquire, reread the
durable record, refresh exactly once, atomically store the rotated
refresh token, release. The OS releases locks on process death, so
crashes cannot strand stale locks. Only confirmed
`invalid_grant`/`invalid_token` deletes a record and reauthenticates;
transport, 5xx, 429, and parse failures retain it.
- **Session APIs**: `OAuthSession::login/status/logout` in Rust,
`lancedb.remote.OAuthSession` (async) in Python, `OAuthSession` class in
Node. `status` returns non-secret metadata only. `logout` removes only
the local credential — provider revocation (RFC 7009) is a deliberate
follow-up, and local logout never terminates browser SSO. Azure managed
identity is rejected for persistence (machine identity stays in memory);
client credentials have nothing refreshable to persist and stay
memory-only.
- No CLI binary exists in this repo, so this ships library APIs plus doc
examples in all three languages.

Tests: Rust unit + mock-IdP integration (cache-key
canonicalization/separation, record
versioning/corruption/truncation/symlink/owner/perms, lock serialization
+ release, two concurrent providers proving no `invalid_grant` and
correct rotation, transient-failure retention, `invalid_grant` delete +
reauthenticate, login/status/logout lifecycle, client-credentials no-op,
IMDS rejection, secret redaction); Python lifecycle + a true
two-subprocess cross-process reuse test (second process refreshes once,
never hits the device endpoint); Node lifecycle + device-flow login
test. Local builds were skipped in development; CI validates all
bindings.

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Co-authored-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>
2026-09-16 02:01:10 +08:00

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@lancedb/lancedb / OAuthSession

Class: OAuthSession

Explicit OAuth session lifecycle for the persistent token cache: eager login, non-secret status, and local logout.

A session is built from the same OAuthConfig used to connect (including its tokenCache options). A connection created with the same configuration shares the cache, so logging in here prepares tokens for later processes without any database request.

login always runs the configured interactive flow and replaces the cached session (the most recent login wins). logout removes only the local credential; it does not revoke anything with the provider and does not sign out of a browser SSO session.

Example

const config: OAuthConfig = {
  issuerUrl: "https://issuer.example.com",
  clientId: "my-app",
  scopes: ["openid", "offline_access"],
  flow: OAuthFlowType.DeviceCode,
  tokenCache: { cacheDir: "/tmp/my-app/oauth-cache" },
};
const session = new OAuthSession(config);
const status = await session.login();

Constructors

new OAuthSession()

new OAuthSession(config): OAuthSession

Create a session manager for the given OAuth configuration.

Parameters

Returns

OAuthSession

Methods

login()

login(): Promise<SessionStatus>

Eagerly run the configured authentication flow and store the session.

A successful login always replaces any prior cached session for this identity; if the provider does not issue a refresh token (for example without offline_access), the previous record is removed and the status reports refreshable == false.

Returns

Promise<SessionStatus>


logout()

logout(): Promise<SessionLogout>

Remove the matching local cached credential.

This only deletes the local cache entry. It does not revoke the refresh token with the provider and does not sign out of a browser SSO session. Repeated calls succeed; removed reports whether a credential existed.

Returns

Promise<SessionLogout>


status()

status(): Promise<SessionStatus>

Report whether a matching cached session exists, with safe metadata.

This never contacts the identity provider and never exposes token values.

Returns

Promise<SessionStatus>