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Measure SessionTokenCache age on the device clock - #10361
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createdAt was taken from JWT iat, so a client whose clock ran behind kept serving session tokens after they had expired on the server.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: measuring SessionTokenCache age using the device clock. |
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The description directly explains the clock-skew bug, the implementation change, and the related test coverage. |
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The implementation satisfies [#10185]. setInternal records createdAt from the device clock. get() and the expiration timer calculate age from that value and retain exp - iat as the token lifet… |
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The changes stay within [#10185]. The source change fixes cache timing, the test changes verify the timing behavior, and the changeset documents the bug fix. No unrelated product behavior or unrelated… |
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#10185].setInternalrecordscreatedAtfrom the device clock.get()and the expiration timer calculate age from that value and retainexp - iatas the token lifetime. Broadcast handling no longer uses JWTiatascreatedAt. The new test covers a device clock 40 seconds behind and verifies that the token is available at 50 seconds and absent at 70 seconds. Existing monotonicity and expiration tests were updated for the device-clock behavior.
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Review comments at @packages/clerk-js/src/core/tokenCache.ts:
- Line 409: Update the remainingTtl calculation in the token-cache insertion
flow to subtract the token’s age, using its iat with an appropriate allowance
for device clock skew, rather than treating createdAt as the token’s issuance
time. Apply the same age-aware lifetime to broadcast-received tokens so late
arrivals are not cached beyond their server-side exp.
- Line 330: In the `set` method, avoid assigning the default cache timestamp
directly to the caller’s `entry`, since reusing it can carry over the previous
insertion time. Store the timestamp on an internal entry copy so each `set` call
gives the refreshed token a new cache time.
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| const nowSeconds = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000); | ||
| const createdAt = entry.createdAt ?? nowSeconds; | ||
| entry.createdAt = createdAt; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Do not persist the default cache time on the caller’s entry.
If a caller updates a previously cached entry with a fresh resolver and calls set(entry) again, this assignment preserves the first insertion time on entry.createdAt. The second call can then expire the fresh token early. Store the default timestamp on an internal entry copy so each reused caller entry receives a new cache time.
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Review comment at @packages/clerk-js/src/core/tokenCache.ts at line 330:
In the `set` method, avoid assigning the default cache timestamp directly to the
caller’s `entry`, since reusing it can carry over the previous insertion time.
Store the timestamp on an internal entry copy so each `set` call gives the
refreshed token a new cache time.
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| // entry (`live.createdAt`), not from JWT `iat`. Mixing server `iat` | ||
| // with `Date.now()` serves expired tokens when the device runs behind. | ||
| const nowSeconds = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000); | ||
| const remainingTtl: Seconds = expiresIn - (nowSeconds - live.createdAt); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Account for a token’s age before cache insertion.
If a token arrives 40 seconds after its iat with a 60-second JWT lifetime, this calculation gives it another 60 seconds in the cache. At 25 seconds after insertion, get() can still return that token even though its server-side exp passed five seconds earlier. Broadcast-received tokens also use the receipt time as createdAt. Derive the remaining lifetime from a trusted measure of token age while accounting for device clock skew; do not grant every received token its full JWT lifetime. This is the late-arrival case identified in the PR objective.
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Review comment at @packages/clerk-js/src/core/tokenCache.ts at line 409:
Update the remainingTtl calculation in the token-cache insertion flow to
subtract the token’s age, using its iat with an appropriate allowance for device
clock skew, rather than treating createdAt as the token’s issuance time. Apply
the same age-aware lifetime to broadcast-received tokens so late arrivals are
not cached beyond their server-side exp.
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Fixes #10185
SessionTokenCache.get()computed remaining TTL as(exp - iat) - (deviceNow - iat). That compares serveriatwith the device clock, so a client running behind kept returning a session token afterexp(and after Clerk Backend's clock-skew window).createdAtis the device time at cache insert again, matching #672. Elapsed time and the deletion timer both run on that clock. Broadcasts no longer stampcreatedAtfromiat.Test plan