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Problem

Two rack-gateway commands using the security key at the same time (for example two AI agents each running a command
that needs MFA) both fail. The key answers one command at a time, so libfido2 reports rx error or
unsupported option to the other, after the person has already entered both PINs and touched the key. The person
also can't tell which touch belongs to which command.

Change

• Every command holds an exclusive lock while it uses the security key: from its PIN dialog to its touch
  (GetAssertionWithCachedPIN), and around CheckPIN and SingleKeyHasPIN, which the script review dialog uses.
  None of these calls another, so a process never waits on its own lock.
• The lock file is security-key.lock under the user's cache directory (os.UserCacheDir()), which every command
  shares. An agent session can have its own TMPDIR, so a temp-dir lock wouldn't make commands take turns. The
  operating system releases the lock when a command exits, so a crashed command never leaves one behind.
• A command that has to wait prints Waiting for another rack-gateway command to finish with the security key....
• The flock / LockFileEx helpers move from the config lock into a small internal/cli/filelock package, which the
  config lock now uses too.

Tests

• filelock: a second lock waits, says so, and takes the lock once the first is released.
• webauthn: the assertion, the PIN check and the PIN query each wait while another command holds the lock. The
  test replaces opening devices, so it never touches a real key. It fails when the lock is removed from CheckPIN.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Concurrent CLI commands now take turns using the security key. Waiting commands show a message and request a PIN or key touch when it’s their turn.
• Bug Fixes
  • Security-key operations and configuration access now wait for existing operations to finish, reducing conflicts when commands run concurrently.

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• internal/cli/filelock/filelock_test.go
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• internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock_test.go

Walkthrough

The CLI now uses a shared cross-platform file-lock package for config locks and WebAuthn security-key operations. WebAuthn assertion and PIN operations wait for the shared lock, and the documentation describes the waiting behavior.

Changes

CLI Locking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cross-platform file-lock primitive internal/cli/filelock/*	Adds filelock.Lock, Unix and Windows lock operations, and a test that checks a second lock waits until the first is released.
Config lock migration internal/cli/config_lock.go, internal/cli/config_lock_unix.go, internal/cli/config_lock_windows.go	Changes lockConfig to use filelock.Lock and removes the previous platform-specific lock functions.
WebAuthn security-key serialization internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock.go, internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock_test.go, internal/cli/webauthn/pin_check.go, internal/cli/webauthn/webauthn.go, docs/src/content/docs/user-guide/cli/mfa-verification.mdx	Adds a shared lock around assertion and PIN operations. Tests check that these operations wait while the lock is held. The documentation describes the waiting message and when the waiting command requests a PIN and touch.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GetAssertionWithCachedPIN
  participant withKeyLock
  participant filelock.Lock
  participant requestAssertion
  participant openDevices
  GetAssertionWithCachedPIN->>withKeyLock: Run assertion callback
  withKeyLock->>filelock.Lock: Acquire shared security-key lock
  filelock.Lock-->>withKeyLock: Return release function
  withKeyLock->>requestAssertion: Request assertion while locked
  requestAssertion->>openDevices: Open security-key devices
  openDevices-->>requestAssertion: Return devices
  requestAssertion-->>withKeyLock: Return assertion result
  withKeyLock->>filelock.Lock: Release lock

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Possibly related PRs

• DocSpring/rack-gateway#186: Adds the PIN-check and device-opening functions that this change wraps with the security-key lock.

Merge Risk: Low · up to da3bf

Commands normally share the security-key lock, but commands without a configured home or cache directory can still contend for the key if they use different temporary directories. Fix that fallback and the two test failure paths before merging, or explicitly accept the bounded risk.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @internal/cli/filelock/filelock_test.go:
- Around line 21-23: Update the test flow around the second Lock call so errors
are sent to the test goroutine through a buffered error channel instead of
calling require.NoError inside the helper goroutine. Handle errors while waiting
on waiting and acquired so the test cannot block if Lock fails.

Review comments at @internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock_test.go:
- Around line 33-36: Replace the `require.False` assertion inside the "PIN
query" worker callback with an error return when `SingleKeyHasPIN()` is true, so
the worker can send its result on `done` and the test goroutine can report the
failure through `require.ErrorIs`; preserve the `errNoKey` return when no PIN is
reported.

Review comments at @internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock.go:
- Around line 13-23: Update keyLockPath to return an error when
os.UserCacheDir() fails instead of falling back to os.TempDir(), and update
withKeyLock to propagate that error before attempting to acquire the lock.
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Files selected for processing: 12

• docs/src/content/docs/user-guide/cli/mfa-verification.mdx
• internal/cli/config_lock.go
• internal/cli/config_lock_unix.go
• internal/cli/config_lock_windows.go
• internal/cli/filelock/filelock.go
• internal/cli/filelock/filelock_test.go
• internal/cli/filelock/filelock_unix.go
• internal/cli/filelock/filelock_windows.go
• internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock.go
• internal/cli/webauthn/key_lock_test.go
• internal/cli/webauthn/pin_check.go
• internal/cli/webauthn/webauthn.go

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• internal/cli/config_lock_unix.go
• internal/cli/config_lock_windows.go

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