fix(query): reject a malformed list-users object instead of panicking by arpitjain099 · Pull Request #792 · openfga/cli

arpitjain099 · 2026-11-07T20:05:12Z

fga query list-users --object roadmap exits with a Go stack trace. parseObject splits the flag on : and reads element 1 without checking the split produced one, so an object with no type separator panics on index out of range [1] with length 1. The same panic was reported for fga query expand in #51.

strings.Split also cuts on every colon, so --object doc:a:b sends a request for doc:a and drops the rest. This switches to strings.Cut, which list-relations.go already uses, and returns a validation error when either half is empty.

Two tests cover both cases through listUsers.

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Bug Fixes
- Invalid object arguments now return an error instead of causing a parsing failure.
- Object IDs containing additional colons are now handled correctly, preserving the portion after the type separator. This makes user-list queries more reliable when object values are malformed or use colons in their IDs.

parseObject split --object on every colon and read element 1 with no length check, so an object with no type separator panicked and an id containing a colon was trimmed at the first one. Use strings.Cut and return a validation error when either half is empty. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Arpit Jain <arpitjain099@gmail.com>

coderabbitai · 2026-11-07T20:05:25Z

Walkthrough

The list-users command now validates object strings before it builds a request. It returns an error for invalid input and preserves colons after the first separator in the object ID.

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Object Input Validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse and validate object input `cmd/query/list-users.go`, `cmd/query/list-users_test.go`	`parseObject` rejects input without a separator or with an empty type or ID. `listUsers` returns parsing errors before building a request. Tests cover malformed input and object IDs that contain additional colons.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: ewanharris, rhamzeh

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The object-parsing fix is mergeable after normal checks. The remaining user-filter validation issue is pre-existing and does not increase this change’s risk.

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The title "fix(query): reject a malformed list-users object instead of panicking" matches the main change. The raw summary shows that parseObject now returns an error for a missing separator or an empty type or ID, and listUsers returns that error before it builds the request. The PR objectives say the old code panicked on an object without a type separator, and the new code uses strings.Cut so IDs with colons stay intact. The title names the fix, the affected command area, and the panic behavior. It does not mention the colon-preservation behavior or the empty-part validation, but it does not need to cover every detail.

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Review comments at @cmd/query/list-users.go:
- Line 29: Update parseUserFilters to reject user filters containing extra
separators, such as “a#b#c,” instead of discarding trailing content and querying
with a different filter. Ensure invalid filters are rejected before the request
is sent.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-07T20:09:57Z

 	"github.com/openfga/go-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

+	"github.com/openfga/cli/internal/clierrors"


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git diff c281bb70dd5d9a0369086df87dc974be4e9a8fb3 2c9f025c0bcf0b0d9b4dc517dcd4e3ac24277570 -- cmd/query/list-users.go cmd/query/list-users_test.go nl -ba cmd/query/list-users.go rg -n -F -e 'parseUserFilters' -e 'user-filter' -e 'UserTypeFilter' -- cmd/query

Repository: openfga/cli

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nl -ba cmd/query/list-users_test.go | sed -n '20,218p' rg -n -F -e 'github.com/openfga/openfga ' -e 'github.com/openfga/go-sdk ' -- go.mod rg -n -F -e 'user_filter' -e 'user-filter' -e 'list-users' -- tests docs examples cmd/query 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1 for d in "$HOME/go/pkg/mod/github.com/openfga/go-sdk@v0.8.3" "$HOME/go/pkg/mod/github.com/openfga/openfga@v1.21.0"; do if [ -d "$d" ]; then echo "PRESENT $d"; else echo "ABSENT $d"; fi; done

Repository: openfga/cli

Length of output: 7561

Web query:

OpenFGA v1.21.0 ListUsers user_filters empty relation validation source UserTypeFilter

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Sources consulted: - openfga/pkg/server/commands/listusers/list_users_rpc.go at v1.21.0 · openfga/openfga · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/openfga/blob/v1.21.0/pkg/server/commands/listusers/list_users_rpc.go - openfga/pkg/server/list_users.go at v1.21.0 · openfga/openfga · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/openfga/blob/v1.21.0/pkg/server/list_users.go - python-sdk/docs/OpenFgaApi.md at main · openfga/python-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/python-sdk/blob/main/docs/OpenFgaApi.md - openfga package - github.com/openfga/go-sdk - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/openfga/go-sdk - …and 15 more

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for url in \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/go-sdk/v0.8.3/model_user_type_filter.go \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/go-sdk/v0.8.3/client/client.go \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/openfga/v1.22.1/pkg/server/commands/listusers/list_users_rpc.go \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/openfga/v1.22.1/pkg/server/list_users.go; do echo "===== $url" curl -fLsS --max-time 20 "$url" | rg -n -C 5 -e 'type UserTypeFilter' -e 'json:"relation' -e 'ToMap' -e 'GetUserFilters' -e 'userFilter.GetRelation' -e 'Validate' -e 'ListUsers\(' -e 'func .*Execute' || echo "No matching output or fetch failure" done

Repository: openfga/cli

Length of output: 34616

Web query:

github openfga go-sdk v0.8.3 model_user_type_filter.go json relation ToMap listusers

Result:

Sources consulted: - go-sdk/model_user_type_filter.go at v0.8.3 · openfga/go-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/go-sdk/blob/v0.8.3/model_user_type_filter.go - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/go-sdk/v0.8.3/model_user_type_filter.go - go-sdk/model_list_users_request.go at v0.8.3 · openfga/go-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/go-sdk/blob/v0.8.3/model_list_users_request.go - go-sdk/api_open_fga.go at main · openfga/go-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/go-sdk/blob/main/api_open_fga.go - go-sdk/docs/OpenFgaApi.md at main · openfga/go-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/openfga/go-sdk/blob/main/docs/OpenFgaApi.md - …and 15 more

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echo '=== sdk client list users' curl -fLsS --max-time 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/go-sdk/v0.8.3/client/client.go | nl -ba | sed -n '2983,3100p' echo '=== server validation files' curl -fLsS --max-time 20 'https://api.github.com/repos/openfga/openfga/contents/pkg/server/commands/listusers?ref=v1.22.1' | python3 -c 'import json,sys; print("\n".join(x["name"] for x in json.load(sys.stdin)))' echo '=== server list users validate' curl -fLsS --max-time 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/openfga/v1.22.1/pkg/server/commands/listusers/list_users_validation.go | nl -ba | sed -n '1,240p' echo '=== server userset matches' curl -fLsS --max-time 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/openfga/v1.22.1/pkg/server/commands/listusers/list_users_rpc.go | nl -ba | sed -n '197,235p;360,401p'

Repository: openfga/cli

Length of output: 8175

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echo '=== list-users validation' curl -fLsS --max-time 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/openfga/v1.22.1/pkg/server/commands/listusers/validate.go | nl -ba echo '=== userset helper location' curl -fLsS --max-time 20 'https://api.github.com/repos/openfga/openfga/contents/pkg/tuple?ref=v1.22.1' | python3 -c 'import json,sys; print("\n".join(x["name"] for x in json.load(sys.stdin)))' for f in tuple.go tuple_test.go; do echo "=== $f" curl -fLsS --max-time 20 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfga/openfga/v1.22.1/pkg/tuple/$f" | rg -n -C 8 'UsersetMatchTypeAndRelation' || test "$?" -eq 1 done

Repository: openfga/cli

Length of output: 4786

Reject user filters with extra separators.

When a user passes --user-filter "a#b#c", parseUserFilters discards #c and queries for a#b. If a#b is valid, the server can return results for that different filter. Reject filters with extra separators before sending the request.

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