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  • Configuration
    • Startup now validates configuration and stops with an error if validation fails. Configuration warnings are displayed before the application runs.
    • Warnings identify non-default experimental settings, disabled subdomains, and legacy username-based OIDC subjects.
  • OIDC
    • OIDC subject identifiers now distinguish users across providers when legacy subject behavior is disabled. Legacy behavior is enabled by default for compatibility.

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Configuration validation now reports warnings to the CLI. OIDC configuration adds a legacy subject setting that controls whether CreateSub uses the previous UUID input or includes the provider ID.

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Configuration and OIDC subject behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration defaults and validation
internal/model/config.go
Configuration adds LegacySubEnabled, enables it by default, and warns about non-default experimental settings, disabled subdomains, and enabled legacy subjects.
CLI validation reporting
cmd/tinyauth/tinyauth.go, internal/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.go
The root command returns an invalid configuration error when validation reports errors and prints validation warnings. Bootstrap no longer logs a warning when subdomains are disabled.
OIDC subject UUID input
internal/service/oidc_service.go
CreateSub includes the provider ID in its UUID input unless LegacySubEnabled is true, in which case it uses the previous username-and-client-ID input.

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

Change: Feature


Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7d28f

The new OIDC subject derivation can give two distinct identities the same subject if a provider ID or username contains a colon. It affects only installations that disable legacy subjects, and the fix is small, so address it before merge.

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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: using the provider ID when generating OIDC subjects. It is concise and related to the main implementation change.
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Review comments at @internal/service/oidc_service.go:
- Line 899: Update the sub construction in CreateSub to encode the provider ID,
username, and client ID with unambiguous boundaries before generating the UUID,
so delimiter-containing values cannot produce colliding subject inputs.

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  • cmd/tinyauth/tinyauth.go
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// but if username or client name changes then sub changes too.
func (service *OIDCService) CreateSub(userContext model.UserContext, clientId string) string {
return utils.GenerateUUID(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", userContext.GetUsername(), clientId))
sub := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", userContext.GetProviderID(), userContext.GetUsername(), clientId)

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printf '%s\n' '--- changed hunk ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant declarations and references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'CreateSub(' internal cmd . 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'GetProviderID()' internal 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'GetUsername()' internal 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'ProviderID' internal 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'ClientID' internal 2>/dev/null || true

printf '%s\n' '--- context and OIDC blocks ---'
sed -n '1,240p' internal/model/context.go
sed -n '820,940p' internal/service/oidc_service.go

Repository: tinyauthapp/tinyauth

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set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- OAuth/provider/client declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'OAuth' internal/model internal/service internal/controller | head -240
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'ProviderID' internal | head -160
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'clientId' internal/service internal/controller | head -160

printf '%s\n' '--- configuration definitions and validation ---'
sed -n '230,320p' internal/model/config.go
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'Validate' internal/model internal/config internal/service internal/controller 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'ClientID' internal/model internal/service internal/controller | head -220

printf '%s\n' '--- OIDC request and token flow ---'
sed -n '380,475p' internal/service/oidc_service.go
sed -n '390,450p' internal/controller/oidc_controller.go
sed -n '1,190p' internal/service/oidc_service.go

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printf '%s\n' '--- OAuth service construction and claim mapping ---'
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sed -n '500,625p' internal/service/auth_service.go
sed -n '1,145p' internal/service/oauth_service.go
sed -n '180,290p' internal/model/config.go

printf '%s\n' '--- configuration validation ---'
sed -n '340,470p' internal/model/config.go

printf '%s\n' '--- provider construction references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'NewOAuthService(' internal
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'OAuthContext{' internal
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'BaseContext:' internal/service internal/controller

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set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- OAuth claims to authenticated context ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'PreferredUsername' internal
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'GetOAuthUserinfo' internal
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -- 'OAuthSub' internal/service internal/controller
sed -n '240,390p' internal/controller/oauth_controller.go
sed -n '330,410p' internal/service/auth_service.go

Repository: tinyauthapp/tinyauth

Length of output: 8590


Encode the subject components before generating the UUID.

CreateSub uses a colon-delimited string without restricting component values. A provider ID or username that contains : can make distinct identities produce the same OIDC subject input. Encode each component with unambiguous boundaries.

🐛 Suggested fix
--- "a/internal/service/oidc_service.go"
+++ "b/internal/service/oidc_service.go"
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
 // We will just create a uuid out of the username and client name which remains stable,
 // but if username or client name changes then sub changes too.
 func (service *OIDCService) CreateSub(userContext model.UserContext, clientId string) string {
-	sub := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", userContext.GetProviderID(), userContext.GetUsername(), clientId)
+	sub := fmt.Sprintf("%q:%q:%q", userContext.GetProviderID(), userContext.GetUsername(), clientId)
 
 	// The old sub created by the username and client ID is insecure
 	// because it allows subs from different providers to be the same
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sub := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", userContext.GetProviderID(), userContext.GetUsername(), clientId)
sub := fmt.Sprintf("%q:%q:%q", userContext.GetProviderID(), userContext.GetUsername(), clientId)
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Review comment at @internal/service/oidc_service.go at line 899:
Update the sub construction in CreateSub to encode the provider ID, username,
and client ID with unambiguous boundaries before generating the UUID, so
delimiter-containing values cannot produce colliding subject inputs.

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