feat(nvcf): accept delegated projected ServiceAccount tokens for worker auth - #848
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…er auth Adds a fallback token validation path for self-hosted NVCF clusters where workers present a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) instead of the legacy bootstrap worker token. When the NVCF-issued token decrypt fails and nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled=true, the gRPC worker service calls ICMS POST /v1/workers/tokens/introspect (RFC 7662) to verify the PSAT via cluster OIDC. Active results are cached in-process for up to 14 minutes to avoid repeated ICMS calls per worker connection. Changes: - IcmsStubService: add WorkerTokenIntrospectRequest/Result DTOs and introspectWorkerToken exchange method - IcmsClient: delegate introspectWorkerToken to the stub - WorkerTokenIntrospectionService (new): Caffeine cache + introspection wrapper gated on nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled - GrpcWorkerService: catch ForbiddenException from legacy validation and fall through to ICMS introspection when enabled - application.yaml: add nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: false (overridden to true in self-hosted Helmfile overlay) Relates to #840 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds ICMS worker-token introspection, caches active results, and integrates optional delegated-token validation into ChangesDelegated worker-token validation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to When enabled, delegated-token authentication can authorize a worker for a requested function without proving that the token claims bind to that function, and cached active results may remain valid after token expiration. This could permit unauthorized or expired delegated tokens to access functions, so the security issues should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant GrpcWorkerService
participant WorkerTokenIntrospectionService
participant IcmsClient
participant ICMS
GrpcWorkerService->>GrpcWorkerService: Local token validation fails
GrpcWorkerService->>WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: introspect(rawToken)
WorkerTokenIntrospectionService->>IcmsClient: Send introspection request
IcmsClient->>ICMS: POST /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect
ICMS-->>IcmsClient: Introspection result
IcmsClient-->>WorkerTokenIntrospectionService: Active or inactive result
WorkerTokenIntrospectionService-->>GrpcWorkerService: Return result
GrpcWorkerService->>GrpcWorkerService: Reject or create synthetic worker token
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- Around line 254-265: Bind the delegated-token authorization in
GrpcWorkerService to the function identity returned by
workerTokenIntrospectionService.introspect: extend the introspection result with
authorized function and version IDs, require both to exactly match functionId
and functionVersionId, and reject mismatches before constructing
NvcfIssuedToken. Add coverage for requests using a different function or
version.
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`@src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/icms/client/IcmsStubService.java`:
- Around line 410-424: The WorkerTokenIntrospectResult contract lacks verified
token expiration, allowing WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to cache active
tokens beyond expiry. Add a verified expiration field populated from
introspection, update WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to retain entries only
until the earlier of 14 minutes or the remaining token lifetime, and add
coverage for an active token expiring in under 14 minutes; preserve normal
handling for inactive or longer-lived tokens.
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| // Delegated token path: the bearer token is a projected ServiceAccount Token (PSAT). | ||
| // ICMS verifies cluster OIDC and worker identity; active=true means authorized. | ||
| var result = workerTokenIntrospectionService.introspect(token); | ||
| if (!result.isActive()) { | ||
| log.warn("worker token introspection returned active=false: {}", result.getError()); | ||
| throw new ForbiddenException("worker token not active"); | ||
| } | ||
| log.debug("worker authorized via delegated token, instance_id={}", result.getInstanceId()); | ||
| // Construct a synthetic token representing this worker's claimed function identity. | ||
| // The function lookup below independently verifies the function is active. | ||
| return new NvcfIssuedToken(functionId, functionVersionId, Instant.now(), | ||
| TokenType.WORKER); |
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Bind the delegated token to the requested function identity.
active=true only confirms that ICMS accepted the delegated token. This code ignores the returned worker identity and creates NvcfIssuedToken from functionId and functionVersionId supplied by the caller.
An active token for one worker can request another active function ID and receive a legacy worker token for that function. Extend the ICMS result with the authorized function IDs. Require an exact match before creating the synthetic token. Add a test that rejects a token when it requests a different function or version.
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In
`@src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/grpc/GrpcWorkerService.java`
around lines 254 - 265, Bind the delegated-token authorization in
GrpcWorkerService to the function identity returned by
workerTokenIntrospectionService.introspect: extend the introspection result with
authorized function and version IDs, require both to exactly match functionId
and functionVersionId, and reject mismatches before constructing
NvcfIssuedToken. Add coverage for requests using a different function or
version.
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This is really important. We don't have anything in the delegated token that ties it to the function id/version-id.
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@sanjay-saxena, agreed. The current proposed match check is not possible because the delegated token has no function ID or function version ID claim.
active=true can only authorize the worker identity that ICMS validates. It cannot authorize the caller-provided functionId and functionVersionId.
This path must not create a function-scoped NvcfIssuedToken from request values until ICMS provides an authoritative function binding, or another service validates the worker-to-function assignment. The finding remains valid.
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File: src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/grpc/GrpcWorkerService.java:254-265
Timestamp: 2026-08-25T17:30:53.716Z
Learning: For delegated projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Tokens in the NVCF worker authentication flow, the token does not contain a function ID or function version ID binding. An active ICMS introspection result alone cannot authorize caller-provided function IDs in `GrpcWorkerService.validateWorkerToken(UUID functionId, UUID functionVersionId)`.
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Is ICMS aware of function/version ID's, or are those data garbage-in-garbage-out passthrough? If it is, then it already associates instance <-> worker so NVCF can include that info in its introspection payload.
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ICMS knows about workload ids(function-id/version-id, task-id). They are in the LaunchSpec as top-level attributes/properties.
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| @Jacksonized | ||
| @Builder | ||
| class WorkerTokenIntrospectResult { | ||
| boolean active; | ||
| @Nullable String sub; | ||
| @Nullable String aud; | ||
| @Nullable String iss; | ||
| @JsonProperty("instance_id") | ||
| @Nullable String instanceId; | ||
| @JsonProperty("worker_id") | ||
| @Nullable String workerId; | ||
| @JsonProperty("token_type") | ||
| @Nullable String tokenType; | ||
| @Nullable String error; |
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Return a verified token expiration in the introspection result.
WorkerTokenIntrospectionService starts its 14-minute cache lifetime when it receives this result. A token that is active shortly before expiry can remain authorized from the cache after expiry. GrpcWorkerService can then issue a new legacy worker token from that cached result.
Add a verified expiration value to this contract. Limit cache retention to the earlier of 14 minutes and the remaining token lifetime. Add a test for an active token with less than 14 minutes remaining.
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In
`@src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/icms/client/IcmsStubService.java`
around lines 410 - 424, The WorkerTokenIntrospectResult contract lacks verified
token expiration, allowing WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to cache active
tokens beyond expiry. Add a verified expiration field populated from
introspection, update WorkerTokenIntrospectionService to retain entries only
until the earlier of 14 minutes or the remaining token lifetime, and add
coverage for an active token expiring in under 14 minutes; preserve normal
handling for inactive or longer-lived tokens.
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| // Delegated token path: the bearer token is a projected ServiceAccount Token (PSAT). | ||
| // ICMS verifies cluster OIDC and worker identity; active=true means authorized. | ||
| var result = workerTokenIntrospectionService.introspect(token); | ||
| if (!result.isActive()) { | ||
| log.warn("worker token introspection returned active=false: {}", result.getError()); | ||
| throw new ForbiddenException("worker token not active"); | ||
| } | ||
| log.debug("worker authorized via delegated token, instance_id={}", result.getInstanceId()); | ||
| // Construct a synthetic token representing this worker's claimed function identity. | ||
| // The function lookup below independently verifies the function is active. | ||
| return new NvcfIssuedToken(functionId, functionVersionId, Instant.now(), | ||
| TokenType.WORKER); |
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This is really important. We don't have anything in the delegated token that ties it to the function id/version-id.
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| class WorkerTokenIntrospectResult { | ||
| boolean active; | ||
| @Nullable String sub; |
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Is there a reason why some of these important claims can be null in the delegated token?
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None of these should be nullable, fixing
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| public WorkerTokenIntrospectionService( | ||
| IcmsClient icmsClient, | ||
| @Value("${nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled:false}") boolean enabled) { |
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Change the property to nvcf.worker.delegated-token.enabled
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| maximum-target-latency: PT10S | ||
| worker: | ||
| delegated-token-enabled: false |
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Do you want this turned on for other profiles such as ncp?
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I'm going to leave this disabled by default in all cases for now. Can revisit turning it on for the ncp profile later
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| @PostExchange(url = "/v1/workers/tokens/introspect", |
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This should be /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect.
| @Nullable String workerId; | ||
| @JsonProperty("token_type") | ||
| @Nullable String tokenType; | ||
| @Nullable String error; |
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Should there be function_id and function_version_id claims in this result so that we can use them to verify?
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They can be fields in this result yes (and task_id when relevant)
| // Delegated token path: the bearer token is a projected ServiceAccount Token (PSAT). | ||
| // ICMS verifies cluster OIDC and worker identity; active=true means authorized. | ||
| var result = workerTokenIntrospectionService.introspect(token); | ||
| if (!result.isActive()) { | ||
| log.warn("worker token introspection returned active=false: {}", result.getError()); | ||
| throw new ForbiddenException("worker token not active"); | ||
| } | ||
| log.debug("worker authorized via delegated token, instance_id={}", result.getInstanceId()); | ||
| // Construct a synthetic token representing this worker's claimed function identity. | ||
| // The function lookup below independently verifies the function is active. | ||
| return new NvcfIssuedToken(functionId, functionVersionId, Instant.now(), | ||
| TokenType.WORKER); |
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ICMS knows about workload ids(function-id/version-id, task-id). They are in the LaunchSpec as top-level attributes/properties.
| boolean active; | ||
| @Nullable String sub; | ||
| @Nullable String aud; | ||
| @Nullable String iss; |
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Should we have an exp claim that specifies the token expiration time? Then, we can use that to cache the results. If an expired token is presented, then the request should not be authorized.
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Yes there must be one
| boolean active; | ||
| @Nullable String sub; | ||
| @Nullable String aud; | ||
| @Nullable String iss; |
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Should we validate that the token was issued by ICMS/SIS using ICMS's public/well-known jwks?
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The token was issued by the cluster itself, not by ICMS. ICMS receives the cluster's pubkey on cluster registration (already part of the NVCA <-> ICMS multi-cluster registration flow) and verifies the worker token's signature internally using that cluster's pubkey. Very similar to how psat cluster registration works now
- Fix property name: nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled -> nvcf.worker.delegated-token.enabled (was a hyphen where the convention uses a dot separator) - Fix ICMS introspect URL: /v1/workers/tokens/introspect -> /v1/icms/workers/tokens/introspect to match the ICMS controller path prefix - Add RFC 7662 exp field to WorkerTokenIntrospectResult so NVCF API receives the token expiry time alongside the active flag - Cap the introspection cache TTL to min(14min, remaining-token-lifetime) using a Caffeine per-entry Expiry so a token near expiry is not cached for up to 14 minutes beyond its actual expiry Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/service/token/WorkerTokenIntrospectionService.java (1)
1-43: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUpdate the worker authentication architecture flow.
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GrpcWorkerService.connectOncecallsWorkerTokenIntrospectionService; cache hits can bypass ICMS, and inactive results reject the connection. Add this path todocs/dev/architecture.md.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 424: Update the Javadoc comment near the token expiration field to
replace the non-ASCII section symbol with the ASCII word “section,” preserving
the RFC 7662 reference and the rest of the comment.
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`@src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/icms/client/IcmsStubService.java`:
- Around line 429-433: Add an integration test for
IcmsClient.introspectWorkerToken that captures the outgoing request and verifies
the auto-configured WebClient.Builder propagates both W3C traceparent and
tracestate headers.
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`@src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/service/token/WorkerTokenIntrospectionService.java`:
- Around line 1-43: Update the worker authentication architecture flow in
docs/dev/architecture.md to show that, when delegated-token authentication is
enabled, GrpcWorkerService.connectOnce invokes WorkerTokenIntrospectionService;
indicate that active-token cache hits can bypass ICMS and inactive introspection
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| @Nullable String workerId; | ||
| @JsonProperty("token_type") | ||
| @Nullable String tokenType; | ||
| /** RFC 7662 §2.2: epoch-seconds at which the token expires. Null when unknown. */ |
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Use ASCII in the new source comment.
Replace the non-ASCII section symbol with the word section.
As per coding guidelines: use only standard ASCII in committed text.
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In
`@src/control-plane-services/cloud-functions/nvcf-core/src/main/java/com/nvidia/nvcf/icms/client/IcmsStubService.java`
at line 424, Update the Javadoc comment near the token expiration field to
replace the non-ASCII section symbol with the ASCII word “section,” preserving
the RFC 7662 reference and the rest of the comment.
Source: Coding guidelines
Why
Part of the delegated worker token feature (issue #840). On self-hosted NVCF clusters, workers receive a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) mounted into their pods. The legacy token validation path decrypts an NVCF-issued JWE, which the PSAT is not. This PR adds a fallback so the gRPC worker service calls ICMS token introspection when the decrypt fails, enabling workers to authenticate via cluster OIDC instead of the static bootstrap token.
What changed
IcmsStubService: AddedWorkerTokenIntrospectRequest/WorkerTokenIntrospectResultDTOs and theintrospectWorkerTokenHTTP exchange method targetingPOST /v1/workers/tokens/introspect.IcmsClient: Delegating wrapper forintrospectWorkerToken.WorkerTokenIntrospectionService(new): Caffeine-backed cache keyed on SHA-256(token), evicted after 14 minutes. Inactive results are never cached so clock-skew andnbfedge cases are retried. Gated onnvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled.GrpcWorkerService.validateWorkerToken: When legacy decrypt throwsForbiddenExceptionand the delegated-token flag is on, falls through to ICMS introspection.active=true→ synthesize aNvcfIssuedTokenwith the claimed function IDs (independently verified by the function lookup inconnectOnce).active=false→ re-throw forbidden.application.yaml: Addednvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: false(default). Self-hosted Helmfile overlay sets it totrue.Customer Release Notes
Not customer visible — self-hosted infrastructure change.
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Usage
Enable on self-hosted clusters by setting
nvcf.worker.delegated-token-enabled: truein the Helmfile values overlay (done in the deploy manifests PR). No changes needed for managed NVCF.Testing
WorkerTokenIntrospectionServiceTest: cache-hit, cache-miss, no-cache-on-inactive, distinct-tokens, token-forwarded-to-ICMS.Notes
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connectOnceneeds the delegated-token path. AfterconnectOncereturns the NVCF-issuednvcfWorkerToken, subsequent gRPC calls (artifacts, credentials) use that token and hit the existing legacy path.References
Relates to #840
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