feat(platform-api): cloud release pipeline and configurable JWT signature skip by renuka-fernando · Pull Request #3232 · wso2/api-platform

renuka-fernando · 2026-08-16T14:52:16Z

Purpose

Add a cloud-specific release pipeline for platform-api and introduce a configurable option to skip JWT signature verification in internal_token auth mode for local development where the signing keypair is unavailable.

Approach

Cloud release pipeline:

Add platform-api-cloud-release.yml workflow (manual trigger) that builds and pushes multi-arch images to ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform with IMAGE_SUFFIX=platform-api-cloud
Image version derived from branch name and full git SHA (e.g. migration-<sha>); no manual version input or tag creation
Add EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS ?= to the standard build-and-push-multiarch target instead of a separate build-and-push-cloud-multiarch target to avoid duplication
Introduce IMAGE_SUFFIX variable in platform-api/Makefile (default: platform-api) so the image name is composable without changing the standard build target

Configurable JWT signature skip for internal_token mode:

Add [platform_api.auth.internal_token] config section with skip_signature_validation = false; placing it in its own section keeps it scoped to the one mode it applies to, matching the existing [platform_api.auth.idp] and [platform_api.auth.file] per-mode pattern
Add InternalToken struct in config/config.go wired into Auth
Skip public_key_file validation at startup when flag is true; emit a startup warning
Fix file mode SkipValidation incorrectly hardcoded to true (should always verify)

Related Issues

https://github.com/wso2-enterprise/apim-saas/issues/2906

Checklist

Tests added or updated (unit, integration, etc.)
Samples updated (if applicable)

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Confirmed no secrets committed: yes

- Add platform-api-cloud-release.yml workflow that pushes images to ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform (default DOCKER_REGISTRY, no override needed) with IMAGE_SUFFIX=platform-api-cloud - Image version derived from branch name and full git SHA (e.g. migration-<sha>); no manual version input, no tag/release creation, no next-dev version bump - Add build-and-push-cloud-multiarch target in platform-api/Makefile supporting EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS pass-through - Add build-and-push-platform-api-cloud-multiarch target in root Makefile threading DOCKER_REGISTRY, IMAGE_SUFFIX, and EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS - Introduce IMAGE_SUFFIX variable in platform-api/Makefile (default: platform-api) so the image name is composable without changing the standard build target Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

…token mode Add [platform_api.auth.internal_token] config section with a skip_signature_validation flag, intended for local development where the signing keypair is not available. - Add InternalToken struct in config.go; wire into Auth - Skip public_key_file validation when flag is true in validateAuthModeConfig - buildAuthenticator reads flag from config instead of hardcoded value; conditionally loads public key and emits a startup warning when skipped - Fix file mode SkipValidation incorrectly set to true (always verifies) Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

The build-and-push-cloud-multiarch target was identical to build-and-push-multiarch except for EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS pass-through. - Add EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS ?= to build-and-push-multiarch in platform-api/Makefile, removing the need for a separate target - Remove build-and-push-cloud-multiarch from platform-api/Makefile - Remove build-and-push-platform-api-cloud-multiarch from root Makefile - Update cloud release workflow to call build-and-push-platform-api-multiarch directly with IMAGE_SUFFIX=platform-api-cloud Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

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The pull request adds a manual Platform API cloud release workflow, configurable Docker image naming, and internal-token authentication settings that can bypass JWT validation and public-key requirements.

Changes

Platform API release and authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cloud release image build `.github/workflows/platform-api-cloud-release.yml`, `platform-api/Makefile`, `Makefile`	A manual workflow tests the Platform API, authenticates to GHCR, and publishes multi-architecture images with the `platform-api-cloud` suffix. The Makefile supports configurable image suffixes.
Internal-token configuration `platform-api/config/config-template.toml`, `platform-api/config/config.go`	Configuration adds `auth.internal_token.skip_validation`. When enabled, internal-token mode does not require public-key validation.
Internal-token authenticator `platform-api/internal/server/server.go`	The authenticator skips RSA public-key loading and signature validation when configured. Otherwise, it loads the configured RSA public key and preserves loading errors.

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

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 7542c

The PR changes authentication behavior, but the current implementation can allow file mode to disable JWT signature verification, weakening token authentication and potentially permitting unauthorized access. This is a high-impact security risk that should be fixed before merge.

Suggested reviewers: induwara04, krishanx92, pubudu538

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Use github.repository_owner to set DOCKER_REGISTRY dynamically so the workflow pushes to the correct ghcr.io namespace regardless of which fork it runs on (e.g. ghcr.io/wso2 vs ghcr.io/renuka-fernando). Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

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In @.github/workflows/platform-api-cloud-release.yml:
- Around line 10-11: Update the actions/checkout@v4 step to set
persist-credentials to false, preventing the checkout token from remaining in
local Git configuration while preserving the existing checkout behavior.
- Around line 35-40: Add a workflow-level permissions block for the GHCR release
workflow granting contents: read and packages: write, while leaving other
permissions unset; retain the existing docker/login-action authentication and
verify the GHCR package permits GitHub Actions access from this repository.
- Line 29: Remove the deprecated install input from the workflow step invoking
the platform-api Makefile target; keep the existing docker buildx build flow
unchanged.
- Around line 16-18: Update the BRANCH/IMAGE_VERSION generation to sanitize the
branch value via an environment variable before it is interpolated by the run
command: replace characters outside the allowed alphanumeric, underscore,
period, and hyphen set, truncate the branch portion to 87 characters, and emit
IMAGE_VERSION with printf to GITHUB_OUTPUT so the resulting Docker tag remains
safe and within 128 characters.

In `@platform-api/config/config.go`:
- Around line 727-730: Update the auth configuration validation branch around
InternalToken.SkipSignatureValidation to allow skipping signature validation
only when the server-controlled development-mode condition is enabled; otherwise
reject the configuration and fail startup closed. Preserve the existing nil
return only for the explicitly permitted development path.

In `@platform-api/internal/server/server.go`:
- Around line 677-693: Scope signature skipping to internal_token mode by
deriving a mode-scoped skip-validation value that is true only when
cfg.Auth.Mode is the internal-token mode and the configured skip flag is
enabled. Use that value for both the public-key loading branch and
AuthConfig.SkipValidation in NewJWTAuthenticator, ensuring file-mode
authentication still loads and verifies its signing key.
- Around line 689-693: Remove the SkipValidation setting from the
LocalJWTAuthMiddleware AuthConfig so authentication always performs signature
and registered-claim validation, including issuer and expiration checks. Update
the related middleware configuration around AuthConfig and do not use
ParseUnverified or jwt.WithoutClaimsValidation for this authentication path.

Apply the same fix in `@platform-api/internal/server/server.go` at line 22: This
site is covered because it enters the same signature-skipping parsing path.

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Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

Address security review findings in the cloud release workflow. - Add permissions block (contents: read, packages: write) for least-privilege GHCR access - Set persist-credentials: false on checkout to avoid leaving the token in git config - Sanitize GITHUB_REF_NAME to safe Docker tag chars and truncate to 87 chars; use printf to avoid shell expansion in tag value - Remove deprecated install: true from setup-buildx-action Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

Expands the scope of the flag from signature-only to full JWT validation bypass (signature, expiry, and issuer). When signature verification is skipped there is no cryptographic trust in the token, so validating exp/iss against unverified claims provides no real security guarantee. - Rename config field and koanf tag to skip_validation - Update struct comment and config-template.toml to reflect full skip - Update startup warning to "JWT validation DISABLED" Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

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platform-api/config/config.go (1)
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Handle the renamed configuration key.

Koanf ignores unknown keys, and removedConfigKeys does not include auth.internal_token.skip_signature_validation. A deployment that still sets this key can lose the bypass and fail startup when the public key is absent. Add an explicit migration message. Do not map it to skip_validation, which also bypasses expiry and issuer checks.
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In @.github/workflows/platform-api-cloud-release.yml:
- Around line 19-25: Update the version computation around BRANCH so a sanitized
branch name beginning with “-” is prefixed with “_” before truncation, ensuring
IMAGE_VERSION starts with a valid OCI tag character while preserving the
existing 128-character limit.

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In `@platform-api/config/config.go`:
- Around line 311-315: Update the configuration migration handling around
removedConfigKeys to recognize auth.internal_token.skip_signature_validation and
emit an explicit migration message for it. Do not map this legacy key to
SkipValidation, since that setting also disables expiry and issuer validation.

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If GITHUB_REF_NAME begins with a character outside [a-zA-Z0-9._-], sanitization replaces it with '-', producing a tag that violates the OCI spec (tags must start with [a-zA-Z0-9_]). Prefix with '_' when the sanitized branch name starts with an invalid character. Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>

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Bypass JWT signature validation via a build-time flag instead of config #3212

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build(platform-api): add cloud image build with event-gateway plugin #3258

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build(platform-api): tag cloud image as <branch>-<commit> #3270

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