Full-node daemon: P2P + Monero's own restricted RPC (the safe-for-public
subset wallets use as a "remote node") are auth:none like bitcoin/electrumx's
equivalents; unrestricted RPC (full node control) stays gated auth:local.
readonly_root works cleanly since the upstream image is FROM scratch with
ownership fixed at build time — no runtime chown/setuid needed, unlike
bitcoin-knots/core.
Verified locally end-to-end before committing: built the upstream Dockerfile,
confirmed the generated Cuprated.toml against `cuprated --generate-config`/
`--dry-run`, and ran the real image with the manifest's exact ports/volumes —
including discovering that cuprated's own 127.0.0.1-default RPC bind is
unreachable through a published host port and needs to bind 0.0.0.0
internally with ports[].bind:127.0.0.1 doing the actual restriction, the
same pattern bitcoin-knots' RPC port already uses in this repo.
Bumps the unauthenticated_ports_are_all_accounted_for canary (26 -> 28) for
cuprate's two auth:none ports, per that test's own review-before-updating
contract.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Some apps carry a complete account system and are broken by an upstream
challenge: git clients speak basic-auth (not browser cookies), and a
BTCPay checkout link handed to a customer must open for that customer.
Both were behind the gate's login page — the "non-browser clients need an
access token" gap disclosed in five consecutive releases.
- New manifest port policy `auth: open`: the daemon still fronts the port
exactly like `gated` (loopback pin, external binds, frame-header fixes,
app-down retry page, Tor upstream) but serves it without the login
challenge. Requires auth_rationale, same burden of proof as `none`.
Gitea 3001 and BTCPay 23000 declare it.
- Runtime operator override per app (security.set-app-gate → app-configs/
<id>.json "gateEnabled"), surfaced as Settings → app → Access control.
Wins over the manifest in both directions and applies on the next
request — no restart, and it works today on catalog-covered apps whose
signed manifest still says `gated`.
- The gate resolves policy per-request from the live port map, so a
toggle takes effect without waiting for the 60s rebind sweep. "Off"
never releases the port: gated apps are loopback-pinned, so releasing
would strand them, not open them.
- security.app-gate-status now reports gate_enabled + any override.
- New guard test pins the `auth: open` set (both entries reviewed); the
`auth: none` count moves 25 → 26, absorbing pre-existing drift from the
phoenixd onboarding (loopback JSON API with its own generated password).
- Docs: the manifest spec's ports row documented only host/container/
protocol — bind, auth, auth_rationale and session_passthrough were
undocumented. Added a full "Ports & the app gate" section plus a
developer-guide entry telling app authors to enforce their own auth
regardless, since the operator can flip the gate either way.
Verified live on archi-dev-box from an external address: gated → 401 gate
page; override off → Gitea 200 own page, BTCPay 302 to its own login,
git-over-HTTP info/refs 200; override on → 401 again; clear → default.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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