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Kpa-clawbot fb744d895f fix(#1143): structural pubkey attribution via from_pubkey column (#1152)
Fixes #1143.

## Summary

Replaces the structurally unsound `decoded_json LIKE '%pubkey%'` (and
`OR LIKE '%name%'`) attribution path with an exact-match lookup on a
dedicated, indexed `transmissions.from_pubkey` column.

This closes both holes documented in #1143:
- **Hole 1** — same-name false positives via `OR LIKE '%name%'`
- **Hole 2a** — adversarial spoofing: a malicious node names itself with
another node's pubkey and gets attributed to the victim
- **Hole 2b** — accidental false positive when any free-text field (path
elements, channel names, message bodies) contains a 64-char hex
substring matching a real pubkey
- **Perf** — query now uses an index instead of a full-table scan
against `LIKE '%substring%'`

## TDD

Two-commit history shows red-then-green:

| Commit | Status | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| `7f0f08e` | RED — tests assertion-fail on master behaviour |
Adversarial fixtures + spec |
| `59327db` | GREEN — schema + ingestor + server + migration |
Implementation |

The red commit's test schema includes the new column so the file
compiles, but the production code still uses LIKE — the assertions fail
because the malicious / same-name / free-text rows are returned. The
green commit changes the query plus adds the migration/ingest path.

## Changes

### Schema
- new column `transmissions.from_pubkey TEXT`
- new index `idx_transmissions_from_pubkey`

### Ingestor (`cmd/ingestor/`)
- `PacketData.FromPubkey` populated from decoded ADVERT `pubKey` at
write time. Cheap — already parsing `decoded_json`. Non-ADVERTs stay
NULL.
- `stmtInsertTransmission` writes the column.
- Migration `from_pubkey_v1` ALTERs legacy DBs to add the column +
index.
- Bonus: rewrote the recipe in the gated one-shot
`advert_count_unique_v1` migration to use `from_pubkey` (already marked
done on existing DBs; kept correct for fresh installs).

### Server (`cmd/server/`)
- `ensureFromPubkeyColumn` mirrors the ingestor migration so the server
can boot against a DB the ingestor has never touched (e2e fixture, fresh
installs).
- `backfillFromPubkeyAsync` runs **after** HTTP starts. Scans `WHERE
from_pubkey IS NULL AND payload_type = 4` in 5000-row chunks with a
100ms yield between chunks. Cannot block boot even on prod-sized DBs
(100K+ transmissions). Queries handle NULL gracefully (return empty for
that pubkey, same as today's unknown-pubkey path).
- All in-scope LIKE call sites switched to exact match:

| Site | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| `buildPacketWhere` (was db.go:582) | `decoded_json LIKE '%pubkey%'` |
`from_pubkey = ?` |
| `buildTransmissionWhere` (was db.go:626) | `t.decoded_json LIKE
'%pubkey%'` | `t.from_pubkey = ?` |
| `GetRecentTransmissionsForNode` (was db.go:910) | `LIKE '%pubkey%' OR
LIKE '%name%'` | `t.from_pubkey = ?` |
| `QueryMultiNodePackets` (was db.go:1785) | `decoded_json LIKE
'%pubkey%' OR ...` | `t.from_pubkey IN (?, ?, ...)` |
| `advert_count_unique_v1` (was ingestor/db.go:257) | `decoded_json LIKE
'%' \|\| nodes.public_key \|\| '%'` | `t.from_pubkey = nodes.public_key`
|

`GetRecentTransmissionsForNode` signature simplifies: the `name`
parameter is gone (it was only ever used for the legacy `OR LIKE
'%name%'` fallback). Sole caller in `routes.go:1243` updated.

### Tests
- `cmd/server/from_pubkey_attribution_test.go` — adversarial fixtures +
Hole 1/2a/2b/QueryMultiNodePackets exact-match assertions, EXPLAIN QUERY
PLAN index check, migration backfill correctness.
- `cmd/ingestor/from_pubkey_test.go` — write-time correctness
(BuildPacketData populates FromPubkey for ADVERT only;
InsertTransmission persists it; non-ADVERTs stay NULL).
- Existing test schemas (server v2, server v3, coverage) get the new
column **plus a SQLite trigger** that auto-populates `from_pubkey` from
`decoded_json` on ADVERT inserts. This means existing fixtures (which
only seed `decoded_json`) keep attributing correctly without per-test
edits.
- `seedTestData`'s ADVERTs explicitly set `from_pubkey`.

## Performance — index is used

```
$ EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT id FROM transmissions WHERE from_pubkey = ?
SEARCH transmissions USING INDEX idx_transmissions_from_pubkey (from_pubkey=?)
```

Asserted in `TestFromPubkeyIndexUsed`.

## Migration approach

- **Sync at boot**: `ALTER TABLE transmissions ADD COLUMN from_pubkey
TEXT` is a metadata-only operation in SQLite — microseconds regardless
of table size. `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS
idx_transmissions_from_pubkey` is **not** metadata-only: it scans the
table once. Empirically a few hundred ms on a 100K-row table; expect a
few seconds on a 10M-row table (one-time cost, blocking boot during that
window). Subsequent boots no-op via `IF NOT EXISTS`. If this boot delay
becomes an operational concern at prod scale we can defer the `CREATE
INDEX` to a goroutine — for now a few-second one-time delay is
acceptable.
- **Async**: row-level backfill of legacy NULL ADVERTs (chunked 5000 /
100ms yield). On a 100K-ADVERT prod DB, this completes in seconds in the
background; HTTP is fully available throughout.
- **Safety**: queries handle NULL gracefully — a node whose ADVERTs
haven't backfilled yet returns empty, identical to today's behaviour for
unknown pubkeys. No half-state regression.

## Out of scope (intentionally)

The free-text `LIKE` paths the issue explicitly leaves alone (e.g.
user-typed packet search) are untouched. Only the pubkey-attribution
sites get the column treatment.



## Cycle-3 review fixes

| Finding | Status | Commit |
|---|---|---|
| **M1c** — async-contract test was tautological (test's own `go`, not
production's) | Fixed | `23ace71` (red) → `a05b50c` (green) |
| **m1c** — package-global atomic resets unsafe under `t.Parallel()` |
Fixed (`// DO NOT t.Parallel` comment + `Reset()` helper) | rolled into
`23ace71` / `241ec69` |
| **m2c** — `/api/healthz` read 3 atomics non-atomically (torn snapshot)
| Fixed (single RWMutex-guarded snapshot + race test) | `241ec69` |
| **n3c.m1** — vestigial OR-scaffolding in `QueryMultiNodePackets` |
Fixed (cleanup) | `5a53ceb` |
| **n3c.m2** — verify PR body language about `ALTER` vs `CREATE INDEX` |
Verified accurate (already corrected in cycle 2) | (no change) |
| **n3c.m3** — `json.Unmarshal` per row in backfill → could use SQL
`json_extract` | **Deferred as known followup** — pure perf optimization
(current per-row Unmarshal is correct, just slower); SQL rewrite would
unwind the chunked-yield architecture and is non-trivial. Acceptable for
one-time backfill at boot on legacy DBs. |

### M1c implementation detail

`startFromPubkeyBackfill(dbPath, chunkSize, yieldDuration)` is now the
single production entry point used by `main.go`. It internally does `go
backfillFromPubkeyAsync(...)`. The test calls `startFromPubkeyBackfill`
(no `go` prefix) and asserts the dispatch returns within 50ms — so if
anyone removes the `go` keyword inside the wrapper, the test fails.
**Manually verified**: removing the `go` keyword causes
`TestBackfillFromPubkey_DoesNotBlockBoot` to fail with "backfill
dispatch took ~1s (>50ms): not async — would block boot."

### m2c implementation detail

`fromPubkeyBackfillTotal/Processed/Done` are now plain `int64`/`bool`
package globals guarded by a single `sync.RWMutex`.
`fromPubkeyBackfillSnapshot()` returns all three under one RLock.
`TestHealthzFromPubkeyBackfillConsistentSnapshot` races a writer
(lock-step total/processed updates with periodic done flips) against 8
readers hammering `/api/healthz`, asserting `processed<=total` and
`(done => processed==total)` on every response. Verified the test
catches torn reads (manually injected a 3-RLock implementation; test
failed within milliseconds with "processed>total" and "done=true but
processed!=total" errors).

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Co-authored-by: openclaw-bot <bot@openclaw.local>
Co-authored-by: openclaw-bot <bot@openclaw.dev>
2026-05-06 23:50:44 -07:00
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