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chore(server): only enable gRPC reflection in development - #3694

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Refs PFM-7977

Summary

gRPC reflection is a convenience for local debugging tools such as grpcurl and only advertises the already-public API schema. No product client (the CLI, the web UI, or server-to-server traffic) depends on it.

This registers reflection only in development builds (Version == "dev") and disables it in production, for both the control plane and the artifact CAS. Local development is unchanged.

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gRPC reflection advertises the already-public API schema and exists as a
convenience for local debugging tooling such as grpcurl. No product client
(CLI, web UI, or server-to-server traffic) depends on it, so register it
only in development (Version == "dev") and call grpc.DisableReflection() in
production. Local development is unchanged.

Applies to both the control plane and the artifact CAS. Refs PFM-7977.

Chainloop-Trace-Sessions: 009eae12-7fed-495c-8131-8171a788bebd

Signed-off-by: Matías Insaurralde <matias@chainloop.dev>
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[1 file with past security fixes] Keep these rules in place. They come from 3 or more past fixes in this repository.

P1 app/controlplane/internal/server/grpc.go ▶

Any token confined to a project must only receive policies that are safe within that single project; org-wide capabilities and legacy robot-account management must not be exposed through scoped tokens.

Past fixes (3)

P1 0745e30 · CWE-598 · PARTIAL FIX

Fixes a real auth-flow flaw where browser login callbacks carried reusable session JWTs in `?t=` and recipients accepted them verbatim; it replaces that path with a verifier-bound handoff-code exchange for upgraded clients.
1 file · Only part of the flaw was repaired here — the rest was never fixed. Sink: crafCallbackURL(, q.Set("t", userToken), r.URL.Query().Get("t").

P1 58ae751 · CWE-266 · MULTI FIX

The commit fixes a real access-control bug where project-scoped API tokens were minted with org-wide registered-integration and robot-account-create privileges.
1 file · The repair spans several commits, so this one is not the whole fix. Sink: /controlplane.v1.IntegrationsService/DescribeRegistration, /controlplane.v1.IntegrationsService/ListRegistrations, /controlplane.v1.IntegrationsService/Register, /controlplane.v1.RobotAccountService/Create.

P1 6a933de · CWE-863

The commit fixes a real access-control flaw where any valid API token could reach user-oriented authenticated RPCs because token auth was wired into the main middleware chain without a per-operation authorization guard.
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app/controlplane/internal/server/grpc.go - 4 past fixes, peak severity high
  must hold: Any token confined to a project must only receive policies that are safe within
    that single project; org-wide capabilities and legacy robot-account management must not
    be exposed through scoped tokens.
  also enforced at: 8 other entry points
  grep for: defaultAuthzPolicies, orgLevelTokenPolicies, slices.Concat
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Past fixes: 0745e30 · 58ae751 · 6a933de
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