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Outcome

Provider authorization failures now direct users to choose retry before entering an API key in the secure credential prompt. The recovery menu no longer gives contradictory instructions that can encourage pasting a key into the action selector.

Reason

The existing prompt simultaneously told users to re-enter an API key and warned them not to paste it at that prompt. The revised two-step wording makes the secure transition explicit while preserving the existing credential custody and recovery behavior.

Related issues

Fixes #12079

Changes

  • Separate the provider authorization failure from the recovery action instructions.
  • Clarify that retry opens secure API-key entry and keep back and exit behavior explicit.
  • Cover retry, back, exit, non-interactive failure, the full terminal-capability matrix, and accidental token-paste behavior.
  • Update provider process-replay expectations for the clarified action prompt.

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/onboard/validation-recovery-prompt.test.ts — 17 tests passed.
  • npx vitest run --project integration test/onboarding/onboard-selection.test.ts test/onboarding/onboard-selection-anthropic-retry.test.ts -t 're-enter|pasted' --maxConcurrency=1 — 7 tests passed and 57 unrelated tests skipped.
  • npm run validate:pr — passed after rebasing onto canonical main, including repository checks, growth guards, builds, publication validation, and CLI typechecking.
  • npm run check — all candidate-relevant checks passed; the broad run stopped only on existing Hadolint warnings in unchanged Dockerfiles.
  • Secret scan and diff review — no secrets, API keys, or credentials added.

Review notes

Credential entry remains masked. Recovery proceeds only when both stdin and stderr are terminals, matching the shared prompt's silent-input requirement; all other terminal combinations fail closed before prompting. Tests verify that token-shaped action-menu input is not logged, the existing credential survives back, exit, and rejected input, and non-interactive recovery still exits without prompting.


Signed-off-by: Rebecca Sliter 571084+rsliter@users.noreply.github.com

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  • Security

    • Credential recovery now requires secure terminal input before requesting replacement credentials.
    • Credentials are not exposed in logged output.
    • Recovery fails safely when secure input is unavailable, preserving existing credentials.
  • User Experience

    • Simplified recovery options let users retry securely, return to provider selection, or exit onboarding.
    • Non-interactive recovery exits with a failure status instead of prompting.
    • Users receive an error when secure credential entry is unavailable.

Signed-off-by: Rebecca Sliter <571084+rsliter@users.noreply.github.com>
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The credential recovery flow now requires secure prompt-capable input before requesting an API key. It exits with status 1 when secure input is unavailable, updates recovery instructions, and adds tests for navigation, non-interactive behavior, failure handling, and credential secrecy.

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Credential recovery prompt

Layer / File(s) Summary
Prompt behavior and secure-input gate
src/lib/onboard/validation-recovery-prompt.ts
The recovery dependency exposes an optional secure-input capability. The flow checks this capability, exits before prompting when unavailable, and uses updated retry, back, and exit instructions.
Recovery scenario coverage
src/lib/onboard/validation-recovery-prompt.test.ts, test/onboarding/onboard-selection.test.ts, test/onboarding/onboard-selection-anthropic-retry.test.ts
Tests cover recovery choices, non-interactive behavior, unavailable secure input, preserved credentials, error logging, prompt matching, TTY setup, and prevention of pasted credential output.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: dnandakumar-nv, chengjiew, cv

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ad2c4

Credential recovery now fails safely when masked input is unavailable, while interactive retry, back, and exit flows retain focused coverage. No actionable merge risk remains.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The pull request satisfies the coding requirements in [#12079]. The options prompt now directs users to choose retry for secure API-key entry and explains back and exit. The existing retry flow …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within [#12079]. The wording update, secure-input availability check, fixture updates, and focused tests support the issue's prompt, security, navigation, and non-interactive requir…
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The overall line coverage in commit ad2c405 in the codex/12079-secure-c... branch remains at 83%, unchanged from commit 20f7b2c in the main branch.

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src/lib/onboard...uild-context.ts 87% 87% 0%
src/lib/state/p...l-retirement.ts 78% 79% +1%
src/lib/onboard...ma-authority.ts 78% 79% +1%
src/lib/onboard...able-receipt.ts 72% 73% +1%
src/lib/state/registry/lock.ts 98% 99% +1%
src/lib/onboard...ence-routing.ts 88% 91% +3%
src/lib/inferen...anaged-state.ts 71% 75% +4%
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src/lib/onboard...overy-prompt.ts 72% 80% +8%

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In `@src/lib/onboard/validation-recovery-prompt.ts`:
- Around line 97-99: Update the recovery prompt in the validation-recovery flow
to avoid invoking prompt with secret: true unless both stdin and stderr are
TTY-capable, or ensure prompt fails safely without echoing input when silent
mode is unavailable. Preserve the existing retry, back, and exit behavior while
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Clarify secure API-key re-entry after provider validation fails

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