docs: document embedded signing auth constraint and refresh break-glass notes - #13
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…ss notes Add section 4.3 describing the token-gated recipient signing model and the documented constraint that ACCOUNT access auth has no usable login transport inside embedded widgets under redirect-only OIDC (embedded deployments use token auth or open the link in a normal tab). Also refresh the break-glass security notes that PR #11 and #12 made stale: the gate now rejects with the same INVALID_CREDENTIALS error and equalised bcrypt timing, so allowlist membership is not probeable.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe architecture documentation updates break-glass allowlist behavior and adds embedded signing authentication constraints. It documents uniform rejection responses, identical bcrypt costs, token-gated signing links, and passkey-only authentication for embedded account-access widgets. ChangesAuthentication Documentation
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This pull request updates docs/ARCHITECTURE.md to clarify security notes regarding the break-glass authentication flow and introduces a new section detailing the constraints of embedded signing authentication under redirect-only OIDC. The review feedback points out a duplicate section numbering issue, suggesting that the new section should be numbered 4.4 instead of 4.3 to maintain correct hierarchical ordering.
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| Deep links are preserved end to end: unauthenticated access to authenticated routes redirects to `/signin?returnTo=<original path+query>`, and `returnTo` is validated (`isValidReturnTo`) and carried through the OIDC round-trip back to the original page. | ||
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| ### 4.3. Embedded Signing Auth Constraint |
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The section number 4.3 is already used for the "Redirect-Only Mode & Break-Glass" section on line 133. This new section should be numbered 4.4 to maintain correct hierarchical ordering.
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In `@docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`:
- Line 147: Rename the “Embedded Signing Auth Constraint” heading from section
4.3 to 4.4, preserving the existing “Redirect-Only Mode & Break-Glass” section
as 4.3 and keeping section numbering unambiguous.
- Line 149: Qualify the token-only access statement for `/sign/$token`,
`/d/$token`, and related embed templates: state that the URL token alone
authorizes access only when token-based authentication applies, while
`DocumentAccessAuth.ACCOUNT` may require account or passkey authentication.
- Line 143: Update the Security notes to limit the identical bcrypt cost,
status, and error-body claim to break-glass and password-check
credential-failure branches; explicitly exclude rate limiting, CSRF, CAPTCHA,
legacy service accounts, invalid 2FA, and unverified-account responses, which
have distinct handling.
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| ### 4.3. Embedded Signing Auth Constraint | ||
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| Recipient signing is token-gated by design: `/sign/$token` and `/d/$token` (and direct-link templates under the embed surface) authorize the recipient via the URL token, with no login required. This matches the ecosystem's non-intrusive UX rule (CRM/Desk users must never be forced into Sign accounts) and is the intended pattern for embedding - comparable to DocuSign-style embedded signing URLs. |
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Qualify the token-only access statement.
The /sign/$token loader rejects access without a matching session when DocumentAccessAuth.ACCOUNT applies. The token does not always authorize the recipient without login. State that token-only access applies to token-based authentication, while ACCOUNT can require account or passkey authentication.
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In `@docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` at line 149, Qualify the token-only access statement
for `/sign/$token`, `/d/$token`, and related embed templates: state that the URL
token alone authorizes access only when token-based authentication applies,
while `DocumentAccessAuth.ACCOUNT` may require account or passkey
authentication.
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- Renumber the embedded-signing section to 4.4 (4.3 already exists). - Scope the identical-bcrypt-cost claim to credential-check rejections: pre-auth rejections (rate limit, CSRF, captcha) and distinct failures (service accounts, 2FA, unverified email) are uniform per path but not bcrypt-equal across paths.
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Closes finding [minor] #4 from the PR #8 post-merge review as a documented product constraint, after an ecosystem audit (this turn) showed no embed consumer exists yet:
Building a popup OIDC flow for embedded widgets was evaluated and rejected for now: it adds fork-side code in upstream-owned files (merge friction on every upstream sync) for a flow nobody currently exercises, while the token-gated model is both the e-sign industry best practice (DocuSign-style embedded URLs) and already fully supported upstream.
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Docs-only change - no code paths touched.
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