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What I did

For security reasons, the WebSocket connection was rejecting upgrade requests without an Origin header or with an invalid Origin header. However, for Node clients (like our attached tools CLI), an Origin header is not sent (and doesn't make sense), so the absence of the header should be allowed as long as the security token is correct. Browsers always send the Origin header.

Also improved the closing of the connection - when the server is stopped (SIGTERM), clients are now notified.

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Linear: SB-1870

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Manual testing

  1. Start the internal Storybook UI: cd code && yarn storybook:ui.
  2. Confirm it is up: curl --fail --silent --show-error localhost:6006/index.json.
  3. Read attachToken from a live record in ~/.storybook/instances/*.json.
  4. Open a TCP WebSocket upgrade to /storybook-server-channel?token=<attachToken> with no Origin header. The upgrade should succeed.
  5. Repeat with a wrong token and no Origin. Expect HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized.
  6. Repeat with a valid token and Origin: http://malicious-site.com. Expect HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden.

Unit coverage: cd code && yarn vitest run --config core/vitest.config.ts core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts

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The server channel now sends HTTP 401 for token failures and HTTP 403 for origin and upgrade errors. Rejected sockets close with socket.end(). Tests track transports and verify mocked and real TCP responses.

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Server channel validation and cleanup

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Centralize transport shutdown
code/core/src/core-server/utils/get-server-channel.ts, code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts
ServerChannelTransport centralizes SIGTERM handling, closes connected clients, and exposes an idempotent close() method. Tests verify listener cleanup and close tracked transports during teardown.
Return validation-specific responses
code/core/src/core-server/utils/get-server-channel.ts
Origin failures return HTTP 403. Token failures return HTTP 401. Upgrade errors return HTTP 403. Rejected sockets close with socket.end().
Cover validation paths and transport cleanup
code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts
Tests cover token and origin validation with and without origins, accepted upgrades, wrong paths, validation-disabled behavior, and real TCP responses.
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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts`:
- Around line 201-212: Replace direct assignments to the WebSocketServer
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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts`:
- Around line 246-250: Update the rejection response in get-server-channel.ts
for invalid or absent token-only upgrades without Origin to return HTTP 401
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No actionable findings.

The incremental diff matches SB-1870’s authentication contract: requests without Origin still require the timing-safe channel token; requests with Origin continue through the host allowlist before token validation; and skipValidation behavior is unchanged.

Validation: the exact-head focused server-channel.test.ts suite passed all 17 tests with no type errors.

Residual test uncertainty: the suite mocks WebSocketServer.handleUpgrade instead of exercising a real ws client handshake, and it does not enumerate every rejected cross-product (such as bad Origin plus bad/missing token). The straight-line validation order covers those combinations, so this is not actionable for this PR.

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Token-only and other token failures now respond with 401 Unauthorized.
Invalid Origin still returns 403 Forbidden. Tests spy on handleUpgrade
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  • Spy on handleUpgrade instead of replacing it — Done. The tests now use vi.spyOn(transport.socket, 'handleUpgrade') and still restore spies in afterEach.

  • Return HTTP 401 for rejected token-only upgrades — Done, and applied to every missing/invalid token (with or without Origin). Invalid Origin still returns 403 Forbidden. server-channel.test.ts covers both statuses (17/17 passing).

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code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts (1)

154-156: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Move the repeated spy behavior into beforeEach.

These tests configure .mockImplementation(() => {}) inside individual test cases. The test-file rules require mock behavior in beforeEach blocks and require vi.mocked() for mocked-function access. Centralize the common no-op setup after creating the transport, then keep only scenario-specific assertions in each test.

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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts` around
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setup into a beforeEach block immediately after transport creation, using
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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/get-server-channel.ts`:
- Around line 47-56: Update the rejection branches in getServerChannel to use
socket.end with the 403 and 401 responses instead of socket.write followed by
socket.destroy, ensuring each response is flushed before closure. Add
real-socket coverage for both rejected conditions and verify clients receive the
corresponding status.

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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts`:
- Around line 154-156: Move the repeated transport.socket.handleUpgrade no-op
mock setup into a beforeEach block immediately after transport creation, using
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destroy() can drop a still-queued 401/403 write, so rejected upgrades
now end() the socket after the status line. Real TCP tests cover both
statuses.
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Close rejected sockets after flushing the response. Fixed. Origin and token rejection (and the upgrade catch path) now call socket.end(status) instead of write then destroy. destroy() can drop a still-queued 401/403, so clients would not always see the status. Unit tests now assert end. Two real TCP tests confirm a client reads HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized when the token is missing and HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden when Origin is invalid. yarn vitest run --config core/vitest.config.ts core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts — 19 passed.

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code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts (1)

130-131: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use a shared spy-based socket fixture.

Each test directly assigns socket.end = vi.fn() and configures it inside the test case. Create a typed socket fixture in beforeEach, spy on its concrete end method, and access the mocked method with vi.mocked().

  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L130-L131: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L151-L152: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L172-L173: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L197-L198: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L218-L219: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L240-L241: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L262-L263: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L284-L285: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L309-L310: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L334-L335: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L360-L361: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.
  • code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts#L384-L385: Replace the inline socket.end function mock.

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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts`:
- Around line 25-52: Update readRejectedUpgrade to retain the
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server shutdown, ensuring every transport created by the tests emits its
WebSocketServer close event and clears its heartbeat interval.

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In `@code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts`:
- Around line 130-131: Replace the per-test socket.end assignments throughout
code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/server-channel.test.ts at lines
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Each transport starts a heartbeat interval that only clears when the
WebSocketServer closes. Tests now call close() so those timers do not leak.

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- Around line 93-95: Update the transport class constructor and close() method
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The TypeScript 7 package check reports TS2341 on transport.socket. Route those spies through a double assertion so the tests still cover upgrade handling.
@JReinhold JReinhold changed the title SB-1870: Allow token-only WebSocket upgrade without Origin Core: Allow token-only WebSocket upgrade without Origin Aug 24, 2026
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