Changeset 4590e66 in Klonkt for src/services/PaidPatreonService.js

Timestamp:

07/21/2026 03:39:35 AM (7 weeks ago)

Author:

Robin <roboburr@…>

Branches:

main

Children:

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Parents:

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git-author:

Robin <roboburr@…> (07/21/2026 03:39:33 AM)

git-committer:

Robin <roboburr@…> (07/21/2026 03:39:35 AM)

Message:

Feature: auto-generate the paid-posts encryption key (no env needed)

Nobody should have to hand-edit the env to use paid posts. CryptoBox now
resolves its key as: PAID_SECRET (env) if set, else a persisted key file
next to the database, auto-generated (0600) on first use. New installs and
existing users after an update get a key with zero config; a self-hoster
who set PAID_SECRET (Bart already did) keeps working unchanged, env wins.

The key lives OUTSIDE the sqlite DB on purpose: encrypting the Patreon
secrets is pointless if the key sits in the same file a DB dump would leak.
If the file can't be persisted (read-only fs) the box stays "not ready"
rather than using an ephemeral key that a restart would lose, so ciphertext
never becomes undecryptable.

Admin copy that referenced PAID_SECRET is updated: the warning now describes
the real remaining failure (key can't be created/read), not a missing env.

Changed files:
src/services/CryptoBox.js

• resolve secret: env, else auto-generated 0600 key file by the database

src/services/PaidPatreonService.js

• save error no longer names PAID_SECRET

src/routes/admin-paid.js, src/views/pages/admin-paid.ejs

• not-ready copy describes the key file, not a missing env var

New file:
test/paid-secret.test.js

• without PAID_SECRET: key file generated (0600), encrypt/decrypt roundtrips, key persists

remarks: the generated storage/.paid-secret must be backed up alongside the
DB, or the stored Patreon secrets can't be decrypted after a restore.

-robo
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@…>

File:

• src/services/PaidPatreonService.js (modified) (1 diff)

src/services/PaidPatreonService.js

@@ -50 +50 @@
 // the admin form can be re-saved without re-pasting the secret.
 export function saveOwnerConfig(siteId, patch) {
-  if (!cryptoBoxReady()) throw new Error('PAID_SECRET is not set: cannot store Patreon secrets');
+  if (!cryptoBoxReady()) throw new Error('encryption key unavailable: cannot store Patreon secrets');
   const cur = getOwnerConfig(siteId) || {};
   const merged = {