auth-store-debug

name	auth-store-debug
description	Auth and store debugging for vercel-openclaw: admin-secret mode, Sign in with Vercel, session cookies, CSRF, LOCAL_READ_ONLY, Redis vs memory store, keyspace namespacing, and metadata shape migrations. Use when login, route authorization, Redis persistence, or metadata state is suspect.

Auth Store Debug

Use this skill when request authorization, session behavior, store persistence, or metadata shape is the likely problem.

Evidence First

Collect:

• Auth mode and Vercel/local environment from admin/preflight surfaces.
• Request method, route, status, and whether bearer or cookie auth was used.
• GET /api/admin/logs filtered for auth., store., session., preflight..
• Store backend reported by deployment contract.
• Sanitized metadata shape when needed. Never print secrets, session keys, Redis URLs, or cookies.

Critical Splits

• Deployment Protection auth vs app auth.
• Bearer admin-secret auth vs encrypted session cookie auth.
• CSRF applies to cookie-based mutations, not bearer mutations.
• LOCAL_READ_ONLY=1 intentionally blocks admin mutations locally.
• Redis connects only on deployed Vercel runtimes; local/CI use memory store even if Redis envs exist.
• OPENCLAW_INSTANCE_ID changes namespace and does not migrate old state.

Fix Boundaries

• Auth: src/server/auth/{admin-auth,admin-secret,session,vercel-auth,route-auth}.ts.
• Store: src/server/store/{store,redis-store,memory-store,keyspace}.ts, src/shared/types.ts.
• Routes: only the affected route handler.
• Docs/env contract: .env.example, README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CLAUDE.md.

Verification

node scripts/verify.mjs --steps=test,typecheck
pnpm check:verify-contract
lat check

Run pnpm check:verify-contract when env vars, auth mode docs, or operator instructions change.