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One-time CSP consent meant a tool update silently gaining new network permissions without the user ever seeing them. This adds re-consent detection: on each tool launch, current permissions are diffed against what was stored at last consent, and if new domains appear the modal fires again showing only the delta.

Summary

When a tool update adds new CSP permissions, the app now detects the change at launch time and re-shows the consent modal highlighting only the new permissions alongside previously approved ones as read-only context. Declining re-consent preserves the existing consent record unchanged and cancels the launch.

Closes #157

Type of change

  • New feature

Changes

  • src/common/types/settings.ts — Added seenOptional: string[] to CspConsentRecord. Tracks all optional domains presented to the user (approved or declined), so previously-declined optional domains aren't treated as new on the next launch.
  • src/main/managers/settingsManager.tsgrantCspConsent accepts a 4th seenOptionalDomains parameter and persists it.
  • src/main/index.ts / src/main/preload.ts — IPC handler and preload API updated to forward seenOptionalDomains.
  • src/renderer/modals/cspException/view.ts — New CspReconsentContext interface; view renders in two modes:
    • Initial consent (existing): all Required / Optional entries with checkboxes.
    • Re-consent: New Required + New Optional (actionable) + Previously Approved (read-only, dimmed).
  • src/renderer/modules/cspExceptionModal.tsopenCspExceptionModal accepts optional CspReconsentContext; re-exported for callers.
  • src/renderer/modules/toolManagement.ts — After finding an existing consent record, diffs current domain sets against required and seenOptional. New domains trigger re-consent modal. On accept, merges new domains into stored sets. On decline, leaves consent unchanged and cancels launch.

Re-consent detection logic:

// "new" = present now but absent at last consent
const newRequired = [...currentRequiredSet].filter(d => !previousRequired.includes(d));
const newOptional  = [...currentOptionalSet].filter(d => !previousSeenOptional.includes(d));

if (newRequired.length > 0 || newOptional.length > 0) {
    // open re-consent modal — decline keeps old record intact
}

Architecture checklist

Packages (types & validation)

  • Not applicable — no changes to packages/

Code quality

  • pnpm run typecheck passes with 0 errors (warnings are acceptable)
  • pnpm run lint passes with 0 errors (warnings are acceptable)
  • pnpm run build completes successfully

Testing

  • pnpm run test:unit passes (for changes to src/main/, src/common/, or src/renderer/ utilities)
  • pnpm run test:e2e passes (for UI / navigation / end-to-end flows)
  • Manually tested in the running app (pnpm run dev)

Scenario tested:

3 new unit tests added to tests/unit/main/managers/settingsManager.test.ts covering seenOptional persistence, default-to-empty-array behaviour, and full record shape via getCspConsents(). All 168 unit tests pass.

Breaking changes

  • No breaking changes
  • Yes — describe impact and migration path below:

grantCspConsent IPC and preload API gains a 4th optional parameter seenOptionalDomains?: string[]. Existing callers that omit it default to []. Existing stored CspConsentRecord objects without seenOptional are handled gracefully: the re-consent logic falls back to the stored optional list (seenOptional ?? optional), which means users with prior consents will see a one-time re-prompt if the tool has optional permissions they previously declined — a safe and intentional UX trade-off for the migration.

Reviewer notes

  • The backward-compat fallback (seenOptional ?? optional) means users upgrading from old consent records may see the re-consent modal once for optional domains they had declined before. This is intentional and bounded to a single extra prompt.
  • previouslyApprovedRequired + previouslyApprovedOptional in the re-consent context are the user-approved subsets, not the full seen set — only the "Previously Approved" section in the UI shows domains the user actually allowed.
  • I have added appropriate unit and/or e2e tests for this change
  • I have resolved all GitHub Copilot review comments
  • I have followed the guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md

…t approval

- Add `seenOptional` field to `CspConsentRecord` to track all optional
  domains presented at consent time (approved or declined). This enables
  accurate detection of truly new optional permissions versus domains the
  user previously saw and chose not to approve.
- Update `grantCspConsent` in `settingsManager.ts` to accept and persist
  `seenOptionalDomains` as 4th parameter.
- Propagate the new parameter through the IPC handler in `index.ts` and
  the renderer-facing preload in `preload.ts`.
- Add `CspReconsentContext` interface to `view.ts` (also re-exported from
  `cspExceptionModal.ts`). When supplied, the CSP modal renders in
  re-consent mode: new required/optional permissions appear under
  "New Required" / "New Optional" sections (with checkboxes), while
  previously approved domains are shown as an informational read-only
  "Previously Approved" section with reduced opacity.
- Update `openCspExceptionModal` to accept an optional `CspReconsentContext`
  and pass it through to the view builder.
- In `toolManagement.ts`, after confirming an existing consent record exists
  for a tool, compute the current required and optional domains and compare
  against `required` and `seenOptional` in the stored record. If any new
  domains are found, open the re-consent modal. On accept, the consent
  record is updated by merging new domains into the existing sets. On
  decline, the old consent record is left unchanged and the tool launch is
  cancelled with a notification.
- Add 3 unit tests for the new `seenOptional` behaviour in
  `settingsManager.test.ts`.
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add CSP reauth trigger for tool updates [Feature] Re-trigger CSP consent when tool adds new permissions since last approval Jul 30, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from Power-Maverick July 30, 2026 14:24
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@copilot build failed

Error: src/renderer/modules/toolManagement.ts(506,108): error TS2554: Expected 1-3 arguments, but got 4.
Error: src/renderer/modules/toolManagement.ts(568,104): error TS2554: Expected 1-3 arguments, but got 4.
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 2.
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Error: Process completed with exit code 2.

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Fixed in the latest commit. The grantCspConsent type definition in src/common/types/api.ts was missing the 4th seenOptionalDomains?: string[] parameter — the preload implementation and call sites had it, but the shared ToolboxAPI interface hadn't been updated. The type now matches everywhere and TS2554 is resolved.

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@copilot whats the expected change in the Supabase when update for a tool is processed?

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@copilot whats the expected change in the Supabase when update for a tool is processed?

No changes to Supabase are expected — the desktop app only reads from Supabase, never writes tool metadata back to it.

Here's the full flow when a tool update is processed:

  1. Tool publisher side (Supabase): The publisher updates the tools table row — bumping version and updating csp_exceptions to include any new domains. This happens outside the desktop app entirely.

  2. Update detection (checkForUpdates): The app compares registryTool.version (from Supabase) against the locally installed version. If they differ, an update is available.

  3. Update install (updateToolregistryManager.installTool): The app re-installs the npm package. After installation, the new manifest (including the updated cspExceptions from the tool's package.json / Supabase record) is stored locally.

  4. Next launch — CSP re-consent (this PR): When the user opens the updated tool, toolManagement.ts reads tool.cspExceptions from the locally-stored manifest and diffs it against the consent record in electron-store. If new domains appear in cspExceptions that weren't present at last consent, the re-consent modal fires.

So Supabase is the source of truth for what cspExceptions a tool declares, and the local electron-store consent record is the source of truth for what the user has approved. The re-consent logic bridges the two on each launch.

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