fix: mask admin env secrets and show derived DB/Redis connection status - #42169
fix: mask admin env secrets and show derived DB/Redis connection status#42169wyattwalter wants to merge 17 commits into
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Secret-classified env variables (DB/Redis URLs, SMTP credentials, and any name containing SECRET or ending in _PASSWORD/_TOKEN) are returned as a fixed mask by the admin settings read path. Values carrying the mask are treated as unchanged on save, and the test-email flow resolves masked credentials from the stored values server-side. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CommonConfig gains the effective appsmith.db.url / appsmith.redis.url values (inert until the read path consumes them) so the tests compile. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…15850) The admin settings response carries APPSMITH_DB_CONNECTION_INFO and APPSMITH_REDIS_CONNECTION_INFO: "embedded" when the effective connection targets localhost/127.0.0.1 (the entrypoint's own embedded-services heuristic), otherwise the hostname(s) — never credentials. Derived from the URLs the server process runs with, not docker.env. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ge (APP-15850) The editable Appsmith DB URL and Redis URL fields are replaced with read-only rows showing either "Embedded ... (runs inside the Appsmith container)" or the external hostname, from the server-derived connection info. These connections are configured via environment variables on the instance, not from this page. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A plain-text row reads as help copy rather than a value; a disabled input makes it visually unambiguous that this is the setting's current value. Adds Setting.isReadOnly so a field can be disabled without the upgrade tag that isFeatureEnabled: false carries. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A username identifies rather than authenticates, and admins need to see which account is configured. The password remains masked, with the test-email flow resolving it server-side. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review. WalkthroughThe server masks environment secrets, exposes credential-free database and Redis connection information, preserves masked secret submissions, and resolves masked SMTP passwords. The admin UI displays database and Redis connection information as read-only settings. ChangesAdmin environment security
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The settings update behavior can silently ignore legitimate non-secret values that contain the mask marker, preventing those configuration changes from being saved. Merge should wait for a narrow fix or explicit owner acceptance. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AdminUI
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AdminUI->>EnvManagerCEImpl: Request environment settings
EnvManagerCEImpl->>CommonConfig: Read effective database and Redis URLs
CommonConfig-->>EnvManagerCEImpl: Return runtime connection URLs
EnvManagerCEImpl-->>AdminUI: Return masked secrets and connection information
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- Around line 782-820: Update extractHosts to remove userinfo before truncating
the remainder at the first path or query delimiter, while bounding the userinfo
search to the authority segment so query parameters cannot affect it. Preserve
the existing host parsing for credentials-free URLs, IPv6 literals, ports, and
comma-separated hosts, and ensure credential fragments are never returned.
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…PP-15850) Credentials in non-conforming URLs can carry unencoded '/', '?', or '@'; cutting the authority first could surface a credential fragment as a host in the connection summary. Addresses CodeRabbit review feedback. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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420-423: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winLimit mask filtering to secret variables.
Line 423 drops any update value that contains
MASKED_SECRET. A non-secret value such asAPPSMITH_INSTANCE_NAME=Release ********is silently ignored.Filter only entries where
isSecretEnvVar(entry.getKey())is true. Keep thecontainscheck for secret fields to preserve the partial-mask protection.Proposed fix
- envChanges.values().removeIf(value -> value != null && value.contains(MASKED_SECRET)); + envChanges.entrySet().removeIf(entry -> + isSecretEnvVar(entry.getKey()) + && entry.getValue() != null + && entry.getValue().contains(MASKED_SECRET));🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 420-423: Update the envChanges filtering near isSecretEnvVar so
only entries whose key identifies a secret variable are removed when their
non-null value contains MASKED_SECRET; preserve the contains check and retain
non-secret values unchanged.
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Non-secret values are returned raw, so a literal mask string in one is genuine user input; only secret-classified keys treat it as unchanged. Addresses CodeRabbit review feedback. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Note on the CodeRabbit merge-risk banner: the "non-secret values containing the mask marker may be ignored on save" concern is addressed as of 2e0d2ec — the mask-means-unchanged guard is scoped to secret-classified keys only, and |
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What about the redis used for in-memory Git?
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That's not something we exposed previously, but I added it to the panel.
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This is a bit of a can of worms. I'd rather we leave this not shown in the configuration screen and treat it as a separate enhancement later. There's several configuration options and whether or not redis git is enabled is a separate thing. Plus, there's a migration involved to turn it on.
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Update: the Git Redis row has been removed again in 34b5751 — decision is to not show the Git-operations Redis in the admin UI for now. For reference, Redis-backed Git is gated by APPSMITH_GIT_ROOT pointing into /dev/shm (GitServiceConfig.isGitInMemory), with APPSMITH_REDIS_GIT_URL falling back to APPSMITH_REDIS_URL.
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…-15850) The Git-operations Redis is not shown in the admin UI for now. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Description
Linear: https://linear.app/appsmith/issue/APP-15850
The admin settings read path (
GET /api/v1/admin/env) returns every configured env value verbatim to super-admins, including credential material (DB/Redis connection URIs with embedded credentials, SMTP password, OAuth client secrets, reCAPTCHA secret). This PR stops that, and replaces the DB/Redis URL fields on the Configuration page with derived, read-only connection status.Masking:
********fromEnvManagerCEImpl.getAllNonEmpty(). Classification is an explicit list (APPSMITH_DB_URL,APPSMITH_REDIS_URL) plus a name pattern (containsSECRET, or ends in_PASSWORD/_TOKEN) so future secret-bearing variables fail closed.APPSMITH_MAIL_USERNAMEis deliberately not masked — a username identifies rather than authenticates, and admins need to see which account is configured.applyChanges()— the single choke point for the JSON PUT, the multipart PUT, and internal callers — so clients echoing masked values back can never corrupt stored settings.sendTestEmail()resolves a masked password to the stored value server-side, so "Send test email" works without the password ever reaching the browser. A freshly typed (unsaved) password still passes through.Configuration page:
localhost/127.0.0.1), evaluated independently for MongoDB and Redis.appsmith.db.url/appsmith.redis.urlviaCommonConfig), not fromdocker.env— which can hold generated credentials that aren't in use when the deployment overrides these via real environment variables.Setting.isReadOnlyso a field renders disabled without the upgrade tag thatisFeatureEnabled: falsecarries.Call sites checked
getAllNonEmpty()callers:InstanceAdminControllerCE.getAll()(the masked read path) andOrganizationServiceCEImpl.updateOrganizationConfiguration(readsAPPSMITH_MAIL_HOSTonly — non-secret, unaffected).getAll()/getAllWithoutAclCheck()remain internal-only:SamlConfigurationServiceImpl(EE), org-config validation, and the test-email fallback.v1/admin/envisUserApi.fetchAdminSettings. The diff-based save (SettingsFormmapStateToProps) never submits untouched fields, and the form initializes from the fetched map, so masked values and the derived read-only keys are never treated as dirty.APPSMITH_DB_URL/APPSMITH_REDIS_URLfields.APPSMITH_OAUTH2_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRETmatches theSECRETpattern (pinned by an EE-only test); EE surfaces (SamlIdentityProviderConfigDTO, Admin central) carry no env secrets.Tests
EnvManagerTest: masking of every secret-classified variable, pattern coverage for unlisted future names (*SECRET*,*_PASSWORD,*_TOKEN) with no false positives (APPSMITH_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY,APPSMITH_MAIL_USERNAMEstay raw), mask-on-write is a no-op while real writes persist, test-email stored-password fallback, connection-info derivation (embedded, external, replica-set multi-host,mongodb+srv, blank).AdminEnvSecretMaskingTest(modelled onAuthGuardTest): unauthenticated request rejected; super-admin response carries no credential material, masked secrets, raw non-secrets.Impact on existing instances
********; stored values unchanged; saving a page without touching a masked field is a no-op for that field by design. DB/Redis URLs are no longer editable from the UI (still configurable via instance environment /docker.env, and the API write path still accepts them).GET /api/v1/admin/envmust read them from the instance configuration (docker.envor the orchestrator's secret store) instead. The Configuration page now shows whether Appsmith is using the embedded MongoDB/Redis or an external host.Automation
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