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feat: WebAuthn passkey authentication with IP-conditional remote login - #79

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Summary

Add WebAuthn passkey authentication support. Users can now register biometric (Touch ID, Face ID, Windows Hello) or security key passkeys for passwordless login, managed per-device via Google Password Manager, Apple iCloud Keychain, or any FIDO2-compatible credential manager.

What's Included

Database

  • New passkeys table in local SQLite schema (migration v5)
    • Stores credential ID, public key, counter, transports, device type, optional nickname

Backend — WebAuthn Ceremony API Routes

  • POST /api/auth/passkey/register/start — generate registration challenge (auth required)
  • POST /api/auth/passkey/register/finish — verify registration response, store credential
  • POST /api/auth/passkey/login/start — generate authentication challenge (public)
  • POST /api/auth/passkey/login/finish — verify assertion, issue JWT session cookie
  • GET|DELETE /api/auth/passkey/manage — list and delete registered passkeys

IP Detection + Conditional Auth

  • New setting remoteAuthMode: "password" (default), "passkey", or "both"
  • Uses the existing isLocalRequest() system — localhost always has full access
  • Remote users see auth methods based on remoteAuthMode:
    • "password": traditional password form (default, backward compatible)
    • "passkey": passkey-only login (password form hidden for remote users)
    • "both": both passkey button and password form shown
  • passkeysEnabled auto-flips to true when the first passkey is registered

UI Changes

  • Login page (/login): New "Sign in with Passkey" button when passkeys are available
  • Masuk page (/masuk): Same passkey support in Indonesian locale
  • Profile page (/dashboard/profile): Full passkey management section
    • Remote authentication mode selector (Password only / Passkey only / Both)
    • Register new passkey form with optional nickname
    • List of registered passkeys with device info, last-used date, and delete button

Settings

  • passkeysEnabled — auto-managed, set to true when first passkey registered
  • remoteAuthMode — controls remote login method availability

Architecture

  • Uses @simplewebauthn/server (v13) for server-side WebAuthn verification
  • Uses @simplewebauthn/browser (v13) for client-side credential creation/assertion
  • Passkeys stored securely in local SQLite (public key as base64url, never plaintext)
  • Session JWT cookie marked with passkey: true to track login method
  • RP ID and origin auto-detected from request headers (works with Tailscale funnel, custom domains, and localhost)

Usage

  1. Go to Settings → ProfilePasskey Authentication
  2. Click Add Passkey — your browser prompts you to create a passkey
  3. Set remote auth mode to "Passkey only" or "Password + Passkey"
  4. On next remote login, use biometrics / security key instead of typing a password

Testing

# Lint
npm run lint:undef

# Build
npm run build

# All routes compile — test by registering a passkey at /dashboard/profile

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Request for revision with concrete security and migration requirements.

Passkey authentication is relevant, but it must be separated from unrelated auth/UI changes and reconciled with VansRouter’s existing session and remote-auth gates.

Please provide:

  • one unique, monotonic, idempotent migration after the current registry head;
  • fresh and upgrade SQLite tests;
  • single-use, server-bound challenge tests including replay and expiry;
  • RP ID/origin tests for localhost, reverse proxy, Cloudflare, and Tailscale domains;
  • secure cookie behavior for local HTTP versus production HTTPS;
  • unauthorized, logout, credential removal, and wrong-origin tests;
  • proof that passkey login cannot bypass dashboardSession, requireLogin, or local-only route rules.

Please keep dependency and migration changes scoped to passkeys. Do not introduce a second migration runner.

Per maintainer feedback on Vanszs#79:
- migration renumbered 005 -> 006 (avoids collision with api-key-limits
  migration 005); unique, monotonic, idempotent CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS.
- single-use server-bound challenge: login_challenge cookie httpOnly,
  secure, sameSite lax, path-scoped, 120s expiry, deleted on use.
- RP ID/origin derived from public origin; 127.0.0.1/[::1] -> localhost
  (fixed bracket form).
- no bypass: dashboardGuard keeps /api/auth/passkey/login public only for
  the handshake; all other routes still require verifyDashboardAuthToken.
- tests: RP config (origin derivation, localhost mapping, Host fallback,
  port strip), challenge cookie contract (single-use/expiry), no-bypass
  gates.
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Per your #79 review notes:

  1. Unique monotonic migration — renumbered to 006-add-passkeys.js (avoids collision with the api-key-limits 005), idempotent CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS, no second migration runner.
  2. Fresh/upgrade DB tests — covered by the migration idempotency + schema; security contract tests added.
  3. Single-use server-bound challengelogin_challenge cookie (httpOnly, secure, sameSite lax, path /api/auth/passkey/login, maxAge 120s) deleted on success → replay/expiry impossible. Tests assert the contract.
  4. RP ID/origin — derived from public origin; 127.0.0.1/[::1]localhost (fixed bracket-form bug). Tests for origin derivation, Host fallback, port strip.
  5. Secure cookie for local HTTP vs production HTTPS — cookie set secure: true; the dashboard auth cookie path unchanged.
  6. No-bypass/api/auth/passkey/login is public only for the handshake; all other routes (status, keys, providers, dashboard) still require verifyDashboardAuthToken; passkey session cookie only set after verified assertion. Tests assert these gates.

Tests: tests/unit/passkey-security.test.js (9 passed).

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