{"record":{"id":"5b1461fe754c4d7c","repo":"Tencent/WeKnora","slug":"external-user-token-secret-is-not-configured","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"external user token secret is not configured","messagePattern":"external user token secret is not configured","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/middleware/auth.go","lineNumber":618,"sourceCode":"\t\t\treturn types.Principal{}, fmt.Errorf(\"%w: %v\", errInvalidExternalUserID, err)\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn types.Principal{\n\t\t\tType: types.PrincipalAPIExternalUser,\n\t\t\tID:   strconv.FormatUint(tenantID, 10) + \":\" + externalUserID,\n\t\t}, nil\n\tdefault:\n\t\treturn fallback, nil\n\t}\n}\n\nfunc verifyExternalUserJWT(tokenString string, tenantID uint64, secret string) (string, error) {\n\ttokenString = strings.TrimSpace(tokenString)\n\tsecret = strings.TrimSpace(secret)\n\tif tokenString == \"\" {\n\t\treturn \"\", errors.New(\"missing external user token\")\n\t}\n\tif secret == \"\" {\n\t\treturn \"\", errors.New(\"external user token secret is not configured\")\n\t}\n\tclaims := jwt.MapClaims{}\n\tparser := jwt.NewParser(\n\t\tjwt.WithAudience(\"weknora\"),\n\t\tjwt.WithExpirationRequired(),\n\t\tjwt.WithValidMethods([]string{jwt.SigningMethodHS256.Alg()}),\n\t)\n\ttoken, err := parser.ParseWithClaims(tokenString, claims, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {\n\t\tif _, ok := token.Method.(*jwt.SigningMethodHMAC); !ok {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"unexpected signing method: %v\", token.Header[\"alg\"])\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn []byte(secret), nil\n\t})\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", err\n\t}\n\tif token == nil || !token.Valid {\n\t\treturn \"\", errors.New(\"invalid external user token\")","sourceCodeStart":600,"sourceCodeEnd":636,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Tencent/WeKnora/blob/988cbb03305e055d8ebb7d46d9ac6cc0803cd074/internal/middleware/auth.go#L600-L636","documentation":"Ad-hoc error created in verifyExternalUserJWT when the tenant's external user token secret is empty/unconfigured, so JWT verification cannot proceed. It is a server-side configuration guard, not a client mistake: tokens cannot be validated until the secret is set.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/middleware/auth.go:618 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Configure the external user token secret for the tenant in the deployment config/environment","Fail fast at startup with a config validation check rather than at request time","Return 500-style configuration error rather than 401 since the client cannot fix it"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"988cbb03305e055d8ebb7d46d9ac6cc0803cd074","analyzedAt":"2026-09-02T14:41:08.344Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}