End sign-in links made before a password change

A transfer link signed only the user id, so one copied before the
password changed still started a session for up to four hours after.
Bind it to the password salt with generates_token_for, so a new
password ends those links too. Links made before this upgrade stop
working; they last four hours at most.
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Jeremy Daer committed 2026-10-19 11:36:16 -07:00
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@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@ module User::Transferable
TRANSFER_LINK_EXPIRY_DURATION = 4.hours
included do
# Bound to the password, so changing it also ends sign-in links made before.
generates_token_for :transfer, expires_in: TRANSFER_LINK_EXPIRY_DURATION do
password_salt&.last(10)
end
end
class_methods do
def find_by_transfer_id(id)
find_signed(id, purpose: :transfer)
find_by_token_for(:transfer, id)
end
end
def transfer_id
signed_id(purpose: :transfer, expires_in: TRANSFER_LINK_EXPIRY_DURATION)
generate_token_for(:transfer)
end
end
@@ -19,4 +19,15 @@ class Sessions::TransfersControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
assert_redirected_to root_url
assert parsed_cookies.signed[:session_token]
end
test "update rejects a link made before the password changed" do
user = users(:david)
transfer_id = user.transfer_id
user.update!(password: "a new secret123456")
put session_transfer_url(transfer_id)
assert_response :bad_request
assert_nil parsed_cookies.signed[:session_token]
end
end
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require "test_helper"
class User::TransferableTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
test "a transfer id finds its user" do
assert_equal users(:david), User.find_by_transfer_id(users(:david).transfer_id)
end
test "a transfer id expires" do
transfer_id = users(:david).transfer_id
travel User::TRANSFER_LINK_EXPIRY_DURATION + 1.second
assert_nil User.find_by_transfer_id(transfer_id)
end
test "a transfer id made before a password change stops working" do
transfer_id = users(:david).transfer_id
users(:david).update!(password: "a new secret123456")
assert_nil User.find_by_transfer_id(transfer_id)
assert_equal users(:david), User.find_by_transfer_id(users(:david).transfer_id)
end
test "other changes keep a transfer id working" do
transfer_id = users(:david).transfer_id
users(:david).update!(name: "Dave", email_address: "dave@37signals.com")
assert_equal users(:david), User.find_by_transfer_id(transfer_id)
end
test "a transfer id finds only users in scope" do
transfer_id = users(:david).transfer_id
users(:david).deactivate
assert_nil User.active.find_by_transfer_id(transfer_id)
end
end