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What & why

This PR stacks on #1239 (AND-2), which stacks on #1237 (AND-1).

Today a client token copied off an Android device works from anywhere, such as curl. GO-2 and GO-3 let FAPI bind the token to a device key. This PR makes the SDK sign an RFC 9449 DPoP proof on every FAPI request and recover when FAPI rejects one, so a copied token stops working.

• DpopMiddleware is a network interceptor, so every OkHttp attempt gets a fresh proof. iat comes from a ServerClock fed from each response's Date.
• On 401 device_binding_proof_invalid, the SDK retries once with the server's time. On device_binding_key_mismatch or device_binding_proof_missing, it drops the token, signs out locally, and refreshes the client.
• With shared session sync on, the SDK does not sign, and launch drops a token that carries cnf.
• When the SDK cannot sign, a token without cnf goes out unsigned. A token with cnf goes out unsigned only for a permanent reason, such as a lost key, and otherwise the request fails with an IOException and the token stays.
• A request waits at most five seconds for the key to load, and once one request times out on a load, later ones skip the wait. Three transient failures in a row, or a load pending for 15 seconds, turn signing off. A Keystore slower than 15 seconds therefore signs the user out once for that launch, and signing resumes when the key loads.
• A key load that throws any non-cancellation exception, such as a vendor Keystore's IllegalStateException, now marks the key unavailable for the process, so that device stays unbound until the next launch.
• Clerk.deleteDeviceKey is the one public API change.

This PR is review-gated on the screenshots and video below, and lands only after GO-3 deploys.

What to focus on

• Deadlock. The drop runs in an interceptor while a refresh may hold refreshMutex, so it takes only the storage lock and the refresh requeues.
• Interceptor order. DpopRetryMiddleware is outermost, so ClientSyncingMiddleware records the 401's Date before the retry. A test pins the order.
• Launch order with shared session sync. The drop runs after the shared-storage reload and before the session-token loop, so a bound token never reaches a request.

Testing

• Unit tests cover each rule above, and DeviceBoundTokenFallbackTest runs the full SDK client against MockWebServer.
• Live lanes ran on an API 34 emulator against a local FAPI at GO-3's head 2c8d876c14 (clerk/clerk_go#23777), in enforce mode unless noted.
  • Lane 1. Sign-in, 100 refreshes, relaunch, and sign-out pass, and head binds the client.
  • Lanes 2 and 7. A token replayed from curl gets 401 device_binding_proof_missing, and 200 in observe mode.
  • Lane 3. With the clock 20 minutes ahead, each launch request retries once and succeeds.
  • Lanes 4 and 4b. Deleting the key signs the user out, and sign-in binds a new key.
  • Lanes 5, 6, and 9. Shared session sync and a Keystore fault work unbound. A sync-on build drops a bound token at launch.
  • Lane 10 was partial, since no kill landed inside key creation.
• Head adds about 2 ms at p50 to a token refresh (15 ms budget) and makes initialize-to-ready 6 percent slower (10 percent budget).
• Nothing checked a FAPI without GO-2, StrongBox or TEE keys, or the transient limits on a device.

How to revert

A plain revert works, but turn enforcement off on any instance with bound tokens before a reverted SDK ships. The old SDK cannot prove the key or recover from device_binding_proof_missing.

Screenshots / video

Same emulator and FAPI, enforce on. The screens match, and only head gets a cnf.jkt.

State	Before (trunk)	After (head be386161a)
Workbench home
AuthView, fresh install
Signed-in home
Device binding, signed in
After 100 refreshes
After relaunch
AuthView after sign-out
Device binding after sign-out

Head-only states, since trunk never binds.

State	After (head)
Lane 2, after export and the curl replay (curl got 401 proof_missing)
Lane 3, clock 20 minutes ahead, after 100 refreshes
Lane 4, bound, before the key delete
Lane 4, key deleted
Lane 4, after refresh: signed out, new key
Lane 4, signed in again with the new key
Lane 4b, after delete and relaunch
Lane 5, shared session sync, signed in
Lane 6, bound with sync off
Lane 6, after installing sync on
Lane 7, observe, after the replay
Lane 8, second sign-in, same cnf.jkt
Lane 9, Keystore fault at launch
Lane 10, signed in after the killed launch

Video: sign in, 100 refreshes, relaunch, sign out. Trunk first, then head.

and3-L1-trunk.mp4

and3-L1-head.mp4

Video: delete the key, refresh, land signed out, sign in with a new key.

and3-L4-foreign-key.mp4

Video: delete the key, relaunch, land signed out on a fresh client.

and3-L4b-delete-relaunch.mp4

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Walkthrough

The SDK resolves device signing from shared-session sync and key state. It adds DPoP proof generation, conditional retries using server time, and device-token recovery for specified binding errors. It also adds a public API to delete the device key. The workbench adds a screen to inspect device-binding details and exercise key deletion, token reload, token export, keystore-fault settings, and token refresh timing.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• clerk/clerk-android#1237: Adds device-key state and replacement behavior extended by this change.
• clerk/clerk-android#1213: Defines the session-token invalidation path extended with device-binding errors here.
• clerk/clerk-android#1239: Adds DpopProof.build and ServerClock, which this change uses.

Suggested reviewers: mikepitre, seanperez29

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 3dbe4

Resolve the remaining device-token sign-out paths before merging: transient signing failures can lose a bound token, and a late shared-session reload can restore one that cannot be used in that mode.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Device Evidence		The pull request changes many files under source/api/, so the device-evidence requirement applies. The description provides a before/after table for the Workbench home screen, but it lists the Devic…	Update the PR description with before-and-after emulator or device screenshot/video pairs in one table for the Device binding screen and every affected state, including visually unchanged states. If a state cannot be run, state the exact re…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 5 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely summarizes the primary changes: sending DPoP proofs and recovering from lost or foreign device keys.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Testing, Risk, And Revert		The PR description includes substantive Testing, Risk, and How to revert sections. Each section contains details specific to this DPoP and device-binding change.
Description check		The description follows the repository template. It has all six sections: What & why, What to focus on, Testing, Risk, How to revert, and Screenshots / video. It explains the DPoP signing and recovery…

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the repository template. It has all six sections: What & why, What to focus on, Testing, Risk, How to revert, and Screenshots / video. It explains the DPoP signing and recovery behavior, the new public API (Clerk.deleteDeviceKey), and the stacking and review gating. The Testing section names unit tests, live lanes on an API 34 emulator, the head commit, and the performance budgets. It also lists the gaps: no device run without GO-2, no StrongBox or TEE check, and no device run of the transient limits. The Risk section names the Keystore latency and the forced sign-out risk. The How to revert section explains that enforcement must be disabled first. The Screenshots section includes before and after images and videos. Two items are weaker: the Risk section does not explicitly say that the diff touches protected paths (token and session storage) or changes a public API .api dump, and the Testing section does not state the exact Gradle commands, though the PR objectives do. These are minor gaps, so the description is mostly complete.

Full details: Device Evidence

Explanation

The pull request changes many files under source/api/, so the device-evidence requirement applies. The description provides a before/after table for the Workbench home screen, but it lists the Device binding screen as new screen before the change. Therefore, it does not provide before/after pairs for that screen or its export, delete-key, keystore-fault, and signed-in states. The description says that a local CA patch was used for live FAPI lanes and describes its purpose, but it does not confirm that both the before and after builds used that patch. The diff confirms the new DeviceBindingActivity and the navigation entry.

Resolution

Update the PR description with before-and-after emulator or device screenshot/video pairs in one table for the Device binding screen and every affected state, including visually unchanged states. If a state cannot be run, state the exact reason. Identify the local CA patch, describe its change and purpose, and explicitly confirm that both the before and after builds used the patch.

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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 36 functions across 36 files.

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• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/DeviceBindingError.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopRetryMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/session/SessionTokenFetcher.kt

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Every request carries a fresh DPoP proof

Every attempt through Clerk.initialize and Client.get() carries one valid proof with a new jti, including the redirect hop and OkHttp's retry after a dropped socket. iat switches from device time to the FAPI Date once a response arrives. Before, no request carried a proof.

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Workbench Device binding screen · Skipped
proof_invalid retried once with server time
key_mismatch / proof_missing drop the token
Shared session sync stays unbound
deleteDeviceKey rotates the signing key
Drop still works when the 401 rotates the token
Bound token fails on a transient key gap
Three transient key failures stop signing
Shared-sync launch waits at most 2s for siblings

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Review comments at @source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/Clerk.kt:
- Line 1110: Resolve the InjectDispatcher violation in Clerk.deleteDeviceKey by
applying a function-scoped suppression for that rule, while preserving the
existing Dispatchers.IO behavior and ConfigurationManager.deleteDeviceKey call.

Review comments at
@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt:
- Line 37: Update resolveDeviceBinding to accept a CoroutineDispatcher parameter
defaulting to Dispatchers.IO, then pass that parameter to async when loading key
state instead of referencing Dispatchers.IO directly; import CoroutineDispatcher
as needed.

Review comments at
@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddleware.kt:
- Around line 69-75: The device-token invalidation in ClientSyncingMiddleware
treats every device_binding_proof_missing response as permanent; update the
recovery check to avoid dropping tokens after DpopMiddleware reports TIMEOUT or
a non-loss signing failure, while preserving the existing KEY_UNAVAILABLE
behavior unless intentionally changed. Establish from the request and signing
outcome whether it was intentionally unsigned or carried a proof before dropping
the token, and add coverage for these cases.

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage
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Add a before-and-after screenshot or video pair, side by side in a table, for
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state cannot be run, state the exact reason under option (b). For the local CA
patch, identify every changed file, explain why it was needed, and explicitly
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• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/Clerk.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/SharedSessionSyncConfig.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/devicekey/DeviceKey.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/devicekey/DeviceKeyHolder.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/devicekey/JvmDeviceKey.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/ClerkApi.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/DeviceBindingError.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopRetryMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/session/SessionTokenFetcher.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManagerDeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfiguredClerkForTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/devicekey/DeviceKeyHolderDeleteTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/ClerkApiHttpClientTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/DeviceTokenDecryptCountTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddlewareDeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddlewareOrderingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopRetryMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/organizations/OrganizationReloadTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/session/SessionTokenFetcherDeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/user/UserReloadTest.kt
• workbench/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
• workbench/src/main/java/com/clerk/workbench/DeviceBindingActivity.kt
• workbench/src/main/java/com/clerk/workbench/KeystoreFault.kt
• workbench/src/main/java/com/clerk/workbench/MainActivity.kt
• workbench/src/main/java/com/clerk/workbench/PreferencesManager.kt
• workbench/src/main/java/com/clerk/workbench/WorkbenchApplication.kt

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Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Fix the Detekt InjectDispatcher failure.

Line 1110 uses Dispatchers.IO directly, and the :source:api:detektDebug task fails on it. ConfigurationManager already owns an IO scope. Either suppress the rule on this function or move the dispatch into ConfigurationManager.

Proposed fix

--- "a/source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/Clerk.kt"
+++ "b/source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/Clerk.kt"
@@ -1105,9 +1105,10 @@
    * @return true if the stored key is gone; false if Clerk is not initialized or the Keystore
    *   refused the delete.
    */
   @FrameworkIntegrationApi
+  @Suppress("InjectDispatcher")
   public suspend fun deleteDeviceKey(): Boolean =
     withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { configurationManager.deleteDeviceKey() }
 
   // endregion
 

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[error] 1110-1110: Detekt task ':source:api:detektDebug' failed during './gradlew detekt :source:api:detektDebug :source:ui:detektDebug :source:telemetry:detektDebug --build-cache --parallel --continue'. InjectDispatcher: Dispatcher IO is used without dependency injection.

GitHub Actions: Detekt / detekt

[error] 1110-1110: ./gradlew detekt :source:api:detektDebug :source:ui:detektDebug :source:telemetry:detektDebug --build-cache --parallel --continue failed at :source:api:detektDebug. Detekt [InjectDispatcher]: Dispatcher IO is used without dependency injection.

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Review comment at @source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/Clerk.kt at line
1110:
Resolve the InjectDispatcher violation in Clerk.deleteDeviceKey by applying a
function-scoped suppression for that rule, while preserving the existing
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Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Fix the Detekt InjectDispatcher failure.

Line 37 uses Dispatchers.IO directly, and the :source:api:detektDebug task fails on it. Detekt accepts Dispatchers.IO as a parameter default, so inject the dispatcher.

Proposed fix

 internal fun CoroutineScope.resolveDeviceBinding(
   sharedSessionSync: Boolean,
   holder: DeviceKeyHolder,
   keyTimeout: Duration = 5.seconds,
+  keyDispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO,
 ): Deferred<DeviceBinding> {
@@
-  val keyState = async(Dispatchers.IO) { loadKeyState(holder) }
+  val keyState = async(keyDispatcher) { loadKeyState(holder) }

Also add import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineDispatcher.

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[error] 37-37: Detekt task ':source:api:detektDebug' failed during './gradlew detekt :source:api:detektDebug :source:ui:detektDebug :source:telemetry:detektDebug --build-cache --parallel --continue'. InjectDispatcher: Dispatcher IO is used without dependency injection.

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[error] 37-37: ./gradlew detekt :source:api:detektDebug :source:ui:detektDebug :source:telemetry:detektDebug --build-cache --parallel --continue failed at :source:api:detektDebug. Detekt [InjectDispatcher]: Dispatcher IO is used without dependency injection.

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Review comment at
@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt at line
37:
Update resolveDeviceBinding to accept a CoroutineDispatcher parameter defaulting
to Dispatchers.IO, then pass that parameter to async when loading key state
instead of referencing Dispatchers.IO directly; import CoroutineDispatcher as
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Minor · Prevent shared-session reload from blocking initialization. · ConfigurationManager.kt:271

source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt:271
Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Prevent shared-session reload from blocking initialization.

adoptSiblingStateThenDropDeviceBoundToken runs before the first client and session-token refresh jobs. reloadFromSharedStorage() does not set a timeout, and ContentResolver.query(...) is synchronous. A cold or unresponsive peer can therefore delay initialization. Peer-discovery or other reload failures can also end the initialization coroutine before dropDeviceBoundToken() and the refresh jobs run.

Add a real timeout or cancellation boundary for the blocking provider work, catch non-cancellation failures, and always call dropDeviceBoundToken() afterward. Do not rely only on withTimeoutOrNull around the blocking call, because coroutine timeout cancellation does not by itself interrupt arbitrary synchronous I/O.

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at line 271:
Update adoptSiblingStateThenDropDeviceBoundToken so shared-storage reload cannot
block initialization indefinitely: apply a real timeout or cancellation boundary
that can interrupt the synchronous ContentResolver.query work, rather than
relying only on coroutine timeout. Handle non-cancellation reload or
peer-discovery failures without aborting initialization, preserve cancellation
propagation, and ensure dropDeviceBoundToken() runs afterward on every exit
path.

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Review comments at
@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt:
- Line 271: Update adoptSiblingStateThenDropDeviceBoundToken so shared-storage
reload cannot block initialization indefinitely: apply a real timeout or
cancellation boundary that can interrupt the synchronous ContentResolver.query
work, rather than relying only on coroutine timeout. Handle non-cancellation
reload or peer-discovery failures without aborting initialization, preserve
cancellation propagation, and ensure dropDeviceBoundToken() runs afterward on
every exit path.

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Add before-and-after screenshot or video pairs, side by side in a table, for the
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If a state cannot run, give the exact reason under option (b). Identify each
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Files selected for processing: 11

• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/devicekey/DeviceKeyHolder.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/ClerkApi.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/ProofDecisionTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DeviceBoundTokenFallbackTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopRetryMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/sharedsession/SharedSessionSyncStartupTest.kt

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@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt:
- Line 114: Define the intended recovery behavior when stoppedSigning() returns
KEY_UNAVAILABLE: specify how signing resumes after transient failures and
whether a device_binding_proof_missing response preserves the bound token.
Update the relevant state and response handling to enforce that behavior, and
add a test that verifies the stored token after proof_missing and the defined
signing recovery path.

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• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/devicekey/DeviceKeyHolder.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/ClerkApi.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/ProofDecisionTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/ClerkApiHttpClientTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DeviceBoundTokenFallbackTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopRetryMiddlewareTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/TransientKeyFailureLimitTest.kt

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sed -n 1,120p source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt
sed -n 55,100p source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/ClientSyncingMiddleware.kt
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#!/bin/bash
set -u
echo "== DeviceBindingError definition =="
rg -n -F --glob '*.kt' -e 'DeviceBindingError' -e 'device_binding_proof_missing' -e 'DROP_TOKEN' -- source/api/src || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "== DeviceBoundTokenFallbackTest =="
f=$(rg -l -F -- 'class DeviceBoundTokenFallbackTest' source/api/src/test || true)
echo "file: $f"
if [ -n "$f" ]; then cat -n "$f" | sed -n 1,140p; fi
echo "== dropDeviceToken =="
rg -n -F --glob '*.kt' -e 'fun dropDeviceToken' -- source/api/src/main || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "== transient-token retention rule in repo docs/knowledge =="
rg -n -i --glob '*.md' --glob '*.kt' -e 'transient' -e 'retain' -- . | rg -i 'device|token|dpop|transient' | head -n 60 || test "$?" -eq 1

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Three transient key failures make bound tokens lose their device token.

After the third transient gap, DeviceBindingState.current returns NotSigning(KEY_UNAVAILABLE) for the rest of the process. recordSigned does not reset the counter once it reaches the limit. A bound token is then sent unsigned. A device_binding_proof_missing response makes ClientSyncingMiddleware drop the stored device token.

The gaps can come from timeouts alone. At cold start, requests that share the binding can each wait up to DEVICE_KEY_WAIT. Three timeouts stop signing for the process. A key that loads later does not restore signing.

The limit is intentional, and the tests assert the unsigned request. The PR states that bound tokens keep their token on transient failure. The limit changes a transient state into a process-long unsigned state. It then drops the token on the server rejection. TransientKeyFailureLimitTest does not check the stored token after a proof_missing response.

Decide whether a proof_missing response after the transient limit should keep the bound token. Add a test for that case. Also define how signing resumes. A rule that fails bound requests without a reset would block them for the rest of the process.

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@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt at line
114:
Define the intended recovery behavior when stoppedSigning() returns
KEY_UNAVAILABLE: specify how signing resumes after transient failures and
whether a device_binding_proof_missing response preserves the bound token.
Update the relevant state and response handling to enforce that behavior, and
add a test that verifies the stored token after proof_missing and the defined
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• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBindingTest.kt
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Review comments at
@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt:
- Around line 305-337: Update applyDeviceTokenSnapshot to reject incoming SET
snapshots whose device token is device-bound, so a late reload started by
awaitSiblingReloadWithin cannot restore a token after shared-session startup
clears it. Preserve handling of unbound tokens and other snapshot states.

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• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/Clerk.kt
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• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/DeviceBinding.kt
• source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManagerDeviceBindingTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/TransientKeyFailureLimitTest.kt
• source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/sharedsession/SharedSessionSyncStartupTest.kt

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sed -n '220,380p' source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt
printf '%s\n' '--- SharedSessionSyncCoordinator ---'
sed -n '1,280p' source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/sharedsession/SharedSessionSyncCoordinator.kt
printf '%s\n' '--- related token and snapshot definitions ---'
rg -n -F -e 'data class DeviceToken' -e 'class DeviceToken' -e 'isDeviceBound' -e 'DeviceTokenSnapshot' -e 'DEVICE_TOKEN' source/api/src/main/kotlin source/api/src/test || true

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printf '%s\n' '--- device-token consumers and binding resolution ---'
rg -n -F -e 'StorageKey.DEVICE_TOKEN' -e 'DeviceBoundTokenFallback' -e 'resolveDeviceBinding' -e 'deviceBinding' -e 'Authorization' source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/devicekey source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api | head -n 240
printf '%s\n' '--- outgoing middleware implementations ---'
rg --files source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware | sort
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant test bodies ---'
nl -ba source/api/src/test/java/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DeviceBoundTokenFallbackTest.kt | sed -n '1,330p'
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printf '%s\n' '--- request construction and device-token header ---'
nl -ba source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/VersioningUserAgentMiddleware.kt | sed -n '1,110p'
nl -ba source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/ClerkApi.kt | sed -n '90,215p'
printf '%s\n' '--- DPoP and device-token response behavior ---'
nl -ba source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/outgoing/DpopMiddleware.kt | sed -n '1,130p'
nl -ba source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/network/middleware/incoming/DeviceTokenSavingMiddleware.kt | sed -n '1,120p'
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printf '%s\n' '--- ConfigurationManager token mutation methods ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- current PR diff for the implicated files ---'
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Reject bound tokens during shared-session adoption.

A reload that exceeds the two-second wait continues in scope.async. When it later receives a sibling snapshot, applyDeviceTokenSnapshot() can restore its cnf token after startup has cleared the local token. Shared-session mode does not sign requests, so later requests send the restored token without DPoP.

Suggested fix

+import com.clerk.api.configuration.isDeviceBound
+
   private fun applyDeviceTokenSnapshot(
     incoming: SharedSessionSyncSnapshot.DeviceTokenSnapshot
   ): Boolean {
+    if (
+      incoming.state == SharedSessionSyncSnapshot.State.SET &&
+        incoming.value?.let(::isDeviceBound) == true
+    ) {
+      return false
+    }
     val localDeviceToken = localSnapshot?.deviceToken

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Review comment at
@source/api/src/main/kotlin/com/clerk/api/configuration/ConfigurationManager.kt
around lines 305 - 337:
Update applyDeviceTokenSnapshot to reject incoming SET snapshots whose device
token is device-bound, so a late reload started by awaitSiblingReloadWithin
cannot restore a token after shared-session startup clears it. Preserve handling
of unbound tokens and other snapshot states.

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