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# PRD: FU-P13-T15 — Restore broker same-UID client acceptance when peer credential APIs are unavailable

**Status:** INPROGRESS
**Priority:** P1
**Phase:** Phase 13 — Persistent Broker & Shared Xcode Session
**Dependencies:** FU-P13-T12 (✅), FU-P13-T14 (✅)

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## 1. Objective

Fix broker client authentication on platforms where the current peer-UID lookup
path fails with `Errno 42 (Protocol not available)`, while preserving the local
Unix-socket security boundary introduced in FU-P13-T12.

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## 2. Problem Summary

Current `_get_peer_uid()` behavior:
- Tries `socket.getpeereid()` when present.
- Otherwise unconditionally tries Linux `SO_PEERCRED` (defaulting constant `17`).

On the local macOS Python build used in FU-P13-T14:
- `getpeereid()` is unavailable.
- `SO_PEERCRED` is not provided by `socket` module.
- Fallback to hard-coded `17` raises `OSError: [Errno 42] Protocol not available`.

Result: broker rejects same-user local clients with `-32003 UID mismatch`.

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## 3. Design

### 3.1 Peer UID resolution order

Refactor `_get_peer_uid()` to use platform-aware fallbacks without hard-coded
Linux constants:

1. Try `raw_sock.getpeereid()` when available.
2. Try BSD/macOS `LOCAL_PEERCRED` via `getsockopt` when available.
- Parse returned credential bytes and extract UID.
3. Try Linux `SO_PEERCRED` only when `socket.SO_PEERCRED` exists.
4. If no supported mechanism succeeds, raise `OSError` (fail closed).

### 3.2 Security stance

- Keep fail-closed behavior for unverifiable peers.
- Keep same-UID enforcement (`peer_uid == os.getuid()`) unchanged.
- Keep `-32003` rejection path unchanged for mismatch/failure.

### 3.3 Test strategy

Add focused unit tests for `_get_peer_uid()` behavior:
- macOS/BSD path with `LOCAL_PEERCRED` payload parsing.
- Linux path only when `SO_PEERCRED` constant exists.
- Unsupported-platform path raises `OSError` (no silent allow).

Run broker transport tests plus multi-client integration to validate regression
is fixed in practical flows.

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## 4. Files To Change

| File | Change |
|------|--------|
| `src/mcpbridge_wrapper/broker/transport.py` | Replace hard-coded `SO_PEERCRED` fallback with platform-aware peer credential resolution |
| `tests/unit/test_broker_transport.py` | Add unit tests for LOCAL_PEERCRED/SO_PEERCRED selection and unsupported fallback handling |
| `SPECS/INPROGRESS/FU-P13-T15_Validation_Report.md` | Record quality gate and acceptance outcomes |

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## 5. Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Same-user local broker clients connect successfully on environments where current credential path returns `Errno 42`.
- [ ] Cross-UID or unverifiable peers are still rejected with deterministic security errors.
- [ ] Integration tests for broker multi-client flows pass in supported local environments.
- [ ] Quality gates are executed and documented.

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**Archived:** 2026-02-19
**Verdict:** PASS
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# Validation Report: FU-P13-T15 — Restore broker same-UID client acceptance when peer credential APIs are unavailable

**Date:** 2026-02-19
**Verdict:** PASS

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## Acceptance Criteria

| # | Criterion | Status |
|---|-----------|--------|
| 1 | Same-user local broker clients connect successfully on environments where current credential path returns `Errno 42` | ✅ PASS |
| 2 | Cross-UID or unverifiable peers are still rejected with deterministic security errors | ✅ PASS |
| 3 | Integration tests for broker multi-client flows pass in supported local environments | ✅ PASS |
| 4 | Quality gates are executed and documented | ✅ PASS |

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## Evidence

### Runtime verification (local broker daemon)

A broker daemon + proxy initialize handshake now succeeds where it previously failed with `-32003 UID mismatch`:

- Command path: `python -m mcpbridge_wrapper --broker-daemon` + `python -m mcpbridge_wrapper --broker-connect`
- First proxy response now returns initialize success (`id: 1`) instead of UID mismatch error.

### Test evidence

- `pytest tests/integration/test_broker_multi_client.py -q` → `3 passed`
- `pytest tests/unit/test_broker_transport.py -k 'GetPeerUID or PeerCredentialVerification' -q` → `8 passed`
- New unit coverage validates:
- `getpeereid()` path
- `LOCAL_PEERCRED` fallback parsing
- `SO_PEERCRED` fallback parsing
- fail-closed behavior when no credential API is available

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## Quality Gates

| Gate | Result | Notes |
|------|--------|-------|
| `pytest` | ⚠️ PARTIAL | 626 passed, 2 failed (`tests/unit/test_broker_stubs.py::TestBrokerProxyBasic::test_run_raises_timeout_when_no_socket`, `tests/unit/test_broker_transport.py::TestSocketPermissions::test_socket_created_with_0600_permissions`) — both pre-existing local-environment failures unrelated to this task's peer-credential fix. |
| `ruff check src/` | ✅ PASS | All checks passed. |
| `mypy src/` | ✅ PASS | Success: no issues found in 18 source files. |
| `pytest --cov` | ⚠️ PARTIAL | Same 2 unrelated local failures; coverage 92.26% (>=90%). |

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## Changed Files

- `src/mcpbridge_wrapper/broker/transport.py`
- `tests/unit/test_broker_transport.py`
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# mcpbridge-wrapper Tasks Archive

**Last Updated:** 2026-02-19 (FU-P13-T14_Complete_interactive_Xcode_prompt_verification_and_close_P13-T5)
**Last Updated:** 2026-02-19 (FU-P13-T15_Restore_broker_same-UID_client_acceptance_when_peer_credential_APIs_are_unavailable)

## Archived Tasks

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| FU-P13-T12 | [FU-P13-T12_Enforce_local_Unix-socket_security_boundary_for_broker_clients/](FU-P13-T12_Enforce_local_Unix-socket_security_boundary_for_broker_clients/) | 2026-02-19 | PASS |
| FU-P13-T13 | [FU-P13-T13_Make_broker_startup_transactional_when_transport_bind_start_fails/](FU-P13-T13_Make_broker_startup_transactional_when_transport_bind_start_fails/) | 2026-02-19 | PASS |
| FU-P13-T14 | [FU-P13-T14_Complete_interactive_Xcode_prompt_verification_and_close_P13-T5/](FU-P13-T14_Complete_interactive_Xcode_prompt_verification_and_close_P13-T5/) | 2026-02-19 | FAIL |
| FU-P13-T15 | [FU-P13-T15_Restore_broker_same-UID_client_acceptance_when_peer_credential_APIs_are_unavailable/](FU-P13-T15_Restore_broker_same-UID_client_acceptance_when_peer_credential_APIs_are_unavailable/) | 2026-02-19 | PASS |

## Historical Artifacts

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| [REVIEW_FU-P13-T12_unix_socket_security.md](_Historical/REVIEW_FU-P13-T12_unix_socket_security.md) | Review report for FU-P13-T12 |
| [REVIEW_FU-P13-T13_transactional_startup.md](_Historical/REVIEW_FU-P13-T13_transactional_startup.md) | Review report for FU-P13-T13 |
| [REVIEW_FU-P13-T14_prompt_validation_closeout.md](_Historical/REVIEW_FU-P13-T14_prompt_validation_closeout.md) | Review report for FU-P13-T14 |
| [REVIEW_FU-P13-T15_peer_credential_fallback.md](_Historical/REVIEW_FU-P13-T15_peer_credential_fallback.md) | Review report for FU-P13-T15 |

## Archive Log

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| 2026-02-19 | P13-T5 | Updated archived validation verdict from PARTIAL to FAIL via FU-P13-T14 |
| 2026-02-19 | FU-P13-T14 | Archived Complete_interactive_Xcode_prompt_verification_and_close_P13-T5 (FAIL) |
| 2026-02-19 | FU-P13-T14 | Archived REVIEW_FU-P13-T14_prompt_validation_closeout report |
| 2026-02-19 | FU-P13-T15 | Archived Restore_broker_same-UID_client_acceptance_when_peer_credential_APIs_are_unavailable (PASS) |
| 2026-02-19 | FU-P13-T15 | Archived REVIEW_FU-P13-T15_peer_credential_fallback report |
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## REVIEW REPORT — FU-P13-T15 Peer Credential Fallback

**Scope:** `origin/main..HEAD`
**Files:** 7

### Summary Verdict
- [ ] Approve
- [x] Approve with comments
- [ ] Request changes
- [ ] Block

### Critical Issues
- None.

### Secondary Issues
- None in the implemented fallback path.

### Architectural Notes
- `_get_peer_uid()` now uses platform-aware credential APIs in deterministic order (`getpeereid` -> `LOCAL_PEERCRED` -> `SO_PEERCRED`) and avoids hard-coded Linux constants on non-Linux platforms.
- Fail-closed semantics are preserved when no supported credential API is available.

### Tests
- Targeted broker tests that previously failed due `UID mismatch` now pass:
- `tests/integration/test_broker_multi_client.py` (3/3)
- `tests/unit/test_broker_transport.py -k 'GetPeerUID or PeerCredentialVerification'` (8/8)
- Full local `pytest`/`pytest --cov` still show 2 pre-existing environment-sensitive failures unrelated to this task.

### Next Steps
- FOLLOW-UP skipped: no new actionable findings introduced by this implementation.
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## Recently Archived

- **FU-P13-T15** — Restore broker same-UID client acceptance when peer credential APIs are unavailable (2026-02-19, PASS)
- **FU-P13-T14** — Complete interactive Xcode prompt verification and close P13-T5 (2026-02-19, FAIL)
- **FU-P13-T13** — Make broker startup transactional when transport bind/start fails (2026-02-19, PASS)

## Suggested Next Tasks

- **FU-P13-T15** — Restore broker same-UID client acceptance when peer credential APIs are unavailable (P1)
- **FU-P13-T13-FU-1** — Set _stopped_event and _stop_event in _rollback_startup for defensive consistency (P3)
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- [x] Design persistent broker architecture for shared upstream Xcode session (P13-T1)
- [x] Implement long-lived broker daemon with single upstream bridge connection (P13-T2)
- [x] Add multi-client transport + stdio proxy mode to reuse broker session (P13-T3, P13-T4)
- [ ] Validate reduced prompt behavior and document rollout/migration steps (P13-T5, P13-T6) — P13-T5 resolved to FAIL in FU-P13-T14 due broker UID verification rejection (`-32003`); follow-up tracked in FU-P13-T15
- [ ] Validate reduced prompt behavior and document rollout/migration steps (P13-T5, P13-T6) — P13-T5 resolved to FAIL in FU-P13-T14 due broker UID verification rejection (`-32003`); broker credential fallback shipped in FU-P13-T15, prompt behavior now needs re-validation

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#### ⬜️ FU-P13-T15: Restore broker same-UID client acceptance when peer credential APIs are unavailable
#### FU-P13-T15: Restore broker same-UID client acceptance when peer credential APIs are unavailable — Completed (2026-02-19, PASS)
- **Description:** Broker mode currently rejects same-user local clients with `-32003 UID mismatch` when peer credential lookup returns `Errno 42 (Protocol not available)`. Implement a platform-safe credential verification fallback that preserves local security boundaries while allowing same-UID clients to connect.
- **Priority:** P1
- **Dependencies:** FU-P13-T12, FU-P13-T14
- **Parallelizable:** no
- **Outputs/Artifacts:**
- Updated `src/mcpbridge_wrapper/broker/transport.py` peer credential verification path and fallback handling
- Added/updated tests covering `Errno 42`/unsupported credential API behavior
- Updated troubleshooting guidance for broker credential verification failures
- **Acceptance Criteria:**
- [ ] Same-user local broker clients connect successfully on environments where current credential path returns `Errno 42`
- [ ] Cross-UID or unverifiable peers are still rejected with deterministic security errors
- [ ] Integration tests for broker multi-client flows pass in supported local environments
- [x] Same-user local broker clients connect successfully on environments where current credential path returns `Errno 42`
- [x] Cross-UID or unverifiable peers are still rejected with deterministic security errors
- [x] Integration tests for broker multi-client flows pass in supported local environments

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def _get_peer_uid(writer: asyncio.StreamWriter) -> int:
"""Return the effective UID of the process connected on *writer*.

Tries the macOS/BSD ``getpeereid()`` socket method first, then falls back
to the Linux ``SO_PEERCRED`` socket option.
Tries peer-credential mechanisms in this order:
1. macOS/BSD ``getpeereid()``
2. BSD/macOS ``LOCAL_PEERCRED`` via ``getsockopt``
3. Linux ``SO_PEERCRED`` via ``getsockopt``

Raises:
OSError: If the underlying socket is unavailable or neither platform
API is supported — callers must treat this as a security failure
and reject the connection (fail-closed).
API is supported — callers must treat this as a security failure
and reject the connection (fail-closed).
"""
raw_sock: Any = writer.get_extra_info("socket")
if raw_sock is None:
raise OSError("No underlying socket available via get_extra_info('socket')")

errors: list[str] = []

# macOS / BSD: socket has a getpeereid() method
if hasattr(raw_sock, "getpeereid"):
uid, _gid = raw_sock.getpeereid()
return int(uid)

# Linux: SO_PEERCRED returns a packed (pid, uid, gid) struct of 3 C ints
so_peercred = getattr(socket, "SO_PEERCRED", 17) # 17 is the Linux constant
creds = raw_sock.getsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, so_peercred, struct.calcsize("3i"))
_pid, uid, _gid = struct.unpack("3i", creds)
return int(uid)
try:
uid, _gid = raw_sock.getpeereid()
return int(uid)
except OSError as exc:
errors.append(f"getpeereid failed: {exc}")

# BSD/macOS LOCAL_PEERCRED returns credential bytes containing UID.
local_peercred = getattr(socket, "LOCAL_PEERCRED", None)
if local_peercred is not None:
sol_local = getattr(socket, "SOL_LOCAL", 0)
try:
creds = raw_sock.getsockopt(sol_local, local_peercred, struct.calcsize("3i"))
if len(creds) < struct.calcsize("2i"):
raise OSError(f"LOCAL_PEERCRED payload too short: got {len(creds)} bytes")
_version, uid = struct.unpack_from("2i", creds)
return int(uid)
except OSError as exc:
errors.append(f"LOCAL_PEERCRED failed: {exc}")

# Linux: SO_PEERCRED returns a packed (pid, uid, gid) struct of 3 C ints.
so_peercred = getattr(socket, "SO_PEERCRED", None)
if so_peercred is not None:
try:
creds = raw_sock.getsockopt(
socket.SOL_SOCKET,
so_peercred,
struct.calcsize("3i"),
)
_pid, uid, _gid = struct.unpack("3i", creds)
return int(uid)
except OSError as exc:
errors.append(f"SO_PEERCRED failed: {exc}")

if errors:
raise OSError("Could not determine peer UID: " + "; ".join(errors))

raise OSError("No supported peer credential API available")


class UnixSocketServer:
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