fix(handoff): close browser credential boundaries

- Filter custom credential headers and cookies at restricted handoff consumers.
- Preserve ordinary single-file capture credentials for Add-window review.
- Extend native and renderer redaction coverage with focused regressions.

src-tauri/src/extension_server.rs

@@ -566,18 +566,8 @@ fn normalize_headers(headers: Option<String>, media: bool) -> Option<String> {
         .lines()
         .filter(|line| {
             line.split_once(':')
-                .map(|(name, _)| {
+                .map(|(name, _)| !crate::queue::header_name_has_credential_material(name))
-                    !matches!(
+                .unwrap_or(false)
-                        name.trim().to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(),
-                        "authorization"
-                            | "cookie"
-                            | "cookie2"
-                            | "proxy-authorization"
-                            | "set-cookie"
-                            | "set-cookie2"
-                    )
-                })
-                .unwrap_or(true)
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join("\n");
@@ -919,7 +909,7 @@ mod tests {
             silent: false,
             filename: None,
             headers: Some(format!(
-                "Cookie: stale={};\nCookie2: stale=1\nAuthorization: Bearer stale\nProxy-Authorization: Basic stale\nSet-Cookie: stale=1\nSet-Cookie2: stale=1\nUser-Agent: Firefox",
+                "Cookie: stale={};\nCookie2: stale=1\nAuthorization: Bearer stale\nProxy-Authorization: Basic stale\nSet-Cookie: stale=1\nSet-Cookie2: stale=1\nX-Api-Key: stale\nX-Auth-Token: stale\nX-Access-Token: stale\nX-Request-Signature: stale\nX-Session: stale\n: malformed\nUser-Agent: Firefox\nX-Trace: safe",
                 "x".repeat(64 * 1024)
             )),
             cookies: Some(format!("large={}", "x".repeat(64 * 1024))),
@@ -933,7 +923,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert!(download.media);
         assert!(download.cookies.is_none());
-        assert_eq!(download.headers.as_deref(), Some("User-Agent: Firefox"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            download.headers.as_deref(),
+            Some("User-Agent: Firefox\nX-Trace: safe")
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -960,6 +953,37 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn multi_url_capture_drops_shared_credentials_but_keeps_safe_headers() {
+        let download = normalize_download(ExtensionRequest {
+            urls: vec![
+                "https://one.example/file.zip".to_string(),
+                "https://two.example/file.zip".to_string(),
+            ],
+            referer: None,
+            silent: false,
+            filename: None,
+            headers: Some(
+                "X-Api-Key: shared-secret\nX-Request-Signature: signature-secret\n: malformed\nUser-Agent: Firefox\nX-Trace: safe"
+                    .to_string(),
+            ),
+            cookies: Some("session=must-not-cross-hosts".to_string()),
+            cookie_scopes: None,
+            media: false,
+            torrent: false,
+            batch: true,
+            batch_name: Some("batch".to_string()),
+        })
+        .expect("valid multi-url handoff");
+
+        assert!(download.batch);
+        assert!(download.cookies.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(
+            download.headers.as_deref(),
+            Some("User-Agent: Firefox\nX-Trace: safe")
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn torrent_handoff_accepts_magnets_and_preserves_the_intent() {
         let download = normalize_download(ExtensionRequest {

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -11408,27 +11408,25 @@ pub(crate) fn redact_sensitive_text(line: &str) -> String {
     use std::sync::OnceLock;
     static SECRET: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
     static QUOTED_SECRET: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
-    static HEADER: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+    static COOKIE_HEADER: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
     static QUERY: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
     static USERINFO: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
     static FRAGMENT: OnceLock<regex::Regex> = OnceLock::new();
     let secret = SECRET.get_or_init(|| {
         regex::Regex::new(
-            r"(?i)(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie|set-cookie|password|token|secret|credential|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key)\s*[:=]\s*([^\r\n,;]+)",
+            r"(?i)(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie2|cookie|set-cookie2|set-cookie|password|passwd|auth|token|secret|credential|key|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key|access[-_ ]?token|auth[-_ ]?token|signature|session)\s*[:=]\s*([^\r\n,;]+)",
         )
             .expect("valid secret redaction regex")
     });
     let quoted_secret = QUOTED_SECRET.get_or_init(|| {
         regex::Regex::new(
-            r#"(?i)(["'])(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie|set-cookie|password|token|secret|credential|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key)(["'])(\s*[:=]\s*)["'][^"\r\n,;]*["']"#,
+            r#"(?i)(["'])(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie2|cookie|set-cookie2|set-cookie|password|passwd|auth|token|secret|credential|key|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key|access[-_ ]?token|auth[-_ ]?token|signature|session)(["'])(\s*[:=]\s*)["'][^"\r\n,;]*["']"#,
         )
         .expect("valid quoted secret redaction regex")
     });
-    let header = HEADER.get_or_init(|| {
+    let cookie_header = COOKIE_HEADER.get_or_init(|| {
-        regex::Regex::new(
+        regex::Regex::new(r"(?i)((?:set-)?cookie2?)\s*[:=]\s*[^\r\n]+")
-            r"(?i)(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie|set-cookie)\s*:\s*[^\r\n]+",
+            .expect("valid cookie header redaction regex")
-        )
-            .expect("valid sensitive header redaction regex")
     });
     let query = QUERY.get_or_init(|| {
         regex::Regex::new(r#"([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*://[^\s?\"'<>},\]]+)\?[^\s\"'<>},\]]+"#)
@@ -11445,7 +11443,7 @@ pub(crate) fn redact_sensitive_text(line: &str) -> String {
     let redacted = query.replace_all(line, "$1?[redacted]");
     let redacted = fragment.replace_all(&redacted, "$1#[redacted]");
     let redacted = userinfo.replace_all(&redacted, "$1[redacted]@");
-    let redacted = header.replace_all(&redacted, "$1: [redacted]");
+    let redacted = cookie_header.replace_all(&redacted, "$1: [redacted]");
     let redacted = quoted_secret.replace_all(&redacted, "$1$2$3$4[redacted]");
     secret
         .replace_all(&redacted, "$1=[redacted]")
@@ -14220,6 +14218,29 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(redacted.contains("[redacted]"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn redacts_legacy_cookie_and_compound_custom_headers() {
+        let line = "Set-Cookie2: legacy-cookie X-Session: id=session-secret; key=compound-secret";
+        let redacted = redact_log_line(line);
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("legacy-cookie"));
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("session-secret"));
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("compound-secret"));
+        assert!(redacted.contains("[redacted]"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn redacts_all_pairs_in_cookie_headers() {
+        let redacted = redact_log_line("Cookie: a=1; user_id=secret; state=xyz");
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("a=1"));
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("user_id=secret"));
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("state=xyz"));
+        assert!(redacted.contains("[redacted]"));
+
+        let redacted = redact_log_line("Cookie2=a=1; user_id=secret; state=xyz");
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("user_id=secret"));
+        assert!(!redacted.contains("state=xyz"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn preserves_compact_json_delimiters_while_redacting_url_queries() {
         let redacted = redact_log_line(

src-tauri/src/queue.rs

@@ -6086,15 +6086,16 @@ fn payload_has_credential_material(payload: &SpawnPayload) -> bool {
         .any(|name| header_name_has_credential_material(&name))
 }
 
-fn header_name_has_credential_material(name: &str) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn header_name_has_credential_material(name: &str) -> bool {
     let name = name.trim().to_ascii_lowercase();
-    matches!(
+    name.is_empty() || matches!(
         name.as_str(),
         "authorization"
             | "cookie"
             | "cookie2"
             | "proxy-authorization"
             | "set-cookie"
+            | "set-cookie2"
             | "x-api-key"
             | "x-auth-token"
             | "x-access-token"

src/components/AddDownloadsModal.tsx

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { open } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog';
 import { writeText as writeClipboardText } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager';
 import { invokeCommand as invoke } from '../ipc';
 import { DuplicateResolutionModal, DuplicateConflict } from './DuplicateResolutionModal';
-import { canonicalizeDownloadFileName, categoryForFileName, downloadFileNameWithSuffix, downloadFileNamesMatch, downloadMediaKindsMatch, isValidTorrentExcludeTrackerList, isValidTorrentTrackerList, MAX_TORRENT_STOP_TIMEOUT, MAX_TORRENT_TRACKER_INTERVAL, MAX_TORRENT_TRACKER_TIMEOUT, normalizeSpeedLimitForBackend, normalizeTorrentWebSeedDrafts, normalizeTorrentTrackerInterval, normalizeTorrentTrackerTimeout, serializeTorrentPreviewPriority, TORRENT_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_DISABLED, TORRENT_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_FORCE_ENCRYPTION, TORRENT_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_REQUIRE_CRYPTO, type TorrentEncryptionPolicy, type TorrentFileAllocation } from '../utils/downloads';
+import { canonicalizeDownloadFileName, categoryForFileName, downloadFileNameWithSuffix, downloadFileNamesMatch, downloadMediaKindsMatch, headerNameHasCredentialMaterial, isValidTorrentExcludeTrackerList, isValidTorrentTrackerList, MAX_TORRENT_STOP_TIMEOUT, MAX_TORRENT_TRACKER_INTERVAL, MAX_TORRENT_TRACKER_TIMEOUT, normalizeSpeedLimitForBackend, normalizeTorrentWebSeedDrafts, normalizeTorrentTrackerInterval, normalizeTorrentTrackerTimeout, serializeTorrentPreviewPriority, TORRENT_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_DISABLED, TORRENT_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_FORCE_ENCRYPTION, TORRENT_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_REQUIRE_CRYPTO, type TorrentEncryptionPolicy, type TorrentFileAllocation } from '../utils/downloads';
 import { fetchMediaMetadataDeduped, fetchMediaPlaylistMetadataDeduped } from '../utils/mediaMetadata';
 import {
   expandTilde,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ const extensionHeaders = (context: PendingAddRequestContext | undefined) => [
       .split(/\r?\n/)
       .filter(line => {
         const separator = line.indexOf(':');
-          return separator < 0 || line.slice(0, separator).trim().toLowerCase() !== 'cookie';
+        return separator > 0 && !headerNameHasCredentialMaterial(line.slice(0, separator));
       })
       .join('\n')
     : context?.headers

src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts

@@ -3643,7 +3643,7 @@ describe('useDownloadStore', () => {
       silent: false,
       filename: null,
       headers: null,
-      cookies: null,
+      cookies: 'shared=session',
       cookie_scopes: null,
       media: false,
       torrent: false,
@@ -3659,6 +3659,7 @@ describe('useDownloadStore', () => {
       'https://example.com/one.zip\nhttps://example.com/two.zip'
     );
     expect(useDownloadStore.getState().pendingAddBatch).toBe(false);
+    expect(useDownloadStore.getState().pendingAddCookies).toBe('');
   });
 
   it('keeps each extension handoff context attached to its own URL while the Add Modal is open', async () => {
@@ -3720,7 +3721,7 @@ describe('useDownloadStore', () => {
       referer: 'https://adult.example/watch/123',
       silent: false,
       filename: null,
-      headers: `Cookie: stale=${'x'.repeat(64 * 1024)}\nCookie2: stale=1\nAuthorization: Bearer stale\nProxy-Authorization: Basic stale\nSet-Cookie: stale=1\nSet-Cookie2: stale=1\nUser-Agent: Firefox Test`,
+      headers: `Cookie: stale=${'x'.repeat(64 * 1024)}\nCookie2: stale=1\nAuthorization: Bearer stale\nProxy-Authorization: Basic stale\nSet-Cookie: stale=1\nSet-Cookie2: stale=1\nX-Api-Key: stale\nX-Auth-Token: stale\nX-Request-Signature: stale\nX-Session: stale\nUser-Agent: Firefox Test`,
       cookies: `oversized=${'x'.repeat(64 * 1024)}`,
       cookie_scopes: null,
       media: true,

src/store/useDownloadStore.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { ExtensionCookieScope } from '../bindings/ExtensionCookieScope';
 import type { Queue } from '../bindings/Queue';
 import { useSettingsStore } from './useSettingsStore';
 import { useDownloadProgressStore } from './downloadProgressStore';
-import { canonicalizeDownloadFileName, categoryForDownload, categoryForFileName, hasCredentialBearingHeaders, isActiveDownloadStatus, isTransferActiveStatus, isValidTorrentExcludeTrackerList, isValidTorrentTrackerList, MAX_TORRENT_STOP_TIMEOUT, normalizeSpeedLimitForBackend, normalizeTorrentEncryptionPolicy, normalizeTorrentFileAllocation, normalizeTorrentPrioritizePiece, normalizeTorrentTrackerInterval, normalizeTorrentTrackerTimeout, redactDownloadForPersistence, resolveDownloadConnections } from '../utils/downloads';
+import { canonicalizeDownloadFileName, categoryForDownload, categoryForFileName, hasCredentialBearingHeaders, headerNameHasCredentialMaterial, isActiveDownloadStatus, isTransferActiveStatus, isValidTorrentExcludeTrackerList, isValidTorrentTrackerList, MAX_TORRENT_STOP_TIMEOUT, normalizeSpeedLimitForBackend, normalizeTorrentEncryptionPolicy, normalizeTorrentFileAllocation, normalizeTorrentPrioritizePiece, normalizeTorrentTrackerInterval, normalizeTorrentTrackerTimeout, redactDownloadForPersistence, resolveDownloadConnections } from '../utils/downloads';
 import {
   resolveCategoryDestination
 } from '../utils/downloadLocations';
@@ -300,16 +300,8 @@ const stripSensitiveMediaHeaders = (value: string | null | undefined): string =>
     .split(/\r?\n/)
     .filter(line => {
       const separator = line.indexOf(':');
-      if (separator < 0) return true;
+      if (separator <= 0) return false;
-      const name = line.slice(0, separator).trim().toLowerCase();
+      return !headerNameHasCredentialMaterial(line.slice(0, separator));
-      return ![
-        'authorization',
-        'cookie',
-        'cookie2',
-        'proxy-authorization',
-        'set-cookie',
-        'set-cookie2'
-      ].includes(name);
     })
     .join('\n')
     .trim();
@@ -1818,8 +1810,8 @@ export const useDownloadStore = create<DownloadState>((set, get) => {
     // Explicit media authentication belongs to yt-dlp's configured browser
     // cookie source. Keep this frontend guard for events from older desktop or
     // extension builds; ordinary captured downloads retain their cookies.
-    const cookies = request.media === true ? null : request.cookies;
+    const cookies = request.media === true || urls.length > 1 ? null : request.cookies;
-    const headers = request.media === true
+    const headers = request.media === true || urls.length > 1
       ? stripSensitiveMediaHeaders(request.headers) || null
       : request.headers;
 

src/utils/downloads.test.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   torrentWebSeedDraftsFromSeeds,
   normalizeTorrentTrackerInterval,
   normalizeTorrentTrackerTimeout,
+  headerNameHasCredentialMaterial,
   redactDownloadForPersistence,
   resolveDownloadConnections
 } from './downloads';
@@ -178,6 +179,17 @@ describe('download persistence progress snapshots', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('credential-bearing extension header names', () => {
+  it('classifies named and marker-based credential headers while preserving browser context names', () => {
+    expect(headerNameHasCredentialMaterial('X-Api-Key')).toBe(true);
+    expect(headerNameHasCredentialMaterial('X-Request-Signature')).toBe(true);
+    expect(headerNameHasCredentialMaterial('X-Session')).toBe(true);
+    expect(headerNameHasCredentialMaterial('Set-Cookie2')).toBe(true);
+    expect(headerNameHasCredentialMaterial('User-Agent')).toBe(false);
+    expect(headerNameHasCredentialMaterial('X-Trace')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('allocation phase visibility', () => {
   it('does not override paused or completed statuses', () => {
     expect(isAllocationPhaseVisible(true, 'ready')).toBe(true);

src/utils/downloads.ts

@@ -640,6 +640,37 @@ const NON_CREDENTIAL_REQUEST_HEADERS = new Set([
   'via',
   'warning',
 ]);
+
+const CREDENTIAL_HEADER_NAMES = new Set([
+  'authorization',
+  'cookie',
+  'cookie2',
+  'proxy-authorization',
+  'set-cookie',
+  'set-cookie2',
+  'x-api-key',
+  'x-auth-token',
+  'x-access-token',
+]);
+const CREDENTIAL_HEADER_MARKERS = [
+  'auth',
+  'credential',
+  'key',
+  'password',
+  'passwd',
+  'secret',
+  'session',
+  'signature',
+  'token',
+] as const;
+
+/** Header-name classifier shared by extension handoff defenses. */
+export const headerNameHasCredentialMaterial = (rawName: string): boolean => {
+  const name = rawName.trim().toLowerCase();
+  return name.length === 0
+    || CREDENTIAL_HEADER_NAMES.has(name)
+    || CREDENTIAL_HEADER_MARKERS.some(marker => name.includes(marker));
+};
 // Only stable request context is safe to carry into a later lifecycle. Range,
 // conditional, hop-by-hop, and routing headers describe the old HTTP request
 // and can conflict with Aria2's own resume negotiation.

src/utils/logEntries.test.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ describe('log entry streaming', () => {
     expect(liveLogEntry(3, 'Authorization: Bearer secret').message).not.toContain('secret');
   });
 
+  it('redacts custom session and signature headers from live output', () => {
+    const redacted = redactLogText('X-Request-Signature: signature-secret X-Session: session-secret');
+
+    expect(redacted).not.toContain('signature-secret');
+    expect(redacted).not.toContain('session-secret');
+  });
+
+  it('redacts legacy cookie headers and compound custom values', () => {
+    const redacted = redactLogText('Set-Cookie2: legacy-cookie X-Session: id=session-secret; key=compound-secret');
+
+    expect(redacted).not.toContain('legacy-cookie');
+    expect(redacted).not.toContain('session-secret');
+    expect(redacted).not.toContain('compound-secret');
+
+    const equalsRedacted = redactLogText('Cookie2=a=1; user_id=secret; state=xyz');
+    expect(equalsRedacted).not.toContain('user_id=secret');
+    expect(equalsRedacted).not.toContain('state=xyz');
+  });
+
   it('redacts persisted content and quoted credential fields', () => {
     const persisted = persistedLogEntry('{"api_key":"json-secret","path":"/Users/nima/file"}', '/Users/nima');
 

src/utils/logEntries.ts

@@ -49,11 +49,15 @@ export const redactLogText = (message: string, homePath = ''): string => {
     '$1[redacted]@'
   );
   redacted = redacted.replace(
-    /(["'])(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie|set-cookie|password|token|secret|credential|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key)(["'])(\s*[:=]\s*)["'][^"\r\n,;]*["']/gi,
+    /([A-Za-z0-9_-]*(?:authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie2|cookie|set-cookie2|set-cookie|password|passwd|auth|token|secret|credential|key|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key|access[-_ ]?token|auth[-_ ]?token|signature|session)[A-Za-z0-9_-]*)\s*[:=]\s*[^\r\n]*?(;?)(?=\s+(?:[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*:\/\/|[A-Za-z0-9_-]*(?:authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie2|cookie|set-cookie2|set-cookie|password|passwd|auth|token|secret|credential|key|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key|access[-_ ]?token|auth[-_ ]?token|signature|session)\s*[:=])|$)/gi,
+    '$1: [redacted]$2'
+  );
+  redacted = redacted.replace(
+    /(["'])(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie2|cookie|set-cookie2|set-cookie|password|passwd|auth|token|secret|credential|key|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key|access[-_ ]?token|auth[-_ ]?token|signature|session)(["'])(\s*[:=]\s*)["'][^"\r\n,;]*["']/gi,
     '$1$2$3$4[redacted]'
   );
   return redacted.replace(
-    /(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie|set-cookie|password|token|secret|credential|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key)(\s*)([:=])(\s*)([^\r\n,;]+)/gi,
+    /(authorization|proxy-authorization|cookie2|cookie|set-cookie2|set-cookie|password|passwd|auth|token|secret|credential|key|pairing[-_ ]?token|api[-_ ]?key|access[-_ ]?token|auth[-_ ]?token|signature|session)(\s*)([:=])(\s*)([^\r\n,;]+)/gi,
     '$1$2$3$4[redacted]'
   );
 };