vault: add automatic token renewal at TTL/2 + Prometheus metric

Closes Top-10 fix #5 of the 2026-05-03 issuer-coverage audit (see
cowork/issuer-coverage-audit-2026-05-03/RESULTS.md). Pre-fix, the
VaultPKI adapter authenticated with a static token and never called
renew-self. Long-lived deploys hit token expiry; the first
operator-visible signal was failed cert renewals on production
targets.

This commit:

  1. Connector.Start(ctx) spawns a goroutine that calls
     POST /v1/auth/token/renew-self at TTL/2 cadence (computed from a
     one-shot lookup-self at startup). Honours ctx.Done() for
     graceful shutdown via a per-loop done channel + Stop().
  2. On `renewable: false` response (initial lookup OR any subsequent
     renewal), the loop emits a WARN, increments the not_renewable
     counter, and exits. The operator must rotate the token before
     Vault's Max TTL elapses.
  3. New Prometheus counter certctl_vault_token_renewals_total with
     labels result={success,failure,not_renewable}. Registered
     alongside existing certctl_issuance_* counters in
     internal/api/handler/metrics.go.
  4. ERROR-level logging on renewal failure with operator-actionable
     substring ("vault token renewal failed; rotate the token before
     TTL expires") so journalctl + grep find it. Loop keeps ticking
     after a failure — transient blips don't kill it.

New optional issuer.Lifecycle interface:

  type Lifecycle interface {
      Start(ctx context.Context) error
      Stop()
  }

Connectors that hold no background goroutines (almost all of them)
do not implement this — IssuerRegistry.StartLifecycles /
StopLifecycles feature-detect via type assertion. New
lifecycle-bearing connectors plug in by implementing the interface;
no further registry plumbing required.

Wiring (cmd/server/main.go):

  - service.NewVaultRenewalMetrics() instance is shared between
    issuerRegistry.SetVaultRenewalMetrics (so Vault connectors built
    by Rebuild get a recorder) and metricsHandler.SetVaultRenewals
    (so the Prometheus exposer emits the new series).
  - issuerRegistry.StartLifecycles(ctx) is called after
    issuerService.BuildRegistry; defer issuerRegistry.StopLifecycles
    is paired so goroutines exit cleanly on signal.
  - IssuerConnectorAdapter.Underlying() exposes the wrapped
    issuer.Connector so registry-level machinery can reach the
    concrete connector behind the adapter without duplicating the
    wiring at every call site.

Tests (internal/connector/issuer/vault/vault_renew_test.go):

  - TestVault_RenewLoop_TickAtHalfTTL — three ticks → three
    renewals, all "success".
  - TestVault_RenewLoop_StopsOnNotRenewable — second renewal returns
    renewable=false, loop exits, third tick fires no HTTP call.
  - TestVault_RenewLoop_FailureSurfacesViaMetric — first renewal 403
    bumps "failure", second renewal succeeds → loop kept ticking.
  - TestVault_RenewLoop_CtxCancellation_StopsCleanly — Stop returns
    within 200ms after ctx cancel.
  - TestVault_RenewLoop_StartsNothingWhenNotRenewable — token
    already non-renewable at boot ⇒ no goroutine, "not_renewable"
    metric increments at startup so operators see it in Grafana.
  - TestVault_ComputeInterval — 4 cases pinning TTL/2 +
    minRenewInterval floor.
  - TestVault_RenewSelf_ParseFailure_NamesActionableInError —
    surfaced error contains "vault token renewal failed" + "rotate
    the token".

Cadence is dynamic — every successful renewal re-derives TTL/2
from the renewed lease's lease_duration, so a short bootstrap
token that gets renewed up to a longer Max TTL shifts to the
longer cadence automatically (defends against degenerate fast
ticking on a token whose Max TTL is far longer than its initial
TTL).

Documentation:
  - docs/connectors.md Vault PKI section gains "Token TTL +
    automatic renewal" subsection (operator-facing: cadence, metric,
    renewable=false rotation playbook).

Out of scope (intentional, flagged in the audit follow-up):
  - AppRole / Kubernetes / AWS IAM auth methods (different renewal
    semantics).
  - Hot-reload of rotated token from disk (operator restarts
    today; future: GUI/MCP issuer-update path triggers Rebuild
    which Stops the old connector and Starts the new one).
  - Auto-re-auth after token death (operator playbook owns it).

CHANGELOG.md is intentionally not hand-edited (per CHANGELOG.md
itself: "no longer maintains a hand-edited per-version changelog;
per-release notes are auto-generated from commit messages between
consecutive tags").

Verified locally:
- gofmt clean.
- go vet ./internal/service/... ./internal/api/handler/...
  ./internal/connector/issuer/vault/... ./cmd/server/...  clean.
- go test -short -count=1 ./internal/connector/issuer/vault/...
  ./internal/service/... ./internal/api/handler/...  green.
- go test -race -count=10 -run 'TestVault_RenewLoop|TestVault_ComputeInterval'
  ./internal/connector/issuer/vault/...  green.

Audit reference: cowork/issuer-coverage-audit-2026-05-03/RESULTS.md
Top-10 fix #5.
This commit is contained in:
shankar0123
2026-05-03 21:24:27 +00:00
parent a2a59a823e
commit 0792271dc6
10 changed files with 1293 additions and 7 deletions
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@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ func main() {
issuanceMetrics := service.NewIssuanceMetrics(service.DefaultIssuanceBucketBoundaries)
issuerRegistry.SetIssuanceMetrics(issuanceMetrics)
// Top-10 fix #5 (2026-05-03 audit): Vault PKI token-renewal
// metrics. Same instance is wired into the registry (so each
// *vault.Connector built by Rebuild gets a recorder) AND into
// the metrics handler (so the Prometheus exposer emits
// certctl_vault_token_renewals_total). The renewal goroutine
// itself is kicked off below by issuerRegistry.StartLifecycles
// after Rebuild has populated the registry.
vaultRenewalMetrics := service.NewVaultRenewalMetrics()
issuerRegistry.SetVaultRenewalMetrics(vaultRenewalMetrics)
// Audit fix #7: wire the cert-version lookup so ACME connectors
// built by Rebuild can recover the leaf-cert DER from a serial-
// only revoke request. The postgres CertificateRepository
@@ -403,6 +413,16 @@ func main() {
logger.Error("failed to build issuer registry from database", "error", err)
}
logger.Info("issuer registry loaded", "issuers", issuerRegistry.Len())
// Top-10 fix #5 (2026-05-03 audit): kick off any optional
// long-running background work bound to issuer connectors. Today
// only Vault PKI implements issuer.Lifecycle (renew-self loop);
// other connectors are silently skipped. Per-connector Start
// failures are logged, not fatal — a misconfigured Vault doesn't
// block server startup. Stop is wired to the deferred shutdown
// path below so the goroutines exit cleanly on signal.
issuerRegistry.StartLifecycles(context.Background())
defer issuerRegistry.StopLifecycles()
targetService := service.NewTargetService(targetRepo, auditService, agentRepo, encryptionKey, logger)
profileService := service.NewProfileService(profileRepo, auditService)
teamService := service.NewTeamService(teamRepo, auditService)
@@ -572,6 +592,9 @@ func main() {
// Audit fix #4: wire the per-issuer-type issuance metrics so the
// /api/v1/metrics/prometheus exposer emits the new series.
metricsHandler.SetIssuanceCounters(issuanceMetrics)
// Top-10 fix #5 (2026-05-03 audit): Vault PKI token-renewal counter.
// Same instance the registry uses to record per-tick results.
metricsHandler.SetVaultRenewals(vaultRenewalMetrics)
// Bundle-5 / H-006: pass the *sql.DB pool so /ready can probe DB
// connectivity via PingContext. /health stays shallow (liveness signal).
healthHandler := handler.NewHealthHandler(cfg.Auth.Type, db)