Closes one 2026-04-24 audit finding (P2):
- cat-s6-efc7f6f6bd50: 30 strings.Contains(err.Error(), ...) sites
in internal/api/handler/ — brittle to repository-layer message
changes, untyped against the actual failure mode.
Approach (Option B from prompt design notes):
- New typed sentinels in internal/repository/errors.go:
ErrNotFound, ErrForeignKeyConstraint
IsForeignKeyError(err) helper (the only place substring
matching at the lib/pq boundary is allowed; isolates the
DB-driver string knowledge to one function).
- New typed sentinel in internal/domain/errors.go:
ErrValidation (reserved for future per-entity validation
wrappers; not yet used by all handlers).
- 49 sites in internal/repository/postgres/*.go updated to wrap
sql.ErrNoRows-derived errors via fmt.Errorf("...: %w",
repository.ErrNotFound).
- 18 not-found handler sites + 2 FK-constraint handler sites
refactored to errors.Is(err, repository.ErrNotFound) /
repository.IsForeignKeyError(err).
- 23 inline `fmt.Errorf("X not found")` test fixtures across
handler tests rewrapped to wrap repository.ErrNotFound.
- test_utils.go::ErrMockNotFound rewrapped to wrap
repository.ErrNotFound; renewal_policy.go closure docblock
updated to reflect the new convention.
- integration test mockJobRepository.Get wraps repository.ErrNotFound.
CI regression guardrail:
- .github/workflows/ci.yml::"Forbidden strings.Contains(err.Error())
regression guard (S-2)" greps for the three patterns ("not found",
"violates foreign key", "RESTRICT") under internal/api/handler/
and fails the build on regression.
Verification:
- go build ./... — clean
- go vet ./... — clean
- go test ./... -short -count=1 — all packages pass (handler +
repository + service + integration)
- golangci-lint v2.11.4 run ./... — 0 issues
- S-2 guardrail dry-run on post-fix tree → empty (good)
- All sibling guardrails (S-1, G-3, D-1+D-2, B-1, L-1, H-1, C-1, F-1, P-1) pass
Audit findings closed:
- cat-s6-efc7f6f6bd50 (P2)
Deferred follow-ups:
- 6 domain-specific substring patterns still inline in handlers
("cannot approve", "cannot reject", "cannot be parsed",
"no certificates found", "challenge password", "invalid"/
"required" validation chains in profiles + agent_groups). Each
needs its own typed sentinel, scoped per service. Documented
by the S-2 CI guardrail's allowlist for closure-comments only.
- Per-entity not-found sentinels (Option A — ErrCertificateNotFound,
ErrAgentNotFound, etc.) deferred. Generic ErrNotFound covers the
current dispatch needs; per-entity precision would let handlers
return entity-aware error bodies without a domain.Type field,
but not blocking.
M-004 — OCSP issuer binding (composite key):
The OCSP lookup path now binds (issuer_id, serial) as a composite key
rather than resolving by serial alone. CertificateRepository and
RevocationRepository gain GetByIssuerAndSerial methods; ca_operations.go
scopes both lookups by the issuer_id path param. When no managed cert
binds to that (issuer, serial) tuple, GetOCSPResponse constructs an
RFC 6960 §2.2 'unknown' response (CertStatus=2) instead of the prior
default 'good'. Short-lived cert exemption (profile TTL < 1h) is
preserved. Real repo errors (non-sql.ErrNoRows) fail closed with a log.
Regression coverage: internal/service/ca_operations_test.go
- TestCAOperationsSvc_GetOCSPResponse_Unknown_CrossIssuer
- TestCAOperationsSvc_GetOCSPResponse_Unknown_UnknownSerial
M-005 — Discovery Claim/Dismiss actor propagation:
DiscoveryService.ClaimDiscovered and DismissDiscovered now accept an
explicit 'actor string' parameter (propagation pattern mirrors
bulk_revocation.go / revocation_svc.go). The handler layer passes
resolveActor(r.Context()) — the named-key identity established by the
M-002 auth unification — and the service falls back to 'api' (the same
safe sentinel resolveActor uses when no auth context is present) only
when the caller passes an empty string. Never falls back to 'operator'.
Regression coverage: internal/service/discovery_test.go
- TestDiscoveryService_ClaimDiscovered_AuditActor
- TestDiscoveryService_DismissDiscovered_AuditActor
- TestDiscoveryService_ClaimDiscovered_EmptyActorFallsBackToAPI
- TestDiscoveryService_DismissDiscovered_EmptyActorFallsBackToAPI
Each new test asserts event.Actor matches the caller-supplied string (or
'api' on empty input) and explicitly asserts event.Actor != 'operator'
to lock in the historical fix intent.
Files:
internal/api/handler/discovery.go — pass resolveActor(ctx)
internal/api/handler/discovery_handler_test.go — updated call sites
internal/integration/lifecycle_test.go — updated mock wiring
internal/repository/interfaces.go — GetByIssuerAndSerial on
CertificateRepository +
RevocationRepository
internal/repository/postgres/certificate.go — composite key lookup
internal/service/ca_operations.go — (issuer_id, serial) scoping
internal/service/ca_operations_test.go — 2 new M-004 tests
internal/service/discovery.go — actor parameter + 'api' fallback
internal/service/discovery_test.go — 4 new M-005 tests
internal/service/shortlived_test.go — mock signature update
internal/service/testutil_test.go — mock GetByIssuerAndSerial
Remove unused repository import from discovery_handler_test.go and
unused tests variable from discovery_test.go (replaced by testCases).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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