agent/docs/audits/fleet-https-cert-20260423.md
Snider a50e3d8291 test(agentic): add HTTPS cert regression tests + fleet sync audit
Fleet registration in pkg/agentic already goes through the shared
&http.Client{Timeout: 30s} at transport.go:13 — no InsecureSkipVerify,
no custom TLS transport. This audit documents that finding and adds
regression coverage so future refactors can't silently strip TLS
validation from the /v1/fleet/register path.

Verdict: OK. No production bug. Tests pass trusted TLS server case
and reject untrusted cert with a wrapped error that surfaces the
certificate / x509 / tls signal in the message.

Closes tasks.lthn.sh/view.php?id=29

Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>
2026-04-23 18:40:02 +01:00

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# Fleet HTTPS Certificate Audit - 2026-04-23
## Verdict
**OK**
Fleet registration already goes through a TLS-validating `http.Client`; no production code in `pkg/agentic` overrides TLS verification on the `/v1/fleet/register` path. The audit added regression coverage so this path now fails loudly if certificate verification is bypassed or broken.
## What was checked
- Fleet registration is implemented by `handleFleetRegister`, which builds the registration payload and posts it to `/v1/fleet/register` via `platformPayload` at `pkg/agentic/platform.go:199`, `pkg/agentic/platform.go:210`, and `pkg/agentic/platform.go:221`.
- `platformPayload` sends that request through `HTTPDo` with a Bearer token and the platform base URL from `syncAPIURL()` at `pkg/agentic/platform.go:558`, `pkg/agentic/platform.go:569`, and `pkg/agentic/sync.go:252`.
- `HTTPDo` delegates to `httpDo`, and `httpDo` executes the request with `defaultClient.Do(request)` at `pkg/agentic/transport.go:99`, `pkg/agentic/transport.go:139`, and `pkg/agentic/transport.go:161`.
- The only shared production client on this path is `defaultClient`, defined as `&http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}` with no custom transport or TLS override at `pkg/agentic/transport.go:13`.
## Regression coverage added
- `testDefaultClientWithTrustedServerCert` now builds a client that trusts only the test server certificate via `RootCAs`, and it explicitly asserts `InsecureSkipVerify` stays `false` at `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:20` and `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:28`.
- `TestPlatform_HandleFleetRegister_Good_TrustedTLS` proves the real fleet registration path succeeds against a TLS endpoint when the certificate is trusted by the client at `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:104`, `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:114`, and `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:121`.
- `TestPlatform_HandleFleetRegister_Bad_UntrustedTLSCert` proves the same registration path rejects an untrusted certificate, never reaches the handler, and returns a wrapped error instead of succeeding silently at `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:131`, `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:144`, `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:145`, and `pkg/agentic/platform_test.go:149`.
## Test run
- `go test -mod=mod ./pkg/agentic/...` passed in a temp workspace that preserved the repo's `../mcp` replace layout.