Login was returning 200 + correct user JSON + writing a row to the
sessions table, but emitting zero Set-Cookie headers. Root cause:
session.regenerate() → set fields → session.save() → res.json()
Calling session.save() manually writes the store but bypasses
express-session's res.end() hook, which is the only path that adds
the Set-Cookie header to the response. The cookie was never sent to
the browser even though the session existed server-side — hence the
redirect loop.
Fix: remove the manual save(). Set the session fields and call
res.json() directly inside regenerate()'s callback; express-session
handles store write + Set-Cookie automatically on res.end().
The redirect loop after successful login was almost certainly the
`sessions` table never being created. `schema.sql` defines it but
only runs on first-init via the postgres entrypoint; instances
bootstrapped via mam-api's own migration loop never got the table.
express-session's `req.session.save()` then failed silently and the
cookie pointed at a sid that wasn't in the store — every subsequent
request looked like a brand-new visitor.
- New migration 021-ensure-sessions-table.sql (idempotent).
- connect-pg-simple now configured with `createTableIfMissing: true`
as belt-and-braces.
- `POST /auth/login` now explicitly waits for session.save() and
surfaces both regenerate() and save() errors instead of treating
them as 'success'. Logs sid + req.secure + req.protocol so we can
confirm trust-proxy is doing the right thing behind NPM.
Three concrete issues kept the login flow broken on dragonflight.live:
1. mam-api trusted no proxy headers, so behind nginx/Cloudflare the
session cookie's `secure` flag and the rate-limiter's IP keying
both saw the wrong values. Now sets `app.set('trust proxy', 1)`.
2. Session config was tied to NODE_ENV and lacked sameSite/name. Now:
- SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE env (default: true when AUTH_ENABLED) so a
site behind HTTPS gets Secure cookies regardless of NODE_ENV.
- `sameSite: 'lax'` for predictable post-login redirects.
- Renamed to `df.sid` so it's obvious in DevTools.
- `rolling: true` extends the 7-day TTL on active use.
- SESSION_SECRET is now required when AUTH_ENABLED=true; the
server refuses to start with a dev default in prod.
3. login.html silently showed the sign-in panel even when no users
exist or auth is off:
- New GET /auth/setup-status reports {needs_setup, user_count,
auth_enabled}.
- login.html calls it on load and auto-flips into setup mode when
needs_setup is true, or shows an explicit "auth is off" flash
when auth_enabled is false (the previous symptom: logout button
did nothing because /auth/me returned a synthetic admin no matter
what).
- Added a `.flash.info` style for the new neutral notice.
4. Sidebar logout used to call /auth/logout then `window.location
.reload()`. With auth off that reload landed back on the synthetic-
admin app and looked like nothing happened. It now redirects to
/login.html in all states so the operator sees feedback (and the
server-side messaging about auth being off) instead of a no-op.
Deploy notes for zampp1:
- Set AUTH_ENABLED=true and a random SESSION_SECRET in the
mam-api environment (e.g. /opt/wild-dragon/.env).
- Restart mam-api.
- First load of /login.html will auto-route to the setup form so
you can create the first admin.
- recorders: dispatch df:recorders-changed on create/start/stop/delete so the
list updates immediately instead of waiting for the 10s poll tick
- library: poll every 4s while any asset is live/processing (15s otherwise) and
listen for df:assets-changed so a stopped recorder's LIVE badge drops and
the thumbnail appears without a manual refresh
- auth: synthetic /auth/me (AUTH_ENABLED=false) now uses LOCAL_OPERATOR / USER /
USERNAME instead of hardcoding "Admin", and flags synthetic:true
- shell: Sidebar takes `me` as a prop, drops the misleading "Admin" fallback,
and surfaces an "auth off" hint when the response is synthetic
- jobs: replace the always-empty ETA column with a Time column that shows
queued/started/done/failed N ago (full timestamp on hover); widen column
- schedule: new month-calendar view (default) with events plotted on day cells
by status; clicking a day pre-fills the new-schedule modal with a 30-min
window on that day; List view kept behind a toggle
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
