auth/oidc: cache OIDC access token and refresh before expiry (#5175)

* auth/oidc: cache OIDC access token and refresh before expiry

- Use Config.TokenSource(ctx) once at init to create a persistent
  oauth2.TokenSource that caches the token and only refreshes on expiry
- Wrap with oauth2.ReuseTokenSourceWithExpiry for configurable early refresh
- Add tokenRefreshAdvanceDuration config option (default: 300s)
- Add unit test verifying token caching with mock HTTP server

* address review comments

* auth/oidc: fallback to per-request token fetch when expires_in is missing

When an OIDC provider omits the expires_in field, oauth2.ReuseTokenSource
treats the cached token as valid forever and never refreshes it. This causes
server-side OIDC verification to fail once the JWT's exp claim passes.

Add a nonCachingTokenSource fallback: after fetching the initial token, if
its Expiry is the zero value, swap the caching TokenSource for one that
fetches a fresh token on every request, preserving the old behavior for
providers that don't return expires_in.

* auth/oidc: fix gosec lint and add test for zero-expiry fallback

Suppress G101 false positive on test-only dummy token responses.
Add test to verify per-request token fetch when expires_in is missing.
Update caching test to account for eager initial token fetch.

* fix lint

pkg/auth/oidc.go

@@ -75,11 +75,23 @@ func createOIDCHTTPClient(trustedCAFile string, insecureSkipVerify bool, proxyUR
 	return &http.Client{Transport: transport}, nil
 }
 
+// nonCachingTokenSource wraps a clientcredentials.Config to fetch a fresh
+// token on every call. This is used as a fallback when the OIDC provider
+// does not return expires_in, which would cause a caching TokenSource to
+// hold onto a stale token forever.
+type nonCachingTokenSource struct {
+	cfg *clientcredentials.Config
+	ctx context.Context
+}
+
+func (s *nonCachingTokenSource) Token() (*oauth2.Token, error) {
+	return s.cfg.Token(s.ctx)
+}
+
 type OidcAuthProvider struct {
 	additionalAuthScopes []v1.AuthScope
 
-	tokenGenerator *clientcredentials.Config
-	httpClient     *http.Client
+	tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource
 }
 
 func NewOidcAuthSetter(additionalAuthScopes []v1.AuthScope, cfg v1.AuthOIDCClientConfig) (*OidcAuthProvider, error) {
@@ -100,30 +112,44 @@ func NewOidcAuthSetter(additionalAuthScopes []v1.AuthScope, cfg v1.AuthOIDCClien
 		EndpointParams: eps,
 	}
 
-	// Create custom HTTP client if needed
-	var httpClient *http.Client
+	// Build the context that TokenSource will use for all future HTTP requests.
+	// context.Background() is appropriate here because the token source is
+	// long-lived and outlives any single request.
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	if cfg.TrustedCaFile != "" || cfg.InsecureSkipVerify || cfg.ProxyURL != "" {
-		var err error
-		httpClient, err = createOIDCHTTPClient(cfg.TrustedCaFile, cfg.InsecureSkipVerify, cfg.ProxyURL)
+		httpClient, err := createOIDCHTTPClient(cfg.TrustedCaFile, cfg.InsecureSkipVerify, cfg.ProxyURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create OIDC HTTP client: %w", err)
 		}
+		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, oauth2.HTTPClient, httpClient)
+	}
+
+	// Create a persistent TokenSource that caches the token and refreshes
+	// it before expiry. This avoids making a new HTTP request to the OIDC
+	// provider on every heartbeat/ping.
+	tokenSource := tokenGenerator.TokenSource(ctx)
+
+	// Fetch the initial token to check if the provider returns an expiry.
+	// If Expiry is the zero value (provider omitted expires_in), the cached
+	// TokenSource would treat the token as valid forever and never refresh it,
+	// even after the JWT's exp claim passes. In that case, fall back to
+	// fetching a fresh token on every request.
+	initialToken, err := tokenSource.Token()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to obtain initial OIDC token: %w", err)
+	}
+	if initialToken.Expiry.IsZero() {
+		tokenSource = &nonCachingTokenSource{cfg: tokenGenerator, ctx: ctx}
 	}
 
 	return &OidcAuthProvider{
 		additionalAuthScopes: additionalAuthScopes,
-		tokenGenerator:       tokenGenerator,
-		httpClient:           httpClient,
+		tokenSource:          tokenSource,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 func (auth *OidcAuthProvider) generateAccessToken() (accessToken string, err error) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	if auth.httpClient != nil {
-		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, oauth2.HTTPClient, auth.httpClient)
-	}
-
-	tokenObj, err := auth.tokenGenerator.Token(ctx)
+	tokenObj, err := auth.tokenSource.Token()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("couldn't generate OIDC token for login: %v", err)
 	}

pkg/auth/oidc_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package auth_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -62,3 +66,90 @@ func TestPingAfterLoginWithDifferentSubjectFails(t *testing.T) {
 	r.Error(err)
 	r.Contains(err.Error(), "received different OIDC subject in login and ping")
 }
+
+func TestOidcAuthProviderFallsBackWhenNoExpiry(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	var requestCount atomic.Int32
+	tokenServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		requestCount.Add(1)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{ //nolint:gosec // test-only dummy token response
+			"access_token": "fresh-test-token",
+			"token_type":   "Bearer",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer tokenServer.Close()
+
+	provider, err := auth.NewOidcAuthSetter(
+		[]v1.AuthScope{v1.AuthScopeHeartBeats},
+		v1.AuthOIDCClientConfig{
+			ClientID:         "test-client",
+			ClientSecret:     "test-secret",
+			TokenEndpointURL: tokenServer.URL,
+		},
+	)
+	r.NoError(err)
+
+	// Constructor fetches the initial token (1 request).
+	// Each subsequent call should also fetch a fresh token since there is no expiry.
+	loginMsg := &msg.Login{}
+	err = provider.SetLogin(loginMsg)
+	r.NoError(err)
+	r.Equal("fresh-test-token", loginMsg.PrivilegeKey)
+
+	for range 3 {
+		pingMsg := &msg.Ping{}
+		err = provider.SetPing(pingMsg)
+		r.NoError(err)
+		r.Equal("fresh-test-token", pingMsg.PrivilegeKey)
+	}
+
+	// 1 initial (constructor) + 1 login + 3 pings = 5 requests
+	r.Equal(int32(5), requestCount.Load(), "each call should fetch a fresh token when expires_in is missing")
+}
+
+func TestOidcAuthProviderCachesToken(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	var requestCount atomic.Int32
+	tokenServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		requestCount.Add(1)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{ //nolint:gosec // test-only dummy token response
+			"access_token": "cached-test-token",
+			"token_type":   "Bearer",
+			"expires_in":   3600,
+		})
+	}))
+	defer tokenServer.Close()
+
+	provider, err := auth.NewOidcAuthSetter(
+		[]v1.AuthScope{v1.AuthScopeHeartBeats},
+		v1.AuthOIDCClientConfig{
+			ClientID:         "test-client",
+			ClientSecret:     "test-secret",
+			TokenEndpointURL: tokenServer.URL,
+		},
+	)
+	r.NoError(err)
+
+	// Constructor eagerly fetches the initial token (1 request).
+	r.Equal(int32(1), requestCount.Load())
+
+	// SetLogin should reuse the cached token
+	loginMsg := &msg.Login{}
+	err = provider.SetLogin(loginMsg)
+	r.NoError(err)
+	r.Equal("cached-test-token", loginMsg.PrivilegeKey)
+	r.Equal(int32(1), requestCount.Load())
+
+	// Subsequent calls should also reuse the cached token
+	for range 5 {
+		pingMsg := &msg.Ping{}
+		err = provider.SetPing(pingMsg)
+		r.NoError(err)
+		r.Equal("cached-test-token", pingMsg.PrivilegeKey)
+	}
+	r.Equal(int32(1), requestCount.Load(), "token endpoint should only be called once; cached token should be reused")
+}