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Adds PostgreSQL as a supported sink backend, complete with schema migrations, data migration, and production connection/auth options.

This is an integration branch. The PostgreSQL work was split into small, reviewable PRs that build on each other, and merging them into main one at a time would leave a half-configured backend in place for days at a time. They target this branch instead, so each keeps its own review and CI, and main sees the finished backend in one piece.

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PR Scope Status
#1532 PostgreSQL sink backend (users, repos, pushes, session store) Merged
#1581 Versioned DDL schema migrations with advisory locking Merged
#1582 Data migration from mongo/fs into PostgreSQL Merged
#1583 Idle pool client error handling Merged
#1584 Configurable connection (discrete fields, TLS, pool tuning) Merged
#1590 Normalise repo permissions into a repo_users join table Merged
#1591 AWS RDS/Aurora IAM authentication Merged
#1692 Pushes hot-path indexes and slimmer list projections Merged
#1689 sink-parity agent skill and AGENTS.md steering for backend parity Merged

All nine pieces have merged and each was reviewed and CI-verified individually against this branch (full pipeline including the PostgreSQL integration lane). The branch was synchronized with main on 2026-10-04. This PR is the complete feature, ready for final review. Related issues: #1688, #1690, #1691.

What lands

  • postgres sink selectable via the existing sink config, alongside fs and mongo
  • Full Sink interface parity with the mongo and NeDB backends, including getRepoPushRollupsByCanonicalUrl, getPushesForUserProfile, updateRepo and the migration hooks
  • Versioned, advisory-locked DDL migrations applied on startup
  • migrate-to-postgres command for existing mongo/fs deployments
  • Connection via connection string, discrete fields or PG* env vars, with TLS and pool tuning
  • Optional RDS/Aurora IAM token auth
  • Design decisions recorded in the architecture doc, plus a sink-parity skill so future adaptor changes keep all backends aligned
  • Unit plus integration coverage, with a dedicated PostgreSQL CI lane

Note on migrations

main has since grown a cross-backend migration framework in src/db/migrations, which records logical migrations by string id through Sink hooks. That is a different concern from #1581, which versions the postgres DDL itself and serialises concurrent runs with an advisory lock. Both are kept: the postgres adapter implements the framework hooks in src/db/postgres/migrations.ts, and the DDL runner lives alongside it in src/db/postgres/schemaMigrations.ts.

Existing deployments are unaffected: the default sink remains the filesystem backend and postgres is opt-in.

Integration update (2026-10-04)

Merged FINOS main at 41dcc473 and regenerated the configuration types. PostgreSQL now implements provider-scoped scmIdentities and findUserByScmIdentity, rejects ambiguous identity matches, and persists mustChangePassword through create, update, and read operations. Append-only schema migration 8 adds the fields and lookup index. Legacy account values remain available to the shared identity migration and rollback, including after data imports.

Local validation: production and CLI builds, server type check, lint (one existing Cypress warning), formatting, 1,693 unit tests, 42 CLI tests, and 75 PostgreSQL integration tests passed. A smoke check through the compiled database service verified identity linking/unlinking and password-change flag persistence against PostgreSQL 16. GitHub CI runs on the updated head.

Fresh CI exposed two existing test failures. SSH signature tests now generate Ed25519 keys with Node crypto, preserving leading zero bytes that ssh2's key generator sometimes strips. The synthetic error test's heap-allocation threshold was replaced with a real malformed-push parsing test that checks rejection state and audit details. The affected 60 SSH and 17 proxy tests pass locally.

dcoric added 30 commits May 11, 2026 16:22
Implements the foundation shared by the postgres adapter modules:

- `connect()` lazily constructs a `pg.Pool` from the configured
  connection string and runs an idempotent `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS`
  bootstrap exactly once per process. All adapter modules acquire the
  pool through this function, so the schema is in place before any
  query is executed against `users` / `repos` / `pushes`.
- `query()` is a thin convenience wrapper that awaits `connect()` and
  delegates to `pool.query`.
- `resetConnection()` tears down the pool and bootstrap latch — used by
  the integration test harness between suites.
- `getSessionStore()` returns a `connect-pg-simple` store bound to the
  same pool. Per issue #1497 it MUST NOT silently return undefined when
  postgres is the active sink (express-session would silently fall back
  to MemoryStore), so a missing connection string throws instead.

The schema covers the three application tables plus the indexes used by
`getPushes` (timestamp DESC) and `getRepo` (name lookup). The session
table is left to `connect-pg-simple` via `createTableIfMissing: true`.

Refs #1497
Implements the `Sink` push methods against the `pushes` table:

- `getPushes`: filters by the same keys the mongo backend supports
  (error/blocked/allowPush/authorised/canceled/rejected/type) via a
  small allow-list mapping, then sorts `ORDER BY timestamp DESC` to
  preserve current backend ordering (issue #1497 must-fix).
- `getPush` / `deletePush`: lookups by `id` PK.
- `writeAudit`: upsert on `id` with the full Action serialized into the
  `data` JSONB column and the projection columns kept in sync. Throws
  `Invalid id` to match mongo behaviour.
- `authorise` / `cancel` / `reject`: read-modify-write through
  `getPush` + `writeAudit`, identical to the mongo flow. `reject`
  assigns `action.rejection = rejection` so the persisted payload shape
  (reason / reviewer / timestamp) matches the existing backends.

The Action class is reconstructed from the `data` JSONB via the
existing `toClass` helper.

Refs #1497
Implements the `Sink` user methods against the `users` table:

- `findUser` / `findUserByEmail` / `findUserByOIDC`: lower-case the
  lookup keys to match the mongo and fs case-insensitivity behaviour.
- `getUsers`: optional username / email filters with the same
  lower-casing; SELECT projects `password` away (matching mongo's
  `.project({ password: 0 })`).
- `createUser`: insert with lower-cased username / email.
- `deleteUser`: delete by lower-cased username.
- `updateUser`: dynamic SET-builder that mirrors mongo's partial
  upsert. Identity is by `_id` when supplied, otherwise by `username`;
  if no matching row exists when keyed on username, a new row is
  inserted so callers can patch-or-create without two round trips.

`_id` is exposed as an opaque string (UUID rendered as text) so the
HTTP/UI contract is unchanged versus the mongo backend (which renders
ObjectId via `.toString()`).

Refs #1497
Implements the `Sink` repo methods against the `repos` table.

Permissions (`canPush` / `canAuthorise`) are stored as a single JSONB
column matching the existing mongo/fs shape, with a TODO marker
pointing at a future migration to a normalized `repo_users` join table
(open question called out in issue #1497).

Notable details:

- `addUser*` use `jsonb_set` + a DISTINCT subquery so re-adding an
  existing user is a no-op, matching the fs adapter's `includes` guard.
- `removeUser*` use `coalesce(..., '[]'::jsonb)` around the
  `array_agg` filter so that removing the last user leaves the array
  as `[]`, not `null` — issue #1497 explicitly requires this and the
  reader path additionally defaults `null` arrays to `[]` for
  belt-and-braces resilience against legacy rows.
- `getRepos` accepts the same query keys as the mongo backend
  (name / project / url) with the same lower-casing on `name`.
- `createRepo` returns the row with `_id` populated (UUID rendered as
  text), matching the mongo backend's contract.

Refs #1497
Adds the `postgres` branch to the runtime `start()` selector so a sink
config of `type: 'postgres'` resolves to the new adapter modules, and
re-exports the full `Sink` surface from `src/db/postgres/index.ts`.

The `getSessionStore` return type on the `Sink` interface and on the
top-level `src/db/index.ts` re-export is widened from
`MongoDBStore | undefined` to `MongoDBStore | Store | undefined`, where
`Store` is the express-session base class — `connect-pg-simple`
extends it. This keeps the existing mongo / fs callers type-compatible.

Refs #1497
Per issue #1497 must-fix: when the active sink is one that promises a
persistent session store (currently `mongo` or `postgres`),
`db.getSessionStore()` returning undefined must NOT silently fall
through to express-session's default `MemoryStore` — that store loses
sessions on every restart and is unsafe in any multi-process
deployment.

`createApp` now resolves the store before registering the session
middleware and throws if a persistent backend produced `undefined`.
The `fs` backend is unaffected: it has always returned `undefined`
deliberately, and falling back to MemoryStore there matches existing
single-node-only fs semantics.
Mocks the `query` export from the postgres helper so the suite runs
without a live database. Covers:

- `getPushes` ordering — asserts the generated SQL contains
  `ORDER BY timestamp DESC` (issue #1497 must-fix).
- `getPushes` column translation — `allowPush` filter maps to the
  `allow_push` snake_case column.
- `getPushes` unknown filter keys are ignored (no spurious WHERE).
- `getPush` returns null when the row is absent.
- `writeAudit` throws `Invalid id` for non-string ids (mongo parity).
- `writeAudit` upserts via `ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE`.
- `reject` writes a serialized Action into the `data` JSONB column
  with the `rejection` field populated — confirming the payload shape
  matches the existing backends.
- `reject` throws when the push is missing.
Covers behaviour-critical paths:

- case insensitivity: findUser / findUserByEmail / createUser /
  deleteUser all lower-case their lookup or stored values (parity
  with the mongo and fs adapters).
- getUsers omits `password` from the projection (mirrors mongo's
  `.project({ password: 0 })`).
- updateUser dispatches on `_id` vs `username`, and when the
  username-keyed UPDATE matches nothing it falls back to INSERT —
  this is the upsert semantics issue #1497 calls for.
- updateUser throws when given neither `_id` nor `username`.
Targets the parity invariants called out in issue #1497:

- `getRepoById` defaults a NULL `users` JSONB to empty arrays — guards
  against legacy or partial rows and matches the fs/mongo contract.
- `getRepo` lower-cases the lookup name.
- `createRepo` serialises the default `{canPush:[],canAuthorise:[]}`
  into the JSONB column and stamps the generated `_id` back onto the
  returned object.
- `addUserCanPush` lower-cases the user value before storing.
- `removeUserCanPush` and `removeUserCanAuthorise` emit a SQL fragment
  that wraps the filtered array in `coalesce(..., '[]'::jsonb)`, so
  the array remains `[]` when the last user is removed — this is the
  explicit must-fix from the issue, and an end-to-end check sits in
  the integration suite.
Mocks the `pg` Pool and `connect-pg-simple` constructors so the suite
can exercise the helper without a real database. Covers:

- `connect()` is concurrency-safe: many parallel calls share one Pool
  and run the bootstrap SQL exactly once.
- the bootstrap SQL creates `users`, `repos`, and `pushes` (assertion
  via regex against the inlined statement).
- bootstrap failure does not permanently latch the helper: the next
  `connect()` retries instead of returning the rejected promise.
- `query()` surfaces the helpful error message when the configured
  connection string is missing.
- `getSessionStore()` throws (not returns undefined) when the
  connection string is missing — the explicit must-fix from issue
  #1497 to prevent a silent MemoryStore fallback.
- `getSessionStore()` constructs the `connect-pg-simple` store with
  `createTableIfMissing: true` and shares the helper's pool.

Full suite: 791 unit tests passing (+27 new), zero regressions.
Adds the scaffolding for postgres-backed integration tests:

- `vitest.config.integration.postgres.ts`: separate vitest config that
  scopes `include` to `test/db/postgres/**/*.integration.test.ts`, sets
  `RUN_POSTGRES_TESTS=true`, points `CONFIG_FILE` at the dedicated
  postgres test config, and uses a single-fork pool so the lazy
  pg.Pool is shared across the suite. Mirrors the shape of
  `vitest.config.integration.ts` for mongo.
- `test/setup-integration-postgres.ts`: connects a `pg.Client`,
  truncates the app tables (and the connect-pg-simple `session` table
  if it exists) between tests, drops them in `afterAll`, and calls
  `resetConnection()` + `invalidateCache()` so each test sees a fresh
  helper state.
- `test-integration.postgres.proxy.config.json`: minimal config with a
  single enabled postgres sink and local auth, so `getDatabase()`
  resolves to postgres without the default fs entry winning first.
- `package.json`: adds `npm run test:integration:postgres`.

No suites yet — added in the next commit.
Parity with the mongo pushes integration suite, gated on
RUN_POSTGRES_TESTS=true (set automatically by
vitest.config.integration.postgres.ts). The suite is skipped in normal
`npm test` runs and only executes against a real Postgres in the
dedicated `npm run test:integration:postgres` task.

The added test that goes beyond the mongo parity:

- `getPushes` returns results in descending timestamp order across
  three rows with deliberately distinct timestamps — exercising the
  must-fix ordering requirement end-to-end against a real database.

Otherwise the assertions mirror the existing mongo integration suite
verbatim so backend parity is verifiable side-by-side.
Parity with the mongo users integration suite, gated on
RUN_POSTGRES_TESTS=true. Mirrors the same case-insensitivity and
filtering assertions, plus one additional test exercising the
upsert-on-username path through `updateUser` end-to-end (the mongo
adapter has this via its `upsert: true`, our postgres adapter
implements it as an `UPDATE … WHERE username` fallback to `INSERT`).

`getUsers` asserts `password` is `null` in list responses rather than
`undefined`: the postgres SELECT projects `NULL::text AS password`,
which round-trips as `null` rather than being elided from the JSON
shape — semantically equivalent to mongo's omission for the API
consumers.
Parity with the mongo repo integration suite, gated on
RUN_POSTGRES_TESTS=true.

The permission-JSONB block is the centrepiece — it exercises the
explicit issue #1497 must-fix end-to-end against a real database:

- starts with empty arrays in the JSONB column.
- adding a user is deduplicated (re-adding does not double-insert).
- removing the *last* user leaves the array as `[]`, not `null`.
- the invariant applies symmetrically to `canAuthorise`.
- removing one user from a multi-user list keeps the rest intact.

Skipped without postgres available: full unit suite is 791 passing,
90 skipped (45 mongo + 18 postgres-pushes + 14 postgres-users + 13
postgres-repo), zero failures, zero regressions.
Adds a `postgres:16` service container to the `build-ubuntu` job and
a new `PostgreSQL Integration Tests` step that runs
`npm run test:integration:postgres` against it. The service uses the
default `postgres` superuser with database `git_proxy_test`, matching
the connection string our adapter and test harness default to.

Per the issue's "Open Questions" section, a single Postgres version
is sufficient for the initial lane; a broader matrix can follow once
the backend has soaked in.

Refs #1497
Documents the new `postgres` backend in the `sink` section of the
architecture reference:

- Lists `postgres` as a supported sink alongside `fs` and `mongo`.
- Shows the minimal config block.
- Documents the `GIT_PROXY_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING` env-var
  fallback.
- Calls out the v1 limitations explicitly (no migration tooling, no
  AWS RDS IAM auth, JSONB permissions, no split PG env vars, fail-
  loudly on missing connection string).

Refs #1497
Brings in the config deprecation refactor (#1708) and the agent-base
and c8 dependency bumps. Clean merge, no conflicts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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LGTM.

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Looks pretty good - a few inline comments to look at.

One thing I think is off is the ENV var handling - I think its also wrong for mongo DB connection string which probably casued that. Every other ENV var overrides config I believe - which makes sense as we set defaults in the default config, so those are really the fallback: Env var -> user config -> default config

Expect conflicts with the CVE resolution thats also refactoring gitAccount into scmIdentities.

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@dcoric looks like I broke the CI with the conflict resolution. Will need the lock file regenerating with npm install to try again

The lock from the main merge was written by npm 11, which drops two
nested entries that npm 10 requires
(@aws-sdk/rds-signer/node_modules/@aws-sdk/credential-providers and
vite-tsconfig-paths/node_modules/typescript), so npm ci failed on every
CI job. Regenerated with npm 10.9.8, the version CI uses on node 22; the
result installs cleanly under both npm 10 and npm 11.
Every other GitProxy environment variable overrides the config file,
with precedence env var, then user config, then default config. The
postgres connection string was the opposite: the env var only applied
when the config had no connectionString, and since the default config
ships one it could never take effect. That also broke the documented
use of GIT_PROXY_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING to run schema migrations
with elevated credentials.

The env var now overrides the config when set, with tests for both
directions. The schema descriptions and architecture doc describe the
new precedence. The mongo connection string has the same inversion and
is left unchanged here, to be aligned separately so existing mongo
deployments are not affected by this PR.

Also sets additionalProperties: false on the postgres sink entry and
its pool and awsIamAuth objects so the generated types no longer accept
arbitrary properties (ssl stays open since it passes through any Node
TLS option), and documents hasDiscreteFields.
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No worries, done: I regenerated it with npm 10.9.8, which is what CI uses on node 22. A plain npm install on npm 11 drops two nested entries that npm 10 requires (@aws-sdk/rds-signer/node_modules/@aws-sdk/credential-providers and vite-tsconfig-paths/node_modules/typescript), and that's what broke npm ci. main's lock has the same gap (typescript@5.9.3).

Once installs work, expect one test still failing, and it fails on main too: the push-id scoping test from the 1074b9b fork merge uses a fake parent commit id ('456'), which the commit-id validation from 2ae671a rejects as "Invalid commit ID format". I've left it alone here since it belongs with those fixes.

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Recent changes LGTM 👍🏼

Just waiting on @kriswest's final approval!

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Looks pretty good to me - just some small copy issues to sort out then ready to merge

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