fix(auth): restore netrc authentication for unregistered hosts by Allda · Pull Request #1461 · python-wheel-build/fromager

Allda · 2026-11-09T09:22:04Z

Wheel-cache requests to private indexes can return HTTP 401 even when valid netrc credentials are available. The SessionAuth handler introduced in cae6a49 disables Requests’ automatic netrc lookup, but only resolves credentials for registered hosts.

Fall back to HTTP Basic authentication from netrc for hosts without a registered callback. Keep registered callbacks, explicit Authorization headers, and request-specific authentication unchanged. Document private-index authentication.

Validation:

Both regression cases (~/.netrc and NETRC) fail before the fix and pass afterward.
All 14 tests in tests/test_request_session.py pass, including GitHub/GitLab token handling and credential precedence.
Scoped Ruff lint/format checks and mypy checks pass.

The original failure was also reproduced with the pipeline’s exact builder image: Fromager 0.101.0 returned 401 while a standard Requests session using the same netrc returned 200. Restoring only the pre-cae6a49 authentication module allowed the wheel CLI cache lookup to succeed.

Fall back to netrc Basic authentication when SessionAuth has no registered callback for a host. Preserve registered handlers and explicit request authentication. Cover both home-directory and NETRC paths with regression tests. Co-Authored-By: Codex <noreply@openai.com> Signed-off-by: Ales Raszka <araszka@redhat.com>

coderabbitai · 2026-11-09T09:22:22Z

Walkthrough

SessionAuth now uses HTTP Basic credentials from netrc for requests to hosts without registered callbacks when no Authorization header is present. Registered callbacks, explicit Authorization headers, and request-specific authentication retain precedence. Documentation and tests describe and cover the fallback behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: Low · up to 13536

The authentication fallback has no established blocking defect. A new test can fail on Windows because its temporary home directory is not fully configured; set USERPROFILE to make it portable.

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Title check		The title names the main change: restoring netrc authentication as a fallback for hosts without a registered callback. It matches the summary, the objectives, and the description. It follows a convent…
Description check		The description states the problem (HTTP 401 on private-index wheel-cache requests), the cause (SessionAuth disables Requests' netrc lookup and resolves credentials only for registered hosts), the fix…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title names the main change: restoring netrc authentication as a fallback for hosts without a registered callback. It matches the summary, the objectives, and the description. It follows a conventional fix(auth) format and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history.

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The description states the problem (HTTP 401 on private-index wheel-cache requests), the cause (SessionAuth disables Requests' netrc lookup and resolves credentials only for registered hosts), the fix (netrc Basic auth fallback), the unchanged precedence rules, the documentation update, and the validation performed. It relates directly to the changeset.

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- Around line 135-159: Update test_session_uses_netrc_for_unregistered_host to
set USERPROFILE to tmp_path alongside HOME, ensuring the home-directory netrc
case uses the temporary profile across platforms.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-09T09:27:38Z

+@pytest.mark.parametrize("netrc_location", ["home", "environment"])
+def test_session_uses_netrc_for_unregistered_host(
+    tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    netrc_location: str,
+) -> None:
+    """Prepare wheel-index requests with Basic auth from either netrc location."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.delenv("NETRC", raising=False)
+    path = tmp_path / (".netrc" if netrc_location == "home" else "credentials")
+    path.touch(mode=0o600)
+    path.write_text("machine wheels.test login reader password secret\n")
+    if netrc_location == "environment":
+        monkeypatch.setenv("NETRC", str(path))
+    session, _ = create_session()
+
+    request = session.prepare_request(
+        requests.Request("GET", "https://wheels.test/simple/banks/")
+    )
+    other_host = session.prepare_request(
+        requests.Request("GET", "https://other.test/simple/")
+    )
+
+    assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Basic cmVhZGVyOnNlY3JldA=="
+    assert "Authorization" not in other_host.headers


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git diff d86e4968dbf2c59a3d97d26eb369c8f2a9f512c2 1353681a01c43ac8195824f9421083c6eb7a8db6 -- src/fromager/request_session.py tests/test_request_session.py docs/how-tos/authentication.md printf '\n--- request session ---\n' nl -ba src/fromager/request_session.py printf '\n--- tests ---\n' nl -ba tests/test_request_session.py printf '\n--- CI and config files ---\n' rg --files -g '*yml' -g '*yaml' -g 'pyproject.toml' -g 'tox.ini' -g '*lock*' .github . 2>/dev/null | sort -u printf '\n--- HTTP/redirect/netrc references ---\n' rg -n -i 'redirect|netrc|windows|https?://' tests/test_request_session.py src/fromager/request_session.py docs/how-tos/authentication.md pyproject.toml .github/workflows

Repository: python-wheel-build/fromager

Length of output: 36095

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Python os.path.expanduser Windows USERPROFILE HOME ignored documentation Requests get_netrc_auth NETRC

Result:

Sources consulted: - requests/src/requests/utils.py at main · psf/requests · GitHub — https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/main/src/requests/utils.py - Authentication — Requests 2.34.2 documentation — https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/authentication/?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D62000214905405683995335849378418609464%7CMCORGID%3DA8833BC75245AF9E0A490D4D%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1754179200 - os.path — Common pathname manipulations — Python 3.13.15 documentation — https://docs.python.org/3.13/library/os.path.html - requests/docs/user/quickstart.rst at main · psf/requests · GitHub — https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/main/docs/user/quickstart.rst - …and 27 more

Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- workflows ---' nl -ba .github/workflows/test.yaml nl -ba .github/workflows/check.yaml printf '%s\n' '--- pyproject ---' nl -ba pyproject.toml | sed -n '1,180p' printf '%s\n' '--- platform references ---' rg -n -i 'windows|platform|linux|posix|macos|darwin' README* CONTRIBUTING.md docs pyproject.toml .github/workflows tests/conftest.py printf '%s\n' '--- auth docs ---' nl -ba docs/how-tos/authentication.md

Repository: python-wheel-build/fromager

Length of output: 25497

Web query:

Requests Python 2.32.3 get_netrc_auth utils.py netrc_locations expanduser github source

Result:

Sources consulted: - requests/src/requests/utils.py at v2.32.3 · psf/requests · GitHub — https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/v2.32.3/src/requests/utils.py - requests/src/requests/utils.py at main · psf/requests · GitHub — https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/main/src/requests/utils.py - src/requests/utils.py - external/github.com/psf/requests - Git at Google — https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/psf/requests/%2B/3816cfa1abd42dca21b9e837f26c59b246016aaf/src/requests/utils.py - lib/requests/requests/utils.py - external/googleappengine/python - Git at Google — https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/googleappengine/python/%2B/982cc4dbdc785592f8368dc52f8b7870e69d0e3d/lib/requests/requests/utils.py - …and 20 more

Set USERPROFILE for the home-directory test.

On Windows, Requests looks under USERPROFILE, not HOME. The home-directory case can therefore read the real profile’s netrc file and fail. Set both variables to the temporary directory.

Suggested fix

monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path)) + monkeypatch.setenv("USERPROFILE", str(tmp_path))

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@pytest.mark.parametrize("netrc_location", ["home", "environment"])

def test_session_uses_netrc_for_unregistered_host(

tmp_path: pathlib.Path,

monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,

netrc_location: str,

) -> None:

"""Prepare wheel-index requests with Basic auth from either netrc location."""

monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))

monkeypatch.delenv("NETRC", raising=False)

path = tmp_path / (".netrc" if netrc_location == "home" else "credentials")

path.touch(mode=0o600)

path.write_text("machine wheels.test login reader password secret\n")

if netrc_location == "environment":

monkeypatch.setenv("NETRC", str(path))

session, _ = create_session()

request = session.prepare_request(

requests.Request("GET", "https://wheels.test/simple/banks/")

)

other_host = session.prepare_request(

requests.Request("GET", "https://other.test/simple/")

)

assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Basic cmVhZGVyOnNlY3JldA=="

assert "Authorization" not in other_host.headers

@pytest.mark.parametrize("netrc_location", ["home", "environment"])

def test_session_uses_netrc_for_unregistered_host(

tmp_path: pathlib.Path,

monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,

netrc_location: str,

) -> None:

"""Prepare wheel-index requests with Basic auth from either netrc location."""

monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))

monkeypatch.setenv("USERPROFILE", str(tmp_path))

monkeypatch.delenv("NETRC", raising=False)

path = tmp_path / (".netrc" if netrc_location == "home" else "credentials")

path.touch(mode=0o600)

path.write_text("machine wheels.test login reader password secret\n")

if netrc_location == "environment":

monkeypatch.setenv("NETRC", str(path))

session, _ = create_session()

request = session.prepare_request(

requests.Request("GET", "https://wheels.test/simple/banks/")

)

other_host = session.prepare_request(

requests.Request("GET", "https://other.test/simple/")

)

assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Basic cmVhZGVyOnNlY3JldA=="

assert "Authorization" not in other_host.headers

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