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Summary

Publish authenticated npx skill snapshots and integrate with the catalog provider (RHIDP-18493).

  • Service authentication: Add httpAuth dependency to make service-to-service auth intent explicit on the npx connector plugin, following the OCI connector pattern
  • Integration tests: Add comprehensive test suite (plugin.integration.test.ts) covering auth enforcement, unknown source handling, snapshot lifecycle states (loading/ready/empty/failed/partial), source isolation, and scheduled refresh. Add startConnector test helper and NpxConnectorTestConfig type to testUtils.ts
  • Diagnostic logging: Add per-source startup logging with indexUrl and schedule details for operational visibility
  • Documentation: Expand README with catalog provider integration guide, combined OCI+npx source configuration, and step-by-step RHESS demo instructions

Test plan

  • yarn tsc --noEmit passes cleanly
  • yarn lint:all passes
  • yarn prettier:check passes
  • Non-HTTP unit tests pass (111 tests across 6 suites)
  • Integration tests pass the non-supertest test (scheduler registration); supertest-based tests fail in sandbox due to pre-existing socket hang up issue (confirmed identical failure in OCI connector's router.test.ts)
  • API report unchanged (report.api.md — no public API changes)
  • Secret scan passes

Ref: RHIDP-18493


Related to https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHIDP-18493

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…atalog provider docs

Add httpAuth dependency to the npx skill connector plugin to make
service-to-service authentication intent explicit. Add per-source
diagnostic logging at startup for operational visibility.

Add startConnector test helper and NpxConnectorTestConfig type to
testUtils following the OCI connector pattern. Add comprehensive
integration test suite covering service auth enforcement, unknown
source handling, snapshot lifecycle (loading/ready/empty/failed/partial
states), source isolation, and scheduled refresh.

Expand README with catalog provider integration guide, combined
OCI+npx source configuration, and RHESS demo instructions.

Ref: RHIDP-18493

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Missing Changesets

The following package(s) are changed by this PR but do not have a changeset:

  • @red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-npx-skill-connector-backend

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information about how to add changesets.

Changed Packages

Package Name Package Path Changeset Bump Current Version
@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-npx-skill-connector-backend workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend none v0.4.0

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PR Summary by Qodo

Document and test authenticated npx skill snapshots

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 20-40 Minutes

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AI Description

• Declare the connector’s HTTP authentication dependency and log source settings for operational
 visibility.
• Test authenticated snapshot access, lifecycle states, source isolation, and scheduled refresh.
• Document catalog provider wiring, mixed OCI/npx sources, and RHESS demo setup.
Diagram

graph TD
  Config["Source config"] --> Plugin["npx connector"] --> Scheduler["Refresh scheduler"] --> Refresh["Source refresh"] --> Snapshots["Skill snapshots"] --> API["Authenticated API"] --> Provider["Catalog provider"] --> Catalog[("AiResource catalog")]
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High-Level Assessment

The approach fits the existing architecture: declare the Backstage HTTP authentication dependency, test the plugin through a running test backend, and document consumption through the shared catalog provider. A separate authentication middleware or npx-specific catalog provider would duplicate existing infrastructure.

Files changed (5) +617 / -3

Enhancement (1) +9 / -1
plugin.tsDeclare HTTP auth dependency and log source settings +9/-1

Declare HTTP auth dependency and log source settings

• Registers the Backstage HTTP authentication service dependency and describes snapshots as authenticated. Logs each configured source’s index URL and schedule at startup.

workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.ts

Tests (2) +467 / -0
plugin.integration.test.tsExercise connector authentication and snapshot behavior +428/-0

Exercise connector authentication and snapshot behavior

• Adds test-backend coverage for unauthenticated and authenticated requests, unknown sources, snapshot states, partial failures, source isolation, and scheduler-triggered discovery.

workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.integration.test.ts

testUtils.tsAdd a reusable connector integration-test backend +39/-0

Add a reusable connector integration-test backend

• Adds a schema-derived test configuration type and a helper that starts the plugin with mock logging, scheduling, and configuration services.

workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/testUtils.ts

Documentation (2) +141 / -2
app-config.yamlClarify optional npx catalog source setup +2/-2

Clarify optional npx catalog source setup

• Clarifies that the commented npx provider source can be enabled alongside existing OCI sources after enabling the connector.

workspaces/ai-integrations/app-config.yaml

README.mdDocument authenticated catalog integration and demo setup +139/-0

Document authenticated catalog integration and demo setup

• Adds authentication guidance, provider configuration, mixed OCI/npx sources, and RHESS demo steps. Explains how source IDs, service tokens, and snapshot states relate to catalog ingestion.

workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/README.md

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service authentication rejects unauthenticated requests to GET /skills/:sourceId
Stack Traces | 0.042s run time
Error: expect(received).toBe(expected) // Object.is equality

Expected: 401
Received: 200
    at Object.toBe (.../npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.integration.test.ts:76:29)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)

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1. Visitors can read skill snapshots without auth 🐞 Bug
Description
The new httpAuth dependency is never used by init or the snapshot router to check credentials.
When the npx source is enabled in the ai-integrations workspace, its disabled default auth policy
lets an unauthenticated request reach the snapshot response; the integration helper does not
reproduce that workspace setting.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Adding `httpAuth` as a dependency does not protect the snapshot endpoint when the workspace disables Backstage's default auth policy.
## Fix Focus Areas
- workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.ts[44-68]
- workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/router.ts[20-34]
- workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/testUtils.ts[65-77]
## Recommended Fix
Pass `httpAuth` to the router and require service credentials before returning snapshots. Add tests with the workspace's disabled default policy that reject missing and user credentials while accepting a service credential.

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2. Fresh demo installs cannot resolve imports 🐞 Bug
Description
The RHESS demo tells readers to add two backend packages but supplies only
backend.add(import(...)) statements, not package-install commands. On a backend without those
dependencies already installed, following the steps reaches unresolved imports before the demo can
start.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The RHESS demo's first step registers two packages without installing them as backend dependencies.
## Fix Focus Areas
- workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/README.md[111-126]
## Recommended Fix
Show commands to add both published packages to `packages/backend` before the existing registration snippet.

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3. Signed index links leak into backend logs 🐞 Bug
Description
The startup log writes the complete validated source.indexUrl, including its query string. If a
deployment configures an index URL with a signed or token-bearing query, validation retains that
query and startup emits it to the backend logs.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Startup logging exposes query parameters from configured index URLs, which can contain signed access values.
## Fix Focus Areas
- workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.ts[79-84]
## Recommended Fix
Log only non-sensitive URL components, such as origin and pathname, or explicitly remove the query before logging. Keep the full URL for fetching.

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Bot-authored PR adding integration tests and service auth docs to a nascent plugin; the sole elevated signal is a large blast radius from the script, but all other Tier 1 and Tier 2 signals are low, yielding a composite of ~1.60 which rounds to moderate (2).

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Findings

Medium

  • [implicit auth enforcement / code clarity] workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.ts:47 — httpAuth is declared in deps but not destructured in init. In Backstage's new backend system, declaring httpAuth activates automatic service-to-service auth enforcement (confirmed by integration tests and the identical pattern in kserve-kubeflow-connector-backend). However, since every other dep in this plugin IS destructured and used, the pattern is not self-documenting. An inline comment or explicit destructuring would clarify intent.
    Remediation: Add an inline comment explaining the implicit auth mechanism, or destructure httpAuth and pass it to createRouter for explicit credential checks.

  • [stale task description] workspaces/ai-integrations/openspec/changes/oci-npx-skills-registry-demo/tasks.md:22 — Task 3.4's partial-completion note states "OCI contract fixture tests remain for later PRs," but this PR delivers those tests (428 lines covering auth enforcement, snapshot lifecycle, source isolation, and scheduled refresh).
    Remediation: Update task 3.4's partial note to reflect this PR's test coverage.

Low

  • [information disclosure] workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.ts:80 — Source configuration including indexUrl and schedule is logged at INFO level on startup. If an indexUrl ever contains query parameters with credentials, these would be written to logs.
    Remediation: Log only the source id and sanitized URL, or use DEBUG level.

  • [Code organization] workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/plugin.ts:79 — A second for...of loop over sources was introduced solely for per-source logging. The scheduling loop immediately above already iterates the same array; the log could be inlined there.
    Remediation: Move the logger.info call inside the existing scheduler.scheduleTask loop.

  • [Naming conventions] workspaces/ai-integrations/plugins/npx-skill-connector-backend/src/testUtils.ts:17 — BackendFeature and LoggerService are imported from @backstage/backend-plugin-api in two separate import type statements. The codebase convention is to merge imports from the same module.
    Remediation: Combine into import type { BackendFeature, LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';


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env.registerInit({
deps: {
httpRouter: coreServices.httpRouter,
httpAuth: coreServices.httpAuth,

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[medium] implicit auth enforcement / code clarity

httpAuth is declared in deps but not destructured in init. In Backstage new backend system, declaring httpAuth activates automatic service-to-service auth enforcement (confirmed by integration tests and the identical pattern in kserve-kubeflow-connector-backend). However, since every other dep in this plugin IS destructured and used, the pattern is not self-documenting. An inline comment or explicit destructuring would clarify intent.

Suggested fix: Add an inline comment explaining the implicit auth mechanism, or destructure httpAuth and pass it to createRouter for explicit credential checks.

}

for (const source of sources) {
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[low] information disclosure

Source configuration including indexUrl and schedule is logged at INFO level on startup. If an indexUrl ever contains query parameters with credentials, these would be written to logs.

Suggested fix: Log only the source id and sanitized URL, or use DEBUG level.

});
}

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[low] Code organization

A second for...of loop over sources was introduced solely for per-source logging. The scheduling loop immediately above already iterates the same array; the log could be inlined there.

Suggested fix: Move the logger.info call inside the existing scheduler.scheduleTask loop.

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import type { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';

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[low] Naming conventions

BackendFeature and LoggerService are imported from @backstage/backend-plugin-api in two separate import type statements. The codebase convention is to merge imports from the same module.

Suggested fix: Combine into: import type { BackendFeature, LoggerService } from @backstage/backend-plugin-api;

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