chore: deprecate the internal helpers 7.0 withdraws - #559
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`index.ts` re-exported `./utils` wholesale, so helpers written for `signed-xml.ts` to use were published alongside it. #551 withdraws them in 7.0, and a name cannot vanish without consumers having seen a warning, so this marks the removal list `@deprecated` with a replacement named and — for everything that is a function — a `util.deprecate` runtime warning, following the `getOriginalXmlWithIds()` pattern. The wrapping lives in `index.ts`, not `utils.ts`: siblings reach these helpers as `utils.x`, which stays unwrapped, so no internal call path warns. Warning on our own calls is what made #497 unpleasant, and a test verifies that a full verification run emits none of these. `findChilds` gets the same treatment. It carried a bare `/** @deprecated */` with no replacement named and no runtime signal, so a JavaScript consumer got nothing at all. The three regexes can only carry the JSDoc tag — `util.deprecate` needs a call to intercept and a `RegExp` has none. The README says so rather than leaving it looking like an oversight. `derToPem`, `pemToDer`, `normalizePem` and `findAncestorNs` are left alone: they stay in 7.0. The export surface is byte-for-byte what it was, so this is safe for a 6.x release and is meant to ship before `master` rolls over. Refs #550, #551 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe package now explicitly exports supported utilities, wraps legacy helper functions with version 7.0 deprecation warnings, retains deprecated regex exports, and documents the migration paths. Tests verify warning behavior and export compatibility. ChangesUtility export deprecation
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Deprecated digest-helper guidance can cause consumers to throw on unequal untrusted digest values rather than return a normal signature rejection. Add an equal-length guard before recommending timingSafeEqual. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 29: Update the validateDigestValue guidance to require a decoded-buffer
length check before calling crypto.timingSafeEqual, ensuring mismatched digest
lengths return false rather than throwing while preserving constant-time
comparison for equal-length buffers.
In `@src/index.ts`:
- Line 103: Update the deprecation message for validateDigestValue to show an
equal-length guard before calling crypto.timingSafeEqual, while preserving the
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| | `findAttr`, `findChildren`, `findChilds`, `isDescendantOf` | use a DOM API, or [xpath](https://github.com/goto100/xpath) | | ||
| | `encodeSpecialCharactersInAttribute`, `encodeSpecialCharactersInText` | these implement [c14n special-character normalization](https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n#ProcessingModel); an XML serializer escapes for you | | ||
| | `isArrayHasLength` | `Array.isArray(x) && x.length > 0` | | ||
| | `validateDigestValue` | `crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(a, "base64"), Buffer.from(b, "base64"))` — it throws on a length mismatch, which counts as unequal. Never `===` | |
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Preserve the boolean result for digest mismatches.
crypto.timingSafeEqual throws when the decoded buffers have different lengths. validateDigestValue returns false for this case. Consumers using this guidance with untrusted DigestValue input can raise an exception instead of rejecting the signature.
Document a length guard or a boolean-returning wrapper:
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In `@README.md` at line 29, Update the validateDigestValue guidance to require a
decoded-buffer length check before calling crypto.timingSafeEqual, ensuring
mismatched digest lengths return false rather than throwing while preserving
constant-time comparison for equal-length buffers.
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| '`validateDigestValue()` is deprecated and will be removed in version 7.0. Use `crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(a, "base64"), Buffer.from(b, "base64"))` instead, and never `===`.', |
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For the Node.js versions declared by this repository, does crypto.timingSafeEqual throw when its two Buffer arguments have different byte lengths? Use official Node.js documentation.
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Yes, according to official Node.js documentation, crypto.timingSafeEqual throws a RangeError when its two arguments (which must be Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView instances) have different byte lengths [1][2][3]. Specifically, the error code is ERR_CRYPTO_TIMING_SAFE_EQUAL_LENGTH [2][3]. The documentation explicitly states that the provided inputs "must have the same byte length" [4]. Consequently, if they do not, the function does not return false; it terminates by throwing an exception [2][5].
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Show an equal-length guard in the runtime migration message.
utils.validateDigestValue returns false when decoded buffers have different lengths. The deprecation warning recommends passing both buffers directly to crypto.timingSafeEqual, which throws for that input. Update the example to check lengths before calling timingSafeEqual.
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In `@src/index.ts` at line 103, Update the deprecation message for
validateDigestValue to show an equal-length guard before calling
crypto.timingSafeEqual, while preserving the warning against using === and the
existing guidance for equal-length buffers.
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Refs #550, #551 — the 6.x half, meant to land before
masterrolls over to 7.x.#561 and #563 withdraw
findChildsand the internalutilshelpers. A name cannot vanish without consumers having seen a warning, so this marks the removal list@deprecatedwith a replacement named and, for everything that is a function, autil.deprecateruntime warning following thegetOriginalXmlWithIds()pattern.Where the wrapping lives, and why
In
index.ts, notutils.ts. Siblings reach these helpers asutils.x, which stays unwrapped, so no internal call path warns — warning on our own calls is what made #497 unpleasant. There is a test that runs a full verification and asserts none of these warnings fire.Covered
findChildsfindChildren()findAttr,findChildren,isDescendantOfxpathpackageisArrayHasLengthArray.isArray(x) && x.length > 0encodeSpecialCharactersInAttribute,encodeSpecialCharactersInTextvalidateDigestValuecrypto.timingSafeEqual(...), and never===BASE64_REGEX,EXTRACT_X509_CERTS,PEM_FORMAT_REGEXfindChildspreviously carried a bare/** @deprecated */with no replacement named and no runtime signal, so a JavaScript consumer got nothing at all.The three regexes can only carry the JSDoc tag —
util.deprecatewraps a function and aRegExphas no call to intercept. The README says so rather than leaving it looking like an oversight.Not deprecated
derToPem,pemToDer,normalizePemandfindAncestorNsstay in 7.0 and are left alone.Safe for a minor
Verified the runtime export surface is byte-for-byte identical to
master's, so nothing breaks.@deprecatedwill surface in editors and TypeScript builds, which is the point.Verification
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