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fix(server): only the agent that staged an upload can send it - #32561
Since #16956, t3_attachment_discard refuses a pending upload to any caller but the one that prepared it, and the toolkit says it stays that caller's until a send claims it. Yet t3_thread_send_attachments and t3_thread_launch accept any pending-* id, so another thread or client session holding the id can send that file into its own thread.
The ids are unguessable UUIDs but not secret: other agents can read them in the preparing thread's history. The pending original also outlives the owner's send until the 24-hour sweep, keeping the gap open.
Change
Send and launch now refuse a pending upload the caller did not prepare, with discard's invalid_request error and owner key (the calling thread or the client's sign-in session). A caller's own uploads, attachments already on the target thread and WebSocket client sends work as before.
Refs #15962, the maintainer-filed list of MCP ownership checks outside the access gate, whose discard item #16956 fixed. Send and launch lack the rule the code already states: a small fix for an obvious bug.
Verification
How to see it on Linux, server only:
Start a T3 server from source and sign in two MCP clients as the t3 thread CLI does.
Client X stages an upload with t3_attachment_prepare_upload and uploads the file.
Client Y calls t3_thread_send_attachments (or t3_thread_launch) with X's attachment id. On main it goes through; with this PR it is refused with invalid_request.
An AI agent (Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Code in T3 Code) re-checked on 2026-11-14 on main ea957b5cab and on 0508190cee (that main merged in). On a macOS 27.0.1 laptop the ownership test fails on that main and passes on 0508190cee. In a real run on a Linux laptop, that main lets another thread send a pending upload; 0508190cee refuses it and the owner's own send works. Details below.
On the macOS laptop an AI agent (Claude Opus 5.5) also ran the existing mcp-tool-use eval with GPT-6.1 Sol on ea957b5cab and 0508190cee: every case's request body is byte-identical, and the 15 thread-launch cases and their 7 controls score the same per case at 3 samples each (64/66 on both). The eval stubs the attachment tools, so it does not exercise the refusal; the ownership test and real run do.
Not checked: real provider agents (the real run uses scripted agents), native clients (an earlier iOS run on b3c5eb2e was not repeated), the 24-hour expiry outside the unit test, and real runs on 0508190cee of another caller's launch and discard, outside MCP client sessions and a restart (the unit test covers that launch and discard).
Tests, method and tool results
Implementation notes:
The owner record that discard used moves into a small PendingUploadOwners service, which the attachment and project toolkits share.
The owner record's lifetime now comes from the sweep's own constant (PENDING_ATTACHMENT_MAX_AGE_MS), not a second copy of 24 hours.
core.test.ts, only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send, launch with or discard it, runs a real prepare and upload through the registered tools: another thread's discard, send and launch are each refused with invalid_request and reach neither service; the owner's own send and launch succeed; the owner can still discard after a day. On main ea957b5cab's code, with only PendingUploadOwners.ts added so the suites load, it fails at the other thread's send (expected undefined to match object { code: 'invalid_request' }).
b703650 merges main dbfbe3993f into c8ce362 (no conflicts) and fixes two tests for main's changes: the ownership test's project mock answers getById, which a new launch now reads, and the MCP server test's recording tools get the owner layer the launch tool needs. 904c064d10 merges main 9a4ec171fc into it; the one conflict was main's new theme toolkit registration beside this PR's project toolkit registration in McpHttpServer.ts, and both are kept. 0508190cee merges main ea957b5cab into 904c064d10; the one conflict was in attachment/handlers.ts, where main's absolute uploadUrl (fix(server): give MCP clients an absolute attachment upload URL #35907) sits beside this PR's owner record, and both are kept. The owner check reads the caller, never the URL. On 0508190cee, core.test.ts, project/handlers.test.ts and McpHttpServer.test.ts pass 76 tests, and vp run check:changed ea957b5cab passes (format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck, tests).
Real run on main ea957b5cab and on 0508190cee: T3 servers from source in a sandbox (own home and data, synthetic project, host name "Test machine"). Two threads run a scripted ACP agent that calls the real T3 tools with its own thread's credential: thread A stages an upload and posts it to the returned uploadUrl, thread B sends A's upload, then A sends its own. On both, the stage result carried uploadUrl on the server's own origin. Selected lines, copied without changes:
main ea957b5cab:
- thread B #2000002 t3-code.t3_thread_send_attachments status=completed
- thread A #2000002 t3-code.t3_attachment_prepare_upload status=completed
- thread A #3000002 t3-code.t3_thread_send_attachments status=completed
### Thread B
- [assistant] Mock agent received 1 attachment(s): image (image/png, 2105 bytes).
0508190cee:
- thread B #2000002 t3-code.t3_thread_send_attachments status=failed
output: {"isError":true,"text":"{\"_tag\":\"OrchestratorMcpFailure\",\"code\":\"invalid_request\",\"message\":\"Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.\"}"}
- thread A #2000002 t3-code.t3_attachment_prepare_upload status=completed
- thread A #3000002 t3-code.t3_thread_send_attachments status=completed
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t3_attachment_discard already refused a pending upload to any caller but the
one that prepared it, but t3_thread_send_attachments and t3_thread_launch
did not check. Another thread or client session that learned the attachment
id, which shows in the preparing thread's tool calls, could send that file
into its own thread.
The preparing caller is now recorded in a small PendingUploadOwners service
that the attachment and project toolkits share, and both claim paths refuse
a pending upload the caller did not prepare, as discard does. Attachments
already in the target thread are unchanged. Ownership stays in memory, so
after a restart a pending upload fails closed until the 24-hour sweep
removes it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — MCP sends and thread launches now enforce the same pending-upload ownership rule as discard. Existing thread attachments are unchanged; temporary uploads orphaned by a restart must be staged again.
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Walkthrough
The MCP server now tracks pending-upload ownership in memory by thread ID or request namespace. It checks ownership before discard, send, and thread launch operations. Records expire after the pending-attachment maximum age plus the upload URL TTL.
Changes: Pending upload ownership
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Ownership records and expiry apps/server/src/attachmentStore.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/PendingUploadOwners.ts
The pending-attachment age constant is exported. PendingUploadOwners records each attachment’s caller scope and issue time, checks requested ownership, removes records, and expires old entries.
Attachment and launch ownership checks apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/attachment/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/tools.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.ts
Attachment handlers record uploads and check ownership before discard or send. Thread launch checks ownership before proceeding. The MCP server provides the service to both toolkit registrations.
Tests cover cross-thread refusal for discard, send, and launch, successful use by the preparing thread, and discard after the tested expiry interval. Test harnesses provide the ownership service.
sequenceDiagram
participant Caller as MCP caller
participant AttachmentToolkit as attachment toolkit
participant PendingUploadOwners
participant ThreadToolkit as thread toolkit
Caller->>AttachmentToolkit: Prepare upload
AttachmentToolkit->>PendingUploadOwners: Record attachment ownership
Caller->>AttachmentToolkit: Discard or send attachment
AttachmentToolkit->>PendingUploadOwners: Check ownership
Caller->>ThreadToolkit: Launch with attachment
ThreadToolkit->>PendingUploadOwners: Check ownership
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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 05081
This change stops one agent from sending or launching with another caller's pending upload. Ownership is held in memory, so uploads staged before a server restart are rejected afterward; this was a deliberate choice. No merge-blocking risk remains.
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The title "fix(server): only the agent that staged an upload can send it" matches the main change. The PR adds owner checks so that t3_thread_send_attachments and t3_thread_launch refuse pending uploads prepared by another caller, using the same invalid_request error as discard. The title is a conventional commit, short, and specific.
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, plus a conventional-style reference to the issue and maintainer request. The Problem section states the bug and the reproduction path. The Change section explains the ownership check for send and launch, and why ownership stays in memory. The Scope section links #15962 and explains why no separate issue is needed for this small fix. The Verification section lists focused tests, a manual Linux reproduction, and a clear list of what was not checked. It also names the agent and model that did the work, as the template requests. The PR title is not part of this check, and the description does not give a conventional commit title, which the template comment suggests. The description is long, and the details section is dense, but the required content is present.
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verified exact head b3c5eb2e9c9a8e8607c6916ef5a4c7c352902566 on linux with the real dev server, playwright, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the web client. projects and threads were created through the app. no mocks or seeded demo data. no source changes needed.
reproduced on github/main (e89abadaee): thread b could send thread a's staged upload and launch a codex thread with it. both returned success.
on this head, foreign send, launch, and discard each returned invalid_request with the ownership error.
the owner could launch, send, and discard the same pending upload. the launched codex read back OWNERSHIP-32561.
reusing a claimed attachment in an idle thread and uploading a file through the web composer both completed with codex reading the expected contents.
blacksmith: the existing core and project-handler suites passed, 31 tests across 2 files. existing pr checks report 31 successful contexts.
native desktop and ios/android clients, other providers, external client-session ownership, server-restart ownership loss, and 24-hour expiry were not exercised.
one active self-send was accepted by the server but hit the local proxy error no active upstream websocket for response.interrupt; the later idle-target resend completed. active-turn interruption remains unverified. the uploaded recording was inspected and playback and seeking passed in the t3 browser.
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merged github/main at f31ce3eeb5f4adbfe7f961403822cf90db05808f into the contributor branch with merge commit c8ce362b8e08a3c55be957e35eac60131c8077a3, pushed without force. the sole conflict was adjacent imports in project handlers; both main's launch service and the pending-upload ownership service were retained. the diff against main remains 8 files, 238 additions and 83 deletions.
two independent source reviews found no in-scope blocker. pending upload ownership remains memory-only, including rejection of attachment launch retries after restart. no bot threads required a reply or fix.
github reports this head mergeable. current-head verification is incomplete: blacksmith workflow run 43096876507 failed at startup with no jobs or logs; rerun attempts did not produce a worker. dependency installation and vp run check:changed could not execute remotely. current-head CI run 43097048186 remains queued. the prior runtime evidence above covers the original head, not this merge commit. no new runtime verification is claimed.
Thank you for testing this end to end. Comparing main with this head through real Codex turns, and checking that the owner can still launch, send and discard while another thread gets invalid_request, covers exactly what the change is for. The notes on what you didn't exercise are useful too.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts:
- Around line 111-115: Before the `requireOwner` call in the launch handler,
detect an accepted initial-message replay using the existing session and
`clientRequestId` replay state, and allow that replay to proceed without
requiring an owner record. Preserve the ownership check for incomplete launches.
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@maria-rcks I ran the PR's flow on real T3 servers at main f31ce3eeb5 and at c8ce362b8e, each with its own home and synthetic data, using two threads whose agent is a scripted ACP agent that calls the real T3 tools with its own thread's credential. On main, the second thread's send of the first thread's staged upload went through. On c8ce362b8e that send was refused with Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it., discard was refused as before, and the owner's own send worked. From your Not verified list: with two outside MCP client sessions, the other client's send, launch and discard were refused while the owner's own send, launch and discard worked; and after a server restart, the owner's send of an upload staged before it was refused, as was a launch retried with the same clientRequestId, which matches the memory-only ownership in your note. Not checked: native desktop and mobile clients, other real providers, and the 24-hour expiry.
main f31ce3eeb5
thread B t3_thread_send_attachments completed
thread B t3_attachment_discard failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can discard it.
thread A t3_thread_send_attachments completed
client Y t3_thread_send_attachments completed
client Y t3_thread_launch completed
client Y t3_attachment_discard failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can discard it.
after restart, thread A t3_thread_send_attachments completed
after restart, client X t3_thread_launch (same clientRequestId) completed
c8ce362b8e
thread B t3_thread_send_attachments failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.
thread B t3_attachment_discard failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can discard it.
thread A t3_thread_send_attachments completed
client Y t3_thread_send_attachments failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.
client Y t3_thread_launch failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.
client Y t3_attachment_discard failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can discard it.
client X t3_thread_send_attachments completed
client X t3_thread_launch completed
client X t3_attachment_discard completed
after restart, thread A t3_thread_send_attachments failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.
after restart, client X t3_thread_launch (same clientRequestId) failed invalid_request Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.
I merged main into b70365076d, with c8ce362b8e kept below it, and the head is now 904c064d10. The one conflict was in McpHttpServer.ts, where the theme toolkit registration from #35247 sits beside this PR's project toolkit registration, and I kept both. Nothing else changed.
Resolved apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/attachment/handlers.ts by keeping both sides: the upload is recorded with the pending-upload owner store, then the result carries main's absolute upload URL.
I merged main into 904c064d10, and the head is now 0508190cee. The one conflict was in attachment/handlers.ts, where the absolute upload URL from #35907 sits beside this PR's owner record, and I kept both. Nothing else changed.
Environment: real isolated development servers and Chromium web client, 1280×800, light theme, synthetic files, Replay (dev), fresh database per commit.
Steps: authenticate independent MCP clients A and B; create an empty git project and B's idle thread; A stages and uploads two text files (HTTP 204); B sends one into its thread and launches with the other; exercise discard, owner-send, owner-launch and existing-thread attachment reuse controls; inspect persisted projections and expand messages in the web client.
scenarios:prove exited 0: both unauthorized operations were accepted on base and rejected on head with invalid_request, “Only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send it.” Base projections contain both stolen attachments; head projections contain neither. Cross-caller discard is rejected on both commits. Owner send, owner launch and existing target-thread attachment reuse succeed on both.
Thread-scoped provider credentials were not separately exercised; this proof reproduces the reported defect using two independent client sign-in sessions.
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Problem
Since #16956,
t3_attachment_discardrefuses a pending upload to any caller but the one that prepared it, and the toolkit says it stays that caller's until a send claims it. Yett3_thread_send_attachmentsandt3_thread_launchaccept anypending-*id, so another thread or client session holding the id can send that file into its own thread.The ids are unguessable UUIDs but not secret: other agents can read them in the preparing thread's history. The pending original also outlives the owner's send until the 24-hour sweep, keeping the gap open.
Change
invalid_requesterror and owner key (the calling thread or the client's sign-in session). A caller's own uploads, attachments already on the target thread and WebSocket client sends work as before.clientRequestIdincluded (the owner check runs before the replay check), and the sweep still removes the file.Scope
Refs #15962, the maintainer-filed list of MCP ownership checks outside the access gate, whose discard item #16956 fixed. Send and launch lack the rule the code already states: a small fix for an obvious bug.
Verification
How to see it on Linux, server only:
t3 threadCLI does.t3_attachment_prepare_uploadand uploads the file.t3_thread_send_attachments(ort3_thread_launch) with X's attachment id. On main it goes through; with this PR it is refused withinvalid_request.An AI agent (Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Code in T3 Code) re-checked on 2026-11-14 on main
ea957b5caband on0508190cee(that main merged in). On a macOS 27.0.1 laptop the ownership test fails on that main and passes on0508190cee. In a real run on a Linux laptop, that main lets another thread send a pending upload;0508190ceerefuses it and the owner's own send works. Details below.On the macOS laptop an AI agent (Claude Opus 5.5) also ran the existing
mcp-tool-useeval with GPT-6.1 Sol onea957b5caband0508190cee: every case's request body is byte-identical, and the 15 thread-launch cases and their 7 controls score the same per case at 3 samples each (64/66 on both). The eval stubs the attachment tools, so it does not exercise the refusal; the ownership test and real run do.Not checked: real provider agents (the real run uses scripted agents), native clients (an earlier iOS run on
b3c5eb2ewas not repeated), the 24-hour expiry outside the unit test, and real runs on0508190ceeof another caller's launch and discard, outside MCP client sessions and a restart (the unit test covers that launch and discard).Tests, method and tool results
Implementation notes:
The owner record that discard used moves into a small
PendingUploadOwnersservice, which the attachment and project toolkits share.The owner record's lifetime now comes from the sweep's own constant (
PENDING_ATTACHMENT_MAX_AGE_MS), not a second copy of 24 hours.core.test.ts,only the caller that prepared a pending upload can send, launch with or discard it, runs a real prepare and upload through the registered tools: another thread's discard, send and launch are each refused withinvalid_requestand reach neither service; the owner's own send and launch succeed; the owner can still discard after a day. On mainea957b5cab's code, with onlyPendingUploadOwners.tsadded so the suites load, it fails at the other thread's send (expected undefined to match object { code: 'invalid_request' }).b703650 merges main
dbfbe3993finto c8ce362 (no conflicts) and fixes two tests for main's changes: the ownership test's project mock answersgetById, which a new launch now reads, and the MCP server test's recording tools get the owner layer the launch tool needs.904c064d10merges main9a4ec171fcinto it; the one conflict was main's new theme toolkit registration beside this PR's project toolkit registration inMcpHttpServer.ts, and both are kept.0508190ceemerges mainea957b5cabinto904c064d10; the one conflict was inattachment/handlers.ts, where main's absoluteuploadUrl(fix(server): give MCP clients an absolute attachment upload URL #35907) sits beside this PR's owner record, and both are kept. The owner check reads the caller, never the URL. On0508190cee,core.test.ts,project/handlers.test.tsandMcpHttpServer.test.tspass 76 tests, andvp run check:changed ea957b5cabpasses (format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck, tests).Real run on main
ea957b5caband on0508190cee: T3 servers from source in a sandbox (own home and data, synthetic project, host name "Test machine"). Two threads run a scripted ACP agent that calls the real T3 tools with its own thread's credential: thread A stages an upload and posts it to the returneduploadUrl, thread B sends A's upload, then A sends its own. On both, the stage result carrieduploadUrlon the server's own origin. Selected lines, copied without changes:main
ea957b5cab:0508190cee:Generated with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Terra in T3 Code Nightly