Move plugin actions and authentication onto PluginHost (#563)

crates/yaak-commands/Cargo.toml

@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ authors = ["Gregory Schier"]
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-log = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt"] }
 yaak = { workspace = true }
 yaak-core = { workspace = true }
 yaak-crypto = { workspace = true }

crates/yaak-commands/src/actions.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+//! The actions plugins contribute to the UI, and the calls that run them.
+//!
+//! Listing is a plain question for the plugin runtime. Calling is not: the
+//! frontend sends back the model it was showing, and a plugin must act on what
+//! that model *actually is* — re-read from the database, with inheritance
+//! resolved — not on a snapshot the UI has been holding. That re-reading is the
+//! work these handlers do.
+
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::host::PluginHost;
+use crate::resolve::{resolve_grpc_request, resolve_http_request};
+use yaak_models::models::HttpRequest;
+use yaak_plugins::events::{
+    CallFolderActionArgs, CallFolderActionRequest, CallGrpcRequestActionArgs,
+    CallGrpcRequestActionRequest, CallHttpRequestActionArgs, CallHttpRequestActionRequest,
+    CallWebsocketRequestActionArgs, CallWebsocketRequestActionRequest, CallWorkspaceActionArgs,
+    CallWorkspaceActionRequest, GetFolderActionsResponse, GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse,
+    GetHttpRequestActionsResponse, GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse, GetWorkspaceActionsResponse,
+};
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+
+// -- Listing --
+
+pub async fn cmd_http_request_actions<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdHttpRequestActionsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GetHttpRequestActionsResponse>> {
+    host.http_request_actions().await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_websocket_request_actions<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdWebsocketRequestActionsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse>> {
+    host.websocket_request_actions().await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_grpc_request_actions<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdGrpcRequestActionsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse>> {
+    host.grpc_request_actions().await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_workspace_actions<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdWorkspaceActionsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GetWorkspaceActionsResponse>> {
+    host.workspace_actions().await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_folder_actions<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdFolderActionsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GetFolderActionsResponse>> {
+    host.folder_actions().await
+}
+
+// -- Calling --
+
+pub async fn cmd_call_http_request_action<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCallHttpRequestActionReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let inner = req.req;
+    let http_request = resolve_http_request(&host.db(), &inner.args.http_request)?.0;
+    host.call_http_request_action(CallHttpRequestActionRequest {
+        args: CallHttpRequestActionArgs { http_request },
+        ..inner
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_call_grpc_request_action<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCallGrpcRequestActionReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let inner = req.req;
+    let grpc_request = resolve_grpc_request(&host.db(), &inner.args.grpc_request)?.0;
+    host.call_grpc_request_action(CallGrpcRequestActionRequest {
+        args: CallGrpcRequestActionArgs { grpc_request, ..inner.args },
+        ..inner
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_call_websocket_request_action<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCallWebsocketRequestActionReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let inner = req.req;
+    let websocket_request = host.db().get_websocket_request(&inner.args.websocket_request.id)?;
+    host.call_websocket_request_action(CallWebsocketRequestActionRequest {
+        args: CallWebsocketRequestActionArgs { websocket_request },
+        ..inner
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_call_workspace_action<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCallWorkspaceActionReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let inner = req.req;
+    let workspace = host.db().get_workspace(&inner.args.workspace.id)?;
+    host.call_workspace_action(CallWorkspaceActionRequest {
+        args: CallWorkspaceActionArgs { workspace },
+        ..inner
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_call_folder_action<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCallFolderActionReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let inner = req.req;
+    let folder = host.db().get_folder(&inner.args.folder.id)?;
+    host.call_folder_action(CallFolderActionRequest {
+        args: CallFolderActionArgs { folder },
+        ..inner
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+// -- Other things the plugin runtime does --
+
+/// Turn a `curl` command line into an unsaved request, by handing it to the
+/// same importer plugins that read files.
+pub async fn cmd_curl_to_request<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCurlToRequestReq,
+) -> Result<HttpRequest> {
+    let imported = host.import_data(&req.command).await?;
+
+    let request = imported
+        .resources
+        .http_requests
+        .first()
+        .ok_or_else(|| Error::Generic("No curl command found".to_string()))?;
+
+    // Belongs to the workspace the user is importing into, and is not saved
+    // until they say so — hence the blank id.
+    let mut request = request.clone();
+    request.workspace_id = req.workspace_id;
+    request.id = String::new();
+    Ok(request)
+}
+
+/// Restart every plugin, returning whatever failed to come back up.
+pub async fn cmd_reload_plugins<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdReloadPluginsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
+    let plugins = host.db().list_plugins()?;
+    Ok(host.reload_plugins(plugins).await)
+}

crates/yaak-commands/src/auth.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+//! Authentication config forms and their actions.
+//!
+//! Both commands here do the same preparation: the frontend sends the model
+//! whose auth is being edited plus the values currently in the form, and those
+//! values may contain templates. They have to be rendered against the model's
+//! own environment chain before a plugin sees them, or an auth plugin receives
+//! `${[ api_key ]}` where it expected a key.
+
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::host::PluginHost;
+use crate::render::render_json_value;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use yaak_models::models::AnyModel;
+use yaak_plugins::events::{
+    GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse, GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse, JsonPrimitive,
+    RenderPurpose,
+};
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+use yaak_templates::RenderOptions;
+
+pub async fn cmd_get_http_authentication_summaries<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdGetHttpAuthenticationSummariesReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse>> {
+    host.http_authentication_summaries().await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_get_http_authentication_config<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdGetHttpAuthenticationConfigReq,
+) -> Result<GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse> {
+    // A config form is being displayed, so a template that cannot resolve
+    // should show as blank rather than refuse to open the form.
+    let values = render_auth_values(
+        &host,
+        &req.model,
+        req.environment_id.as_deref(),
+        req.values,
+        RenderPurpose::Preview,
+        &RenderOptions::return_empty(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    host.http_authentication_config(&req.auth_name, values, req.model.id()).await
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_call_http_authentication_action<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdCallHttpAuthenticationActionReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    // An action actually uses these values, so an unresolvable template is an
+    // error rather than an empty string that would silently authenticate wrong.
+    let values = render_auth_values(
+        &host,
+        &req.model,
+        req.environment_id.as_deref(),
+        req.values,
+        RenderPurpose::Send,
+        &RenderOptions::throw(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    host.call_http_authentication_action(&req.auth_name, req.action_index, values, req.model.id())
+        .await
+}
+
+/// Render the form's values against the environment chain the model sits in.
+///
+/// The chain depends on where the model lives — a request inherits through its
+/// folder, a workspace has only its own — so the model is what decides which
+/// variables are in scope.
+async fn render_auth_values<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: &H,
+    model: &AnyModel,
+    environment_id: Option<&str>,
+    values: HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>,
+    purpose: RenderPurpose,
+    options: &RenderOptions,
+) -> Result<HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>> {
+    let (workspace_id, folder_id) = match model {
+        AnyModel::HttpRequest(r) => (r.workspace_id.clone(), r.folder_id.clone()),
+        AnyModel::GrpcRequest(r) => (r.workspace_id.clone(), r.folder_id.clone()),
+        AnyModel::WebsocketRequest(r) => (r.workspace_id.clone(), r.folder_id.clone()),
+        AnyModel::Folder(f) => (f.workspace_id.clone(), f.folder_id.clone()),
+        AnyModel::Workspace(w) => (w.id.clone(), None),
+        other => {
+            return Err(Error::Generic(format!(
+                "Cannot resolve authentication for a {}",
+                other.model()
+            )));
+        }
+    };
+
+    let environment_chain =
+        host.db().resolve_environments(&workspace_id, folder_id.as_deref(), environment_id)?;
+
+    let cb = host.template_callback(purpose);
+    let rendered =
+        render_json_value(serde_json::to_value(&values)?, environment_chain, &cb, options).await?;
+
+    Ok(serde_json::from_value(rendered)?)
+}

crates/yaak-commands/src/host.rs

@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ use yaak_models::models::Plugin;
 use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
 use yaak_models::util::UpdateSource;
 use yaak_plugins::events::{
+    CallFolderActionRequest, CallGrpcRequestActionRequest, CallHttpRequestActionRequest,
+    CallWebsocketRequestActionRequest, CallWorkspaceActionRequest, GetFolderActionsResponse,
+    GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse, GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse,
+    GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse, GetHttpRequestActionsResponse,
     GetTemplateFunctionConfigResponse, GetTemplateFunctionSummaryResponse, GetThemesResponse,
-    JsonPrimitive, PluginContext, RenderPurpose,
+    GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse, GetWorkspaceActionsResponse, ImportResponse, JsonPrimitive,
+    PluginContext, RenderPurpose,
 };
 use yaak_plugins::plugin_meta::PluginMetadata;
 use yaak_templates::TemplateCallback;
@@ -135,6 +140,77 @@ pub trait PluginHost: Host {
     /// Themes contributed by plugins.
     fn themes(&self) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetThemesResponse>>>;
 
+    // -- Actions plugins contribute to the UI --
+
+    fn http_request_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetHttpRequestActionsResponse>>>;
+    fn websocket_request_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse>>>;
+    fn grpc_request_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse>>>;
+    fn workspace_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetWorkspaceActionsResponse>>>;
+    fn folder_actions(&self) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetFolderActionsResponse>>>;
+
+    /// Running an action. The request in each of these has already been
+    /// re-read and had its inheritance resolved by the handler; a host must
+    /// pass it through untouched.
+    fn call_http_request_action(
+        &self,
+        req: CallHttpRequestActionRequest,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<()>>;
+    fn call_grpc_request_action(
+        &self,
+        req: CallGrpcRequestActionRequest,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<()>>;
+    fn call_websocket_request_action(
+        &self,
+        req: CallWebsocketRequestActionRequest,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<()>>;
+    fn call_workspace_action(
+        &self,
+        req: CallWorkspaceActionRequest,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<()>>;
+    fn call_folder_action(
+        &self,
+        req: CallFolderActionRequest,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<()>>;
+
+    // -- Authentication --
+
+    fn http_authentication_summaries(
+        &self,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<Vec<GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse>>>;
+
+    /// The form an auth plugin wants to show. `values` arrive already rendered.
+    fn http_authentication_config(
+        &self,
+        auth_name: &str,
+        values: HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>,
+        model_id: &str,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse>>;
+
+    fn call_http_authentication_action(
+        &self,
+        auth_name: &str,
+        action_index: i32,
+        values: HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>,
+        model_id: &str,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<()>>;
+
+    // -- The importers, and the runtime itself --
+
+    /// Hand arbitrary text to the importer plugins and take what they make of
+    /// it. Used for files, URLs and pasted `curl` commands alike.
+    fn import_data(&self, content: &str) -> impl Future<Output = crate::Result<ImportResponse>>;
+
+    /// Restart every plugin, returning `(plugin, error)` for those that failed.
+    fn reload_plugins(&self, plugins: Vec<Plugin>) -> impl Future<Output = Vec<(String, String)>>;
+
     /// Re-encrypt the `secure(...)` values in a template.
     ///
     /// Whole operation rather than its pieces because the encryption is only

crates/yaak-commands/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 //! host-specific types; the ones that stay behind are the ones only a desktop
 //! can serve (native windows, the updater, dialogs) or that still lean on it.
 
+pub mod actions;
+pub mod auth;
 pub mod data;
 pub mod encryption;
 pub mod error;
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ pub mod host;
 pub mod models;
 pub mod plugins;
 pub mod render;
+pub mod resolve;
 pub mod responses;
 pub mod templates;
 

crates/yaak-commands/src/resolve.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+//! Filling in what a request inherits from its folders and workspace.
+//!
+//! A request stored in the database records only what is set *on it*;
+//! authentication and headers can come from any ancestor. Anything that acts on
+//! a request as the user sees it — sending it, handing it to a plugin — has to
+//! resolve that chain first, which is why this is shared rather than living
+//! next to any one caller.
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+use yaak_models::client_db::ClientDb;
+use yaak_models::models::{GrpcRequest, HttpRequest, WebsocketRequest};
+
+/// The request with inherited auth and headers filled in, plus the id of the
+/// model the authentication was inherited *from* — plugins key their token
+/// caches on it, so it must be the ancestor's id and not the request's.
+pub fn resolve_http_request(db: &ClientDb, request: &HttpRequest) -> Result<(HttpRequest, String)> {
+    let mut new_request = request.clone();
+
+    let (authentication_type, authentication, authentication_context_id) =
+        db.resolve_auth_for_http_request(request)?;
+    new_request.authentication_type = authentication_type;
+    new_request.authentication = authentication;
+
+    new_request.headers = db.resolve_headers_for_http_request(request)?;
+
+    Ok((new_request, authentication_context_id))
+}
+
+pub fn resolve_grpc_request(db: &ClientDb, request: &GrpcRequest) -> Result<(GrpcRequest, String)> {
+    let mut new_request = request.clone();
+
+    let (authentication_type, authentication, authentication_context_id) =
+        db.resolve_auth_for_grpc_request(request)?;
+    new_request.authentication_type = authentication_type;
+    new_request.authentication = authentication;
+
+    new_request.metadata = db.resolve_metadata_for_grpc_request(request)?;
+
+    Ok((new_request, authentication_context_id))
+}
+
+pub fn resolve_websocket_request(
+    db: &ClientDb,
+    request: &WebsocketRequest,
+) -> Result<(WebsocketRequest, String)> {
+    let mut new_request = request.clone();
+
+    let (authentication_type, authentication, authentication_context_id) =
+        db.resolve_auth_for_websocket_request(request)?;
+    new_request.authentication_type = authentication_type;
+    new_request.authentication = authentication;
+
+    new_request.headers = db.resolve_headers_for_websocket_request(request)?;
+
+    Ok((new_request, authentication_context_id))
+}

crates/yaak-commands/src/templates.rs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub async fn cmd_template_function_config<H: PluginHost>(
     host: H,
     req: CmdTemplateFunctionConfigReq,
 ) -> Result<GetTemplateFunctionConfigResponse> {
-    host.template_function_config(&req.function_name, req.values, &req.model.id()).await
+    host.template_function_config(&req.function_name, req.values, req.model.id()).await
 }
 
 pub async fn cmd_get_themes<H: PluginHost>(

crates/yaak-commands/tests/test_host.rs

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 //! `PluginHost` too, without one, which is only possible because that trait
 //! names operations rather than handing back a manager.
 
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
+use yaak_commands::auth::cmd_get_http_authentication_config;
 use yaak_commands::models::{
     cmd_default_headers, cmd_get_workspace_meta, models_delete, models_upsert,
     models_workspace_models,
@@ -25,8 +27,13 @@ use yaak_models::models::{AnyModel, Environment, EnvironmentVariable, Plugin, Wo
 use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
 use yaak_models::util::{ModelPayload, UpdateSource};
 use yaak_plugins::events::{
+    CallFolderActionRequest, CallGrpcRequestActionRequest, CallHttpRequestActionRequest,
+    CallWebsocketRequestActionRequest, CallWorkspaceActionRequest, GetFolderActionsResponse,
+    GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse, GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse,
+    GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse, GetHttpRequestActionsResponse,
     GetTemplateFunctionConfigResponse, GetTemplateFunctionSummaryResponse, GetThemesResponse,
-    JsonPrimitive, RenderPurpose,
+    GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse, GetWorkspaceActionsResponse, ImportResponse, JsonPrimitive,
+    RenderPurpose,
 };
 use yaak_plugins::plugin_meta::PluginMetadata;
 use yaak_rpc_schema::{
@@ -162,6 +169,9 @@ async fn host_free_handlers_need_no_state() {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct SingleThreadedHost {
     inner: Rc<Inner>,
+    /// The values the last auth-config call arrived with, so a test can check
+    /// they were rendered before the host ever saw them.
+    auth_values: Rc<RefCell<Option<HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>>>>,
 }
 
 impl Host for SingleThreadedHost {
@@ -260,12 +270,113 @@ impl PluginHost for SingleThreadedHost {
     async fn themes(&self) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetThemesResponse>> {
         Ok(Vec::new())
     }
+
+    // No plugins, so nothing contributes actions and nothing can run one.
+
+    async fn http_request_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetHttpRequestActionsResponse>> {
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn websocket_request_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse>> {
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn grpc_request_actions(
+        &self,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse>> {
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn workspace_actions(&self) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetWorkspaceActionsResponse>> {
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn folder_actions(&self) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetFolderActionsResponse>> {
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn call_http_request_action(
+        &self,
+        _req: CallHttpRequestActionRequest,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<()> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn call_grpc_request_action(
+        &self,
+        _req: CallGrpcRequestActionRequest,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<()> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn call_websocket_request_action(
+        &self,
+        _req: CallWebsocketRequestActionRequest,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<()> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn call_workspace_action(
+        &self,
+        _req: CallWorkspaceActionRequest,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<()> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn call_folder_action(&self, _req: CallFolderActionRequest) -> yaak_commands::Result<()> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn http_authentication_summaries(
+        &self,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<Vec<GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse>> {
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn http_authentication_config(
+        &self,
+        _auth_name: &str,
+        values: HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>,
+        _model_id: &str,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse> {
+        *self.auth_values.borrow_mut() = Some(values);
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn call_http_authentication_action(
+        &self,
+        _auth_name: &str,
+        _action_index: i32,
+        _values: HashMap<String, JsonPrimitive>,
+        _model_id: &str,
+    ) -> yaak_commands::Result<()> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn import_data(&self, _content: &str) -> yaak_commands::Result<ImportResponse> {
+        Err(no_plugins())
+    }
+
+    async fn reload_plugins(&self, _plugins: Vec<Plugin>) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+        Vec::new()
+    }
+}
+
+fn no_plugins() -> yaak_commands::Error {
+    yaak_commands::Error::Generic("no plugin runtime on this host".into())
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn a_single_threaded_host_can_implement_the_trait() {
     let TestHost { inner } = TestHost::new();
-    let host = SingleThreadedHost { inner: Rc::new(Arc::into_inner(inner).expect("sole owner")) };
+    let host = SingleThreadedHost {
+        inner: Rc::new(Arc::into_inner(inner).expect("sole owner")),
+        auth_values: Rc::new(RefCell::new(None)),
+    };
 
     let workspace = Workspace { name: "From one thread".to_string(), ..Default::default() };
     let id = models_upsert(host.clone(), ModelsUpsertReq { model: AnyModel::Workspace(workspace) })
@@ -293,7 +404,6 @@ async fn a_single_threaded_host_can_implement_the_trait() {
             &Environment {
                 workspace_id: id.clone(),
                 name: "Test env".to_string(),
-                base: true,
                 variables: vec![EnvironmentVariable {
                     enabled: true,
                     name: "greeting".to_string(),
@@ -328,3 +438,64 @@ async fn a_single_threaded_host_can_implement_the_trait() {
         .expect("delete");
     assert_eq!(deleted, id);
 }
+
+/// Auth form values may contain templates, and a plugin must never see one
+/// unrendered. The rendering happens in the shared handler, so this checks the
+/// host received a resolved value rather than `${[ ... ]}`.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn auth_values_are_rendered_before_the_host_sees_them() {
+    let TestHost { inner } = TestHost::new();
+    let host = SingleThreadedHost {
+        inner: Rc::new(Arc::into_inner(inner).expect("sole owner")),
+        auth_values: Rc::new(RefCell::new(None)),
+    };
+
+    let workspace = host
+        .db()
+        .upsert_workspace(
+            &Workspace { name: "Auth".to_string(), ..Default::default() },
+            &host.update_source(),
+        )
+        .expect("workspace");
+    host.db()
+        .upsert_environment(
+            &Environment {
+                workspace_id: workspace.id.clone(),
+                name: "Env".to_string(),
+                variables: vec![EnvironmentVariable {
+                    enabled: true,
+                    name: "token".to_string(),
+                    value: "s3cret".to_string(),
+                    id: None,
+                }],
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            &host.update_source(),
+        )
+        .expect("environment");
+    let environment =
+        host.db().list_environments_ensure_base(&workspace.id).expect("list").remove(0);
+
+    let mut values = HashMap::new();
+    values.insert("password".to_string(), JsonPrimitive::String("${[ token ]}".to_string()));
+
+    // The host refuses the call itself — it has no plugins — but only after the
+    // handler has rendered and handed over the values, which is what matters.
+    let _ = cmd_get_http_authentication_config(
+        host.clone(),
+        yaak_rpc_schema::CmdGetHttpAuthenticationConfigReq {
+            auth_name: "basic".to_string(),
+            values,
+            model: AnyModel::Workspace(workspace),
+            environment_id: Some(environment.id),
+        },
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let seen = host.auth_values.borrow().clone().expect("the host should have been called");
+    assert!(
+        matches!(seen.get("password"), Some(JsonPrimitive::String(v)) if v == "s3cret"),
+        "the template should have been rendered before reaching the host, got {:?}",
+        seen.get("password"),
+    );
+}