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Summary

  • Replace Storage's use of the shared legacy client with a private resolver for Tower catalog describe and credential-vend requests.
  • Snapshot the established environment-backed authentication policy once per operation: TOWER_JWT first, then TOWER_API_KEY.
  • Verify HTTPS certificates by default, keep explicit http:// Tower URLs usable for local development, and use bounded request timeouts.
  • Raise typed errors for missing, placeholder, and connection failures.
  • Create and close a fresh generated HTTP client for every control-plane request, with no public client or close lifecycle.

Why

This gives the Storage path one consistent authentication and request policy without changing the shared SDK client, the CLI, or CLI sessions. It is the private foundation for one-shot catalog loading and for a later managed TableReference to retain only resolution/cache state—not network resources.

The existing process-wide credential cache remains in this PR and is replaced by the next PR in the stack.

Testing

  • 61 focused Storage and Tables tests
  • Black, Ruff, mypy, and diff checks

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Walkthrough

The release updates storage access to use authenticated control-plane clients, adds storage exceptions and coverage, centralizes persistent beta notices, updates log-stream fixtures, and sets version and CLA metadata for 0.3.72.

Changes

Storage and CLI updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Authenticated storage client flow
src/tower/_storage.py, src/tower/exceptions.py
StorageClient now validates credentials, configures authenticated HTTP clients, translates connection failures, manages catalog requests, and includes authentication in cache keys.
Storage client validation and lifecycle tests
tests/tower/test_storage.py
Tests cover authentication precedence, URL and transport settings, cache behavior, retries, timeouts, request reuse, and client cleanup.
Persistent beta notices
crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs, crates/tower-cmd/src/catalogs.rs, crates/tower-cmd/src/output.rs
Beta callers use BetaFeature::notify_once, which delegates terminal-gated persistence and stderr output to output::notice_once.
Post-completion log fixtures
tests/integration/features/cli_runs.feature, tests/integration/features/steps/mcp_steps.py, tests/integration/templates/logs_after_completion.py, tests/mock-api-server/main.py
Integration fixtures emit logs before and after completion. Mock streams use No new logs available and terminal stream complete warnings.
Release and CLA metadata
.github/cla-allowlist.txt, signatures/version1/cla.json, Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml
The project version is set to 0.3.72. CLA metadata allowlists the release bot and adds an empty signature list.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to df78d

The change centralizes Storage authentication and transport, but the current test suite still references non-existent StorageClient attributes and will raise AttributeError, so the PR is not merge-ready until those assertions are corrected. A beta warning is also suppressed when notice persistence fails and should be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant StorageClient
  participant AuthenticatedClient
  participant ControlPlane
  StorageClient->>AuthenticatedClient: Build authenticated client
  AuthenticatedClient->>ControlPlane: Describe or vend catalog request
  ControlPlane-->>AuthenticatedClient: Return response
  AuthenticatedClient-->>StorageClient: Return request result
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src/tower/_storage.py (2)

222-224: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Normalize mode before constructing the client.

Line 222 builds StorageClient before Line 223 validates mode. If authentication is missing and mode is invalid, the caller receives StorageMissingAuthenticationError rather than the more specific ValueError. Validate the caller-supplied argument first.

♻️ Proposed reordering
-    storage_client = StorageClient(environment=environment)
     mode = _normalize_mode(mode)
+    storage_client = StorageClient(environment=environment)
     cache_key = _cache_key(storage_client, name, mode)
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In `@src/tower/_storage.py` around lines 222 - 224, Update the flow around
_normalize_mode, StorageClient, and _cache_key to normalize and validate the
caller-supplied mode before constructing StorageClient. Preserve the existing
normalized mode when generating the cache key and retain the current client
behavior for valid modes.

147-173: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Expose StorageClient lifecycle management.

Add close(), __enter__(), and __exit__() that delegate to self._tower_client. Replace direct _tower_client context management in production code and tests with the public API.

httpx.RequestError correctly catches connect, read, and timeout errors in httpx 0.28.1.

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In `@src/tower/_storage.py` around lines 147 - 173, Add public close(),
__enter__(), and __exit__() methods to StorageClient that delegate lifecycle
management to self._tower_client, preserving the underlying client’s return and
exception behavior. Update production callers and tests to use StorageClient’s
public context-management API instead of accessing _tower_client directly.
crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs (1)

67-67: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add output-layer tests for notice_once.

The config tests cover first and repeated claims and persistence failures. Add tests for terminal suppression and output-layer behavior on first and repeated claims.

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minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs` at line 67, Add output-layer tests for
notice_once covering terminal suppression and verifying output on both the first
claim and repeated claims, while retaining the existing config-level coverage
for claim persistence and failures.
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Inline comments:
In `@crates/tower-cmd/src/output.rs`:
- Around line 627-631: Update the Err branch of the config::claim_notice match
to retain the debug error log and also call notice_to_stderr(label, msg),
ensuring the notice is displayed when persistence fails while leaving the Ok
branches unchanged.

In `@tests/tower/test_storage.py`:
- Line 73: Update tests/tower/test_storage.py at lines 73-73 to read
client._auth_hash instead of client._principal_hash, and at lines 470-472
replace both client._transport references with client._tower_client; these names
match StorageClient.__init__ and preserve the identity assertion near line 483.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs`:
- Line 67: Add output-layer tests for notice_once covering terminal suppression
and verifying output on both the first claim and repeated claims, while
retaining the existing config-level coverage for claim persistence and failures.

In `@src/tower/_storage.py`:
- Around line 222-224: Update the flow around _normalize_mode, StorageClient,
and _cache_key to normalize and validate the caller-supplied mode before
constructing StorageClient. Preserve the existing normalized mode when
generating the cache key and retain the current client behavior for valid modes.
- Around line 147-173: Add public close(), __enter__(), and __exit__() methods
to StorageClient that delegate lifecycle management to self._tower_client,
preserving the underlying client’s return and exception behavior. Update
production callers and tests to use StorageClient’s public context-management
API instead of accessing _tower_client directly.
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crates/tower-cmd/src/output.rs (1)

627-631: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Show the notice when persistence fails.

When config::claim_notice returns an error, this function only logs the error and suppresses the notice. A terminal user then receives no beta warning. Log the persistence error, but still call notice_to_stderr so the notice remains visible.

Suggested fix
         Ok(true) => notice_to_stderr(label, msg),
         Ok(false) => {}
-        Err(err) => debug!("Failed to persist CLI notice {}: {}", id, err),
+        Err(err) => {
+            debug!("Failed to persist CLI notice {}: {}", id, err);
+            notice_to_stderr(label, msg);
+        }
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of the config::claim_notice match to retain the debug error log and also call
notice_to_stderr(label, msg), ensuring the notice is displayed when persistence
fails while leaving the Ok branches unchanged.
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src/tower/_storage.py (2)

222-224: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Normalize mode before constructing the client.

Line 222 builds StorageClient before Line 223 validates mode. If authentication is missing and mode is invalid, the caller receives StorageMissingAuthenticationError rather than the more specific ValueError. Validate the caller-supplied argument first.

♻️ Proposed reordering
-    storage_client = StorageClient(environment=environment)
     mode = _normalize_mode(mode)
+    storage_client = StorageClient(environment=environment)
     cache_key = _cache_key(storage_client, name, mode)
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In `@src/tower/_storage.py` around lines 222 - 224, Update the flow around
_normalize_mode, StorageClient, and _cache_key to normalize and validate the
caller-supplied mode before constructing StorageClient. Preserve the existing
normalized mode when generating the cache key and retain the current client
behavior for valid modes.

147-173: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Expose StorageClient lifecycle management.

Add close(), __enter__(), and __exit__() that delegate to self._tower_client. Replace direct _tower_client context management in production code and tests with the public API.

httpx.RequestError correctly catches connect, read, and timeout errors in httpx 0.28.1.

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In `@src/tower/_storage.py` around lines 147 - 173, Add public close(),
__enter__(), and __exit__() methods to StorageClient that delegate lifecycle
management to self._tower_client, preserving the underlying client’s return and
exception behavior. Update production callers and tests to use StorageClient’s
public context-management API instead of accessing _tower_client directly.
crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs (1)

67-67: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add output-layer tests for notice_once.

The config tests cover first and repeated claims and persistence failures. Add tests for terminal suppression and output-layer behavior on first and repeated claims.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs` at line 67, Add output-layer tests for
notice_once covering terminal suppression and verifying output on both the first
claim and repeated claims, while retaining the existing config-level coverage
for claim persistence and failures.
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Inline comments:
In `@tests/tower/test_storage.py`:
- Line 73: Update tests/tower/test_storage.py at lines 73-73 to read
client._auth_hash instead of client._principal_hash, and at lines 470-472
replace both client._transport references with client._tower_client; these names
match StorageClient.__init__ and preserve the identity assertion near line 483.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@crates/tower-cmd/src/output.rs`:
- Around line 627-631: Update the Err branch of the config::claim_notice match
to retain the debug error log and also call notice_to_stderr(label, msg),
ensuring the notice is displayed when persistence fails while leaving the Ok
branches unchanged.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/tower-cmd/src/beta.rs`:
- Line 67: Add output-layer tests for notice_once covering terminal suppression
and verifying output on both the first claim and repeated claims, while
retaining the existing config-level coverage for claim persistence and failures.

In `@src/tower/_storage.py`:
- Around line 222-224: Update the flow around _normalize_mode, StorageClient,
and _cache_key to normalize and validate the caller-supplied mode before
constructing StorageClient. Preserve the existing normalized mode when
generating the cache key and retain the current client behavior for valid modes.
- Around line 147-173: Add public close(), __enter__(), and __exit__() methods
to StorageClient that delegate lifecycle management to self._tower_client,
preserving the underlying client’s return and exception behavior. Update
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base_url, auth_hash, tower_client = _build_tower_control_plane_client(
context=ctx,
tower_url=ctx.tower_url,
timeout=CATALOG_TYPE_DESCRIBE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,

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Maybe a more appropriate name would be CONTROL_PLANE_CLIENT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT?

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This is a specific timeout for the Catalog describe operation. Normal storage requests have a separate 30s timeout

@konstantinoscs konstantinoscs changed the title create a dedicated Tower control-plane client for Storage. fix: harden private Storage control-plane authentication Aug 20, 2026
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