* docs: move superpowers/research artifacts to isolated _tasks repo + docs tree cleanup
- Move docs/superpowers/{plans,specs} and docs/research/* into the gitignored,
separately-versioned _tasks/ repo; untrack the two tracked research design docs.
- Add CLAUDE.md "Planning & Research Artifacts" section overriding the superpowers
default save paths (docs/... -> _tasks/...); align REPOSITORY_MAP and
DOCUMENTATION_OVERHAUL_PLAN with the new convention.
- Drop 4 now-obsolete /api/discovery/* entries from check-docs-symbols allowlist
(stale-enforcement) and refresh code/spec path comments to _tasks/...
- Sweeps in concurrent docs-tree restructuring (root-level provider/guide docs,
compression spec cleanup, .mcp.json.example removal).
* docs: reorganize docs/ tree + fix stale facts across ~26 docs
Phase A — reorganization:
- Move 7 orphan root docs into subfolders (providers/ created; TIERS+USAGE_QUOTA→guides/;
plugins+PLUGIN_SDK→frameworks/); delete 8 obsolete/redundant docs (SUBMIT_PR superseded
by CONTRIBUTING; DOCUMENTATION_OVERHAUL_PLAN; INCIDENT_RESPONSE/PERF_BUDGETS/THREAT_MODEL;
3 ops snapshots). Rebuild README index (was missing ~40 files) + per-folder meta.json nav.
- Clean 14 dangling doc-path references in bin/ ops scripts, scripts/, workflow, tests;
fix the dockerignore-docs-coverage required-docs path (PROVIDERS→providers/CLAUDE_WEB).
Phase B — content accuracy (verified against code, not the audit summary):
- Functional: ENVIRONMENT flag defaults (INPUT_SANITIZER/MCP_ENFORCE_SCOPES=true,
COMPRESS_DESCRIPTIONS=false, dynamic heap); MCP-SERVER notion tool names (omniroute_*→
notion_*) + counts 87→94; coverage gate 75/70→60/60/60/60 (RELEASE_CHECKLIST, COVERAGE_PLAN,
ERROR_SANITIZATION, CONTRIBUTING); pre-push hook description; regenerate PROVIDER_REFERENCE (237).
- Count drift: providers 237, executors 70, migrations 106, db modules 94, oauth 19,
strategies 17, MCP 94, flags 38, TS 6.0, open-sse ~900/services 294 across architecture/
frameworks/ops docs; AUTO-COMBO 9→12 factors w/ correct DEFAULT_WEIGHTS; REASONING +2
patterns; STEALTH UA defaults; AGENT_PROTOCOLS +cursor-cloud/list-capabilities;
LANGUAGE_PACKS +id pack.
- Kept Node 20 (runtime guard accepts 20.20.2+; only engines is stricter) and MCP scopes=13
(mcpScopes.ts) — both were correct in the docs; corrected only the attribution.
* docs: finish content refresh — compression engines, CLI_TOKEN merge, metadata sweep
- Compression: document the additional built-in engines (CCR, headroom, ionizer,
session-dedup) in COMPRESSION_ENGINES; clarify LLMLingua-2 is the ultra-mode SLM
backend + cross-ref the extra engines in EXTENDING_COMPRESSION; add the id
(Indonesian) language pack to LANGUAGE_PACKS.
- AUTO-COMBO: replace the orphan 'How tiers fit' weight table (stale weights) with a
pointer to the canonical 12-factor DEFAULT_WEIGHTS table.
- Security: merge CLI_TOKEN_AUTH.md (legacy 32-char SHA-256 format) into CLI_TOKEN.md
as a 'Legacy format — still accepted' section (server accepts both HMAC + legacy),
delete CLI_TOKEN_AUTH.md, drop it from the index + security nav.
- Metadata: bump stale frontmatter (version/lastUpdated) to 3.8.40/2026-06-28 across the
doc set audited this pass, and normalize the in-body 'Last updated' header lines to match.
* fix(runtime): drop Node 20 from supported range + align all docs/diagrams/counts
- Node minimum is now 22 (aligned with package.json engines). SUPPORTED_NODE_RANGE in
src/shared/utils/nodeRuntimeSupport.ts (and the bin/ mirror) drops the 20.x line →
'>=22.22.2 <23 || >=24.0.0 <27'; getNodeRuntimeSupport now rejects Node 20 as
unsupported-major. Test updated (TDD): node-runtime-support.test.ts asserts Node 20
rejected. Docs aligned (TROUBLESHOOTING ×2, TERMUX, RELEASE_CHECKLIST, CODEBASE,
CLI-TOOLS, README, llm.txt + 42 i18n llm.txt mirrors, skills/cli-serve).
- Diagrams regenerated: mcp-tools-87 -> mcp-tools-94 (34 base + pool 6 = 94) and
auto-combo-9factor -> auto-combo-12factor (correct DEFAULT_WEIGHTS); SVGs re-rendered
via mermaid-cli; doc refs + diagrams/README updated; fixed a pre-existing broken
resilience-3layers image path.
- CLAUDE.md + AGENTS.md aligned to real counts (237 providers, 94 MCP tools / 34 base,
106 migrations, 94 db modules, 12-factor auto-combo, 17 strategies); README provider
count 231 -> 237; executor count corrected to 68 (provider executors, excl base/index)
and OAuth to 18 across architecture docs. check:docs-all now passes (0 strict drift,
0 broken links); removed dead .mcp.json.example doc link.
* fix(services): update installer Node hint to >=22.22.2 (aligned with dropped Node 20)
* docs: realign counts to current release tip after rebase
The release tip advanced while this work was in flight (Gemini CLI provider/executor
removed by #5246, plus other PRs). Re-counted against the current code and updated:
providers 237->236, executors 68->67, OAuth modules 18->17, open-sse services 294->298;
regenerated PROVIDER_REFERENCE.md (236). check:docs-all passes (0 strict drift).
* docs(changelog) + i18n: record Node 20 drop + fix nodeIncompatibleHint
- CHANGELOG: add [3.8.40] entries for the Node 20.x removal (runtime) and the docs
reorganization/accuracy audit.
- i18n: nodeIncompatibleHint across all 42 locales no longer lists Node 20.x as
supported (ASCII + CJK full-width variants), aligned with the dropped Node 20.
* fix(docs): repair CI breakages from the doc moves
- test: cli-plugin-system asserted docs/dev/plugins.md exists; the file moved to
docs/frameworks/PLUGINS.md — point the test at the new path (Unit fast-path 2/2 fix).
- frontmatter: PLUGINS.md and PLUGIN_SDK.md moved into the fumadocs-indexed
docs/frameworks/ which requires a 'title' frontmatter; the missing frontmatter
failed the Next.js MDX build (dast-smoke 'invalid frontmatter'). Added frontmatter
to both, plus the providers/ docs (consistency; that folder is not indexed).
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title
| title |
|---|
| CLI Machine-ID Token |
CLI Machine-ID Token
Overview
OmniRoute CLI commands authenticate against the local management API using a
HMAC-SHA256(machine-id, salt) token sent via the x-omniroute-cli-token
request header.
This allows CLI subcommands (omniroute status, omniroute providers, etc.)
to call management endpoints without requiring the user to supply a JWT or
password on every invocation.
How it works
getMachineTokenSync()reads the hardware machine ID vianode-machine-id(falls back to an empty string on failure, disabling CLI auth).- It computes
HMAC-SHA256(machine_id, salt)and returns the full 64-char hex digest — a deterministic, non-reversible token tied to this machine. - The CLI sends the token as
x-omniroute-cli-tokenon every request tohttp://localhost:<port>/api/.... - The server (
src/server/authz/policies/management.ts) recomputes the expected token with the same salt and compares viatimingSafeEqualto prevent timing-based extraction.
Security properties
| Property | Detail |
|---|---|
| Loopback-only | Accepted only when Host is localhost, 127.0.0.1, or ::1. |
| Constant-time compare | crypto.timingSafeEqual prevents timing attacks. |
| Non-reversible | HMAC output cannot recover the machine-id. |
No always-protected bypass |
isAlwaysProtectedPath() is evaluated before the CLI token check. /api/shutdown and /api/settings/database always require JWT. |
| Non-exportable | Token is never written to disk or logged. |
Salt rotation
Set OMNIROUTE_CLI_SALT to rotate the derived token without code changes.
After rotation, all CLI processes on this machine will use the new token
automatically. Useful after a process-list leak that may have exposed the
previous derived value.
# Persistent rotation (add to shell profile)
export OMNIROUTE_CLI_SALT="my-secret-salt-2026"
# Verify new token is in use
omniroute status
Default salt: omniroute-cli-auth-v1
Legacy format (SHA-256, 32-char) — still accepted
Before the HMAC format above, the CLI derived its token as
SHA-256(machineId + salt).hex[0..32] (a 32-char prefix) in
bin/cli/utils/cliToken.mjs (getLegacyCliTokenSync in src/lib/machineToken.ts).
For backwards compatibility the server accepts both formats: the verifier builds
expectedTokens = [getMachineTokenSync(), getLegacyCliTokenSync()] and compares the
incoming header against each with timingSafeEqual
(src/server/authz/policies/management.ts and src/lib/middleware/cliTokenAuth.ts).
So a token is valid if it matches either the 64-char HMAC digest or the 32-char
legacy SHA-256 prefix.
Opt-out: set OMNIROUTE_DISABLE_CLI_TOKEN=true (env or .env) to disable the CLI
token mechanism entirely; all access then requires an explicit API key. On multi-user
hosts this is recommended, since machine-id is per-device (not per-user) and another
user on the same host could compute the same token.
Files
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
src/lib/machineToken.ts |
Token derivation (getMachineTokenSync) |
src/server/authz/headers.ts |
CLI_TOKEN_HEADER constant |
src/server/authz/policies/management.ts |
Server-side verification |
src/server/authz/routeGuard.ts |
Loopback host check (isLoopbackHost) |
See also
docs/security/ROUTE_GUARD_TIERS.md— route protection tiersdocs/architecture/AUTHZ_GUIDE.md— full authorization pipeline