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Part of the delegated worker token feature (issue #840). Workers on self-hosted NVCF clusters receive a projected Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) mounted at a well-known path. This PR makes NVCF workers, NVCT task workers, and LLM credential managers use that token as their bearer credential instead of the static bootstrap token, enabling ICMS-backed token introspection on the server side.

What changed

  • src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source.go (new): MountedJWTTokenSource implements oauth2.TokenSource. Re-reads NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH on every Token() call so kubelet rotation is transparent. Parses the exp claim so the token source can signal rotation at the right time. Returns ErrNoMountedToken when the env var is unset or the file is absent, so callers fall back gracefully.

  • src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go: After constructing tokenProvider from the bootstrap token, check for a mounted JWT and prefer it when present.

  • src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go: Same mounted-JWT preference pattern for the NVCT token provider.

LLM workers (src/compute-plane-services/worker-llm-credentials/) call nvcf.CreateClient() and automatically inherit the change; no code changes needed in that service. The dependency update to pick up the new worker library version will be in the deploy PR.

Customer Release Notes

Not customer visible — self-hosted infrastructure change.

Plan Summary

Not applicable.

Usage

Workers on self-hosted clusters: set NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH=/var/run/secrets/tokens/token (done by NVCA in PR #846). All worker types then use the projected SAT automatically.

Workers in managed NVCF or local dev: NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH is unset, so the bootstrap token path is unchanged.

Testing

  • go test ./token/... passes (new unit tests cover file reads, rotation, expiry parsing, and missing-file fallback).
  • go build ./... in the worker library passes.
  • End-to-end validation requires all PRs deployed to a self-hosted cluster; see the test plan in issue Delegated worker token authentication for self-hosted NVCF #840.

Notes

The existing 5-minute exponential backoff in ConnectIndefinitely covers the ~2-minute ICMS propagation window after NVCA registers the worker identity. No additional retry layer is needed.

References

Relates to #840

Related Pull Requests

Dependencies

None — no new third-party dependencies.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for loading projected ServiceAccount JWTs from a mounted token file.
    • Tokens are refreshed automatically when the mounted file changes.
    • JWT expiration is recognized, with a safe fallback when expiration data is unavailable.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Existing bootstrap token behavior is preserved when no mounted token is available or the token cannot be loaded.

…NVCT auth

Adds MountedJWTTokenSource to the shared worker token package. When
NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH is set and the file exists, NVCF and NVCT worker
clients now prefer the projected Kubernetes SAT over the bootstrap token
injected at deployment time.

The mounted JWT is re-read on every Token() call so kubelet rotation is
transparent without a process restart. The bootstrap token remains as
fallback when NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH is absent (managed NVCF, local dev).

LLM workers (worker-llm-credentials) benefit automatically because they
call nvcf.CreateClient(), which now checks for the mounted JWT; no code
changes needed in that service.

Relates to #840

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough

The change adds a mounted ServiceAccount JWT token source. NVCF and NVCT clients use it when NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH points to an available token file. Existing bootstrap token sources remain the fallback.

Changes

Mounted ServiceAccount token support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Mounted JWT token source and validation
src/libraries/go/worker/token/*
Adds MountedJWTTokenSource, JWT expiry parsing, token rotation support, fallback expiry handling, and tests for file and JWT parsing behavior.
Worker client credential selection
src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go, src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go
NVCF and NVCT clients initialize settable bootstrap token providers and replace them with mounted JWT providers when loading succeeds.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟠 High · up to dd298

Workers can fail to authenticate when the configured mounted token path exists but is unusable, because the bootstrap credential is not selected as a fallback. This is a merge-blocking availability risk until invalid paths are rejected or safely treated as unavailable.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CreateClient
  participant MountedJWTTokenSource
  participant TokenFile
  CreateClient->>MountedJWTTokenSource: Create mounted token source
  MountedJWTTokenSource->>TokenFile: Read NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH
  TokenFile-->>MountedJWTTokenSource: Return JWT contents
  MountedJWTTokenSource-->>CreateClient: Return token provider or fallback error
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Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/nvcf#846: Injects the projected ServiceAccount token and NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH consumed by this change.

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In `@src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go`:
- Around line 131-136: In src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go lines 131-136,
add client-level tests for both constructors that explicitly set
NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH and verify mounted-token selection and bootstrap-token
fallback; also verify the provider is replaced with a static token source after
NVCF connection. In src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go lines 103-117, add
equivalent constructor coverage for mounted-token selection and bootstrap
fallback, including replacement with a static token source during NVCT token
refresh.

In `@src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source_test.go`:
- Around line 159-170: Update TestParseJWTExpiry_PaddingVariants to vary the
encoded payload length rather than the ignored signature suffix, invoke
parseJWTExpiry with each generated token, and assert that the returned expiry
matches the claims value. Preserve coverage for all padding variants while
making the test fail on parser regressions instead of only constructing unused
strings.

In `@src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source.go`:
- Around line 53-56: Update the path validation in the MountedJWTTokenSource
constructor to accept only regular files, returning ErrNoMountedToken for
missing or non-regular paths. For other os.Stat failures, return the underlying
error wrapped with context instead of creating a token source; preserve the
existing successful MountedJWTTokenSource return for valid regular files.
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  • src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go
  • src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go
  • src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source.go
  • src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source_test.go

Comment on lines +131 to +136
// Prefer a mounted projected ServiceAccount Token (PSAT) over the bootstrap token
// when running on a self-hosted cluster with worker identity enabled.
if mountedSrc, err := token.NewMountedJWTSource(); err == nil {
zap.L().Info("mounted JWT found; using projected ServiceAccount token as NVCF credential")
tokenProvider.SetTokenSource(mountedSrc)
}

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ast-grep outline src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go
printf '%s\n' '--- token source structure ---'
ast-grep outline src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source.go
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant nvcf client code ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant nvct client code ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- token source implementation ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- client constructors and provider uses ---'
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  'NewMountedJWTSource|NvcfTokenProvider|NvctTokenProvider|NewSettableTokenSource|SetTokenSource' \
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  'func TestCreateClient|NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH|NewMountedJWTSource|NvctTokenProvider|initialToken' \
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sed -n '80,125p' src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/connect.go
sed -n '80,112p' src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/worker_token.go

printf '%s\n' '--- focused diff for the two constructors and token tests ---'
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root = Path("src/libraries/go/worker")
files = {
    "nvcf_client": root / "nvcf/client.go",
    "nvct_client": root / "nvct/client.go",
    "mounted_source": root / "token/psat_source.go",
    "nvcf_tests": root / "nvcf/coverage_test.go",
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        and "tokenProvider.SetTokenSource(mountedSrc)" in text["nvcf_client"]
    ),
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        "NewMountedJWTSource()" in text["nvct_client"]
        and "nvctTokenProvider.SetTokenSource(mountedSrc)" in text["nvct_client"]
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        bool(re.search(r"t\.Setenv\(\s*\"NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH\"\s*,\s*\"\"\s*\)", text["nvcf_tests"]))
    ),
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        bool(re.search(r"t\.Setenv\(\s*\"NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH\"\s*,\s*\"\"\s*\)", text["nvct_tests"]))
    ),
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    ),
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        "c.NvctTokenProvider.SetTokenSource(oauth2.StaticTokenSource(nvctToken))" in text["nvct_refresh"]
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Add client-level credential-selection tests.

Add tests for both constructors that explicitly set NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH and cover mounted-token selection and bootstrap fallback. Existing rotation tests cover MountedJWTTokenSource, but not the client providers.

Also test provider replacement after NVCF connection and NVCT token refresh. Both paths replace the mounted source with a static token source.

📍 Affects 2 files
  • src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go#L131-L136 (this comment)
  • src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go#L103-L117
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In `@src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go` around lines 131 - 136, In
src/libraries/go/worker/nvcf/client.go lines 131-136, add client-level tests for
both constructors that explicitly set NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH and verify
mounted-token selection and bootstrap-token fallback; also verify the provider
is replaced with a static token source after NVCF connection. In
src/libraries/go/worker/nvct/client.go lines 103-117, add equivalent constructor
coverage for mounted-token selection and bootstrap fallback, including
replacement with a static token source during NVCT token refresh.

Sources: Coding guidelines, Path instructions

Comment on lines +159 to +170
// Exercise that the JSON payload round-trips cleanly (regression for padding issues).
func TestParseJWTExpiry_PaddingVariants(t *testing.T) {
for _, pad := range []string{"", "a", "ab", "abc"} {
claims := map[string]int64{"exp": time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()}
b, _ := json.Marshal(claims)
payload := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
jwt := "hdr." + payload + ".sig"
// Inject a suffix to vary the base64 padding
jwt = strings.Replace(jwt, ".sig", pad+".sig", 1)
// This should not panic; errors are acceptable for malformed input
_ = jwt
}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the padding-variant test execute parseJWTExpiry.

This test only assigns jwt to _. It never calls the parser. It also changes only the signature suffix, which parseJWTExpiry does not inspect. Vary the payload length, call parseJWTExpiry, and assert the expected expiry.

Proposed fix
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@
 func TestParseJWTExpiry_PaddingVariants(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, pad := range []string{"", "a", "ab", "abc"} {
-		claims := map[string]int64{"exp": time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()}
-		b, _ := json.Marshal(claims)
-		payload := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
-		jwt := "hdr." + payload + ".sig"
-		// Inject a suffix to vary the base64 padding
-		jwt = strings.Replace(jwt, ".sig", pad+".sig", 1)
-		// This should not panic; errors are acceptable for malformed input
-		_ = jwt
+	exp := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()
+	for _, suffix := range []string{"", "a", "ab", "abc"} {
+		payload, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+			"exp":     exp,
+			"padding": suffix,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		jwt := "hdr." + base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(payload) + ".sig"
+		got, err := parseJWTExpiry(jwt)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("parseJWTExpiry: %v", err)
+		}
+		if got.Unix() != exp {
+			t.Errorf("expiry = %d, want %d", got.Unix(), exp)
+		}
 	}
 }

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// Exercise that the JSON payload round-trips cleanly (regression for padding issues).
func TestParseJWTExpiry_PaddingVariants(t *testing.T) {
for _, pad := range []string{"", "a", "ab", "abc"} {
claims := map[string]int64{"exp": time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()}
b, _ := json.Marshal(claims)
payload := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
jwt := "hdr." + payload + ".sig"
// Inject a suffix to vary the base64 padding
jwt = strings.Replace(jwt, ".sig", pad+".sig", 1)
// This should not panic; errors are acceptable for malformed input
_ = jwt
}
// Exercise that the JSON payload round-trips cleanly (regression for padding issues).
func TestParseJWTExpiry_PaddingVariants(t *testing.T) {
exp := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()
for _, suffix := range []string{"", "a", "ab", "abc"} {
payload, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
"exp": exp,
"padding": suffix,
})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
jwt := "hdr." + base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(payload) + ".sig"
got, err := parseJWTExpiry(jwt)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("parseJWTExpiry: %v", err)
}
if got.Unix() != exp {
t.Errorf("expiry = %d, want %d", got.Unix(), exp)
}
}
}
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In `@src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source_test.go` around lines 159 - 170,
Update TestParseJWTExpiry_PaddingVariants to vary the encoded payload length
rather than the ignored signature suffix, invoke parseJWTExpiry with each
generated token, and assert that the returned expiry matches the claims value.
Preserve coverage for all padding variants while making the test fail on parser
regressions instead of only constructing unused strings.

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Comment on lines +53 to +56
if _, err := os.Stat(path); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
}
return &MountedJWTTokenSource{path: path}, nil

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Treat unusable paths as unavailable.

Line 53 maps only os.ErrNotExist to fallback. If the path is a directory or os.Stat fails with a permission error, this function returns a source. Both clients then select that source. The first Token() call fails, and bootstrap authentication is not used.

Reject non-regular paths and return wrapped errors from failed os.Stat calls.

Proposed fix
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat mounted JWT: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
 	}
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if _, err := os.Stat(path); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
}
return &MountedJWTTokenSource{path: path}, nil
info, err := os.Stat(path)
if err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
}
return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat mounted JWT: %w", err)
}
if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
return nil, ErrNoMountedToken
}
return &MountedJWTTokenSource{path: path}, nil
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In `@src/libraries/go/worker/token/psat_source.go` around lines 53 - 56, Update
the path validation in the MountedJWTTokenSource constructor to accept only
regular files, returning ErrNoMountedToken for missing or non-regular paths. For
other os.Stat failures, return the underlying error wrapped with context instead
of creating a token source; preserve the existing successful
MountedJWTTokenSource return for valid regular files.

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