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Strategy for reading the actual CSRF token from the request

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Description

Summary

Currently the CsrfTokenRepository allows loading the expected CsrfToken from the request. It would be nice if the actual CSRF token could be a strategy that could be replaced.

Related gh-7537 gh-7538

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Research direction

Start by reading CsrfTokenRepository and the request-handling code that obtains the actual CSRF token. Define the replaceable strategy boundary and verify that the behavior is covered by tests for loading tokens from requests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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