temporalio / temporalio/temporal

Support validated/authenticated payloads

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Description

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Users send encrypted payloads, but server accepts all forms of payloads. Many users want to restrict payloads to only ones they create.

This can be done a few ways. To me the most obvious/simplest approach is that we have server/namespace-level public keys from a user (w/ full CRUD API, RSA or ECDSA only at first probably) with an identifier for each key and if any have been configured, use https://pkg.go.dev/go.temporal.io/api/proxy#VisitPayloads via interceptor to ensure that every non-search-attribute payload has a keyId payload metadata entry for a known key, and a signature payload metadata entry that uses that public key to validate that signature against the data contents. Cloud can have its own way to configure server/namespace-level keys.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the proposed use of go.temporal.io/api/proxy.VisitPayloads and determine how server- or namespace-level key configuration and CRUD would fit. Define the supported key types, metadata and signature validation behavior, including the Cloud configuration boundary. Done requires an agreed design and implementation scope; the issue names no files or tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
api, backend, cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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