towardsthecloud / towardsthecloud/cloudburn

Strengthen GitHub App credential protection

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bug cloudburn-github-app
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Description

What

CloudBurn will strengthen how the GitHub App protects and refreshes the credentials used for customer-facing pricing updates. Requests to unapproved destinations will be rejected before credentials are used.

Why

Safer credential handling and rotation reduce operational risk while keeping pull request pricing available.

Scope

  • Isolate credentials to the app responsibilities that require them
  • Support secure rotation without disrupting customer integrations
  • Reject untrusted destinations before sending authenticated requests

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the GitHub App credential handling, rotation flow, and pricing update requests, then establish how approved destinations are defined and validated. Done means credentials are limited to required responsibilities, rotation preserves customer integrations, and untrusted destinations are rejected before authenticated requests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github, typescript
Domain
cloud, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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