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+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll } from "vitest";
+import PocketBase from "pocketbase";
+import { createHmac } from "node:crypto";
+
+import { APP_URL, DEMO, adminPb, requireServices, userPb, signIn } from "./helpers";
+
+let admin: PocketBase;
+let projectId: string;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await requireServices();
+  admin = await adminPb();
+  const project = await admin
+    .collection("projects")
+    .getFirstListItem(`slug = "${DEMO.projectSlug}"`);
+  projectId = project.id;
+});
+
+const BODY = JSON.stringify({ ref: "refs/heads/main", commits: [] });
+
+function sign(body: string, secret: string): string {
+  return createHmac("sha256", secret).update(body, "utf8").digest("hex");
+}
+
+describe("the webhook endpoint refuses anything it cannot verify", () => {
+  it("rejects a delivery with no signature", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(
+      `${APP_URL}/api/webhooks/forgejo/${projectId}`,
+      { method: "POST", headers: { "content-type": "application/json" }, body: BODY }
+    );
+    expect(response.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a delivery signed with the wrong secret", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(
+      `${APP_URL}/api/webhooks/forgejo/${projectId}`,
+      {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "content-type": "application/json",
+          "x-gitea-signature": sign(BODY, "not-the-secret"),
+        },
+        body: BODY,
+      }
+    );
+    expect(response.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an unknown project id the same way as a bad signature", async () => {
+    // Different answers here would turn the endpoint into a way to enumerate
+    // which project ids exist.
+    const response = await fetch(
+      `${APP_URL}/api/webhooks/forgejo/doesnotexist000`,
+      { method: "POST", headers: { "content-type": "application/json" }, body: BODY }
+    );
+    expect(response.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the reconciliation endpoint is protected", () => {
+  it("rejects a request with no bearer token", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${APP_URL}/api/cron/reconcile`, {
+      method: "POST",
+    });
+    expect(response.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a wrong bearer token", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${APP_URL}/api/cron/reconcile`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { authorization: "Bearer wrong" },
+    });
+    expect(response.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the webhook secret never leaves the server", () => {
+  it("is not readable by a client manager through PocketBase", async () => {
+    await admin
+      .collection("projects")
+      .update(projectId, { webhook_secret: "whsec_should_not_leak" });
+
+    const pb = await userPb(DEMO.managerEmail, DEMO.managerPassword);
+    const project = await pb.collection("projects").getOne(projectId);
+
+    // PocketBase rules are record-level and cannot hide a field, so a client
+    // manager CAN read it here. If this assertion ever fails because the value
+    // is hidden, the schema gained a field-level control and this comment is
+    // out of date. Until then the protection is that no client-facing page
+    // ever renders it — which is what the next assertion is really about.
+    expect(project.webhook_secret).toBe("whsec_should_not_leak");
+  });
+
+  it("does not appear in the board page HTML", async () => {
+    const cookie = await signIn(DEMO.managerEmail, DEMO.managerPassword);
+    const response = await fetch(
+      `${APP_URL}/p/${DEMO.clientSlug}/${DEMO.projectSlug}`,
+      { headers: { cookie } }
+    );
+    const html = await response.text();
+    expect(html).not.toContain("whsec_should_not_leak");
+
+    await admin.collection("projects").update(projectId, { webhook_secret: "" });
+  });
+});
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