fix(webapp): Vercel env var sync rejecting batches containing only reserved keys (triggerdotdev#3966)

Fix Vercel onboarding wizard to properly filter out reserved TRIGGER_
env vars

Author: 0ski

.server-changes/vercel-sync-reserved-env-vars.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: fix
+---
+
+Fix Vercel env var sync and onboarding preview leaking reserved `TRIGGER_*` keys.

apps/webapp/app/models/vercelIntegration.server.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   envTypeToVercelTarget,
 } from "~/v3/vercel/vercelProjectIntegrationSchema";
 import { EnvironmentVariablesRepository } from "~/v3/environmentVariables/environmentVariablesRepository.server";
+import { isReservedForExternalSync } from "~/v3/environmentVariableRules.server";
 import {
   callVercelWithRecovery,
   wrapVercelCallWithRecovery,
@@ -1350,10 +1351,9 @@ export class VercelIntegrationRepository {
           for (const mapping of envMapping) {
             const iterResult = await ResultAsync.fromPromise(
               (async () => {
-                // Build filter to avoid decrypting vars that will be filtered out anyway
-                const excludeKeys = new Set(["TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY", "TRIGGER_VERSION"]);
+                // Exclude reserved keys before decrypting (a reserved-only batch gets rejected).
                 const shouldIncludeKey = (key: string) =>
-                  !excludeKeys.has(key) &&
+                  !isReservedForExternalSync(key) &&
                   shouldSyncEnvVar(params.syncEnvVarsMapping, key, mapping.triggerEnvType as TriggerEnvironmentType);
 
                 const envVarsResult = await this.getVercelEnvironmentVariableValues(
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ export class VercelIntegrationRepository {
                   if (envVar.isSecret) {
                     return false;
                   }
-                  if (envVar.key === "TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY" || envVar.key === "TRIGGER_VERSION") {
+                  if (isReservedForExternalSync(envVar.key)) {
                     return false;
                   }
                   return shouldSyncEnvVar(

apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/VercelSettingsPresenter.server.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "~/models/vercelIntegration.server";
 import { type GitHubAppInstallation } from "~/routes/resources.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.github";
 import { EnvironmentVariablesRepository } from "~/v3/environmentVariables/environmentVariablesRepository.server";
+import { isReservedForExternalSync } from "~/v3/environmentVariableRules.server";
 import {
   VercelProjectIntegrationDataSchema,
   VercelProjectIntegrationData,
@@ -567,12 +568,11 @@ export class VercelSettingsPresenter extends BasePresenter {
         const projectEnvVars = projectEnvVarsResult.isOk() ? projectEnvVarsResult.value : [];
         const sharedEnvVars = sharedEnvVarsResult.isOk() ? sharedEnvVarsResult.value : [];
 
-        // Filter out TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY and TRIGGER_VERSION (managed by Trigger.dev) and merge project + shared env vars
-        const excludedKeys = new Set(["TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY", "TRIGGER_VERSION"]);
+        // Hide platform-managed reserved keys from the onboarding preview.
         const projectEnvVarKeys = new Set(projectEnvVars.map((v) => v.key));
         const mergedEnvVars: VercelEnvironmentVariable[] = [
           ...projectEnvVars
-            .filter((v) => !excludedKeys.has(v.key))
+            .filter((v) => !isReservedForExternalSync(v.key))
             .map((v) => {
               const envVar = { ...v };
               if (vercelEnvironmentId && (v as any).customEnvironmentIds?.includes(vercelEnvironmentId)) {
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ export class VercelSettingsPresenter extends BasePresenter {
               return envVar;
             }),
           ...sharedEnvVars
-            .filter((v) => !projectEnvVarKeys.has(v.key) && !excludedKeys.has(v.key))
+            .filter((v) => !projectEnvVarKeys.has(v.key) && !isReservedForExternalSync(v.key))
             .map((v) => {
               const envVar = {
                 id: v.id,

apps/webapp/app/v3/environmentVariableRules.server.ts

@@ -10,29 +10,37 @@ const blacklistedVariables: VariableRule[] = [
   { type: "exact", key: "TRIGGER_API_URL" },
 ];
 
+const additionalExternalSyncReservedKeys = ["TRIGGER_VERSION", "TRIGGER_PREVIEW_BRANCH"];
+
+export function isBlacklistedVariable(key: string): boolean {
+  const whitelisted = blacklistedVariables.find((bv) => bv.type === "whitelist" && bv.key === key);
+  if (whitelisted) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const exact = blacklistedVariables.find((bv) => bv.type === "exact" && bv.key === key);
+  if (exact) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const prefix = blacklistedVariables.find(
+    (bv) => bv.type === "prefix" && key.startsWith(bv.prefix)
+  );
+  if (prefix) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+// Keys that must never be synced from an external integration (e.g. Vercel). Superset of
+// the repository blacklist so submitting a reserved key doesn't get the whole batch rejected.
+export function isReservedForExternalSync(key: string): boolean {
+  return isBlacklistedVariable(key) || additionalExternalSyncReservedKeys.includes(key);
+}
+
 export function removeBlacklistedVariables(
   variables: EnvironmentVariable[]
 ): EnvironmentVariable[] {
-  return variables.filter((v) => {
-    const whitelisted = blacklistedVariables.find(
-      (bv) => bv.type === "whitelist" && bv.key === v.key
-    );
-    if (whitelisted) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    const exact = blacklistedVariables.find((bv) => bv.type === "exact" && bv.key === v.key);
-    if (exact) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    const prefix = blacklistedVariables.find(
-      (bv) => bv.type === "prefix" && v.key.startsWith(bv.prefix)
-    );
-    if (prefix) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-  });
+  return variables.filter((v) => !isBlacklistedVariable(v.key));
 }

apps/webapp/test/environmentVariableRules.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import type { EnvironmentVariable } from "../app/v3/environmentVariables/repository";
-import { removeBlacklistedVariables } from "~/v3/environmentVariableRules.server";
+import {
+  isBlacklistedVariable,
+  isReservedForExternalSync,
+  removeBlacklistedVariables,
+} from "~/v3/environmentVariableRules.server";
 
 describe("removeBlacklistedVariables", () => {
   it("should remove exact match blacklisted variables", () => {
@@ -68,3 +72,32 @@ describe("removeBlacklistedVariables", () => {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("isBlacklistedVariable", () => {
+  it("blacklists the platform-managed keys", () => {
+    expect(isBlacklistedVariable("TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isBlacklistedVariable("TRIGGER_API_URL")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("allows ordinary user keys", () => {
+    expect(isBlacklistedVariable("DATABASE_URL")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isBlacklistedVariable("MY_API_KEY")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("isReservedForExternalSync", () => {
+  it("reserves every key the repository would reject", () => {
+    expect(isReservedForExternalSync("TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReservedForExternalSync("TRIGGER_API_URL")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("reserves deploy-managed keys that are not blacklisted", () => {
+    expect(isReservedForExternalSync("TRIGGER_VERSION")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReservedForExternalSync("TRIGGER_PREVIEW_BRANCH")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does not reserve ordinary user keys", () => {
+    expect(isReservedForExternalSync("DATABASE_URL")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReservedForExternalSync("MY_API_KEY")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});