Validate interactive startup API keys before entering signed-in state (#14615)

## Description

Interactive desktop and Warp Agent CLI startup API keys could previously
enter shared `AuthState` before the server had validated them or
returned the associated user. Credential presence made
`AuthState::is_logged_in()` true and allowed interactive UI
initialization to treat the process as authenticated while identity
loading was still pending. If validation then failed, the TUI could
create a terminal and render a bare **Signed in** state with no
validated identity; the desktop app could similarly create its workspace
before validation completed.

This change fixes both parts of that lifecycle:
- `LaunchMode` now owns startup API-key extraction and
eager-versus-deferred policy;
- desktop app and interactive TUI startup keys remain pending outside
shared `AuthState`;
- the pending key is used only by
`AuthClient::fetch_user(LoginToken::ApiKey(...), false)`, after staging
IAP access is ready;
- successful validation atomically promotes the returned credentials and
user through the existing authentication-completion path;
- failed validation leaves shared auth state with neither credentials
nor a user and keeps interactive clients in their signed-out
authentication UI;
- an explicitly supplied interactive key still takes precedence over
persisted identity without exposing the unvalidated key to other
clients;
- command-line SDK behavior remains eager because it refreshes through
shared credentials and has an explicit `AuthComplete` barrier before
command dispatch;
- the TUI requires credentials plus a fetched user ID before entering
its logged-in phase or creating a terminal; and
- account labels fall back through email, username, and stable user ID,
otherwise reporting **Not signed in** instead of bare **Signed in**.

The SSH environment exposed the partial state but was not the root
cause. API keys are not persisted by Warp; a key present at startup
comes from the launch arguments or `WARP_API_KEY` environment inherited
by that process.

## Linked Issue

N/A — this was identified from logs for an SSH-launched Warp Agent CLI
session.

- [ ] The linked issue is labeled `ready-to-spec` or
`ready-to-implement`.
- [ ] Where appropriate, screenshots or a short video of the
implementation are included below (especially for user-visible or UI
changes).

## Testing

Added regression coverage for:
- desktop app and interactive TUI deferred startup-key policy;
- pending API-key normalization and validation with `for_refresh =
false`;
- failed validation emitting `AuthFailed` while leaving shared auth
state fully logged out;
- successful promotion installing the API-key credentials together with
the fetched user;
- credential-only startup, validated identity startup, zero-state
labels, stable user-ID fallback, and `/status` identity resolution.

Manual full-terminal validation:
- Ran `WARP_API_KEY=wk-invalid-pending-key ./script/run-tui` in a real
PTY.
- The TUI built and launched successfully.
- The invalid key was rejected and displayed the login failure/retry
flow.
- The TUI never entered a signed-in state and did not create a shell
terminal.

Previously completed for the original TUI state-gating patch:
- App TUI authentication module: 17 tests passed.
- Full `warp_tui` suite: 966 tests passed.
- `./script/format` passed.
- Relevant workspace, app, and completer Clippy commands passed.

No additional automated suite, Clippy, presubmit, or formatting run was
performed after the pending-key lifecycle follow-up; validation of that
follow-up used the real TUI terminal flow above.

No process-level integration test was added because the headless TUI
does not use the GUI integration harness; state-transition and
render-to-lines unit tests cover the regression directly.

- [ ] I have manually tested my changes locally with `./script/run`

## Agent Mode
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- Agent conversation:
https://staging.warp.dev/conversation/f0184211-8c6c-4695-8ca1-6b0972449c78

CHANGELOG-BUG-FIX: Fixed interactive Warp clients treating startup API
keys as authenticated before validation completed.

Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>

---------

Co-authored-by: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>

Author: moirahuang

app/src/auth/auth_manager.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use warp_errors::{report_error, report_if_error};
 use warp_graphql::mutations::create_anonymous_user::{
     AnonymousUserType, CreateAnonymousUserResult,
 };
+use warp_server_auth::API_KEY_PREFIX;
 use warp_server_auth::user::persistence::PersistedUser;
 use warpui::r#async::Timer;
 use warpui::clipboard::ClipboardContent;
@@ -304,6 +305,28 @@ impl AuthManager {
             Self::on_user_fetched,
         );
     }
+    /// Validates a startup API key without exposing it through shared auth state.
+    ///
+    /// [`Self::on_user_fetched`] promotes the returned user and credentials only
+    /// after the server accepts the key. A failed request leaves the client
+    /// fully logged out.
+    pub fn authenticate_api_key(&self, api_key: String, ctx: &mut ModelContext<Self>) {
+        log::info!("Authenticating via pending API key");
+        let api_key = if api_key.starts_with(API_KEY_PREFIX) {
+            api_key
+        } else {
+            format!("{API_KEY_PREFIX}{api_key}")
+        };
+        let auth_client = self.auth_client.clone();
+        let _ = ctx.spawn(
+            async move {
+                auth_client
+                    .fetch_user(LoginToken::ApiKey(api_key), false)
+                    .await
+            },
+            Self::on_user_fetched,
+        );
+    }
 
     /// Authenticate asynchronously using the OAuth2 device authorization flow.
     ///
@@ -388,7 +411,7 @@ impl AuthManager {
                     llms,
                 } = user_output.into();
 
-                self.set_and_persist(Some(user.clone()), Some(credentials), ctx);
+                self.complete_authentication(user.clone(), credentials, ctx);
 
                 self.set_needs_reauth(false, ctx);
 
@@ -568,6 +591,14 @@ impl AuthManager {
     /// Sets the user and credentials in auth state and persists to secure storage.
     /// Persistence depends on the credential type - currently, we only persist
     /// state if authenticated via a Firebase token.
+    fn complete_authentication(
+        &self,
+        user: User,
+        credentials: Credentials,
+        ctx: &mut ModelContext<Self>,
+    ) {
+        self.set_and_persist(Some(user), Some(credentials), ctx);
+    }
     fn set_and_persist(
         &self,
         user: Option<User>,

app/src/auth/auth_manager_tests.rs

@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use warpui::{App, SingletonEntity};
 
 use super::{AuthManager, AuthManagerEvent, request_device_code_with_timeout};
 use crate::ServerApiProvider;
 use crate::auth::auth_view_modal::AuthRedirectPayload;
-use crate::auth::credentials::{Credentials, RefreshToken};
-use crate::auth::user::{FirebaseAuthTokens, TEST_USER_UID};
+use crate::auth::credentials::{Credentials, LoginToken, RefreshToken};
+use crate::auth::user::{FirebaseAuthTokens, TEST_USER_UID, User};
 use crate::auth::{AuthStateProvider, UserUid};
-use crate::server::server_api::auth::UserAuthenticationError;
+use crate::server::server_api::auth::{MockAuthClient, UserAuthenticationError};
 
 fn initialize_app(app: &mut App) {
     app.add_singleton_model(|_ctx| ServerApiProvider::new_for_test());
@@ -92,6 +93,79 @@ fn test_duplicate_redirect_for_logged_in_user_is_silently_ignored() {
     });
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn pending_api_key_failure_leaves_auth_state_logged_out() {
+    App::test((), |mut app| async move {
+        let mut auth_client = MockAuthClient::new();
+        auth_client
+            .expect_fetch_user()
+            .withf(|token, for_refresh| {
+                matches!(token, LoginToken::ApiKey(key) if key == "wk-inherited-key")
+                    && !for_refresh
+            })
+            .times(1)
+            .return_once(|_, _| Err(UserAuthenticationError::Unexpected(anyhow!("Unauthorized"))));
+
+        initialize_app(&mut app);
+        let auth_state = app.read(|ctx| AuthStateProvider::as_ref(ctx).get().clone());
+        auth_state.set_user(None);
+        auth_state.set_credentials(None);
+        AuthManager::handle(&app).update(&mut app, |auth_manager, _| {
+            auth_manager.auth_client = Arc::new(auth_client);
+        });
+
+        let saw_auth_failure = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let saw_auth_failure_for_subscription = saw_auth_failure.clone();
+        app.update(|ctx| {
+            ctx.subscribe_to_model(&AuthManager::handle(ctx), move |_, event, _| {
+                if matches!(event, AuthManagerEvent::AuthFailed(_)) {
+                    saw_auth_failure_for_subscription.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        AuthManager::handle(&app).update(&mut app, |auth_manager, ctx| {
+            auth_manager.authenticate_api_key("inherited-key".to_owned(), ctx);
+        });
+
+        assert!(auth_state.credentials().is_none());
+        assert!(auth_state.user_id().is_none());
+        assert!(!auth_state.is_logged_in());
+
+        warpui::r#async::Timer::after(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+
+        assert!(saw_auth_failure.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        assert!(auth_state.credentials().is_none());
+        assert!(auth_state.user_id().is_none());
+        assert!(!auth_state.is_logged_in());
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn validated_api_key_is_promoted_with_its_user() {
+    App::test((), |mut app| async move {
+        initialize_app(&mut app);
+        let auth_state = app.read(|ctx| AuthStateProvider::as_ref(ctx).get().clone());
+        auth_state.set_user(None);
+        auth_state.set_credentials(None);
+
+        AuthManager::handle(&app).update(&mut app, |auth_manager, ctx| {
+            auth_manager.complete_authentication(
+                User::test(),
+                Credentials::ApiKey {
+                    key: "wk-validated-key".to_owned(),
+                    owner_type: None,
+                },
+                ctx,
+            );
+        });
+
+        assert_eq!(auth_state.api_key().as_deref(), Some("wk-validated-key"));
+        assert_eq!(auth_state.user_id(), Some(UserUid::new(TEST_USER_UID)));
+        assert!(auth_state.is_logged_in());
+    });
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_device_code_request_retries_then_times_out() {
     App::test((), |_app| async move {

app/src/lib.rs

@@ -451,6 +451,42 @@ impl LaunchMode {
         }
     }
 
+    fn api_key(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        match self {
+            LaunchMode::CommandLine { global_options, .. } => global_options.api_key.clone(),
+            LaunchMode::App { api_key, .. }
+            | LaunchMode::Tui {
+                entrypoint: TuiEntryPoint::Interactive { api_key, .. },
+            } => api_key.clone(),
+            LaunchMode::Test { .. }
+            | LaunchMode::RemoteServerProxy
+            | LaunchMode::RemoteServerDaemon { .. }
+            | LaunchMode::Tui {
+                entrypoint: TuiEntryPoint::CliCommand { .. },
+            } => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns whether a startup API key should be installed before its user is fetched.
+    ///
+    /// The interactive TUI defers the key so its UI cannot treat credential presence as a
+    /// validated identity. Other launch modes retain their existing initialization behavior.
+    fn should_initialize_api_key_eagerly(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            LaunchMode::Tui {
+                entrypoint: TuiEntryPoint::Interactive { .. },
+            } => false,
+            LaunchMode::App { .. }
+            | LaunchMode::CommandLine { .. }
+            | LaunchMode::Test { .. }
+            | LaunchMode::RemoteServerProxy
+            | LaunchMode::RemoteServerDaemon { .. }
+            | LaunchMode::Tui {
+                entrypoint: TuiEntryPoint::CliCommand { .. },
+            } => true,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns `true` if this process is running an integration test.
     fn is_integration_test(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
@@ -1321,28 +1357,42 @@ pub struct UpdateQuakeModeEventArg {
     active_window_id: Option<WindowId>,
 }
 
-fn refresh_user_after_iap_access(ctx: &mut AppContext) {
+enum StartupUserAuthentication {
+    RefreshUser,
+    ApiKey(String),
+}
+
+impl StartupUserAuthentication {
+    fn start(self, ctx: &mut AppContext) {
+        AuthManager::handle(ctx).update(ctx, |auth_manager, ctx| match self {
+            Self::RefreshUser => auth_manager.refresh_user(ctx),
+            Self::ApiKey(api_key) => auth_manager.authenticate_api_key(api_key, ctx),
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+fn authenticate_user_after_iap_access(
+    authentication: StartupUserAuthentication,
+    ctx: &mut AppContext,
+) {
     let iap_manager = IapManager::handle(ctx);
     if !iap_manager.as_ref(ctx).is_enabled() || iap_manager.as_ref(ctx).has_valid_token() {
-        AuthManager::handle(ctx).update(ctx, |auth_manager, ctx| {
-            auth_manager.refresh_user(ctx);
-        });
+        authentication.start(ctx);
         return;
     }
 
-    let mut refresh_started = false;
+    let mut pending_authentication = Some(authentication);
     ctx.subscribe_to_model(&iap_manager, move |iap_manager, event, ctx| match event {
         IapManagerEvent::StateChanged => {
-            if refresh_started || !iap_manager.as_ref(ctx).has_valid_token() {
+            if !iap_manager.as_ref(ctx).has_valid_token() {
                 return;
             }
-            refresh_started = true;
-            AuthManager::handle(ctx).update(ctx, |auth_manager, ctx| {
-                auth_manager.refresh_user(ctx);
-            });
+            if let Some(authentication) = pending_authentication.take() {
+                authentication.start(ctx);
+            }
         }
         IapManagerEvent::AccessUnavailable => {
-            report_error!("Staging IAP access unavailable before startup user refresh");
+            report_error!("Staging IAP access unavailable before startup user authentication");
         }
         IapManagerEvent::RefreshFailed {
             message: _,
@@ -1352,22 +1402,6 @@ fn refresh_user_after_iap_access(ctx: &mut AppContext) {
     iap_manager.update(ctx, |manager, ctx| manager.ensure_access(ctx));
 }
 
-fn api_key_from_launch_mode(launch_mode: &LaunchMode) -> Option<String> {
-    match launch_mode {
-        LaunchMode::CommandLine { global_options, .. } => global_options.api_key.clone(),
-        LaunchMode::App { api_key, .. }
-        | LaunchMode::Tui {
-            entrypoint: TuiEntryPoint::Interactive { api_key, .. },
-        } => api_key.clone(),
-        LaunchMode::Test { .. }
-        | LaunchMode::RemoteServerProxy
-        | LaunchMode::RemoteServerDaemon { .. }
-        | LaunchMode::Tui {
-            entrypoint: TuiEntryPoint::CliCommand { .. },
-        } => None,
-    }
-}
-
 #[::tracing::instrument(skip_all, fields(tags.cloud_agent = true))]
 pub(crate) fn initialize_app(
     launch_mode: &LaunchMode,
@@ -1421,10 +1455,16 @@ pub(crate) fn initialize_app(
         ctx.set_zoom_factor(WindowSettings::as_ref(ctx).zoom_level.as_zoom_factor());
     }
 
-    // Extract API key from command line options, if applicable.
-    let api_key = api_key_from_launch_mode(launch_mode);
-
-    let auth_state = Arc::new(AuthState::initialize(ctx, api_key));
+    let (api_key, pending_api_key) = if launch_mode.should_initialize_api_key_eagerly() {
+        (launch_mode.api_key(), None)
+    } else {
+        (None, launch_mode.api_key())
+    };
+    let auth_state = Arc::new(if pending_api_key.is_some() {
+        AuthState::initialize_for_credential_validation(ctx)
+    } else {
+        AuthState::initialize(ctx, api_key)
+    });
     timer.mark_interval_end("AUTH_MANAGER_SET_USER");
 
     let agent_source = determine_agent_source(launch_mode);
@@ -2304,10 +2344,16 @@ pub(crate) fn initialize_app(
     });
 
     // CLI commands establish IAP access and refresh auth in their dispatch path so they can
-    // surface failures synchronously. Interactive clients wait for IAP here before refreshing
-    // their persisted user, since the refresh itself calls the IAP-gated warp-server.
-    if user_is_logged_in && !matches!(launch_mode, LaunchMode::CommandLine { .. }) {
-        refresh_user_after_iap_access(ctx);
+    // surface failures synchronously. Interactive clients wait for IAP here before authenticating
+    // their startup user, since the request itself calls the IAP-gated warp-server.
+    let startup_authentication = pending_api_key
+        .map(StartupUserAuthentication::ApiKey)
+        .or_else(|| {
+            (user_is_logged_in && !matches!(launch_mode, LaunchMode::CommandLine { .. }))
+                .then_some(StartupUserAuthentication::RefreshUser)
+        });
+    if let Some(authentication) = startup_authentication {
+        authenticate_user_after_iap_access(authentication, ctx);
     }
 
     // Add a singleton model that holds the current prompt configuration.

app/src/lib_tests.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::*;
 
 #[test]
-fn app_and_tui_accept_api_keys() {
+fn app_and_tui_use_distinct_api_key_initialization_policies() {
     let app = LaunchMode::App {
         args: Default::default(),
         api_key: Some("app-api-key".to_owned()),
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ fn app_and_tui_accept_api_keys() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        api_key_from_launch_mode(&app).as_deref(),
-        Some("app-api-key")
-    );
-    assert_eq!(
-        api_key_from_launch_mode(&tui).as_deref(),
-        Some("tui-api-key")
-    );
+    assert_eq!(app.api_key().as_deref(), Some("app-api-key"));
+    assert_eq!(tui.api_key().as_deref(), Some("tui-api-key"));
+    assert!(app.should_initialize_api_key_eagerly());
+    assert!(!tui.should_initialize_api_key_eagerly());
 }
 
 #[test]