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Summary

Adds first-class plugin discovery, loading, and isolation to the AuthKit plugin contract and host pipeline: swappable discoverer/loader interfaces (G1), declarative PluginManifest read before load, a pre-load compatibility gate (IsEnabled, MinHostVersion), per-plugin collectible AssemblyLoadContext isolation, deterministic dependency ordering, host-side disable, discovery caching, and two-moment logging, with the validator extended and running automatically in the loading flow.

Discovery Contract (G1–G3, #27)

  • adds IPluginDiscoverer (IAsyncEnumerable<DiscoveredPlugin>, manifest read without activating) and IPluginLoader (LoadAsync constructs without activating, no compatibility decisions) — both swappable via the host pipeline
  • adds DiscoveredPlugin (Manifest + opaque Location + DiscoveryError) and contract LoadedPlugin (Manifest + PluginType + Instance + LoadContext)
  • adds PluginManifest record mirroring the A1–A13 metadata (incl. Tags/Priority/IsEnabled/Capabilities/MinHostVersion/DependsOn), read from plugin.json / plugin.manifest / manifest.json before any assembly loads
  • gate rejects HostVersion < MinHostVersion (SemVer 2.0.0, prerelease and build-metadata semantics, no warn-only); disabled plugins skip quietly; PluginManifest never inherits IAuthKitPlugin
  • manifest/instance consistency (Id/Name/Version/IsEnabled/set-equal Capabilities/MinHostVersion/DependsOn) is a hard failure; duplicate Ids rejected deterministically
  • host-internal PluginLoadResult (Loaded / SkippedDisabled / Rejected / Invalid with reasons) for startup diagnostics, deliberately not part of the contract

Isolation and Validation (G4–G6, #28)

  • PluginLoadContext: one collectible AssemblyLoadContext per plugin; sharing wins by rule (explicit contracts → already-loaded → host application directory), only private deps resolve from the plugin dir — host DI identity (e.g. Core.IJwtKeyStore, Interceptor) always unifies
  • validator runs automatically in the pipeline after isolation, before activation; violations reject the plugin as Invalid with an error log
  • new LifecycleRule in the validator tool (hosted-service integrity, defined pipeline position, member-named violations) alongside Metadata, Registration, SecuritySchemes, Middleware, and Health rules

Ordering, Disable, Cache, Logging (G7–G10, #29)

  • DependencyGraph: Kahn topological sort (ready set by Priority asc → RegistrationOrder asc, never re-sorted); unknown ids and cycles are startup errors; dependents of unavailable plugins rejected as dependency-unavailable with transitive propagation
  • EffectiveIsEnabled (manifest anded with Plugins:{id}:IsEnabled, host may disable but never re-enable) checked at the gate before ordering — disabled plugins are never ordered, isolated, or loaded
  • IPluginDiscoveryCache + file implementation (manifests + fingerprints + schema version, never runtime objects; stale/corrupt = miss), wired in Program.cs
  • two-moment logging: Discovered … at discovery, Loaded/Skipped/Rejected/Invalid with reasons at outcome
  • Dockerfile generates DevTokens/DevTools manifests after publish via AuthKit.ManifestGenerator

Validation

  • 231/231 Host tests pass (incl. 28 discovery, 8 graph/behavior, 6 lifecycle rule, isolation, cache, gate matrix)
  • 32/32 Abstractions tests pass
  • dotnet build completes with zero errors
  • PluginContractValidator passes end to end: [PASS] DevTokens, DevTools, ExamplePlugin, Shield
  • full pipeline verified against staged publish output of all 4 real plugins (4 loaded, 0 issues); docker compose up loads 4/4 with discovery cache hit on restart

Result

Plugins are discovered via manifest before load, gated, isolated per load context, ordered by dependencies, and validated automatically — with every outcome observable in logs and PluginLoadResult.

Closes #27
Closes #28
Closes #29

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added manifest-based plugin discovery with host-version and enablement checks, dependency-aware loading, and isolated loading contexts.
    • Plugin discovery results can be cached; invalid or unavailable plugins are reported with clear outcomes.
    • Plugin configuration now supports the service-collection context and host-builder overloads; unsupported plugins fail fast.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Added lifecycle contract checks for hosted services and pipeline positions.
  • Documentation
    • Added accepted plugin architecture decisions to the ADR index in English and Polish.

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The new plugin loading pipeline fails CI. One malformed plugin directory can stop the server from starting. Newly added plugins can be ignored because of a stale discovery cache. A cache stored in the shared temp directory can steer which assemblies are loaded. These should be fixed before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to 0d0d3

The new discovery cache can authorize plugins outside the configured plugin directory. Anyone able to supply or modify an accepted cache entry and its referenced assembly could execute code with the host’s authority. Compatibility checks remain effective, but dependency isolation does not sandbox plugins. Deployment permissions determine practical exploitability.

Retained concerns

  • High · security · observed: The new cache promotes persisted locations into executable-plugin authority without preserving configured-root containment or host-instance ownership. A principal able to provide a valid cache entry and matching assembly outside the plugin root can reach in-process construction; ordinary freshness and compatibility checks do not prevent this.
  • Medium · security · inferred: The new reject-and-continue lifecycle does not establish execution containment. The loader constructs the entire eligible batch before dependency-failure propagation and instance validation, so a subsequently rejected dependent has already executed its constructor. Rejection removes it from returned integration results but provides no rollback of constructor effects. Unlike the former contract-validation path, validation failure now permits startup to continue. Security impact depends on plugin side effects; no harmful constructor was established.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The independently attackable input is discovery-cache content plus a referenced loadable assembly. Successful redirection reaches the consuming host process with its deployment identity and available permissions. Other consumers sharing the same cache path may also be exposed; tenant, data-store, environment and fleet scope cannot be bounded without deployment evidence.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • observed — The retained finding is supported by the source trace: an accepted cache entry supplies a location and matching fingerprint; the pipeline skips root-scoped discovery; the loader derives the entry DLL from that location and invokes its constructor. Exploitation requires control over accepted cache content and suitable assembly bytes. Anonymous HTTP reachability is not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Fingerprints, schema checks, compatibility gates and manifest consistency provide freshness and acceptance controls, not authorization of the cached source location. AssemblyLoadContext provides dependency identity separation rather than security sandboxing. In-process plugin authority existed before this PR; the cache adds a new route into that authority.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Pre-load unavailable dependencies propagate rejection before construction. Failures discovered during loading or instance validation propagate only after batch construction. Cancellation is checked between loader candidates, but the inspected flow has no rollback of already executed constructors; repeated runs construct fresh instances.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Keep discovery caching non-authoritative: bind cache identity to the canonical plugin root and host instance, protect cache storage with explicit ownership, and validate resolved candidate locations against the authorized root before loading. Fingerprints should remain freshness checks, not substitutes for source authorization.
  • proposed — Interleave dependency construction and validation so failed prerequisites prevent dependent construction. Define side-effect and cleanup ownership for rejection and cancellation. If untrusted plugins are supported, use a process and permission boundary rather than relying on collectible assembly contexts.
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@rian-be rian-be added P1 Core operation additive Additive, non-breaking change area/abstractions AuthKit.Plugins.Abstractions contract area/host Host-side runtime (DI, OpenAPI, health exec) contract Changes the plugin contract enhancement New feature or request labels Sep 29, 2026

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@rian-be rian-be changed the title feat: first-class plugin discovery, loading and isolation (G1–G10) feat: first-class plugin discovery, loading and isolation Sep 29, 2026
@rian-be rian-be changed the title feat: first-class plugin discovery, loading and isolation feat: first class plugin discovery, loading and isolation Sep 29, 2026

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Review comments at @src/Host/Plugins/Loading/DependencyGraph.cs:
- Line 86: In the dependency sorting logic that checks node.DependsOn, use the
same OrdinalIgnoreCase comparer as the other ID lookups so case differences do
not leave dependents un-emitted. Before returning order, verify that its count
matches nodes.Count and throw InvalidOperationException if any accepted plugin
was not emitted.

Review comments at @src/Host/Plugins/Loading/FilePluginDiscoveryCache.cs:
- Around line 52-72: Update FilePluginDiscoveryCache to include the plugins root
path and a fingerprint of its sorted subdirectory names in the persisted cache
state. In TryGetAsync, return a miss when either differs from the current root
before checking stored entries, so an empty cache also invalidates when plugins
are added; update StoreAsync and the cache schema to persist the new state.

Review comments at @src/Host/Plugins/Loading/Gate/CompatibilityGate.cs:
- Line 68: Update the boolean decision in CompatibilityGate so a present
Plugins:{id}:IsEnabled value enables the plugin only when it parses as true;
treat unparseable values as disabled, preserving the existing behavior for valid
true and false values.

Review comments at @src/Host/Plugins/Loading/Manifest/PluginManifestReader.cs:
- Around line 74-80: Update PluginManifestReader.Normalize so null Capabilities,
Tags, or DependsOn collections are treated as empty during normalization, while
preserving the existing case-insensitive comparer for Capabilities.

Review comments at @src/Host/Plugins/Loading/Pipeline/PluginLoadingPipeline.cs:
- Around line 155-158: Update the structural preload validation flow to retain
readable IDs of structurally invalid manifests and include them in knownIds
before DependencyGraph.Validate. This lets dependency validation treat those
plugins as known but unavailable, rejecting only their dependents.

Review comments at @src/Host/Program.cs:
- Around line 30-32: Update the discoveryCachePath fallback to use a host-owned
location instead of the shared temporary directory, while preserving the
configuration override. In FilePluginDiscoveryCache or the PluginLoadingPipeline
cache-hit path, reject cached locations outside the configured pluginsPath
before they reach DefaultPluginLoader.

Review comments at @tests/Host/AuthKit.Host.Tests.csproj:
- Line 30: Resolve the missing project reference in AuthKit.Host.Tests.csproj by
adding the Shield project or updating the reference to Shield.csproj’s actual
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  • src/Host/Plugins/Loading/DirectoryPluginDiscoverer.cs
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foreach (var node in nodes)
{
if (!node.DependsOn.Contains(id))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A case-sensitive Contains drops dependents from the load order without any report.

Every other graph operation compares IDs with OrdinalIgnoreCase:

  • knownIds
  • byId
  • pending
  • Distinct in Nodes

node.DependsOn.Contains(id) uses the default case-sensitive comparer. Consider plugin test.b with DependsOn: ["Test.A"] and plugin test.a. Validate passes. In Sort, pending["test.b"] never reaches 0, so test.b is left out of order. PluginLoadingPipeline only iterates ordered. The result is that test.b appears in neither Loaded nor Issues. This breaks the PluginLoadResult rule that every candidate appears exactly once.

Use the same comparer here. Also assert that every node was emitted.

🐛 Proposed fix
-                if (!node.DependsOn.Contains(id))
+                if (!node.DependsOn.Contains(id, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                     continue;
-        return order;
+        if (order.Count != nodes.Count)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Dependency sort did not emit every accepted plugin.");
+
+        return order;
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In the dependency sorting logic that checks node.DependsOn, use the same
OrdinalIgnoreCase comparer as the other ID lookups so case differences do not
leave dependents un-emitted. Before returning order, verify that its count
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Comment on lines +52 to +72
var entries = new List<DiscoveredPlugin>();
foreach (var entry in stored.Entries)
{
cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

if (Fingerprint(entry.Location) != entry.SourceFingerprint)
{
logger.LogInformation("Discovery cache stale for '{Location}'; full rediscovery.", entry.Location);
return Miss();
}

entries.Add(new DiscoveredPlugin
{
Manifest = entry.Manifest is { } manifest ? Normalize(manifest) : null,
Location = entry.Location,
DiscoveryError = entry.DiscoveryError,
});
}

logger.LogInformation("Discovery cache hit: {Count} plugins reused.", entries.Count);
return Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<DiscoveredPlugin>?>(entries);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The cache never detects new plugin directories, so new plugins are not discovered.

TryGetAsync only re-fingerprints the locations that were stored. It never checks whether the plugins root has changed. Two cases fail:

  • An operator adds plugins/new-plugin/ after a cached run. Every stored fingerprint still matches, so the cache returns a hit. The pipeline does not call the discoverer, and the new plugin is never loaded.
  • The plugins root did not exist on the first run. The discoverer returns zero candidates, and StoreAsync writes an empty entry list. The empty foreach then counts as a hit on every later start. The host runs with zero plugins until someone deletes the cache file by hand.

This breaks the ADR-032 claim that "any input change ... invalidates". Include the plugins root in the cached state. For example, pass pluginsRootPath to the constructor. Store the root path and a fingerprint of the sorted subdirectory names. Return a miss when either one differs.

🐛 Proposed direction
-public sealed class FilePluginDiscoveryCache(string cacheFilePath, ILogger logger) : IPluginDiscoveryCache
+public sealed class FilePluginDiscoveryCache(string cacheFilePath, string pluginsRootPath, ILogger logger) : IPluginDiscoveryCache
 {
-    private const int SchemaVersion = 1;
+    private const int SchemaVersion = 2;
 ...
-            if (stored is null || stored.FormatVersion != SchemaVersion)
+            if (stored is null
+                || stored.FormatVersion != SchemaVersion
+                || !string.Equals(stored.RootPath, Path.GetFullPath(pluginsRootPath), StringComparison.Ordinal)
+                || stored.RootFingerprint != RootFingerprint(pluginsRootPath))
                 return Miss();
 ...
-    private sealed record CacheFile(int FormatVersion, List<CacheEntry> Entries);
+    private sealed record CacheFile(int FormatVersion, string RootPath, string RootFingerprint, List<CacheEntry> Entries);
+
+    private static string RootFingerprint(string root) =>
+        Directory.Exists(root)
+            ? Convert.ToHexString(SHA256.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(
+                string.Join('\n', Directory.GetDirectories(root).Order(StringComparer.Ordinal)))))
+            : "absent";
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Update FilePluginDiscoveryCache to include the plugins root path and a
fingerprint of its sorted subdirectory names in the persisted cache state. In
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if (configured is null)
return true;

return !bool.TryParse(configured, out var parsed) || parsed;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

An unparseable Plugins:{id}:IsEnabled value leaves the plugin enabled.

!bool.TryParse(configured, out var parsed) || parsed returns true when parsing fails. An operator who writes IsEnabled: 0, "no", or "off" to disable a plugin gets no disable effect and no diagnostic. These plugins are authentication extensions, so a disable request that silently does nothing is a real risk. Treat a value that is present but unparseable as disabled, or reject it with a clear reason. The truth-table tests do not cover this case.

🛡️ Proposed fix
-        return !bool.TryParse(configured, out var parsed) || parsed;
+        // Fail closed: a present but unparseable value disables the plugin.
+        return bool.TryParse(configured, out var parsed) && parsed;
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Update the boolean decision in CompatibilityGate so a present
Plugins:{id}:IsEnabled value enables the plugin only when it parses as true;
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private static PluginManifest Normalize(PluginManifest manifest) =>
manifest with
{
Capabilities = new HashSet<string>(manifest.Capabilities, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
Tags = [.. manifest.Tags],
DependsOn = [.. manifest.DependsOn],
};

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A null collection in a manifest crashes discovery instead of producing a DiscoveryError.

The manifest JSON comes from the plugin directory, so its shape is not trusted. A manifest such as {"Id":"x","Name":"X","Version":"1.0.0","Tags":null} deserializes with Tags == null. The same applies to "Capabilities": null and "DependsOn": null. When that happens, Normalize throws:

  • [.. manifest.Tags] throws NullReferenceException.
  • new HashSet<string>(null, ...) throws ArgumentNullException.

The catch filter on Line 66 does not catch either exception. The exception leaves DirectoryPluginDiscoverer.DiscoverAsync and stops PluginLoadingPipeline.RunAsync. One bad plugin directory then stops host startup. This breaks the documented rule that discovery "Never throws for a single bad directory".

Treat a null collection as empty during normalization.

🐛 Proposed fix
     private static PluginManifest Normalize(PluginManifest manifest) =>
         manifest with
         {
-            Capabilities = new HashSet<string>(manifest.Capabilities, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
-            Tags = [.. manifest.Tags],
-            DependsOn = [.. manifest.DependsOn],
+            Capabilities = new HashSet<string>(manifest.Capabilities ?? [], StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
+            Tags = [.. manifest.Tags ?? []],
+            DependsOn = [.. manifest.DependsOn ?? []],
         };
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private static PluginManifest Normalize(PluginManifest manifest) =>
manifest with
{
Capabilities = new HashSet<string>(manifest.Capabilities, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
Tags = [.. manifest.Tags],
DependsOn = [.. manifest.DependsOn],
};
private static PluginManifest Normalize(PluginManifest manifest) =>
manifest with
{
Capabilities = new HashSet<string>(manifest.Capabilities ?? [], StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
Tags = [.. manifest.Tags ?? []],
DependsOn = [.. manifest.DependsOn ?? []],
};
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around lines 74 - 80:
Update PluginManifestReader.Normalize so null Capabilities, Tags, or DependsOn
collections are treated as empty during normalization, while preserving the
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Comment on lines +155 to +158
var knownIds = deduplicated
.Select(candidate => candidate.Manifest!.Id)
.ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
DependencyGraph.Validate(indexed, knownIds);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A dependency on a plugin with an invalid manifest stops host startup. It should reject only the dependent.

knownIds is built only from deduplicated. Step 2 drops plugins whose manifests fail structural validation, even when their Id is readable. Example: plugin a has Tags: [" "], and plugin b has DependsOn: ["a"]. DependencyGraph.Validate treats a as an unknown plugin and throws InvalidOperationException, so the whole host fails to start.

Two sources say this case should reject only the dependent:

  • The step 6 comment says dependents of invalid plugins are rejected as dependency-unavailable.
  • ADR-031 says structural problems "reject only the offending plugin as Invalid".

If you add the IDs of structurally invalid manifests to knownIds, step 6 marks them unavailable, because they are not in indexed.

🐛 Proposed fix
         // 2. Structural preload validation (manifests only, no assemblies loaded).
         var structurallyValid = new List<DiscoveredPlugin>();
+        var invalidIds = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 ...
             var reason = $"Invalid manifest for plugin '{manifest.Id}': {string.Join("; ", errors)}";
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(manifest.Id))
+                invalidIds.Add(manifest.Id);
             issues.Add(new PluginLoadIssue(candidate.Location, manifest.Id, PluginOutcome.Invalid, reason));
 ...
         var knownIds = deduplicated
             .Select(candidate => candidate.Manifest!.Id)
+            .Concat(invalidIds)
             .ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
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Review comment at @src/Host/Plugins/Loading/Pipeline/PluginLoadingPipeline.cs
around lines 155 - 158:
Update the structural preload validation flow to retain readable IDs of
structurally invalid manifests and include them in knownIds before
DependencyGraph.Validate. This lets dependency validation treat those plugins as
known but unavailable, rejecting only their dependents.

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Comment thread src/Host/Program.cs
Comment on lines +30 to +32
var discoveryCachePath = builder.Configuration["AuthKit:DiscoveryCachePath"]
?? Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "authkit-discovery-cache.json");
var discoveryCache = new FilePluginDiscoveryCache(discoveryCachePath, pluginLogger);

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Detected with Advanced Tier | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -n --glob '*.cs' 'PluginLoadingPipeline|DefaultPluginLoader|IPluginDiscoveryCache|TryGetAsync|DiscoveryCachePath|pluginsPath|PluginRoot|PluginDirectory|LoadFromAssemblyPath|Activator\.CreateInstance' src

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CWE: CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary File

<verification_comment>
Bind cached plugin locations to the configured plugin root. The cache defaults to a shared temporary file. On a cache hit, PluginLoadingPipeline accepts cached candidates without rerunning directory discovery or checking pluginsPath. FilePluginDiscoveryCache checks only the fingerprint at each cached Location. A local user with write access to the shared temporary directory can provide a matching cache entry for a DLL they control, which DefaultPluginLoader then loads and instantiates. Different hosts with different plugin roots can also consume each other’s cache entries.

Use a host-owned cache path and reject cached locations outside the configured plugin root.

🛡️ Proposed fix
-var discoveryCachePath = builder.Configuration["AuthKit:DiscoveryCachePath"]
-    ?? Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "authkit-discovery-cache.json");
+var discoveryCachePath = builder.Configuration["AuthKit:DiscoveryCachePath"]
+    ?? Path.Combine(builder.Environment.ContentRootPath, ".authkit", "discovery-cache.json");
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var discoveryCachePath = builder.Configuration["AuthKit:DiscoveryCachePath"]
?? Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "authkit-discovery-cache.json");
var discoveryCache = new FilePluginDiscoveryCache(discoveryCachePath, pluginLogger);
var discoveryCachePath = builder.Configuration["AuthKit:DiscoveryCachePath"]
?? Path.Combine(builder.Environment.ContentRootPath, ".authkit", "discovery-cache.json");
var discoveryCache = new FilePluginDiscoveryCache(discoveryCachePath, pluginLogger);

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Review comment at @src/Host/Program.cs around lines 30 - 32:
Update the discoveryCachePath fallback to use a host-owned location instead of
the shared temporary directory, while preserving the configuration override. In
FilePluginDiscoveryCache or the PluginLoadingPipeline cache-hit path, reject
cached locations outside the configured pluginsPath before they reach
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Comment thread tests/Host/AuthKit.Host.Tests.csproj Outdated

<ItemGroup>
<ProjectReference Include="../../src/Host/Host.csproj" />
<ProjectReference Include="../../src/Plugins/Solutions/Shield/Shield.csproj" />

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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Fix the unresolved Shield.csproj project reference.

AuthKit.Host.Tests.csproj references a Shield.csproj file that does not exist in the reviewed head or the merge base. This causes the test project build to fail before the Shield-dependent tests can run. Add the missing project or update the reference to its actual repository path. Do not remove the reference while StageShield still requires Shield.dll.

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Review comment at @tests/Host/AuthKit.Host.Tests.csproj at line 30:
Resolve the missing project reference in AuthKit.Host.Tests.csproj by adding the
Shield project or updating the reference to Shield.csproj’s actual repository
path. Keep the reference because StageShield requires Shield.dll.

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