#17205: fix: enforce full operator scopes for Control UI and Webchat auto-pairing
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Device Pairing and Gateway Fixes
Fixes #17187
## Problem
After gateway restart (e.g., WSL2 restart), auto-paired Dashboard/Webchat devices only have 3 scopes: `operator.admin`, `operator.approvals`, `operator.pairing`. Missing `operator.read` and `operator.write` causes Dashboard to be completely non-functional with "missing scope: operator.read" errors on every operation.
## Root Cause
The scopes enforcement logic only set full scopes when `scopes.length === 0`:
```typescript
if ((isControlUi || isWebchat) && scopes.length === 0) {
scopes = [/* full list */];
}
```
**Problem scenario:**
1. Client connects with incomplete scopes (e.g., `["operator.admin", "operator.approvals", "operator.pairing"]` from an old config or device token)
2. Condition `scopes.length === 0` is **false** (length is 3)
3. Scopes are **not corrected** to include `operator.read` and `operator.write`
4. These incomplete scopes are saved during auto-pairing
5. On subsequent connections (e.g., after WSL2 restart), the paired device loads these incomplete scopes
6. Dashboard fails with "missing scope: operator.read"
## Solution
Always enforce full operator scopes for Control UI and Webchat, **regardless of what the client provides**:
```typescript
if (isControlUi || isWebchat) {
scopes = [
"operator.read",
"operator.write",
"operator.admin",
"operator.approvals",
"operator.pairing",
];
}
```
This ensures auto-paired devices always get all necessary scopes, fixing Dashboard functionality after restarts.
## Impact
- ✅ Dashboard works correctly after gateway restart (WSL2, systemd, etc.)
- ✅ Auto-paired devices get full operator permissions
- ✅ No manual re-pairing needed
- ✅ Fixes regression where incomplete scopes break Dashboard
- 🔒 Security unchanged: Control UI and Webchat already required operator role
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<h3>Greptile Summary</h3>
This PR fixes a critical bug where auto-paired Dashboard/Webchat devices lose `operator.read` and `operator.write` scopes after gateway restart, causing complete Dashboard failure. The core fix in `message-handler.ts` correctly enforces full operator scopes for Control UI/Webchat regardless of client-provided scopes, ensuring auto-paired devices always get complete permissions.
**Major changes:**
- **message-handler.ts**: Always enforces full operator scopes for Control UI/Webchat (lines 306-317), fixing the incomplete scope bug
- **bot-message-context.ts**: Improves DM audio handling by transcribing voice messages to text
- **store.ts**: Adds filtering for invalid session file paths (but has a data loss bug - see comment)
- **turns.ts**: Extends message merging to handle consecutive system/assistant messages
- **session.ts**: Preserves `responseUsage` across session resets
- Minor improvements: workspaceDir support, diagnostic event broadcasting, cron heartbeat fixes
**Critical bugs found:**
1. `bot-message-context.ts:401` - Temporal Dead Zone violation will crash on DM audio
2. `store.ts:189` - Overly aggressive filtering removes valid sessions before transcript initialization
<h3>Confidence Score: 3/5</h3>
- Safe to merge with fixes - core scope enforcement is correct, but two critical runtime bugs need immediate attention
- The primary scope enforcement fix (message-handler.ts) is sound and solves the stated problem correctly. However, two critical bugs exist: (1) TDZ violation in bot-message-context.ts will cause runtime crashes on DM audio messages, and (2) session store filtering will cause data loss for new sessions. Score of 3 reflects that the main fix works but accompanying changes introduce regressions that must be fixed before merge.
- Critical fixes needed in `src/telegram/bot-message-context.ts` (line 401, TDZ crash) and `src/config/sessions/store.ts` (line 189, data loss). Review `src/gateway/server/ws-connection/message-handler.ts` scope enforcement logic carefully.
<sub>Last reviewed commit: 239defd</sub>
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