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Make Blazor passkey registration work with CsrfProtection

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The scaffolded Blazor Individual auth passkey flow was still using the classic antiforgery token-cookie path. Under the new fetch-metadata CsrfProtection middleware, that cookie is never issued, so the passkey option endpoints returned 500s before the browser could complete registration.

  • Passkey endpoints: Removed the classic IAntiforgery.ValidateRequestAsync checks from the scaffolded /Account/PasskeyCreationOptions and /Account/PasskeyRequestOptions endpoints so they rely on the middleware-provided CSRF protection.
  • Passkey UI: Removed the antiforgery token plumbing from the shared passkey submit component and script, so the browser no longer sends the old requestverificationtoken header for these requests.
  • Regression coverage: Added a template-level regression test to lock in the new passkey antiforgery behavior.

Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix passkey registration failure with antiforgery in Blazor app Fix Blazor passkey registration under CsrfProtection Jul 3, 2026
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@copilot we need to validate the CSRF feature / item in the HttpContext is valid and has passed. The endpoint must be annotated with requires antiforgery

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@copilot we need to validate the CSRF feature / item in the HttpContext is valid and has passed. The endpoint must be annotated with requires antiforgery

Updated the scaffolded passkey endpoints to opt into the new CSRF validation path by applying [RequireAntiforgeryToken] to both POST endpoints, so they now require the middleware-provided antiforgery validation. This is covered in commit fa8f11e.

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Reviewed against main. The removal of the classic antiforgery plumbing correctly matches the root cause of #67588 — the fetch-metadata CsrfProtectionMiddleware never issues the .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.* cookie, so IAntiforgery.GetTokens/ValidateRequestAsync on the passkey option endpoints was doomed to 500. Dropping it from IdentityComponentsEndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.cs, PasskeySubmit.razor, and PasskeySubmit.razor.js is the right direction. The JS no longer references the removed request-token-* attributes, so nothing dangles.

Blocking concern: after this change these two endpoints appear to have no CSRF protection at all.

CsrfProtectionMiddleware only enforces when the matched endpoint carries IAntiforgeryMetadata with RequiresValidation: true; otherwise it calls _next(context) and skips validation (src/DefaultBuilder/src/Internal/CsrfProtectionMiddleware.cs — if (antiforgeryMetadata is not { RequiresValidation: true }) return _next(context);).

Minimal-API endpoints acquire that metadata (AntiforgeryMetadata.ValidationRequired) only when the handler reads a form: in RequestDelegateFactory.cs, InferAntiforgeryMetadata(factoryContext) is called exclusively inside if (factoryContext.ReadForm). But /Account/PasskeyCreationOptions and /Account/PasskeyRequestOptions bind HttpContext + [FromServices] + [FromQuery] only — no [FromForm]. They also don't carry [RequireAntiforgeryToken] and the MapGroup("/Account") has no .RequireAntiforgery(). So no RequiresValidation:true metadata is present, and the middleware passes them through unvalidated.

This is exactly the framework's own documented behavior: in src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/CsrfProtectionIntegrationTests.cs, an endpoint mapped without antiforgery metadata returns "passthrough" (200) on a cross-site request — the helper comment states "passthrough" means "CSRF middleware skipped because metadata is missing or RequiresValidation = false". Only the [RequireAntiforgeryToken]-annotated variant returns 400 on a cross-site POST.

Net: the explicit ValidateRequestAsync was the only CSRF check on these handlers (they were annotated precisely because they don't post a form), and nothing replaces it. A forged cross-site POST to PasskeyCreationOptions (which acts on the signed-in context.User) would now succeed. To actually "rely on the middleware-provided CSRF protection" as the description states, the endpoints need to opt in — e.g. .RequireAntiforgery() on each MapPost (or on the accountGroup, taking care not to break the [FromForm] endpoints that already validate), which stamps RequiresValidation:true and lets CsrfProtectionMiddleware enforce.

Test adequacy: BlazorWebTemplate_PasskeyFlowDoesNotUseClassicAntiforgery only does Assert.DoesNotContain string-grep over the template files. It proves the classic path was removed but asserts nothing about whether CSRF is still enforced — it would stay green in the unprotected state above. Recommend a behavioral test that boots the template app and verifies (a) a cross-site request (Sec-Fetch-Site: cross-site, or mismatched Origin) to both passkey endpoints is rejected with a 4xx, and (b) a same-origin request (Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin/none) is accepted. That directly proves "the check has happened," which the current test does not.

Refs #67588.

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@copilot address the feedback. Make sure that we have requires antiforgery and that we validate the feature manually inside the handler

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@copilot address the feedback. Make sure that we have requires antiforgery and that we validate the feature manually inside the handler

Implemented the follow-up so the scaffolded passkey endpoints now both opt into antiforgery validation via [RequireAntiforgeryToken] and explicitly check the middleware’s IAntiforgeryValidationFeature before proceeding. This is covered in commit 485a3f1.


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This test proves nothing. Remove it.

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@copilot mostly ok, but the test doesn't prove anything and should be removed. The e2e tests already cover this case.

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@copilot mostly ok, but the test doesn't prove anything and should be removed. The e2e tests already cover this case.

Removed the no-op template regression test and kept the implementation change intact; the update is in commit 9964af6.

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@javiercn javiercn force-pushed the copilot/fix-passkey-registration-antiforgery-issue branch from 9964af6 to 915b123 Compare July 6, 2026 06:43
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Pull request overview

Updates the Blazor Web (Individual auth) project template passkey flow to work when the app uses fetch-metadata based CsrfProtection, by removing the legacy antiforgery token/header path and opting the passkey option endpoints into middleware-based CSRF validation.

Changes:

  • Removed antiforgery token acquisition/plumbing from the PasskeySubmit component and its companion JavaScript so passkey option requests no longer send the legacy requestverificationtoken header.
  • Updated /Account/PasskeyCreationOptions and /Account/PasskeyRequestOptions template endpoints to opt into antiforgery/CSRF middleware via [RequireAntiforgeryToken] and to surface validation failures as 400 responses.
  • Minor cleanup in the Blazor template test file (unused using / whitespace).

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Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File Description
src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWebCSharp.1/Components/Account/Shared/PasskeySubmit.razor.js Stops sending legacy antiforgery headers when fetching passkey options.
src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWebCSharp.1/Components/Account/Shared/PasskeySubmit.razor Removes antiforgery token generation/injection from the passkey submit component.
src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWebCSharp.1/Components/Account/IdentityComponentsEndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.cs Opts passkey option endpoints into middleware-based CSRF validation and checks the middleware verdict.
src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/BlazorWebTemplateTest.cs Removes an unused using / whitespace-only change.

The scaffolded Blazor template requires all .razor files under Web.ProjectTemplates/content to be UTF-8-BOM-encoded (enforced by ByteOrderMarkTest.RazorFilesInWebProjects_ShouldContainBOM). The rewrite in this PR stripped the BOM; restore it.

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Blazor Web App Individual-auth passkey registration fails with antiforgery 500 under the new CsrfProtection middleware

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