fix: Add robust error handling for corrupted VS Code auth cache

[RomneyDa]

continuation of #8113

Problem

When VS Code's built-in authentication cache becomes corrupted, getControlPlaneSessionInfo fails silently, preventing users from logging in until they manually delete application data.

Solution

This PR adds comprehensive error handling and auto-recovery mechanisms:

1. Session Storage Validation (getSessions)

• Validates all required fields (id, accessToken, refreshToken, account)
• Automatically filters out invalid sessions
• Clears corrupted JSON data and recovers gracefully
• Logs all corruption events to Sentry with context

2. Session Retrieval Validation (getControlPlaneSessionInfo)

• Validates session structure after retrieval from VS Code auth API
• Auto-retry with forceNewSession: true when corruption detected
• Shows user-friendly error messages when recovery fails
• Comprehensive error logging for debugging

3. Storage Layer Enhancement

• Added delete() method to SecretStorage for safe cache cleanup
• Used by clearSessions() to remove corrupted data

4. Test Coverage

• Comprehensive test suite (WorkOsAuthProvider.vitest.ts)
• Tests for corrupted JSON, invalid sessions, auto-retry, error messages
• Tests for JWT decode failures and token refresh failures

Testing

Run tests with:

cd extensions/vscode
npm test -- src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.vitest.ts

Benefits

✅ Self-healing - automatically clears corrupted cache
✅ Auto-recovery - attempts re-authentication when possible
✅ Better diagnostics - detailed Sentry logging
✅ User-friendly - clear error messages
✅ Robust - multiple validation layers prevent silent failures

Files Changed

• extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.ts
• extensions/vscode/src/stubs/SecretStorage.ts
• extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.vitest.ts (new)
• extensions/vscode/vitest.config.ts

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Summary by cubic

Fixes login failures caused by corrupted VS Code auth cache. The extension now validates and auto-clears bad session data, retries with a fresh session, and shows clear errors when recovery fails.

• Bug Fixes
  • Validate and filter sessions in getSessions; clear corrupted JSON using SecretStorage.delete.
  • Validate sessions from VS Code in getControlPlaneSessionInfo; auto-retry with forceNewSession and show user-friendly errors on failure.
  • Treat invalid/undecodable JWTs as expired and add contextual error logging.
  • Add focused tests for corrupted JSON, invalid sessions, retries, JWT decode, and refresh failures; update Vitest include glob.

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[cubic-dev-ai]

2 issues found across 4 files

Prompt for AI agents (all 2 issues)

Understand the root cause of the following 2 issues and fix them.


<file name="extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.ts">

<violation number="1" location="extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.ts:680">
The forced retry path never returns the new session info, so the function still falls through to `return undefined`, breaking the recovery flow. Please return the retried session when it succeeds.</violation>
</file>

<file name="extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.vitest.ts">

<violation number="1" location="extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.vitest.ts:100">
Instantiating WorkOsAuthProvider in tests sets up a real setInterval that never gets cleared, so the suite will hang waiting on the timer. Add timer cleanup (e.g., mock setInterval or dispose() the provider).</violation>
</file>

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[cubic-dev-ai]

The forced retry path never returns the new session info, so the function still falls through to return undefined, breaking the recovery flow. Please return the retried session when it succeeds.

Prompt for AI agents

Address the following comment on extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.ts at line 680:

<comment>The forced retry path never returns the new session info, so the function still falls through to `return undefined`, breaking the recovery flow. Please return the retried session when it succeeds.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -619,6 +652,61 @@ export async function getControlPlaneSessionInfo(
+          );
+          if (sessions) {
+            // This will trigger the provider&#39;s removeSession
+            await authentication
+              .getSession(controlPlaneEnv.AUTH_TYPE, [], {
+                forceNewSession: true,
</file context>

Suggested change

	await authentication
	return await authentication

[cubic-dev-ai]

Instantiating WorkOsAuthProvider in tests sets up a real setInterval that never gets cleared, so the suite will hang waiting on the timer. Add timer cleanup (e.g., mock setInterval or dispose() the provider).

Prompt for AI agents

Address the following comment on extensions/vscode/src/stubs/WorkOsAuthProvider.vitest.ts at line 100:

<comment>Instantiating WorkOsAuthProvider in tests sets up a real setInterval that never gets cleared, so the suite will hang waiting on the timer. Add timer cleanup (e.g., mock setInterval or dispose() the provider).</comment>

<file context>
@@ -1,805 +1,378 @@
-    return 123 as any;
+  describe(&quot;getSessions - Corrupted Session Data&quot;, () =&gt; {
+    it(&quot;should clear corrupted JSON and return empty array&quot;, async () =&gt; {
+      const provider = new WorkOsAuthProvider(mockContext, mockUriHandler);
+
+      // Simulate corrupted JSON
</file context>

[RomneyDa]

Pending confirmation that this will actually fix the issue