fix: preserve service secrets on database update

[tsivaprasad]

Summary

This PR fixes an issue where GET /v1/databases/{id} strips sensitive service fields, such as RAG api_key, for secret hygiene. However, UpdateDatabase validated the incoming spec before fetching the stored database spec. As a result, submitting the sanitized document returned by the GET endpoint back to UpdateDatabase would fail with a 400, even when the update was unrelated to services.

The fix ensures the stored spec is fetched and the required secret values are restored before validation, allowing sanitized database specs to be safely used for updates without exposing or requiring clients to resend secrets.

Changes

• Add restoreSensitiveConfig and restoreSensitiveValue in convert.go as the inverse of the existing scrubSensitiveConfig. These helpers restore sensitive configuration values that are missing or blank in the incoming spec using values from the stored spec. Nested objects, such as RAG pipelines, are matched by their name field.

• Add restoreOmittedServiceSecrets to restore omitted secrets for existing services, matched by service_id. Newly added services are unaffected and must provide their own required secrets.

• Reorder UpdateDatabase in post_init_handlers.go to fetch the existing database and run restoreOmittedServiceSecrets before apiToDatabaseSpec performs validation. This ensures omitted secrets are restored before validation rather than after the validation check has already failed.

• This follows the existing "omitted means preserve the stored value" behavior provided by User.DefaultOptionalFieldsFrom for database user passwords, extending the same semantics to service secrets.

Testing

Verification:

• Created a database with RAG, MCP, and PostgREST services using valid API keys; all services successfully reached service_ready: true.

• Verified via GET that no service secrets were exposed in the response.

• Submitted the unchanged GET response back as an update. This previously returned 400, but now succeeds. After the update, all services remained running with service_ready: true, confirming that the stored secrets were preserved correctly.

1. Create DB

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:3000/v1/databases \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data @/Users/sivat/projects/control-plane/demo/Images/create_db_with_services_latest.json | jq .

{
  "task": {
    "scope": "database",
    "entity_id": "storefront-with-services-latest",
    "database_id": "storefront-with-services-latest",
    "task_id": "01a062e3-95b8-7b40-8001-f783e8ef7bc6",
    "created_at": "2026-09-02T16:11:17Z",
    "type": "create",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "database": {
    "id": "storefront-with-services-latest",
    "created_at": "2026-09-02T16:11:17Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-02T16:11:17Z",
    "state": "creating",
    "spec": {
      "database_name": "storefront",
      "postgres_version": "17.9",
      "spock_version": "5",
      "nodes": [
        {
          "name": "n1",
          "host_ids": [
            "host-1"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "database_users": [
        {
          "username": "admin",
          "db_owner": true,
          "attributes": [
            "SUPERUSER",
            "LOGIN"
          ]
        },
        {
          "username": "web_anon",
          "db_owner": false,
          "attributes": [
            "LOGIN"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "services": [
        {
          "service_id": "rag",
          "service_type": "rag",
          "version": "latest",
          "host_ids": [
            "host-1"
          ],
          "port": 0,
          "config": {
            "defaults": {
              "token_budget": 2000,
              "top_n": 10
            },
            "pipelines": [
              {
                "description": "Main RAG pipeline",
                "embedding_llm": {
                  "model": "text-embedding-3-small",
                  "provider": "openai"
                },
                "name": "default",
                "rag_llm": {
                  "model": "claude-sonnet-4-5",
                  "provider": "anthropic"
                },
                "search": {
                  "hybrid_enabled": true,
                  "vector_weight": 0.7
                },
                "tables": [
                  {
                    "table": "documents_content_chunks",
                    "text_column": "content",
                    "vector_column": "embedding"
                  }
                ],
                "token_budget": 4000,
                "top_n": 15
              }
            ]
          },
          "connect_as": "admin"
        },
        {
          "service_id": "mcp",
          "service_type": "mcp",
          "version": "latest",
          "host_ids": [
            "host-1"
          ],
          "port": 0,
          "config": {
            "allow_writes": false,
            "embedding_model": "text-embedding-3-small",
            "embedding_provider": "openai"
          },
          "connect_as": "admin"
        },
        {
          "service_id": "postgrest",
          "service_type": "postgrest",
          "version": "latest",
          "host_ids": [
            "host-1"
          ],
          "port": 0,
          "config": {
            "db_anon_role": "web_anon",
            "db_schemas": "public"
          },
          "connect_as": "admin"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

2. Get database

cp1-req get-database storefront-with-services-latest
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:16:26 GMT

{
  created_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:17Z"
  id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
  instances: [
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:21Z"
      host_id: "host-1"
      id: "storefront-with-services-latest-n1-689qacsi"
      node_name: "n1"
      postgres: {
        patroni_state: "running"
        role: "primary"
        version: "17.9"
      }
      spock: {
        read_only: "off"
        version: "5.0.6"
      }
      state: "available"
      status_updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:16:22Z"
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:54Z"
    }
  ]
  service_instances: [
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:56Z"
      database_id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
      host_id: "host-1"
      service_id: "mcp"
      service_instance_id: "storefront-with-services-latest-mcp-host-1"
      state: "running"
      status: {
        addresses: ["127.0.0.1"]
        container_id: "ded157a27776349aada61a1331ff21b370faf43b45ddfe46bd16d33157df0929"
        image_version: "ghcr.io/pgedge/postgres-mcp:1.0.0"
        last_health_at: "2026-09-02T16:16:16Z"
        ports: [
          {
            container_port: 8080
            host_port: 7969
            name: "tcp"
          }
        ]
        service_ready: true
      }
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:16Z"
    }
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:18Z"
      database_id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
      host_id: "host-1"
      service_id: "postgrest"
      service_instance_id: "storefront-with-services-latest-postgrest-host-1"
      state: "running"
      status: {
        addresses: ["127.0.0.1"]
        container_id: "3df39e01edf93cf6795416608b090c3c16ca42a688395eec284e002b76ac3d79"
        image_version: "ghcr.io/pgedge/postgrest:14.5"
        last_health_at: "2026-09-02T16:16:19Z"
        ports: [
          {
            container_port: 8080
            host_port: 9235
            name: "tcp"
          }
        ]
        service_ready: true
      }
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:38Z"
    }
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:38Z"
      database_id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
      host_id: "host-1"
      service_id: "rag"
      service_instance_id: "storefront-with-services-latest-rag-host-1"
      state: "running"
      status: {
        addresses: ["127.0.0.1"]
        container_id: "188aeda0c4448712ba7e0ff6919d4bd05313c9118e74303d2dbde5cf0955ccab"
        image_version: "ghcr.io/pgedge/rag-server:1.0.0"
        last_health_at: "2026-09-02T16:16:19Z"
        ports: [
          {
            container_port: 8080
            host_port: 8282
            name: "tcp"
          }
        ]
        service_ready: true
      }
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:58Z"
    }
  ]
  spec: {
    database_name: "storefront"
    database_users: [
      {
        attributes: ["SUPERUSER", "LOGIN"]
        db_owner: true
        username: "admin"
      }
      {
        attributes: ["LOGIN"]
        db_owner: false
        username: "web_anon"
      }
    ]
    nodes: [
      {
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        name: "n1"
      }
    ]
    postgres_version: "17.9"
    services: [
      {
        config: {
          defaults: {
            token_budget: 2000
            top_n: 10
          }
          pipelines: [
            {
              description: "Main RAG pipeline"
              embedding_llm: {
                model: "text-embedding-3-small"
                provider: "openai"
              }
              name: "default"
              rag_llm: {
                model: "claude-sonnet-4-5"
                provider: "anthropic"
              }
              search: {
                hybrid_enabled: true
                vector_weight: 0.7
              }
              tables: [
                {
                  table: "documents_content_chunks"
                  text_column: "content"
                  vector_column: "embedding"
                }
              ]
              token_budget: 4000
              top_n: 15
            }
          ]
        }
        connect_as: "admin"
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        port: 0
        service_id: "rag"
        service_type: "rag"
        version: "latest"
      }
      {
        config: {
          allow_writes: false
          embedding_model: "text-embedding-3-small"
          embedding_provider: "openai"
        }
        connect_as: "admin"
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        port: 0
        service_id: "mcp"
        service_type: "mcp"
        version: "latest"
      }
      {
        config: {
          db_anon_role: "web_anon"
          db_schemas: "public"
        }
        connect_as: "admin"
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        port: 0
        service_id: "postgrest"
        service_type: "postgrest"
        version: "latest"
      }
    ]
    spock_version: "5"
  }
  state: "available"
  updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:17Z"
}

3. Update database

jq '{tenant_id: .tenant_id, spec: .spec}' /tmp/storefront-get.json > /tmp/storefront-update-unchanged.json
curl -s -X POST http://localhost:3000/v1/databases/storefront-with-services-latest \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data @/tmp/storefront-update-unchanged.json | jq '{state: .database.state, task}'

{
  "state": "modifying",
  "task": {
    "scope": "database",
    "entity_id": "storefront-with-services-latest",
    "database_id": "storefront-with-services-latest",
    "task_id": "01a062e9-3d39-7654-93b6-0e5980fee681",
    "created_at": "2026-09-02T16:17:27Z",
    "type": "update",
    "status": "pending"
  }
}

4. Get database

cp1-req get-database storefront-with-services-latest
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:18:23 GMT

{
  created_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:17Z"
  id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
  instances: [
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:21Z"
      host_id: "host-1"
      id: "storefront-with-services-latest-n1-689qacsi"
      node_name: "n1"
      postgres: {
        patroni_state: "running"
        role: "primary"
        version: "17.9"
      }
      spock: {
        read_only: "off"
        version: "5.0.6"
      }
      state: "available"
      status_updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:18:22Z"
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:54Z"
    }
  ]
  service_instances: [
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:11:56Z"
      database_id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
      host_id: "host-1"
      service_id: "mcp"
      service_instance_id: "storefront-with-services-latest-mcp-host-1"
      state: "running"
      status: {
        addresses: ["127.0.0.1"]
        container_id: "ded157a27776349aada61a1331ff21b370faf43b45ddfe46bd16d33157df0929"
        image_version: "ghcr.io/pgedge/postgres-mcp:1.0.0"
        last_health_at: "2026-09-02T16:18:17Z"
        ports: [
          {
            container_port: 8080
            host_port: 7969
            name: "tcp"
          }
        ]
        service_ready: true
      }
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:17:47Z"
    }
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:18Z"
      database_id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
      host_id: "host-1"
      service_id: "postgrest"
      service_instance_id: "storefront-with-services-latest-postgrest-host-1"
      state: "running"
      status: {
        addresses: ["127.0.0.1"]
        container_id: "3df39e01edf93cf6795416608b090c3c16ca42a688395eec284e002b76ac3d79"
        image_version: "ghcr.io/pgedge/postgrest:14.5"
        last_health_at: "2026-09-02T16:18:23Z"
        ports: [
          {
            container_port: 8080
            host_port: 9235
            name: "tcp"
          }
        ]
        service_ready: true
      }
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:17:52Z"
    }
    {
      created_at: "2026-09-02T16:12:38Z"
      database_id: "storefront-with-services-latest"
      host_id: "host-1"
      service_id: "rag"
      service_instance_id: "storefront-with-services-latest-rag-host-1"
      state: "running"
      status: {
        addresses: ["127.0.0.1"]
        container_id: "188aeda0c4448712ba7e0ff6919d4bd05313c9118e74303d2dbde5cf0955ccab"
        image_version: "ghcr.io/pgedge/rag-server:1.0.0"
        last_health_at: "2026-09-02T16:18:18Z"
        ports: [
          {
            container_port: 8080
            host_port: 8282
            name: "tcp"
          }
        ]
        service_ready: true
      }
      updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:17:58Z"
    }
  ]
  spec: {
    database_name: "storefront"
    database_users: [
      {
        attributes: ["SUPERUSER", "LOGIN"]
        db_owner: true
        username: "admin"
      }
      {
        attributes: ["LOGIN"]
        db_owner: false
        username: "web_anon"
      }
    ]
    nodes: [
      {
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        name: "n1"
      }
    ]
    postgres_version: "17.9"
    services: [
      {
        config: {
          defaults: {
            token_budget: 2000
            top_n: 10
          }
          pipelines: [
            {
              description: "Main RAG pipeline"
              embedding_llm: {
                model: "text-embedding-3-small"
                provider: "openai"
              }
              name: "default"
              rag_llm: {
                model: "claude-sonnet-4-5"
                provider: "anthropic"
              }
              search: {
                hybrid_enabled: true
                vector_weight: 0.7
              }
              tables: [
                {
                  table: "documents_content_chunks"
                  text_column: "content"
                  vector_column: "embedding"
                }
              ]
              token_budget: 4000
              top_n: 15
            }
          ]
        }
        connect_as: "admin"
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        port: 0
        service_id: "rag"
        service_type: "rag"
        version: "latest"
      }
      {
        config: {
          allow_writes: false
          embedding_model: "text-embedding-3-small"
          embedding_provider: "openai"
        }
        connect_as: "admin"
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        port: 0
        service_id: "mcp"
        service_type: "mcp"
        version: "latest"
      }
      {
        config: {
          db_anon_role: "web_anon"
          db_schemas: "public"
        }
        connect_as: "admin"
        host_ids: ["host-1"]
        port: 0
        service_id: "postgrest"
        service_type: "postgrest"
        version: "latest"
      }
    ]
    spock_version: "5"
  }
  state: "available"
  updated_at: "2026-09-02T16:17:27Z"
}

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Service secret preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Database secret restoration server/internal/database/service_spec_secrets.go, server/internal/database/spec.go, server/internal/database/*_test.go, server/internal/api/apiv1/convert.go	Sensitive keys are detected centrally. Omitted or blank nested service values are restored from matching stored services.
Provider update validation server/internal/database/mcp_service_config.go, server/internal/database/rag_service_config.go, server/internal/database/*_test.go	Update validation permits omitted secret API keys while continuing to require non-secret fields, providers, and models.
API update validation and wiring server/internal/api/apiv1/convert.go, server/internal/api/apiv1/post_init_handlers.go, server/internal/api/apiv1/validate.go, server/internal/api/apiv1/validate_test.go	Create and update conversion pass existing service IDs. Null service entries return validation errors without panics.

Poem

A rabbit checks each secret key,
Restores what the forms omit.
Stored services lend their leaves,
While null entries safely quit.
Update paths hop through tests,
And API keys stay tucked away.

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2eb84

Some valid MCP service updates can be rejected when clients submit blank or null secret fields. The update remains non-destructive, but secret parsing should be fixed for consistent update behavior.

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Test both array matching branches.

This test has one pipeline, so it also passes if restoration matches only by position. Add a reordered two-pipeline case to verify name-based matching. Add an unnamed-element case to verify the positional fallback branch.

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In `@server/internal/api/apiv1/convert_test.go` around lines 74 - 116, Expand the
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- Line 180: Update restoreOmittedServiceSecrets to handle nil service entries
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In `@server/internal/api/apiv1/convert_test.go`:
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Sorry you missed my comment on this ticket: we have existing code that does this for database user passwords and backup/restore repository credentials. Could you please move this operation to database.Spec.DefaultOptionalFieldsFrom and make it consistent with our existing logic?

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In `@server/internal/database/mcp_service_config.go`:
- Around line 441-455: Update ParseMCPServiceConfig and its secret-field
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anthropic_api_key, and openai_api_key treat empty strings and null values as
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• server/internal/api/apiv1/convert.go
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• server/internal/api/apiv1/validate.go
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• server/internal/database/mcp_service_config.go
• server/internal/database/mcp_service_config_test.go
• server/internal/database/rag_service_config.go
• server/internal/database/rag_service_config_test.go
• server/internal/database/service_spec_secrets.go
• server/internal/database/service_spec_secrets_test.go
• server/internal/database/spec.go

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