1. Reuses postgres connections during startup which reduces the overhead of opening and closing connections.
2. Faster schema cache building. This is done by fetching all the required data in a single sql statement.
* add types to represent unparsed http gql requests
This will help when we add caching of frequently used ASTs
* query plan caching
* move livequery to execute
* add multiplexed module
* session variable can be customised depending on the context
Previously the value was always "current_setting('hasura.user')"
* get rid of typemap requirement in reusable plan
* subscriptions are multiplexed when possible
* use lazytx for introspection to avoid acquiring a pg connection
* refactor to make execute a completely decoupled module
* don't issue a transaction for a query
* don't use current setting for explained sql
* move postgres related types to a different module
* validate variableValues on postgres before multiplexing subs
* don't user current_setting for queries over ws
* plan_cache is only visible when developer flag is enabled
* introduce 'batch size' when multiplexing subscriptions
* bump stackage to 13.16
* fix schema_stitching test case error code
* store hashes instead of actual responses for subscriptions
* internal api to dump subscriptions state
* remove PlanCache from SchemaCacheRef
* allow live query options to be configured on server startup
* capture metrics for multiplexed subscriptions
* more metrics captured for multiplexed subs
* switch to tvar based hashmap for faster snapshotting
* livequery modules do not expose internal details
* fix typo in live query env vars
* switch to hasura's pg-client-hs
1. Haskel library `pg-client-hs` has been updated to expose a function that helps listen to `postgres` notifications over a `channel` in this [PR](https://github.com/hasura/pg-client-hs/pull/5)
2. The server records an event in a table `hdb_catalog.hdb_cache_update_event` whenever any `/v1/query` (that changes metadata) is requested. A trigger notifies a `cache update` event via `hasura_cache_update` channel
3. The server runs two concurrent threads namely `listener` and `processor`. The `listener` thread listens to events on `hasura_cache_update` channel and pushed into a `Queue`. The `processor` thread fetches events from that `Queue` and processes it. Thus server rebuilds schema cache from database and updates.
* read cookie while initialising websocket connection (fix#1660)
* add tests for cookie on websocket init
* fix logic for tests
* enforce cors, and flag to force read cookie when cors disabled
- as browsers don't enforce SOP on websockets, we enforce CORS policy
on websocket handshake
- if CORS is disabled, by default cookie is not read (because XSS
risk!). Add special flag to force override this behaviour
* add log and forward origin header to webhook
- add log notice when cors is disabled, and cookie is not read on
websocket handshake
- forward origin header to webhook in POST mode. So that when CORS is
disabled, webhook can also enforce CORS independently.
* add docs, and forward all client headers to webhook
Rename the admin secret key header used to access GraphQL engine from X-Hasura-Access-Key to X-Hasura-Admin-Secret.
Server CLI and console all support the older flag but marks it as deprecated.
* console now works on local builds of the server
1. local console assets can be served at /static/ by a build time flag
'local-console'. This can be set with stack as follows:
`stack build --flag graphql-engine:local-console`
2. the --root-dir option is removed which was used as a temporary hack
for serving graphiql
3. remove server's graphiql source code
* remove phase one/two distinction and hdbquery typeclass
* move extensions to default-extensions
* switch to LazyTx which only acquires a connection if needed
* move defns from TH module into Ops module
* remove tojson orphan instance for http exception
* remove orphan instance for dmlp1
* getTopLevelNodes will not throw any exceptions
JWT config now takes an optional jwk_url parameter (which points to published JWK Set). This is useful for providers who rotate their JWK Set.
Optional jwk_url parameter is taken. The published JWK set under that URL should be in standard JWK format (tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517#section-4.8).
If the response contains an Expires header, the JWK set is automatically refreshed.
The API:
1. HGE has `--jwt-secret` flag or `HASURA_GRAPHQL_JWT_SECRET` env var. The value of which is a JSON.
2. The structure of this JSON is: `{"type": "<standard-JWT-algorithms>", "key": "<the-key>"}`
`type` : Standard JWT algos : `HS256`, `RS256`, `RS512` etc. (see jwt.io).
`key`:
i. Incase of symmetric key, the key as it is.
ii. Incase of asymmetric keys, only the public key, in a PEM encoded string or as a X509 certificate.
3. The claims in the JWT token must contain the following:
i. `x-hasura-default-role` field: default role of that user
ii. `x-hasura-allowed-roles` : A list of allowed roles for the user. The default role is overriden by `x-hasura-role` header.
4. The claims in the JWT token, can have other `x-hasura-*` fields where their values can only be strings.
5. The JWT tokens are sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>` headers.
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To test:
1. Generate a shared secret (for HMAC-SHA256) or RSA key pair.
2. Goto https://jwt.io/ , add the keys
3. Edit the claims to have `x-hasura-role` (mandatory) and other `x-hasura-*` fields. Add permissions related to the claims to test permissions.
4. Start HGE with `--jwt-secret` flag or `HASURA_GRAPHQL_JWT_SECRET` env var, which takes a JSON string: `{"type": "HS256", "key": "mylongsharedsecret"}` or `{"type":"RS256", "key": "<PEM-encoded-public-key>"}`
5. Copy the JWT token from jwt.io and use it in the `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header.
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TODO: Support EC public keys. It is blocked on frasertweedale/hs-jose#61
