# Problem
The security audit and onboarding screens suggested 'Set session.dmScope="..."'
for multi-user DM isolation. This led users to try setting the value in invalid
config paths (e.g., 'channels.imessage.dmScope').
# Changes
- Updated 'src/security/audit.ts' to use 'formatCliCommand' for dmScope remediation.
- Updated 'src/commands/doctor-security.ts' and 'src/commands/onboard-channels.ts'
to use the explicit 'openclaw config set' command format.
# Validation
- Verified text alignment with 'pnpm tsgo'.
- Confirmed CLI command formatting remains consistent across modified files.
* feat(gateway): add auth rate-limiting & brute-force protection
Add a per-IP sliding-window rate limiter to Gateway authentication
endpoints (HTTP, WebSocket upgrade, and WS message-level auth).
When gateway.auth.rateLimit is configured, failed auth attempts are
tracked per client IP. Once the threshold is exceeded within the
sliding window, further attempts are blocked with HTTP 429 + Retry-After
until the lockout period expires. Loopback addresses are exempt by
default so local CLI sessions are never locked out.
The limiter is only created when explicitly configured (undefined
otherwise), keeping the feature fully opt-in and backward-compatible.
* fix(gateway): isolate auth rate-limit scopes and normalize 429 responses
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Co-authored-by: buerbaumer <buerbaumer@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
* fix(gateway): prevent auth bypass when behind unconfigured reverse proxy
When proxy headers (X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP) are present but
gateway.trustedProxies is not configured, the gateway now treats
connections as non-local. This prevents a scenario where all proxied
requests appear to come from localhost and receive automatic trust.
Previously, running behind nginx/Caddy without configuring trustedProxies
would cause isLocalClient=true for all external connections, potentially
bypassing authentication and auto-approving device pairing.
The gateway now logs a warning when this condition is detected, guiding
operators to configure trustedProxies for proper client IP detection.
Also adds documentation for reverse proxy security configuration.
* fix: harden reverse proxy auth (#1795) (thanks @orlyjamie)
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Co-authored-by: orlyjamie <orlyjamie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
