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Summary

  • Read the first concrete DNS SAN from imported certificates, with CN fallback only when the SAN extension is absent.
  • Use the resolved host in tapflow start, tapflow relay start, and the standalone relay server output.
  • Keep localhost for wildcard, IP, malformed, ambiguous, or padded identities, including legacy IPv4 forms normalized by browsers.

Closes #293

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  • Relay parser and server tests: 14 passed.
  • CLI start command tests: 35 passed.
  • Relay and CLI typechecks passed.
  • Relay and CLI lint passed with no new errors.
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  • Tests written and passing
  • No any
  • Interface changes land in agent-core first
  • No sensitive info (tokens, paths, credentials)

Related .work/ docs

  • .work/2026-08-20-import-cert-display-host-plan.md
  • .work/reviews/feature__import-cert-display-host.md

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  • New Features

    • Relay startup messages now display the complete HTTP or HTTPS URL.
    • Imported TLS certificates use the first valid non-localhost DNS SAN for the advertised hostname, with CN support as a fallback.
    • Wildcard-only, IP-only, invalid, or unavailable certificate hostnames fall back to localhost with a warning.
    • Managed token configurations continue to use their configured domain.
  • Documentation

    • Updated configuration guidance and changelog entries to describe hostname selection and fallback behavior.

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The relay now derives its advertised host from TLS configuration and imported certificate SAN or CN values. Startup output includes the resolved HTTP or HTTPS URL. Invalid, wildcard-only, or IP-only certificate names fall back to localhost.

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Relay host advertisement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Certificate host resolution
packages/relay/src/lib/cert/parseCert.ts, packages/relay/src/lib/cert/index.ts, packages/relay/src/index.ts, packages/relay/src/__tests__/parseCert.test.ts
The relay validates concrete DNS names, prefers SAN over CN, resolves TLS display hosts, exports the resolver, and tests fallback and warning behavior.
Startup host integration
packages/relay/src/server.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/relay-start.ts, packages/relay/src/__tests__/server.test.ts, packages/cli/src/__tests__/commands/*.test.ts
Relay and CLI startup use the shared resolver, forward warnings, and print the resolved scheme, host, and port.
Release documentation
.changeset/calm-certs-advertise.md, CHANGELOG.md, docs/reference/configuration.md, docs/ko/reference/configuration.md
Release notes and configuration documentation describe SAN precedence, fallback warnings, and LAN DNS requirements.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b97d5

The PR changes how relay and CLI output advertise hosts from imported certificates. It is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up for documenting CN fallback and localhost behavior, plus adding coverage for invalid CN certificates without SANs; no concrete runtime failure is currently identified.

Suggested reviewers: jo-duchan

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RelayStartup
  participant CertificateProvider
  participant resolveRelayDisplayHost
  participant StartupLog
  RelayStartup->>CertificateProvider: obtain TLS certificate material
  RelayStartup->>resolveRelayDisplayHost: pass TLS configuration and certificate
  resolveRelayDisplayHost-->>RelayStartup: return display host
  RelayStartup->>StartupLog: print relay URL
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the primary change: advertising the imported certificate host for relay startup.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #293 by resolving certificate hosts through a shared helper, applying them to both relay paths, preserving fallbacks, and adding tests.
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packages/relay/src/__tests__/parseCert.test.ts (1)

23-50: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression test for an invalid CN with no SAN.

Every CN test uses a valid CN (tap.example.com). Add a case for a certificate with no SAN extension and a wildcard or IP-only CN, to cover the concreteDnsHost(commonName) ?? FALLBACK_HOST fallback at parseCert.ts Line 46. Without it, a regression in CN validation would go undetected.

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In `@packages/relay/src/__tests__/parseCert.test.ts` around lines 23 - 50, Add a
parseCertDisplayHost regression test for a no-SAN certificate whose CN is
wildcard or IP-only, asserting it returns localhost instead of the invalid CN.
Reuse the existing certificate fixture helper and test structure, while
preserving the valid-CN fallback coverage.
packages/relay/src/server.ts (1)

27-33: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Extract the TLS-and-display-host bootstrap into a shared helper. Three files independently repeat the same sequence: create the cert provider, call ensureCert(), assign tls, and call resolveRelayDisplayHost. This PR had to touch all three copies identically to add one line, which shows the duplication already forces synchronized edits.

  • packages/relay/src/server.ts#L27-L33: move this block into an exported @tapflowio/relay helper, for example setupRelayTls(tlsConfig, dataDir), returning { tls, provider, displayHost }.
  • packages/cli/src/commands/relay-start.ts#L35-L43: replace this block with a call to the new shared helper instead of re-implementing it.
  • packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts#L52-L58: replace this block with a call to the same shared helper instead of re-implementing it.
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In `@packages/relay/src/server.ts` around lines 27 - 33, Extract the duplicated
TLS bootstrap into an exported setupRelayTls helper in
packages/relay/src/server.ts, returning tls, provider, and displayHost while
preserving the existing createCertProvider, ensureCert, and
resolveRelayDisplayHost sequence. Replace the duplicated blocks in
packages/cli/src/commands/relay-start.ts lines 35-43 and
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packages/relay/src/server.ts lines 27-33 to define and use the shared helper.
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In `@packages/relay/src/__tests__/parseCert.test.ts`:
- Around line 23-50: Add a parseCertDisplayHost regression test for a no-SAN
certificate whose CN is wildcard or IP-only, asserting it returns localhost
instead of the invalid CN. Reuse the existing certificate fixture helper and
test structure, while preserving the valid-CN fallback coverage.

In `@packages/relay/src/server.ts`:
- Around line 27-33: Extract the duplicated TLS bootstrap into an exported
setupRelayTls helper in packages/relay/src/server.ts, returning tls, provider,
and displayHost while preserving the existing createCertProvider, ensureCert,
and resolveRelayDisplayHost sequence. Replace the duplicated blocks in
packages/cli/src/commands/relay-start.ts lines 35-43 and
packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts lines 52-58 with calls to this helper; update
packages/relay/src/server.ts lines 27-33 to define and use the shared helper.

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Thanks for this — the parser is solid, and a couple of the fixtures cover ground I did not expect anyone to reach on a first pass.

I ran the seven fixtures through Node 24 directly and then tried to break the ', ' split, because the comment above it makes a strong claim and I wanted to know whether it holds. It does. I built two certificates designed to smuggle a second entry past the split:

DirName SAN   → "DirName:\"CN=x\\\\\\u002c DNS:evil.example.com\", DNS:real.example.com"
otherName SAN → "othername:\"UPN:x\\u002c DNS:evil.example.com\", DNS:real.example.com"

Both resolved to real.example.com. I expected DirName to get through, since RFC 2253 escapes commas with a backslash rather than JSON-quoting, but Node quotes that case too. The comment is accurate.

Two things I want to call out as good, so they don't get lost below. Refusing to fall back to CN when a SAN extension is present but unusable is right (RFC 6125 §6.4.4), and the test for it is well built: every fixture carries a concrete CN=cn.example.com, so a wrong fallback shows up as cn.example.com instead of localhost rather than passing silently. That is an assertion of absence that can actually fail. The ip-like fixture is the other one — knowing that WHATWG URL parsing folds 2130706433 and 0x7f000001 into 127.0.0.1 is not obvious, and most implementations of this miss it.

Three things before I merge

1. A cert whose first DNS SAN is localhost gets no benefit from any of this.

This is the shape mkcert produces, and I think it is the most common one for a self-hosted LAN setup:

SAN: DNS:localhost, DNS:tapflow.lan, IP Address:192.168.1.5
→ localhost

The comment the change replaces states the purpose as advertising the cert's domain to teammates, and this case misses exactly that. What makes it worth fixing rather than accepting is that the outcome depends on the order the operator happened to list names in when the cert was issued — which is not something anyone has a reason to think about.

Picking the first concrete DNS SAN that isn't localhost, and falling back to localhost when there is none, keeps every current test result identical. It is also the tradeoff byo-api-token already takes: it advertises tls.domain unconditionally, accepting that the advertised name has to resolve.

2. A wildcard-only certificate says nothing about why it fell back.

#293 asked for "show the base domain or keep localhost with a note", and the note is missing — the operator just sees localhost with no indication that a certificate was read at all.

This matters more than it looks, because docs/reference/configuration.md leads with that exact case:

To use an internal PKI or a wildcard certificate you already hold, point to the files.

So the use case the documentation introduces first is the one that changes nothing here and explains nothing about why. A single warn when the certificate has DNS SANs but none usable would cover it.

3. docs/reference/configuration.md doesn't say what import-cert advertises.

The tls.domain row tells the reader "Teammates open https://[domain]:[port]". There's no equivalent for import-cert. Nothing in there is false, but the gap is one this change creates — a line or two describing the rule (first concrete DNS SAN, else localhost) would close it.

Nits — take or leave

  • concreteDnsHost opens with const host = value and never reassigns; the alias can go.
  • parseCertDisplayHost is exported from the package index, but only resolveRelayDisplayHost has a consumer. A public export is hard to withdraw later — I'd keep it internal until something outside the package needs it.
  • server.test.ts has no afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks()), so the process.on spy is never restored. Harmless with one test in the file; less so once there are two.
  • A trailing-dot FQDN (example.com.) and any host with an underscore are rejected and fall through to localhost. Both are rare enough that I'm fine leaving them.

Split out

The agent-connect line under the banner still reads --relay wss://<this-ip>:4000, so copying it from a TLS banner produces the name mismatch this PR removes from the line above. I did not put it here because interpolating displayHost unconditionally would break the HTTP path, where it is localhost and the placeholder is doing real work. Filed as #627.

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