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43 changes: 31 additions & 12 deletions lib/supabase/persistence.ts
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'use server'

import { getSupabaseServerClient } from '@/lib/supabase/client'
import { getSupabaseServiceRoleClient } from './service-role'
import { type Chat, type AIMessage } from '@/lib/types'
import { PostgrestError } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

export async function saveChat(chat: Chat, userId: string): Promise<{ data: string | null; error: PostgrestError | null }> {
const supabase = getSupabaseServerClient()
const supabase = getSupabaseServiceRoleClient()

// Insert into chats table
const { data: chatData, error: chatError } = await supabase
.from('chats')
.insert({
id: chat.id,
user_id: userId,
title: chat.title,
})
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Using the service role client inside a general persistence function is a high-risk elevation of privilege. As written, saveChat(chat, userId) trusts the caller-provided userId and then performs privileged inserts, which can allow cross-user writes if this server action is ever reachable by an untrusted caller or if a bug passes the wrong userId.

Given the PR description (“bypass a missing INSERT policy on the chats table”), this should be treated as a temporary workaround and tightly scoped. At minimum, enforce that userId comes from the authenticated session on the server (not a caller argument), or keep the service-role client usage isolated to the minimal operation and add explicit checks/guardrails.

Suggestion

Refactor saveChat so userId is derived from the current session (server-side) and cannot be overridden by the caller, and/or keep the service role client limited to only the chats insert while using the regular server client for user-scoped operations.

Example direction:

  • Fetch session user id from getSupabaseServerClient().auth.getUser() (or your existing auth util) and ignore the passed userId.
  • Alternatively, change the function signature to omit userId entirely.
  • Consider adding an allowlist check: if (userId !== session.user.id) throw.

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.select('id')
.single()

if (chatError) {
console.error('Error saving chat:', chatError)
return { data: null, error: chatError }
}

const messagesToInsert = chat.messages.map(message => ({
id: message.id,
chat_id: chat.id,
user_id: userId,
role: message.role,
content: typeof message.content === 'string' ? message.content : JSON.stringify(message.content),
createdAt: message.createdAt ? new Date(message.createdAt).toISOString() : new Date().toISOString(),
created_at: message.createdAt ? new Date(message.createdAt).toISOString() : new Date().toISOString(),
}))

const { data, error } = await supabase.rpc('save_chat_with_messages', {
chat_id: chat.id,
user_id: userId,
title: chat.title,
messages: messagesToInsert,
})
const { error: messagesError } = await supabase
.from('messages')
.insert(messagesToInsert)

if (error) {
console.error('Error saving chat with messages:', error)
return { data: null, error }
if (messagesError) {
console.error('Error saving messages:', messagesError)
// Attempt to delete the chat if messages fail to save
await supabase.from('chats').delete().eq('id', chat.id)
return { data: null, error: messagesError }
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The rollback logic is not safe as-is:

  • If inserting messages fails and the subsequent delete fails, you silently ignore the deletion error, potentially leaving an orphaned chat row.
  • The delete is executed with the service-role client, so if chat.id collides or is reused unexpectedly, you could delete a chat you didn't just insert.

Also, the sequence is not atomic; partial writes can occur. Prefer a transactional approach (RPC or SQL function) when you need to guarantee all-or-nothing behavior.

Suggestion

Handle rollback failures explicitly and make the rollback safer by deleting only if the chat insert in this request succeeded and by checking for a known marker (e.g., inserted row matches user_id, title, timestamps) before deletion.

If you can, move this to a single database transaction:

  • Re-introduce an RPC/SQL function (that actually exists) that inserts chat + messages in a transaction.
  • Or use a BEGIN … COMMIT transaction via a Postgres function called from Supabase.

At minimum:

  • Capture and log the delete error.
  • Consider returning a combined error that indicates partial failure.

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}

return { data: data as string, error: null }
return { data: chatData.id, error: null }
}

export async function getMessagesByChatId(chatId: string): Promise<{ data: any[] | null; error: PostgrestError | null }> {
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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions lib/supabase/service-role.ts
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import { createServerClient, type CookieOptions } from '@supabase/ssr'
import { cookies } from 'next/headers'

export function getSupabaseServiceRoleClient() {
const cookieStore = cookies()

return createServerClient(
process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL!,
process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY!,
{
cookies: {
async get(name: string) {
const store = await cookieStore
return store.get(name)?.value
},
async set(name: string, value: string, options: CookieOptions) {
const store = await cookieStore
store.set({ name, value, ...options })
},
async remove(name: string, options: CookieOptions) {
const store = await cookieStore
store.set({ name, value: '', ...options })
},
},
}
)
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getSupabaseServiceRoleClient() uses createServerClient with cookie read/write hooks. Service role operations generally should not depend on user cookies/sessions, and persisting auth cookies while using the service role key increases the chance of confusing or unsafe behavior (mixing privileged and user contexts).

A safer pattern is to use the plain Supabase JS client (or a server client configured without cookie persistence) for service role usage, and keep it completely separate from request/session cookie handling.

Suggestion

Create a dedicated service-role client that does not read/write Next.js cookies.

For example, use @supabase/supabase-js createClient(url, serviceKey, { auth: { persistSession: false } }) (or equivalent in your stack) so privileged calls are not coupled to user session cookies.

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}