🛡️ Sentinel: [CRITICAL fix] Prevent Silent Disabling of Global Security Preferences#88
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…ccess When a biometric error occurred (which can happen automatically on the Web platform due to lack of support in some contexts), `_biometricErrorPopup` and the `settingsPage` silently overwrote the global `requireAuth` preference to `false`. This effectively defeated user intent across all devices. The error callbacks now only modify local UI state (`isLocked = false`) and leave the persistent database `requireAuth` flag intact. Co-authored-by: manupawickramasinghe <73810867+manupawickramasinghe@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Removes two updateSettings("requireAuth", false, ...) calls from biometric error popup submit handlers so transient/web biometric failures no longer persistently disable the global requireAuth security setting (which would otherwise propagate to other devices via settings backup/sync). UI state is still handled locally (popup dismissed, toggle reverted to unlocked).
Changes:
- Remove persistent
requireAuth=falsewrite from_biometricErrorPopupsubmit handler ininitializeBiometrics.dart. - Remove persistent
requireAuth=falsewrite from the biometric error popup inBiometricsSettingToggle(settingsPage.dart); localisLockedstate is still cleared. - Document the fix in
gemini.mdunder "Critical Security Learnings".
Reviewed changes
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| budget/lib/struct/initializeBiometrics.dart | Drops persistent requireAuth downgrade in biometric error popup submit. |
| budget/lib/pages/settingsPage.dart | Drops persistent requireAuth downgrade in settings biometric error popup submit; keeps local isLocked reset. |
| gemini.md | Adds 2026-05-28 entry documenting the fix and prevention guidance. |
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…ccess When a biometric error occurred (which can happen automatically on the Web platform due to lack of support in some contexts), `_biometricErrorPopup` and the `settingsPage` silently overwrote the global `requireAuth` preference to `false`. This effectively defeated user intent across all devices. The error callbacks now only modify local UI state (`isLocked = false`) and leave the persistent database `requireAuth` flag intact. Co-authored-by: manupawickramasinghe <73810867+manupawickramasinghe@users.noreply.github.com>
…ccess When a biometric error occurred (which can happen automatically on the Web platform due to lack of support in some contexts), `_biometricErrorPopup` and the `settingsPage` silently overwrote the global `requireAuth` preference to `false`. This effectively defeated user intent across all devices. The error callbacks now only modify local UI state (`isLocked = false`) and leave the persistent database `requireAuth` flag intact. Fix CI errors: - Update `compileSdk` to 37 in `android/app/build.gradle` and `settings.gradle`. - Upgrade Android Gradle Plugin to 9.1.0 in `android/settings.gradle`. - Upgrade Kotlin version to 2.2.20 in `android/settings.gradle`. - Upgrade `material_symbols_icons` to 4.2928.1. Co-authored-by: manupawickramasinghe <73810867+manupawickramasinghe@users.noreply.github.com>
🛡️ Sentinel: [CRITICAL fix] Prevent Silent Disabling of Global Security Preferences
🎯 Focus: Security Patch
💡 Context: Discovered a critical issue via app growth context on Web. When a user accesses the app via web where biometrics might automatically fail or be bypassed, the resulting error popup would implicitly call
updateSettings("requireAuth", false). This inadvertently disabled global security settings across all user devices.🔧 Fix/Addition: Removed the
updateSettingscall from theonSubmithandlers in_biometricErrorPopup(insideinitializeBiometrics.dart) and the corresponding dialog insettingsPage.dart. The UI now correctly handles the failure session-locally by closing the dialog or un-toggling the switch without persisting the security downgrade to the database.📈 gemini.md Status: Updated the "Critical Security Learnings" section to reflect this pattern of preventing session-specific errors from overriding global security preferences.
✅ Verification: Verified via
flutter analyzeand running the test suite (flutter test test/) to ensure the application still complies with structural health and logic tests.PR created automatically by Jules for task 15046785161170487561 started by @manupawickramasinghe