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Avoid leaving persistent session tokens behind in admin context - #6436
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The admin context called wp_generate_auth_cookie() twice without a token, which made core create and store two new sessions for the admin user on every command run in that context (e.g. every `wp plugin` or `wp theme` command since auto context became the default). Create a single session token, share it between both auth cookies and destroy it again on shutdown. Fixes wp-cli/extension-command#562 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014pxdff1vWQ6SQ3XbhPZrij
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Issue #562 requires admin-context commands to avoid leaving persistent session tokens. Admin::log_in_as_admin_user() creates one token with `WP_Session_Tokens::get_instance( $admin_user_id )->create… |
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#562requires admin-context commands to avoid leaving persistent session tokens.Admin::log_in_as_admin_user()creates one token withWP_Session_Tokens::get_instance( $admin_user_id )->create(), passes that token to bothwp_generate_auth_cookie()calls, and destroys it on theshutdownhook. The new Behat scenario validates the cookie during the command and verifies zero stored sessions after plugin, theme, and admin-context commands.
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Review comments at @php/WP_CLI/Context/Admin.php:
- Around line 161-166: Update the shutdown hook registration around
WP_CLI::add_wp_hook so the token cleanup runs at a priority later than the
default, allowing other shutdown callbacks to use the admin session before
$manager->destroy($token) executes.
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Fixes wp-cli/extension-command#562
Problem
Context\Admin::log_in_as_admin_user()calledwp_generate_auth_cookie()twice (forauthandsecure_auth) without passing a$token. In that case core callsWP_Session_Tokens::create()each time, so every command run in the admin context saved two new 24h sessions for the admin user. Since--context=autobecame the default, that includes everywp plugin …/wp theme …command, so cron jobs quickly pile up hundreds of "unknown" sessions.Fix
WP_Session_Tokens::get_instance( $user_id )->create( $expiration )and pass it to bothwp_generate_auth_cookie()calls.shutdownhook.The session still exists while the command runs, so
wp_validate_auth_cookie()and anything else that checks the session token keep working. Nothing is left behind afterwards.I went with this instead of a non-persistent
session_token_manager. That filter would apply to the whole process, so commands such aswp user session …run with--context=adminwould read and write an in-memory store instead of the real one.Tests
Added a Behat scenario to
features/context.feature. It checks that the session is valid during an admin-context command, and that the admin has 0 stored sessions afterwp plugin list,wp theme listandwp --context=admin eval ''.Generated by Claude Code
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