🪂 fix: Automatic logout_hint Fallback for Oversized OpenID Token URLs (#12326)

* fix: automatic logout_hint fallback for long OpenID tokens

Implements OIDC RP-Initiated Logout cascading strategy to prevent errors when id_token_hint makes logout URL too long.

Automatically detects URLs exceeding configurable length and falls back to logout_hint only when URL is too long, preserving previous behavior when token is missing. Adds OPENID_MAX_LOGOUT_URL_LENGTH environment variable. Comprehensive test coverage with 20 tests. Works with any OpenID provider.

* fix: address review findings for OIDC logout URL length fallback

- Replace two-boolean tri-state (useIdTokenHint/urlTooLong) with a single
  string discriminant ('use_token'|'too_long'|'no_token') for clarity
- Fix misleading warning: differentiate 'url too long + no client_id' from
  'no token + no client_id' so operators get actionable advice
- Strict env var parsing: reject partial numeric strings like '500abc' that
  Number.parseInt silently accepted; use regex + Number() instead
- Pre-compute projected URL length from base URL + token length (JWT chars
  are URL-safe), eliminating the set-then-delete mutation pattern
- Extract parseMaxLogoutUrlLength helper for validation and early return
- Add tests: invalid env values, url-too-long + missing OPENID_CLIENT_ID,
  boundary condition (exact max vs max+1), cookie-sourced long token
- Remove redundant try/finally in 'respects custom limit' test
- Use empty value in .env.example to signal optional config (default: 2000)

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Co-authored-by: Airam Hernández Hernández <airam.hernandez@intelequia.com>
Co-authored-by: Danny Avila <danny@librechat.ai>
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@ -4,11 +4,27 @@ const { logger } = require('@librechat/data-schemas');
const { logoutUser } = require('~/server/services/AuthService');
const { getOpenIdConfig } = require('~/strategies');
/** Parses and validates OPENID_MAX_LOGOUT_URL_LENGTH, returning defaultValue on invalid input */
function parseMaxLogoutUrlLength(defaultValue = 2000) {
const raw = process.env.OPENID_MAX_LOGOUT_URL_LENGTH;
const trimmed = raw == null ? '' : raw.trim();
if (trimmed === '') {
return defaultValue;
}
const parsed = /^\d+$/.test(trimmed) ? Number(trimmed) : NaN;
if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || parsed <= 0) {
logger.warn(
`[logoutController] Invalid OPENID_MAX_LOGOUT_URL_LENGTH value "${raw}", using default ${defaultValue}`,
);
return defaultValue;
}
return parsed;
}
const logoutController = async (req, res) => {
const parsedCookies = req.headers.cookie ? cookies.parse(req.headers.cookie) : {};
const isOpenIdUser = req.user?.openidId != null && req.user?.provider === 'openid';
/** For OpenID users, read tokens from session (with cookie fallback) */
let refreshToken;
let idToken;
if (isOpenIdUser && req.session?.openidTokens) {
@ -44,22 +60,64 @@ const logoutController = async (req, res) => {
const endSessionEndpoint = openIdConfig.serverMetadata().end_session_endpoint;
if (endSessionEndpoint) {
const endSessionUrl = new URL(endSessionEndpoint);
/** Redirect back to app's login page after IdP logout */
const postLogoutRedirectUri =
process.env.OPENID_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI || `${process.env.DOMAIN_CLIENT}/login`;
endSessionUrl.searchParams.set('post_logout_redirect_uri', postLogoutRedirectUri);
/** Add id_token_hint (preferred) or client_id for OIDC spec compliance */
/**
* OIDC RP-Initiated Logout cascading strategy:
* 1. id_token_hint (most secure, identifies exact session)
* 2. logout_hint + client_id (when URL would exceed safe length)
* 3. client_id only (when no token available)
*
* JWT tokens from spec-compliant OIDC providers use base64url
* encoding (RFC 7515), whose characters are all URL-safe, so
* token length equals URL-encoded length for projection.
* Non-compliant issuers using standard base64 (+/=) will cause
* underestimation; increase OPENID_MAX_LOGOUT_URL_LENGTH if the
* fallback does not trigger as expected.
*/
const maxLogoutUrlLength = parseMaxLogoutUrlLength();
let strategy = 'no_token';
if (idToken) {
const baseLength = endSessionUrl.toString().length;
const projectedLength = baseLength + '&id_token_hint='.length + idToken.length;
if (projectedLength > maxLogoutUrlLength) {
strategy = 'too_long';
logger.debug(
`[logoutController] Logout URL too long (${projectedLength} chars, max ${maxLogoutUrlLength}), ` +
'switching to logout_hint strategy',
);
} else {
strategy = 'use_token';
}
}
if (strategy === 'use_token') {
endSessionUrl.searchParams.set('id_token_hint', idToken);
} else if (process.env.OPENID_CLIENT_ID) {
endSessionUrl.searchParams.set('client_id', process.env.OPENID_CLIENT_ID);
} else {
logger.warn(
'[logoutController] Neither id_token_hint nor OPENID_CLIENT_ID is available. ' +
'To enable id_token_hint, set OPENID_REUSE_TOKENS=true. ' +
'The OIDC end-session request may be rejected by the identity provider.',
);
if (strategy === 'too_long') {
const logoutHint = req.user?.email || req.user?.username || req.user?.openidId;
if (logoutHint) {
endSessionUrl.searchParams.set('logout_hint', logoutHint);
}
}
if (process.env.OPENID_CLIENT_ID) {
endSessionUrl.searchParams.set('client_id', process.env.OPENID_CLIENT_ID);
} else if (strategy === 'too_long') {
logger.warn(
'[logoutController] Logout URL exceeds max length and OPENID_CLIENT_ID is not set. ' +
'The OIDC end-session request may be rejected. ' +
'Consider setting OPENID_CLIENT_ID or increasing OPENID_MAX_LOGOUT_URL_LENGTH.',
);
} else {
logger.warn(
'[logoutController] Neither id_token_hint nor OPENID_CLIENT_ID is available. ' +
'To enable id_token_hint, set OPENID_REUSE_TOKENS=true. ' +
'The OIDC end-session request may be rejected by the identity provider.',
);
}
}
response.redirect = endSessionUrl.toString();