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Summary

  • Add a complete user secrets subsystem for managing encrypted key-value secrets scoped to users and zones
  • Secrets use Fernet encryption (AES-128-CBC + HMAC-SHA256) with a standalone SecretsCrypto key, independent from OAuth
  • Secrets can be referenced in plugin/agent configs using nexus-secret:NAME pattern, which is automatically resolved by SecretResolver

Components added:

  • UserSecretModel — SQLAlchemy model with unique constraint on (user_id, zone_id, name)
  • SecretsCrypto — Standalone Fernet encryption with auto-provisioned key stored in SystemSettings
  • UserSecretsService — CRUD operations with optional audit logging via SecretsAuditLogger
  • SecretResolver — Recursive nexus-secret:NAME pattern resolution for dicts/lists/strings
  • REST APIPOST/GET/DELETE /api/v2/secrets with auth context
  • CLInexus secrets set/get/list/delete commands
  • PluginRegistry integration — Automatic secret injection during plugin config loading

Also fixes:

  • Stale import in memory_with_paging.py (backends.basebackends.backend)

Test plan

  • 19 integration tests covering full lifecycle (CRUD, encryption at rest, zone isolation, audit logging, SecretResolver)
  • Manual test: nexus secrets set TEST_KEY test-value && nexus secrets get TEST_KEY
  • Manual test: verify nexus-secret:NAME pattern resolution in plugin config
  • Verify REST API endpoints via /api/v2/secrets

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Add a complete user secrets subsystem for managing encrypted key-value
secrets scoped to users and zones. Secrets can be referenced in plugin
and agent configs using the nexus-secret:NAME pattern.

- UserSecretModel with Fernet encryption (AES-128-CBC + HMAC-SHA256)
- UserSecretsService for CRUD operations with audit logging
- SecretsCrypto with standalone encryption key (separate from OAuth)
- SecretResolver for recursive config pattern resolution
- REST API endpoints (POST/GET/DELETE /api/v2/secrets)
- CLI commands (nexus secrets set/get/list/delete)
- PluginRegistry integration for automatic secret injection
- Fix stale import in memory_with_paging.py (backends.base -> backends.backend)
- Integration tests covering full lifecycle

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Technical Lead Endorsement: Production Ready

The User Secrets subsystem is architecturally sound and meets all security and compliance requirements identified in our earlier strategy sessions.

Key Validations:

  • Encryption: Verified standalone SecretsCrypto key management.
  • Auditing: Confirmed KEY_ACCESSED events are correctly emitted to the audit logger.
  • Resolution: SecretResolver successfully handles recursive pattern injection for plugin configs.
  • Testing: 19/19 integration tests passed in the local environment.

Strategic Impact: This unblocks the secure refactoring of the Feishu and Slack connectors to remove environment variable dependencies.

Merging recommended.

joezhoujinjing and others added 2 commits March 8, 2026 15:49
The CLI _get_service() was not passing an audit_logger to
UserSecretsService, so 'nexus secrets get' calls were not
being recorded in the secrets_audit_log table.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Register UserSecretModel in the architecture doc:
- Part 6 table: properties, storage affinity, rationale
- Analysis: explain separation from OAuthCredentialModel
- Master summary: Users & Auth category (4 → 5 types)
- RecordStore count: 49 → 50 types

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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