docs(backend): clarify auth fallback rationale in reserve handler
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Expands inline comments to explain why the Bearer token fallback is deliberately kept — it serves 22+ test invocations that call ReserveSlotHandler directly without middleware, never executes in production, and acts as defense-in-depth.

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
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2026-07-06 19:22:08 +01:00
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@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@ func ReserveSlotHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
}
}
// c. Detect auth: try context first, then parse Bearer token from Authorization header
// c. Detect auth: try context first (set by OptionalAuth middleware).
// The inline Bearer fallback below is a safety net for the 22+ test
// invocations that call ReserveSlotHandler via http.HandlerFunc directly
// (without middleware). Keeping it is deliberate: the fallback never
// executes in production (middleware always sets context first), removing it
// would require refactoring those tests, and it acts as defense-in-depth
// against accidental middleware misconfiguration.
userID, hasUser := r.Context().Value(mw.UserIDKey).(string)
hasAuth := hasUser && userID != ""
// If no user in context, try to parse token from header
if !hasAuth {
authHeader := r.Header.Get("Authorization")
if strings.HasPrefix(authHeader, "Bearer ") {
@@ -81,7 +85,6 @@ func ReserveSlotHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
var err error
userID, _, _, err = auth.VerifyToken(tokenString, r.Context())
if err != nil {
// Invalid token - treat as unauthenticated
userID = ""
}
hasAuth = userID != ""