Logging out ends every login session (closes #256)

A login session was a cookie with nothing kept on the server, so /logout
removed it from one browser and a copy kept working for 30 days. Every
login is made with the one signing key, so /logout now ends them all:
the session manager keeps the time of the latest logout, saves it in the
new logout table so it outlasts a restart, and refuses a session made
before it. A /logout without a valid session ends none and only removes
the cookie, so another site cannot log everyone out. A logout that
cannot be saved answers 500. session.NewManager, which existing tests
use, keeps logouts in memory only; pixad uses NewManagerWithDatabase.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@ path under `/v1/` answers 200, in maintenance mode too.
   session it answers 303 to `/`. Answers: 200 with the page showing the URL; 400
   with the page naming a field that is not valid; 500 when the URL cannot be
   made.
-- `GET /logout` — end the login session. Needs: nothing. Answers: 303 to `/`.
+- `GET /logout` — end every login session, in every browser (see Encrypted
+  URLs), and remove the session cookie. Needs: a login session; without one it
+  only removes the cookie. Answers: 303 to `/`; 500 when the logout cannot be
+  saved in the database.
 - `GET` or `HEAD` `/v1/image/<host>/<path>/<size>.<format>`, or
   `/v1/image/<host>/<path>/<size>` with no format — an image, fetched, resized
   and converted (below). Needs: a signature, unless the host is allowlisted (see
@@ -345,7 +348,11 @@ nor change what it asks for.
 
 1. Open `/` in a browser over HTTPS (or over plain HTTP while `debug` is on, see
    Routes) and log in with the signing key (`signing_key`). The login session
-   lasts 30 days, or until `/logout`.
+   lasts 30 days, or until someone logs out at `/logout`. Every login is made
+   with the one signing key, so logging out ends every login session, in every
+   browser: pixa saves the time of the latest logout in its database and refuses
+   a login session made before it, a copy of the session cookie included, also
+   after a restart.
 2. On the generator page, give the source image's URL, the width and height, the
    format, quality and fit, and how long the URL lasts, then submit the form
    (`POST /generate`). The format is JPEG XL unless another is chosen; a form

TODO.md

@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ P2: security: per-origin rate limiting
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-15 logging out ends every login session (closes #256): a login session
+  was a cookie with nothing kept on the server, so `/logout` removed it from one
+  browser and a copy of it kept working for its 30 days. Every login is made
+  with the one signing key, so `/logout` now ends them all: the session manager
+  keeps the time of the latest logout, saves it in the new `logout` table so
+  that it outlasts a restart, and refuses a session made before it. A `/logout`
+  without a valid login session, such as one another site makes a browser send
+  without the `SameSite=Strict` cookie, ends none and only removes the cookie. A
+  logout that cannot be saved answers 500. `session.NewManager`, which the tests
+  use, keeps logouts in memory only; pixad uses
+  `session.NewManagerWithDatabase`.
 - 2026-10-13 `fit=outside` no longer makes an output above 8192 on a side
   (closes #257): it scales the image to cover the requested size, and the side
   scaled past that size was held to no maximum, so `1x8192?fit=outside` of a

internal/db/migrations/001_schema.sql

@@ -176,3 +176,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache_stats (
     last_updated_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
 INSERT OR IGNORE INTO cache_stats (id) VALUES (1);
+
+-- Time of the latest logout. A login session made before it is refused,
+-- so logging out ends every login session. No row: nobody has logged out.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS logout (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY CHECK (id = 1),
+    logged_out_at DATETIME NOT NULL
+);

internal/handlers/auth.go

@@ -89,10 +89,18 @@ func (s *Handlers) handleLoginPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusSeeOther)
 }
 
-// HandleLogout clears the session and redirects to login.
+// HandleLogout logs out, which ends every login session (see
+// session.Manager.Logout), and redirects to login.
 func (s *Handlers) HandleLogout() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		s.sessMgr.ClearSession(w)
+		err := s.sessMgr.Logout(w, r)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.log.Error("failed to log out", "error", err)
+			http.Error(w, "Failed to log out", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+
+			return
+		}
+
 		http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusSeeOther)
 	}
 }

internal/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ func (s *Handlers) initImageService() error {
 
 	// Initialize session manager (signing key is validated at config load
 	// time). Session cookies are always Secure/HttpOnly/SameSite=Strict.
-	sessMgr, err := session.NewManager(s.config.SigningKey)
+	// Logouts are saved in the database, so they outlast a restart.
+	sessMgr, err := session.NewManagerWithDatabase(
+		context.Background(), s.config.SigningKey, s.db.DB())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

internal/session/session.go

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 package session
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/securecookie"
@@ -35,11 +39,25 @@ type Data struct {
 }
 
 // Manager handles session creation and validation using encrypted cookies.
+//
+// Every login is made with the one signing key, so a logout ends every
+// session made before it, in every browser. The Manager keeps the time of
+// the latest logout in memory, so checking a session reads no database; a
+// Manager from NewManagerWithDatabase also saves it in the database, so that
+// it outlasts a restart.
 type Manager struct {
 	sc *securecookie.SecureCookie
+	db *sql.DB
+
+	// mu guards latestLogout, and is held while a logout is saved, so that
+	// the database and latestLogout agree.
+	mu           sync.Mutex
+	latestLogout time.Time
 }
 
 // NewManager creates a session manager with keys derived from the signing key.
+// It keeps logouts in memory only, so a restart forgets them;
+// NewManagerWithDatabase keeps them in the database.
 //
 // Session cookies always carry the Secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite=Strict
 // attributes; this cannot be configured. Browsers treat http://localhost as a
@@ -67,6 +85,29 @@ func NewManager(signingKey string) (*Manager, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// NewManagerWithDatabase creates a session manager like NewManager that saves
+// each logout in db, which must have pixa's schema, and starts from the
+// latest logout saved there.
+func NewManagerWithDatabase(
+	ctx context.Context, signingKey string, db *sql.DB,
+) (*Manager, error) {
+	m, err := NewManager(signingKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		"SELECT logged_out_at FROM logout WHERE id = 1",
+	).Scan(&m.latestLogout)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read the latest logout: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	m.db = db
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
 // CreateSession creates a new authenticated session and sets the cookie.
 func (m *Manager) CreateSession(w http.ResponseWriter) error {
 	now := time.Now()
@@ -122,9 +163,31 @@ func (m *Manager) ValidateSession(r *http.Request) (*Data, error) {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidSession
 	}
 
+	// A session made before the latest logout has ended.
+	if !data.CreatedAt.After(m.latestLogoutTime()) {
+		return nil, ErrInvalidSession
+	}
+
 	return &data, nil
 }
 
+// Logout removes the session cookie and, when r has a valid session, ends
+// every session made until now. A request without one ends no session:
+// another site can make a browser request /logout, but the browser leaves
+// the SameSite=Strict session cookie out of that request.
+func (m *Manager) Logout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+	if m.IsAuthenticated(r) {
+		err := m.saveLogout(r.Context())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	m.ClearSession(w)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ClearSession removes the session cookie.
 func (m *Manager) ClearSession(w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
@@ -145,3 +208,34 @@ func (m *Manager) IsAuthenticated(r *http.Request) bool {
 
 	return err == nil && data != nil && data.Authenticated
 }
+
+// saveLogout makes now the time of the latest logout, saving it in the
+// database first when the Manager has one.
+func (m *Manager) saveLogout(ctx context.Context) error {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	if m.db != nil {
+		_, err := m.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+			"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO logout (id, logged_out_at) VALUES (1, ?)",
+			now)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to save the logout: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	m.latestLogout = now
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// latestLogoutTime returns the time of the latest logout, or the zero time
+// when there has been none.
+func (m *Manager) latestLogoutTime() time.Time {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return m.latestLogout
+}