Logging out ends every login session (closes #256) #265

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sneak c69bd4c5bd Move the logout entry to the top of Completed Steps (part of #256)
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The rebase onto next union-merged TODO.md and left this entry below the
one next added.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:16:42 +00:00
sneak df3bff6c6b Replace the count of logouts with a random value (part of #256)
The session manager now keeps a random value from crypto/rand in the
logout table, made when the table has none and replaced by each logout.
A session carries the value current at its login and is refused when it
differs. A lost state directory now ends every login session, and no
logout can make an ended one work again, as a count starting from 0
could. README.md and the Manager doc comment say the check for a logout
compares no time, while a session's expiry still compares the clock.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak 066811580d Test that losing the state directory ends every login session (part of #256)
A pixa started on an empty state directory must refuse a session cookie
from before, and a login on it must open the generator page. With the
count of logouts, the new pixa starts from 0 again and accepts the old
cookie, so this test fails until the count is replaced.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak a33cc6861b Log out with a form and count logouts instead of timing them (part of #256)
Logging out is now a POST in the CSRF-protected route group, sent by a
form on the generator page, so a link or image on another page of the
same site cannot end every login session. The session manager keeps a
count of logouts instead of the time of the latest one: each session
carries the count at its login and is refused once it has changed. No
clock is compared, so a login after a logout always works.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak 42f6b23244 Test that logging out needs the form's CSRF token (part of #256)
A GET /logout, or a POST /logout without the CSRF token, must end no
login session; the generator page must carry a logout form with the
token; and after a logout from that form, a login opens the generator
page while a cookie copied before it is refused, also after a restart.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak e108839bf8 Say that losing the state directory forgets the latest logout (part of #256)
The state directory bullet in README.md and the session package doc now
say that the time of the latest logout is kept in the database, which a
restart without a persistent volume loses.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak 8efc87bc8d Test a logout after a restart and one that cannot be saved (part of #256)
The new server test logs in and out on pixa built as pixad builds it,
starts pixa again on the same state directory, and checks that a cookie
copied before the logout is refused, which fails if pixad keeps logouts
in memory only. The new handler test closes the database so the logout
cannot be saved, and checks for 500, no session cookie set, and the
session still valid.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak 9a88a69526 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
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00
sneak 0df7b0d8c2 Test that logging out ends a copied login session (part of #256)
A copy of the session cookie taken before /logout must be refused after
it, a login after it must work, and both must still hold for a session
manager made again on the same database, as after a restart. A logout
from a request without a session cookie must end no session. These fail
until the fix: the session tests do not compile yet.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-15 18:15:46 +00:00