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chore(api): remove skipAuthCheck env toggle (flag audit) - #1078
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The auth-middleware bypass was readable from the skipAuthCheck env var in production code. Nothing deploys it; tests set app.skipAuthCheck directly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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#1078 removed the last `strconv` use in `api/server.go`, so `go build` and the Docker image build on main fail (run for 570f3d3). Prod is still on the 5c7465d image; nothing new deploys until this lands. `go build ./...` and `go vet ./api/` pass. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Audit of feature flags and env toggles in the API. Only one met the bar for removal.
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skipAuthCheckenv var (api/server.go). When set to true, it turned offisAuthorizedRequestentirely, and production code read it from the environment. Nothing in this repo, compose, or k8s sets it. Every test that needs it setsapp.skipAuthCheck = trueon the struct, which still works. Added in elasticsearch #151 (2025-06) and never used through the env since. This cuts a dead toggle and an auth bypass at the same time.Audited and kept (needs a decision from someone with prod access)
commsMessagePush: defaults on since [API-292] Adds back comms websocket support #349 (2025-09). The env override only turns it off.server_test.godepends on it to keep the websocket manager and pg-notify listeners out of the shared test app, so it works as a test seam. I couldn't confirm prod doesn't setcommsMessagePush=false; if it doesn't, the env parse can go, but the struct field should stay for tests.coreBlockStreamEnabled: defaults off and arrived in feat(api): consume blocks via gRPC StreamBlocks (flagged, default off) #941 (2026-06, ~5 months ago). I couldn't see the prod env (no RBAC on deployments/configmaps). If prod has it on, inline it; if it was never turned on, consider deleting the gRPC stream path.newChainQueueEnabled/newChainFlushEnabled/newChainInsecureSkipVerify/etlStartingBlockHeight/etlEndingBlockHeight/PlayRoutingHosts: the genesis migration is still in progress (seecmd/genesis-writer/ROLLOUT.md). Not stale yet; remove them at cutover.Test plan
go build ./...andgo vet ./api/go test ./api/...(couldn't run locally because Docker/test DB was down; CI covers it)🤖 Generated with Claude Code