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Closes #16875

Clarify how Coder authentication works with Git providers, particularly the order of authentication methods used.

Changes Made

I've updated the External Authentication documentation to:

  1. Clarify that Coder first attempts to use external auth provider tokens when available, and only defaults to SSH authentication if no tokens are available
  2. Add more detailed explanations about both authentication methods
  3. Improve the description of how the coder gitssh command works with existing and Coder-generated SSH keys

Verification

Claude verified that this accurately describes the behavior of the codebase by reviewing the gitssh.go implementation, which shows how Coder handles SSH authentication as a fallback when external auth is not available.

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coder external-auth access-token <USER_DEFINED_ID>
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I feel like that this whole SSH authentication section should not be here.
It should probably go to admin/users.

I don't have a strong opinion so will leave this to you.

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you might be right. I found an SSH Keys section in secrets.md that starts to explain this, but it doesn't quite fit there either

I think this fits better as a user guide. I'll leave the section here for now as it is something that an admin can help their user with, and we should aim to include this in future user-facing docs

bpmct and others added 18 commits April 1, 2025 21:04
This commit clarifies that the CODER_EXTERNAL_AUTH_0_ID value is used as part of the
callback URL path when configuring external authentication providers. The
documentation previously stated it was only for internal reference, which was
misleading as it's a critical part of the OAuth provider configuration.

Fixes #16851

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This depends on #17013
This does ~95% of the backend work required to integrate the AI work.

Most left to integrate from the tasks branch is just frontend, which
will be a lot smaller I believe.

The real difference between this branch and that one is the abstraction
-- this now attaches statuses to apps, and returns the latest status
reported as part of a workspace.

This change enables us to have a similar UX to in the tasks branch, but
for agents other than Claude Code as well. Any app can report status
now.
Adds a `coder exp mcp` command which will start a local MCP server
listening on stdio with the following capabilities:
* Show logged in user (`coder whoami`)
* List workspaces (`coder list`)
* List templates (`coder templates list`)
* Start a workspace (`coder start`)
* Stop a workspace (`coder stop`)
* Fetch a single workspace (no direct CLI analogue)
* Execute a command inside a workspace (`coder exp rpty`)
* Report the status of a task (currently a no-op, pending task support)

This can be tested as follows:

```
# Start a local Coder server.
./scripts/develop.sh
# Start a workspace. Currently, creating workspaces is not supported.
./scripts/coder-dev.sh create -t docker --yes
# Add the MCP to your Claude config.
claude mcp add coder ./scripts/coder-dev.sh exp mcp
# Tell Claude to do something Coder-related. You may need to nudge it to use the tools.
claude 'start a docker workspace and tell me what version of python is installed'
```
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from 5.4.15 to 5.4.16.
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- Fixes a transitive vuln in path-to-regexp
Fixes #17063

I'm ignoring flake.nix for now.

```
$ IGNORE_NIX=true ./scripts/check_go_versions.sh
INFO : go.mod                   : 1.24.1
INFO : dogfood/coder/Dockerfile : 1.24.1
INFO : setup-go/action.yaml     : 1.24.1
INFO : flake.nix                : 1.22
INFO : Ignoring flake.nix, as IGNORE_NIX=true
Go version check passed, all versions are 1.24.1

$ ./scripts/check_go_versions.sh
INFO : go.mod                   : 1.24.1
INFO : dogfood/coder/Dockerfile : 1.24.1
INFO : setup-go/action.yaml     : 1.24.1
INFO : flake.nix                : 1.22
ERROR: Go version mismatch between go.mod and flake.nix
```
There's a flake reported in coder/internal#549
that was caused by the built-in Postgres failing to start. However, the
test was written in a way that didn't log the actual error which caused
Postgres to fail. This PR improves error logging in the affected test so
that the next time the error happens, we know what it is.
Spotted on main: https://github.com/coder/coder/actions/runs/14179449567/job/39721999486
```
=== FAIL: coderd TestOIDCDomainErrorMessage/MalformedEmailErrorOmitsDomains (0.01s)
==================
WARNING: DATA RACE
Read at 0x00c060b54e68 by goroutine 296485:
  golang.org/x/oauth2.(*Config).Exchange()
      /home/runner/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/oauth2@v0.28.0/oauth2.go:228 +0x1d8
  github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd.(*OIDCConfig).Exchange()
      <autogenerated>:1 +0xb7
  github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd.New.func11.12.1.2.ExtractOAuth2.1.1()
      /home/runner/work/coder/coder/coderd/httpmw/oauth2.go:168 +0x7b5
  net/http.HandlerFunc.ServeHTTP()
      /opt/hostedtoolcache/go/1.24.1/x64/src/net/http/server.go:2294 +0x47
[...]
Previous write at 0x00c060b54e68 by goroutine 55730:
  github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/coderdtest/oidctest.(*FakeIDP).SetRedirect()
      /home/runner/work/coder/coder/coderd/coderdtest/oidctest/idp.go:1280 +0x1e6
  github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/coderdtest/oidctest.(*FakeIDP).LoginWithClient()
      /home/runner/work/coder/coder/coderd/coderdtest/oidctest/idp.go:494 +0x170
  github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/coderdtest/oidctest.(*FakeIDP).AttemptLogin()
      /home/runner/work/coder/coder/coderd/coderdtest/oidctest/idp.go:479 +0x624
  github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd_test.TestOIDCDomainErrorMessage.func3()
      /home/runner/work/coder/coder/coderd/userauth_test.go:2041 +0x1f2
```

As seen, this race was caused by sharing a `*oidctest.FakeIDP` between test cases. The fix is to simply do the setup twice.

```
$ go test -race -run "TestOIDCDomainErrorMessage" github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd -count=100
ok      github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd        7.551s
````
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## Changes made
- Switched almost all headers to use the `SettingHeader` component
- Redesigned component to be more composition-based, to stay in line
with the patterns we're starting to use more throughout the codebase
- Refactored `SettingHeader` to be based on Radix and Tailwind, rather
than Emotion/MUI
- Added additional props to `SettingHeader` to help resolve issues with
the component creating invalid HTML
- Beefed up `SettingHeader` to have better out-of-the-box accessibility
- Addressed some typographic problems in `SettingHeader`
- Addressed some responsive layout problems for `SettingsHeader`
- Added first-ever stories for `SettingsHeader`

## Notes
- There are still a few headers that aren't using `SettingHeader` yet.
There were some UI edge cases that meant I couldn't reliably bring it in
without consulting the Design team first. I'm a little less worried
about them, because they at least *look* like the other headers, but
it'd be nice if we could centralize everything in a followup PR
closes #16919 

- [x] cursor doc
- [x] windsurf doc

from
#16919 (comment):
- add to access-workspace
- link to module(s)
- how to windsurf with ssh
- temp: install vsix manually (Windsurf)
   - from <https://github.com/coder/vscode-coder>
- log in first
- search extensions for Coder
- ask your admin to add a module:
https://registry.coder.com/modules/cursor

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Co-authored-by: EdwardAngert <17991901+EdwardAngert@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: M Atif Ali <atif@coder.com>
## Issue

Closes #16206

(thanks @bjornrobertsson - not sure why I can't tag you as a reviewer)

Mismatch between the SMTP configuration UI and the documentation.

## Verification

Claude verified this issue by examining:

1. The current SMTP configuration code in the codebase
2. The CLI help documentation for the server command
3. The examples provided in the notifications documentation

The issue was confirmed by finding:
- A reference to a deprecated variable
`CODER_NOTIFICATIONS_EMAIL_FORCE_TLS` instead of the current
`CODER_EMAIL_FORCE_TLS`
- Missing information about the port format required for the SMTP
smarthost

## Changes made

1. Updated the `--email-smarthost` description to clarify that the
format should include both hostname and port: `(format:
     hostname:port)`
2. Fixed the reference to the TLS environment variable in the STARTTLS
description, replacing the deprecated
`CODER_NOTIFICATIONS_EMAIL_FORCE_TLS` with the correct
`CODER_EMAIL_FORCE_TLS`

## Additional information

The Gmail and Outlook examples in the documentation already correctly
show the port included in the smarthost configuration, but the main
description table needed to be updated to explicitly mention this
requirement.


[preview](https://coder.com/docs/@16206-smtp-required-components/admin/monitoring/notifications)

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This was causing no status to be rendered in the list, and
`latest_app_status` to always be nil.
Updates `~/.claude.json` and `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` with required
settings for agentic usage.
This PR adds the ability to hide presets on the workspace creation form.
When showing them, a clear indication is now made as to which inputs
were preset and which weren't.


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