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Purpose

This PR resolves:

The root cause was a validation mismatch across the API key creation flow: the gateway enforced a set of API key naming rules, but the platform API could still accept invalid caller-supplied names. As a result, names that were valid in one layer could be rejected or silently dropped downstream by the gateway, creating inconsistent behavior and avoidable API failures.

This change aligns the validation logic across the relevant components so that API key names are validated consistently at the source and the accepted range is enforced uniformly.

Goals

  • Align API key name validation rules across the gateway, platform API, and UI
  • Enforce a consistent valid range for API key names:
    • minimum length: 1 character
    • maximum length: 128 characters
  • Prevent invalid API key names from being accepted by the platform API and then rejected later by the gateway
  • Preserve existing generation behavior for display-name-derived names while validating direct caller-supplied IDs
  • Add regression coverage to prevent future drift between validation rules

Approach

  • updates the API key name validation logic to keep the lower bound at 1 and the upper bound at 128 characters
  • keeps the naming pattern consistent with the gateway rule: lowercase alphanumeric names with hyphen-based separators, without invalid leading/trailing or repeated separators
  • validates caller-supplied IDs before persisting or generating downstream values
  • adds regression tests to cover valid and invalid inputs, including edge cases around max-length boundaries and invalid characters

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Automation tests

  • Unit tests
    • Added validation regression coverage for API key name constraints and invalid caller-supplied IDs
    • Verified valid and invalid edge cases around the 1-character minimum and 128-character maximum
  • Integration tests
    • No dedicated integration test was added for this narrow validation fix because the change is covered at the service validation layer where the mismatch originally occurred.

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Related PRs

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Test environment

  • Validation-tested in the local development environment for the affected Go service and UI logic
  • No special hardware or external environment requirements beyond the standard repository development setup

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  • platform-api/internal/database/schema.postgres.sql
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API key names now allow 1–128 characters. Backend services validate caller-supplied IDs. Workspace pages use shared slugification and validation utilities before creating API keys.

Changes

API key naming

Layer / File(s) Summary
API key naming contracts and bounds
gateway/gateway-controller/api/management-openapi.yaml, gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/api/management/generated.go, gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/constants/constants.go, gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/controlplane/events.go, gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/utils/*, platform-api/resources/openapi.yaml, platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go
API key name schemas and constants now use 1–128 characters. Related documentation references the configured bounds.
Backend ID validation
platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go, platform-api/internal/service/llm_apikey.go, platform-api/internal/service/llm_proxy_apikey.go, platform-api/internal/service/apikey_name_validation_test.go, platform-api/internal/service/apikey_legacy_name_compat_test.go
Caller-supplied IDs are validated before uniqueness checks, key generation, or persistence. Tests cover length boundaries, allowed formats, LLM API key creation, and legacy underscore names.
Workspace API key generation
portals/ai-workspace/src/utils/apiKeyName.ts, portals/ai-workspace/src/pages/appShell/appShellPages/proxies/*, portals/ai-workspace/src/pages/appShell/appShellPages/serviceProvider/*
Workspace pages share slugification and validation utilities. Invalid names stop requests, and valid slugs become resource IDs.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5f133

The change allows API-key names up to 128 characters, but the current persistence limit is reported as 40 characters, so valid names may fail or be truncated when stored or propagated. Merge should wait for schema and migration alignment; strengthening the legacy-name tests is a minor follow-up.

Suggested reviewers: renuka-fernando, lasanthas, piumal1999

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Inline comments:
In `@platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go`:
- Around line 292-315: Update validAPIKeyNameRegex in validateAPIKeyName to
allow lowercase alphanumeric segments separated only by hyphens, and remove
underscore wording from its validation error. In
platform-api/internal/service/apikey_name_validation_test.go:56-56, change the
underscore-containing API key case to expect rejection.

In `@platform-api/resources/openapi.yaml`:
- Around line 6222-6223: Update all API-key ID schemas, including
CreateAPIKeyRequest.id and APIKeyItem.id plus the corresponding schemas at the
other referenced locations, to enforce the shared lowercase
alphanumeric-with-hyphen-separators pattern and 1–128 length bounds. Match the
existing LLM provider and proxy request contract, then regenerate derived
clients.
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  • gateway/gateway-controller/api/management-openapi.yaml
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  • gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/constants/constants.go
  • gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/controlplane/events.go
  • gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/utils/api_key.go
  • gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/utils/api_key_validation.go
  • platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go
  • platform-api/internal/service/apikey_name_validation_test.go
  • platform-api/internal/service/llm_apikey.go
  • platform-api/internal/service/llm_proxy_apikey.go
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  • portals/ai-workspace/src/pages/appShell/appShellPages/proxies/LLMProxyNew.tsx
  • portals/ai-workspace/src/pages/appShell/appShellPages/proxies/LLMProxyOverviewTab.tsx
  • portals/ai-workspace/src/pages/appShell/appShellPages/serviceProvider/ServiceProviderDeploymentsCard.tsx
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  • portals/ai-workspace/src/utils/apiKeyName.ts

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platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go (1)

40-41: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Increase the API-key handle column limit.

api_keys.handle remains VARCHAR(40) in all four database schemas. Change it to support 128-character API-key IDs and add a migration for existing installations.

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In `@platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go` around lines 40 - 41, Update the
database definitions for api_keys.handle in all four schemas from VARCHAR(40) to
VARCHAR(128), matching the apiKeyNameMaxLength constant. Add a migration that
alters the existing api_keys.handle column to the new size while preserving
existing data.
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platform-api/internal/service/apikey_legacy_name_compat_test.go (1)

52-67: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the legacy name passed to repository writes.

legacyNameAPIKeyRepo.Update and legacyNameAPIKeyRepo.Revoke discard the name values. The tests would pass if the service changed legacy_key_v1 before persistence or revocation. Capture the Update model name and Revoke name, then assert that both equal legacyName.

Proposed test strengthening
 type legacyNameAPIKeyRepo struct {
+	updatedKeyName string
+	revokedKeyName string
 }

-func (r *legacyNameAPIKeyRepo) Update(_ *model.APIKey) error {
+func (r *legacyNameAPIKeyRepo) Update(key *model.APIKey) error {
 	r.updated = true
+	r.updatedKeyName = key.Name
 	return nil
 }

-func (r *legacyNameAPIKeyRepo) Revoke(_, _, updatedBy string) error {
+func (r *legacyNameAPIKeyRepo) Revoke(_, keyName, updatedBy string) error {
 	r.revoked = true
+	r.revokedKeyName = keyName
 	r.revokedBy = updatedBy
 	return nil
 }

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In `@platform-api/internal/service/apikey_legacy_name_compat_test.go` around lines
52 - 67, Strengthen legacyNameAPIKeyRepo to capture the API key name received by
Update and the name argument received by Revoke, then assert both captured
values equal legacyName in the relevant tests. Keep the existing updated and
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In `@platform-api/internal/service/apikey.go`:
- Around line 40-41: Update the database definitions for api_keys.handle in all
four schemas from VARCHAR(40) to VARCHAR(128), matching the apiKeyNameMaxLength
constant. Add a migration that alters the existing api_keys.handle column to the
new size while preserving existing data.

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In `@platform-api/internal/service/apikey_legacy_name_compat_test.go`:
- Around line 52-67: Strengthen legacyNameAPIKeyRepo to capture the API key name
received by Update and the name argument received by Revoke, then assert both
captured values equal legacyName in the relevant tests. Keep the existing
updated and revoked behavior assertions intact.

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uuid VARCHAR(40) PRIMARY KEY,
artifact_uuid VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
handle VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
handle VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,

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This requires database schema migrations. Shall we keep this on hold until then?

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Introduces DB schema changes to the platform API db. Need to discuss

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In the Platform API OpenAPI, the id (handle) is already defined with a 3–40 character limit, and the database handle column is also VARCHAR(40). API keys created from the CP to the DP therefore should follow the 3–40 character constraint.

   id:
      type: string
      description: URL-safe handle (identifier) of the API key (generated from displayName when not supplied)
      minLength: 3
      maxLength: 40
   displayName:
      type: string
      description: Human-readable display name of the API key
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 128
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS api_keys (
    uuid VARCHAR(40) PRIMARY KEY,
    artifact_uuid VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
    handle VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,

The Gateway OpenAPI currently allows up to 63 characters, and minimum 3.

        name:
          type: string
          description: Identifier of the API key. If not provided, a default identifier will be generated
          pattern: "^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$"
          minLength: 3
          maxLength: 63
          example: my-production-key

There is currently an inconsistency in the maximum number of characters allowed. However, can we implement the validateAPIKeyName function on the Platform API side, along with corresponding UI validation, to ensure that API key handles always comply with the 3–40 character constraint and are accepted by both the Platform API and Gateway?

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In the Platform API OpenAPI, the id (handle) is already defined with a 3–40 character limit, and the database handle column is also VARCHAR(40). API keys created from the CP to the DP therefore should follow the 3–40 character constraint.

   id:
      type: string
      description: URL-safe handle (identifier) of the API key (generated from displayName when not supplied)
      minLength: 3
      maxLength: 40
   displayName:
      type: string
      description: Human-readable display name of the API key
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 128
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS api_keys (
    uuid VARCHAR(40) PRIMARY KEY,
    artifact_uuid VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
    handle VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,

The Gateway OpenAPI currently allows up to 63 characters, and minimum 3.

        name:
          type: string
          description: Identifier of the API key. If not provided, a default identifier will be generated
          pattern: "^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$"
          minLength: 3
          maxLength: 63
          example: my-production-key

There is currently an inconsistency in the maximum number of characters allowed. However, can we implement the validateAPIKeyName function on the Platform API side, along with corresponding UI validation, to ensure that API key handles always comply with the 3–40 character constraint and are accepted by both the Platform API and Gateway?

Yeah. I am not sure why we need to change this to 1-128 range. All we need is proper validations to the existing range.

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Thanks @thivindu, @Thushani-Jayasekera and @malinthaprasan for pointing this out.

For context on why this PR went with 1–128 instead of the existing 3–40 range: the original issue (#3163) was that the Gateway validates and enforces its own API key naming rules, but the Platform API had no code-level validation on caller-supplied IDs at all — so a name could pass through the Platform API and only fail later at the Gateway, causing inconsistent behavior. While fixing that gap, the Dev Portal's displayName field already allows up to 128 characters, so the max length was aligned to 128 to avoid rejecting names the Dev Portal itself allows a user to enter.

Looking at this more closely now, here's the full picture across components:

  • Dev Portal: displayName allows up to 128 characters.
  • Platform API: OpenAPI id/handle is constrained to 3–40 characters, and api_keys.handle is VARCHAR(40) across all four DB schemas (postgres, sqlite, sqlserver, and the base schema.sql) — but again, no service-layer validation currently enforces this.
  • Gateway: OpenAPI name allows 3–63 characters, enforced both in validation logic and at the DB level.

So raising the Platform API bound to 128 (as done here) closes the original validation gap, but it does so by moving the max length further out of sync with the Gateway's 63-character limit, and it requires a schema migration on api_keys.handle to actually support 128-character values at the DB level — which this PR doesn't include.

Flagging this here so the inconsistency is captured before deciding how to proceed on this PR.

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Closing this PR.

The original problem (#3163) was that the Gateway enforces API key name validation, but the Platform API had no code-level validation on caller-supplied IDs — so names accepted by the Platform API could still be rejected downstream by the Gateway. This PR aligned the max length to 128 to match the Dev Portal's displayName field while fixing that gap, but that surfaced a broader inconsistency in the max-length constraint across components:

  • Dev Portal: 128 characters
  • Platform API: 40 characters (api_keys.handle is VARCHAR(40) across all four DB schemas, with no service-layer validation enforcing it)
  • Gateway: 63 characters (enforced at both the logic and DB level)

Raising the Platform API bound to 128 requires a DB schema migration on api_keys.handle across all four schemas (Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and the default schema), which isn't something we can do as part of this fix right now. Since the length mismatch itself can't be resolved in this PR, I'm closing it rather than merging a partial fix.

I've raised #3235 to track this underlying inconsistency in max API key name length across Dev Portal (128), Platform API (40), and Gateway (63) — resolving it properly needs a DB migration and a decision on a single target length, and it will remain unresolved even after the next step below.

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