[release/8.2] Fix dashboard auth when unsecured

src/Aspire.Dashboard/Authentication/FrontendCompositeAuthenticationHandler.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
-using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using Aspire.Dashboard.Authentication.Connection;
 using Aspire.Dashboard.Configuration;
@@ -29,13 +28,6 @@ protected override async Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
                     parameters: new Dictionary<string, object?> { [AspirePolicyEvaluator.SuppressChallengeKey] = true }));
         }
 
-        var scheme = GetRelevantAuthenticationScheme();
-        if (scheme == null)
-        {
-            var id = new ClaimsIdentity([new Claim(OtlpAuthorization.OtlpClaimName, bool.FalseString)]);
-            return AuthenticateResult.Success(new AuthenticationTicket(new ClaimsPrincipal(id), Scheme.Name));
-        }
-
         result = await Context.AuthenticateAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         return result;
     }

src/Aspire.Dashboard/Authentication/UnsecuredAuthenticationHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace Aspire.Dashboard.Authentication;
+
+public class UnsecuredAuthenticationHandler : AuthenticationHandler<AuthenticationSchemeOptions>
+{
+    public UnsecuredAuthenticationHandler(IOptionsMonitor<AuthenticationSchemeOptions> options, ILoggerFactory logger, UrlEncoder encoder) : base(options, logger, encoder)
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected override Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
+    {
+        var id = new ClaimsIdentity(
+            [new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, "Local"), new Claim(FrontendAuthorizationDefaults.UnsecuredClaimName, bool.TrueString)],
+            FrontendAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationSchemeUnsecured);
+
+        return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Success(new AuthenticationTicket(new ClaimsPrincipal(id), Scheme.Name)));
+    }
+}

src/Aspire.Dashboard/DashboardWebApplication.cs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 using Aspire.Dashboard.Otlp.Http;
 using Aspire.Dashboard.Otlp.Storage;
 using Aspire.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect;
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ private static bool IsSameOrNull(Uri frontendUri, Uri? otlpUrl)
     private static void ConfigureAuthentication(WebApplicationBuilder builder, DashboardOptions dashboardOptions)
     {
         var authentication = builder.Services
-            .AddAuthentication(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
+            .AddAuthentication(o => o.DefaultScheme = ConfigureDefaultAuthScheme(dashboardOptions))
             .AddScheme<FrontendCompositeAuthenticationHandlerOptions, FrontendCompositeAuthenticationHandler>(FrontendCompositeAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme, o => { })
             .AddScheme<OtlpCompositeAuthenticationHandlerOptions, OtlpCompositeAuthenticationHandler>(OtlpCompositeAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme, o => { })
             .AddScheme<OtlpApiKeyAuthenticationHandlerOptions, OtlpApiKeyAuthenticationHandler>(OtlpApiKeyAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme, o => { })
@@ -728,6 +729,9 @@ private static void ConfigureAuthentication(WebApplicationBuilder builder, Dashb
                     options.Cookie.Name = DashboardAuthCookieName;
                 });
                 break;
+            case FrontendAuthMode.Unsecured:
+                authentication.AddScheme<AuthenticationSchemeOptions, UnsecuredAuthenticationHandler>(FrontendAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationSchemeUnsecured, o => { });
+                break;
         }
 
         builder.Services.AddAuthorization(options =>
@@ -758,13 +762,24 @@ private static void ConfigureAuthentication(WebApplicationBuilder builder, Dashb
                     options.AddPolicy(
                         name: FrontendAuthorizationDefaults.PolicyName,
                         policy: new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder(FrontendCompositeAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
-                            .RequireClaim(OtlpAuthorization.OtlpClaimName, [bool.FalseString])
+                            .RequireClaim(FrontendAuthorizationDefaults.UnsecuredClaimName)
                             .Build());
                     break;
                 default:
                     throw new NotSupportedException($"Unexpected {nameof(FrontendAuthMode)} enum member: {dashboardOptions.Frontend.AuthMode}");
             }
         });
+
+        // ASP.NET Core authentication needs to have the correct default scheme for the configured frontend auth.
+        // This is required for ASP.NET Core/SignalR/Blazor to flow the authenticated user from the request and into the dashboard app.
+        static string ConfigureDefaultAuthScheme(DashboardOptions dashboardOptions)
+        {
+            return dashboardOptions.Frontend.AuthMode switch
+            {
+                FrontendAuthMode.Unsecured => FrontendAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationSchemeUnsecured,
+                _ => CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme
+            };
+        }
     }
 
     public int Run()
@@ -804,10 +819,12 @@ public static class FrontendAuthorizationDefaults
 {
     public const string PolicyName = "Frontend";
     public const string BrowserTokenClaimName = "BrowserTokenClaim";
+    public const string UnsecuredClaimName = "UnsecuredTokenClaim";
 }
 
 public static class FrontendAuthenticationDefaults
 {
     public const string AuthenticationSchemeOpenIdConnect = "FrontendOpenIdConnect";
     public const string AuthenticationSchemeBrowserToken = "FrontendBrowserToken";
+    public const string AuthenticationSchemeUnsecured = "FrontendUnsecured";
 }

tests/Aspire.Dashboard.Tests/Integration/Playwright/AppBarTests.cs

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ public AppBarTests(DashboardServerFixture dashboardServerFixture, PlaywrightFixt
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    [ActiveIssue("https://github.com/dotnet/aspire/issues/4851")]
     public async Task AppBar_Change_Theme()
     {
         // Arrange

tests/Aspire.Dashboard.Tests/Integration/Playwright/PlaywrightFixture.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
 using Aspire.Workload.Tests;
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ public class PlaywrightFixture : IAsyncLifetime
 
     public async Task InitializeAsync()
     {
+        // Default timeout of 5000 ms could time out on slow CI servers.
+        Assertions.SetDefaultExpectTimeout(15_000);
+
         PlaywrightProvider.DetectAndSetInstalledPlaywrightDependenciesPath();
         Browser = await PlaywrightProvider.CreateBrowserAsync();
     }