Beckid: the admin launch PIN was a CLIENT-SIDE overlay only. `launch_pin_required`
just told the frontend to draw a fixed div over the app — removing it (Safari
"Hide Distracting Items", devtools, or any non-browser client like curl) gave
full unauthenticated access to every /api/* endpoint, because the server never
checked it. Anyone who reverse-proxies SoulSync publicly was wide open.
Fix: a before_request gate (_enforce_launch_pin) that rejects every request from
an unverified session while security.require_pin_on_launch is on. The decision
is a pure, unit-tested helper (core/security/launch_lock.request_is_locked) so
the allow/deny matrix can't silently regress. Allowed while locked: the page
shell + static assets, the unlock flow (current/list/select/verify/reset/logout),
and the public REST API /api/v1/ (its own @require_api_key governs it) — EXCEPT
/api/v1/api-keys-internal*, the "no auth required" key-management endpoints,
which stay locked so an attacker can't mint an API key and walk in the side door.
Everything else (data, settings, profile create/edit/delete/set-pin, socket.io)
is blocked.
A blocked top-level browser navigation (deep link / refresh on a sub-page like
/dashboard) is redirected to the root lock screen instead of dumping raw JSON —
detected via Sec-Fetch-Mode: navigate / Accept: text/html (is_html_navigation).
Programmatic fetch/XHR still get the JSON 401 so the frontend can react.
Also fixed the verified flag: get_current_profile POPPED launch_pin_verified
(one page load), but an enforced gate needs it to persist — now READ, so
verification lasts the session (until logout/expiry). No-ops entirely when
require_pin_on_launch is off (default).
Tests: full allow/deny matrix + navigation detection. 20 gate tests + 232
profile/security tests pass.
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