feat: add --validate-auth to run authentication validation only

apps/cli/src/commands/logs.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ import { resolveWorkflowId } from '../session.js';
 import { waitForWorkflowClose } from '../temporal-client.js';
 import { stdoutIsTerminal } from '../tty.js';
 
-const TERMINAL_HEADINGS = new Set(['Scan COMPLETED', 'Scan PARTIAL', 'Scan FAILED', 'Scan CANCELLED']);
+const TERMINAL_HEADINGS = new Set([
+  'Scan COMPLETED',
+  'Scan PARTIAL',
+  'Scan FAILED',
+  'Scan CANCELLED',
+  'Validation COMPLETED',
+  'Validation FAILED',
+  'Validation CANCELLED',
+]);
 
 // The combined log resets completion on the bare `RESUMED` heading; a per-agent file carries the
 // distinct `--- RESUMED (<workflow id>) ---` boundary that WorkflowLogger.logResumeBoundary writes
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ export class LogCompletionState {
         this.failureIsLastMarker = false;
       } else if (TERMINAL_HEADINGS.has(line)) {
         this.terminalIsLastMarker = true;
-        this.failureIsLastMarker = line === 'Scan FAILED';
+        this.failureIsLastMarker = line.endsWith('FAILED');
       }
     }
   }

apps/cli/src/commands/start.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface StartArgs {
   pipelineTesting: boolean;
   keepContainer: boolean;
   follow: boolean;
+  authOnly: boolean;
   version: string;
 }
 
@@ -225,6 +226,9 @@ export function createWorkflowId(workspace: string, isResume: boolean, timestamp
 }
 
 export async function start(args: StartArgs): Promise<void> {
+  // Auth-only runs are short and have no report to come back for, so they always stream to the end.
+  if (args.authOnly) args.follow = true;
+
   // 1. Resolve non-mutating inputs and classify the workspace before changing it.
   initHome();
   loadEnv();
@@ -242,6 +246,13 @@ export async function start(args: StartArgs): Promise<void> {
   const requestedOutputDir = args.output ? path.resolve(expandHome(args.output)) : undefined;
   const launchDecision = classifyWorkspaceLaunch(workspacePath, args.url, requestedOutputDir);
 
+  // Auth-only runs write no resumable state, so they always run fresh; reusing a workspace would resume it.
+  if (args.authOnly && launchDecision.isResume) {
+    fail(
+      'An auth-validation run needs a fresh workspace. Omit -w to auto-name one, or choose a -w name that is not in use.',
+    );
+  }
+
   // 2. Inputs are valid; identify the run before initializing shared infrastructure.
   const bannerVersion = isLocal() ? undefined : args.version;
   if (stdoutIsTerminal()) {
@@ -254,7 +265,7 @@ export async function start(args: StartArgs): Promise<void> {
   ensureDocker();
   ensureImage(args.version);
   const spinner = p.spinner();
-  spinner.start('Starting scan');
+  spinner.start(args.authOnly ? 'Starting authentication validation' : 'Starting scan');
   await ensureInfra(spinner);
 
   // 3. Generate the invocation identity.
@@ -336,6 +347,7 @@ export async function start(args: StartArgs): Promise<void> {
     workspace,
     ...(args.pipelineTesting && { pipelineTesting: true }),
     ...(args.keepContainer && { keepContainer: true }),
+    ...(args.authOnly && { authOnly: true }),
     ...(shouldUsePiAuth() && { piAuthHostPath: resolveHostPiAuthPath() }),
   });
 
@@ -386,7 +398,7 @@ export async function start(args: StartArgs): Promise<void> {
   });
 
   // Poll for the workflow to register in session.json; the spinner resolves once it does.
-  spinner.message('Waiting for the scan to start');
+  spinner.message(args.authOnly ? 'Waiting for authentication validation to start' : 'Waiting for the scan to start');
   for (let attempts = 0; attempts < 60; attempts++) {
     // A pre-workflow failure leaves its reason here (nothing reached Temporal); surface it
     // rather than polling out to a generic timeout.
@@ -420,15 +432,15 @@ export async function start(args: StartArgs): Promise<void> {
         spinner.message('Running preflight checks');
         const outcome = await awaitPreflightOutcome(workflowId);
         if (outcome.kind === 'failed') {
-          spinner.error('The scan could not start');
+          spinner.error(args.authOnly ? 'Authentication validation could not start' : 'The scan could not start');
           printScanStartFailure(outcome.message);
           process.exit(1);
         }
 
-        spinner.stop(`Scan started — ${workspace}`);
+        spinner.stop(args.authOnly ? `Validating authentication — ${workspace}` : `Scan started — ${workspace}`);
         printInfo(args, workspace, repo.hostPath, workspacesDir);
         if (args.follow) {
-          await followScan(workspace, workspacesDir);
+          await followScan(workspace, workspacesDir, args.authOnly);
         }
         return;
       }
@@ -576,7 +588,7 @@ function printUnconfirmedScanHint(workspace: string, taskQueue: string, containe
  * That tracks whether the pipeline ran, not whether vulnerabilities were found. On failure the
  * root-cause message is printed so a red CI build says why.
  */
-async function followScan(workspace: string, workspacesDir: string): Promise<never> {
+async function followScan(workspace: string, workspacesDir: string, authOnly = false): Promise<never> {
   const logFile = resolveRunFile(path.join(workspacesDir, workspace), 'workflow.log');
   const workflowId = resolveWorkflowId(workspace);
 
@@ -587,7 +599,8 @@ async function followScan(workspace: string, workspacesDir: string): Promise<nev
   }
 
   if (stdoutIsTerminal()) {
-    console.error('\n  Following scan log (Ctrl-C to stop watching):\n');
+    const what = authOnly ? 'validation' : 'scan';
+    console.error(`\n  Following ${what} log (Ctrl-C to stop watching):\n`);
   }
 
   let temporalUnreachable = false;
@@ -675,10 +688,12 @@ function printInfo(args: StartArgs, workspace: string, repoPath: string, workspa
     console.log(`    Progress:   ${prefix} status ${workspace}`);
   }
 
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  Report (when the scan finishes):');
-  console.log(`    ${reportDir}${path.sep}`);
-  console.log(`      ${FINAL_REPORT_PDF_FILENAME}`);
-  console.log(`      ${FINAL_REPORT_MD_FILENAME}`);
-  console.log('');
+  if (!args.authOnly) {
+    console.log('');
+    console.log('  Report (when the scan finishes):');
+    console.log(`    ${reportDir}${path.sep}`);
+    console.log(`      ${FINAL_REPORT_PDF_FILENAME}`);
+    console.log(`      ${FINAL_REPORT_MD_FILENAME}`);
+    console.log('');
+  }
 }

apps/cli/src/docker.ts

@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ export interface WorkerOptions {
   workspace: string;
   pipelineTesting?: boolean;
   keepContainer?: boolean;
+  authOnly?: boolean;
   piAuthHostPath?: string;
 }
 
@@ -511,6 +512,9 @@ export function spawnWorker(opts: WorkerOptions): ChildProcess {
   if (opts.pipelineTesting) {
     args.push('--pipeline-testing');
   }
+  if (opts.authOnly) {
+    args.push('--validate-auth');
+  }
 
   // Inherit stderr so `docker run` daemon errors surface to the user;
   // ignore stdin/stdout (the container ID is noise).

apps/cli/src/help.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const START_OPTIONS: readonly (readonly [string, string])[] = [
   ['-o, --output <path>', 'Copy deliverables to this directory after the run'],
   ['-w, --workspace <name>', 'Named workspace (auto-resumes if it exists)'],
   ['-f, --follow', 'Stream the scan log until it finishes'],
+  ['--validate-auth', 'Validate authentication only, then stop (no pentest)'],
   ['--pipeline-testing', 'Use minimal prompts for fast testing'],
   ['--keep-container', 'Preserve the worker container after exit for log inspection'],
 ];
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const COMMAND_HELP: Readonly<Record<string, CommandHelp>> = {
       'start -u https://example.com -r ./my-repo',
       'start -u https://example.com -r /path/to/repo -c config.yaml -w q1-audit',
       'start -u https://example.com -r ./my-repo --follow',
+      'start -u https://example.com -r ./my-repo -c config.yaml --validate-auth',
     ],
   },
   stop: {

apps/cli/src/index.ts

@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ interface ParsedStartArgs {
   pipelineTesting: boolean;
   keepContainer: boolean;
   follow: boolean;
+  authOnly: boolean;
 }
 
 function parseStartArgs(argv: string[]): ParsedStartArgs {
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ function parseStartArgs(argv: string[]): ParsedStartArgs {
       pipelineTesting: ['--pipeline-testing'],
       keepContainer: ['--keep-container'],
       follow: ['-f', '--follow'],
+      authOnly: ['--validate-auth'],
     },
   });
 
@@ -220,12 +222,20 @@ function parseStartArgs(argv: string[]): ParsedStartArgs {
     failUsage(`invalid --url: ${url}`);
   }
 
+  if (flags.authOnly && !values.config) {
+    failUsage(
+      '--validate-auth needs a config file with an authentication block',
+      `Usage: ${commandPrefix()} start -u <url> -r <path> -c <config.yaml> --validate-auth`,
+    );
+  }
+
   return {
     url,
     repo,
     pipelineTesting: !!flags.pipelineTesting,
     keepContainer: !!flags.keepContainer,
     follow: !!flags.follow,
+    authOnly: !!flags.authOnly,
     ...(values.config && { config: values.config }),
     ...(values.modelsConfig && { modelsConfig: values.modelsConfig }),
     ...(values.workspace && { workspace: values.workspace }),

apps/cli/src/scan/pipeline.ts

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ const MISCELLANEOUS_EXPLOIT_AGENT: AgentSpec = {
  * available guess.
  */
 export function pipelineForState(state: PipelineState | null): readonly PhaseSpec[] {
+  if (state?.authOnly === true) return PIPELINE.filter((phase) => phase.key === 'auth-validation');
   if (state?.expectedAgents === undefined) return PIPELINE;
   const expected = new Set(state.expectedAgents);
   return PIPELINE.map((phase) => {
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ export type PipelineStatus = 'running' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'cancelled' |
 
 export interface PipelineState {
   readonly status: PipelineStatus;
+  readonly authOnly?: boolean;
   readonly currentPhase: string | null;
   readonly currentAgent: string | null;
   readonly completedAgents: string[];