Determine session type on stream based on stream watcher events

api/types/session_tracker.go

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const (
 	DatabaseSessionKind       SessionKind = "db"
 	AppSessionKind            SessionKind = "app"
 	WindowsDesktopSessionKind SessionKind = "desktop"
+	UnknownSessionKind        SessionKind = ""
 )
 
 // SessionParticipantMode is the mode that determines what you can do when you join a session.

lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go

@@ -196,30 +196,14 @@ func (a *ServerWithRoles) actionWithExtendedContext(kind, verb string, extendCon
 // actionForKindSession is a special checker that grants access to session
 // recordings. It can allow access to a specific recording based on the
 // `where` section of the user's access rule for kind `session`.
-func (a *ServerWithRoles) actionForKindSession(ctx context.Context, sid session.ID) (types.SessionKind, error) {
-	sessionEnd, err := a.findSessionEndEvent(ctx, sid)
-
-	extendContext := func(ctx *services.Context) error {
-		ctx.Session = sessionEnd
+func (a *ServerWithRoles) actionForKindSession(ctx context.Context, sid session.ID) error {
+	extendContext := func(servicesCtx *services.Context) error {
+		sessionEnd, err := a.findSessionEndEvent(ctx, sid)
+		servicesCtx.Session = sessionEnd
 		return trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	var sessionKind types.SessionKind
-	switch e := sessionEnd.(type) {
-	case *apievents.SessionEnd:
-		sessionKind = types.SSHSessionKind
-		if e.KubernetesCluster != "" {
-			sessionKind = types.KubernetesSessionKind
-		}
-	case *apievents.DatabaseSessionEnd:
-		sessionKind = types.DatabaseSessionKind
-	case *apievents.AppSessionEnd:
-		sessionKind = types.AppSessionKind
-	case *apievents.WindowsDesktopSessionEnd:
-		sessionKind = types.WindowsDesktopSessionKind
-	}
-
-	return sessionKind, trace.Wrap(a.actionWithExtendedContext(types.KindSession, types.VerbRead, extendContext))
+	return trace.Wrap(a.actionWithExtendedContext(types.KindSession, types.VerbRead, extendContext))
 }
 
 // localServerAction returns an access denied error if the role is not one of the builtin server roles.
@@ -6121,44 +6105,60 @@ func (a *ServerWithRoles) ReplaceRemoteLocks(ctx context.Context, clusterName st
 // channel if one is encountered. Otherwise the event channel is closed when the stream ends.
 // The event channel is not closed on error to prevent race conditions in downstream select statements.
 func (a *ServerWithRoles) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID, startIndex int64) (chan apievents.AuditEvent, chan error) {
-	createErrorChannel := func(err error) (chan apievents.AuditEvent, chan error) {
-		e := make(chan error, 1)
-		e <- trace.Wrap(err)
-		return nil, e
-	}
-
 	err := a.localServerAction()
 	isTeleportServer := err == nil
 
-	var sessionType types.SessionKind
-	if !isTeleportServer {
-		var err error
-		sessionType, err = a.actionForKindSession(ctx, sessionID)
-		if err != nil {
-			c, e := make(chan apievents.AuditEvent), make(chan error, 1)
-			e <- trace.Wrap(err)
-			return c, e
-		}
+	// StreamSessionEvents can be called internally, and when that
+	// happens we don't want to emit an event or check for permissions.
+	if isTeleportServer {
+		return a.alog.StreamSessionEvents(ctx, sessionID, startIndex)
 	}
 
-	// StreamSessionEvents can be called internally, and when that happens we don't want to emit an event.
-	shouldEmitAuditEvent := !isTeleportServer
-	if shouldEmitAuditEvent {
+	if err := a.actionForKindSession(ctx, sessionID); err != nil {
+		c, e := make(chan apievents.AuditEvent), make(chan error, 1)
+		e <- trace.Wrap(err)
+		return c, e
+	}
+
+	// We can only determine the session type after the streaming started. For
+	// this reason, we delay the emit audit event until the first event or if
+	// the streaming returns an error.
+	cb := func(evt apievents.AuditEvent, _ error) {
 		if err := a.authServer.emitter.EmitAuditEvent(a.authServer.closeCtx, &apievents.SessionRecordingAccess{
 			Metadata: apievents.Metadata{
 				Type: events.SessionRecordingAccessEvent,
 				Code: events.SessionRecordingAccessCode,
 			},
 			SessionID:    sessionID.String(),
 			UserMetadata: a.context.Identity.GetIdentity().GetUserMetadata(),
-			SessionType:  string(sessionType),
+			SessionType:  string(sessionTypeFromStartEvent(evt)),
 			Format:       metadata.SessionRecordingFormatFromContext(ctx),
 		}); err != nil {
-			return createErrorChannel(err)
+			log.WithError(err).Errorf("Failed to emit stream session event audit event")
 		}
 	}
 
-	return a.alog.StreamSessionEvents(ctx, sessionID, startIndex)
+	return a.alog.StreamSessionEvents(events.ContextWithSessionStartCallback(ctx, cb), sessionID, startIndex)
+}
+
+// sessionTypeFromStartEvent determines the session type given the session start
+// event.
+func sessionTypeFromStartEvent(sessionStart apievents.AuditEvent) types.SessionKind {
+	switch e := sessionStart.(type) {
+	case *apievents.SessionStart:
+		if e.KubernetesCluster != "" {
+			return types.KubernetesSessionKind
+		}
+		return types.SSHSessionKind
+	case *apievents.DatabaseSessionStart:
+		return types.DatabaseSessionKind
+	case *apievents.AppSessionStart:
+		return types.AppSessionKind
+	case *apievents.WindowsDesktopSessionStart:
+		return types.WindowsDesktopSessionKind
+	default:
+		return types.UnknownSessionKind
+	}
 }
 
 // CreateApp creates a new application resource.

lib/auth/auth_with_roles_test.go

@@ -2267,7 +2267,29 @@ func TestStreamSessionEvents(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStreamSessionEvents_SessionType(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	srv := newTestTLSServer(t)
+	authServerConfig := TestAuthServerConfig{
+		Dir:   t.TempDir(),
+		Clock: clockwork.NewFakeClockAt(time.Now().Round(time.Second).UTC()),
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, authServerConfig.CheckAndSetDefaults())
+
+	uploader := eventstest.NewMemoryUploader()
+	localLog, err := events.NewAuditLog(events.AuditLogConfig{
+		DataDir:       authServerConfig.Dir,
+		ServerID:      authServerConfig.ClusterName,
+		Clock:         authServerConfig.Clock,
+		UploadHandler: uploader,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	authServerConfig.AuditLog = localLog
+
+	as, err := NewTestAuthServer(authServerConfig)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	srv, err := as.NewTestTLSServer()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { srv.Close() })
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	t.Cleanup(cancel)
 
@@ -2278,22 +2300,29 @@ func TestStreamSessionEvents_SessionType(t *testing.T) {
 	identity := TestUser(user.GetName())
 	clt, err := srv.NewClient(identity)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	sessionID := "44c6cea8-362f-11ea-83aa-125400432324"
+	sessionID := session.NewID()
 
-	// Emitting a session end event will cause the listing to correctly locate
-	// the recording (even if there might not be a recording file to stream).
-	require.NoError(t, srv.Auth().EmitAuditEvent(ctx, &apievents.DatabaseSessionEnd{
+	streamer, err := events.NewProtoStreamer(events.ProtoStreamerConfig{
+		Uploader: uploader,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	stream, err := streamer.CreateAuditStream(ctx, sessionID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// The event is not required to pass through the auth server, we only need
+	// the upload to be present.
+	require.NoError(t, stream.RecordEvent(ctx, eventstest.PrepareEvent(&apievents.DatabaseSessionStart{
 		Metadata: apievents.Metadata{
-			Type: events.DatabaseSessionEndEvent,
-			Code: events.DatabaseSessionEndCode,
+			Type: events.DatabaseSessionStartEvent,
+			Code: events.DatabaseSessionStartCode,
 		},
 		SessionMetadata: apievents.SessionMetadata{
-			SessionID: sessionID,
+			SessionID: sessionID.String(),
 		},
-	}))
+	})))
+	require.NoError(t, stream.Complete(ctx))
 
 	accessedFormat := teleport.PTY
-	clt.StreamSessionEvents(metadata.WithSessionRecordingFormatContext(ctx, accessedFormat), session.ID(sessionID), 0)
+	clt.StreamSessionEvents(metadata.WithSessionRecordingFormatContext(ctx, accessedFormat), sessionID, 0)
 
 	// Perform the listing an eventually loop to ensure the event is emitted.
 	var searchEvents []apievents.AuditEvent

lib/events/auditlog.go

@@ -509,9 +509,23 @@ func (l *AuditLog) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID
 	e := make(chan error, 1)
 	c := make(chan apievents.AuditEvent)
 
+	sessionStartCh := make(chan apievents.AuditEvent, 1)
+	if startCb, err := sessionStartCallbackFromContext(ctx); err == nil {
+		go func() {
+			evt, ok := <-sessionStartCh
+			if !ok {
+				startCb(nil, trace.NotFound("session start event not found"))
+				return
+			}
+
+			startCb(evt, nil)
+		}()
+	}
+
 	rawSession, err := os.CreateTemp(l.playbackDir, string(sessionID)+".stream.tar.*")
 	if err != nil {
 		e <- trace.Wrap(trace.ConvertSystemError(err), "creating temporary stream file")
+		close(sessionStartCh)
 		return c, e
 	}
 	// The file is still perfectly usable after unlinking it, and the space it's
@@ -528,6 +542,7 @@ func (l *AuditLog) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID
 	if err := os.Remove(rawSession.Name()); err != nil {
 		_ = rawSession.Close()
 		e <- trace.Wrap(trace.ConvertSystemError(err), "removing temporary stream file")
+		close(sessionStartCh)
 		return c, e
 	}
 
@@ -538,6 +553,7 @@ func (l *AuditLog) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID
 			err = trace.NotFound("a recording for session %v was not found", sessionID)
 		}
 		e <- trace.Wrap(err)
+		close(sessionStartCh)
 		return c, e
 	}
 	l.log.DebugContext(ctx, "Downloaded session to a temporary file for streaming.",
@@ -547,6 +563,8 @@ func (l *AuditLog) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID
 
 	go func() {
 		defer rawSession.Close()
+		defer close(sessionStartCh)
+
 		// this shouldn't be necessary as the position should be already 0 (Download
 		// takes an io.WriterAt), but it's better to be safe than sorry
 		if _, err := rawSession.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
@@ -557,6 +575,7 @@ func (l *AuditLog) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID
 		protoReader := NewProtoReader(rawSession)
 		defer protoReader.Close()
 
+		firstEvent := true
 		for {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				e <- trace.Wrap(ctx.Err())
@@ -573,6 +592,11 @@ func (l *AuditLog) StreamSessionEvents(ctx context.Context, sessionID session.ID
 				return
 			}
 
+			if firstEvent {
+				sessionStartCh <- event
+				firstEvent = false
+			}
+
 			if event.GetIndex() >= startIndex {
 				select {
 				case c <- event:
@@ -667,3 +691,39 @@ func (l *AuditLog) periodicSpaceMonitor() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// streamSessionEventsContextKey represent context keys used by
+// StreamSessionEvents function.
+type streamSessionEventsContextKey string
+
+const (
+	// sessionStartCallbackContextKey is the context key used to store the
+	// session start callback function.
+	sessionStartCallbackContextKey streamSessionEventsContextKey = "session-start"
+)
+
+// SessionStartCallback is the function used when streaming reaches the start
+// event. If any error, such as session not found, the event will be nil, and
+// the error will be set.
+type SessionStartCallback func(startEvent apievents.AuditEvent, err error)
+
+// ContextWithSessionStartCallback returns a context.Context containing a
+// session start event callback.
+func ContextWithSessionStartCallback(ctx context.Context, cb SessionStartCallback) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, sessionStartCallbackContextKey, cb)
+}
+
+// sessionStartCallbackFromContext returns the session start callback from
+// context.Context.
+func sessionStartCallbackFromContext(ctx context.Context) (SessionStartCallback, error) {
+	if ctx == nil {
+		return nil, trace.BadParameter("context is nil")
+	}
+
+	cb, ok := ctx.Value(sessionStartCallbackContextKey).(SessionStartCallback)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, trace.BadParameter("session start callback function was not found in the context")
+	}
+
+	return cb, nil
+}