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Browser-based login (phase auth --mode webauth) starts a local HTTP callback server on a random port (roughly 8002-20002), chosen fresh on every run. Because the port is unpredictable, it cannot be mapped with Docker port publishing (-p), so webauth does not work inside containers. The only workaround today is --network=host, which is Linux-only and behaves differently on Docker Desktop (macOS/Windows).

This adds a way to pin the callback port:

  • New --webauth-port flag on the auth command (webauth mode).
  • New PHASE_WEBAUTH_PORT environment variable, for container setups where flags are awkward.

The resolved port is used both for net.Listen and in the port field of the webauth payload, so the Console redirects back to the same fixed port:

phase auth --mode webauth --webauth-port 8002
docker run -p 8002:8002 ... phase auth --mode webauth --webauth-port 8002

Precedence is flag, then env var, then the existing random port. Omitting both keeps today's behavior exactly, so the change is fully backward compatible. An out-of-range port (flag or env) or a non-numeric env value is rejected with a clear error.

Port resolution is extracted into a pure resolveWebAuthPort helper (mirroring the existing resolveTokenName helper), with unit tests covering the flag, env, random-fallback, and validation paths. go vet ./cmd/ and go test ./... pass; the CGO_ENABLED=0 build succeeds.

Closes #305

Stacked on #304. This PR is based on the feat/webauth-token-name-lifetime branch, so until #304 merges the diff also shows its commit; once #304 is merged, only the webauth-port change remains. Please merge after #304.

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  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Breaking change
  • Documentation

tomaskir added 2 commits June 28, 2026 19:07
phase auth (webauth mode) always minted a non-expiring PAT named
username@hostname, with no way to override either. Add two optional flags
and send the values to the Console in the webauth request payload:

- --token-name sets the PAT name (default username@hostname). This fixes
  unhelpful names under Docker, where the default becomes root@<container-id>.
- --token-lifetime sets the PAT lifetime, e.g. 7d, 12h, 30m, 60s, 2w
  (default: never expires).

The webauth payload moves from the hyphen-joined port-pubKeyHex-patName
string to base64(JSON) { port, publicKey, name, lifetime? }, where lifetime
is in seconds. This is parse-safe for names containing hyphens or other
characters and matches the Console webauth page contract.

Add util.ParseTokenLifetime to convert a lifetime string into seconds.

Console side: phasehq/console#928, phasehq/console#937 (PR phasehq/console#938).

Closes phasehq#302
Closes phasehq#303
Browser login (--mode webauth) starts a local HTTP callback server on a
random port (8002-20002), so the port cannot be known ahead of time. That
breaks webauth inside containers, where Docker port publishing (-p) needs a
fixed port; the only workaround was --network=host, which is Linux-only and
inconsistent on Docker Desktop.

Add a --webauth-port flag and a matching PHASE_WEBAUTH_PORT env var to pin
the callback server to a caller-specified port. The resolved port is used
both for net.Listen and in the webauth payload's port field, so the Console
redirects back to the same fixed port:

    phase auth --mode webauth --webauth-port 8002
    docker run -p 8002:8002 ... phase auth --mode webauth --webauth-port 8002

Precedence is flag, then env var, then the existing random port. Omitting
both keeps today's behavior, so this is fully backward compatible. Port
resolution is extracted into a pure resolveWebAuthPort helper with unit
tests covering the flag/env/random and validation paths.

Closes phasehq#305
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Allow specifying a fixed webauth callback port via --webauth-port

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