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Some TDF files record their spec version as tdf_spec_version instead of schemaVersion, either at the manifest root or under payload. This SDK only reads schemaVersion, so those files are read as legacy (hex digests) and fail to decrypt.

Change: read the version from schemaVersion, then root tdf_spec_version, then payload.tdf_spec_version. Non-string values like null are skipped. The writer still emits schemaVersion only.

Reader-only, backwards compatible. Counterparts: opentdf/java-sdk#411, opentdf/web-sdk#1054.

Testing: unit tests for each placement and precedence; end-to-end decrypt with the version under each name. go test -race ./... in sdk/ passes.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Manifests that use the alternate tdf_spec_version field can now be read, including when it appears inside the payload. A root-level value takes precedence, while a non-empty schemaVersion remains authoritative.
    • Containers using the alternate field can now be loaded and decrypted successfully.
    • Saving a manifest writes the version as schemaVersion only.

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Manifest decoding falls back to a string-valued tdf_spec_version at the root or under payload when schemaVersion is empty. Tests cover version precedence, serialization, schema validation, container loading, and decryption.

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Manifest version compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Manifest decoding and serialization
sdk/manifest.go, sdk/manifest_test.go
Manifest.UnmarshalJSON falls back to tdf_spec_version at the root or under payload when schemaVersion is empty. Tests cover precedence, ignored values, other manifest fields, and canonical schemaVersion serialization.
Container loading and schema validation
sdk/tdf_spec_version_test.go, sdk/tdf_test.go
Container tests verify that root and payload placements load as TDFVersion and decrypt the original plaintext. Schema-validation coverage checks a manifest with root tdf_spec_version.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TDFSuite
  participant LoadTDF
  participant Manifest
  participant Payload
  TDFSuite->>LoadTDF: load container with tdf_spec_version
  LoadTDF->>Manifest: decode manifest JSON
  Manifest-->>LoadTDF: provide TDFVersion
  LoadTDF->>Payload: decrypt container payload
  Payload-->>TDFSuite: return plaintext
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 76caa

Some valid legacy-version manifests still fail to load or decrypt. Recognize escaped version keys and skip non-string values without numeric conversion before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 76caa

The compatibility change retains canonical-field precedence and existing integrity checks. No new authorization or plaintext-release bypass was identified. Compatibility for applications that reuse decoded manifest objects remains less certain.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The changed interpretation reaches SDK applications loading attacker-supplied TDF manifests. Its demonstrated effect is per-container integrity-format selection; inspected key-access construction does not show new service authority or credential exposure.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — No introduced integrity bypass was identified in the inspected path. Changing an alias to select a different encoding without corresponding valid signatures causes root verification to fail before verified-key publication. This conclusion does not establish complete security coverage.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Version metadata remains untrusted format-selection input. Root authentication covers the aggregate segment hashes rather than directly binding the version field. This predates the alias support; the aliases feed the existing internal selector rather than creating an independent trust decision.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Inspected tests cover field precedence, invalid alias types, canonical serialization, and container decryption for both deprecated placements. They provide compatibility counterevidence, not proof of deployed consumer behavior or concurrent-reader safety.
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🟡 Minor · Decode tdf_spec_version without raw-byte key matching. · manifest.go:190

sdk/manifest.go:190
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Decode tdf_spec_version without raw-byte key matching.

A JSON escape can represent the same member name as tdf_spec_version. The bytes.Contains gates reject that valid representation before encoding/json can decode it. Decode the fallback structure whenever TDFVersion is empty, then update both escaped-key cases to expect "4.3.0". (pkg.go.dev)

  • sdk/manifest.go#L190-L190: remove the raw-byte key condition before the fallback decode.
  • sdk/experimental/tdf/manifest.go#L141-L141: remove the equivalent raw-byte key condition.
  • sdk/manifest_test.go#L167-L168: expect the recovered version for the escaped key.
  • sdk/experimental/tdf/manifest_test.go#L125-L125: expect the recovered version for the escaped key.

The PR objective requires decoding tdf_spec_version when schemaVersion is absent.

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In `@sdk/manifest.go` at line 190, Remove the raw-byte key condition from the
fallback decode when TDFVersion is empty, allowing encoding/json to decode
escaped tdf_spec_version names; apply this in sdk/manifest.go:190-190 and
sdk/experimental/tdf/manifest.go:141-141. Update sdk/manifest_test.go:167-168
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version "4.3.0" for escaped-key inputs.

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In `@sdk/schema_sync_test.go`:
- Line 38: Update flattenSchema to track the parent schema keyword and
distinguish schema objects from properties maps, skipping description, title,
and $id only as schema annotations so properties with those names are preserved.
In the leaf-array branch, sort only keywords with unordered-array semantics and
preserve order for const and other ordered values; serialize leaf values with
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In `@sdk/manifest.go`:
- Line 190: Remove the raw-byte key condition from the fallback decode when
TDFVersion is empty, allowing encoding/json to decode escaped tdf_spec_version
names; apply this in sdk/manifest.go:190-190 and
sdk/experimental/tdf/manifest.go:141-141. Update sdk/manifest_test.go:167-168
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Make flattenSchema preserve JSON Schema semantics.

The map branch skips description, title, and $id by name before it knows whether the map is a schema object or a properties map. Therefore, properties with those names disappear from the comparison.

The leaf-array branch sorts every array, so [1, 2] and [2, 1] under const compare equal even though array order is significant. The scalar branch uses fmt.Sprint, so distinct JSON values such as true and "true" also compare equal.

Track the parent schema keyword. Skip prose only for annotation keywords in schema objects. Sort only arrays whose keyword has unordered semantics. Serialize leaf values with JSON encoding so their types and ordering remain distinct.

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In `@sdk/schema_sync_test.go` at line 38, Update flattenSchema to track the parent
schema keyword and distinguish schema objects from properties maps, skipping
description, title, and $id only as schema annotations so properties with those
names are preserved. In the leaf-array branch, sort only keywords with
unordered-array semantics and preserve order for const and other ordered values;
serialize leaf values with JSON encoding instead of fmt.Sprint so types remain
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@pflynn-virtru pflynn-virtru changed the title feat(sdk): read the off-spec tdf_spec_version manifest field fix(sdk): read the TDF spec version at the manifest root, and stop trusting it Sep 17, 2026
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Manifest.UnmarshalJSON now resolves the spec version in precedence
order: schemaVersion, then tdf_spec_version at the manifest root, then
tdf_spec_version under payload. Only non-empty strings count; other
values (null is known in the wild) are skipped without failing the
decode. The writer still emits schemaVersion only.

experimental/tdf aliases sdk.Manifest, so it picks this up too.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Flynn <pflynn-virtru@users.noreply.github.com>
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@pflynn-virtru pflynn-virtru changed the title fix(sdk): read the TDF spec version at the manifest root, and stop trusting it fix(sdk): read the TDF spec version at the manifest root and under payload Sep 30, 2026
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Review comments at @sdk/manifest.go:
- Line 191: Update the fallback gate in the manifest parsing flow so escaped
spellings of the TDF version key are recognized after JSON decoding; remove or
replace the literal-only bytes.Contains check while preserving the early return
when m.TDFVersion is already set. Update the escaped-key case in the manifest
test to expect version 4.3.0.
- Around line 154-156: Update the root and payload TDFSpecVersion fields in the
manifest decoding flow to use json.RawMessage, then decode only string values
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TDFSpecVersion any `json:"tdf_spec_version"`
Payload struct {
TDFSpecVersion any `json:"tdf_spec_version"`

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Skip non-string values without converting their numbers.

When root tdf_spec_version is 1e400 and payload.tdf_spec_version is "4.3.0", the second decode returns an overflow error before the fallback can select the payload string. Go decodes numbers into any as float64 and returns an error for overflow. The same failure occurs for an object or array containing that number. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Use json.RawMessage for both candidates. Decode only string candidates and skip other value types. Add a case with an overflowing root number and a valid payload version.

Based on PR objectives, non-string version values must be skipped.

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Update the root and payload TDFSpecVersion fields in the manifest decoding flow
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*m = Manifest(base)

if m.TDFVersion != "" || !bytes.Contains(data, offSpecSpecVersionKey) {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Recognize escaped spellings of the version key.

When the key is "tdf_spec_\u0076ersion", this gate skips the fallback. Go decodes that spelling as tdf_spec_version. The manifest therefore retains an empty version and selects legacy signature encoding, which prevents decryption of a versioned container. The escaped-key case in sdk/manifest_test.go already supplies the triggering input. JSON key matching occurs after escape decoding. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Remove the literal-only gate, or make it account for escaped keys. Update the test to expect "4.3.0".

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-	if m.TDFVersion != "" || !bytes.Contains(data, offSpecSpecVersionKey) {
+	if m.TDFVersion != "" {
 		return nil
 	}
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if m.TDFVersion != "" || !bytes.Contains(data, offSpecSpecVersionKey) {
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Update the fallback gate in the manifest parsing flow so escaped spellings of
the TDF version key are recognized after JSON decoding; remove or replace the
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