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Summary

  • oc whoami --show-token currently only reads rest.Config.BearerToken, which is empty for ExecCredential plugins such as oc get-token.
  • Resolve the session token through the same client-go transport stack used for API requests so exec plugins (and token files/auth providers) are invoked with their normal caching/TTL.
  • Static bearer tokens and non-token auth (cert/basic) keep the existing behavior, including no token is currently in use for this session when no bearer token is available.

Fixes #2377
Jira: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-113632
Support case: 04524345

Test plan

  • go test ./pkg/cli/whoami/ (covers static token, token file, exec plugin success/failure, and no-token)
  • With a kubeconfig user configured for oc get-token exec auth, oc get projects succeeds and oc whoami --show-token prints the current bearer token
  • With a static token kubeconfig, oc whoami --show-token still prints that token
  • With cert-only or basic auth, oc whoami --show-token still errors with no token is currently in use for this session

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • whoami --show-token now supports tokens from static configuration, token files, exec-based credential providers, and authentication providers.
    • Added clear errors when token resolution fails or no token is available.
    • Updated the flag description and usage example.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Removed the requirement for a statically configured bearer token when using --show-token.

whoami --show-token only inspected rest.Config.BearerToken, which is empty
for ExecCredential plugins such as oc get-token. Invoke the same client-go
transport stack used for API requests so cached exec tokens are returned.
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@kchawlani19: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-113632, which is invalid:

  • expected the bug to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set

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Summary

  • oc whoami --show-token currently only reads rest.Config.BearerToken, which is empty for ExecCredential plugins such as oc get-token.
  • Resolve the session token through the same client-go transport stack used for API requests so exec plugins (and token files/auth providers) are invoked with their normal caching/TTL.
  • Static bearer tokens and non-token auth (cert/basic) keep the existing behavior, including no token is currently in use for this session when no bearer token is available.

Fixes #2377
Jira: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-113632
Support case: 04524345

Test plan

  • go test ./pkg/cli/whoami/ (covers static token, token file, exec plugin success/failure, and no-token)
  • With a kubeconfig user configured for oc get-token exec auth, oc get projects succeeds and oc whoami --show-token prints the current bearer token
  • With a static token kubeconfig, oc whoami --show-token still prints that token
  • With cert-only or basic auth, oc whoami --show-token still errors with no token is currently in use for this session

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oc whoami --show-token now resolves bearer tokens through client-go authentication mechanisms, including static tokens, token files, exec plugins, and auth providers. The command reports resolution failures and empty-token results. Tests cover credential precedence and plugin behavior.

Changes

Bearer-token resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Show-token execution path
pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go
--show-token now calls currentBearerToken, reports resolution errors, rejects empty tokens, and prints the resolved token. The help text and example describe the supported credential flow.
Client-go credential resolution
pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go
The command uses a synthetic request and client-go transport to resolve token files, exec plugins, and auth providers. It captures and parses the resulting Authorization header.
Credential-source and failure coverage
pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go
Tests cover static-token precedence, token files, exec plugins, missing configuration, empty results, plugin failures, and printed output. Test helpers simulate successful and failing exec plugins.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e7722

Configurations using both a static bearer token and a token file may receive the wrong token, and output failures may be reported as success. The token-file precedence issue should be fixed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant WhoAmIOptions.Run
  participant currentBearerToken
  participant client-go transport
  participant ExecCredential plugin
  User->>WhoAmIOptions.Run: run --show-token
  WhoAmIOptions.Run->>currentBearerToken: resolve bearer token
  currentBearerToken->>client-go transport: send synthetic request
  client-go transport->>ExecCredential plugin: request credentials
  ExecCredential plugin-->>client-go transport: return token
  client-go transport-->>currentBearerToken: provide Authorization header
  currentBearerToken-->>WhoAmIOptions.Run: return token
  WhoAmIOptions.Run-->>User: print token or error
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 12.50% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes resolve bearer tokens through client-go, including ExecCredential plugins, and add success and failure tests required by [#2377].
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are limited to token resolution, related error handling, documentation, and tests that support the linked issue and stated objectives.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed The PR adds standard Go tests only; all t.Run names are fixed string literals, and no Ginkgo It/Describe/Context/When titles or dynamic test titles were added.
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed The changed tests use standard testing.T and t.Run, not Ginkgo; no It, setup hooks, cluster resources, or Eventually/Consistently calls were added.
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The PR adds standard Go unit tests in pkg/cli/whoami, not new Ginkgo e2e tests; no MicroShift API or unsupported-feature check applies.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The PR adds only standard-library Go unit tests in pkg/cli/whoami; it adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or multi-node/HA assumptions covered by this check.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed The commit changes only pkg/cli/whoami CLI code and tests; the diff adds no deployment, operator, controller, manifest, or scheduling constraints.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed PR changes only whoami CLI and unit tests; the OTE entrypoint is unchanged, and the new TestMain helper emits only JSON ExecCredential output to its child process stdout.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The diff adds only standard Go unit tests, not Ginkgo e2e tests; they use no IPv4 literals or external services, and the example.invalid host is not contacted.
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed The PR changes only whoami token transport/parsing and tests; scans found no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blowfish, ECB, custom crypto, or secret/token comparison.
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed Diff evidence shows only pkg/cli/whoami Go source and tests changed; no privileged, host namespace, SYS_ADMIN, privilege escalation, or root container settings were introduced.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed The diff adds no token logging; it writes the requested --show-token value to command output, while the existing klog message contains only request errors.
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pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go (2)

240-242: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Wrap the transport-construction error. Add context before returning the rest.HTTPWrappersForConfig error.

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In `@pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go` around lines 240 - 242, Update the error return in
the whoami transport setup after rest.HTTPWrappersForConfig to wrap the
construction error with descriptive context while preserving the original error
for unwrapping.

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255-275: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Document all new declarations.

Add descriptive Go comments for the helpers and test functions in pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go and pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go.

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In `@pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go` around lines 255 - 275, Document every new
declaration: add descriptive Go comments for bearerCapturingRoundTripper, its
RoundTrip method, and tokenFromAuthorizationHeader in pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go
at lines 255-275; also document each new helper and test function in
pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go at lines 493-610. Comments should clearly describe
each declaration’s purpose and follow Go documentation conventions.

Source: Coding guidelines

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In `@pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go`:
- Line 193: Update the token output in pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go:193-193 to check
the fmt.Fprintf result and return a meaningfully wrapped error when writing
fails. In pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go:602-608, check the JSON Encode result
and exit non-zero when encoding fails.
- Around line 234-235: Update the token-resolution logic in whoami to check
BearerTokenFile before returning BearerToken, returning the direct token only
when the file setting is empty. Add a test in whoami_test.go covering both
fields and asserting the file value, file-token, takes precedence.

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In `@pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go`:
- Around line 240-242: Update the error return in the whoami transport setup
after rest.HTTPWrappersForConfig to wrap the construction error with descriptive
context while preserving the original error for unwrapping.
- Around line 255-275: Document every new declaration: add descriptive Go
comments for bearerCapturingRoundTripper, its RoundTrip method, and
tokenFromAuthorizationHeader in pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go at lines 255-275; also
document each new helper and test function in pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go at
lines 493-610. Comments should clearly describe each declaration’s purpose and
follow Go documentation conventions.
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Comment thread pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go
if len(token) == 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("no token is currently in use for this session")
}
fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "%s\n", token)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle output errors.

The command returns success when writing the token fails. The exec-plugin fixture exits successfully when JSON encoding fails.

  • pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go#L193-L193: Check the write result and return a wrapped error.
  • pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go#L602-L608: Check Encode and exit non-zero when it fails.

As per coding guidelines, “Wrap errors with meaningful context before returning or logging them.” As per path instructions, “Never ignore error returns.”

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[error] 193-193: Error return value of fmt.Fprintf is not checked

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📍 Affects 2 files
  • pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go#L193-L193 (this comment)
  • pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go#L602-L608
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In `@pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go` at line 193, Update the token output in
pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go:193-193 to check the fmt.Fprintf result and return a
meaningfully wrapped error when writing fails. In
pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go:602-608, check the JSON Encode result and exit
non-zero when encoding fails.

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Comment thread pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go
Comment on lines +234 to +235
if len(config.BearerToken) > 0 {
return config.BearerToken, nil

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -n 'k8s.io/client-go' go.mod
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/client-go/v0.36.2/rest/config.go | sed -n '66,74p'
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/client-go/v0.36.2/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go | sed -n '247,260p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- whoami implementation ---'
sed -n '160,290p' pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go

printf '%s\n' '--- whoami tests ---'
sed -n '470,630p' pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go

printf '%s\n' '--- client-go token handling references ---'
rg -n -C 4 'BearerToken(File)?|tokenFile' "$(go env GOPATH 2>/dev/null)/pkg/mod/k8s.io/client-go@v0.36.2/rest" 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -C 4 'BearerToken(File)?|tokenFile' . -g '*.go'

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mod="$(go env GOPATH)/pkg/mod/k8s.io/client-go@v0.36.2"

printf '%s\n' '--- client-go transport construction ---'
rg -n -C 8 'BearerTokenFile|bearerAuthRoundTripper|NewBearerAuth' "$mod/rest" -g '*.go' \
  | head -n 220

printf '%s\n' '--- client-go kubeconfig auth merge ---'
rg -n -C 10 'BearerTokenFile|BearerToken|TokenFile|Token' "$mod/tools/clientcmd" -g '*.go' \
  | head -n 260

printf '%s\n' '--- repository test coverage for both fields ---'
rg -n -C 3 'BearerToken:\s*".*".*BearerTokenFile|BearerTokenFile:.*[\r\n ]+.*BearerToken:' pkg/cli/whoami -g '*.go' || true

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mod="$(go env GOPATH)/pkg/mod/k8s.io/client-go@v0.36.2"

printf '%s\n' '--- transport authentication precedence ---'
rg -n -C 12 'BearerTokenFile|bearerToken|NewBearerAuth|bearerAuth' "$mod/transport" -g '*.go' \
  | head -n 320

printf '%s\n' '--- token-file refresh implementation ---'
rg -n -C 16 'NewCachedFileTokenSource|NewFileTokenSource|last successfully|TokenFile' "$mod" -g '*.go' \
  | head -n 320

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Length of output: 50368


Honor BearerTokenFile before returning BearerToken.

When BearerTokenFile is set, client-go reads the file and gives its latest value precedence over BearerToken. Return BearerToken directly only when BearerTokenFile is empty. Add a test with both fields set and expect file-token.

📍 Affects 2 files
  • pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go#L234-L235 (this comment)
  • pkg/cli/whoami/whoami_test.go#L517-L521
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@pkg/cli/whoami/whoami.go` around lines 234 - 235, Update the token-resolution
logic in whoami to check BearerTokenFile before returning BearerToken, returning
the direct token only when the file setting is empty. Add a test in
whoami_test.go covering both fields and asserting the file value, file-token,
takes precedence.

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This has never supported. So, this is a feature request rather than a bug. I would recommend filing a RFE request to be triaged.
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@kchawlani19 kchawlani19 changed the title OCPBUGS-113632: oc whoami --show-token should return exec plugin tokens RFE-9789: oc whoami --show-token should return exec plugin tokens Aug 26, 2026
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Thanks @ardaguclu — agreed this expands --show-token beyond static kubeconfig tokens rather than fixing a regression.

Converted OCPBUGS-113632 to RFE-9789 and retitled this PR accordingly.

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@kchawlani19: This pull request references RFE-9789 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the feature request to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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Summary

  • oc whoami --show-token currently only reads rest.Config.BearerToken, which is empty for ExecCredential plugins such as oc get-token.
  • Resolve the session token through the same client-go transport stack used for API requests so exec plugins (and token files/auth providers) are invoked with their normal caching/TTL.
  • Static bearer tokens and non-token auth (cert/basic) keep the existing behavior, including no token is currently in use for this session when no bearer token is available.

Fixes #2377
Jira: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-113632
Support case: 04524345

Test plan

  • go test ./pkg/cli/whoami/ (covers static token, token file, exec plugin success/failure, and no-token)
  • With a kubeconfig user configured for oc get-token exec auth, oc get projects succeeds and oc whoami --show-token prints the current bearer token
  • With a static token kubeconfig, oc whoami --show-token still prints that token
  • With cert-only or basic auth, oc whoami --show-token still errors with no token is currently in use for this session

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

  • whoami --show-token now supports tokens from static configuration, token files, exec-based credential providers, and authentication providers.

  • Added clear errors when token resolution fails or no token is available.

  • Updated the flag description and usage example.

  • Bug Fixes

  • Removed the requirement for a statically configured bearer token when using --show-token.

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@kchawlani19: This pull request references RFE-9789 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the feature request to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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Thanks @ardaguclu — agreed this expands --show-token beyond static kubeconfig tokens rather than fixing a regression.

Converted OCPBUGS-113632 to RFE-9789 and retitled this PR accordingly.

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