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Summary

This PR updates the SDK feature matrix documentation to reflect a security fix in the TypeScript SDK where cache.secure.wrap() now enforces encryption (LAB-513).

What Changed

Documentation-only update to sdk-feature-matrix.md and CHANGELOG.md reflecting a behavioral change in the TypeScript SDK (cachekit-ts#123):

  • Encryption enforcement cell flipped ❌ → ✅: The "Does the secure API enforce encryption?" row for TypeScript now shows ✅. Previously, cache.secure.wrap() was an unconditional alias for wrap() that silently cached plaintext (CWE-311) on any instance not built by createCache.secure().

  • New behavior documented: Both cache.secure.wrap() and cache.withExecutionContext(ctx).secure.wrap() now throw ConfigurationError at wrap time on any instance without encryption configured, routing through a single private guard (CacheImpl.secureWrap). There is no opt-in to run unencrypted.

  • Cross-SDK parity noted: All three SDKs now refuse a missing key on the secure entry point — Python raises at decoration time, Rust's secure() returns Err, and TypeScript throws at wrap time.

Why

Before this change, the matrix documented a CWE-311 (plaintext storage) trap in TypeScript's secure API. The code fix eliminated that trap, so the documentation is updated to:

  1. Flip the enforcement cell to reflect the fail-closed behavior.
  2. Rewrite the "Intent-preset semantics" warning to describe the enforced contract.
  3. Update the "cells that reversed" summary and Rust builder-stub cross-reference.
  4. Replace stale source references (e.g., cache-core.ts:832/:873/:486, cache.ts:87, intents-core.ts:240) with current line references.

Impact

Readers relying on the matrix now see accurate, current guidance that TypeScript's cache.secure.wrap() enforces encryption and fails loudly when misconfigured, aligning it with the Python and Rust SDKs.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Clarified that TypeScript secure cache wrappers throw a ConfigurationError when encryption is not configured, including execution-context views.
    • Documented missing-key behaviour consistently across supported SDKs.
    • Updated guidance on Rust encryption configuration, including the risks of disabling the encryption feature.
    • Refreshed intent-preset, reversal, and source-reference documentation for accuracy.

…o ✅ (LAB-513)

Tracks cachekit-ts#123. The Encryption row, the Intent-preset semantics warning, the reversed-cells summary and the Rust builder-stub cross-reference all described cache.secure.wrap() as an unconditional alias for wrap(); with the guard shipped that is a stale claim. Stale line references corrected in the same pass.
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The changelog and SDK feature matrix now document TypeScript secure-wrapper failures when encryption is missing. They also clarify Rust feature behaviour, preset semantics, and the unchanged TypeScript type surface.

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Secure wrapper documentation

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Encryption behaviour documentation
CHANGELOG.md, sdk-feature-matrix.md
The documentation states that TypeScript secure wrappers throw ConfigurationError without configured encryption. It also records execution-context behaviour, Rust encryption feature semantics, and preset details.

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Users may be misled about when plaintext was stored and whether explicit plaintext wrapping remains available; the impact is limited to documentation accuracy.

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In `@sdk-feature-matrix.md`:
- Line 71: Update sdk-feature-matrix.md at lines 71-71 to scope the former
secure alias’s plaintext behavior to instances without configured encryption.
Update CHANGELOG.md at lines 14-17 to limit the historical claim to the secure
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Comment thread sdk-feature-matrix.md
| Key rotation | ❌ mismatch detection only⁵ | ❌⁵ | ❌ — nonce-exhaustion detection exists but is **unobservable** to the caller⁵ ⁸ | ❌ |
| **Tamper / wrong-key failure mode** | ⚠️ **fail-OPEN by default** — warn + recompute; switchable with `CACHEKIT_ENCRYPTION_FAIL_CLOSED=true`¹⁸ | ✅ **Fails closed** — `decrypt(…)?` propagates (`client.rs:830`, `:847`), and `#[cachekit(secure)]` emits no fail-open arm (`cachekit-macros/src/lib.rs:439-451`) | ⚠️ **fail-OPEN on reads, silently drops writes, not switchable**⁸ | — |
| **Does the `secure` API enforce encryption?** | ✅ Raises without a key | ✅ `secure()` returns `Err` | **`cache.secure.wrap()` is an unconditional alias for `wrap()`** — silently caches plaintext on any instance not built by `createCache.secure()` (LAB-513, CWE-311); see [Intent-preset semantics](#intent-preset-semantics-parity-not-presence) | — |
| **Does the `secure` API enforce encryption?** | ✅ Raises without a key | ✅ `secure()` returns `Err` | **`cache.secure.wrap()` throws `ConfigurationError` at wrap time** on any instance without `encryption` configured — instance and `withExecutionContext(ctx)` view alike (LAB-513; before it, an unconditional alias for `wrap()` that cached plaintext, CWE-311); see [Intent-preset semantics](#intent-preset-semantics-parity-not-presence) | — |

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Scope both historical claims to the unencrypted path.

The pre-LAB-513 alias delegated to wrap(). It stored plaintext only when the cache had no configured encryption. The records currently imply that all secure registrations stored plaintext and that no plaintext option exists.

  • sdk-feature-matrix.md#L71-L71: state that the former alias allowed plaintext on instances without configured encryption.
  • CHANGELOG.md#L14-L17: limit the historical claim to the secure entry point on unencrypted instances, and state that callers can use wrap() for explicit plaintext.
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  • sdk-feature-matrix.md#L71-L71 (this comment)
  • CHANGELOG.md#L14-L17
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In `@sdk-feature-matrix.md` at line 71, Update sdk-feature-matrix.md at lines
71-71 to scope the former secure alias’s plaintext behavior to instances without
configured encryption. Update CHANGELOG.md at lines 14-17 to limit the
historical claim to the secure entry point on unencrypted instances and state
that callers can use wrap() for explicit plaintext; both locations require
documentation changes.

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