fix(security): restrict view-count RPCs to service_role

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Description

Fixes #82.

increment_view_count and cleanup_old_page_views are SECURITY DEFINER functions in the exposed public schema with no REVOKE. PostgreSQL grants EXECUTE to PUBLIC by default, so anyone holding the anon key could call them through PostgREST and inflate view counts or trigger the cleanup job, bypassing /api/track.

While testing the rollout path we also found that the schema was not actually idempotent, so this PR makes the whole file safe to re-run.

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Documentation
• Refactor / chore / CI

Changes

• Pin search_path = '' and schema-qualify all objects inside both functions.
• REVOKE EXECUTE ... FROM PUBLIC, anon, authenticated on both functions.
• GRANT EXECUTE on increment_view_count to service_role only.
• cleanup_old_page_views stays owner-only. pg_cron runs the job as its owner, so the daily cleanup keeps working.
• Idempotency guards: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS, CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS, and DROP POLICY IF EXISTS before each CREATE POLICY, so the full script can be re-run without errors or duplicate policies.

Verification

Ran the updated schema against a local Postgres 17 container with anon, authenticated, and service_role roles:

• Function behavior: two hits with distinct hashes give total_views = 2 and unique_visitors = 2; cleanup removes rows older than 90 days.
• has_function_privilege: anon = false for both functions, service_role = true for increment_view_count.
• SET ROLE anon; SELECT public.increment_view_count('/test') returns permission denied.
• SET ROLE anon; SELECT public.cleanup_old_page_views() returns permission denied.
• Idempotency: running the script twice succeeds with only already exists, skipping notices, keeps existing rows, and leaves exactly 3 policies.

Checklist

• Branch name follows docs/contributing.md conventions
• Commit messages follow Conventional Commits (commitlint enforces this)
• bun run lint passes
• bun run test passes (55/55)
• bunx astro check passes
• bun run build passes

After merge

Re-run the whole script in the Supabase SQL editor. It is idempotent now, so it will update the functions and privileges in place without touching existing data.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved the reliability of page-view analytics setup and tightened access controls for view-count and cleanup operations.
  • Existing view-count aggregation and 90-day record cleanup behavior remain unchanged.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The schema setup can now run repeatedly without errors from existing tables, indexes, or policies. Both page-view functions use an empty search path and schema-qualified references. Execution permissions are restricted.

Changes

Page-view schema and RPC setup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Rerunnable tables, indexes, and policies supabase-schema.sql	Page-view tables and indexes now use IF NOT EXISTS. The view-count policies are dropped if present before recreation, with existing access rules retained.
Secure page-view functions supabase-schema.sql	Both functions use an empty search path and schema-qualified table references. Execution is revoked from PUBLIC, anon, and authenticated; increment_view_count is granted to service_role.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e6129

The change restricts direct calls to the page-view functions and makes the schema script safe to rerun. I found no concrete merge-blocking risk. If older deployments exist, their table shape may need a separate migration.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	Issue [#82] requires service_role to execute both functions. supabase-schema.sql grants service_role execution on increment_view_count, but only revokes PUBLIC, anon, and authenticated o…	Grant EXECUTE on public.cleanup_old_page_views() to service_role while keeping execution revoked from PUBLIC, anon, and authenticated.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: restricting view-count RPC execution to service_role.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The function privilege changes and safe-search-path changes address issue [#82]. The IF NOT EXISTS declarations and policy recreation guards support safely rerunning the same schema script to apply …
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Explanation

Issue [#82] requires service_role to execute both functions. supabase-schema.sql grants service_role execution on increment_view_count, but only revokes PUBLIC, anon, and authenticated on cleanup_old_page_views. The latter therefore remains owner-only and does not meet the stated requirement. Both functions use SET search_path = '' and schema-qualified table references.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

supabase-schema.sql (1)

12-12: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS does not update an existing table.

If an older deployment has these tables with a different column set, the statement does nothing. A rerun then reports success, but the schema can still be wrong. The functions on Lines 47-56 and 128 depend on columns such as ip_hash, viewed_at, and unique_visitors.

Add ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS statements for these columns if older deployments exist. Otherwise, document that the script only supports fresh or current-shape tables.

Also applies to: 29-29

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Review comment at @supabase-schema.sql at line 12:
Update the schema setup for rxdevman_page_views and the table declared at the
other CREATE TABLE statement so rerunning the script handles older table shapes:
add ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS statements for the columns required
by the functions, including ip_hash, viewed_at, and unique_visitors where
applicable. If older deployments are not supported, document that the script
requires fresh or current-shape tables.

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Review comments at @supabase-schema.sql:
- Line 12: Update the schema setup for rxdevman_page_views and the table
declared at the other CREATE TABLE statement so rerunning the script handles
older table shapes: add ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS statements for
the columns required by the functions, including ip_hash, viewed_at, and
unique_visitors where applicable. If older deployments are not supported,
document that the script requires fresh or current-shape tables.

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@coderabbitai Thanks for the review. Two responses, both with no code change:

Linked Issues check (warning): This is a false positive. The suggested fix in issue #82 revokes EXECUTE on cleanup_old_page_views from PUBLIC, anon, and authenticated, and does not ask to grant it to service_role. That function is only invoked by the pg_cron job, which runs as its owner, so owner-only access is intentional and follows least privilege. increment_view_count is granted to service_role because the /api/track route calls it with the service-role client.

Nitpick on CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS: The schema was introduced with the current table shape (commit 19972f6) and no older deployment with a different shape exists for this repo, so ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS migration statements are not needed. We are deliberately keeping the script minimal and documenting the assumption instead.

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@suradet-ps Thanks for the clarification. I withdraw both findings. No fixes are needed for either point.

• Linked Issues warning: Owner-only access for cleanup_old_page_views is intentional because pg_cron runs it as its owner. The suggested fix in #82 does not grant it to service_role. increment_view_count needs that grant because /api/track uses the service-role client.
• CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS nitpick: No older deployment has a different table shape. Under that assumption, column migration statements are unnecessary. Keeping the script minimal is appropriate.

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Learnt from: suradet-ps
URL: https://github.com/suradet-ps/rxdevman/pull/116

Timestamp: 2026-10-06T13:54:41.193Z
Learning: In supabase-schema.sql, cleanup_old_page_views is invoked only by pg_cron running as the function owner. Owner-only execution is intentional; do not request a service_role grant. The suggested fix in issue #82 revokes execution from PUBLIC, anon, and authenticated without granting service_role access to cleanup_old_page_views. increment_view_count is granted to service_role because the /api/track route invokes it through the service-role client.

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Learnt from: suradet-ps
URL: https://github.com/suradet-ps/rxdevman/pull/116

Timestamp: 2026-10-06T13:54:41.193Z
Learning: The tables in supabase-schema.sql were introduced with their current shape in commit 19972f6. No older deployment with a different table shape exists for this repository. The maintainers intentionally keep the rerunnable schema script minimal with CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS and document this assumption; do not request ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS solely to support hypothetical older table shapes.

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