What the developer wrote
Authored by julian
fix: reduce pointless API calls
What changed, and why it matters
This change alters how a wallet feature called ShopInBit refreshes support-ticket details. Previously it fired three API calls at once; now it first checks ticket status and skips the other two calls if the server returns a 403 'permission denied' response. The stated goal is simply to reduce unnecessary network traffic. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability, but it does reduce the amount of ticket-related data the app requests when the user is no longer authorized to view a ticket.
Treat as a routine optimization. If a security concern is suspected, verify whether the previous parallel-fetch behavior could leak ticket data after a 403, and confirm the backend consistently returns 403 before any sensitive data is transmitted. No urgent action required based on this commit alone.
Security signals we found
403 status code now treated as a skip condition for downstream ticket data fetches
Reduced data exposure surface: full ticket content and messages are no longer requested after an authorization failure
No changes to credential handling, token storage, or access-control logic
Evidence from the diff
The diff refactors _refreshBody in lib/services/shopinbit/shopinbit_service.dart. It replaces a parallel await of getTicketFull, getTicketStatus, and getMessages with a sequential pattern: getTicketStatus is awaited first; only if its status code is not 403 are getTicketFull and getMessages called. On 403 the method logs a warning and ignores the ticket. The change reduces API calls and avoids hydrating/patching ticket data when the backend has denied access. It does not modify authentication, authorization, cryptography, or input validation.
Changed components
lib/services/shopinbit/shopinbit_service.dartShopInBit ticket refresh flowInspect captured patch +35 / −22
diff --git a/lib/services/shopinbit/shopinbit_service.dart b/lib/services/shopinbit/shopinbit_service.dart
index 0c41d6a..6b02485 100644
--- a/lib/services/shopinbit/shopinbit_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/shopinbit/shopinbit_service.dart
@@ -190,31 +190,44 @@ class ShopInBitService {
return;
}
- final ApiResponse<TicketFull> fullResp;
- final ApiResponse<TicketStatus> statusResp;
- final ApiResponse<List<TicketMessage>> messagesResp;
- (fullResp, statusResp, messagesResp) = await (
- client.getTicketFull(id, customerKey: customerKey),
- client.getTicketStatus(id, customerKey: customerKey),
- client.getMessages(id, customerKey: customerKey),
- ).wait;
-
- if (existing == null) {
- await _insertHydrated(
- ref: ref,
- customerKey: customerKey,
- full: fullResp.value,
- status: statusResp.value,
- messages: messagesResp.value,
+ // get status first. If it fails there is no reason to make the remaining
+ // two API calls
+ final statusResp = await client.getTicketStatus(
+ id,
+ customerKey: customerKey,
+ );
+
+ if (statusResp.exception?.statusCode == 403) {
+ Logging.instance.w(
+ "$runtimeType._refreshBody status call permission denied. "
+ "Ignoring ticket.",
);
} else {
- await _patchExisting(
- existing: existing,
- full: fullResp.value,
- status: statusResp.value,
- messages: messagesResp.value,
- );
+ final ApiResponse<TicketFull> fullResp;
+ final ApiResponse<List<TicketMessage>> messagesResp;
+ (fullResp, messagesResp) = await (
+ client.getTicketFull(id, customerKey: customerKey),
+ client.getMessages(id, customerKey: customerKey),
+ ).wait;
+
+ if (existing == null) {
+ await _insertHydrated(
+ ref: ref,
+ customerKey: customerKey,
+ full: fullResp.value,
+ status: statusResp.value,
+ messages: messagesResp.value,
+ );
+ } else {
+ await _patchExisting(
+ existing: existing,
+ full: fullResp.value,
+ status: statusResp.value,
+ messages: messagesResp.value,
+ );
+ }
}
+
completer.complete();
} catch (e, s) {
completer.completeError(e, s);
Why this scored 18/100
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