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Flow: User Login (dual token + MFA)

Cycle 2 (2026-05-14): rebuilt around the AZ-531 + AZ-532 + AZ-534 + AZ-536 + AZ-537 stack. Single-token, SHA-384, HS256 path is gone. See _docs/02_document/system-flows.md F1 for the full narrative; this file is the canonical sequence diagram.

sequenceDiagram
    participant Client
    participant Mid as RateLimiter (per-IP, AZ-537)
    participant API as Admin API
    participant US as UserService
    participant Sec as Security (Argon2id, AZ-536)
    participant AL as AuditLog
    participant Mfa as MfaService
    participant RT as RefreshTokenService
    participant Auth as AuthService (ES256, AZ-532)
    participant SS as SessionService
    participant DB as PostgreSQL

    Client->>Mid: POST /login {email, password}
    Mid->>Mid: per-IP sliding-window check
    alt no permits
        Mid-->>Client: 429 + Retry-After
    end
    Mid->>API: forward
    API->>US: ValidateUser(request)
    US->>DB: SELECT users WHERE email = ?
    US->>AL: CountRecentFailedLogins(email, window)
    alt account locked OR per-account threshold exceeded
        US-->>API: AccountLocked / LoginRateLimited (RetryAfterSeconds)
        API-->>Client: 423 / 429 + Retry-After
    end
    US->>Sec: VerifyPassword(presented, stored)
    alt VerifyResult.Ok=false
        US->>AL: RecordLoginFailed
        US->>DB: UPDATE failed_login_count++; lockout_until = now + LockoutSeconds (if newly over)
        US-->>API: WrongPassword (or NoEmailFound)
        API-->>Client: 409
    end
    alt VerifyResult.NeedsRehash=true (legacy SHA-384)
        US->>Sec: HashPassword (Argon2id)
        US->>DB: UPDATE password_hash (lazy migrate)
    end
    US->>AL: RecordLoginSuccess
    US->>DB: UPDATE failed_login_count = 0, lockout_until = NULL, last_login = now
    US-->>API: User

    alt user.MfaEnabled
        API->>Mfa: IssueMfaStepToken(userId)
        Mfa-->>API: ES256 JWT (mfa_pending=true, audience=mfa-step, ~5 min)
        API-->>Client: 200 OK MfaRequiredResponse {mfa_required, mfa_token, expires_in: 300}

        Note over Client,API: --- second factor ---
        Client->>Mid: POST /login/mfa {mfa_token, code}
        Mid->>Mid: per-IP sliding-window check
        Mid->>API: forward
        API->>Mfa: ValidateMfaStepToken(mfa_token) -> userId
        API->>US: GetById(userId) -> User
        API->>Mfa: VerifyForLogin(userId, code)
        Mfa->>DB: TOTP verify decrypted mfa_secret OR consume recovery code
        Mfa->>AL: RecordMfaLoginSuccess (or MfaRecoveryUsed)
        Mfa-->>API: amr = ["pwd","mfa"] (+ "recovery" if used)
        API->>RT: IssueForNewLogin(userId, mfaAuthenticated=true)
        RT->>DB: INSERT INTO sessions (id, family_id=id, refresh_hash=SHA256(opaque), expires_at, mfa_authenticated=true)
        RT-->>API: (opaqueRefreshToken, Session)
        API->>Auth: CreateToken(user, sid=Session.Id, jti, amr=["pwd","mfa"])
        Auth-->>API: AccessToken (ES256)
        opt user.Role == CompanionPC
            API->>SS: RevokeMissionsForAircraft(user.Id)
        end
        API-->>Client: 200 OK LoginResponse {AccessToken, AccessExp, RefreshToken, RefreshExp}
    else
        API->>RT: IssueForNewLogin(userId, mfaAuthenticated=false)
        RT->>DB: INSERT INTO sessions (..., mfa_authenticated=false)
        RT-->>API: (opaqueRefreshToken, Session)
        API->>Auth: CreateToken(user, sid=Session.Id, jti, amr=["pwd"])
        Auth-->>API: AccessToken (ES256)
        opt user.Role == CompanionPC
            API->>SS: RevokeMissionsForAircraft(user.Id)
        end
        API-->>Client: 200 OK LoginResponse {AccessToken, AccessExp, RefreshToken, RefreshExp}
    end

Related diagrams (cycle 2)

• flow_refresh_token.md (see system-flows.md F11)
• flow_logout_revocation.md (see system-flows.md F12)
• flow_mission_token.md (see system-flows.md F13)
• flow_mfa_lifecycle.md (see system-flows.md F14)
• flow_revocation_snapshot.md (see system-flows.md F15)

These are documented inline in system-flows.md rather than as standalone files; this flow_login.md is kept as a separate file because it is referenced from multiple ADRs and the security report.