# Code Review Report — Batch 02 cycle 3

**Batch**: 02 (cycle 3) — AZ-491 (consolidate JWT test-mint helpers)
**Date**: 2026-05-12
**Verdict**: PASS_WITH_WARNINGS

## Findings

| # | Severity | Category | File:Line | Title |
|---|----------|----------|-----------|-------|
| 1 | Low | Maintainability | `SatelliteProvider.TestSupport/SatelliteProvider.TestSupport.csproj:10-11` | Pinned `System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt` 7.0.3 lives alongside the API's transitive `Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer` 8.0.25 |

### Finding Details

**F1: Pinned `System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt` 7.0.3 lives alongside the API's transitive `Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer` 8.0.25** (Low / Maintainability)

- Location: `SatelliteProvider.TestSupport/SatelliteProvider.TestSupport.csproj:10-11`
- Description: TestSupport's two pinned packages (`Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens` 7.0.3, `System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt` 7.0.3) are the same versions that the integration-tests project previously pinned directly. These are *not* the same package family as the API's `Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer` 8.0.25 — they belong to a different .NET versioning track. Token-minting logic in the test library and token-validation logic in the API consume related-but-separate `IdentityModel` types, so this is structurally fine, but a future agent reading the csproj could be confused about why the test library is one major version behind the API. The pre-AZ-491 IntegrationTests csproj had the same pinning; this batch preserved it for parity.
- Suggestion: Defer. The 7.0.x → 8.0.x bump for `System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt` would be a separate hardening task — out of scope for AZ-491 (which is a refactor, not a dependency bump). If the team chooses to align minor versions, it should ship as a single coordinated bump across all `IdentityModel.*` references with regression coverage. For AZ-491 the existing pinning is preserved unchanged so behavior parity with cycle 2 is guaranteed.
- Task: AZ-491

## Phase-by-Phase Summary

| Phase | Result | Notes |
|-------|--------|-------|
| 1. Context Loading | OK | AZ-491 spec read; 6 ACs identified; Option A chosen with documented rationale |
| 2. Spec Compliance | OK | 6/6 ACs verified at code level. AC-2 + AC-3 wait on Step 16 final test gate; their structural prerequisites (call-site signatures preserved; subject explicitly passed) are in place |
| 3. Code Quality | OK | New `JwtTokenFactory` is a stateless static class — SRP satisfied; eliminates duplication; regression-prevention comment on the `notBefore` branch is the only doc-comment kept (justified per `coderule.mdc` — references cycle-2 fix commits) |
| 4. Security Quick-Scan | OK | No production-code change; no new attack surface. Token-minting moved into a test-only library that production code MUST NOT consume — the `module-layout.md` entry encodes this invariant |
| 5. Performance Scan | OK (N/A) | Test-infrastructure refactor; no hot-path code |
| 6. Cross-Task Consistency | OK | Single task in batch; the new code-review rule introduced by this same batch will prevent future duplicate-helper regressions |
| 7. Architecture Compliance | OK | TestSupport is correctly placed in the Shared / Cross-Cutting layer of `module-layout.md`. It is referenced only by `Tests` + `IntegrationTests` (both via `ProjectReference`); zero production projects reference it. No cycle introduced. Layering: TestSupport sits *below* both test projects (foundation); both test projects sit *outside* the production layering table |

## Cross-cutting observations (info, no finding)

- The subject-value migration is the only semantic delta. Pre-AZ-491 the integration project's `MintValidToken(secret)` defaulted to `subject = "integration-tests"`. Post-AZ-491 the same call site now reads `JwtTokenFactory.Create(secret, JwtTestHelpers.DefaultSubject)` — `JwtTestHelpers.DefaultSubject = "integration-tests"` is still the canonical runner subject; the explicit-pass form preserves behavior exactly. Unit tests retain their own subject choices ("alice", "test-user", explicit per-test) unchanged.
- The `using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;` and `using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;` imports were removed from `JwtTestHelpers.cs` because the file no longer uses those namespaces after the mint logic moved out. No dead-import remains.
- The `SatelliteProvider.Tests/TestUtilities/` folder is intentionally retained (not deleted) because it still owns `UavTileImageFactory.cs`. That fixture-factory is out of scope per AZ-491 § Excluded — a future task could consolidate it into TestSupport, but only if/when integration tests also need it.

## Baseline Delta

| Class | Count | Notes |
|-------|-------|-------|
| Carried over | 0 | No Architecture findings in baseline; nothing recurring |
| Resolved | 1 (informal) | The cycle-2 duplicate-helper Maintainability pattern (documented in `LESSONS.md` 2026-05-11 testing entry + retrospective Pattern 1) is structurally closed by this batch. Not an Architecture-class baseline entry, so it does not appear in the cycle-1 baseline; tracked here for the cycle retrospective |
| Newly introduced | 0 | — |

## Verdict Logic

- 0 Critical, 0 High, 0 Medium, 1 Low → **PASS_WITH_WARNINGS**
- The single Low finding is informational (pre-existing version pinning preserved verbatim from cycle-2 IntegrationTests csproj); does not block commit per the implement-skill auto-fix gate.

## Recommendation to /implement

Proceed to commit + push + tracker transition (Steps 11-13).
