Unguarded temp store write in hook_user_login, and its key can never be read
## Problem/Motivation
`idle_reauthenticate_user_login()` in `idle_reauthenticate.module:29` writes to
the private temp store:
```php
\Drupal::service('tempstore.private')
->get('idle_reauthenticate')
->set(\Drupal::service('session_manager')->getId() . ':state', PingBack::STATE_UNBLOCKED);
```
There are two problems with this one line.
### 1. The write is unguarded against TempStoreException
`PrivateTempStore::set()` throws `TempStoreException` when the lock backend
cannot be acquired. #3599008 fixed the five call sites in `PingBack`; this sixth
one was deliberately left out of that scope.
Here the consequence is worse than the heartbeat failure #3599008 dealt with.
The exception would be thrown from inside `user_login_finalize()`, so a user who
submitted entirely correct credentials during lock contention gets a WSOD
instead of a login. The session has already been migrated and `uid` already set
by the time the hook runs, so the login is left half-completed.
### 2. The key it writes can never be read
Observed while developing the test coverage for #3599008: this hook writes the
temp store key `2::state` — that is, owner `2` followed by an **empty** session
ID. `PingBack::getKey()` builds its keys from the same
`session_manager->getId()` but gets a real session ID, so the two never agree.
The entry the login hook writes is orphaned on every single login and simply
waits out its expiry.
Probable mechanism, worth confirming as part of the fix: `user_login_finalize()`
calls `$session->migrate()` immediately before invoking `hook_user_login()`, and
`SessionManager::regenerate()` returns early without regenerating when
`session_status() !== PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE` — the normal case for an anonymous
visitor submitting the login form. The ID would then only be assigned once the
session is actually started and written, which is after the hook has run.
The practical effect is that the intended "this session starts out unblocked"
marker is never actually seen by anything. The behavior is nevertheless correct
today, because `PingBack` falls back to `STATE_UNKNOWN` when the entry is
missing and treats anything other than `STATE_BLOCKED` as unblocked — but that
is correct by accident rather than by design, and every login leaves a stray
entry behind.
## Steps to reproduce
1. Install the module and log in as any user.
2. Inspect the temp store:
`SELECT name FROM key_value_expire WHERE collection = 'tempstore.private.idle_reauthenticate';`
3. Observe an entry named `<uid>::state`, with an empty session ID segment,
that no subsequent request ever reads.
## Proposed resolution
1. Decide whether the hook needs to write at all. Since `PingBack` already
treats a missing entry as not blocked, removing the write may be the simplest
correct fix.
2. If the write is kept, obtain the session ID at a point where it has actually
been assigned, and handle `TempStoreException` so that lock contention can
never break a login. The `storeSet()` helper added to `PingBack` in #3599008
shows the intended error policy.
3. Either way, add test coverage. The functional test harness added in #3599008
(`tests/modules/idle_reauthenticate_test`, whose lock backend can be told to
refuse every lock on demand) can be reused as is.
## Remaining tasks
- [ ] Confirm the empty session ID and its mechanism with a test.
- [ ] Decide whether to remove the write or fix and guard it.
- [ ] Add test coverage for a login while the lock is unavailable.
- [ ] Run phpcs, phpstan, cspell and phpunit.
## User interface changes
None.
## API changes
None.
## Data model changes
None.
Related: #3599008
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#3599008, where this was found, and to draft this issue summary.)
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