fix(server): accept legacy /api/auth/native/exchange path

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Problem

Every already-released native app (iOS/Android) fails to sign in with "unable to sign in" — on self-hosted and cloud, independent of server version.

Root cause

Native apps sign in, then POST /api/auth/native/exchange to swap their sign-in code for tokens. That route was renamed to /session/exchange, so shipped apps now 404 on token exchange immediately after a successful sign-in:

POST /api/auth/sign-in            → 200   credentials accepted
POST /api/auth/native/exchange    → 404   route no longer exists
POST /api/auth/session/exchange   → 400   the new name (works)

The client was updated to /session/exchange, but already-installed apps can't be changed retroactively — they keep calling /native/exchange until every user updates (and past releases stay broken against current servers).

Fix

Alias the old path onto the same handler, keeping the new one primary:

@Post(['/session/exchange', '/native/exchange'])

Backward-compatible — shipped clients work again immediately, no app-store update required.

Verification

• Version guard is not involved: the aliased route carries the same @UseNamedGuard('version') as /api/auth/sign-in (plus captcha there). Any app that already passes sign-in (HTTP 200) passes exchange with the same x-affine-version header. Version control is also off by default.
• Scope is exactly right: native/exchange is the only /native/* auth path any released iOS/Android/Electron client ever calls. session/refresh and session/revoke were introduced as new routes with no native/* predecessor, so they need no alias.
• No regression: NestJS registers the array of paths on one handler cleanly; the throttler keys off the handler (not the path); existing /session/* callers and tests are unaffected.

Reproduced live against a self-hosted 0.27.x server (/native/exchange → 404, /session/exchange → 400) and corroborated by independent user reports.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Preserved compatibility with existing native clients by supporting both the current and legacy session exchange endpoints.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The session exchange endpoint now supports both /session/exchange and the legacy /native/exchange path.

Changes

Auth route compatibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Session exchange route alias packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/controller.ts	The controller accepts /session/exchange and /native/exchange. The legacy path is documented.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 9a090

The server now accepts the legacy exchange path so already-installed clients can complete sign-in without an app update. The change is localized, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Possibly related PRs

• toeverything/AFFiNE#15218: Both PRs modify AuthController session exchange routing.

Suggested labels: mod:server-native

Suggested reviewers: darkskygit

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/controller.ts (1)

240-244: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression test for the legacy route.

The existing helper in packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/auth/controller.spec.ts tests only /api/auth/session/exchange. Add the same request for /api/auth/native/exchange and assert the same successful response. This prevents a future change from removing the compatibility alias without test failure.

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In `@packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/controller.ts` around lines 240 - 244,
Extend the controller tests around the existing session exchange request to also
call /api/auth/native/exchange and assert the identical successful response,
covering the legacy alias declared by the Post route configuration.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/controller.ts`:
- Around line 240-244: Extend the controller tests around the existing session
exchange request to also call /api/auth/native/exchange and assert the identical
successful response, covering the legacy alias declared by the Post route
configuration.

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