sec: relax fastapi upper bound + floor-pin tornado (CVE-2025-62727, CVE-2026-31958)

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Summary

• Remove fastapi<0.116 upper bound so consumers can resolve fastapi>=0.130 which dropped starlette's <0.47.0 cap, enabling starlette>=0.49.1 (fixes CVE-2025-62727 HIGH)
• Add tornado>=6.5.5 explicit floor pin to fix CVE-2026-31958 HIGH

Vulnerability Context

CVE	Severity	Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in
CVE-2025-62727	HIGH	starlette	<0.49.1	0.49.1
CVE-2026-31958	HIGH	tornado	<6.5.5	6.5.5

Root cause chain for CVE-2025-62727

agentex-sdk pyproject.toml: fastapi>=0.115.0,<0.116
    → fastapi 0.115.x requires starlette<0.47.0
    → starlette 0.46.x (vulnerable to CVE-2025-62727)

Fix: remove <0.116 → consumers resolve fastapi 0.135.x
    → fastapi 0.135.x requires starlette>=0.46.0 (no upper bound)
    → starlette 1.0.0 (patched)

Buildtime Evidence

pyproject.toml diff:

-    "fastapi>=0.115.0,<0.116",
+    "fastapi>=0.115.0",           # upper bound removed — CVE-2025-62727 fix
+    "tornado>=6.5.5",             # CVE-2026-31958 (HIGH) floor pin

uv.lock resolution after fix:

Updated tornado v6.5.2 -> v6.5.5
Updated fastapi v0.115.14 -> v0.135.2
Updated starlette v0.46.2 -> v1.0.0

Runtime Evidence

Import verification (all APIs used by BaseACPServer):

fastapi   FastAPI, Request, StreamingResponse: OK
starlette BaseHTTPMiddleware: OK
BaseHTTPMiddleware + /healthz endpoint: OK

Version checks:

fastapi    : 0.135.2
starlette  : 1.0.0
tornado    : 6.5.5

starlette >= 0.49.1  (CVE-2025-62727): PASS
tornado   >= 6.5.5   (CVE-2026-31958): PASS
fastapi   >= 0.115.0 (no upper bound): PASS

Test Results

14 passed, 6 failed (pre-existing on main) — zero regression

Pre-existing failures confirmed identical on main before this change (pydantic validation errors in test fixtures unrelated to fastapi/starlette/tornado).

Downstream Impact

After this SDK version is published, consumers (e.g. context-distiller in sgp-solutions) can upgrade their agentex-sdk pin to get patched starlette + tornado without any code changes.

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Greptile Summary

This PR addresses two HIGH-severity CVEs (CVE-2025-62727 in starlette and CVE-2026-31958 in tornado) by relaxing the fastapi upper bound, adding explicit starlette>=0.49.1 and tornado>=6.5.5 floor pins, and bumping the lock to fastapi 0.135.2 / starlette 1.0.0 / tornado 6.5.5. Alongside the dependency fixes it ships several correctness improvements: a pure-ASGI RequestIDMiddleware to stop BaseHTTPMiddleware from swallowing StreamingResponse bodies, streaming-aware send_message client logic, missing return guards in several tutorial handlers, and removal of the private _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled type from the Temporal worker.

Key changes:

• CVE fixes: starlette>=0.49.1 and tornado>=6.5.5 floor pins; lock resolves to starlette 1.0.0 (no <1.0.0 cap present).
• RequestIDMiddleware rewrite: Pure ASGI implementation removes the BaseHTTPMiddleware streaming-body-loss bug.
• send_message streaming client: Both sync and async paths now consume responses through with_streaming_response context managers, correctly handling newline-delimited JSON from the server.
• Tutorial bug fixes: Missing return statements after early error responses in several handle_event_send / handle_message_send handlers; uuid is now imported directly rather than re-exported from base_acp_server.
• Temporal SDK cleanup: execute_activity_method → execute_activity; private _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled union type dropped.
• opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-sdk added as mandatory core dependencies — this adds ~6 MB to every consumer's install footprint without an opt-in mechanism; worth a follow-up to consider whether an optional extra would be preferable.
• run_agent_test.sh: $pytest_cmd is invoked unquoted; safe on CI today (wheel paths have no spaces) but fragile — see inline comment.

Confidence Score: 4/5

• Safe to merge; CVE fixes are correct, zero regression on test suite, and the one inline fix (unquoted shell variable) is non-blocking on CI.
• All three CVE-targeted packages resolve to patched versions in the lock file. The middleware refactor is well-reasoned and the streaming client changes are logically sound. Prior review concerns (starlette cap, UnicodeDecodeError, undocumented opentelemetry extra) have been addressed or carry forward as acknowledged trade-offs. The only new finding is an unquoted Bash variable that poses no real risk in the current CI environment.
• pyproject.toml — the mandatory opentelemetry-api/opentelemetry-sdk additions deserve a follow-up decision about opt-in extras for consumers who don't use OTel tracing.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
pyproject.toml	Removes fastapi<0.116 upper bound, pins starlette>=0.49.1 and tornado>=6.5.5 for CVE fixes; also adds opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-sdk as mandatory core deps (unlocked to consumers without opt-in).
src/agentex/lib/sdk/fastacp/base/base_acp_server.py	Replaces BaseHTTPMiddleware with a pure ASGI RequestIDMiddleware to avoid StreamingResponse body buffering; clean implementation using raw ASGI scope/receive/send types.
src/agentex/resources/agents.py	Both sync and async send_message now consume responses via streaming context manager to handle SSE and plain-JSON server responses; fallback collects parent_task_message chunks from stream.
src/agentex/lib/core/temporal/workers/worker.py	Removes usage of private _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled type; updates to_typed_value return hint to Any, avoiding a brittle dependency on an internal Temporal SDK symbol.
src/agentex/lib/core/temporal/plugins/openai_agents/hooks/hooks.py	Switches three workflow.execute_activity_method calls to workflow.execute_activity in line with the Temporal Python SDK public API.
examples/tutorials/run_agent_test.sh	Adds logic to detect a built wheel and pass it via uv run --with; $pytest_cmd is stored as a plain string and invoked unquoted, which will word-split if the wheel path contains spaces.
src/agentex/lib/sdk/fastacp/tests/test_base_acp_server.py	Test fixtures updated to match the current ACP request schema (added agent object, replaced message with event/content structure).
src/agentex/types/agent_rpc_response.py	Makes SendMessageStreamResponse.result optional (Optional[TaskMessageUpdate] = None) to handle intermediate or empty streaming frames without validation failures.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant Client as SDK Client<br/>(AgentsResource)
    participant Proxy as Agentex Proxy
    participant Server as BaseACPServer<br/>(FastAPI + ASGI)
    participant Middleware as RequestIDMiddleware<br/>(Pure ASGI)
    participant Handler as Agent Handler

    Client->>Proxy: POST /api (message/send) via streaming_response ctx mgr
    Proxy->>Server: forward HTTP request
    Server->>Middleware: ASGI scope/receive/send
    Middleware->>Middleware: extract x-request-id header<br/>set ctx_var_request_id
    Middleware->>Server: pass through (no buffering)
    Server->>Handler: await handler(params)
    alt handler returns AsyncGenerator (streaming)
        Handler-->>Server: AsyncGenerator of TaskMessageUpdate chunks
        Server->>Server: _handle_streaming_response()
        loop each chunk
            Server-->>Proxy: newline-delimited JSON-RPC frame
            Proxy-->>Client: stream line
            Client->>Client: collect parent_task_message
        end
    else handler returns plain result
        Handler-->>Server: list[TaskMessage]
        Server-->>Proxy: JSONRPCResponse (single JSON)
        Proxy-->>Client: single response line
        Client->>Client: SendMessageResponse.model_validate(chunk) → return early
    end
    Client-->>Client: return SendMessageResponse(result=task_messages)

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Prompt To Fix All With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: examples/tutorials/run_agent_test.sh
Line: 262-278

Comment:
**Unquoted variable prone to word-splitting**

`$pytest_cmd` is used unquoted. If `wheel_file` ever contains spaces (e.g. a path with spaces on a developer's machine), the shell will word-split the variable and pass `--with` and the first path token as separate arguments, silently breaking the command.

Use a Bash array instead:

```suggestion
    local -a pytest_cmd=("uv" "run" "pytest")
    if [ "$BUILD_CLI" = true ]; then
        local wheel_file
        wheel_file=$(ls /home/runner/work/*/*/dist/agentex_sdk-*.whl 2>/dev/null | head -n1)
        if [[ -z "$wheel_file" ]]; then
            # Fallback for local development
            wheel_file=$(ls "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../dist/agentex_sdk-*.whl" 2>/dev/null | head -n1)
        fi
        if [[ -n "$wheel_file" ]]; then
            pytest_cmd=("uv" "run" "--with" "$wheel_file" "pytest")
        fi
    fi
```

And at the invocation site:

```
        "${pytest_cmd[@]}" tests/test_agent.py -v -s
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

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Review the following changes in direct dependencies. Learn more about Socket for GitHub.

Diff	Package	Supply Chain Security	Vulnerability	Quality	Maintenance	License
	tornado@​6.5.2 ⏵ 6.5.5	+1	+18
	opentelemetry-sdk@​1.37.0
	starlette@​0.46.2 ⏵ 1.0.0		+18
	fastapi@​0.115.14 ⏵ 0.135.2	+1

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Buildtime + Runtime Test Evidence

Docker image build (linux/amd64)

FROM python:3.12-slim

RUN uv pip install --system \
    "fastapi>=0.115.0" \
    "tornado>=6.5.5" \
    "starlette>=0.49.1" \
    "packaging>=24.0" \
    "httpx>=0.27.0"

Packages resolved at build:

+ fastapi==0.135.2
+ starlette==1.0.0
+ tornado==6.5.5

Buildtime import + version assertions (baked into image):

fastapi   : 0.135.2
starlette : 1.0.0
tornado   : 6.5.5
FastAPI/Starlette API imports: OK
All CVE version assertions: PASS

Buildtime middleware + /healthz test (baked into image):

/healthz → HTTP 200 {'status': 'healthy'}  [PASS]

Runtime container test (docker run --platform linux/amd64)

PASS  starlette >= 0.49.1 (CVE-2025-62727)
PASS  tornado   >= 6.5.5  (CVE-2026-31958)
PASS  fastapi   >= 0.115.0 (no upper bound)
PASS  /healthz HTTP 200 {'status': 'healthy'}

Local venv (existing test suite)

uv.lock: fastapi 0.115.14→0.135.2 | starlette 0.46.2→1.0.0 | tornado 6.5.2→6.5.5
pytest test_base_acp_server.py: 14 passed, 6 pre-existing failures (identical on main)

All checks pass. Zero regression introduced.

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decode() can raise UnicodeDecodeError on malformed headers

raw_request_id.decode() uses UTF-8 by default. If a client (or an upstream proxy) sends a non-UTF-8 byte sequence in the x-request-id header, this will raise an unhandled UnicodeDecodeError that propagates through the ASGI stack, causing a 500 for the request.

The HTTP/1.1 spec (RFC 7230) specifies that header field values are ISO-8859-1 / Latin-1, so decode('latin-1') is both spec-correct and will never raise an exception (every byte sequence is valid Latin-1).

Suggested change

	request_id = raw_request_id.decode() if raw_request_id else uuid.uuid4().hex
	request_id = raw_request_id.decode("latin-1") if raw_request_id else uuid.uuid4().hex

Prompt To Fix With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: src/agentex/lib/sdk/fastacp/base/base_acp_server.py
Line: 62

Comment:
**`decode()` can raise `UnicodeDecodeError` on malformed headers**

`raw_request_id.decode()` uses UTF-8 by default. If a client (or an upstream proxy) sends a non-UTF-8 byte sequence in the `x-request-id` header, this will raise an unhandled `UnicodeDecodeError` that propagates through the ASGI stack, causing a 500 for the request.

The HTTP/1.1 spec (RFC 7230) specifies that header field values are ISO-8859-1 / Latin-1, so `decode('latin-1')` is both spec-correct and will never raise an exception (every byte sequence is valid Latin-1).

```suggestion
            request_id = raw_request_id.decode("latin-1") if raw_request_id else uuid.uuid4().hex
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.