the-biergarten-app/docs/website/diagrams-md/auth/refresh-token.md

User Authentication Flow — Refresh Token

sequenceDiagram
    actor User
    participant API as API Controller
    participant Mediator as MediatR pipeline<br/>(ValidationBehavior)
    box rgb(241,243,234) Handler Layer
        participant RefreshHandler as RefreshTokenHandler
        participant UserMgr as UserManager(ApplicationUser)
        participant TokenSvc as TokenService
    end
    box rgb(235,236,227) Infrastructure Layer
        participant JWT as JWT Infrastructure
    end
    box rgb(219,238,221) Repository / Cross-slice
        participant UserStore as DapperUserStore<br/>(IUserStore/IUserPasswordStore/IUserEmailStore)
    end
    participant DB as SQL Server

    Note over UserMgr: ASP.NET Core Identity's UserManager replaces the deleted AuthRepository — handlers delegate to UserManager, which calls DapperUserStore (persistence) and Argon2PasswordHasher.

    User->>API: POST /api/auth/refresh<br/>Header: X-Refresh-Token: {token}
    activate API
    API->>Mediator: Send(RefreshTokenCommand(refreshToken))
    activate Mediator
    Note right of Mediator: ValidationBehavior runs RefreshTokenValidator — refreshToken must be non-empty. Anonymous endpoint, no Bearer token required.

    alt Validation fails
        Mediator->>API: throws FluentValidation.ValidationException
        API->>User: 400 Bad Request {message, errors}
    else Validation succeeds
        Mediator->>RefreshHandler: Handle(command)
        activate RefreshHandler

        RefreshHandler->>TokenSvc: RefreshTokenAsync(refreshToken)
        activate TokenSvc
        TokenSvc->>JWT: ValidateRefreshTokenAsync(refreshToken)
        activate JWT
        Note right of JWT: Validates signature/expiry against the refresh token secret, extracts userId/username claims
        JWT-->>TokenSvc: ValidatedToken or throws
        deactivate JWT

        alt Token invalid or expired
            TokenSvc->>RefreshHandler: throw UnauthorizedException
            RefreshHandler->>Mediator: propagate
            Mediator->>API: propagate
            API->>User: 401 Unauthorized
        else Token valid
            TokenSvc->>UserMgr: FindByIdAsync(validated.UserId)
            activate UserMgr
            UserMgr->>UserStore: FindByIdAsync(userId)
            activate UserStore
            UserStore->>DB: SELECT ... FROM UserAccount WHERE UserAccountID = @Id
            activate DB
            DB-->>UserStore: row or null
            deactivate DB
            UserStore-->>UserMgr: ApplicationUser or null
            deactivate UserStore
            UserMgr-->>TokenSvc: ApplicationUser or null
            deactivate UserMgr

            alt User not found
                TokenSvc->>RefreshHandler: throw UnauthorizedException "User account not found"
                RefreshHandler->>Mediator: propagate
                Mediator->>API: propagate
                API->>User: 401 Unauthorized
            else User found
                TokenSvc->>JWT: GenerateAccessToken(user) + GenerateRefreshToken(user)
                JWT-->>TokenSvc: new access + refresh tokens
                TokenSvc-->>RefreshHandler: RefreshTokenResult
                deactivate TokenSvc

                RefreshHandler-->>Mediator: LoginPayload(userId, username, refreshToken, accessToken)
                deactivate RefreshHandler
                Mediator-->>API: LoginPayload
                deactivate Mediator
                API->>User: 200 OK {message: "Token refreshed successfully.", payload: {...}}
            end
        end
    end
    deactivate API