fix(vc): isExpired fails closed on an unparseable expirationDate

[ygd58]

Fixes #148

isExpired returned false (not expired) whenever credential.expirationDate was present but could not be parsed into a valid date. Since isExpired is the check verifyParsedCredential uses to reject expired credentials, a credential with a malformed or malicious expirationDate value was treated as never-expiring instead of being rejected.

Fix: isExpired now fails closed — an unparseable expirationDate is treated as expired, matching the safer default for a security-relevant check. Updated the existing test that asserted the old fail-open behavior.

Changeset: added (@agentcommercekit/vc, patch).

Verified locally: pnpm --filter @agentcommercekit/vc test -- is-expired (5/5 passing), oxlint and oxfmt --check clean on both changed files.

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AI usage disclosure (per AI_POLICY.md): this fix was developed with Claude (Anthropic) assistance — identifying the bug, writing the fix, updating the test, and verifying locally. I reviewed and understand the change: it flips a single boolean return value in one function so a credential with an unparseable expiration date is rejected instead of silently accepted, and updates the one test that covered that branch.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved credential expiration checks by treating malformed or empty expiration dates as expired.
  • Prevented credentials with invalid expiration values from bypassing expiration validation.

• Documentation

  • Clarified expiration-check behavior for missing, malformed, and empty date values.

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Walkthrough

isExpired now treats present but unparseable expirationDate values, including empty strings, as expired. Documentation, tests, and the patch changeset reflect this fail-closed behavior.

Changes

Expiration validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fail-closed expiration behavior packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts, packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.test.ts, .changeset/is-expired-fail-closed.md	isExpired returns true for present malformed expiration dates. Tests cover unparseable and empty values. The changeset documents the behavior.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ab564

This change rejects credentials with unparseable expiration dates instead of treating them as never-expiring; the localized fix has targeted test and formatting/lint verification, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal review.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: isExpired now fails closed for unparseable expiration dates.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #148 by treating malformed and empty expirationDate values as expired and adding regression coverage.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code, tests, and changeset changes are directly related to the fail-closed expiration objective.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts`:
- Around line 6-12: Update the expirationDate guard in isExpired to distinguish
only an absent value from a present empty string, allowing empty strings to
reach date parsing and the existing fail-closed invalid-date branch. Add a
regression test confirming that an empty expirationDate is treated as expired.

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[qlxjcj]

Verified the fix: flipping the unparseable branch to return true makes isExpired fail closed, and the updated test (treats an unparseable expiration date as expired (fail closed)) matches. I also ran the change locally against @agentcommercekit/vc — all 109 tests pass.

CodeRabbit's open comment about the empty string is valid and worth fixing here, since this PR already touches the same guard. if (!credential.expirationDate) treats expirationDate: "" as absent and returns false (fail-open), because !"" is true. The empty string is present but unparseable (new Date("") -> NaN), so it never reaches the new fail-closed branch.

Suggested change:

-  if (!credential.expirationDate) {
+  if (credential.expirationDate === undefined) {
     return false
   }

with a regression test asserting an empty expirationDate is treated as expired. Otherwise the fix leaves the same malformed-input hole open for the empty-string variant.

[ygd58]

Good catch, thank you - pushed a fix. Changed the guard from !credential.expirationDate to credential.expirationDate === undefined, so an empty string reaches the isNaN fail-closed branch instead of short-circuiting on the falsy check. Added the regression test you suggested (empty-string expirationDate is treated as expired). Verified locally: 6/6 tests passing, oxlint and oxfmt clean.