feat: support * wildcard in platform allowlists and improve WhatsApp docs

* docs: clarify WhatsApp allowlist behavior and document WHATSAPP_ALLOW_ALL_USERS

- Add WHATSAPP_ALLOW_ALL_USERS and WHATSAPP_DEBUG to env vars reference
- Warn that * is not a wildcard and silently blocks all messages
- Show WHATSAPP_ALLOWED_USERS as optional, not required
- Update troubleshooting with the * trap and debug mode tip
- Fix Security section to mention the allow-all alternative

Prompted by a user report in Discord where WHATSAPP_ALLOWED_USERS=*
caused all incoming messages to be silently dropped at the bridge level.

* feat: support * wildcard in platform allowlists

Follow the precedent set by SIGNAL_GROUP_ALLOWED_USERS which already
supports * as an allow-all wildcard.

Bridge (allowlist.js): matchesAllowedUser() now checks for * in the
allowedUsers set before iterating sender aliases.

Gateway (run.py): _is_authorized() checks for * in allowed_ids after
parsing the allowlist. This is generic — works for all platforms, not
just WhatsApp.

Updated docs to document * as a supported value instead of warning
against it. Added WHATSAPP_ALLOW_ALL_USERS and WHATSAPP_DEBUG to
the env vars reference.

Tests: JS allowlist test + 2 Python gateway tests (WhatsApp + Telegram
to verify cross-platform behavior).
This commit is contained in:
Teknium 2026-03-31 10:42:03 -07:00 committed by GitHub
parent cca0996a28
commit 84a541b619
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: B5690EEEBB952194
6 changed files with 81 additions and 5 deletions

View file

@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ For native Anthropic auth, Hermes prefers Claude Code's own credential files whe
| `SLACK_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME` | Display name for the Slack home channel |
| `WHATSAPP_ENABLED` | Enable the WhatsApp bridge (`true`/`false`) |
| `WHATSAPP_MODE` | `bot` (separate number) or `self-chat` (message yourself) |
| `WHATSAPP_ALLOWED_USERS` | Comma-separated phone numbers (with country code, no `+`) |
| `WHATSAPP_ALLOWED_USERS` | Comma-separated phone numbers (with country code, no `+`), or `*` to allow all senders |
| `WHATSAPP_ALLOW_ALL_USERS` | Allow all WhatsApp senders without an allowlist (`true`/`false`) |
| `WHATSAPP_DEBUG` | Log raw message events in the bridge for troubleshooting (`true`/`false`) |
| `SIGNAL_HTTP_URL` | signal-cli daemon HTTP endpoint (for example `http://127.0.0.1:8080`) |
| `SIGNAL_ACCOUNT` | Bot phone number in E.164 format |
| `SIGNAL_ALLOWED_USERS` | Comma-separated E.164 phone numbers or UUIDs |