revert(server): use direct DB queries for all auth validation

Reverts middleware and dashboard WS to direct DB session lookups.
Replaces auth.api.verifyApiKey in device WS with direct DB query
using SHA-256 hash matching, removing dependency on BETTER_AUTH_SECRET
for auth validation.

server/src/middleware/auth.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import type { Context, Next } from "hono";
-import { auth } from "../auth.js";
+import { db } from "../db.js";
+import { session as sessionTable, user as userTable } from "../schema.js";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { getCookie } from "hono/cookie";
 
 /** Hono Env type for routes protected by sessionMiddleware */
 export type AuthEnv = {
@@ -10,13 +13,43 @@ export type AuthEnv = {
 };
 
 export async function sessionMiddleware(c: Context, next: Next) {
-  const session = await auth.api.getSession({ headers: c.req.raw.headers });
+  // Extract session token from cookie (same approach as dashboard WS auth)
-
+  const rawCookie = getCookie(c, "better-auth.session_token");
-  if (!session) {
+  if (!rawCookie) {
     return c.json({ error: "unauthorized" }, 401);
   }
 
-  c.set("user", session.user);
+  // Token may have a signature appended after a dot — use only the token part
-  c.set("session", session.session);
+  const token = rawCookie.split(".")[0];
+
+  // Direct DB lookup (proven to work, unlike auth.api.getSession)
+  const rows = await db
+    .select({
+      sessionId: sessionTable.id,
+      userId: sessionTable.userId,
+    })
+    .from(sessionTable)
+    .where(eq(sessionTable.token, token))
+    .limit(1);
+
+  if (rows.length === 0) {
+    return c.json({ error: "unauthorized" }, 401);
+  }
+
+  const { sessionId, userId } = rows[0];
+
+  // Fetch user info
+  const users = await db
+    .select({ id: userTable.id, name: userTable.name, email: userTable.email })
+    .from(userTable)
+    .where(eq(userTable.id, userId))
+    .limit(1);
+
+  if (users.length === 0) {
+    return c.json({ error: "unauthorized" }, 401);
+  }
+
+  c.set("user", users[0]);
+  c.set("session", { id: sessionId, userId });
   await next();
 }

server/src/ws/dashboard.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { ServerWebSocket } from "bun";
-import { auth } from "../auth.js";
+import { db } from "../db.js";
+import { session as sessionTable } from "../schema.js";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { sessions, type WebSocketData } from "./sessions.js";
 
 interface DashboardAuthMessage {
@@ -34,17 +36,19 @@ export async function handleDashboardMessage(
         return;
       }
 
-      // Validate session via better-auth
+      // Look up session directly in DB
-      const session = await auth.api.getSession({
+      const rows = await db
-        headers: new Headers({ cookie: `better-auth.session_token=${token}` }),
+        .select({ userId: sessionTable.userId })
-      });
+        .from(sessionTable)
+        .where(eq(sessionTable.token, token))
+        .limit(1);
 
-      if (!session) {
+      if (rows.length === 0) {
         ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "auth_error", message: "Invalid session" }));
         return;
       }
 
-      const userId = session.user.id;
+      const userId = rows[0].userId;
 
       // Mark connection as authenticated
       ws.data.authenticated = true;

server/src/ws/device.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 import type { ServerWebSocket } from "bun";
 import type { DeviceMessage } from "@droidclaw/shared";
 import { eq, and } from "drizzle-orm";
-import { auth } from "../auth.js";
 import { db } from "../db.js";
-import { llmConfig, device } from "../schema.js";
+import { apikey, llmConfig, device } from "../schema.js";
 import { sessions, type WebSocketData } from "./sessions.js";
 import { runPipeline } from "../agent/pipeline.js";
 import type { LLMConfig } from "../agent/llm.js";
 
+/**
+ * Hash an API key the same way better-auth does:
+ * SHA-256 → base64url (no padding).
+ */
+async function hashApiKey(key: string): Promise<string> {
+  const data = new TextEncoder().encode(key);
+  const hash = await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", data);
+  // base64url encode without padding
+  return btoa(String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(hash)))
+    .replace(/\+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/\//g, "_")
+    .replace(/=+$/, "");
+}
+
 /** Track running agent sessions to prevent duplicates per device */
 const activeSessions = new Map<string, string>();
 
@@ -77,22 +90,37 @@ export async function handleDeviceMessage(
 
   if (msg.type === "auth") {
     try {
-      const result = await auth.api.verifyApiKey({
+      // Hash the incoming key and look it up directly in the DB
-        body: { key: msg.apiKey },
+      const hashedKey = await hashApiKey(msg.apiKey);
-      });
+      const rows = await db
+        .select({ id: apikey.id, userId: apikey.userId, enabled: apikey.enabled, expiresAt: apikey.expiresAt })
+        .from(apikey)
+        .where(eq(apikey.key, hashedKey))
+        .limit(1);
 
-      if (!result.valid || !result.key) {
+      if (rows.length === 0 || !rows[0].enabled) {
         ws.send(
           JSON.stringify({
             type: "auth_error",
-            message: result.error?.message ?? "Invalid API key",
+            message: "Invalid API key",
+          })
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Check expiration
+      if (rows[0].expiresAt && rows[0].expiresAt < new Date()) {
+        ws.send(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            type: "auth_error",
+            message: "API key expired",
           })
         );
         return;
       }
 
       const deviceId = crypto.randomUUID();
-      const userId = result.key.userId;
+      const userId = rows[0].userId;
 
       // Build device name from device info
       const name = msg.deviceInfo