Slack: validate runtime blocks in send and edit paths

src/slack/actions.blocks.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import type { WebClient } from "@slack/web-api";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("../config/config.js", () => ({
+  loadConfig: () => ({}),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./accounts.js", () => ({
+  resolveSlackAccount: () => ({
+    accountId: "default",
+    botToken: "xoxb-test",
+    botTokenSource: "config",
+    config: {},
+  }),
+}));
+
+const { editSlackMessage } = await import("./actions.js");
+
+function createClient() {
+  return {
+    chat: {
+      update: vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true })),
+    },
+  } as unknown as WebClient & {
+    chat: {
+      update: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+describe("editSlackMessage blocks", () => {
+  it("updates with valid blocks", async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+
+    await editSlackMessage("C123", "171234.567", "", {
+      token: "xoxb-test",
+      client,
+      blocks: [{ type: "divider" }],
+    });
+
+    expect(client.chat.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        channel: "C123",
+        ts: "171234.567",
+        text: " ",
+        blocks: [{ type: "divider" }],
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("rejects empty blocks arrays", async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+
+    await expect(
+      editSlackMessage("C123", "171234.567", "updated", {
+        token: "xoxb-test",
+        client,
+        blocks: [],
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/must contain at least one block/i);
+
+    expect(client.chat.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects blocks missing a type", async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+
+    await expect(
+      editSlackMessage("C123", "171234.567", "updated", {
+        token: "xoxb-test",
+        client,
+        blocks: [{} as { type: string }],
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/non-empty string type/i);
+
+    expect(client.chat.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

src/slack/actions.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Block, KnownBlock, WebClient } from "@slack/web-api";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
 import { resolveSlackAccount } from "./accounts.js";
+import { validateSlackBlocksArray } from "./blocks-input.js";
 import { createSlackWebClient } from "./client.js";
 import { sendMessageSlack } from "./send.js";
 import { resolveSlackBotToken } from "./token.js";
@@ -170,11 +171,12 @@ export async function editSlackMessage(
   opts: SlackActionClientOpts & { blocks?: (Block | KnownBlock)[] } = {},
 ) {
   const client = await getClient(opts);
+  const blocks = opts.blocks == null ? undefined : validateSlackBlocksArray(opts.blocks);
   await client.chat.update({
     channel: channelId,
     ts: messageId,
     text: content || " ",
-    ...(opts.blocks?.length ? { blocks: opts.blocks } : {}),
+    ...(blocks ? { blocks } : {}),
   });
 }
 

src/slack/blocks-input.ts

@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ function assertBlocksArray(raw: unknown) {
   }
 }
 
+export function validateSlackBlocksArray(raw: unknown): (Block | KnownBlock)[] {
+  assertBlocksArray(raw);
+  return raw as (Block | KnownBlock)[];
+}
+
 export function parseSlackBlocksInput(raw: unknown): (Block | KnownBlock)[] | undefined {
   if (raw == null) {
     return undefined;
   }
   const parsed = typeof raw === "string" ? parseBlocksJson(raw) : raw;
-  assertBlocksArray(parsed);
+  return validateSlackBlocksArray(parsed);
-  return parsed as (Block | KnownBlock)[];
 }

src/slack/send.blocks.test.ts

@@ -62,4 +62,41 @@ describe("sendMessageSlack blocks", () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow(/does not support blocks with mediaUrl/i);
     expect(client.chat.postMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("rejects empty blocks arrays from runtime callers", async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+    await expect(
+      sendMessageSlack("channel:C123", "hi", {
+        token: "xoxb-test",
+        client,
+        blocks: [],
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/must contain at least one block/i);
+    expect(client.chat.postMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects blocks arrays above Slack max count", async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+    const blocks = Array.from({ length: 51 }, () => ({ type: "divider" }));
+    await expect(
+      sendMessageSlack("channel:C123", "hi", {
+        token: "xoxb-test",
+        client,
+        blocks,
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/cannot exceed 50 items/i);
+    expect(client.chat.postMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects blocks missing type from runtime callers", async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+    await expect(
+      sendMessageSlack("channel:C123", "hi", {
+        token: "xoxb-test",
+        client,
+        blocks: [{} as { type: string }],
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/non-empty string type/i);
+    expect(client.chat.postMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });

src/slack/send.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
 import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
 import { resolveSlackAccount } from "./accounts.js";
+import { validateSlackBlocksArray } from "./blocks-input.js";
 import { createSlackWebClient } from "./client.js";
 import { markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks } from "./format.js";
 import { parseSlackTarget } from "./targets.js";
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ export async function sendMessageSlack(
   opts: SlackSendOpts = {},
 ): Promise<SlackSendResult> {
   const trimmedMessage = message?.trim() ?? "";
-  const blocks = opts.blocks?.length ? opts.blocks : undefined;
+  const blocks = opts.blocks == null ? undefined : validateSlackBlocksArray(opts.blocks);
   if (!trimmedMessage && !opts.mediaUrl && !blocks) {
     throw new Error("Slack send requires text, blocks, or media");
   }