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Pedro RodriguesandClaude Opus 4.6 62426253c3 fix: pass exposedSchemas to getLints in MCP advisor operations (#43790)
## Summary

- MCP `getSecurityAdvisors` and `getPerformanceAdvisors` now pass
`exposedSchemas` to `getLints`, fixing empty advisor results in
local/self-hosted environments
- Extracts `DEFAULT_EXPOSED_SCHEMAS` constant shared between the MCP
handler and the `run-lints` API route (cc @joshenlim related
https://github.com/supabase/supabase/pull/40043)
- Adds unit tests for `enrichLintsQuery` and the MCP advisor operations

## The bug

The MCP advisor tools (`get_advisors`) return empty arrays (`[]`) for
**all** scenarios when running locally via `supabase start`. No security
or performance advisors are surfaced, even when the database has clear
issues (e.g., tables with no RLS).

### Root cause

In `lib/api/self-hosted/mcp.ts`, both `getSecurityAdvisors` and
`getPerformanceAdvisors` call `getLints({ headers })` **without passing
`exposedSchemas`**:

```typescript
// Before (mcp.ts:131)
const { data, error } = await getLints({ headers })
```

When `exposedSchemas` is `undefined`, `enrichLintsQuery` in `lints.ts`
skips the `SET LOCAL pgrst.db_schemas = '...'` SQL statement:

```typescript
// lints.ts:23
${!!exposedSchemas ? `set local pgrst.db_schemas = '${exposedSchemas}';` : ''}
```

Without this GUC being set, the splinter SQL queries filter results
using `current_setting('pgrst.db_schemas', 't')` — which returns an
empty string in local environments. Every schema-filtered lint matches
no schemas and returns zero rows.

### Why this only affects local/self-hosted environments

In **hosted Supabase**, PostgREST sets the `pgrst.db_schemas` GUC on its
own database connections based on the project's API configuration. The
Studio MCP server in production reads the same project configuration, so
the GUC is already available.

**Locally**, PostgREST runs in a separate Docker container and only sets
this GUC on _its own_ connections. Studio connects directly to
PostgreSQL (bypassing PostgREST), so
`current_setting('pgrst.db_schemas', 't')` returns `''`.

The HTTP API endpoint (`/api/platform/.../run-lints`) already worked
because `run-lints.ts` passes `exposedSchemas: 'public, storage'` — this
parameter was simply never added to the MCP code path.

## How we verified the fix

### 1. Tests written to fail against the previous code

We wrote two test files that target the exact bug:

**`tests/unit/lints/enrichLintsQuery.test.ts`** — validates the SQL
generation:
- Confirms `SET LOCAL pgrst.db_schemas` is included when
`exposedSchemas` is provided
- Confirms it's omitted when `undefined` or empty (documenting current
behavior)

**`tests/unit/lints/mcp-advisors.test.ts`** — validates the MCP
operations:
- Asserts `getSecurityAdvisors` passes `exposedSchemas` to `getLints`
- Asserts `getPerformanceAdvisors` passes `exposedSchemas` to `getLints`
- Asserts the value matches `DEFAULT_EXPOSED_SCHEMAS`
- Verifies SECURITY/PERFORMANCE category filtering still works

Before the fix, the two `exposedSchemas` assertions failed:

```
FAIL  getSecurityAdvisors should pass exposedSchemas to getLints
  → expected { Object (headers) } to have property "exposedSchemas"

FAIL  getPerformanceAdvisors should pass exposedSchemas to getLints
  → expected { Object (headers) } to have property "exposedSchemas"
```

### 2. Fix applied, all tests pass

After adding `exposedSchemas: DEFAULT_EXPOSED_SCHEMAS` to both MCP
operations, all 14 tests pass (9 new + 5 existing MCP tests).

## Test plan

run `supabase start`, create a table without RLS, call `get_advisors`
via MCP — should return `rls_disabled_in_public` lint

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-17 09:48:34 +00:00
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2025-12-03 15:39:54 +08:00
2026-02-11 09:50:11 +01:00

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# You'll need to be on Node v20
# in /studio

## For external contributors
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## First clone the private supabase/platform repo and follow instructions for setting up mise
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