govuk-one-login/authentication-api
Oct 2024 – Nov 2024
2 Months active
Languages Used
JavaHCLJavaScriptTerraform
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentJavaAWS IAMCloud InfrastructureDevOps
BenjaminWCO
PROFILE
Benjaminwco
Benjamin Woolley enhanced the govuk-one-login/authentication-api by implementing subject identifier persistence within session data, enabling downstream services to access richer identity context for improved personalization and auditing. He unified Internal Common Subject Identifier handling across authentication flows, ensuring consistent storage and retrieval through expanded integration and unit testing. Benjamin introduced a feature-flagged CloudFront integration for the OIDC API Gateway, allowing flexible deployment across environments, and developed an AWS IAM policy to strengthen authentication session security. His work, primarily in Java and Terraform, demonstrated depth in backend development, session management, and cloud infrastructure, while also improving documentation reliability in the tech-docs repository.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
60%Features
Repository Contributions
8Total
Bugs
2
Commits
8
Features
3
Lines of code
283
Activity Months2
Your Network
338 peopleSame Organization
@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk297
Work History
November 2024
7 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 performance summary: Delivered key enhancements to the authentication API and improved documentation reliability. Implemented a feature-flagged CloudFront integration for OIDC API Gateway to support environments where CloudFront is not available while preserving WAF and DNS routing. Implemented an IAM policy granting read/write access to authentication sessions and attached it to the check-user-exists flow, strengthening security and session management. Unified and tested Internal Common Subject Identifier (ICSID) handling across AuthSession boundaries (CheckUserExists, Login, SignUp, VerifyCode, VerifyMfaCode) with expanded test coverage to ensure consistent ICSID storage and retrieval. In the tech-docs repo, fixed changelog link formatting to ensure correct rendering. These changes reduce deployment risk, improve security posture, increase reliability of authentication flows, and improve documentation accuracy. Key commits span: 6d82dcffe67941226743147af125fe894067a34d, 2f8a2bed910697df387ebb14a5601f36f7488b87, f749802353efcc05ab709c6d34d7a91db6206ad0, bad6381445d706455762c8abd72e0416352d5eea, d07b616506e2d058a6cd13a787f258fb49dfff30, 279c21d6dad7b6199fbbd8dba7ed2c0b8e57c3d3, 21d4f9719d9705cd18416f4e2cee03f8366edb38
7 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 performance summary: Delivered key enhancements to the authentication API and improved documentation reliability. Implemented a feature-flagged CloudFront integration for OIDC API Gateway to support environments where CloudFront is not available while preserving WAF and DNS routing. Implemented an IAM policy granting read/write access to authentication sessions and attached it to the check-user-exists flow, strengthening security and session management. Unified and tested Internal Common Subject Identifier (ICSID) handling across AuthSession boundaries (CheckUserExists, Login, SignUp, VerifyCode, VerifyMfaCode) with expanded test coverage to ensure consistent ICSID storage and retrieval. In the tech-docs repo, fixed changelog link formatting to ensure correct rendering. These changes reduce deployment risk, improve security posture, increase reliability of authentication flows, and improve documentation accuracy. Key commits span: 6d82dcffe67941226743147af125fe894067a34d, 2f8a2bed910697df387ebb14a5601f36f7488b87, f749802353efcc05ab709c6d34d7a91db6206ad0, bad6381445d706455762c8abd72e0416352d5eea, d07b616506e2d058a6cd13a787f258fb49dfff30, 279c21d6dad7b6199fbbd8dba7ed2c0b8e57c3d3, 21d4f9719d9705cd18416f4e2cee03f8366edb38
November 2024
October 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for govuk-one-login/authentication-api. Primary delivery focused on enhancing session context through Subject Identifier Persistence in OrchSessionItem, enabling downstream services to access richer identity data for improved personalization, auditing, and authorization decisions.
October 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for govuk-one-login/authentication-api. Primary delivery focused on enhancing session context through Subject Identifier Persistence in OrchSessionItem, enabling downstream services to access richer identity data for improved personalization, auditing, and authorization decisions.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness97.4%
Maintainability97.4%
Architecture97.4%
Performance97.4%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
ERBHCLJavaJavaScriptTerraform
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentAWS IAMBackend DevelopmentCloud InfrastructureDevOpsDocumentationIntegration TestingJavaSession ManagementTerraformTestingUnit Testing
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govuk-one-login/tech-docs
Nov 2024 – Nov 2024
1 Month active
Languages Used
ERB
Technical Skills
Documentation