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# ADR-001: Provider-Specific Module Naming (httpauth-firebase)
**Status:** Accepted
**Date:** 2026-03-18
## Context
An auth middleware module originally named `httpauth` was designed to be
provider-agnostic: it defined a `TokenVerifier` interface and duck-typed
`firebase.Client` so the module never imported Firebase directly. The intent was
that any JWT provider could be supported by implementing `TokenVerifier`.
Under global ADR-001, framework modules import their named dependencies directly
rather than duck-typing them away. An auth module for Firebase should import
`firebase.google.com/go/v4/auth` directly, since that is its explicit purpose.
This raises the naming question: if the module imports Firebase, should it still be
called `httpauth`?
## Decision
The module is named **`httpauth-firebase`**:
- Go module path: `code.nochebuena.dev/go/httpauth-firebase`
- Directory: `micro-lib/httpauth-firebase/`
- Package name: `httpauth` (short import alias; the module path carries the provider name)
A different auth provider would live in `httpauth-auth0`, `httpauth-jwks`, etc.
All `httpauth-*` modules converge on the same output contract: `rbac.Identity` stored
in context via `rbac.SetInContext`.
The `TokenVerifier` interface is retained **solely for unit-test mockability**
not for provider abstraction. In production, `*auth.Client` from
`firebase.google.com/go/v4/auth` satisfies `TokenVerifier` directly without any
adapter.
## Consequences
- The module name is honest: scanning the module list, a developer immediately knows
this is Firebase-specific and not a generic auth abstraction.
- Other auth providers are accommodated by creating sibling modules
(`httpauth-auth0`, etc.) with identical output contracts, not by implementing an
interface in this module.
- The `TokenVerifier` interface remains exported so test code outside the package can
implement it (`mockVerifier` in `compliance_test.go`). Its presence does not imply
that swapping providers at runtime is a supported pattern.
- Applications that switch from Firebase to another provider replace the module
import; the rest of the auth stack (`EnrichmentMiddleware`, `AuthzMiddleware`) and
all business logic remain unchanged because they depend on `rbac.Identity`, not on
Firebase types.