cmd, eth, node: deprecate personal namespace (#26390)

* eth: cmd: deprecate personal namespace

* eth: cmd: move deprecation to node

* node: disable toml of enablepersonal

* node: disable personal on ipc as well

* Update node/node.go
Co-authored-by: Martin Holst Swende <martin@swende.se>

* console: error -> warn

* node: less roulette

---------
Co-authored-by: Martin Holst Swende <martin@swende.se>

cmd/geth/consolecmd.go

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// Attach to the newly started node and create the JavaScript console.
 	client, err := stack.Attach()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to attach to the inproc geth: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to attach to the inproc geth: %v", err)
 	}
 	config := console.Config{
 		DataDir: utils.MakeDataDir(ctx),
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	console, err := console.New(config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to start the JavaScript console: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start the JavaScript console: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer console.Stop(false)
 

cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ipcAPIs  = "admin:1.0 debug:1.0 engine:1.0 eth:1.0 ethash:1.0 miner:1.0 net:1.0 personal:1.0 rpc:1.0 txpool:1.0 web3:1.0"
+	ipcAPIs  = "admin:1.0 debug:1.0 engine:1.0 eth:1.0 ethash:1.0 miner:1.0 net:1.0 rpc:1.0 txpool:1.0 web3:1.0"
 	httpAPIs = "eth:1.0 net:1.0 rpc:1.0 web3:1.0"
 )
 

cmd/geth/main.go

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ var (
 		utils.USBFlag,
 		utils.SmartCardDaemonPathFlag,
 		utils.OverrideShanghai,
+		utils.EnablePersonal,
 		utils.EthashCacheDirFlag,
 		utils.EthashCachesInMemoryFlag,
 		utils.EthashCachesOnDiskFlag,

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -785,6 +785,11 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Allow for unprotected (non EIP155 signed) transactions to be submitted via RPC",
 		Category: flags.APICategory,
 	}
+	EnablePersonal = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc.enabledeprecatedpersonal",
+		Usage:    "Enables the (deprecated) personal namespace",
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
 
 	// Network Settings
 	MaxPeersFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
@@ -1466,6 +1471,10 @@ func SetNodeConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 		cfg.JWTSecret = ctx.String(JWTSecretFlag.Name)
 	}
 
+	if ctx.IsSet(EnablePersonal.Name) {
+		cfg.EnablePersonal = true
+	}
+
 	if ctx.IsSet(ExternalSignerFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.ExternalSigner = ctx.String(ExternalSignerFlag.Name)
 	}
@@ -1853,6 +1862,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 			cfg.EthDiscoveryURLs = SplitAndTrim(urls)
 		}
 	}
+
 	// Override any default configs for hard coded networks.
 	switch {
 	case ctx.Bool(MainnetFlag.Name):

console/console.go

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func (c *Console) initExtensions() error {
 	}
 
 	// Compute aliases from server-provided modules.
-	aliases := map[string]struct{}{"eth": {}, "personal": {}}
+	aliases := map[string]struct{}{"eth": {}}
 	for api := range apis {
 		if api == "web3" {
 			continue
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ func (c *Console) initPersonal(vm *goja.Runtime, bridge *bridge) {
 	if personal == nil || c.prompter == nil {
 		return
 	}
+	log.Warn("Enabling deprecated personal namespace")
 	jeth := vm.NewObject()
 	vm.Set("jeth", jeth)
 	jeth.Set("openWallet", personal.Get("openWallet"))

node/config.go

@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// JWTSecret is the path to the hex-encoded jwt secret.
 	JWTSecret string `toml:",omitempty"`
+
+	// EnablePersonal enables the deprecated personal namespace.
+	EnablePersonal bool `toml:"-"`
 }
 
 // IPCEndpoint resolves an IPC endpoint based on a configured value, taking into

node/node.go

@@ -376,13 +376,25 @@ func (n *Node) obtainJWTSecret(cliParam string) ([]byte, error) {
 // startup. It's not meant to be called at any time afterwards as it makes certain
 // assumptions about the state of the node.
 func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
-	if err := n.startInProc(); err != nil {
+	// Filter out personal api
+	var apis []rpc.API
+	for _, api := range n.rpcAPIs {
+		if api.Namespace == "personal" {
+			if n.config.EnablePersonal {
+				log.Warn("Deprecated personal namespace activated")
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		apis = append(apis, api)
+	}
+	if err := n.startInProc(apis); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Configure IPC.
 	if n.ipc.endpoint != "" {
-		if err := n.ipc.start(n.rpcAPIs); err != nil {
+		if err := n.ipc.start(apis); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -510,8 +522,8 @@ func (n *Node) stopRPC() {
 }
 
 // startInProc registers all RPC APIs on the inproc server.
-func (n *Node) startInProc() error {
-	for _, api := range n.rpcAPIs {
+func (n *Node) startInProc(apis []rpc.API) error {
+	for _, api := range apis {
 		if err := n.inprocHandler.RegisterName(api.Namespace, api.Service); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}