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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.7] - 2026-05-26
+
+### Added
+
+- **Human-readable agent names** — `ria-agent register` now generates a default `adjective-colour-animal` name (e.g. `swift-teal-falcon`) via the new `namegen` module when `--name` is omitted, instead of registering with an empty string.
+- **Structured registration error messages** — `ria-agent register` translates hub responses into actionable English for the known failure reasons (`invalid_key`, `expired`, `revoked`, `already_consumed`) and rate-limit (`HTTP 429`) responses, instead of surfacing raw `HTTP 4xx` text.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`ria-agent register` `--api-key` help** — now describes the personal `ria_reg_*` registration key flow (minted from **Settings → RIA Agents** on the hub, shown once at mint time). The legacy shared `[wac] API_KEY` is still accepted by the hub for back-compat, but the CLI documents the per-user flow as preferred.
+- **`ria-agent register` success output** — now prints both the hub-assigned agent ID and the chosen name: `Registered agent: <id> (<name>)`.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`ria-agent register` blocked by Cloudflare on hubs behind it** — set an explicit `User-Agent` (`ria-agent/<package-version> (+https://riahub.ai/qoherent/ria-toolkit-oss)`) so the request isn't rejected as `Python-urllib/<ver>` (Cloudflare Browser Integrity Check returns HTTP 403, edge error code 1010). Version is read from package metadata so it tracks releases automatically.
+- **`ria-agent register` could hang indefinitely** — added a 15-second timeout to the hub request; previously `urllib`'s default of no timeout meant a stuck hub would block the CLI forever.
+
+---
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2026-02-20
 
 ### Added

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '..')))
 project = 'ria-toolkit-oss'
 copyright = '2026, Qoherent Inc'
 author = 'Qoherent Inc.'
-release = '0.1.6'
+release = '0.1.7'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration

poetry.lock

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.4 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ria-toolkit-oss"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 description = "An open-source version of the RIA Toolkit, including the fundamental tools to get started developing, testing, and deploying radio intelligence applications"
 license = { text = "AGPL-3.0-only" }
 readme = "README.md"

src/ria_toolkit_oss/agent/cli.py

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ Subcommands:
 - ``ria-agent run [legacy args]`` — legacy long-poll NodeAgent (unchanged).
 - ``ria-agent stream`` — new WebSocket-based IQ streamer.
 - ``ria-agent detect`` — print SDR drivers whose modules import cleanly.
-- ``ria-agent register --hub URL --api-key KEY`` — register with the hub and
-  save credentials (and optional TX interlocks) to ``~/.ria/agent.json``.
+- ``ria-agent register --hub URL --api-key KEY`` — register with the hub
+  using a personal registration key (minted from **Settings → RIA Agents**
+  on the hub, shown once at mint time) and save credentials (and optional
+  TX interlocks) to ``~/.ria/agent.json``. The hub also accepts the legacy
+  shared ``[wac] API_KEY`` for back-compat, but that path is deprecated.
 
 Invoking ``ria-agent`` with no subcommand falls through to the legacy
 long-poll behavior for back-compatibility with existing deployments.
@@ -30,6 +33,70 @@ DEFAULT_HUB_URL = "https://riahub.ai"
 _LEGACY_ALIASES = {"--hub", "--key", "--name", "--device", "--insecure", "--log-level", "--config"}
 
 
+def _user_agent() -> str:
+    """Build the User-Agent header for hub requests.
+
+    Set explicitly so we don't fall back to Python's default `Python-urllib/<ver>`,
+    which is blocked by Cloudflare's Browser Integrity Check on `riahub.ai`
+    (HTTP 403 edge code 1010). Version is read from package metadata so it
+    tracks releases instead of going stale.
+    """
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+    try:
+        pkg_version = version("ria-toolkit-oss")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        pkg_version = "unknown"
+    return f"ria-agent/{pkg_version} (+https://riahub.ai/qoherent/ria-toolkit-oss)"
+
+
+# How long to wait on the hub before giving up. The register endpoint is a
+# small DB lookup + insert; anything past this is a stuck hub, not a slow one.
+_REGISTER_TIMEOUT_S = 15
+
+
+REGISTRATION_REASON_MESSAGES = {
+    "invalid_key": ("Registration key not recognized. Generate a fresh key from " "Settings → RIA Agents on the hub."),
+    "expired": ("This registration key has expired. Generate a new one from " "Settings → RIA Agents on the hub."),
+    "revoked": ("This registration key was revoked. Generate a new one from " "Settings → RIA Agents on the hub."),
+    "already_consumed": (
+        "This single-use registration key has already been used. "
+        "Generate a new one, or mint a reusable key instead."
+    ),
+}
+
+
+def _explain_registration_failure(status: int, body: bytes) -> str:
+    """Return a human-readable explanation for a failed register call."""
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(body) if body else None
+    except ValueError:
+        parsed = None
+
+    if status == 429:
+        # 429 carries a plain string detail, never a reason code.
+        if isinstance(parsed, dict) and parsed.get("detail"):
+            detail = parsed["detail"]
+        else:
+            detail = body.decode("utf-8", "replace") or "rate limited"
+        return f"Registration rate-limited by the hub: {detail}"
+
+    if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
+        text = body.decode("utf-8", "replace")
+        return f"HTTP {status}: {text or 'no body'}"
+
+    detail = parsed.get("detail")
+    if isinstance(detail, dict):
+        reason = detail.get("reason")
+        if reason in REGISTRATION_REASON_MESSAGES:
+            return REGISTRATION_REASON_MESSAGES[reason]
+        if reason:
+            return f"Registration rejected ({reason})"
+    if isinstance(detail, str) and detail:
+        return f"Registration rejected: {detail}"
+    return f"HTTP {status}: {parsed}"
+
+
 def _cmd_detect(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     devices = available_devices()
     if not devices:
@@ -41,6 +108,7 @@ def _cmd_detect(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
 
 
 def _cmd_register(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    import urllib.error
     import urllib.request
 
     hub_url = args.hub.rstrip("/")
@@ -53,11 +121,20 @@ def _cmd_register(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
         headers={
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
             "X-API-Key": args.api_key,
+            "User-Agent": _user_agent(),
         },
     )
     try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=_REGISTER_TIMEOUT_S) as resp:
             data = json.loads(resp.read())
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        try:
+            err_body = e.read()
+        except Exception:
+            err_body = b""
+        msg = _explain_registration_failure(e.code, err_body)
+        print(f"error: registration failed: {msg}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"error: registration failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
@@ -82,7 +159,7 @@ def _cmd_register(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
         cfg.tx_allowed_freq_ranges = [[float(lo), float(hi)] for lo, hi in freq_ranges]
     path = _config.save(cfg)
 
-    print(f"Registered agent: {agent_id}")
+    print(f"Registered agent: {agent_id} ({name})")
     if cfg.tx_enabled:
         caps: list[str] = []
         if cfg.tx_max_gain_db is not None:
@@ -143,7 +220,16 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     p_reg = sub.add_parser("register", help="Register agent with RIA Hub and save credentials")
     p_reg.add_argument("--hub", default=DEFAULT_HUB_URL, help=f"RIA Hub URL (default: {DEFAULT_HUB_URL})")
-    p_reg.add_argument("--api-key", dest="api_key", required=True, help="Hub API key")
+    p_reg.add_argument(
+        "--api-key",
+        dest="api_key",
+        required=True,
+        help=(
+            "Personal registration key from the RIA Agents page on the hub "
+            "(format: ria_reg_...). Shown once when generated; save it then. "
+            "The legacy shared API key is also accepted but deprecated."
+        ),
+    )
     p_reg.add_argument("--name", default=None, help="Human-friendly agent name")
     p_reg.add_argument("--insecure", action="store_true", help="Skip TLS verification")
     p_reg.add_argument(

src/ria_toolkit_oss_cli/cli.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ This module contains the main group for the ria toolkit oss CLI.
 """
 
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import warnings
 
 warnings.filterwarnings(
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def cli(ctx, verbose):
             err=True,
         )
     if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
-        if lfs_missing:
+        if lfs_missing and sys.stdin.isatty():
             click.pause(info="\nPress Enter to continue...", err=True)
         click.echo(ctx.get_help())
 

src/ria_toolkit_oss_cli/ria_toolkit_oss/_hub_auth.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+"""Shared authentication and security helpers for RIA Hub API calls."""
+
+import base64
+import subprocess
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+
+import click
+
+DEFAULT_HUB = "https://riahub.ai"
+
+
+class _NoRedirectHandler(urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
+    """Block redirects on authenticated requests to prevent credential exfiltration.
+
+    urllib re-sends the Authorization header on same-host redirects by default.
+    A malicious server could redirect a POST to a different host to harvest
+    credentials. We refuse all redirects — API clients should not encounter them
+    in normal operation.
+    """
+
+    def redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl):
+        raise urllib.error.URLError(f"Unexpected redirect ({code}) to {newurl} — aborting to protect credentials")
+
+
+def hub_opener() -> urllib.request.OpenerDirector:
+    """Return a urllib opener that blocks redirects."""
+    return urllib.request.build_opener(_NoRedirectHandler)
+
+
+def warn_if_insecure(hub: str) -> None:
+    """Warn when credentials would be sent over plain HTTP to a non-localhost host."""
+    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub)
+    if parsed.scheme == "http":
+        host = parsed.hostname or ""
+        if host not in ("localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1"):
+            click.echo(
+                f"Warning: sending credentials over plain HTTP to {host}. " "Use HTTPS in production.",
+                err=True,
+            )
+
+
+def basic_auth(username: str, password: str) -> str:
+    return "Basic " + base64.b64encode(f"{username}:{password}".encode()).decode()
+
+
+def get_stored_credentials(hub_url: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    """Ask git credential fill for stored creds. Returns (username, password) or (None, None)."""
+    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub_url)
+    payload = f"protocol={parsed.scheme}\nhost={parsed.netloc}\n\n"
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "credential", "fill"],
+            input=payload,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=5,
+        )
+        creds = {}
+        for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
+            # Partition on the FIRST '=' only so passwords containing '=' are preserved.
+            k, sep, v = line.partition("=")
+            if sep:
+                creds[k.strip()] = v  # keep value verbatim
+        return creds.get("username"), creds.get("password")
+    except Exception:
+        return None, None
+
+
+def store_credentials(hub_url: str, username: str, password: str) -> None:
+    """Cache credentials via git credential approve (uses the system keychain/store)."""
+    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub_url)
+    payload = (
+        f"protocol={parsed.scheme}\n" f"host={parsed.netloc}\n" f"username={username}\n" f"password={password}\n\n"
+    )
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "credential", "approve"],
+            input=payload,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=5,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # non-fatal — next push just prompts again
+
+
+def resolve_credentials(hub: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Return (username, password), prompting interactively if not cached."""
+    username, password = get_stored_credentials(hub)
+    if username and password:
+        return username, password
+    click.echo(f"No stored credentials found for {hub}.")
+    username = click.prompt("RIA Hub username")
+    password = click.prompt("Password / personal access token", hide_input=True)
+    return username, password

src/ria_toolkit_oss_cli/ria_toolkit_oss/setup_repo.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """ria setup_repo — create and configure a RIA Hub Project repo."""
 
-import base64
 import json
 import os
 import re
@@ -12,6 +11,15 @@ import urllib.request
 
 import click
 
+from ._hub_auth import (
+    DEFAULT_HUB,
+    _NoRedirectHandler,
+    basic_auth,
+    resolve_credentials,
+    store_credentials,
+    warn_if_insecure,
+)
+
 RIA_LFS_RULES = [
     ("*.pt", "filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text"),
     ("*.pth", "filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text"),
@@ -27,89 +35,15 @@ RIA_LFS_RULES = [
     ("*.pkl", "filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text"),
 ]
 
-DEFAULT_HUB = "https://riahub.ai"
-
 # Repo names must be safe directory names and valid git remote path components.
 _SAFE_NAME_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,100}$")
 
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Credential helpers — all credential I/O goes through git's own store
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _get_stored_credentials(hub_url: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
-    """Ask git credential fill for stored creds. Returns (username, password) or (None, None)."""
-    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub_url)
-    payload = f"protocol={parsed.scheme}\nhost={parsed.netloc}\n\n"
-    try:
-        result = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "credential", "fill"],
-            input=payload,
-            capture_output=True,
-            text=True,
-            timeout=5,
-        )
-        creds = {}
-        for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
-            # partition on the FIRST '=' only so passwords containing '=' are preserved.
-            # Only strip whitespace from the key, not the value.
-            k, sep, v = line.partition("=")
-            if sep:
-                creds[k.strip()] = v  # keep password value verbatim
-        return creds.get("username"), creds.get("password")
-    except Exception:
-        return None, None
-
-
-def _store_credentials(hub_url: str, username: str, password: str) -> None:
-    """Cache credentials via git credential approve (uses the system keychain/store)."""
-    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub_url)
-    payload = (
-        f"protocol={parsed.scheme}\n" f"host={parsed.netloc}\n" f"username={username}\n" f"password={password}\n\n"
-    )
-    try:
-        subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "credential", "approve"],
-            input=payload,
-            capture_output=True,
-            text=True,
-            timeout=5,
-        )
-    except Exception:
-        pass  # non-fatal — next push just prompts again
-
-
-def _resolve_credentials(hub: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    """Return (username, password), prompting interactively if not cached."""
-    username, password = _get_stored_credentials(hub)
-    if username and password:
-        return username, password
-
-    click.echo(f"No stored credentials found for {hub}.")
-    username = click.prompt("RIA Hub username")
-    password = click.prompt("Password / personal access token", hide_input=True)
-    return username, password
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # API helpers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class _NoRedirectHandler(urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
-    """Block redirects on API requests to prevent credential exfiltration.
-
-    urllib follows redirects by default and re-sends the Authorization header
-    on same-host redirects. A malicious server could redirect a POST to a
-    different host to harvest credentials. We refuse all redirects — API
-    clients should not encounter them in normal operation.
-    """
-
-    def redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl):
-        raise urllib.error.URLError(f"Unexpected redirect ({code}) to {newurl} — aborting to protect credentials")
-
-
 def _api_request(
     hub: str,
     path: str,
@@ -129,10 +63,7 @@ def _api_request(
     data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method)
     req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-    # Credentials are base64-encoded (not encrypted). Callers must ensure
-    # they only call this over HTTPS or localhost — enforced in _warn_if_insecure.
-    cred = base64.b64encode(f"{username}:{password}".encode()).decode()
-    req.add_header("Authorization", f"Basic {cred}")
+    req.add_header("Authorization", basic_auth(username, password))
 
     opener = urllib.request.build_opener(_NoRedirectHandler)
     try:
@@ -148,18 +79,6 @@ def _api_request(
         return {"message": str(e.reason)}, 0
 
 
-def _warn_if_insecure(hub: str) -> None:
-    """Warn when sending credentials over plain HTTP to a non-localhost host."""
-    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub)
-    if parsed.scheme == "http":
-        host = parsed.hostname or ""
-        if host not in ("localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1"):
-            click.echo(
-                f"Warning: sending credentials over plain HTTP to {host}. " "Use HTTPS in production.",
-                err=True,
-            )
-
-
 def _get_authenticated_username(hub: str, username: str, password: str) -> str | None:
     """Return the login name of the authenticated user from GET /api/v1/user.
 
@@ -349,7 +268,7 @@ def _configure_remote(
         click.echo(
             f"Skipped remote setup. Add it manually:\n"
             f"  git -C {repo_path} remote add origin "
-            f"{hub.rstrip('/')}/<owner>/{repo_name}.git"
+            f"{hub.rstrip('/')}/{resolved_owner}/{repo_name}.git"
         )
         return
     remote_url = f"{hub.rstrip('/')}/{resolved_owner}/{repo_name}.git"
@@ -422,9 +341,9 @@ def setup_repo(
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if not no_remote:
-        _warn_if_insecure(hub)
+        warn_if_insecure(hub)
 
-    username, password = (None, None) if no_remote else _resolve_credentials(hub)
+    username, password = (None, None) if no_remote else resolve_credentials(hub)
     resolved_owner = _resolve_owner(hub, username, password, owner)
 
     # newly_created=True means the server ran auto_init+is_ria and seeded
@@ -436,7 +355,7 @@ def setup_repo(
             click.echo(f"Repository '{resolved_owner}/{repo_name}' already exists on RIA Hub.")
         else:
             newly_created = _create_repo_on_hub(hub, repo_name, username, password, private)
-        _store_credentials(hub, username, password)
+        store_credentials(hub, username, password)
 
     if not os.path.exists(repo_path):
         os.makedirs(repo_path)

src/ria_toolkit_oss_cli/ria_toolkit_oss/upload.py

@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ import urllib.request
 
 import click
 
+from ._hub_auth import (
+    DEFAULT_HUB,
+    basic_auth,
+    hub_opener,
+    resolve_credentials,
+    warn_if_insecure,
+)
+
 # Read buffer for hashing and streaming — 8 MB keeps memory use flat
 # for arbitrarily large files.
 _CHUNK = 8 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -34,48 +42,6 @@ _CHUNK = 8 * 1024 * 1024
 LFS_MEDIA_TYPE = "application/vnd.git-lfs+json"
 
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Credential helpers (reused from setup_repo pattern)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _get_stored_credentials(hub_url: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
-    import subprocess
-
-    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(hub_url)
-    payload = f"protocol={parsed.scheme}\nhost={parsed.netloc}\n\n"
-    try:
-        result = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "credential", "fill"],
-            input=payload,
-            capture_output=True,
-            text=True,
-            timeout=5,
-        )
-        creds = {}
-        for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
-            k, sep, v = line.partition("=")
-            if sep:
-                creds[k.strip()] = v
-        return creds.get("username"), creds.get("password")
-    except Exception:
-        return None, None
-
-
-def _resolve_credentials(hub: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    username, password = _get_stored_credentials(hub)
-    if username and password:
-        return username, password
-    click.echo(f"No stored credentials found for {hub}.")
-    username = click.prompt("RIA Hub username")
-    password = click.prompt("Password / personal access token", hide_input=True)
-    return username, password
-
-
-def _basic_auth(username: str, password: str) -> str:
-    return "Basic " + base64.b64encode(f"{username}:{password}".encode()).decode()
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # File helpers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -134,64 +100,17 @@ def _lfs_batch(
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=body, method="POST")
     req.add_header("Content-Type", LFS_MEDIA_TYPE)
     req.add_header("Accept", LFS_MEDIA_TYPE)
-    req.add_header("Authorization", _basic_auth(username, password))
+    req.add_header("Authorization", basic_auth(username, password))
 
+    opener = hub_opener()
     try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+        with opener.open(req, timeout=30) as resp:
             return json.loads(resp.read())
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
         body_text = e.read().decode(errors="replace")
         raise RuntimeError(f"LFS batch request failed (HTTP {e.code}): {body_text}") from e
 
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Streaming PUT upload
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _stream_upload(href: str, headers: dict, file_path: str, size: int) -> None:
-    """
-    PUT file_path content to href, streaming in _CHUNK-sized pieces.
-    Uses http.client directly so Content-Length is set without buffering
-    the whole file in memory. Works for files of any size.
-    """
-    parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(href)
-    host = parsed.netloc
-    path = parsed.path
-    if parsed.query:
-        path += "?" + parsed.query
-
-    if parsed.scheme == "https":
-        conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host, timeout=300)
-    else:
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(host, timeout=300)
-
-    all_headers = dict(headers or {})
-    all_headers.setdefault("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
-    all_headers["Content-Length"] = str(size)
-
-    try:
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.putrequest("PUT", path)
-        for k, v in all_headers.items():
-            conn.putheader(k, v)
-        conn.endheaders()
-
-        with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
-            while True:
-                chunk = f.read(_CHUNK)
-                if not chunk:
-                    break
-                conn.send(chunk)
-
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        resp.read()  # drain
-        if resp.status not in (200, 201):
-            raise RuntimeError(f"LFS object upload failed: HTTP {resp.status}")
-    finally:
-        conn.close()
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Gitea contents API — create / update a file to record the LFS pointer
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -214,9 +133,9 @@ def _get_file_sha(
         f"?ref={urllib.parse.quote(branch)}"
     )
     req = urllib.request.Request(url)
-    req.add_header("Authorization", _basic_auth(username, password))
+    req.add_header("Authorization", basic_auth(username, password))
     try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=15) as resp:
+        with hub_opener().open(req, timeout=15) as resp:
             return json.loads(resp.read()).get("sha")
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
         if e.code == 404:
@@ -255,10 +174,10 @@ def _commit_lfs_pointer(
     method = "PUT" if existing_sha else "POST"
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=json.dumps(body).encode(), method=method)
     req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-    req.add_header("Authorization", _basic_auth(username, password))
+    req.add_header("Authorization", basic_auth(username, password))
 
     try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+        with hub_opener().open(req, timeout=30) as resp:
             resp.read()
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
         body_text = e.read().decode(errors="replace")
@@ -375,6 +294,13 @@ def _stream_upload_progress(href: str, headers: dict, file_path: str, size: int)
     all_headers.setdefault("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
     all_headers["Content-Length"] = str(size)
 
+    try:
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.putrequest("PUT", path_q)
+        for k, v in all_headers.items():
+            conn.putheader(k, v)
+        conn.endheaders()
+
         with click.progressbar(
             length=size,
             label="    ",
@@ -384,12 +310,6 @@ def _stream_upload_progress(href: str, headers: dict, file_path: str, size: int)
             fill_char="█",
             empty_char="░",
         ) as bar:
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.putrequest("PUT", path_q)
-        for k, v in all_headers.items():
-            conn.putheader(k, v)
-        conn.endheaders()
-
             with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
                 while True:
                     chunk = f.read(_CHUNK)
@@ -400,10 +320,10 @@ def _stream_upload_progress(href: str, headers: dict, file_path: str, size: int)
 
         resp = conn.getresponse()
         resp.read()
-        conn.close()
-
         if resp.status not in (200, 201):
             raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {resp.status}")
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -416,7 +336,7 @@ def _stream_upload_progress(href: str, headers: dict, file_path: str, size: int)
 @click.option(
     "--repo", required=True, metavar="OWNER/NAME", help="Target repository on RIA Hub (e.g. benchinnery/my-dataset)."
 )
-@click.option("--hub", default="https://riahub.ai", show_default=True, metavar="URL", help="RIA Hub base URL.")
+@click.option("--hub", default=DEFAULT_HUB, show_default=True, metavar="URL", help="RIA Hub base URL.")
 @click.option("--branch", default="main", show_default=True, help="Branch to commit the files to.")
 @click.option(
     "--path",
@@ -460,9 +380,9 @@ def upload(
             sys.exit(1)
         resolved.append(os.path.abspath(pattern))
 
-    # Credentials
     hub = hub.rstrip("/")
-    username, password = _resolve_credentials(hub)
+    warn_if_insecure(hub)
+    username, password = resolve_credentials(hub)
 
     click.echo(f"Uploading {len(resolved)} file(s) to {owner}/{repo_name} on {hub}...")
 

tests/agent/test_cli_register_errors.py

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+"""Structured error reporting for `ria-agent register` (T2)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+from io import BytesIO
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from ria_toolkit_oss.agent import cli as agent_cli
+
+
+def _structured(reason: str) -> bytes:
+    return json.dumps({"detail": {"reason": reason}}).encode()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "reason",
+    ["invalid_key", "expired", "revoked", "already_consumed"],
+)
+def test_explain_maps_known_reasons(reason):
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(403, _structured(reason))
+    assert msg == agent_cli.REGISTRATION_REASON_MESSAGES[reason]
+
+
+def test_explain_unknown_reason_falls_through_with_code():
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(403, _structured("brand_new_thing"))
+    assert "brand_new_thing" in msg
+    assert "rejected" in msg.lower()
+
+
+def test_explain_string_detail():
+    body = json.dumps({"detail": "Forbidden"}).encode()
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(403, body)
+    assert msg == "Registration rejected: Forbidden"
+
+
+def test_explain_429_with_string_detail():
+    body = json.dumps({"detail": "Too many attempts; try again shortly"}).encode()
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(429, body)
+    assert "rate-limited" in msg
+    assert "Too many attempts" in msg
+
+
+def test_explain_429_with_no_body():
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(429, b"")
+    assert "rate-limited" in msg
+
+
+def test_explain_malformed_json():
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(500, b"<html>boom</html>")
+    assert msg.startswith("HTTP 500")
+    assert "boom" in msg
+
+
+def test_explain_empty_body():
+    msg = agent_cli._explain_registration_failure(502, b"")
+    assert msg == "HTTP 502: no body"
+
+
+def _http_error(status: int, body: bytes) -> urllib.error.HTTPError:
+    return urllib.error.HTTPError(
+        url="http://hub/screens/agents/register",
+        code=status,
+        msg="",
+        hdrs=None,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        fp=BytesIO(body),
+    )
+
+
+def test_user_agent_is_set_and_not_python_default():
+    """Cloudflare on `riahub.ai` returns 403 code 1010 to `Python-urllib/*`.
+
+    Guarding the UA explicitly is the entire point of the register-flow fix;
+    if this test ever breaks, the production bug is back.
+    """
+    ua = agent_cli._user_agent()
+    assert ua, "User-Agent must not be empty"
+    assert not ua.lower().startswith(
+        "python-urllib"
+    ), f"User-Agent must not be Python's default (got {ua!r}) — Cloudflare blocks it"
+    assert ua.startswith("ria-agent/")
+
+
+def test_register_request_carries_explicit_user_agent(tmp_path):
+    """Capture the outbound urllib Request and verify the UA header is set."""
+    cfg_path = tmp_path / "agent.json"
+    captured: dict = {}
+
+    def _fake_urlopen(req, *args, **kwargs):
+        # urllib normalizes header names; get_header takes the title-cased form.
+        captured["ua"] = req.get_header("User-agent")
+        captured["api_key"] = req.get_header("X-api-key")
+        captured["timeout"] = kwargs.get("timeout")
+        raise urllib.error.HTTPError(
+            url=req.full_url,
+            code=403,
+            msg="",
+            hdrs=None,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            fp=BytesIO(_structured("invalid_key")),
+        )
+
+    with (
+        patch.dict("os.environ", {"RIA_AGENT_CONFIG": str(cfg_path)}, clear=False),
+        patch("urllib.request.urlopen", side_effect=_fake_urlopen),
+        patch.object(
+            sys,
+            "argv",
+            ["ria-agent", "register", "--hub", "http://hub:3005", "--api-key", "ria_reg_x"],
+        ),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+            agent_cli.main()
+
+    assert captured["ua"], "User-Agent header was not sent"
+    assert not captured["ua"].lower().startswith("python-urllib")
+    assert captured["api_key"] == "ria_reg_x"
+    assert captured["timeout"] is not None, "register must pass a timeout to urlopen"
+
+
+def test_register_surfaces_reason_on_http_error(tmp_path, capsys):
+    cfg_path = tmp_path / "agent.json"
+    err = _http_error(403, _structured("revoked"))
+
+    with (
+        patch.dict("os.environ", {"RIA_AGENT_CONFIG": str(cfg_path)}, clear=False),
+        patch("urllib.request.urlopen", side_effect=err),
+        patch.object(
+            sys,
+            "argv",
+            ["ria-agent", "register", "--hub", "http://hub:3005", "--api-key", "ria_reg_x"],
+        ),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc:
+            agent_cli.main()
+
+    assert exc.value.code == 1
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "revoked" in captured.err.lower()
+    assert "Settings → RIA Agents" in captured.err
+    # Config must NOT be written on failure.
+    assert not cfg_path.exists()