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Auditing a Convex application for security involves checking authentication, function exposure, input validation, row-level access control, and environment variable handling. This structured review identifies security gaps and provides actionable examples to fix them.

Pre-deployment security checks for a Convex app should cover authentication, function exposure, argument validation, ownership checks, and environment variable usage. This assessment identifies gaps and verifies explicit validators and secure environment variable handling.

Implementing row-level access control in Convex requires adding ownership checks to your functions. An audit checklist helps verify these checks are present, ensuring data is restricted to authorized users and preventing unauthorized access.

Convex functions need explicit validators to enforce input validation and prevent unauthorized or malformed data execution. The security audit emphasizes adding explicit validators to close input validation gaps and ensure proper argument handling.

Internal functions in Convex should be used when logic does not need direct client exposure. The security audit checks for proper use of internal functions to prevent unauthorized access and reduce unnecessary function exposure to the client.

Yes, this security checklist works for onboarding new Convex projects by providing a structured assessment of authentication, validation, and access control. It helps teams quickly identify and fix security gaps in unfamiliar codebases.