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Summary

Carries #347 (feat(node): add scheduled inbound mirror worker) onto an upstream branch so the upstream-only Code Quality check can run. A background worker polls registered inbound-mirror repos, fetches their external upstreams over HTTPS, and updates the mirror refs.

Motivation & context

Registered inbound mirrors previously required an external actor to push updates. The worker automates the fetch on a schedule. Because upstream URLs are owner-controlled data that reach git fetch, the worker treats each fetch as an egress path: it resolves DNS itself, validates every address, pins the answers into Git via http.curloptResolve, and disables redirects, proxies, credential helpers, submodule recursion, and non-HTTPS protocols at the command boundary.

Kind of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Security fix
• Docs
• Tests / CI
• Refactor (no behavior change)
• Breaking or protocol change (issue required first)

What changed

• upstream_mirror.rs (new): scheduled worker, per-repo fetch under write leases, EgressPolicy DNS resolution + validation + pinning, hardened git fetch invocation, URL-rewrite and sensitive-local-config probes, git >= 2.37 runtime gate.
• config.rs: GITLAWB_UPSTREAM_MIRROR_* knobs; mirror enable requires GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH.
• db/mod.rs, webhooks.rs, peers.rs, visibility_pack.rs, main.rs: inbound-target listing, worker wiring, shared is_public_ip/embedded_ipv4 helpers.
• Merge detail: contributor commits preserved author-identical from d34aac8c; one merge commit brings main at c805e35f. Conflicts in peers.rs/config.rs/db/mod.rs resolved by union. In the merge commit: Config::validate call sites adapted to the &mut signature, ReleaseOutcome now propagates via into_result() on the publish path (let _ on bail paths, matching repo_store convention), and the PR's own owner-push deny test was updated for main's default-true enforce_owner_push posture (the guard is now exercised through the explicit opt-out).

How a reviewer can verify

cargo test -p gitlawb-node upstream_mirror

Deny-path coverage already in the PR: public-address validation, hostname rejection, DNS pinning, URL-rewrite probe, sensitive-config probe, stale-target lock recheck, scan paging.

Before you request review

• Scope is one logical change; no unrelated churn
• cargo test --workspace passes locally
• New behavior is covered by tests (required for fixes)
• cargo fmt --all and cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings are clean
• Commit titles use Conventional Commits (feat(...), fix(...), docs(...))
• Docs / .env.example updated if behavior or config changed (or N/A)
• Checked existing PRs so this isn't a duplicate

Protocol & signing impact

• Touches DID / did:key, Ed25519 / RFC 9421 signatures, UCAN, ref certs, or P2P wire formats
• Discussed in an issue before implementation
• Backward-compatible with existing nodes and previously signed history

New background egress to owner-configured upstream URLs; the worker is default-off.

Notes for reviewers

• Original fork PR: feat(node): add scheduled inbound mirror worker #347 (still open; will be pointed here and closed after this lands or on request). Maintainer takeover lane: no fork-head review was posted; the merge commit adapts the branch to current main (see What changed).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added scheduled updates for inbound repositories from external HTTPS upstreams, covering branches and tags.
  • Mirroring is disabled by default and can be configured with a scan interval, fetch timeout, and page size.
• Security
  • Enabling mirroring requires owner-push enforcement. Upstream addresses are checked, and fetches restrict redirects, proxies, credentials, and protocols.
• Documentation
  • Added example configuration for upstream mirroring settings.

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Walkthrough

Adds an opt-in scheduled worker for inbound mirrors. It validates configuration and upstream destinations, lists eligible targets, and performs bounded Git fetches for branches and tags. The worker rechecks targets under write coordination and stops when shutdown is signalled.

Changes: Upstream mirroring

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure mirroring and enumerate targets crates/gitlawb-node/src/config.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs, .env.example	Adds mirror settings and owner-push enforcement validation. Adds a keyset-paged query for stable inbound targets, with tests and environment documentation.
Validate upstream addresses crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/peers.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs	Adds shared IP classification and mirror-specific address checks. Adds DNS validation and pinning, with address-validation tests.
Constrain and run Git fetches crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/visibility_pack.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs	Adds isolated HTTPS Git execution. Rejects rewritten upstream URLs and selected repository-local Git configuration before bounded fetches, and configures fetch behavior and refspecs.
Scan and process mirror targets crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/main.rs	Adds target revalidation, paginated scans, shutdown handling, and conditional startup. Tests cover stale targets and scan continuation after a failed fetch.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Main
  participant MirrorWorker
  participant Db
  participant RepoWriteLeases
  participant EgressPolicy
  participant Git
  Main->>MirrorWorker: Start when mirroring is enabled
  MirrorWorker->>Db: List a page of stable inbound targets
  Db-->>MirrorWorker: Return target records
  MirrorWorker->>RepoWriteLeases: Acquire repository write coordination
  MirrorWorker->>EgressPolicy: Validate upstream and resolve DNS
  EgressPolicy-->>MirrorWorker: Return validated addresses
  MirrorWorker->>Git: Fetch branches and tags with bounded execution
  Git-->>MirrorWorker: Return fetch result
  MirrorWorker->>MirrorWorker: Continue scanning or log target failure

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Suggested labels: crate:node, subsystem:replication, kind:feature, kind:security

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The feature is off by default, but the egress protection for owner-configured upstream URLs may not hold during a delayed retry in a long fetch. In addition, the worker does not stop between targets on shutdown. Both are narrow cases. They should be verified or accepted by the owner before merge.

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crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/peers.rs: 1

111-162: Trivial · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Make is_public_http_url call is_public_ip so the two IP rules cannot drift.

is_public_ip is a copy of the IP-literal branch of is_public_http_url (Lines 197-249). The two copies already differ:

• is_public_http_url rejects fec0::/10 (site-local) at Lines 233-236.
• is_public_ip does not reject fec0::/10.

Today upstream_mirror::address_is_permitted adds the fec0 check itself, so the mirror path is safe. Any future caller that uses is_public_ip alone to check DNS answers will still accept site-local addresses.

Use one implementation for both:

♻️ Proposed refactor

             // fc00::/7 (unique-local) or fe80::/10 (link-local)
-            if (s[0] & 0xfe00) == 0xfc00 || (s[0] & 0xffc0) == 0xfe80 {
+            if (s[0] & 0xfe00) == 0xfc00
+                || (s[0] & 0xffc0) == 0xfe80
+                || (s[0] & 0xffc0) == 0xfec0
+            {
                 return false;
             }

Then replace the literal-IP block in is_public_http_url with:

if let Ok(ip) = ip_candidate.parse::<std::net::IpAddr>() {
    if !is_public_ip(ip) {
        return false;
    }
} else if !host.contains('.') {
    return false;
}

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Review comment at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/peers.rs around lines 111 - 162:
Update is_public_ip to reject IPv6 site-local addresses in fec0::/10, then
replace the duplicated IP-literal validation in is_public_http_url with a call
to is_public_ip. Preserve the existing non-IP hostname validation behavior so
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Review comments at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs:
- Around line 1635-1638: The inbound mirror scan currently selects only rows
with no transition metadata; update the query to also select rows whose
transition phase is completed, preserving the stable-shape requirements. Update
Worker::fetch_target to accept the same stable states—no transition metadata or
a completed transition—while still requiring inbound status and a matching
upstream URL, and cover a completed inbound row in
inbound_worker_pages_all_and_only_stable_inbound_mirrors.

Review comments at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs:
- Around line 446-485: Update scan_once to receive the existing shutdown
receiver and check its state before listing each page and before starting each
target fetch; pass that receiver from the worker loop. Stop the scan promptly
when shutdown is signalled, without changing the existing fetch-result handling.
- Line 83: Update the curlopt_resolve value in the upstream fetch configuration
to keep the validated DNS addresses pinned for the full transfer, including any
libcurl retry; preserve TLS verification. Update the expected strings in
fetch_command_pins_dns_and_only_updates_branches_and_tags to match.

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Review comments at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/peers.rs:
- Around line 111-162: Update is_public_ip to reject IPv6 site-local addresses
in fec0::/10, then replace the duplicated IP-literal validation in
is_public_http_url with a call to is_public_ip. Preserve the existing non-IP
hostname validation behavior so both entry points use the same IP rules.

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Rebase and resolve merge conflicts before merge. GitHub reports mergeable: CONFLICTING / mergeStateStatus: DIRTY on head eaab0f64b8f993a4509499b51ab7fe62ee153e3b. Live main (a2262d92) is one commit ahead of the recorded merge-base (c805e35f); reconcile with current main and re-run PR checks on the resolved diff.

CodeRabbit left actionable items on this head; the completed-transition and is_public_ip consolidation items below match current code. The curloptResolve suggestion to remove the + prefix contradicts git-config semantics and this branch’s tests—do not apply that hunk. The mid-scan shutdown item is optional operability, not a stated contract in start’s docs.

This branch carries fork work from PR #347; coordinate closure/duplication with maintainers.

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🟠 P1 — Honor the database’s stable inbound shape when selecting and fetching mirror targets

📍 Where: crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs (list_inbound_mirror_targets), crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs (Worker::fetch_target).

💥 What fails: An inbound repository in the stable post-transition shape (non-null mirror_transition_id with mirror_transition_phase = completed, still mirror_status = inbound) is never scheduled and would be skipped if listed. Rows in the “never transitioned” shape (NULL/NULL) behave as intended.

In this checkout, tests exercise outbound + completed more than inbound + completed, so the mismatch may be latent until transition orchestration writes stable inbound rows that retain audit metadata. The failure is still real against the CHECK and validator: the new worker only implements one of two allowed stable shapes.

-- list_inbound_mirror_targets currently requires:
AND mirror_transition_id IS NULL
AND mirror_transition_phase IS NULL

if current.transition_id.is_some() || current.transition_phase.is_some() {
    return Ok(FetchOutcome::SkippedStale);
}

These paths treat any transition metadata as “unstable,” but the schema and in-process validator explicitly admit completed metadata as stable for inbound/outbound rows.

🔎 Root cause: The worker’s selection and stale-recheck paths implement only the “never transitioned” stable shape, not the second stable branch already defined on the branch at merge-base and in RepoMirrorState::validate.

📜 Stated contract:

For mirror_status IN ('inbound', 'outbound'), stable rows are either (mirror_transition_id IS NULL AND mirror_transition_phase IS NULL) or (mirror_transition_id IS NOT NULL AND mirror_transition_phase = 'completed') (repos_mirror_state_valid in db/mod.rs).

RepoMirrorState::validate accepts (false, Some(_), Some(MirrorTransitionPhase::Completed)).

🏷️ Attribution: PR-activated (not a pre-existing worker bug—there was no worker at merge-base). Merge-base already defined the CHECK/validator shape; this PR adds scheduling/fetch logic that omits the completed-stable branch.

📌 In this PR:

• list_inbound_mirror_targets SQL filter — excludes completed-stable inbound rows
• fetch_target post-lock recheck — treats Completed metadata as stale
• inbound_worker_pages_all_and_only_stable_inbound_mirrors — no fixture for inbound + completed

🔒 Unchanged on main: Transition job orchestration that writes these rows (not in the seven-file diff).

🔧 Required correction: Extend the list query and fetch_target recheck to admit the same stable shapes as the CHECK and RepoMirrorState::validate (still exclude in-flight transitioning phases). Add a regression test that inserts an inbound row with phase = completed, proves it is paged, and reaches fetch (or mock fetch) without SkippedStale.

🛠️ Author fix: Close the root cause on every row in In this PR in one pass—SQL list, stale gate, and test—without changing the CHECK or unrelated transition machinery.

🚫 Out of scope: Implementing full transition workers, altering repos_mirror_state_valid, or clearing audit metadata globally on completion.

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🔵 P3 — Keep one IP classification for DNS answers and HTTP URL literals

📍 Where: crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/peers.rs (is_public_ip, is_public_http_url).

💥 What fails: IPv6 site-local addresses in fec0::/10 are rejected in is_public_http_url but accepted by is_public_ip unless a caller adds extra checks. The scheduled mirror path is not exposed today: upstream_mirror::address_is_permitted still rejects fec0 after is_public_ip. The defect is duplicated rules and helper drift on PR-changed surfaces, not a demonstrated egress bypass on the new worker.

🔎 Root cause: This PR introduced is_public_ip for DNS classification but copied only part of the IPv6 deny list already present in is_public_http_url.

📜 Stated contract:

is_public_ip is documented for callers that resolve DNS themselves to apply the same classification to every answer.

is_public_http_url documents rejection of fec0::/10 for peer HTTP endpoints.

🏷️ Attribution: PR-introduced helper drift. The fec0 rule on peer URL literals predates this PR; the new helper is what diverged.

📌 In this PR:

• is_public_ip — missing fec0::/10 deny
• is_public_http_url — redundant literal-IP logic
• upstream_mirror::address_is_permitted — compensating fec0 check only on mirror path

🔒 Unchanged on main: Non-mirror callers of is_public_http_url.

🔧 Required correction: Add the fec0::/10 deny to is_public_ip, route the IP-literal branch of is_public_http_url through is_public_ip, and keep hostname-only rules unchanged. Optionally drop the redundant fec0 arm from address_is_permitted once shared. Add or adjust a unit test on fec0:: rejection via is_public_ip.

🛠️ Author fix: Implement the shared helper once and update both call sites in the same commit; do not leave mirror-only duplication as the sole guard.

🚫 Out of scope: Broader peer URL policy changes or new egress ranges beyond aligning existing rules.

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Addressed at e5f73f7. Re-merged onto current main (conflicts unioned in .env.example, config.rs, main.rs; the sweep spawn stayed outside the mirror-enabled gate). P1: list_inbound_mirror_targets and the fetch_target recheck now admit the completed-stable shape (transition_id set with phase=completed), matching the CHECK and RepoMirrorState::validate; regression test inbound_worker_pages_completed_stable_mirror_rows proves the row pages. P3: fec0::/10 deny added to is_public_ip and the is_public_http_url literal arm now routes through it, with a fec0 unit test on the shared classifier. cargo check --tests and fmt clean; the new sqlx::test runs on CI.

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Review comments at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs:
- Around line 780-837: Update the Git subprocess setup in
repository_local_instead_of_rewrite_is_rejected and
repository_local_network_and_credential_config_is_rejected to use a shared
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Follow-up on head e5f73f7: the completed-stable mirror shape and is_public_ip consolidation look addressed on this checkout. One admission gap remains before merge.

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🟡 P2 — Reject mirror upstream IP literals at configure time when the worker would deny them at fetch

📍 Where: crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs (validate_mirror_upstream_url, configure_inbound_mirror), crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs (EgressPolicy::resolve, address_is_permitted).

💥 What fails: An operator can persist an HTTPS upstream whose host is an IP literal that passes is_public_http_url / is_public_ip, but every scheduled fetch rejects the same address via address_is_permitted. The mirror row stays INBOUND and stable, yet the worker logs a hard error every scan and never updates refs.

Example shape (accepted today, denied at resolve):

https://192.0.2.1/org/repo.git
https://198.18.0.1/org/repo.git

upstream_url_rejects_unsafe_or_ambiguous_forms does not cover these literals; literal_addresses_are_checked_without_dns does require them denied at resolve time.

🔎 Root cause: Configure-time validation uses only the peer HTTP "public host" classifier, while the new worker adds a stricter IANA special-purpose deny list only on the fetch/resolve path.

📜 Stated contract:

validate_mirror_upstream_url bails with mirror upstream URL must use a public host after is_public_http_url.

address_is_permitted rejects IANA special-purpose ranges as "unsuitable for an owner-controlled outbound fetch" even when is_public_ip accepts them; tests require 192.0.2.1 and 198.18.0.1 to stay denied at resolve (literal_addresses_are_checked_without_dns).

🏷️ Attribution: PR-activated. Merge-base already admitted such URLs in the DB without automatic fetch; this PR adds the worker that turns them into permanent per-scan failures.

📌 In this PR:

• validate_mirror_upstream_url — uses is_public_http_url only for literals
• configure_inbound_mirror — persists whatever validate accepts
• EgressPolicy::resolve / address_is_permitted — stricter literal denies
• upstream_url_rejects_unsafe_or_ambiguous_forms — negative set omits special-use literals the worker denies
• literal_addresses_are_checked_without_dns — documents required deny behavior at fetch

🔒 Unchanged on main: Non-mirror uses of is_public_http_url for peer announcements.

🔧 Required correction: Share one mirror-specific literal permit function between configure validation and fetch (extract address_is_permitted or equivalent so validate_mirror_upstream_url rejects any literal the worker would deny). Extend upstream_url_rejects_unsafe_or_ambiguous_forms with representative denied literals (192.0.2.1, 198.18.0.1, 2001:db8::, etc.) so configure and fetch cannot drift again.

🛠️ Author fix: Close the root cause on every In this PR row in one pass—shared permit helper, configure validation, resolve path, and tests—without relaxing fetch denies or changing peer URL policy.

🚫 Out of scope: Hostname-based upstreams (already re-checked after DNS), curlopt pin semantics, shutdown mid-scan behavior, or transition-writer lock proofs beyond this PR.

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P2 addressed at 0fbc088: the mirror-specific literal permit now lives in peers::mirror_upstream_ip_permitted and is shared by configure-time validation and the resolve path, so a stored URL cannot diverge from what the worker will fetch. upstream_url_rejects_unsafe_or_ambiguous_forms now covers 192.0.2.1, 198.18.0.1, 203.0.113.5, and 2001:db8::1; both the configure-side and the resolve-side contract tests pass locally. The CodeRabbit fixture item also landed at 400939d: fixture_git sets the cwd and scrubs inherited GIT_DIR/GIT_CONFIG_* vars for all five fixture spawns; repository_local_* tests green.

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[jatmn]

Follow-up on head 400939d: the completed-stable mirror shape, is_public_ip consolidation, shared mirror_upstream_ip_permitted, and fixture git env scrub look addressed. Two smaller contract mismatches remain before merge.

Merge readiness

GitHub still shows BLOCKED merge state while the latest CHANGES_REQUESTED review targets pre-fix head e5f73f7. Re-request review on 400939d after addressing the items below so branch protection can clear.

Live main includes 0919cf7 (fix(core): ignore invalid signatures…) ahead of this branch’s merge-base 05afd68. Rebase or merge current main and re-run PR checks on the resolved diff.

Several checks on the latest push were still in flight when this review closed (test (stable), test (beta), Docker smoke, CodeRabbit, CodeQL rust/swift). Confirm green on 400939d before landing.

CodeRabbit Docstring Coverage still warns (28.57% vs 80% on touched complex functions). Triage whether that blocks merge policy for this repo.

Coordinate closure of fork PR #347 with maintainers.

Document in .env.example (or adjacent operator copy) that enabling the mirror requires Git ≥ 2.37 for http.curloptResolve pinning; startup currently fails the whole node when the check fails.

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🟡 P2 — GITLAWB_UPSTREAM_MIRROR_FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECS must cover only the fetch child, not the preflight probes

📍 Where: crates/gitlawb-node/src/config.rs (upstream_mirror_fetch_timeout_secs field documentation), crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs (run_fetch).

💥 What fails: Operators tuning GITLAWB_UPSTREAM_MIRROR_FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECS expect that budget to bound the external pack transfer. run_fetch builds one deadline and passes it to reject_local_url_rewrite, reject_sensitive_local_config, and the final isolated fetch. Slow or retried ls-remote / git config probes consume the same window, so the actual fetch can time out immediately or fail with misleading “fetch timed out” telemetry.

🔎 Root cause: The new run_fetch pipeline shares a single wall-clock deadline across three git children while the config field documents only the fetch child.

📜 Stated contract:

Maximum wall-clock time for one external git fetch. (upstream_mirror_fetch_timeout_secs rustdoc on this PR’s new config field.)

🏷️ Attribution: PR-introduced in run_fetch and the new timeout knob.

📌 In this PR:

• config.rs — field doc and env name imply fetch-only budget
• upstream_mirror.rs run_fetch — one Instant deadline for rewrite probe, sensitive-config probe, and fetch
• .env.example — describes per-repository fetch deadline without mentioning preflight children

🔒 Unchanged on main: visibility_pack bounded runner semantics.

🔧 Required correction: Give the rewrite and sensitive-config probes their own short bounded budgets (reuse existing runner pattern), and apply upstream_mirror_fetch_timeout_secs only to the fetch child—or, if the knob is intentionally end-to-end, rewrite every in-diff operator surface (config rustdoc, .env.example, CodeRabbit-facing copy) to state that the timeout covers the full preflight+fetch pipeline together.

🛠️ Author fix: Close the root cause on every In this PR row in one pass—deadline split or aligned operator copy—without changing unrelated git HTTP paths.

🚫 Out of scope: Rebuilding visibility_pack watchdog semantics or changing non-mirror git timeouts.

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🔵 P3 — mirror_upstream_ip_permitted doc overclaims configure/fetch parity for hostname upstreams

📍 Where: crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/peers.rs (mirror_upstream_ip_permitted doc comment), crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs (validate_mirror_upstream_url), crates/gitlawb-node/src/upstream_mirror.rs (EgressPolicy::resolve).

💥 What fails: The helper’s doc says configure-time validation and fetch-time egress share rules so a stored URL “can never fail the worker it is scheduled for.” Hostname upstreams pass configure via is_public_http_url only; each scan still resolves DNS and may reject answers via mirror_upstream_ip_permitted (link-local/special-use answers, empty RRsets, >32 addresses, timeouts). Operators can persist URLs that error every cycle—unlike IP literals, which are now rejected at configure time.

🔎 Root cause: The PR-added comment generalizes literal-IP parity (fixed in 0fbc088) to all stored URLs, including hostnames.

📜 Stated contract:

Configure-time mirror URL validation and the fetch-time egress policy share this so a stored URL can never fail the worker it is scheduled for. (mirror_upstream_ip_permitted doc comment, PR-added.)

🏷️ Attribution: PR-introduced inaccurate operator-facing comment; hostname DNS gate is intentional fetch-time behavior.

📌 In this PR:

• peers.rs — overbroad doc on mirror_upstream_ip_permitted
• db/mod.rs — hostname configure path (no DNS probe)
• upstream_mirror.rs — resolve/validate path for hostnames

🔒 Unchanged on main: Peer HTTP URL policy.

🔧 Required correction: Rewrite the doc (and any in-diff copy that repeats it) to distinguish IP literals (configure + fetch must match) from hostnames (configure checks public HTTP shape; fetch validates DNS answers). Do not promise zero worker failures for hostname upstreams unless configure-time DNS validation is added in the same PR.

🛠️ Author fix: Update comment and any sibling operator surfaces together in one pass; optional follow-up DNS-at-configure is out of scope unless docs claim it.

🚫 Out of scope: Adding configure-time DNS resolution or relaxing fetch-time address denies.

[beardthelion]

Round-3 items addressed at 57cb16e on re-merged main (merge f399a28, clean, contributor commits preserved).

P2 fetch timeout scope: fixed by deadline split. run_fetch now gives each preflight probe its own 30s bound (PREFLIGHT_PROBE_TIMEOUT): the URL-rewrite check and the sensitive-local-config scan each get a fresh deadline, and upstream_mirror_fetch_timeout_secs covers only the external fetch child. The config rustdoc and .env.example now state fetch-only scope, so all three In-this-PR surfaces agree.

P3 doc parity: mirror_upstream_ip_permitted's doc now distinguishes the two cases. IP-literal upstreams get configure-plus-fetch parity (a stored literal can never fail the worker); hostname upstreams are only shape-checked at configure time while each fetch resolves DNS and applies the classifier to the answers, so a hostname whose answers turn non-public still fails at fetch time. No other in-diff copy repeats the overclaim; configure-time DNS validation stays out of scope as flagged.

Operator copy: .env.example now documents that enabling the mirror requires Git >= 2.37 on the host for http.curloptResolve DNS pinning, and that the node refuses to start on older Git (ensure_safe_git_runtime gates start()).

Docstring Coverage: the touched complex functions carry doc comments where this codebase's own convention asks for them (contract-bearing pub(crate) helpers and operator-facing knobs); padding the rest to a percentage threshold would add churn rather than information.

test (stable)/(beta) and the remaining checks are running on 57cb16e; the known main-side sweep flake is tracked in #562 if it trips again.

#347 closure coordination stays queued behind this PR landing.

[jatmn]

Follow-up on head 57cb16ed: prior review blockers on stable inbound shape, shared mirror_upstream_ip_permitted, preflight/fetch timeout split, is_public_ip consolidation, fixture git env scrub, and operator copy alignment all hold on this checkout. I do not see additional PR-owned code defects on the current diff.

Merge readiness

GitHub still shows BLOCKED review state while the latest CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews target pre-fix heads (eaab0f64, e5f73f7, 400939d8). Re-request review on 57cb16ed so branch protection can clear after checks finish.

Live main (a00d7d5c) is one commit ahead of this branch’s merge-base (4cd0a6a3). Merge or rebase onto current main and re-run PR checks on the resolved diff before landing.

On the latest push, Analyze (swift) was still in progress when this review closed; confirm the full PR Checks matrix is green on 57cb16ed (including test (stable), test (beta), Docker smoke, CodeQL rust).

CodeRabbit Docstring Coverage may still warn against the org threshold; triage whether that blocks merge policy here.

Coordinate closure of fork PR #347 with maintainers so duplicate mirror work does not linger.

🟢 Thanks for the contribution. I do not see any actionable issues from my review.