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Closes #111

What changed

  • One client-IP helper. lib/http.ts now owns clientIp(): fly-client-ip when present, otherwise the last x-forwarded-for hop, capped at 128 chars. All thirteen routes that parsed the first XFF entry by hand now use it (bridge/quote, bridge/status, launch/chart-provider, launch/edit, launch/edit/nonce, launch/image, launch/meta, launch/sync, posts, posts/mod, posts/report, presence, rpc, plus launch/watchlist).
  • Bounded bodies. readJson, readJsonValue, readText, readFormData and readTextLimited live in lib/http.ts. JSON write routes now pass explicit caps (edit 16 KB, meta 8 KB, posts 4 KB, posts/mod, posts/report, edit/nonce 2 KB). The RPC proxy caps its batch body at 256 KB and its upstream response at 8 MB. The image route reads the multipart body through a 4 MB + overhead cap, so a chunked upload can no longer bypass the content-length check.
  • Limiter integrity. lib/rateLimit.ts replaces the old map in editServer.ts. Fixed-window buckets prune expired entries first, then evict least-recently-used keys; token buckets do the same after a full refill. Neither map is cleared wholesale. editServer.ts re-exports rateLimited so existing imports keep working.
  • No RPC key in sync errors. POST /api/launch/sync redacts every reason from pollAll() and the tx-apply catch before responding, and returns a generic 502. Full detail stays in server logs only.
  • profiles/http.ts is now a re-export shim for the moved helpers, so profile/pairs routes need no changes.

Why

The first x-forwarded-for entry is caller-controlled. Any deployment that does not set fly-client-ip lets a caller rotate that entry and get a fresh bucket. The old limiter also called buckets.clear() at 20k keys, resetting every active limit, and the JSON/multipart routes had no body limit at all. The RPC URL (with its API key in the path) was already redacted for the DB copy but not for the unauthenticated sync response.

Tests

  • npm test: 1385 passed, 0 failed, 11 skipped.
  • npm run typecheck: passed.
  • npm run lint: passed.
  • npm run build: passed (only the existing filesystem-tracing warnings).
  • New unit coverage in lib/http.test.ts and lib/rateLimit.test.ts for the IP fallback, declared and streamed body caps, multipart caps, response caps, pruning, eviction, refill and bounded maps.
  • write-limits.test.ts now also asserts no route parses the first XFF entry, every JSON write route uses a capped reader, the RPC route caps both sides, the image route uses readFormData, and sync redacts its reasons.

Risk

No schema or signature changes. The per-route quotas are unchanged; only the identity used for them and the overflow behavior changed. The RPC response limit is 8 MB, above normal eth_call / eth_getLogs pages used by the app; an over-limit response returns a retryable 502 instead of buffering it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Request payloads and upstream responses are now size-limited, with clearer errors for malformed or oversized requests.
    • Sync error details now redact URLs, including URLs with IPv6 hosts.
    • Client IP handling is more consistent across API requests.
  • Chores
    • Added documentation for configuring trusted proxy hops.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds shared client-IP and bounded-body helpers, bounded fixed-window and token-bucket rate limiters, and updates API routes to use them. It caps RPC request and response reads and redacts URLs in sync errors and results. Tests cover helper limits, limiter pruning, and route wiring.

Changes: API hardening

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared HTTP request and response helpers
app/src/lib/http.ts, app/src/lib/profiles/http.ts, app/src/lib/http.test.ts, app/.env.example
Shared helpers resolve client IPs and read JSON, text, multipart requests, and upstream response text within byte limits. Tests cover the helpers, and the example environment file documents TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS.
Bounded rate-limit state
app/src/lib/rateLimit.ts, app/src/lib/rateLimit.test.ts, app/src/lib/launchpad/editServer.ts
Shared fixed-window and token-bucket limiters prune bucket state. The launchpad edit server re-exports the shared fixed-window limiter. Tests cover limits and pruning.
Shared handling across API routes
app/src/app/api/bridge/{quote,status}/route.ts, app/src/app/api/launch/{chart-provider,edit*,image,meta,watchlist}/route.ts, app/src/app/api/posts/{mod,report}/route.ts, app/src/app/api/posts/route.ts, app/src/app/api/presence/route.ts, app/src/app/api/write-limits.test.ts, app/src/lib/launchpad/watchlistData.test.ts
Routes use shared client-IP resolution. JSON and multipart handlers use bounded readers. Structural tests check route usage and body limits.
Bounded RPC proxy requests and responses
app/src/app/api/rpc/route.ts, app/src/app/api/write-limits.test.ts
The RPC route limits request and upstream response reads and uses the shared token-bucket limiter. If a fallback response cannot be read within the limit, the route keeps the primary response.
Sync error and result redaction
app/src/app/api/launch/sync/route.ts, app/src/lib/launchpad/redact.ts, app/src/lib/launchpad/redact.test.ts, app/src/app/api/write-limits.test.ts
The sync route redacts URLs in logged errors and returned chain reasons. It copies poll results before changing reasons. Tests cover bracketed IPv6 URL redaction and sync response handling.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Possibly related PRs

  • Twigpine/openlaunch#135: Changes the bridge status and RPC routes that use the shared clientIp helper, and also edits the RPC route and its tests.
  • Twigpine/openlaunch#145: Addresses overlapping bounded-body and error-disclosure concerns in several of the same routes, with a different bounded-read helper.

Suggested reviewers: vasanthdev2004

Merge Risk: Low · previous review b3582

The API hardening is largely in place. Before merging, confirm that the ingress overwrites or strips fly-client-ip. The token-bucket pruning calculation and the RPC fallback read-failure status should also be fixed. None of the three is a broad failure.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to a7211

The inspected changes generally strengthen abuse resistance without expanding application authority. No introduced security issue was established, but effective client-IP enforcement still depends on production proxy behavior that could not be verified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The shared identity contract affects public-route admission and presence hashing. Existing reachable work includes polling every configured chain and using configured RPC upstreams, so incorrect identity attribution can affect application, database, and upstream-service capacity. The inspected changes do not add RPC transaction-submission methods or new synchronization operations.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — The forwarding-header candidate remains unresolved, not a verified PR-introduced finding. Without trusted ingress handling, callers can rotate header-derived limiter keys in both revisions. Under an append-at-the-end proxy contract, the new fallback improves resistance to spoofed leading entries; production topology is needed to establish effective enforcement.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Forwarding headers supply an admission identity, not authenticated user authority. The RPC route retains its method allowlist and 20-call batch ceiling. Image handling retains wallet-format checks, file-size and content validation, and re-encoding before object storage.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Sufficient distinct-key pressure can still evict an inactive limiter bucket and permit fresh admission. Accessed buckets receive LRU protection, including denied accesses. This residual best-effort enforcement limitation is not an active PR concern because the previous overflow behavior cleared all counters.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Validate and enforce the production ingress contract: overwrite client-supplied identity headers, document forwarded-hop ordering, and prevent alternate origin paths from bypassing that handling before relying on client-IP buckets as an abuse boundary.
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Title check Passed The title names the main changes: trusted client IP handling, bounded request bodies, rate limiter pruning, and redacted sync errors. Each item matches a real part of the changeset. The title is long …
Linked Issues check Passed Directly linked issue [#111] is the only active requirement source. Its coding requirements are covered by the PR summary and current file list:

1. Client-IP identity: clientIp() in `app/src/lib/ht…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed All changed files listed in the summary map to [#111] requirements:
- Route files listed above: they replace first-XFF parsing or unbounded body reads with the shared helpers.
- app/src/lib/http.ts,…
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The title names the main changes: trusted client IP handling, bounded request bodies, rate limiter pruning, and redacted sync errors. Each item matches a real part of the changeset. The title is long (86 characters, 12 words), but it is specific and scans clearly.

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Directly linked issue [#111] is the only active requirement source. Its coding requirements are covered by the PR summary and current file list:

  1. Client-IP identity: clientIp() in app/src/lib/http.ts uses fly-client-ip, then the trusted XFF hop set by TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS, capped at 128 chars. The listed routes (bridge/quote, bridge/status, launch/chart-provider, launch/edit, launch/edit/nonce, launch/image, launch/meta, launch/sync, launch/watchlist, posts, posts/mod, posts/report, presence, rpc) call it. profiles/http.ts re-exports it.
  2. Limiter integrity: app/src/lib/rateLimit.ts replaces the buckets.clear() map in editServer.ts. Fixed-window and token-bucket maps prune expired or fully refilled entries first, then evict oldest entries. takeToken is used by the RPC route. editServer.ts re-exports rateLimited.
  3. Bounded bodies: readJson, readJsonValue, readText, readFormData, and readTextLimited enforce declared and streamed caps. Edit, meta, posts, posts/mod, posts/report, and edit/nonce pass explicit caps. The image route uses readFormData with a cap that applies to chunked bodies.
  4. RPC caps: the request body is capped at 256 KiB and the upstream response at 8 MiB. Oversized primary responses return 502.
  5. Sync redaction: POST /api/launch/sync redacts URLs in per-chain reason values and in the tx-apply path, and returns a generic 502 on failure.
  6. Tests: lib/http.test.ts, lib/rateLimit.test.ts, and write-limits.test.ts cover helper behavior, pruning, eviction, and route wiring. The PR reports npm test, typecheck, lint, and build as passing. I did not re-run these checks.

The non-goals (quotas, signatures, admin auth, DB schema) are not changed according to the PR description. No unmet coding requirement is shown. The earlier finding on the zod override no longer applies: a diff of app/package.json against the merge base is empty.

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All changed files listed in the summary map to [#111] requirements:

  • Route files listed above: they replace first-XFF parsing or unbounded body reads with the shared helpers.
  • app/src/lib/http.ts, app/src/lib/profiles/http.ts: helper move and re-export shim, as the issue requests.
  • app/src/lib/rateLimit.ts, app/src/lib/launchpad/editServer.ts: limiter replacement. The test-only reset and size helpers in rateLimit.ts support the new tests.
  • app/src/lib/launchpad/redact.ts and redact.test.ts: bracketed-host URL redaction. This supports the requirement that sync responses never return an RPC URL or API key.
  • app/.env.example: documents TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS, which clientIp() uses.
  • watchlistData.test.ts: import change for the new helper.
  • write-limits.test.ts, http.test.ts, rateLimit.test.ts: tests for the requirements.

The app/package.json zod override from the previous review is absent. A diff against the merge base is empty. I did not inspect app/package-lock.json in this pass. No lockfile change is listed in the summary, so no unrelated change is shown.

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Addressed the CodeRabbit finding in 62be776. readTextLimited now returns a discriminated { ok, text | tooLarge } result, so the RPC route keeps the specific "too much data" message only for the size cap and uses the generic temporarily-unavailable message for a timeout or reset during the body read. Added the broken-stream case to http.test.ts; typecheck, lint, and the targeted tests pass.

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app/src/lib/http.ts: 2

99-130: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Reuse one capped stream reader in readBytes and readTextLimited.

readTextLimited copies the chunk loop from readBytes (Lines 28-51). The two copies already differ. readTextLimited cancels the body on a declared oversize, and it treats a missing body as empty text. Fixes to one copy can miss the other.

Extract a helper such as readStreamLimited(body, maxBytes): Promise<BytesResult>. Have readBytes and readTextLimited call it and keep only their declared-length and missing-body handling.

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Extract the duplicated capped stream-reading logic into a shared
readStreamLimited helper returning BytesResult, and have readBytes and
readTextLimited use it. Keep each caller’s declared-length and missing-body
handling in that caller, and preserve the existing size-limit and stream-error
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13-14: Trivial · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Add a trusted-hop count to the x-forwarded-for fallback.

clientIp trusts fly-client-ip whenever it is present. Otherwise it always picks the last x-forwarded-for entry. The last entry is correct only when exactly one trusted proxy appends to the header. These cases break that assumption:

  • If the app is deployed behind a CDN plus a second proxy, the last entry is a proxy address. All clients then share one rate-limit bucket.
  • If a client reaches the app without any appending proxy, such as local or non-Fly hosting, the last entry is client-controlled. A rotating value gives the client a fresh bucket each time.

Read a configurable hop count and pick the entry counting from the right. Default to one hop, treat zero as one, and fall back to 0.0.0.0 when the count exceeds the number of entries.

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-  const last = (req.headers.get("x-forwarded-for") ?? "").split(",").at(-1)?.trim();
-  return (last || "0.0.0.0").slice(0, 128);
+  const hops = Math.max(1, Number(process.env.TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS) || 1);
+  const entries = (req.headers.get("x-forwarded-for") ?? "").split(",").map((s) => s.trim());
+  const picked = entries.length >= hops ? entries[entries.length - hops] : "";
+  return (picked || "0.0.0.0").slice(0, 128);

Add a unit test with two trusted hops.

Based on learnings: when you derive a client IP from X-Forwarded-For behind proxies, use a configurable trusted-hops count counted from the right.

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Update the x-forwarded-for fallback in clientIp to select the address counted
from the right using a configurable trusted-proxy hop count, defaulting to one
and treating zero as one; return 0.0.0.0 when the count exceeds the available
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- Around line 33-35: Update the bucket-reset branch in the rate-limit flow so an
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- Around line 99-130: Extract the duplicated capped stream-reading logic into a
shared readStreamLimited helper returning BytesResult, and have readBytes and
readTextLimited use it. Keep each caller’s declared-length and missing-body
handling in that caller, and preserve the existing size-limit and stream-error
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- Around line 13-14: Update the x-forwarded-for fallback in clientIp to select
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Apply trusted-hop selection when Fly is behind a CDN.

If a CDN fronts Fly, Fly sets fly-client-ip to the CDN address. The earlier return makes TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS=2 ineffective, so clients behind that CDN share rate-limit buckets and can receive each other’s 429 responses. Select the trusted XFF hop for this deployment mode, but require traffic to pass through the configured CDN before trusting that hop. (community.fly.io)

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- Around line 28-29: Update the clientIp chain selection around entries, fly,
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thank you @Ayush7614 kindly rebase to main and fix conflicts

Ayush7614 and others added 5 commits November 13, 2026 09:26
Use the proxy-appended client IP everywhere instead of the first x-forwarded-for entry; cap JSON, RPC and multipart bodies before buffering; prune rate-limit maps instead of clearing every bucket; cap RPC responses; and redact viem URLs from the unauthenticated sync response.
clientIp now counts x-forwarded-for in from the right by TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS
(default 1, so Fly behaviour is unchanged): the entry is the address our nearest
proxy appended, not the one the client wrote, and a count deeper than the header
falls back to 0.0.0.0 instead of to a client-controlled entry. A CDN in front of
the app no longer keys every client on a proxy address, and the cap on the
address length stays.

readBytes and readTextLimited share one capped stream reader, so the size limit
and the cancel-on-overflow behaviour cannot drift apart between request bodies
and upstream responses.

A fixed-window bucket that resets is deleted before it is reinserted: it moves
to the back of the eviction order instead of sitting where the next prune picks
it first, and only a genuinely new key runs the capacity prune, so resetting a
bucket no longer evicts a live one.

redactUrls matches a bracketed IPv6 host and the path behind it, so a keyed RPC
URL cannot leave " ]/v2/<key>" behind in the unauthenticated sync reason.
fly-client-ip is the address that reached Fly, which is the client only while
Fly's proxy is the outermost one. The early return made TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS a
no-op in the one topology it exists for: with a CDN in front, fly-client-ip is
the CDN, so every client was keyed on it and shared one rate-limit bucket.

With a hop count above 1 the client now comes from x-forwarded-for, counted in
from the right, and only while that chain ends at the address Fly recorded: a
chain Fly did not write is trusted no further than that address. A deep count or
an empty chain still falls back to the nearest address, or to 0.0.0.0 (one shared
bucket), never to a client-written entry. The default of 1 keeps today's
behaviour, where fly-client-ip is the answer.
Fly's proxy appends an x-forwarded-for entry of its own: the address assigned to
the app, always rightmost (fly.io/docs/networking/request-headers). With a proxy
service in front of Fly, fly-client-ip is that proxy, so the equality check added
last round compared the app's own address against the proxy's and could never
hold: the lookup fell back to the proxy, and every client behind it shared one
rate-limit bucket.

The chain is now counted in from the right past Fly's own entry, which is what a
hop count means, so the client-written head of the header is never reached and a
CDN hop no longer collapses the buckets. The comment records the platform
behaviour and keeps MDN's caveat: counting hops above Fly assumes that proxy is
the only way in.
The post, report and moderation routes capped their bodies at 4 KB, 2 KB
and 2 KB. The server accepts smart-wallet signatures (ERC-1271, and
ERC-6492 for a wallet not deployed yet), and a Coinbase Smart Wallet
passkey signature in its ERC-6492 envelope makes a report body about
2.5 KB: such a wallet could not report a post at all.

The three routes now share SIGNED_BODY_MAX (8 KB, the cap the profile
routes already use for signed bodies). A test builds that signature from
the wallet's ABI layout and checks the largest report and post fit.
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Thanks @Ayush7614. To get this in, we rebased it onto main ourselves and force-pushed the branch:

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Review comments at @app/src/app/api/rpc/route.ts:
- Around line 99-100: Update the Base B20 fallback handling around
readTextLimited so a failed altRead returns the same retryable HTTP 502 response
as a failed primary read; do not retain the primary Opcode error or continue to
upstreamStatus in this case.

Review comments at @app/src/lib/http.ts:
- Line 28: Update clientIp so it trusts fly-client-ip only when the deployment
is a verified Fly ingress; otherwise derive the client address from the trusted
proxy chain. Establish that every ingress removes or replaces this header and
blocks direct app access before treating it as verified, and do not assume those
guarantees for a plain reverse proxy.

Review comments at @app/src/lib/rateLimit.ts:
- Around line 67-68: Update the refill-time calculation used by the
bucket-pruning check so it uses the stored token deficit, (b.cap - b.tokens),
rather than the full capacity. Treat buckets already at capacity as immediately
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Comment thread app/src/app/api/rpc/route.ts Resolved
Comment thread app/src/lib/http.ts
export function clientIp(req: Request): string {
const fly = req.headers.get("fly-client-ip")?.trim();
const hops = trustedProxyHops();
if (fly && hops === 1) return fly.slice(0, 128);

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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Trusted fly-client-ip only behind Fly's edge.

clientIp returns fly-client-ip before it parses x-forwarded-for when TRUSTED_PROXY_HOPS is 1. Fly sets this header on its edge and overwrites any client value. A plain reverse proxy that forwards client headers unchanged does not do that. In that deployment, a client can send its own fly-client-ip and choose its rate-limit key. The helper then trusts that value, so the client can rotate identities for per-IP limits without changing its address.

This does not affect the default Fly deployment. The impact is limited to rate-limit evasion on a non-Fly ingress.

Confirm that every ingress that can reach the app either removes or replaces fly-client-ip before the request reaches the app, and blocks direct access to the app. If the ingress cannot be verified, honor fly-client-ip only when the deployment is a verified Fly ingress.

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Review comment at @app/src/lib/http.ts at line 28:
Update clientIp so it trusts fly-client-ip only when the deployment is a verified Fly ingress; otherwise derive the client address from the trusted proxy chain. Establish that every ingress removes or replaces this header and blocks direct app access before treating it as verified, and do not assume those guarantees for a plain reverse proxy.

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Comment thread app/src/lib/rateLimit.ts Resolved
- /api/rpc: when the Base B20 fallback answers but its body is over the
  cap or its stream fails, return the same retryable 502 as a failed
  primary read, instead of handing the wallet the primary's B20 error.
- Token buckets count as full once the tokens they are short of have
  refilled, not a whole cap's worth, so pruning drops buckets that carry
  no state before it evicts a depleted one.
- clientIp reads fly-client-ip only on a Fly Machine (FLY_APP_NAME or
  FLY_MACHINE_ID, which Fly sets in every Machine). Behind any other
  proxy a client could send the header itself and pick its own bucket.
  Route tests whose requests stand for Fly-delivered ones now say so.
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API hardening: trusted client IP, bounded bodies, limiter integrity, and no RPC-key leakage

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