fix(node): bound REST blob reads - #407
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Resolve REST blob paths to immutable object IDs, enforce size and output ceilings, and retain admission through response delivery. Refs Gitlawb#204
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe REST blob endpoint now uses bounded Git reads, concurrency permits, chunked response streaming, path validation, opaque authorization-denial responses, and explicit oversized-payload handling. Configuration documentation describes the new limits. ChangesREST blob reads
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant get_blob
participant AppState
participant read_file_bounded
participant BlobResponseStream
Client->>get_blob: Request repository blob
get_blob->>AppState: Acquire read, blob, and caller permits
get_blob->>read_file_bounded: Read blob with size cap and deadline
read_file_bounded-->>get_blob: Return BoundedFileRead
get_blob->>BlobResponseStream: Create chunked response stream
BlobResponseStream-->>Client: Emit 64 KiB response chunks
BlobResponseStream->>AppState: Release permits on EOF or disconnect
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Successful blob reads return private repository file content without any cache-control header, so a browser or shared cache could retain and later replay that content across a change in the requesting identity. This is a real but narrow and low-effort-to-fix privacy risk that should be addressed before merge, though it does not affect data integrity or overall service availability. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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Greptile SummaryThe PR bounds REST blob reads by resolving paths to immutable blob IDs, checking a 32 MiB ceiling before capture, and enforcing bounded Git execution.
Confidence Score: 5/5The PR appears safe to merge; no concrete changed-code defect remains after accounting for its documented size, deadline, and admission behavior. The new blob path consistently bounds captured output and concurrent retained bodies, releases admission through RAII on errors, EOF, or disconnect, and preserves existing uncapped Git-runner behavior.
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| crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs | Integrates bounded blob reads, layered admission, stable error mapping, and permit-owning chunked response delivery. |
| crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs | Replaces unbounded git show reads with deadline-bound ref resolution, immutable blob lookup, size preflight, and capped content capture. |
| crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/visibility_pack.rs | Adds optional stdout retention limits while preserving complete pipe draining and existing child-process timeout semantics. |
| crates/gitlawb-node/src/state.rs | Adds the dedicated four-permit REST blob pool and documents its lifecycle. |
| crates/gitlawb-node/src/error.rs | Adds stable HTTP 413 mapping for oversized blob responses. |
| crates/gitlawb-node/src/main.rs | Initializes the dedicated blob semaphore in production application state. |
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flowchart TD
A[REST blob request] --> B[Validate path and authorize read]
B --> C[Acquire per-caller, blob, and global permits]
C --> D[Acquire repository under timeout]
D --> E[Resolve branch and path to immutable blob OID]
E --> F{Declared size above 32 MiB?}
F -- Yes --> G[Return 413]
F -- No --> H[Read blob with capped stdout and shared deadline]
H --> I[Stream 64 KiB response chunks]
I --> J[EOF or disconnect]
J --> K[Release admission permits]
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In `@crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs`:
- Around line 531-536: Add authorization-denial tests for the get_blob handler,
covering unauthorized authenticated callers and applicable anonymous callers.
Assert the exact denial status and verify that the response body does not leak
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This is a solid DoS bound on a previously unbounded REST blob endpoint. The old git show path is replaced with a two-phase cat-file --batch-check (size probe) then cat-file blob (content read), with a 32 MiB served-size ceiling, a 4-permit dedicated blob pool, process-group deadline teardown (SIGTERM, grace, SIGKILL), and permit retention through response body delivery. Authorization gates on the specific path before any subprocess. Denials are opaque 404s. The 413/504/503 status mapping is correct.
Two items to address before merge:
1. git stderr reaches the 500 response body (blocking)
The bail! sites in read_file_bounded include raw git stderr in the error message:
bail!("git cat-file --batch-check failed: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&stderr))This flows through git_service_app_error to AppError::Git(msg), which maps to (500, "git_error", msg.clone()) at error.rs:191. The stderr string becomes the "message" field in the JSON response body, exposing filesystem paths, object names, and internal git state to the client.
The old read_file had the same pattern (bail!("git show failed: {stderr}")), so this is not a regression, but the PR touches these error paths and should map them to the opaque AppError::Internal variant (which emits INTERNAL_ERROR_MESSAGE) or log stderr with tracing::error! and bail with an opaque message. A test asserting the 500 body for a forced cat-file failure contains no stderr or filesystem path would close the gap.
2. .env.example comments for two knobs don't mention REST blob reads
The PR updated the GITLAWB_MAX_CONCURRENT_GIT_OPS comment to mention blob reads and the four-response sub-pool, but two other knobs that now affect blob reads were not updated:
GITLAWB_GIT_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_SECS(line 120-130): still describes upload-pack, info/refs, withheld-blob pack build, and push-side candidate discovery.read_file_boundeduses this deadline for itscat-filecalls, so an operator lowering it to tighten clone behavior would not expect blob downloads to start 504ing.GITLAWB_MAX_CONCURRENT_READS_PER_CALLER(line 180-187): describes the per-source read cap but doesn't mention blob reads.get_blobacquires from this limiter, so a low cap now affects blob downloads too.
A one-line addition to each comment would close the gap.
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Both prior findings are addressed. Git stderr from read_file_bounded now maps to AppError::Internal at repos.rs:528, which emits the opaque INTERNAL_ERROR_MESSAGE. I verified this by reverting the mapping to AppError::Git(e.to_string()) and running blob_cat_file_failure_is_opaque: the test turned RED, with the fake git's private-git-stderr /internal/repo.git appearing in the 500 body. Restoring the mapping turned it green again. The .env.example and README.md now document GITLAWB_GIT_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_SECS, GITLAWB_MAX_CONCURRENT_GIT_OPS, and GITLAWB_MAX_CONCURRENT_READS_PER_CALLER as applying to REST blob reads.
The authorization denial test is load-bearing: changing gate_path from format!("/{file_path}") to "/" at repos.rs:480 turns get_blob_denies_withheld_path_without_leaking_details RED (500 instead of 404 for an authenticated non-reader). All six blob-related tests pass green at d824cfac. The run_bounded_git_raw refactor is additive: existing callers pass None through run_bounded_git_raw_with_limit and retain the old unbounded-stdout behavior.
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[P2] Map the repo_store.acquire error to AppError::Internal so storage backend details do not reach the 500 body
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:504
The acquire error path usesAppError::Git(e.to_string()), which renders the outermost context string (e.g., "downloading repo from tigris") in the response body. The PR fixed the git diagnostics paths but left this one open. It is pre-existing and matches the upload-pack handler atrepos.rs:1732, but it is the one remaining non-opaque error path inget_bloband the PR is already touching the error mapping in this handler. Map it toAppError::Internalthe same way theread_file_boundederrors are mapped. -
[P2] Add end-to-end handler tests for the 413, 503, and 504 response paths
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:536
The 413 path is covered at the unit layer bybounded_file_read_rejects_packed_blob_and_preserves_allowed_content(returnsTooLarge) andpayload_too_large_maps_to_413(maps to 413), but the handler match arm atrepos.rs:536that connects them is untested. The 503 shedding (repos.rs:468, 485-492) and 504 timeout (repos.rs:525-527) paths are similarly untested through the handler. A regression in the handler's error mapping would go unnoticed. Mount the route and assert the status codes for an oversized blob, an exhausted semaphore, and a git timeout. -
[P2] Move per-caller permit acquisition before authorize_repo_read
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:485
The per-caller, blob, and global permits are acquired atrepos.rs:485-492afterauthorize_repo_readloads the repo record and visibility rules atrepos.rs:481. A permissionless caller can send repeated same-source blob requests that each perform the DB visibility lookup before failing at the per-caller cap. Acquire the per-caller permit before the authorization query so the cap brakes the work that precedes it, not only the git work that follows. -
[P3] Extend the opacity test to cover the cat-file blob failure path
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:3635
blob_cat_file_failure_is_opaqueexercises only the--batch-checknonzero-exit path (store.rs:309). The exit-0-with-stderr-error path (store.rs:320) and thecat-file blobfailure path (store.rs:368) flow through the sameAppError::Internalmapping but are untested for body opacity. Add a case where the fake git succeeds on--batch-checkbut fails oncat-file blob, and assert the response body is the opaque internal error message.
Acquire the per-source read permit before repository visibility queries and keep storage acquisition failures opaque. Cover blob route size, capacity, timeout, and Git diagnostic responses, including permit release and source isolation. Refs Gitlawb#204
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Re-review on 3d7032b. Both prior rounds' findings are addressed: Git stderr maps to opaque 500, acquire failures map to opaque 500, timeout maps to 504, per-caller permit is acquired before authorization, and .env.example/README.md document the blob endpoint's timeout and concurrency effects. The core bound is sound: a two-phase cat-file --batch-check preflight checks size before content capture, the immutable OID prevents ref movement between phases, and stdout is drained past the retention limit to avoid pipe deadlock. Mutation testing confirmed the size ceiling, opaque error mapping, path-scoped authorization gate, and per-caller permit ordering are all load-bearing (each guard's removal turned a test RED).
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[P2] Acquire blob/global read permits before the visibility database work, or stop claiming the pool bounds pre-DB cost
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:468-477, 493-494
The pre-DB check usesavailable_permits() == 0, a snapshot, nottry_acquire_owned(). The real blob and global permits are acquired at lines 493-494, afterauthorize_repo_readat line 491, which does DB-backed repo and visibility-rule lookups. A burst from distinct source IPs can all pass the snapshot, run the DB work, and only then shed when the real acquisition fails. The testblob_capacity_sheds_before_database_accessonly covers the already-saturated state (permits set to 0), not this race. Moving thegit_permitcalls beforeauthorize_repo_readwould close it: the permits areOwnedSemaphorePermit, dropped on early return if authz fails. -
[P2] Add handler-level tests for the missing-blob 404 and path-validation 400 arms
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:535-536, 460-465
TheBoundedFileRead::MissingandBadRequestbranches are mapped in the handler but never exercised through the router. The control-character rejection at line 462 is a new security guard with no test: removing it does not turn any existing test RED (confirmed by mutation). A fake git returningmissingon--batch-checkand a path with a control character would cover both arms. -
[P2] Add a handler-level happy-path test for the 200 response
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:546-575
The valid blob path is proven at the store and stream layers but never through the handler. Mime detection, Content-Type, and Content-Length header setting are untested. A test that drives a valid blob through the route and asserts 200 with the expected headers would close this. -
[P3] Cover the resolve_head_bounded fallback arms
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:252-279
Every test reachesread_file_boundedwith a repo where HEAD resolves. The preferred-branch, main/master/develop, and for-each-ref fallback arms are never exercised. A repo with an unborn HEAD and one branch would cover the fallback.
The deny test's body-absence checks are vacuous (the 404 body is a fixed repo_not_found message), but its status and error-code assertions are load-bearing. The response-streaming phase holds permits without an explicit duration bound, matching the upload-pack handler's pattern; axum detects disconnect and drops the body, releasing them. The 32 MiB ceiling has no Range/resume support, which is an intentional design choice documented in the PR and README. Blob tests mount get_blob directly with .with_state, bypassing the production optional_signature middleware.
Acquire per-caller, blob, and global read permits atomically prior to visibility database queries in get_blob. Add handler-level route tests for 400, 404, and 200 blob responses. Cover all fallback arms of resolve_head_bounded with an unborn HEAD. Refs Gitlawb#407
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554-554: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winSensitive Data Exposure
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CWE: CWE-525 — Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive InformationPrevent browser caching of authorized blob responses.
This response can contain identity-specific private repository content. Add
Cache-Control: no-storeto prevent reuse after an application identity change.Proposed fix
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All four asks from the last round landed and hold up under mutation: the permit ordering, the route coverage for the missing-blob (404) and invalid-path (400) denials, the happy-path 200 response case, and the fallback-arm coverage. Two new items below, both verified by execution.
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[P2] Probe object-store readability on the missing arm before answering 404
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:329
A clean<spec> missingfromcat-file --batch-checkis not an absence verdict. With a pack file unreadable (permissions, or a pack deleted mid-repack), git prints byte-identicalHEAD:f.txt missingwith exit 0 and empty stderr, so this arm 404s a present blob. The siblingobject_type_boundedin this same file disambiguates exactly this collision withobject_store_readableplus a re-probe (store.rs:600);read_file_boundedshould do the same. The oldgit showpath surfaced the same condition as a 500git_error, so this is a regression from an honest error to a false absence on an authorized read. -
[P2] Bound the delivery phase so one caller cannot pin the whole blob pool
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:548
BlobResponseStreamholds the blob, global-read, and caller permits until the body hits EOF or the client disconnects, and no deadline exists anywhere in that phase. The per-caller read cap is 16 while the blob pool is 4, so a single source IP opening four requests and reading slowly (or never) holds every blob slot indefinitely and the endpoint sheds 503 for everyone else. The upload-pack shape this mirrors has a 128-wide pool; at width 4 the hold-until-EOF trade needs its own bound. A producer task with a wall-clock deadline writing into a bounded body channel covers both the slow and the fully stalled client; a deadline insidepoll_nextonly fires while the socket is still writable. -
[P3] Give the fallback-arms test fixtures that discriminate the arms
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:1172
resolve_head_bounded_covers_all_fallback_armsbuilds single-branch repos, so the for-each-ref fallback returns the same ref the preferred and candidate arms would have picked. Deleting the preferred-branch arm entirely leaves the test green; only the for-each-ref and empty-to-HEAD arms actually fail when removed. A repo where the preferred branch coexists with an alphabetically earlier one, plus a HEAD-resolves scenario, would make each arm load-bearing. -
[P3] Update the stale comment naming
git show
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:456
The path-validation comment still says these paths "can't resolve ingit show". The handler no longer runsgit show; it feedsref:pathtocat-file --batch-check. Minor, but the comment now misleads about which invocation the guard protects.
One process note, not a finding: the CodeRabbit Cache-Control: no-store suggestion is reasonable hardening, but no REST handler in this crate sets cache headers today, so I am not asking for it on this PR.
Not an ask, recorded only: paths resolving to non-blob objects (directories, gitlinks) now return 404 where the old code served a 200 text rendering. A real contract change worth a line in release notes.
Check object-store readability and re-probe clean missing results so unavailable packs produce an opaque error instead of a false 404. Fixup for fc2d043. Refs Gitlawb#407
Use an independent delivery timer and a bounded channel to release admission even when clients stop polling the body. Fixup for fc2d043. Refs Gitlawb#407
Use competing branches and a resolving HEAD so each fallback preference changes an observable test result. Fixup for fc2d043. Refs Gitlawb#407
Name the current Git invocation and document file-only blob responses. Fixup for fc2d043. Refs Gitlawb#407
Set Cache-Control to no-store so private content is not reused after an identity change, and assert the response header. Fixup for fc2d043. Refs Gitlawb#407
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All four asks from the last round land and hold up under mutation. The readability probe turns a clean missing into a 404 only after the store proves readable (deleting it flips the route back to a false 404 on an unreadable pack). The delivery deadline releases all three permits without a single body poll, and disconnect releases them early. The fallback-arm test now discriminates every arm: deleting the preferred, candidate, or for-each-ref arm each fails on a distinct assert. The stale git show comment is gone. The new Cache-Control: no-store is pinned by the 200-headers test; removing the insert goes red.
Five items below, each verified by execution.
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[P2] Add the deny test for non-blob paths
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:321
The README now documents that directory and gitlink paths return 404, andkind != "blob"is the arm that produces it, but no fixture ever emits a non-blob metadata line. Deleting the arm keeps the suite green while real behavior regresses:cat-file blob <tree-oid>exits 128 and the route serves an opaque 500 instead of the documented 404. The oldgit showpath served these paths as 200, so per the contributor guide the removed serving path needs a test asserting the new denial. -
[P2] Cover the acquire-timeout arm on the blob route
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:553
Therepo_store.acquiredeadline maps elapsed to 503, and it runs while the caller, blob, and global permits are already held, so a hung acquire pins all three pools if the wrapper regresses. Removing thetimeout(...)leaves every blob-route test green;blob_acquire_failure_is_opaqueonly covers the fast-failure 500 arm. A stalled-backend fixture already exists in test_support. -
[P3] Pin the size-mismatch and metadata-parse guards
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:350
bounded_file_read_caps_content_that_exceeds_preflight_sizeovershoots the cap, soexceededfires beforecontent.len() != sizeis ever reached; a fake emitting fewer bytes than declared, or more but within the cap, would discriminate it. The metadata parse rejects (missing fields, non-hex oid, trailing fields, multi-record) and the re-probe budget check are likewise new branches with no discriminating test. -
[P3] Map the unreadable-store fault to a retryable 503
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:406
An unreadable or mid-repack store is transient, but this bail lands inAppError::Internaland renders a terminal 500, whichblob_route_unreadable_pack_is_opaque_errornow pins. The sibling probe maps the identical condition to a retryable 503 (ipfs.rs:1781), and this handler already answers 503 for an acquire timeout. 503 with the same opaque body tells a conformant client the truth about retryability; if 500 is intended, a comment saying why would keep the next reader honest. -
[P3] Make the 1s delivery-timeout route test deadline-safe
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:4011
blob_route_delivery_uses_configured_timeoutsetsgit_service_timeout_secs = 1and then assertsavailable_permits() == MAX - 1after the response returns, but the delivery clock starts inside the handler. A CI stall over a second between response and assert flakes the equality. Dropping the assert, or asserting<= MAX - 1, keeps the deadline coverage without the race; the subsequent release-poll and body-error asserts already carry the load.
Not an ask, recorded only: one source can still occupy all four blob slots continuously by re-issuing as each delivery times out, since the per-caller brake (16) exceeds the pool (4). The per-request bound was the agreed fix and it holds; a per-source sub-cap would be a separate change. Also recorded only: no-store covers the 200 response; the error bodies are fixed and opaque so nothing leaks, but a shared cache could technically replay a denial between anonymous callers.
Add regression coverage ensuring non-blob paths deny with 404, cover the storage acquire timeout on the blob route, pin size-mismatch and metadata parse error branches, map unreadable-store faults to 503, and make the 1s delivery-timeout test deadline-safe. Refs Gitlawb#407
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Re-review on c566455. Four of the five asks land and hold up under mutation: the non-blob arm now denies at store and route level (deleting it turns both new tests red), the unreadable-store arm maps to 503 (deleting it flips the route back to 500), the acquire deadline has a stalled-restore fixture (removing the wrapper leaves the test hanging past a minute), and the size-mismatch and metadata-parse cases each pin a distinct guard. The delivery-deadline test's semantic fix is right; the loosened assert is the one thing red on CI.
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[P2] Restore a green fmt + clippy run
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:4016
assert!(available_permits() <= MAX_CONCURRENT_BLOB_READS - 1)trips clippy's int_plus_one under-D warnings; it is the only failure in the fmt + clippy job on this head.< MAX_CONCURRENT_BLOB_READSis the same assertion and lints clean. -
[P3] Make the reprobe-budget test reach the arm it names
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:1433
The fixture sleeps 50ms under a 30ms deadline, so the watchdog kills the first probe and GitServiceTimeout comes from the runner's deadline path, before themissingbranch runs. Neutering the arm's return produced a different failure entirely (the probe completed once and bailed on store readability), which shows two things: the budget arm at store.rs:408-415 is never executed, and the outcome is timing-dependent. The temp dir also has noobjects/dir, so even a completed probe can only produce the readability bail, never GitServiceTimeout. The siblingabsent_probe_skips_a_reprobe_it_cannot_afford(store.rs:2439) has the working shape: anobjects/packdir so the store reads readable, a probe that completes inside the deadline after burning over half the budget, and a spawn counter asserted at 1 to prove no re-probe ran. -
[P3] Classify the unreadable-store fault by type, not message substring
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:587
e.to_string().contains("object store not readable")sees only the outermost anyhow message; a.context()layer or a reworded bail silently demotes this to 500. Two lines up the same arm downcasts the typed GitServiceTimeout, and this file's ProbeError exists so fault classification does not key on English wording.return Err(ProbeError::Transient(anyhow!(...)).into())at store.rs:406 plusmatches!(e.downcast_ref::<store::ProbeError>(), Some(ProbeError::Transient(_)))here keeps the 503 and drops the string contract; I compile-checked that shape against this head. -
[P3] Tighten the acquire-timeout test's release assertions and lock pool
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:4114
git_read_semaphore.available_permits() > 0passes with up to 63 of 64 permits still held, andtry_acquire("203.0.113.31").is_some()passes while up to 15 of 16 caller permits leak; only the blob== MAXassert pins a release. Assert the read semaphore's full capacity andtracked_keys() == 0on the caller limiter. In the same test,RepoStore::new's third argument should come frombuild_lock_poollike every sibling call, not the raw pool: the constructor documents that a plain pool leaks advisory locks on cancellation.
One process note, not a finding: the multi-record fixture at store.rs:1413 relies on echo interpreting \n, which holds under dash but prints a literal backslash-n under bash-as-sh. printf '%s\n' is deterministic on both.
Not an ask, recorded only: the 503 mapping covers the clean-missing collision only. A non-zero exit or an error:/fatal: line from --batch-check still maps to 500 even when the store is unreadable, where the object-type probe calls the same condition retryable; and an unaffordable re-probe is a 504 here but a retryable 503 on that path.
Superseded by re-review on c566455
Use strict less-than comparison to satisfy clippy::int_plus_one lint. Refs Gitlawb#407
…test asserts Return and downcast ProbeError::Transient for unreadable object store to drop string matching. Build lock pool and assert full permit and key release on acquire timeout. Use printf in fake git script and ensure reprobe budget test reaches the budget arm with spawn verification. Refs Gitlawb#407
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Verified on f0d0025. The four asks from the last round all landed and are pinned: the clippy lint is fixed (< MAX_CONCURRENT_BLOB_READS), the unreadable-store fault is classified by ProbeError::Transient instead of a message substring, the acquire-timeout test asserts full-capacity release through build_lock_pool, and the rewritten reprobe-budget test reaches the arm it names. I re-ran the checks rather than trusting the diff: deleting the ProbeError arm turns blob_route_unreadable_pack_is_opaque_error red (500 in place of 503), neutering the budget early-return turns the reprobe test red on the spawn counter, and injecting a one-permit leak turns the new == 64 assert red. The blob test suite is green on this head and CI is fully green.
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[P3] Pin the release asserts in blob_route_maps_oversize_and_timeout to full capacity
crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/repos.rs:3945
The sibling acquire-timeout test was just hardened to== 64,== MAX_CONCURRENT_BLOB_READS, andtracked_keys() == 0, but this test still assertsavailable_permits() > 0andtry_acquire(...).is_some(). Leaking one of each permit on the read-error path (63/64 read, 3/4 blob, 15/16 per-caller held) leaves all three asserts green while the tightened forms catch the same leak. Apply the same assertions here. -
[P3] Make the reprobe-budget fixture distinguish the budget arm from a watchdog kill
crates/gitlawb-node/src/git/store.rs:1446
A probe killed by the deadline watchdog produces the same signature this test asserts,GitServiceTimeoutplus exactly one spawn, so on a slow runner it passes while the unaffordable-reprobe arm never runs. Verified by bumping the fixture sleep past the 200ms deadline: the watchdog killed the probe and the test stayed green. Have the fake git emit a completion marker after the printf (sayecho done >> log) and assert the log iscallthendone; while there, quote the>> {log}path.
Not an ask, recorded only: the hard-fault probe arms (nonzero exit, error: diagnostics) still classify to 500 on an unreadable store where the object-type probe path sheds a retryable 503, and an unaffordable re-probe is 504 here versus 503 on that path. Unchanged by this delta.
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Summary
GET /api/v1/repos/:owner/:repo/blob/*pathpreviously ran Git synchronously and materialized the complete child output before responding. Resolve the requested path to an immutable blob object, reject objects above the served-size ceiling before content capture, and enforce a hard stdout limit under the configured Git deadline.REST blob reads now share the existing global and per-source read admission and use a dedicated four-response pool whose permits remain held through chunked body delivery. This bounds retained source buffers while keeping slow clients from recycling admission before their response ends.
Partially addresses #204.
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Test plan
cargo fmt --all -- --checkcargo clippy -p gitlawb-node --bin gitlawb-node -- -D warningscargo test -p gitlawb-node bounded_file_readcargo test -p gitlawb-node stdout_drain_discards_bytes_past_the_retention_limitcargo test -p gitlawb-node blob_response_holds_admission_until_the_body_is_droppedcargo test -p gitlawb-node payload_too_large_maps_to_413The full workspace test command was also attempted; database-backed tests require
DATABASE_URL, which is not available in this environment.Summary by CodeRabbit
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