feat(ntfy): allow more than one custom header - #1756
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The custom header added in netalertx#1695 was a single name/value pair, which is enough for a proxy that authenticates with one token but not for Pangolin, which expects both P-Access-Token-Id and P-Access-Token. NTFY_CUSTOMHEADER_NAME and NTFY_CUSTOMHEADER_VALUE are replaced by a single list setting, NTFY_CUSTOM_HEADERS, holding one "Name: Value" entry per header. The list widget is the same one the other list settings use. Only the first colon separates the name from the value, so values may contain colons. An entry is skipped and logged when it is malformed, when the name repeats, or when it collides with a header the plugin already set, so a custom header still cannot clobber the ntfy credentials. Values are never written to the log, since they are usually secrets. That also applies to the invalid-header error, which now names the headers that were applied without quoting any of them.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesThe NTFY publisher now accepts multiple NTFY custom headers
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant NTFY_CUSTOM_HEADERS
participant build_custom_headers
participant ntfy.send
participant NTFY HTTP request
NTFY_CUSTOM_HEADERS->>build_custom_headers: Provide Name: Value entries
build_custom_headers->>build_custom_headers: Validate and filter entries
build_custom_headers->>ntfy.send: Return accepted headers
ntfy.send->>NTFY HTTP request: Merge headers and post notification
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Custom-header parsing currently removes newline characters before validation, so malformed entries may be accepted and sent instead of being rejected and logged. This is a bounded correctness and header-safety risk that should receive explicit owner awareness or follow-up before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@server/plugins/_publisher_ntfy/ntfy.py`:
- Around line 99-109: Update build_custom_headers to validate each custom header
name and value for valid HTTP header syntax, rejecting non-ASCII characters and
embedded newline or carriage-return characters before adding the entry to
custom_headers. Log and skip invalid entries so headers.update(custom_headers)
cannot abort the complete notification, and add coverage for invalid names and
values containing newlines.
In `@server/plugins/_publisher_ntfy/README.md`:
- Around line 21-30: Add the text language identifier to both fenced code blocks
in the proxy-header examples, including the single-header and Pangolin
multi-header snippets, while leaving their contents unchanged.
- Around line 40-44: The README description around build_custom_headers must
match the parser’s strip() behavior: state that header-value validation occurs
after surrounding whitespace is trimmed, including trailing newlines, rather
than describing that whitespace as invalid input.
In `@test/plugins/test_ntfy_custom_headers.py`:
- Around line 57-110: Add tests for send that mock get_setting_value and
requests.post, then verify the requests.post call includes accepted custom
Pangolin headers alongside plugin-managed headers such as Authorization. Cover
preservation of built-in headers while exercising the request-construction path,
without changing build_custom_headers behavior.
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A custom header carrying a non-ASCII character raised UnicodeEncodeError from inside http.client. That is a ValueError, not a RequestException, so it escaped both handlers in send() and took the whole publisher down - every notification lost because of one typo in one header. build_custom_headers now rejects newlines and non-ASCII the same way it already rejects malformed and colliding entries: warn, skip that entry, keep the rest. UnicodeEncodeError is still caught at the request, as a backstop for the plugin's own headers, since REPORT_DASHBOARD_URL feeds one of them. Verified against real requests: before, send() raised UnicodeEncodeError; after, the bad header is dropped and the notification is still posted.
The whitespace note contradicted itself: it said surrounding whitespace is trimmed and then that leading or trailing whitespace is invalid. The parser strips, so trimming is what actually happens. Also lists the new non-ASCII/newline skip reason and states that skipping is per entry, and adds the language identifier markdownlint wants on the two fenced blocks (MD040).
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Pushed two follow-ups after re-testing the header handling against real The bot flagged that a malformed custom header could take down the whole notification. The newline case was already handled, but chasing it turned up a real one it missed: a non-ASCII header value raises
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In `@server/plugins/_publisher_ntfy/ntfy.py`:
- Around line 124-125: Update the header-processing logic near
header_is_sendable so raw_name and raw_value are validated for newline and
non-ASCII characters before any strip() calls; skip and log invalid entries,
including leading and trailing newline cases, while preserving trimming only for
valid headers. Add tests covering both leading and trailing newline characters.
In `@test/plugins/test_ntfy_custom_headers.py`:
- Around line 172-176: Extend the ntfy publisher tests to directly exercise the
UnicodeEncodeError handler in send(): mock requests.post to raise a
UnicodeEncodeError, assert send() returns the generic error text, and verify the
exception details are not logged. Keep the existing invalid-header filtering
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| elif not header_is_sendable(name, value): | ||
| mylog('none', [f'[{pluginName}] ⚠ Custom header "{name}" contains a newline or a non-ASCII character, which is not valid in an HTTP header; skipping it.']) |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Validate header parts before whitespace trimming.
Lines 117-118 remove leading and trailing CR/LF before Line 124 validates the header. Entries such as "X-Token: token\n" pass validation and are sent instead of being skipped and logged. Validate raw_name and raw_value before calling strip(). Add cases for leading and trailing newline characters.
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In `@server/plugins/_publisher_ntfy/ntfy.py` around lines 124 - 125, Update the
header-processing logic near header_is_sendable so raw_name and raw_value are
validated for newline and non-ASCII characters before any strip() calls; skip
and log invalid entries, including leading and trailing newline cases, while
preserving trimming only for valid headers. Add tests covering both leading and
trailing newline characters.
Source: Coding guidelines
| def test_send_drops_an_unsendable_custom_header_but_still_posts(): | ||
| headers = send_with(["X-Bad: abc\ndef", "P-Access-Token: token456"]) | ||
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| assert "X-Bad" not in headers | ||
| assert headers["P-Access-Token"] == "token456" |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Test the UnicodeEncodeError backstop directly.
This test proves that invalid custom headers are filtered before requests.post. It does not exercise the new handler in server/plugins/_publisher_ntfy/ntfy.py Lines 192-203. Patch requests.post with side_effect=UnicodeEncodeError(...), then assert that send() returns the generic error text and does not log the exception content.
As per coding guidelines: Never provide a solution without proof of correctness. Write test cases or validation immediately after writing functions.
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In `@test/plugins/test_ntfy_custom_headers.py` around lines 172 - 176, Extend the
ntfy publisher tests to directly exercise the UnicodeEncodeError handler in
send(): mock requests.post to raise a UnicodeEncodeError, assert send() returns
the generic error text, and verify the exception details are not logged. Keep
the existing invalid-header filtering test unchanged.
Source: Coding guidelines
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Thanks for merging - and sorry for the cleanup in 8000d9b, that leak was mine. My stubs went into The lesson I should have applied: a module-level |
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Follow-up to #1695, for @returntrip's report in #1663 that only one custom header can be declared.
He is right, and Pangolin needs two:
P-Access-Token-IdandP-Access-Token.What changed
NTFY_CUSTOMHEADER_NAME+NTFY_CUSTOMHEADER_VALUEare replaced by a single list setting,NTFY_CUSTOM_HEADERS, with oneName: Valueentry per header:It uses the same list widget as the other list settings in the app (
WEBMON_urls_to_check,SYNC_nodes, ...), so the UI is add/remove entries rather than a fixed pair of fields.I went with replacing the two settings rather than adding a third alongside them, since the pair only exists in the dev image and has not been in a release yet, so this is the last moment to change the shape without anyone having to migrate. Happy to switch to keeping both if you would rather not touch it.
Behaviour kept from #1695:
:splits name from value, so a value may contain colons.Title,Actions,Priority,Tags,Authorization) is skipped and logged, so a custom header cannot clobber the ntfy credentials. Now applied per entry.New: an entry that is not in
Name: Valueform, or that repeats a name already used, is skipped and logged rather than failing the whole request.Testing
I do not have Pangolin, so I stood up the equivalent locally: a real
binwiederhier/ntfycontainer behind a small proxy that forwards to ntfy only when both access headers are correct, and ran the plugin's realsend()against it.Also added
test/plugins/test_ntfy_custom_headers.py, 11 cases covering multiple headers, whitespace, colons in values, malformed entries, duplicate names, and the collision guard. It follows the stub-the-container pattern already used bytest/plugins/test_adguard_export.py, so it runs in or out of the container.flake8is clean on both changed Python files.@returntrip if you are able to try the dev image once this lands, that would confirm it against real Pangolin rather than my stand-in.
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