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Bounded slice

This Draft implements only the trusted client-IP attribution slice of #83. It does not close the wider distributed admission-control issue: bounded local limiter cardinality, distributed/global quotas, overload/backpressure behavior, degradation policy, stable 429 reasons/metrics, and reproducible soak/load evidence remain separate #83 work.

  • Ignore forwarding metadata unless the direct transport peer is within an explicitly configured trusted proxy CIDR.
  • Parse trusted X-Forwarded-For chains from the right-hand trust boundary and fail closed to the direct peer on malformed input.
  • Normalize observed IPv4-mapped IPv6 peer/header addresses so representation choice cannot bypass attribution.
  • Keep trusted-network configuration canonical/fail-closed: IPv4-mapped IPv6 CIDR aliases such as ::ffff:192.0.2.0/120 are rejected instead of becoming a second prefix-translation authority grammar.
  • Use the resulting network identity consistently for local rate limiting, DNSBL matching, and event attribution.
  • Preserve Wardnet as gateway/security-policy owner; this slice does not absorb Noema distributed quota authority, EgressWeave outbound policy, quarantine execution isolation, contextual-orchestrator orchestration, or AppGuardrail analysis.

Refs #83.

Concurrent delta verification and causal repair

The branch previously advanced from 3415b748bdf8c6ccd112f215b28cdc116895b861 to 77717acee60da56a7cc135b604f52d5e1cd1fd63 via fix(gateway): canonicalize mapped trusted-proxy CIDRs. It was read as intervening work rather than treated as a race, then verified against the already-recorded product decision on this PR.

That semantic reversal was not valid successor authority. The established contract kept configured trusted CIDRs canonical/fail-closed while normalizing observed addresses; CodeRabbit's earlier suggestion to accept mapped-CIDR aliases had already been evaluated and withdrawn. No accepted ADR/PRD/TRD or protected-main change superseded that boundary.

Fresh source verification also exposed a narrower defect in 77717ace...: native IPv6 CIDRs had no prefix_len > 128 rejection, and the mapped arm subtracted 96 before any upper-bound validation. Values such as 2001:db8::/129 and ::ffff:192.0.2.77/129 could survive parsing and later be clamped by the network matcher instead of being rejected as invalid security-authority configuration.

Hostile RED 29373abea1a2407370c0d9f5c5a3788a651adb2f added out_of_range_ipv6_prefixes_fail_closed. Causal repair 4b96f4e3b5da8d3bb727ad45c4d2954770ec420c restored the accepted canonical parser and retained the new /129 regression. Comparison from pre-concurrent 3415b748... through 4b96f4e... showed the unintended mapped-CIDR production semantic change had zero effective delta while the hostile regression remained.

Current source still rejects noncanonical mapped ::ffff:192.0.2.0/120 and native/mapped /129 authority syntax. All current review threads are resolved; automated review resolution is finding evidence, not independent approval.

Protected-main adoption and latest intervening delta — current exact state 2026-09-05 KST

Protected/default main is 5829a0f08d78de464dd24393ce5d0f25fba9d126 through #159. The branch adopted that protected truth non-destructively through merge commit 95b9f3d92206e025fa1c1eee5545dab92145d1e8, whose parents are exact feature head 4b96f4e3b5da8d3bb727ad45c4d2954770ec420c and exact protected main 5829a0f08d78de464dd24393ce5d0f25fba9d126. No force push or destructive rebase was used.

The branch then advanced linearly to actual current exact head 99581e056645e98e866157443a6732a4bbd729c4 via one intervening commit, docs: raise trusted-proxy doc coverage. Fresh commit inspection shows that increment adds only documentation/rustdoc comments in src/runtime_config.rs and tests/trusted_forwarded_fail_closed.rs; it does not alter the trusted-proxy parser, runtime authority, network semantics, or workflow configuration. This documentation increment is adopted as valid concurrent work rather than treated as a race.

The current PR-level feature paths remain CHANGELOG.md, docs/papers/trusted-proxy-client-ip-attribution-sources.md, docs/runbooks/operations.md, src/credentials.rs, src/lib.rs, src/runtime_config.rs, and tests/trusted_forwarded_fail_closed.rs. Protected #159's workflow/AGENTS delta is ancestry, not competing feature ownership. GitHub continues to report the Draft mergeable on current protected main.

Runtime Configuration foundation / single-writer boundary

The original direct TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS environment read was a valid finding. Current feature source carries a local adaptation to the immutable RuntimeConfiguration snapshot, but PR #140 is the canonical Runtime Configuration foundation owner and has advanced linearly to exact 054c11aafe835e497d6149efb09f1ccdee9d03bd. Its production repair at d28a0119d4708b535dc04763dd51a11c835dba45 rejects zero positive bounds while preserving the distinct RATE_LIMIT=0 disable semantic; current 054c11a... adds only rustdoc/documentation. This feature must not integrate its local adaptation as a competing foundation.

After #140 reaches protected main, non-force adopt that exact protected Runtime Configuration implementation, resolve any overlapping src/runtime_config.rs/bootstrap delta by retaining only trusted-proxy-specific semantics, and reacquire all evidence. PR #157 remains a preservation lane because it contains unique trusted-proxy fuzz target/corpus/invariant evidence not yet fully carried here; it must not merge independently or close until that evidence is demonstrably transferred. #159 is already protected workflow-control truth and must not be recreated here.

Current exact-head execution

Every workflow conclusion from 95b9f3d... and earlier is predecessor evidence after the documentation head movement. Exact current 99581e056645e98e866157443a6732a4bbd729c4 is still non-passing:

  • CI 33923347634 — terminal cancelled;
  • Fuzz 33923347839 — terminal cancelled;
  • Security Scan 33923348060 — terminal cancelled;
  • SAST Semgrep 33923347715 — terminal cancelled;
  • CodeQL PR 33923347950pending.

A cancelled/pending Draft current-head run is not GREEN, does not transfer predecessor evidence, and does not justify a source/no-op redispatch. This branch is intentionally Draft behind #140 and #157 evidence transfer, so keep it parked rather than consuming runner capacity merely to recreate disposable checks. The central materialization/runner/scanner class remains .github#712; fresh Wardnet specimens are recorded on comment 5547036615. Live organization ruleset 18156473 also still carries the solo-incompatible generic approval count and routine administrator bypass; .github#772 / owner-plane #1644 own that central repair, with fresh Wardnet evidence on comment 5547038262.

Integration gate

Keep Draft. First integrate #140 through ordinary protected governance. Then rebuild/adopt from fresh protected main non-force, retain only this trusted-proxy delta, transfer and verify every still-valid unique #157 fuzz/corpus/invariant item without copying obsolete workflow/bootstrap ownership, and reacquire every then-live repository/security/coverage/package/SBOM/provenance/review/thread/governance gate on one unchanged exact head.

No self/model approval, force push, destructive rebase, routine bypass, gate weakening, predecessor-evidence reuse, no-op redispatch, or mutable foreign-owner dependency.

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게이트웨이는 검증된 런타임 설정을 사용합니다. TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS에 포함된 직접 피어의 전달 헤더만 신뢰합니다. X-Forwarded-For 체인은 오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로 검사합니다. 잘못된 체인은 피어 주소로 대체합니다.

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신뢰 클라이언트 IP 귀속 및 런타임 부트스트랩

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런타임 설정과 자격 증명 부트스트랩
src/runtime_config.rs, src/credentials.rs, src/lib.rs
비밀이 아닌 환경 변수를 RuntimeConfiguration으로 검증하고 AppConfig를 생성합니다. 자격 증명은 CredentialRegistry::bootstrap_from_env()에서 별도로 읽습니다. 직접 런타임 환경 변수 읽기를 제한하는 테스트를 추가했습니다.
신뢰 프록시 설정과 CIDR 파싱
src/lib.rs
AppConfigAppStatetrusted_proxies를 추가했습니다. IpNetTRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS 파싱을 구현했습니다. IPv4-mapped IPv6 주소를 정규화하고 잘못된 CIDR을 거부합니다.
요청 피어와 전달 헤더 처리
src/lib.rs
ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>에서 직접 피어 주소를 읽습니다. 신뢰된 피어만 X-Forwarded-ForX-Real-IP를 사용합니다. 체인 파싱이 실패하면 피어 주소를 사용합니다. 본문 크기 초과 요청에는 413을 반환합니다.
회귀 검증과 운영 문서
tests/trusted_forwarded_fail_closed.rs, docs/runbooks/operations.md, docs/papers/trusted-proxy-client-ip-attribution-sources.md, CHANGELOG.md
유효 체인, 잘못된 체인, 빈 홉, IPv4-mapped 피어 및 환경 변수 오류를 검증합니다. RFC 7239, NGINX, Envoy 근거와 변경 사항을 문서화합니다.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3e755

The gateway now fails closed for forwarded identity, but deployments using IPv4-mapped trusted-proxy CIDRs cannot start, and runtime configuration still bypasses the required registry path. Resolve these configuration issues before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant gateway
  participant ConnectInfo
  participant effective_client_ip
  Client->>gateway: 전달 헤더가 포함된 HTTP 요청 전송
  gateway->>ConnectInfo: 직접 피어 SocketAddr 조회
  ConnectInfo-->>gateway: 피어 IP 반환
  gateway->>effective_client_ip: 피어 IP와 전달 헤더 전달
  effective_client_ip-->>gateway: 검증된 클라이언트 IP 또는 피어 IP 반환
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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning 신뢰 클라이언트 귀속과 직접 관련된 문서 및 회귀 테스트는 범위에 포함됩니다. 그러나 src/runtime_config.rs의 전체 런타임 설정 부트스트랩 이동과 src/credentials.rs의 CredentialRegistry::bootstrap_from_env 추가는 신뢰 프록시 귀속 요구사항을 넘어서는 별도 리팩터링으로 보입니다. 런타임 설정 이동과 자격 증명 부트스트랩 변경을 별도 PR로 분리하거나, 이 PR에서 해당 변경이 신뢰 프록시 설정을 구현하는 데 필요한 이유와 영향 범위를 명확히 제시하십시오.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #83의 신뢰 클라이언트 귀속 요구사항을 충족합니다. 직접 피어가 TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS에 포함될 때만 전달 헤더를 사용하고, 체인을 오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로 결정적으로 해석하며, 잘못된 체인은 피어 주소로 대체합니다. 테스트는 비정상 체인과 정상 다중 프록시 체인을 검증합니다. 분산 admission control 등 Issue #83의
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Title check ✅ Passed 제목은 신뢰된 프록시에서 전달된 클라이언트 IP만 신뢰하도록 변경한 PR의 핵심 목적을 정확하고 간결하게 설명합니다.
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- Around line 16-24: Update the References section to include relevant academic
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Exact-current finding and repair after reviewing concurrent 77717acee60da56a7cc135b604f52d5e1cd1fd63 against the already-recorded security-authority decision on this PR.

The concurrent commit was not treated as a race, but its semantic change was not adopted as product truth: the live PR contract before that commit explicitly required trusted-network configuration to stay canonical/fail-closed, while only observed addresses are normalized. CodeRabbit's earlier suggestion to accept IPv4-mapped CIDR aliases had already been evaluated and withdrawn. 77717ace... reversed that accepted boundary without a superseding ADR/contract and also introduced an independent upper-bound defect.

Hostile RED 29373abea1a2407370c0d9f5c5a3788a651adb2f added out_of_range_ipv6_prefixes_fail_closed. Against 77717ace..., native 2001:db8::/129 and mapped ::ffff:192.0.2.77/129 could survive parsing and later be clamped by the network matcher instead of rejecting invalid security-authority syntax.

Causal repair 4b96f4e3b5da8d3bb727ad45c4d2954770ec420c restores the pre-existing canonical parser blob and retains the new hostile /129 regression. The effective diff from pre-concurrent exact 3415b748bdf8c6ccd112f215b28cdc116895b861 to current 4b96f4e... is now exactly one test file with 12 added lines; the unintended mapped-CIDR semantic reversal has zero effective production delta. Current source again normalizes a mapped address before CIDR prefix validation, so ::ffff:192.0.2.0/120 is treated as IPv4 plus /120 and fails closed; native /129 fails against the /128 maximum as well.

This is source-level GREEN for the identified parser regression, not remote exact-head GREEN. All current workflow conclusions must be reacquired on 4b96f4e...; predecessor/RED-head results do not transfer. Keep Draft and preserve the #140 Runtime Configuration plus #157 fuzz-transfer prerequisites.

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