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feat(inflow-lab): public demo proxy so /tools/inflow-lab works signed-out - #3797
Prod diagnosis (/workspace/devops/inflow-lab-401-diagnosis-2026-11-03.md): /tools/inflow-lab returns 200, but every /api/inflow-lab/* call from the standalone client hits requireProxyAuth → 401 Unauthorized: no valid credentials provided when there is no RegEngine session. Starfish demo needs the simulator path without signing in.
Base
Branched from latest origin/main (9b8551d5), which already includes the squash-merge of #3795 (InflowLabClient + tools page restore). Did not stack on claude/inflow-lab-restore — the page/client already exist on main after #3795 landed. This PR only adds the public demo proxy and points the client at it.
Security design
New route only: frontend/src/app/api/inflow-lab-demo/[...path]/route.ts.
Control
Behavior
Auth
No requireProxyAuth / opaque session. Existing /api/inflow-lab and requireProxyAuth untouched for dashboard/tenant paths.
Allowlist
Exact method+path only: GET healthz, simulate/status, events, lineage/:lot; POST simulate/start|stop|reset, demo-fixtures/:id/load. Everything else → 404 without contacting upstream (no export, scenarios, admin, etc.).
Prod gate
REGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXY=1 required in production (404 otherwise). Local/test enabled automatically.
Same-origin
Origin/Referer must match the app host when present; mutations require Origin/Referer.
CSRF
Mutations use existing verifyCsrfToken (double-submit). Not added to CSRF_EXEMPT_RULES. Client already uses fetchWithCsrf. Middleware CSRF also applies for browser traffic.
Rate limit
Per-IP in-memory token bucket (same posture as /api/client-errors).
No tenant/customer data
Strip tenant_id-like keys from JSON bodies and query params; 32 KiB body cap.
Upstream headers
Build fresh headers only (content-type + server-held INFLOW_LAB_BASIC_AUTH_*). Never forward Cookie, Authorization, or caller tokens. credentials: "omit". No x-regengine-tenant.
Medium Risk
Introduces a new unauthenticated proxy surface to the Inflow Lab backend; risk is mitigated by strict allowlisting, CSRF, rate limits, and prod gating, but misconfiguration or upstream data leakage via responses still warrants careful review.
Overview
Adds a session-free Inflow Lab API path so /tools/inflow-lab works without RegEngine login (replacing 401s from the authed /api/inflow-lab proxy).
New catch-all route /api/inflow-lab-demo forwards only allowlisted simulator/export-preview calls to INFLOW_LAB_SERVICE_URL with server-side Basic auth when configured. It does not use requireProxyAuth; caller cookies/tokens are never forwarded. Controls include same-origin checks, CSRF on POSTs, per-IP rate limits (trusted IP headers), path-segment hardening, tenant/customer field stripping on JSON/query params, and a production opt-in via REGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXY.
InflowLabClient now uses INFLOW_API = "/api/inflow-lab-demo" so simulator and export preview links hit the public proxy; workbench paths are unchanged. .env.example documents the new flag. inflow-lab-demo-proxy.test.ts covers allowlist, CSRF, cross-origin, rate limit, traversal, and prod-disabled behavior.
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Add /api/inflow-lab-demo with a strict method+path allowlist, per-IP
rate limit, same-origin + CSRF on mutations, tenant-field stripping,
body size cap, and fresh upstream headers (server Basic only — never
forward cookies or caller tokens). Leave requireProxyAuth and the
authed /api/inflow-lab proxy unchanged; point the tools client at the
demo path so /tools/inflow-lab works signed-out.
Signed-off-by: C.Lee Sellers <131207452+PetrefiedThunder@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Christopher <131207452+PetrefiedThunder@users.noreply.github.com>
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Review comments at @frontend/src/app/api/inflow-lab-demo/[...path]/route.ts:
- Around line 413-414: Replace the full-body read in the `raw` export flow with
incremental reading from `upstream.body`, tracking bytes against
`MAX_EXPORT_JSON_BYTES` and cancelling the stream as soon as the limit is
exceeded before returning the existing 502 response. Assemble the chunks only
after an in-limit stream completes, then preserve the existing parse and
sanitize steps. Add a test that sends an oversized streamed JSON export and
verifies a 502 response.
- Around line 445-450: Bound the non-export JSON response path that currently
parses `upstream` before calling `stripTenantLike`: read the body incrementally
using the existing export JSON byte limit, and reject oversized responses before
parsing. Preserve the existing sanitization and response-header behavior for
bodies within the limit.
Walkthrough
The Inflow Lab client now sends requests to /api/inflow-lab-demo. The new route validates requests, filters paths, queries, headers, and tenant-like data, and forwards allowed requests to the configured service. It sanitizes JSON responses and streams successful export responses. The route also handles redirects, non-JSON responses, and fetch failures. The changes add proxy tests and environment configuration guidance.
Resolve the unbounded response reads and the remaining public-proxy safeguards before merging. The safety of anonymous exports also needs confirmation against the configured service.
Security architecture risk: High · up to 5bb0c
The public demo route gives signed-out callers access to service-backed mutations and export downloads without establishing a separate synthetic-data boundary. Production access is opt-in, but enabling it against the existing service could expose records or affect shared state. The request and response size checks also do not consistently bound memory consumption.
Retained concerns
High · security · inferred: When enabled, the public route delegates anonymous requests to the same upstream and optional service credential used by the authenticated proxy, but without its verified tenant context. This includes simulator start/stop/reset, fixture loading, and exports previously classified as live-export. Tenant-key stripping and a public-preview response header do not establish synthetic data or isolated state; CSV/XML exports are returned unchanged. Exposure of live records or disruption of shared state depends on upstream behavior and deployment isolation that were not established.
Medium · security · observed: The new anonymous boundary does not enforce consumption limits while reading bodies. Mutations call request.text() before checking character length; JSON exports call arrayBuffer() before checking the 2 MiB limit; ordinary JSON responses are parsed and recursively copied without a byte limit. Request-count throttling does not bound memory consumed by an individual request or response. Large inputs or upstream outputs can therefore create resource-exhaustion pressure, although effective platform limits and attacker control over upstream response size are unknown.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The independently attackable surface is the enabled public proxy and its allowlisted operations against the configured upstream. Requests can inherit the configured service credential, not a verified visitor identity. Exposure could extend to data and mutable state reachable through those contracts, but no specific tenant count, data store, downstream service, or production environment compromise was established.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
inferred — An anonymous caller can request an allowlisted export without an Origin header; the route attaches its optional Basic credential and returns the upstream export. If that upstream serves live records without tenant context, those records become anonymously readable, including unchanged CSV/XML content. The reachability and forwarding behavior are observed; the live-data prerequisite and actual disclosure are unverified.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Path validation, exact method/path contracts, origin checks, CSRF verification, omitted caller credentials, no-store responses, and refused upstream redirects constrain the new boundary. CSRF prevents cross-site request forgery rather than authorizing a visitor: the session bootstrap issues a CSRF cookie pair independently of successful sign-in.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — Throttling is best-effort, per-process, and keyed from forwarded IP headers. It limits request count rather than total concurrent work or bytes consumed. Whether deployment infrastructure overwrites those headers, supplies stronger quotas, or bounds request/response consumption was not established.
Hardening Proposals
proposed — Make public enablement depend on an explicitly isolated synthetic service and narrowly scoped credential. Keep live-export contracts authenticated unless a server-enforced preview source is established, and define ownership, bounded lifetime, idempotency, and recovery for public simulator mutations.
proposed — Enforce byte limits during stream consumption before parsing or copying request and JSON response bodies, and add bounded upstream execution time. Treat per-instance IP throttling as supplementary rather than the resource-containment boundary.
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Verdict: FAIL (security review)
Head reviewed: 4c0e249da487ee6efd6402e480529b8c539ad8ae (exact match; unchanged)
Authorship: clear — Christopher / PetrefiedThunder only (not codex). Review proceeded.
Blocking
Rate limit trivially bypassable via spoofed X-Forwarded-For.clientIp() trusts the first XFF hop. An attacker can rotate X-Forwarded-For: <new-ip> per request and reset the token bucket. Prefer a platform-trusted client IP (Vercel connection IP / rightmost trusted hop), ignore client-supplied XFF for bucketing, or document + enforce that only the edge may set it. Tests currently drive rate-limit via client XFF, which encodes the unsafe trust model.
Upstream JSON responses are not tenant-stripped. Request bodies run through stripTenantLike, but the handler returns NextResponse.json(payload) from upstream as-is. Tenant-like keys in demo upstream responses are reflected to anonymous callers. Strip (or allowlist) response JSON the same way as the request body before reflecting.
Path allowlist IDs are not traversal-hardened.pathFromParams only rejects exact .. and NUL. Lineage / demo-fixture ID segments that contain ../, ..\\, %2e%2e, encoded slashes, or backslashes still satisfy [^/]+ after encodeURIComponent and can reach upstream as /api/lineage/..%2F… or /api/demo-fixtures/..%2F…/load. Reject any segment matching \.\.|%2e|\\|%5c|%2f (case-insensitive) before allowlisting; add tests for %2e%2e, double-encoding, backslashes, and encoded slashes.
Copy gate failed on this head.sample-demo count rose in frontend/src/app/api/inflow-lab-demo/[...path]/route.ts (main=0 → actual=2; baseline stale). Error/hint strings use “demo” wording the copy gate bans. Required Copy gate is red.
Client wholesale base switch breaks authenticated exports.INFLOW_API → /api/inflow-lab-demo also rewrites csvExportHref / epcisExportHref via servicePath() onto paths the demo proxy deliberately NOT_ALLOWLISTEDs. Preview export controls 404 even when the authed /api/inflow-lab proxy (still requireProxyAuth) is enabled. Keep export hrefs on the authed proxy, or hide/disable them in the public demo. Open Codex thread on this.
Use platform-trusted client IP for rate limiting, strip tenant-like
fields from proxied JSON responses, harden path-ID validation against
encoded traversal, allowlist export preview GETs under the public base
with safeHref, and clear remaining sample/demo copy in the tools page.
Signed-off-by: Christopher <131207452+PetrefiedThunder@users.noreply.github.com>
Addressed all five blocking items from review #3797 (review) on the same branch:
Trusted rate-limit IP — bucket on x-vercel-forwarded-for / x-real-ip, else rightmost X-Forwarded-For hop. Client-controlled first XFF hop is ignored for bucketing. Tests assert spoofed left XFF does not reset the bucket.
Response tenant strip — stripTenantLike now runs on proxied JSON responses (recursive), not only request bodies.
Path-ID hardening — decode first (fail closed), reject %2e / %2f / \ / .. including double-encoded forms, then strict ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,127}$ allowlist.
Copy gate — cleared remaining sample/demo user-facing wording on the tools page; EPCIS strings use Preview. Local --gate exits 0.
Export hrefs — Preview test CSV / EPCIS stay under /api/inflow-lab-demo + safeHref; those two GET export paths are allowlisted and streamed.
Unchanged: requireProxyAuth on /api/inflow-lab, CSRF + same-origin, flag off by default in production, no payment/login/compliance code.
Pass — Copy gate CI SUCCESS on this head; changed strings have no banned sample/demo wording; EPCIS labeled Preview; no FDA claims added.
5
Export preview GETs allowlisted + safeHref
Pass (routing) — Both GETs allowlisted (route.ts:194–195); client csvExportHref / epcisExportHref use safeHref(servicePath(...)) under /api/inflow-lab-demo.
Blocking
Successful exports bypass tenant stripping, including JSON-LD. The public UI advertises “EPCIS JSON-LD” (InflowLabClient.tsx), but the export branch always streams the upstream body when upstream.ok. In-memory execution of this exact route with a mocked application/ld+json EPCIS response reflected tenant_id and nested customer_id unchanged to the anonymous caller. CSV/text/* streaming is fine; JSON / JSON-LD export bodies must go through recursive stripTenantLike (or an allowlist) before reflection. Also note JSON_CONTENT_TYPES omits application/ld+json, so a non-stream JSON-LD path would currently mis-classify. Add a regression test with nested tenant-like fields in an EPCIS JSON/JSON-LD body.
Unchanged (confirmed)
requireProxyAuth on /api/inflow-lab intact
/api/inflow-lab route not weakened vs prior head
CSRF via fetchWithCsrf + public-route enforceCsrf intact
REGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXY off by default in production (publicProxyEnabled)
CI note
Required code checks otherwise green on this head (Unit Tests, Copy gate, Secrets, SAST, Security Audit, Frontend CI Status Gate, PR Gate, Vercel Preview, Head SHA Check Guard). Commit Message Check fails only on the earlier Copilot commit subject (fix copy gate findings in demo proxy) — not a code defect; squash with a conventional title. Engine Review Pass waiting on non-author PASS. Do not arm until the export JSON strip is fixed.
Buffer JSON and JSON-LD export preview bodies with a size cap, run them
through stripTenantLike before reflecting to anonymous callers, and leave
CSV and other non-JSON exports streaming unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Christopher <131207452+PetrefiedThunder@users.noreply.github.com>
Cap fails closed / no partial leak — Pass — client never receives upstream export bytes on oversize or bad JSON.
Regression test — Pass — inflow-lab-demo-proxy.test.ts asserts nested tenant_id / tenantId / customer_id stripped from application/ld+json; sentinels only (should-vanish, also-vanish, c1, L1); public GS1 @context; no invented production IDs.
CSV cannot emit tenant columns — Pass — proxy still streams CSV/XML as-is (no proxy column filter), but upstream Inflow Lab app/fda_export.py writes via csv.DictWriter(..., fieldnames=FDA_EXPORT_COLUMNS) with a fixed allowlist (TLC, Event Type, Product Description, qty/UoM, locations, dates, reference docs only). No tenant_id / customer_id / org columns in FDA_EXPORT_COLUMNS; writerow only maps those keys.
Delta scope — Pass — only frontend/src/app/api/inflow-lab-demo/[...path]/route.ts and frontend/src/__tests__/api/inflow-lab-demo-proxy.test.ts (+83/−2).
REGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXY off by default in production
requireProxyAuth on /api/inflow-lab intact
Client safeHref + fetchWithCsrf; public CSRF enforcement intact
Non-blocking
Cap is applied after full arrayBuffer() read (reflection bounded; memory not incrementally cancelled). Prefer chunked read+abort if DoS hardening is desired later.
No separate test for bare application/json export, oversize, or malformed JSON (JSON-LD strip coverage is present).
CI
Required code gates green on this head (Unit Tests, Copy gate, SAST, Security Audit, Frontend CI Status Gate, PR Gates, Vercel Preview, Head SHA Check Guard / status). Commit Message Check still fails on earlier Copilot subject — squash-only, not a code defect. Engine Review Pass waiting on this non-author PASS.
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Why
Prod diagnosis (
/workspace/devops/inflow-lab-401-diagnosis-2026-11-03.md):/tools/inflow-labreturns 200, but every/api/inflow-lab/*call from the standalone client hitsrequireProxyAuth→401 Unauthorized: no valid credentials providedwhen there is no RegEngine session. Starfish demo needs the simulator path without signing in.Base
Branched from latest
origin/main(9b8551d5), which already includes the squash-merge of #3795 (InflowLabClient + tools page restore). Did not stack onclaude/inflow-lab-restore— the page/client already exist on main after #3795 landed. This PR only adds the public demo proxy and points the client at it.Security design
New route only:
frontend/src/app/api/inflow-lab-demo/[...path]/route.ts.requireProxyAuth/ opaque session. Existing/api/inflow-labandrequireProxyAuthuntouched for dashboard/tenant paths.GEThealthz, simulate/status, events, lineage/:lot;POSTsimulate/start|stop|reset, demo-fixtures/:id/load. Everything else → 404 without contacting upstream (no export, scenarios, admin, etc.).REGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXY=1required in production (404 otherwise). Local/test enabled automatically.verifyCsrfToken(double-submit). Not added toCSRF_EXEMPT_RULES. Client already usesfetchWithCsrf. Middleware CSRF also applies for browser traffic./api/client-errors).content-type+ server-heldINFLOW_LAB_BASIC_AUTH_*). Never forward Cookie, Authorization, or caller tokens.credentials: "omit". Nox-regengine-tenant.Client
InflowLabClientINFLOW_API→/api/inflow-lab-demo. Workbench / CSV evaluate paths unchanged.Tests
inflow-lab-demo-proxy.test.ts: unauthenticated allowlisted success; non-allowlisted 404; cross-origin 403; missing CSRF 403; cookies/auth not forwarded + tenant fields stripped; rate limit 429; prod flag 404. Existing authed proxy tests still pass.DevOps env (names only — no values)
REGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXYINFLOW_LAB_SERVICE_URL,INFLOW_LAB_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME,INFLOW_LAB_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORDINFLOW_LAB_DEMO_RATE_MAX,INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_RATE_WINDOW_MSNo merge / no deploy from this PR.
Note
Medium Risk
Introduces a new unauthenticated proxy surface to the Inflow Lab backend; risk is mitigated by strict allowlisting, CSRF, rate limits, and prod gating, but misconfiguration or upstream data leakage via responses still warrants careful review.
Overview
Adds a session-free Inflow Lab API path so
/tools/inflow-labworks without RegEngine login (replacing 401s from the authed/api/inflow-labproxy).New catch-all route
/api/inflow-lab-demoforwards only allowlisted simulator/export-preview calls toINFLOW_LAB_SERVICE_URLwith server-side Basic auth when configured. It does not userequireProxyAuth; caller cookies/tokens are never forwarded. Controls include same-origin checks, CSRF on POSTs, per-IP rate limits (trusted IP headers), path-segment hardening, tenant/customer field stripping on JSON/query params, and a production opt-in viaREGENGINE_ENABLE_INFLOW_LAB_DEMO_PROXY.InflowLabClientnow usesINFLOW_API = "/api/inflow-lab-demo"so simulator and export preview links hit the public proxy; workbench paths are unchanged..env.exampledocuments the new flag.inflow-lab-demo-proxy.test.tscovers allowlist, CSRF, cross-origin, rate limit, traversal, and prod-disabled behavior.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 5bb0c3e. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.