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Summary

  • add request middleware as a rule action using generic command blocks with command-owned header arguments and structured properties
  • preserve middleware termination and request-phase constraints, including composed and bypass-wrapped middleware
  • allow not-found rules to opt into request middleware before the normal 404 and access log
  • update the WebUI types/editor, generated cheatsheet, and wiki documentation through their submodule commits

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  • shadowtree test ./internal/route/rules -- -ldflags=-checklinkname=0
  • shadowtree test ./internal/entrypoint -- -ldflags=-checklinkname=0
  • shadowtree test ./internal/net/gphttp/middleware -- -ldflags=-checklinkname=0 -skip=^TestBuild$
  • WebUI TypeScript, oxlint, oxfmt, and focused CodeMirror tests
  • wiki production build

TestBuild remains excluded because of its pre-existing unrelated JSON-marshaling panic.

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  • New Features
    • Added a middleware rule action for applying request-phase middleware.
    • Supports built-in and composed middleware with configurable options, including nested properties.
    • Middleware can allow processing to continue or stop the rule chain when it handles a request.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved request address handling for configured not-found rules, including Cloudflare client IP support.
    • Prevented request-only middleware from being used in response-phase rules or action blocks.
  • Documentation
    • Added usage guidance, option syntax, validation rules, and supported middleware behavior.

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  • internal/entrypoint/config.go
  • internal/entrypoint/not_found_middleware_test.go
  • internal/net/gphttp/middleware/middlewares.go
  • internal/net/gphttp/middleware/rule_middleware_test.go
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  • internal/route/rules/do_test.go
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Walkthrough

The rules package adds a middleware action for request-phase middleware. It supports named middleware, YAML option blocks, phase validation, continuation or termination, and resolver-based construction. Tests cover rule execution, middleware integration, not-found behavior, and configuration validation. The webui subproject pointer also advances.

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Request middleware rules

Layer / File(s) Summary
Middleware command and option parsing
internal/route/rules/command.go, internal/route/rules/do.go, internal/route/rules/do_blocks.go
The rules package adds the middleware command, resolver types, request-phase metadata, and YAML option-block parsing.
Middleware resolution and request-phase detection
internal/net/gphttp/middleware/middlewares.go, internal/net/gphttp/middleware/rule_middleware_test.go
The middleware package registers a resolver, constructs middleware with options, detects request-capable wrappers and chains, and tests supported and unsupported middleware.
Phase validation and command behavior
internal/route/rules/rules.go, internal/route/rules/do_test.go, internal/route/rules/README.md
Rules reject request middleware in response contexts. Tests and documentation cover execution order, termination, validation, option blocks, and grammar.
Not-found request middleware integration
internal/entrypoint/config.go, internal/entrypoint/not_found_middleware_test.go
Configuration validation and entrypoint tests cover not-found middleware, remote-address rewriting, access logging, opt-in behavior, and matched-route bypass.

Web UI pointer update

Layer / File(s) Summary
Web UI subproject reference
webui
The webui gitlink advances to a newer commit.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 01e6b

This PR allows configured middleware to modify or terminate matched and unmatched requests before normal handling. The intended safeguards are present, but phase enforcement still depends on callers validating rules first, and the documentation does not fully match termination and nested-block behavior; the change is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RuleParser
  participant MiddlewareResolver
  participant RequestMiddleware
  participant FallbackHandler

  RuleParser->>MiddlewareResolver: resolve middleware name and options
  MiddlewareResolver-->>RuleParser: return request middleware
  RuleParser->>RequestMiddleware: process HTTP request
  RequestMiddleware-->>RuleParser: return proceed decision
  RequestMiddleware->>FallbackHandler: continue when permitted
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I hop through rules with ears held high
A middleware breeze goes drifting by
I parse the blocks, then guard the gate
Requests may pass, or terminate
The logs keep every changed address in sight

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return nil, fmt.Errorf("middleware %q has no request phase", name)
}

return middleware.TryModifyRequest, nil

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P2 Badge Preserve the trusted-request bypass for rule middleware

When a rule directly names OIDC, ForwardAuth, Crowdsec, HCaptcha, or CIDRWhitelist, returning middleware.TryModifyRequest bypasses the middlewareChain.before check that skips auth-like middleware for requests marked by gphttp.WithNonUserRequest. Trusted in-process requests such as homepage favicon scrapes will therefore be redirected or blocked whenever they match such a rule, even though the normal route-middleware path deliberately exempts them. Route direct middleware actions through the same chain policy or replicate its non-user check.

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Comment on lines +74 to +76
if commandsContainRequestPhaseOnly(rule.Do.post) ||
(rule.On.phase.IsPostRule() && commandsContainRequestPhaseOnly(rule.Do.pre)) {
return ErrInvalidArguments.Withf("rule[%d]: request middleware cannot be used in a response-phase rule or action block", i)

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P2 Badge Validate request-phase constraints for not-found rules

For a multiline entrypoint.rules.not_found configuration containing a response matcher or response-phase nested block, this guard is not reached during normal configuration loading: Rules.Parse returns without validation, serialization.ConvertString returns immediately after invoking that parser, and entrypoint.Config.Validate only checks ProxyProtocol before state.initEntrypoint installs the rules. The supposedly invalid configuration is therefore accepted and BuildHandler can invoke request middleware after the 404 response has been produced. Validate Rules.NotFound from the entrypoint configuration path (or make parsing enforce this constraint).

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internal/route/rules/README.md (1)

221-239: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the middleware control-flow description.

middleware can terminate the rule chain when it handles the request. Do not classify it as an action that always modifies and continues.

Nested blocks run in their parent phase. Do not state that all nested action blocks run after the upstream response. Describe the restriction as applying to response-phase contexts.

Suggested documentation update
-**Non-Terminating Actions** (modify and continue):
+**Non-Terminating Actions** (modify and continue unless otherwise stated):
 ...
-| `middleware <name>`            | Run request middleware   |
+| `middleware <name>`            | Run request middleware; terminate if it handles the request |
 ...
-Request middleware is rejected in response-phase rules and nested action blocks because those run after the upstream response.
+Request middleware is rejected in response-phase rules and action blocks that run in the response phase.
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In `@internal/route/rules/README.md` around lines 221 - 239, Update the
“Non-Terminating Actions” documentation to remove middleware from the
always-continues classification, state that middleware may terminate the rule
chain when it handles a request, and clarify that nested action blocks execute
in their parent phase; restrict request middleware only in response-phase
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In `@internal/route/rules/rules.go`:
- Around line 152-195: Reduce the cognitive complexity of
commandsContainRequestPhaseOnly by extracting handling for Handler,
IfBlockCommand, and IfElseBlockCommand values and pointers into focused helper
functions. Preserve the existing recursive traversal and nil-pointer checks so
every command-block form still detects requestPhaseOnly handlers in nested Do,
Ifs, and Else branches.

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In `@internal/route/rules/README.md`:
- Around line 221-239: Update the “Non-Terminating Actions” documentation to
remove middleware from the always-continues classification, state that
middleware may terminate the rule chain when it handles a request, and clarify
that nested action blocks execute in their parent phase; restrict request
middleware only in response-phase contexts.
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  • internal/entrypoint/not_found_middleware_test.go
  • internal/net/gphttp/middleware/middlewares.go
  • internal/net/gphttp/middleware/rule_middleware_test.go
  • internal/route/rules/README.md
  • internal/route/rules/command.go
  • internal/route/rules/do.go
  • internal/route/rules/do_blocks.go
  • internal/route/rules/do_test.go
  • internal/route/rules/rules.go
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