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Runtime Isolation boundary

Refs #101.

This successor owns only the process-health privilege boundary shared by the generic and pg-erd Pingora adapters. It does not add product authentication/business logic, Keyverse identity, Wardnet/EgressWeave policy, product-health semantics, or new routing authority.

A realistic RED listener fixture was committed first as 82d317efd032a4a9af7a1aac0b6c16e6072c02d4: both compiled listeners returned the same local 200 for payload-free GET probes, body-bearing GETs, and unsupported methods on /livez and /readyz. The first causal repair centralized request-shape classification in process_health: only admitted payload-free retrieval probes bypass application admission. Health-path traffic with request-body framing first acquires the ordinary in-flight lease and then fails closed with 413; bodyless unsupported methods first acquire the same lease and return 405. Both generic and pg-erd adapters consume the same predicate instead of duplicating policy.

A standards review then found that treating HEAD as an unsupported method was too narrow for a general-purpose HTTP gateway. RED 60ef8b01fbc01658cfe22aea628f7e432b090d02 extended the real-listener contract to require payload-free HEAD health probes and Allow: GET, HEAD; GREEN af42532602965fc96216abd50cc509059b5bad69 updated the shared classifier and responder.

A later current-range security review found a transport-state gap: header-only body classification is insufficient for HTTP/2 because HEADERS without END_STREAM can be followed by DATA even when Content-Length is absent. Exact source repair b867cb365a5e123f6b5bcc378bb026b9533504e4 reads Pingora Session::is_body_done() before borrowing the request header and passes that transport-completion fact into the shared classifier. /livez and /readyz GET/HEAD requests are privileged only when header framing is body-free and the downstream body is already complete; an incomplete transport state is classified RejectPayload, therefore entering ordinary in-flight admission before the 413 path. The unit contract covers both health endpoints and both retrieval methods with body_done=false. API_CONFIG_CONTRACT, SECURITY, TRD, and CHANGELOG are code-current through exact 1faa68a6cc25dedbe8c11140c4e62509855fc433.

The CodeRabbit HTTP/2 thread intentionally remains unresolved. This branch still does not own downstream HTTP/2 listener admission, so it cannot honestly provide the requested real H2 listener HEADERS(no END_STREAM) -> DATA acceptance without importing separate TLS/H2 authority. That executable proof belongs in #75, the versioned downstream TLS/H2 owner, when this process-health contract is ordinarily reconciled there. #75 already has an owner handoff requiring both /livez and /readyz: incomplete-body H2 traffic must not receive privileged 200, while completed END_STREAM GET/HEAD probes must remain observable under saturation. No H2-listener GREEN is claimed here.

Effective child scope remains exactly eight paths:

  • API_CONFIG_CONTRACT.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • SECURITY.md
  • TRD.md
  • src/gateway_proxy.rs
  • src/migration_proxy.rs
  • src/process_health.rs
  • tests/process_health_probe_boundary.rs

Current parent / stack repair state

This branch was originally based directly on historical #15 exact 74c0892f919e38d767f9660d4533fcc7df8246c2. Parent #15 has since moved by ordinary formatting-only fast-forward to 38dab48f910f7078c3dfd37764a6fdc229bd513e after hosted CI exposed a real cargo fmt --all -- --check RED. Fresh comparison from current #15 to this #102 exact is therefore diverged with merge-base 74c0892f... and behind_by=1; the missing parent delta is the #15 formatter repair.

Do not repair that ancestry while #15 hosted promotion evidence is still nonterminal. Keep this PR Draft. After #15 exact 38dab48f... is terminal-clean and normally merged, ordinary/non-force reconciliation must start from the formatter-correct parent tree and preserve only these eight valid Runtime Isolation paths. No force push, destructive rebase, or predecessor evidence transfer is allowed.

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Current exact remains 1faa68a6cc25dedbe8c11140c4e62509855fc433. Historical Draft CI 34880762952 and Supply Chain 34880762642 were skipped by repository policy and are not promotion GREEN. After parent reconciliation, the resulting exact must obtain formatting, compile/test, strict Clippy, warning-denied rustdoc, 100% owned-production line/region coverage, real-listener acceptance, load, OCI, Supply Chain, and independent review. The H2 owner line must additionally prove the no-END_STREAM case on a real HTTP/2 listener before that protocol path can consume this privilege contract.

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/livez/readyz의 admission 우회를 payload-free GET 프로브로 제한했습니다. 공통 분류기가 generic 및 pg-erd 어댑터에 적용됩니다. 비프로브 헬스 요청은 admission 후 405 또는 413을 반환하며, 포화 상태에서는 503을 반환합니다.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
프로브 계약과 요청 분류
src/process_health.rs, API_CONFIG_CONTRACT.md, TRD.md, SECURITY.md
/livez/readyz의 정확한 payload-free GETProbe로 분류합니다. body framing은 413으로, bodyless non-GETAllow: GET과 함께 405로 분류합니다.
어댑터 admission 연결
src/gateway_proxy.rs, src/migration_proxy.rs
generic 및 pg-erd 어댑터가 공통 분류기를 사용합니다. Probe는 admission을 우회하고, RejectMethodRejectPayload는 admission 후 처리합니다.
통합 경계 검증
tests/process_health_probe_boundary.rs
실제 TCP 리스너와 두 바이너리를 사용해 200, 405, 413 응답과 admission 포화 시 503 동작을 검증합니다.
동작 문서 갱신
CHANGELOG.md
공통 분류기, 응답 코드, admission 포화 동작을 changelog에 기록합니다.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant GatewayProxy
  participant process_health
  participant AdmissionLease
  Client->>GatewayProxy: /livez 또는 /readyz 요청
  GatewayProxy->>process_health: classify_process_health_request
  alt payload-free GET
    process_health-->>GatewayProxy: Probe
    GatewayProxy-->>Client: 200
  else body framing
    process_health-->>GatewayProxy: RejectPayload
    GatewayProxy->>AdmissionLease: admission 획득
    AdmissionLease-->>Client: 413 또는 포화 시 503
  else non-GET without body framing
    process_health-->>GatewayProxy: RejectMethod
    GatewayProxy->>AdmissionLease: admission 획득
    AdmissionLease-->>Client: 405 또는 포화 시 503
  end
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HTTP/2 clients can bypass the intended health-probe admission boundary by sending a body after unframed health-request headers. The receive-stream state must be included in classification before merge.

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Please review current exact 305c03a077ef64446c4f7bdadf11ab7041faf412 only. Focus on the shared process-health classifier, admission ordering for invalid health-path shapes, unread-body/downstream-reuse safety, generic/pg-erd parity, and the real-listener saturation fixtures. This is a Draft stacked on #15; no approval or promotion claim is requested.

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Current exact moved to 392b604c8adda0137204d5fd993b8a57a8217594 only to add explicit non-text Content-Length classifier coverage after the earlier review request. Please bind the verdict to this exact head. No parent or earlier-head review receipt should be carried forward.

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Please bind the next verdict to current exact 34dbb9f918e3f2961ef907b0ceb6e3686614a8f0. Since the previous request, standards review added a RED→GREEN increment for RFC 9110 HEAD semantics: payload-free HEAD /livez//readyz must share the GET process-probe contract, while 405 now advertises Allow: GET, HEAD. Review the entire eight-path effective delta; do not transfer the in-progress 305c/392b review state.

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In `@src/process_health.rs`:
- Around line 60-61: classify_process_health_request가 RequestHeader framing뿐 아니라
HTTP/2 HEADERS의 실제 END_STREAM 종료 상태도 전달받아 판정하도록 수정하세요. request_filter의 /livez 및
/readyz 처리에서 DATA가 이어질 수 있는 Probe 요청은 로컬 200 응답으로 admission을 우회하지 않고
RejectPayload 또는 기존 admission 경로로 처리되게 하세요. 두 엔드포인트에 대해 HEADERS 후 DATA를 보내는
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if has_request_body_framing(request) {
return ProcessHealthAction::RejectPayload;

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printf '%s\n' '--- files ---'
git ls-files 'src/process_health.rs' 'src/*proxy.rs' 'tests/*health*' 'Cargo.toml' 'Cargo.lock'
printf '%s\n' '--- process_health.rs ---'
cat -n src/process_health.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- caller slices ---'
sed -n '1,380p' src/gateway_proxy.rs
sed -n '190,275p' src/migration_proxy.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- request/stream references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'RecvStream|recv_stream|request_filter|send_end_stream|END_STREAM|http2|HTTP/2|classify_process_health_request' src tests Cargo.toml Cargo.lock

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printf '%s\n' '--- process health ---'
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sed -n '300,350p' src/gateway_proxy.rs
sed -n '215,260p' src/migration_proxy.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- stream and HTTP/2 references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'RecvStream|recv_stream|send_end_stream|END_STREAM|http2|HTTP/2|classify_process_health_request' src tests Cargo.toml Cargo.lock

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Denial of Service

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

HTTP/2 수신 스트림의 종료 상태를 Probe 판정에 반영하세요. classify_process_health_requestRequestHeader의 framing만 검사하며, 두 request_filter는 DATA 처리 전에 Probe 요청에 로컬 200 응답을 반환합니다. HTTP/2에서 END_STREAM 없이 수신된 HEADERS 뒤에는 Content-Length 없는 DATA가 올 수 있으므로, 해당 health 요청이 admission을 우회합니다. 실제 수신 종료 상태를 분류에 전달하고, DATA가 가능한 health 요청은 RejectPayload 또는 admission 경로로 처리하세요. /livez/readyz 각각에 HEADERS 후 DATA를 보내는 HTTP/2 listener 테스트도 추가하세요.

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In `@src/process_health.rs` around lines 60 - 61, classify_process_health_request가
RequestHeader framing뿐 아니라 HTTP/2 HEADERS의 실제 END_STREAM 종료 상태도 전달받아 판정하도록
수정하세요. request_filter의 /livez 및 /readyz 처리에서 DATA가 이어질 수 있는 Probe 요청은 로컬 200
응답으로 admission을 우회하지 않고 RejectPayload 또는 기존 admission 경로로 처리되게 하세요. 두 엔드포인트에 대해
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Verified against current exact 34dbb9f918e3f2961ef907b0ceb6e3686614a8f0 and the pinned Pingora supplier 09696b51bc59315353d96686355861604d0bb48c: this finding is valid. classify_process_health_request() only sees RequestHeader, so an H2 GET /readyz HEADERS frame without END_STREAM and without Content-Length is currently classified Probe even though DATA can still follow. RFC 9113 §6.2/§8.1 makes END_STREAM the authoritative stream-completion signal; absence of Content-Length is not equivalent to an empty H2 request. The pinned public pingora_core::protocols::http::server::Session::is_body_done(&mut self) already exposes the needed transport fact; its H2 implementation returns true only when the body is empty or the receive stream is at END_STREAM.

Minimal repair should therefore keep the shared policy transport-neutral but pass one supplier-derived fact into it, e.g. compute let body_done = session.is_body_done(); before borrowing session.req_header(), then classify with (request_header, body_done). A health-path GET/HEAD is privileged only when header framing is body-free and body_done is true. For H1 this reuses Pingora's body-reader framing state; for H2 it closes the HEADERS-without-END_STREAM gap without duplicating protocol parsing. Please pin both /livez and /readyz with a real H2 listener fixture that sends HEADERS without END_STREAM followed by DATA, while keeping the ordinary HEADERS+END_STREAM GET/HEAD probe at 200 under saturation. Keep #102 Draft until this current-exact security finding is repaired and re-reviewed; no predecessor GREEN transfers.

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Supplier-transition compatibility check: the same repair seam survives Pingora 0.9.0 exactly. Tag 0.9.0 resolves to 702f69015e53f7244d6ad2e743de571d859a70a4; its public Session::is_body_done(&mut self) dispatch is unchanged, and H2 HttpSession::is_body_done() still requires receive-stream END_STREAM unless the request is otherwise known empty (including explicit Content-Length: 0). That matters because #70 already owns the exact crates.io 0.9.0 consumer transition. #102 can therefore fix this once through the Session contract without adding an 0.8-only compatibility shim or duplicating H2 framing logic.

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Current exact now contains the minimal transport-state repair. Commit b867cb365a5e123f6b5bcc378bb026b9533504e4 reads Session::is_body_done() in both Pingora adapters before borrowing the request header and passes that supplier-derived fact into the shared process-health classifier. A health-path GET/HEAD is Probe only when its header framing is body-free and Pingora reports the downstream body complete; body_done=false becomes RejectPayload, which first acquires ordinary max_in_flight_requests admission and then follows the 413 path. Unit coverage explicitly pins GET/HEAD × /livez//readyz with incomplete transport state to RejectPayload. API/SECURITY/TRD/CHANGELOG are code-current through 1faa68a6cc25dedbe8c11140c4e62509855fc433.

I am intentionally not resolving this thread yet. This #102 parent line still declares downstream HTTP/2 admission outside its cleartext-v1 contract, while #75 owns the versioned downstream TLS/H2 listener. Producing the requested real H2 HEADERS(no END_STREAM) -> DATA listener fixture here would duplicate/import that authority. The source bypass is repaired, but executable H2 acceptance must be added in #75 or an ordinary reconciliation successor that consumes #102; until that evidence exists, no H2-listener GREEN is claimed.

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printf '%s\n' '--- checked-out revision ---'
git rev-parse HEAD
printf '%s\n' '--- process-health declarations ---'
ast-grep outline src/process_health.rs --items all --type function,enum --match 'classify_process_health_request|ProcessHealthAction'
printf '%s\n' '--- classifier implementation ---'
rg -n -A45 -B8 'fn classify_process_health_request\s*\(' src/process_health.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- classifier call sites and surrounding request filters ---'
rg -n -A40 -B12 'classify_process_health_request\s*\(' src/gateway_proxy.rs src/migration_proxy.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- admission and payload-rejection references in adapters ---'
rg -n -C5 'RejectPayload|acquire|in_flight|payload_too_large_error|is_body_done\s*\(' src/gateway_proxy.rs src/migration_proxy.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- transport-incomplete unit coverage ---'
rg -n -A30 -B5 'incomplete_transport_body_state|body_done|RejectPayload' src/process_health.rs tests

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@seonghobae, I verified commit 1faa68a6cc25dedbe8c11140c4e62509855fc433.

Both adapters call Session::is_body_done() before they borrow session.req_header():

  • src/gateway_proxy.rs Line 316
  • src/migration_proxy.rs Line 232

The shared classifier maps incomplete transport state to ProcessHealthAction::RejectPayload in src/process_health.rs Lines 68-69. Both adapters acquire the normal admission lease before they return payload_too_large_error():

  • src/gateway_proxy.rs Lines 327-329
  • src/migration_proxy.rs Lines 243-245

The unit test covers GET and HEAD for both /livez and /readyz with body_done = false. It expects RejectPayload.

This repairs the source-level HTTP/2 HEADERS without END_STREAM bypass. The requested real HTTP/2 listener test remains absent. Keeping this thread open is appropriate until #75 or a reconciliation successor provides that executable transport-level evidence.


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Timestamp: 2026-09-14T15:53:33.231Z
Learning: For the Rust Pingora gateway, the public `Session::is_body_done(&mut self)` contract has compatible HTTP/2 request-completion semantics in the pinned Pingora supplier revision `09696b51bc59315353d96686355861604d0bb48c` and Pingora `0.9.0` revision `702f69015e53f7244d6ad2e743de571d859a70a4`. It can be used by shared process-health request classification to distinguish HTTP/2 HEADERS without `END_STREAM` from payload-free completed requests, without a version-specific shim.

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