signer: fix streaming signer to include Content-Type in SignedHeaders (fixes #2300)

[jiuker]

Summary

Fixes #2300

The streaming SigV4 signer (StreamingSignV4) was unconditionally excluding Content-Type from SignedHeaders via ignoredStreamingHeaders, even when Content-Type was present on the request. This violates the AWS SigV4 specification.

Root Cause

// Before (incorrect)
var ignoredStreamingHeaders = map[string]bool{
    "Authorization": true,
    "User-Agent":    true,
    "Content-Type":  true,  // ❌ Wrong: hardcoded exclusion
}

AWS SigV4 Specification

"If the Content-Type header is present in the request, you must add it to the CanonicalHeaders list."
— https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html

The non-streaming signer (v4IgnoredHeaders) correctly does not ignore Content-Type.

Evidence

Source	Finding	Link
AWS SigV4 Spec	Spec explicitly requires signing Content-Type when present in request	docs.aws.amazon.com
Non-streaming signer	v4IgnoredHeaders omits Content-Type → it gets signed when present	request-signature-v4.go
AWS SDK for .NET	Fixed identical bug in streaming signer	aws/aws-sdk-net#678
Ceph RGW CVE-2026-54330	Patched versions (20.2.4+, 19.2.6+) now reject requests with present-but-unsigned headers	docs.ceph.com
AWS CLI behavior	Real streaming requests include content-type in SignedHeaders	seaweedfs/seaweedfs#6713
StackOverflow	Community confirms spec requires Content-Type in signature when present	stackoverflow.com

Impact

• Fixes streaming/chunked uploads to Ceph RGW (Tentacle 20.2.4+, Squid 19.2.6+)
• Fixes compatibility with any S3-compatible backend enforcing SigV4 strictly
• Aligns streaming signer with non-streaming signer behavior

Testing

• All existing signer tests pass
• Verified Content-Type now appears in SignedHeaders when present on request

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The streaming SigV4 signer now includes an existing Content-Type header in canonical-header calculation. Comments document the AWS requirement.

Changes

Streaming SigV4 signing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Include Content-Type in streaming signatures pkg/signer/request-signature-streaming.go	ignoredStreamingHeaders excludes Authorization and User-Agent, but no longer excludes Content-Type. Existing Content-Type headers now participate in signed-header calculation.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d0cb4

Streaming uploads now sign an existing Content-Type header, aligning streaming SigV4 requests with canonical header behavior and improving compatibility with strict S3-compatible servers. No merge-blocking risk remains.

Poem

A rabbit checks the headers bright
Content-Type joins the signed flight
Authorization stays away
User-Agent rests through the day
SigV4 hops along its way

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change removes Content-Type from the streaming signer’s ignored-header list. This makes the signer include Content-Type in SignedHeaders when present, which satisfies the primary requirement in is…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to the streaming signer behavior and related documentation. They directly support issue #2300 and contain no unrelated code changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
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In `@pkg/signer/request-signature-streaming.go`:
- Around line 53-56: Update the AWS SigV4 requirement comment above
ignoredStreamingHeaders to include a blank comment line after “Per AWS SigV4
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[klauspost]

LGTM. I don't see any reason not to sign it.

Only minor worry would be reverse proxies fiddling with it. Maybe @harshavardhana remembers why it was excluded - or maybe AWS just did at some point.