feat(auth): document caller header precedence + warn on conflict (#10)

CallerMiddleware silently preferred X-Auth-Request-User over X-Forwarded-User
with no explanation and no signal when both were set. Documented the precedence
(X-Auth-Request-User is the verified OIDC identity oauth2-proxy sets, so it is
authoritative; X-Forwarded-User is a fallback), and it now takes a *slog.Logger
and warns when both headers are present and disagree, so a proxy
misconfiguration is visible instead of silently resolved. Table-driven tests
cover precedence (both/single/none) and the conflict-warning path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-03 22:57:24 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent 4c1f36f9eb
commit 9b7f53bdda
4 changed files with 92 additions and 15 deletions
+64 -10
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@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
package auth_test
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"log/slog"
"net/http"
"net/http/httptest"
"testing"
@@ -10,17 +12,69 @@ import (
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)
func TestCallerFromContext(t *testing.T) {
called := false
h := auth.CallerMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
called = true
assert.Equal(t, "mathiasbq", auth.Caller(r.Context()))
}))
func discardLogger() *slog.Logger {
return slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(bytes.NewBuffer(nil), nil))
}
// Header precedence: X-Auth-Request-User (verified OIDC identity) wins over
// X-Forwarded-User, and X-Forwarded-User is only a fallback when the former is
// absent.
func TestCallerHeaderPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
name string
authReq string
forwarded string
wantCaller string
}{
{"auth-request only", "mathiasbq", "", "mathiasbq"},
{"forwarded fallback", "", "fwduser", "fwduser"},
{"both present, same", "same", "same", "same"},
{"both present, differ → auth-request wins", "authuser", "fwduser", "authuser"},
{"neither", "", "", ""},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
var got string
h := auth.CallerMiddleware(discardLogger(), http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
got = auth.Caller(r.Context())
}))
req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
if tc.authReq != "" {
req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Request-User", tc.authReq)
}
if tc.forwarded != "" {
req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-User", tc.forwarded)
}
h.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
assert.Equal(t, tc.wantCaller, got)
})
}
}
// When both headers are present and disagree, a warning is logged so the proxy
// misconfiguration is visible rather than silent.
func TestCallerConflictingHeadersLogsWarning(t *testing.T) {
var buf bytes.Buffer
logger := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&buf, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelWarn}))
h := auth.CallerMiddleware(logger, http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {}))
req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Request-User", "mathiasbq")
rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
h.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
assert.True(t, called)
req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Request-User", "authuser")
req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-User", "fwduser")
h.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
logged := buf.String()
assert.Contains(t, logged, "conflicting")
assert.Contains(t, logged, "authuser")
assert.Contains(t, logged, "fwduser")
// No warning when they agree.
buf.Reset()
req2 := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
req2.Header.Set("X-Auth-Request-User", "same")
req2.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-User", "same")
h.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req2)
assert.Empty(t, buf.String(), "no warning expected when headers agree")
}
func TestCallerEmptyWhenHeaderMissing(t *testing.T) {