fix(client): strip api-key and OpenAI org/project headers before forwarding

[Atharva-Kanherkar]

Fixes #419.

What

RESERVED_HEADERS in crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs strips authorization and x-api-key from forwarded client metadata, but not three headers of the same class:

• api-key, Azure OpenAI's credential header (the x--less sibling of x-api-key)
• openai-organization and openai-project, OpenAI's billing and project selectors

forward_metadata_headers copies every non-reserved client header onto the upstream request, so a caller can set those three next to the backend's own credential. An invalid openai-organization makes OpenAI return 401 mismatched_organization; a valid one bills a different org the key can reach; on an Azure deployment a client api-key is forwarded as the credential header.

This PR adds the three names to RESERVED_HEADERS. An operator that legitimately needs one of them upstream still sets it through the backend's extra_headers, which are applied after forwarding and are unaffected.

Change

• Add api-key, openai-organization, openai-project to RESERVED_HEADERS.
• Refresh the comment above the list to describe the intent (the old comment pointed at a Python _SENSITIVE_HEADERS list that is not present in this tree).
• Add strips_client_credential_and_tenant_headers, a regression test that sends all three as client headers and asserts none reach the upstream while the backend bearer is preserved.

Test

cargo test -p switchyard-llm-client

All existing tests pass; the new test and the existing forwards_metadata_headers_except_reserved both cover the reserved set. Reproduction steps for the original behavior are in #419.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Prevented caller-provided metadata from overriding protected Azure and OpenAI authentication headers.
  • Ensured backend authorization remains intact while tenant and credential selector headers are filtered.

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Walkthrough

The client now reserves Azure api-key and OpenAI tenant-selector headers. Caller metadata forwarding excludes these headers, while backend authorization remains applied. An integration test verifies the filtering behavior.

Changes

Reserved header filtering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reserved header enforcement crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	The reserved-header documentation and case-insensitive filter now include api-key, openai-organization, and openai-project. An integration test verifies that these headers are removed and backend authorization remains present.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c747a

This localized change prevents client-supplied credential and organization headers from overriding backend request context; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Poem

I’m a rabbit guarding the header gate,
Three sneaky keys now meet their fate.
Tenant tags and Azure clues
Stay out of upstream queues.
The backend key hops safely through—
Hop, hop, the tests approve it too!

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: stripping API key and OpenAI organization/project headers before forwarding.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #419 by reserving all three headers and adding a regression test while preserving backend authorization.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The header-list update, comment refresh, and regression test are directly related to issue #419 and introduce no unrelated changes.
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[nachiketb-nvidia]

I have a few nits and needs rebase, but otherwise LGTM!
thank you very much for the PR!

[Atharva-Kanherkar]

@nachiketb-nvidia thank you for your review. switchyard is awesome, i use it with opencode + gemini + some custom setup. it has some bugs, but its obvious for a standard new dev project. nice work, please keep this project going:)
ill try to file bugs here and there more, as I feel that there might be some. thanks! <3