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Summary

The managed llama.cpp private bridge now waits for an upstream 100 Continue response before accepting an expected request body and preserves a final upstream rejection. Requests above curl's automatic Expect: 100-continue threshold therefore retain the guard's HTTP 413 response instead of becoming a bridge-generated HTTP 502 upstream_unavailable response.

Related Issue

Fixes #10243

Changes

  • Add createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeServer for runLlamaCppPrivateBridge so production servers handle both ordinary requests and checkContinue; passing the handler directly to http.createServer was insufficient because Node automatically acknowledges Expect: 100-continue before the managed guard decides.
  • Relay an upstream 100 Continue, hold an expected request body until that response even when a client sends early, stop forwarding request bytes after a final upstream response, and close an unfinished upstream request.
  • Keep the server factory as the public bridge entrypoint so callers cannot restore Node's automatic continuation behavior.
  • Cover the previously missing interim-response boundary with tests for an early final rejection without body upload, an accepted continuation with body forwarding, an eager client whose body remains held until acceptance, and an unauthenticated rejection without body upload.

Type of Change

  • Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
  • Code change with doc updates
  • Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
  • Doc only (includes code sample changes)

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  • Tests added or updated for changed behavior
  • Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
  • Tests not applicable — justification:
  • Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
  • Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: fix(inference): relay Expect continuation #10254 (review)
  • Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

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  • Supporting evidence: Not applicable.

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  • PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every commit appears as Verified in GitHub
  • Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run validate:pr passed after refreshing origin/main when hooks were skipped or unavailable
  • Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — command/result or justification: npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge.test.ts src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-managed-lifecycle.test.ts passed 2 files and 79 tests after the keep-alive and eager-body repairs on the current revision.
  • Applicable broad gate passed — npm test for broad runtime/test-harness changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes — command/result: Not applicable; the change is limited to the private bridge HTTP handshake and is covered by focused bridge and lifecycle suites. npm run checks:repository passed.
  • Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
  • npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
  • Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
  • New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

Signed-off-by: Tinson Lai tinsonl@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved request handling when connecting to the private Llama.cpp service.
    • Added support for 100 Continue responses, including delayed body forwarding.
    • Prevented duplicate or late request data after the upstream service responds.
    • Improved handling of keep-alive connections and actively uploading requests.
    • Added timeout handling with clearer failure responses when confirmation is unavailable.
    • Improved cleanup for incomplete requests and upstream connection errors.
    • Rejects unauthenticated requests without unnecessarily requesting their bodies.

Delay client request bodies until the upstream server permits
Expect: 100-continue. Preserve early rejection responses.

Refs #10243

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Walkthrough

The private bridge now supports Expect: 100-continue, controls request-body forwarding, relays continuation responses, handles confirmation timeouts, and registers both HTTP request events. Tests cover rejection, continuation, eager bodies, timeouts, and authentication.

Changes

Private bridge continuation flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Response-aware request forwarding
src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts, src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge.test.ts
The bridge delays expected request bodies until upstream confirmation, prevents duplicate forwarding, stops forwarding after an upstream response, relays 100 Continue, cleans up timers, and returns 502 when confirmation times out. Tests cover 413, continuation, eager bodies, timeout behavior, and unauthenticated requests.
Server factory and startup wiring
src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts, src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge.test.ts
createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeServer registers the handler for checkContinue and request events. Bridge startup and test fixtures use the server factory.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ab1a3

The bridge now waits for upstream continuation approval, preserves early rejection responses, and handles unfinished requests correctly; focused tests pass for the changed behavior, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: prekshivyas

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant BridgeServer
  participant Upstream
  Client->>BridgeServer: Send authenticated request headers
  BridgeServer->>Upstream: Send request headers
  Upstream-->>BridgeServer: Send 100 Continue or final response
  BridgeServer-->>Client: Relay continuation or final response
  Client->>BridgeServer: Send request body after continuation
  BridgeServer->>Upstream: Forward request body
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The production and test changes remain within the private bridge request-body, Expect: 100-continue, timeout, cleanup, and rejection-handling scope described by issue #10243.
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The changes address issue #10243 by controlling request-body forwarding after upstream continuation, preserving early rejection responses, and covering oversized or rejected uploads without disrupting later requests.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`:
- Around line 218-222: Update the early-response handling around
upstreamResponse and request.unpipe so the upstream ClientRequest is destroyed
when upstreamResponse ends and upstream.writableEnded is false, while preserving
normal completion behavior. Add a keep-alive regression test without Connection:
close that verifies the rejected upload closes the upstream socket.
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Verdict

PASS. The current revision is safe to merge after repository gates pass. Authenticated Expect: 100-continue requests wait for the managed guard, early final responses retain their original status and body, and incomplete upstream uploads are closed after the response finishes. Unauthenticated requests still receive a local 401 without forwarding credentials or body bytes.

Findings

No security findings.

Detailed analysis

  1. Secrets and credentials — PASS. The bridge still requires one constant-time Bearer credential, replaces it with the canonical managed key upstream, strips forwarding headers, and never logs either credential.
  2. Input validation and data sanitization — PASS. Target host and port validation are unchanged. Node owns HTTP parsing, and request method, path, headers, and body retain one interpretation across the bridge.
  3. Authentication and authorization — PASS. Authentication still occurs before any upstream request except the narrowly defined unauthenticated GET /health probe. Missing, invalid, and duplicate credentials remain rejected locally.
  4. Dependencies and third-party libraries — PASS. No dependency, artifact, registry, lockfile, or runtime-loading changes.
  5. Error handling and logging — PASS. Early 413 responses are preserved instead of rewritten as 502; pre-response upstream failures still return 502; post-response errors cannot overwrite a started response; incomplete upstream requests are destroyed after the response body ends.
  6. Cryptography and data protection — PASS. Credential comparison continues to use timingSafeEqual; no storage, transport, or key-lifecycle mechanism changes.
  7. Configuration and security headers — PASS. Binding authority, private target validation, forwarded-header stripping, authentication response headers, and managed ports are unchanged.
  8. Security testing — PASS. Seventy-eight focused bridge and lifecycle tests pass. New coverage proves early 413 preservation without body forwarding, correct continuation and body forwarding, unauthenticated rejection without body forwarding, and closure of the unfinished keep-alive upstream socket.
  9. System security — PASS. The full state transition is bounded: authenticate, send headers upstream, relay continuation only after upstream acceptance, stop upload on a final response, drain the client side, close an unfinished upstream request, and preserve downstream response integrity.

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  • src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts
  • src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge.test.ts

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Maintainer follow-up is complete for the current revision.

  • Tinson Lai remains the primary contributor and author of the Expect: 100-continue bridge fix.
  • Apurv Kumaria added the focused keep-alive cleanup repair requested by CodeRabbit.
  • All three source commits are GitHub Verified and include DCO sign-offs.
  • The unresolved review thread is now resolved: an early final response closes an unfinished upstream request, and the regression test proves socket closure without a forced-close header.
  • Both focused files pass all 78 tests after refreshing from current main; CLI type-checking, repository checks, formatting, and normal hooks also pass.
  • The sensitive-path review passed all nine categories: fix(inference): relay Expect continuation #10254 (review)
  • The change adds 189 lines and removes 24 across 2 files, below the large-change threshold.

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src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts (3)

207-207: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Track interim upstream responses separately.

The continue listener forwards the upstream 100 Continue response but leaves upstreamResponded false. If the request then emits error, the error listener can call writeUpstreamUnavailable(response) after an upstream response was received. Track interim and final responses separately, and add a regression test for this sequence.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`
at line 207, Update the response-tracking logic around upstream request
listeners to distinguish interim 100 Continue responses from final upstream
responses, ensuring an error after Continue does not call
writeUpstreamUnavailable after a response has already begun. Add a regression
test covering Continue followed by request error and verify the unavailable
response is not written.

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247-255: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Make createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeServer the only public bridge entrypoint.

createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeRequestHandler remains exported and can be attached directly to http.createServer(). Node then sends 100 Continue automatically before the handler can wait for upstream readiness. Remove the handler export unless a documented compatibility window requires it.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`
around lines 247 - 255, Remove the export from
createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeRequestHandler so createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeServer
is the sole public bridge entrypoint, while preserving the handler’s internal
use by the server’s checkContinue and request listeners.

Sources: Path instructions, MCP tools


217-225: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Gate request-body piping on upstream 100 Continue.

When the request includes Expect: 100-continue, wait for upstream's continue event before piping request. The current unconditional request.pipe(upstream) can forward body bytes before upstream accepts them. Keep immediate piping for ordinary requests. Add a boundary test for this case.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`
around lines 217 - 225, Update the request forwarding flow around upstream and
request so requests with Expect: 100-continue begin piping only after upstream
emits continue, while ordinary requests still pipe immediately. Preserve the
existing response handling, and add a boundary test covering the deferred
request-body piping behavior.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`:
- Line 207: Update the response-tracking logic around upstream request listeners
to distinguish interim 100 Continue responses from final upstream responses,
ensuring an error after Continue does not call writeUpstreamUnavailable after a
response has already begun. Add a regression test covering Continue followed by
request error and verify the unavailable response is not written.
- Around line 247-255: Remove the export from
createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeRequestHandler so createLlamaCppPrivateBridgeServer
is the sole public bridge entrypoint, while preserving the handler’s internal
use by the server’s checkContinue and request listeners.
- Around line 217-225: Update the request forwarding flow around upstream and
request so requests with Expect: 100-continue begin piping only after upstream
emits continue, while ordinary requests still pipe immediately. Preserve the
existing response handling, and add a boundary test covering the deferred
request-body piping behavior.

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CI classifications for the current work:

  • The earlier CLI shard failure was test flakiness outside this PR. profile-list.test.ts exceeded its 5-second limit under shard load; all six tests pass locally in 554 ms on the refreshed branch.
  • The current changed-path and growth jobs are externally blocked by the GitHub App installation API limit. The logs show HTTP 403 and a retry-after interval of about 15 minutes while listing this PR's files. The aggregate check failed only because changed-path discovery failed.

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Verdict

PASS. The current revision is safe to merge after repository gates pass. It preserves early upstream rejections, waits for upstream acceptance before forwarding an expected request body even when a client sends early, and closes incomplete upstream uploads.

Findings

No security findings.

Detailed analysis

  1. Secrets and credentials — PASS. The bridge still requires one constant-time Bearer credential, replaces it with the canonical managed key upstream, strips forwarding headers, and does not log credentials.
  2. Input validation and data sanitization — PASS. Private target and port validation are unchanged. The bridge recognizes the normalized HTTP Expect header and preserves one request interpretation across both hops.
  3. Authentication and authorization — PASS. Authentication still occurs before forwarding, except for the defined unauthenticated health probe. Invalid or duplicate credentials are rejected locally without forwarding request bodies.
  4. Dependencies and third-party libraries — PASS. No dependency, artifact, registry, lockfile, or runtime-loading changes.
  5. Error handling and logging — PASS. Early final responses retain their status and body. Failures before a final upstream response return 502. A 100 Continue response remains informational, so a later upstream failure can still produce the final error response.
  6. Cryptography and data protection — PASS. Credential comparison continues to use timingSafeEqual. No storage, transport, or key-lifecycle mechanism changes.
  7. Configuration and security headers — PASS. Binding authority, private target validation, forwarded-header stripping, authentication headers, and managed ports are unchanged.
  8. Security testing — PASS. Seventy-nine focused bridge and lifecycle tests pass. Coverage now includes a client that sends its body before continuation; the bridge holds those bytes until the managed guard accepts the request.
  9. System security — PASS. The flow is bounded: authenticate, forward headers, wait for upstream acceptance when requested, relay the continuation, forward the body once, stop on a final response, drain the client side, and close an unfinished upstream request.

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Maintainer follow-up for the current revision:

  • The request-body gating finding was valid and is fixed. For an expected request body, the bridge now sends upstream headers first and begins forwarding body bytes only after the managed guard returns 100 Continue. A new test proves that even an eager client cannot send body bytes through the bridge before acceptance.
  • The lower-level request handler is now private. The server factory is the only exported construction path, which keeps Node from automatically acknowledging the client before the managed guard decides.
  • The interim-response tracking suggestion does not require a change. 100 Continue is informational, not final. If the upstream server then fails before a final response, returning the bridge's final 502 is the correct outcome.
  • Seventy-nine focused bridge and lifecycle tests pass. CLI type checking, repository checks, formatting, and normal hooks also pass.
  • The current security review is PASS: fix(inference): relay Expect continuation #10254 (review)

Tinson Lai remains the primary contributor and author of the bridge fix. Apurv Kumaria is separately credited for the keep-alive cleanup and eager-body hardening repairs. All commits are GitHub Verified and include DCO sign-off.

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Synthesis status: Completed · high confidence · 1 blocker · 0 warnings · 0 suggestions

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PRA-1 Blocker — Close rejected Expect request connections

  • Location: src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts:234
  • Category: correctness
  • Problem: The bridge forwards an upstream final response for an `Expect: 100-continue` request without closing the downstream connection when it has not forwarded the request body.
  • Impact: A client that waits for `100 Continue` does not send its declared body after an upstream rejection. The bridge can retain that incomplete request on a reusable connection until the client timeout.
  • Fix: When `expectsContinue` is true and `forwardingRequestBody` is false, set `Connection: close` on the downstream response and destroy the incoming request after the downstream response finishes.
  • Verification: Inspect the upstream-response callback at lines 229-239 and compare its cleanup with the continuation-timeout callback at lines 275-284.
  • Test coverage: Extend the upstream-rejection test to keep the downstream client open after the 413 response and assert that the bridge closes its socket while the upstream still receives zero request-body bytes.
  • Evidence: src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts:229-239 clears the timer, unpipes and resumes the incoming request, then forwards upstream headers without a Connection: close header or downstream request destruction. src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts:275-284 closes the connection and destroys the incoming request after a continuation timeout. src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge.test.ts:469-518 verifies the rejection and zero upstream body bytes but does not verify downstream socket closure.

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Security review: PASS

No unresolved security findings remain for the current revision.

Category Result Evidence
Secrets and credentials PASS Credential parsing, constant-time comparison, and canonical upstream authorization remain unchanged. No credential values are logged.
Input validation and data sanitization PASS Existing private-address, port, transaction, header, and single-credential validation remains in force.
Authentication and authorization PASS The timeout path is reached only after the existing health-probe or Bearer authorization decision.
Dependencies and third-party libraries PASS No dependency changes.
Error handling and logging PASS A stalled continuation returns the existing sanitized 502 response and closes the upstream request. No internal address or credential is exposed.
Cryptography and data protection PASS Existing constant-time credential comparison remains unchanged. No cryptographic or stored-data behavior changed.
Configuration and security headers PASS Existing no-store and content-type protection headers remain on the unavailable response. No network policy changed.
Security testing PASS Focused tests cover authentication, upstream rejection, accepted continuation, eager request bodies, stalled continuation timeout, connection refusal, and socket cleanup.
System security PASS The 30-second continuation guard bounds retained client and upstream resources. It is cleared on continuation, final response, upstream error, and client failure or disconnect.

Files reviewed: the private bridge process and its focused test file.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`:
- Around line 271-275: Update the continuation-timeout callback in the upstream
request handling flow to resume or drain request before writing the 502 response
via writeUpstreamUnavailable, ensuring eager request bodies are consumed and
keep-alive connections remain reusable. Add a regression test covering an eager
body followed by a later request on the same socket.
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continueTimer = setTimeout(() => {
continueTimer = undefined;
upstream.destroy();
writeUpstreamUnavailable(response);
}, UPSTREAM_CONTINUE_TIMEOUT_MS);

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In Node.js, managing unread request bodies is critical for connection reuse, particularly when using keep-alive connections [1]. When an HTTP/1.1 connection is kept alive, the server must account for the entire request body before it can safely reuse the socket for subsequent requests [1]. If your server receives a request but chooses not to read its body—for example, if you reject a request with an error response like 401 Unauthorized before consuming the data—the unread bytes remain in the incoming stream [1]. Leaving these bytes unread can cause subsequent requests on the same connection to fail or behave unpredictably because the HTTP parser remains out of sync with the actual stream state [1]. To maintain a healthy connection, your application must explicitly discard or consume the unread body (e.g., by calling request.resume or draining the stream) or explicitly close the connection [1]. Regarding the 'checkContinue' event: This event is emitted when the server receives a request with the 'Expect: 100-continue' header [2][3][4]. 1. If you do not listen for 'checkContinue', Node.js automatically sends a '100 Continue' response, signaling the client to proceed with sending the request body [2][3][4]. 2. If you do handle this event, you are responsible for deciding whether to continue [2][3][4]. - Call response.writeContinue if the client should proceed [2][3][4]. - Alternatively, send a different response (such as 400 Bad Request or 401 Unauthorized) if the client should not proceed [2][3][4]. 3. When 'checkContinue' is handled, the standard 'request' event is not emitted [2][5][3][4]. Note that request.resume is often used to switch a stream into flowing mode, which effectively drains and discards any remaining data in the buffer [3][6][4]. Failing to consume the data or explicitly close the connection when a body is present will likely prevent proper keep-alive connection reuse and may lead to memory accumulation [1][3][4].

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Drain request when the continuation timer expires.

If an eager client sends a body before upstream confirmation, resume request before writing the 502 response. Otherwise, the unread body can prevent reuse of the HTTP/1.1 keep-alive connection. Add a regression test for an eager body and a later request on the same socket.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/docker-llama-cpp-private-bridge-process.ts`
around lines 271 - 275, Update the continuation-timeout callback in the upstream
request handling flow to resume or drain request before writing the 502 response
via writeUpstreamUnavailable, ensuring eager request bodies are consumed and
keep-alive connections remain reusable. Add a regression test covering an eager
body followed by a later request on the same socket.

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CI classification for the current revision:

  • CLI shard 3 failed because the unrelated setup-nim-flow-serving-profile.test.ts case exceeded its 5-second limit under shard load.
  • This PR changes only the private llama.cpp bridge process and its focused tests; it does not change that setup-NIM flow.
  • I ran the four-test setup-NIM file five times against this branch. All 20 test executions passed, with each test phase completing in about 3.3 to 3.6 seconds even while the five runs shared the workstation.
  • This is confirmed test flakiness rather than a PR-related failure. I reran only the failed workflow jobs once after the original workflow completed.

The focused bridge suite, including the new stalled-continuation timeout case, passes 21 tests. The remaining checks and advisor synthesis are still being monitored.

Signed-off-by: Apurv Kumaria <akumaria@nvidia.com>

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Security review: PASS

No unresolved security findings remain for the current revision.

Category Result Evidence
Secrets and credentials PASS Credential parsing, constant-time comparison, and canonical upstream authorization remain unchanged. No credential values are logged.
Input validation and data sanitization PASS Existing private-address, port, transaction, header, and single-credential validation remains in force.
Authentication and authorization PASS Continuation handling runs only after the existing health-probe or Bearer authorization decision.
Dependencies and third-party libraries PASS No dependency changes.
Error handling and logging PASS Stalled continuation returns the existing sanitized 502 with a closing connection and exposes no internal address or credential.
Cryptography and data protection PASS Existing constant-time credential comparison remains unchanged. No cryptographic or stored-data behavior changed.
Configuration and security headers PASS Existing no-store and content-type protection headers remain; the timeout response also declares connection closure. No network policy changed.
Security testing PASS Focused tests cover authentication, rejection, accepted continuation, eager request bodies, stalled continuation, active-upload disposal, connection refusal, and socket cleanup.
System security PASS The continuation guard bounds both upstream and inbound resources. It destroys the upstream request, flushes the 502, closes the client connection, and clears on every normal or failed terminal path.

Files reviewed: the private bridge process and its focused test file.

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cv merged commit 722fe87 into main Aug 25, 2026
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cv deleted the fix/private-bridge-expect-continue branch August 25, 2026 17:21
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Post-merge follow-up:

The merged revision does not include the final advisor repair for early upstream rejection. When the upstream server returns a final response before accepting an Expect: 100-continue body, the bridge can retain the incomplete client connection.

The repair is implemented and verified in #10283. Its loopback test confirms all three required results:

  • The client receives the upstream 413 response.
  • The upstream receives zero request-body bytes.
  • The bridge closes the incomplete client connection after the response.

The repository closed #10283 automatically because Apurv Kumaria already has 10 open PRs. None of Apurv's non-excluded open PRs is conclusively superseded. #10044 still requires a lifecycle design decision.

Tinson Lai remains the primary contributor for the continuation support in this merged PR. Apurv authors only the post-merge connection-lifecycle repair. A human must free an eligible PR slot before #10283 can reopen and complete repository gates.

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