fix(common-http): exempt the egress proxy only on proxy connections

[dmitry-tokarev-nv]

Linear: OPS-8831

Summary

This follow-up to #14474 answers its two open review threads, and it fixes the HTTP sweep benchmark.

• Proxy connections. The connect-time resolver exempted a configured proxy by host name on every connection, also on connections that did not go through the proxy. Fetches that a trusted proxy carries now run on their own session. Only the resolver of that session exempts the proxy, and only at the proxy's own host and port. Direct fetches run on a session whose resolver exempts nothing.
• Error type in the TensorRT-LLM video path. The generic handler of that path wrapped HttpConfigurationError in HttpStatusError(400), so a valid video request through an untrusted proxy failed as a client error. The path now re-raises the error before that handler, as the shared image, audio and video loaders do.
• HTTP sweep. The sweep fetches from its own media server on localhost. The client refuses private addresses unless DYN_MM_ALLOW_INTERNAL=1, and a per-request policy cannot loosen that (AiohttpClient._connect_allows_private). Every request failed, and the sweep still exited 0. If the variable is not set, the sweep now sets it to 1. If every request of a pair fails, the sweep exits 1 and names the pair.

The two kinds of fetch do not share a connector. aiohttp caches DNS answers per connector, keyed by (host, port) (TCPConnector._resolve_host in aiohttp 3.14.3 and 3.14.4).

Two behavior changes follow. The client can keep up to three connection pools: permissive, strict and direct, and strict through a trusted proxy. The help text of --http-max-connections says so. Also, a fetch without a URL policy now follows redirects in the client instead of in aiohttp. Each hop runs the proxy gate and picks its own session, as on the policy path. So a redirect into a URL that a proxy carries needs DYN_MM_TRUST_EGRESS_PROXY=1, like a first hop. On main, that hop went through the proxy without the check. One time budget still covers the whole request, the limit stays at 10 redirects, and an overflow raises the same error as on main. Each redirect target is checked as aiohttp 3.14.4 checks it, and the obsolete URI header still redirects. So a target that aiohttp refuses raises the same error as on main. aiohttp 3.14.3 also refused a target such as http:path, which aiohttp 3.14.4 and the client resolve against the current URL. Like aiohttp, the client sends the credentials of a URL again after a redirect to the same origin, and drops them after a redirect to another origin. A fetch with a URL policy did not send them again on main, and it does not change. A first URL that does not parse now fails with HttpConnectionError on a fetch without a URL policy, with or without the trusted-proxy opt-in. On main, it did so only with the opt-in, and it raised ValueError without it. In this repository, only the sweep fetches without a policy, and the sweep now sets DYN_MM_ALLOW_INTERNAL=1.

Validation

All runs used the CI test images built from main at c746b5de1b. The base of this branch, 7d82c10d9e, adds only docs and sidecar launch scripts to that commit. Each run loaded the Python code from its tree through PYTHONPATH. Every container ran with --network none, and the TensorRT-LLM container also ran with --gpus all.

Tests, with the same selection on both trees:

Selection	main	This branch	main source with this branch's tests
components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http, benchmarks/multimodal/http/tests	138 passed	150 passed	16 failed, 134 passed
components/src/dynamo/common/tests -m "pre_merge and gpu_0"	1 failed, 767 passed, 4 skipped	1 failed, 776 passed, 4 skipped
components/src/dynamo/sglang/tests -m "pre_merge and sglang and gpu_0"	15 failed, 881 passed, 1 skipped	15 failed, 881 passed, 1 skipped
components/src/dynamo/trtllm/tests/test_trtllm_multimodal_processor.py	27 passed	28 passed	1 failed, 27 passed

On main source, 8 of the 16 failures are the new behavior tests, and each fails for the expected reason: the stub server received the connection, the sweep returned 0, or the sweep reached its server 0 times. The other 8 use the new via_proxy parameter or the new session keys. The TensorRT-LLM failure is the new test, which gets HttpStatusError(400) on main. The failures that both trees share have no relation to this change: no network for Hugging Face downloads and one DNS lookup, and one data file that the test tree did not include.

Later commits merged main at c5d615ea59, changed the redirects, shared the cookie jar, checked the redirect targets, handled a first URL that does not parse and kept URL credentials on a same-origin redirect. Their runs used the test images built from main at 1e1a9e4593. There, the HTTP and benchmark selection passes 173 of 173, and main passes 149 of 149. The TensorRT-LLM module passes 45 of 45, and main passes 44 of 44. The two new redirect tests fail on e31768c3b4, the cookie jar test fails on 1578276ff4, the four redirect target tests fail on 6a49752d86, the two tests of a URL that does not parse fail on 3cda3558ce, and the same-origin credentials test fails on 6007b99031.

Twenty-two mutations of the fix each fail at least one test, and each restored file matches its original SHA-256.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Direct HTTP requests continue to be checked for access to private addresses, even when a trusted proxy is configured.
  • Trusted-proxy requests use separate connection handling, and proxy exceptions apply only to the configured host and port.
  • Video request configuration errors are now reported as configuration errors rather than client errors.

• Benchmarking

  • HTTP sweeps now return a failure status when any rate and processing-time combination has measured requests but no successes.

• Documentation

  • Clarified proxy behavior and the potential combined connection limit.

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Walkthrough

The HTTP client now selects separate direct and trusted-proxy sessions and applies proxy exemptions to exact host-and-port endpoints. Video loading preserves HTTP configuration errors. The multimodal HTTP sweep sets an internal-address default when unset and reports failure when a measured grid pair has no successful requests.

Changes

Trusted Proxy HTTP Policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Proxy endpoint filtering and session selection components/src/dynamo/common/http/_ssrf_resolver.py, components/src/dynamo/common/http/aiohttp_client.py	The resolver exempts configured proxy host-and-port endpoints only when resolving through a proxy. The client selects and caches sessions by private-address permission and proxy use.
Proxy policy validation and connection limits components/src/dynamo/common/configuration/groups/http_args.py, components/src/dynamo/common/http/README.md, components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http/*	Tests cover direct and proxied connections, resolver filtering, and three distinct connection pools. The documentation and help text describe proxy-specific sessions and the aggregate connection limit.
Video HTTP configuration errors components/src/dynamo/trtllm/multimodal_processor.py, components/src/dynamo/trtllm/tests/test_trtllm_multimodal_processor.py	Video loading re-raises HttpConfigurationError. A test checks that an untrusted proxy error is not converted to HttpStatusError.

Multimodal HTTP Sweep

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Sweep environment setup and failure status benchmarks/multimodal/http/sweep.py	The entry point sets DYN_MM_ALLOW_INTERNAL only when unset. The sweep reports measured grid pairs with no successful requests and returns status 1 if any are found.
Sweep status and loopback coverage benchmarks/multimodal/http/tests/test_http_sweep_runner.py	Tests verify exit status and failure output, and exercise successful requests to a hostname-based loopback media server.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e3176

The change correctly limits proxy exemptions to proxy connections. However, a redirect followed through the trusted-proxy session can still make a direct connection to the private proxy endpoint. Known exposure is narrow, because the only repository fetch without a URL policy is the sweep, which already allows internal addresses. Resolve the redirect handling and make the new proxy tests independent of the runner's environment before merging.

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benchmarks/multimodal/http/tests/test_http_sweep_runner.py (1)

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Put server startup under test-owned teardown.

The server and thread start before the try/finally block. If later setup raises, the test leaves the server running. Use a server fixture that owns startup and teardown, or begin protected setup before starting the server. As per path instructions, Python tests must flag “hand-rolled engine or infrastructure lifecycle.”

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Move ThreadingHTTPServer startup into test-owned teardown protection so any
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Review comments at @benchmarks/multimodal/http/tests/test_http_sweep_runner.py:
- Line 112: In `test_http_sweep_runner.py`, mark the stubbed
`test_sweep_exit_status_flags_a_pair_that_measured_nothing` test as `unit` and
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Review comments at @components/src/dynamo/common/http/aiohttp_client.py:
- Around line 192-193: Update _fetch_simple to disable automatic redirects and
handle each redirect explicitly, calling _require_trusted_egress_proxy and
_get_session for the current redirect URL so every hop selects the appropriate
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- Around line 95-99: Update the _strict_deployment_with_loopback_dns autouse
fixture to clear inherited uppercase and lowercase HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY,
ALL_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables with monkeypatch before each test
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• benchmarks/multimodal/http/sweep.py
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• components/src/dynamo/common/configuration/groups/http_args.py
• components/src/dynamo/common/http/README.md
• components/src/dynamo/common/http/_ssrf_resolver.py
• components/src/dynamo/common/http/aiohttp_client.py
• components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http/test_aiohttp_client.py
• components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http/test_proxy_connections.py
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[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: Still present: _fetch_simple selects one session before session.get(..., allow_redirects=True), so redirect hops do not re-run proxy trust/session selection for the redirected URL.
• Original discussion: Still present: _fetch_simple still calls session.get(..., allow_redirects=True) after selecting one session for the original URL, so redirects are not re-evaluated through proxy/session selection.
• Original discussion: Still present: _strict_deployment_with_loopback_dns clears only DYN_MM_ALLOW_INTERNAL and DYN_MM_TRUST_EGRESS_PROXY; inherited proxy environment variables are not cleared before tests configure their proxy.
• Original discussion: Still present: _strict_deployment_with_loopback_dns clears only the Dynamo env vars and patches DefaultResolver; it does not clear inherited uppercase and lowercase proxy/no-proxy environment variables before individual tests configure their proxy.
• Original discussion: Still present: test_sweep_exit_status_flags_a_pair_that_measured_nothing has no test-type marker, and test_main_reaches_the_local_media_server has no integration or pytest timeout marker.
• Original discussion: Still present: test_sweep_exit_status_flags_a_pair_that_measured_nothing has only the asyncio marker, and test_main_reaches_the_local_media_server still has no explicit test-type or timeout marker.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: _fetch_simple selects the trusted-proxy session once before calling session.get(..., allow_redirects=True). aiohttp re-evaluates environment proxy settings on each redirect, so a request that starts through the trusted proxy can redirect to the proxy host covered by NO_PROXY; that redirected hop goes direct but still uses the resolver whose (proxy_host, proxy_port) exemption was enabled for proxy dialing, bypassing the direct-fetch private-address check. Handle redirects explicitly on this path or otherwise reselect the connector for each redirected URL.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: _fetch_simple selects the trusted-proxy session once before calling session.get(..., allow_redirects=True). aiohttp re-evaluates proxy/NO_PROXY settings for redirected URLs while retaining the same session and connector, so a redirect from a proxied origin to the configured proxy host covered by NO_PROXY can make a direct connection through the resolver that exempts the proxy endpoint. The correction remains to disable automatic redirects on this path and choose the session after evaluating each redirect URL.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: _fetch_simple selects the trusted-proxy session only for the initial URL and then lets aiohttp follow redirects internally. aiohttp re-checks proxy/NO_PROXY for each redirect while reusing the same connector, so a redirect to the configured proxy host covered by NO_PROXY can be dialed directly through the resolver that exempts that private proxy endpoint. Disable automatic redirects on this path and reselect the session for each hop.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: the test_proxy_connections.py autouse fixture clears only DYN_MM_* variables and does not clear inherited lowercase proxy variables. Because the tests then set only uppercase proxy variables, an inherited lowercase http_proxy/https_proxy/all_proxy or no_proxy can change which proxy aiohttp sees and make these connection tests exercise the runner environment instead of the loopback proxy setup.

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[dynamo-review-agent]

This no-proxy control only rechecks the generic direct-fetch private-address block: with no configured proxy, the proxy hostname is just an ordinary host resolving to loopback. The retained test_a_direct_fetch_to_the_proxy_host_is_filtered[http-proxy-port] exercises the same direct AiohttpClient/connect-time resolver boundary while also covering the PR-specific case that the configured proxy host and port receive no exemption on a direct connection; resolver unit tests retain the generic blocked-address contract.

🤖 AI Fix

Remove test_the_proxy_host_name_without_a_proxy_setting_is_filtered and rely on the direct configured-proxy case plus the existing resolver blocked-address tests.

[dmitry-tokarev-nv]

Thanks. I keep this test as the control for the proxy's host name. With no proxy setting, a direct fetch to that name is blocked. [http-proxy-port] adds the proxy setting and gets the same result. So the pair shows that the setting alone does not open the name to a direct fetch.

[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: test_the_proxy_host_name_without_a_proxy_setting_is_filtered is still present and still only rechecks the generic direct-fetch private-address block for an ordinary host resolving to loopback. The retained test_a_direct_fetch_to_the_proxy_host_is_filtered[http-proxy-port] covers the PR-specific direct request to the configured proxy host and port, and the resolver tests keep the generic blocked-address behavior protected.

[dynamo-review-agent]

This positive trusted-proxy case is already exercised by the retained test_a_cached_proxy_answer_is_not_reused_for_a_direct_fetch: that test performs the same trusted proxied fetch to http://origin.test/x and asserts the proxy received the same absolute-URI request before checking the cache boundary. Keeping only the cached-answer test still protects the supported behavior that a trusted private proxy can carry the fetch, while also covering the PR-specific direct-fetch separation.

🤖 AI Fix

Remove test_a_trusted_private_proxy_still_carries_the_fetch and rely on test_a_cached_proxy_answer_is_not_reused_for_a_direct_fetch for the trusted-proxy positive path.

[dmitry-tokarev-nv]

Thanks. I keep this test. In #14474, nv-yna asked for a successful trusted-private-proxy control next to the direct-fetch case (#14474 (comment)), and this test is that control. test_a_cached_proxy_answer_is_not_reused_for_a_direct_fetch makes the same fetch, but only as the setup for its cache check.

[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: Verified still present: test_a_trusted_private_proxy_still_carries_the_fetch duplicates the retained test_a_cached_proxy_answer_is_not_reused_for_a_direct_fetch, which performs the same trusted proxied fetch to http://origin.test/x and fails on the same trusted-proxy positive-path regression before asserting the cache boundary.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: test_the_proxy_host_name_without_a_proxy_setting_is_filtered only rechecks the generic direct-fetch blocked-address behavior. The retained test_a_direct_fetch_to_the_proxy_host_is_filtered[http-proxy-port] covers the PR-specific direct configured-proxy host:port case, while resolver tests retain the generic blocked-address contract.

[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http/test_proxy_connections.py::test_a_trusted_private_proxy_still_carries_the_fetch is still present. It repeats the trusted proxied fetch already performed by test_a_cached_proxy_answer_is_not_reused_for_a_direct_fetch, which retains the same successful proxy request assertion before exercising the cache/direct-fetch boundary.
• Original discussion: components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http/test_proxy_connections.py::test_the_proxy_host_name_without_a_proxy_setting_is_filtered is still present. It only rechecks the generic direct-fetch private-address block; test_a_direct_fetch_to_the_proxy_host_is_filtered[http-proxy-port] retains the PR-specific configured-proxy direct-fetch boundary, and the resolver tests retain the blocked-address contract.

[dynamo-review-agent]

This docstring only restates the test name and setup: the direct origin redirects to a URL carried through the trusted proxy, and the assertions already show that hop reaches the proxy. It can be removed without losing a lasting constraint.

🤖 AI Fix

Remove this redundant test docstring.

[dmitry-tokarev-nv]

Thanks. I keep it. It says that this test is the reverse of the one above it, which the name alone does not say.

[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: The previously raised redundant test docstring is still present at components/src/dynamo/common/tests/http/test_proxy_connections.py:264-265; the test name, placement after the opposite-direction redirect case, setup, and assertions already convey that a direct origin redirects to a URL carried through the trusted proxy.
• Original discussion: test_a_trusted_private_proxy_still_carries_the_fetch is still present, and its trusted-proxy positive path is already exercised by test_a_cached_proxy_answer_is_not_reused_for_a_direct_fetch before that retained test checks the PR-specific cache separation. Removing the standalone positive-control test leaves the supported trusted-proxy fetch behavior protected.
• Original discussion: test_the_proxy_host_name_without_a_proxy_setting_is_filtered is still present, but it only rechecks the generic direct private-address block. The retained test_a_direct_fetch_to_the_proxy_host_is_filtered[http-proxy-port] covers the same AiohttpClient/connect-time boundary while also checking the PR-specific configured proxy host-and-port direct-fetch case, and resolver unit tests retain the generic blocked-address contract.