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Summary

  • Add opt-in forwardClientHeaders to openai-responses providers so selected inbound client metadata can be copied to inference requests.
  • Keep provider-configured headers authoritative and preserve the existing caller User-Agent fallback behavior.
  • Reject credential-bearing and transport-owned headers such as Authorization, cookies, API-key headers, Content-Type, Content-Length, Host, and x-oai-attestation; the same denylist is enforced again at runtime if config validation is bypassed.
  • Treat header names case-insensitively, reject duplicates, and cap the list at 64 entries.
  • Document the new provider option and register focused regression coverage in the test-layout fixtures.

This is intended for Responses-compatible gateways that need non-secret client metadata such as originator, x-client-request-id, or client version headers to select compatibility behavior, without enabling broad caller-header passthrough.

Verification

  • Focused forwardClientHeaders regression tests: 5/5 passed.
  • Test-layout / registration checks: 4/4 passed.
  • TypeScript validation: passed.
  • Privacy scan: passed.
  • git diff --check: passed.
  • PR branch base: a6114b62ed1b65dede802359ccd373d913979b24 (verified within the repository's ≤10-commit dev readiness window on 2026-10-01).

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for credential/header leakage and unsafe defaults.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • OpenAI Responses providers can be configured to forward selected inbound client metadata headers when the corresponding provider header is not set. The caller’s User-Agent remains a fallback when no provider User-Agent is configured.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Invalid, duplicate, credential-related, and transport-owned header names are rejected in configuration; restricted headers are also excluded from forwarding at runtime.
  • Documentation
    • Updated provider configuration and OpenAI Responses documentation to explain header forwarding, precedence, and restrictions, including the separate fixed allowlist for canonical forward authentication.

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Walkthrough

Adds forwardClientHeaders to provider configuration and validates its header names. The OpenAI Responses adapter uses the allowlist to forward selected caller headers, while preserving provider-header precedence and filtering blocked names.

Changes

Responses client-header forwarding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define and validate the header allowlist
src/types/provider.ts, src/lib/provider-client-headers.ts, src/config/provider-validation.ts, src/config/schema/config-schema.ts, src/server/auth-cors.ts, src/providers/model-rename-fields.ts, structure/config.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/providers.md
Adds the optional forwardClientHeaders provider field. Shared validation checks header syntax, blocked names, duplicates, and the 64-name limit. Config loading and provider management report validation errors.
Forward selected headers in Responses requests
src/adapters/openai-responses/passthrough.ts, tests/responses/openai-responses-forward-client-headers.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md, structure/transports/responses.md
The adapter forwards configured caller headers that are present and not already set by provider headers. Tests cover precedence, blocked headers, and validation. Documentation describes the allowlist and the existing User-Agent fallback.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant OpenAIResponsesPassthrough
  participant OcxProviderConfig
  participant ResponsesAPI
  Client->>OpenAIResponsesPassthrough: Sends request headers
  OpenAIResponsesPassthrough->>OcxProviderConfig: Reads forwardClientHeaders and headers
  OpenAIResponsesPassthrough->>ResponsesAPI: Sends request with selected headers
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to bb8eb

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Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to bb8eb

The change affects 5 systems.

Changed systems: src, docs-site, structure, tests, scripts

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  • observed — src (service) was modified; 7 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — docs-site (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — structure (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — tests (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/providers.md: Documents forwardClientHeaders? as an openai-responses option for forwarding selected inbound metadata headers when the provider has not set them. Names are case-insensitive and may not repeat; credential and transport-owned headers are rejected and filtered at runtime. Provider headers remains authoritative, with the existing caller User-Agent fallback when neither source sets one.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/test-layout/layout.json: The explicit test layout now assigns openai-responses-forward-client-headers.test.ts to responses.
  • observed — Modified behavior in src/adapters/openai-responses/passthrough.ts: Imports normalizeForwardedClientHeaderName for validating configured forwarded-header names.
  • observed — Modified behavior in src/adapters/openai-responses/passthrough.ts: Adds configured caller-header forwarding: for each opted-in name, normalize it, skip invalid names or headers already present case-insensitively, and copy the incoming value when non-empty.
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Review comments at @docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md:
- Around line 140-142: Update the `forwardClientHeaders` description to clarify
that it selects additional caller metadata, while canonical ChatGPT forward auth
continues using its separate fixed header allowlist. Limit provider-header
precedence to metadata selected through `forwardClientHeaders`; retain the
existing restrictions on credential and transport-owned names.

Review comments at @src/lib/provider-client-headers.ts:
- Around line 20-21: Add api-key to the shared provider client header denylist
alongside x-api-key and x-goog-api-key so configuration validation and runtime
normalization reject forwarding it; add configuration and runtime assertions in
the Responses forward-client-headers tests.

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- Around line 798-799: In the canonical openai seed comparison, exclude
forwardClientHeaders from the candidate before exact comparison, while keeping
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Triage at 2547b1f: this remains draft with readiness 1/4 and an explicit unsponsored auth/editor surface; I am not adding sponsorship to clear the gate. Existing review comments still need resolution on the current implementation, including the canonical-provider seed comparison and the separate canonical header-forwarding contract in the docs. The current auth-cors diff validates the new field but does not exclude it from exact canonical-seed comparison, so the reported canonical-provider configuration failure is not addressed by validation alone. Add management-entrypoint coverage rather than only direct passthrough-helper assertions. No new security scan was run; the credential/header-boundary signoff must remain independent of readiness, helper tests or CI execution permission.

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Addressed all three findings in 9e69f15:

  • block credential-bearing api-key with mixed-case validation and runtime coverage in both auth modes;
  • allow canonical OpenAI forwardClientHeaders as an operator overlay while validating it separately;
  • document the canonical ChatGPT fixed forwarding allowlist.

Focused regression tests: 5/5 passed. TypeScript typecheck and git diff --check passed.

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@lidge-jun @Ingwannu — the contributor-side review work is complete on exact head 9e69f154dd72f79f75a4f451acf7bbe858b5a9f2.

  • All three CodeRabbit findings are fixed and confirmed resolved.
  • Focused forwardClientHeaders regression tests: 5/5 passed.
  • TypeScript validation and git diff --check passed.
  • The PR is still based on current dev (a6114b62ed1b65dede802359ccd373d913979b24).
  • The remaining deterministic gate is unsponsored_surface because src/server/auth-cors.ts is a restricted security-boundary file.

Could you please perform the required security review for this exact head and, if it passes, apply maintainer-sponsored and approve/start the waiting fork CI workflows? The two current Actions runs are action_required with zero jobs started, so there is no code-test failure to address from the contributor side.

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@lidge-jun @Ingwannu Current exact head is bb8eb250c6b228e3ab7bbcae0a16acc510103dbe. The only change from the previously reviewed 9e69f15 is a regression-test improvement exercising a configurable forward-auth header (x-custom-client-meta); production code is unchanged. Focused tests are 5/5, TypeScript --noEmit passes, and git diff --check passes. Please review this exact head for the required security gate / maintainer-sponsored label and approve the fork CI when convenient.

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The two failed checks on #6382 both report unsponsored_surface for src/server/auth-cors.ts.

Current head: bb8eb250c6b228e3ab7bbcae0a16acc510103dbe; base: dev. All four inline review threads are now resolved.

The auth-cors diff adds shared allowlist validation, treats forwardClientHeaders as an editor overlay for canonical seed matching, and registers the option in the editor field policy. Related configuration and runtime code rejects credential/transport header names, including api-key, and preserves provider-configured header precedence.

The current-head PR description reports 5/5 focused regression tests, 4/4 layout checks, TypeScript validation, privacy scan, and git diff --check passing. These are author-reported results; this session did not rerun the Bun suite. A local replay of the retrieved sponsorship rule confirms that src/server/auth-cors.ts is the only restricted path in this diff and that the current labels leave the sponsorship gate blocked.

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robin-bially pushed a commit to robin-bially/opencodex that referenced this pull request Oct 3, 2026
lidge-jun#6382)

Support opt-in metadata forwarding with provider header precedence.
Narrow the contributor denylist design to four supported non-secret metadata names.
Reject arbitrary names at config boundaries and filter again at runtime.

Reimplements lidge-jun#6382 by @2836048681.

Co-authored-by: 2836048681 <121647131+2836048681@users.noreply.github.com>
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Superseded by the integration in #6487, with reviewed follow-up fixes in #6490 and Windows validation repairs in #6494/#6495, all merged into dev.

The requested opt-in header-forwarding capability was reimplemented with a four-name metadata allowlist and preserved credential boundaries. Unrestricted forwarding was deliberately not adopted.

Original carry commit: 7ccc5929cce938a20f38a50533ff1d79a79dd502. Attribution to @2836048681 is preserved in the integration history and merge trailers. The final integrated candidate passed the complete cross-platform CI run.

Closing this PR as superseded, not claiming that its original head was merged. Thank you for the contribution.

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