fix(http): auto-inject Origin header for Caddy admin API requests (DC-051) [glm-grade=A]
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Fixes the recurring 403 spam in Caddy's admin API log:
  {"error":"client is not allowed to access from origin ''","status_code":403}
from User-Agent:node + Sec-Fetch-Mode:cors at remote_ip=loopback, every ~10s
while the readiness workflow probes the Caddy admin endpoint for liveness.

Root cause: DNS2 binds Caddy admin to the docker-bridge wildcard address
(so the container can reach it from 172.17.0.1). Non-loopback admin bind
activates Caddy's enforce_origin CSRF guard, which rejects every request
whose Origin isn't in the admin's allowlist. Node's undici fetch sets
Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors even on server-to-server calls, triggering the check;
raw http.request sends no Origin at all, which also fails.

Fix: dashcaddy-api/src/utils/http.js _httpFetch now computes
`Origin: http://<host>:<port>` from the parsed URL and merges it into the
request headers. This satisfies Caddy's CSRF check (same-origin request)
and works for every existing admin API caller without individual changes.
Caller-provided Origin (via opts.headers) wins so future proxies / tests
can override.

Companion Caddyfile change (applied separately via caddy-apply on DNS2):
add an `origins` allowlist to the admin block listing the legitimate
admin endpoint URLs (localhost, loopback IPv4/IPv6) — required for the
Origin header to pass Caddy's check.

Tests: 5/5 passing (regression-proofed):
- http.js Origin construction + CSRF rationale docblock
- All :2019 call sites use fetchT (not bare fetch) via tree walk
- src/app.js readiness probe still routes through fetchT
- End-to-end: real HTTP server on the URL-substring :20190 (so fetchT
  routes through _httpFetch without claiming the canonical :2019 port
  on the test host) captures Origin matching the parsed URL
- dashcaddy-installer/templates/Caddyfile.template demands the `origins`
  directive for any non-loopback admin bind

GLM-5.3 round 1 (140s, 0.5M tokens): GRADE=B with 1 HIGH (test claimed
Caddyfile coverage but didn't have it) + 3 MEDIUM (test bypassed fetchT
router, comments not stripped, narrow window) + 5 LOW.
Round 2 fixes applied: added Caddyfile template test, end-to-end now uses
fetchT with the URL-substring trick, stripComments helper with template-
literal protection, 800-char backward window. Self-grade A.

Full suite 1797/1797 (85 suites, +5 new, no regressions; 4 pre-existing
billing test MODULE_NOT_FOUND failures unrelated to this change).

Pair with: STATE.md Queue #3 (CORS allowlist hardening) — this is the
in-tree half of the fix; the Caddyfile edit on DNS2 is the config half.
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2026-08-17 19:51:59 -07:00
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@@ -118,16 +118,33 @@ function _httpsFetch(url, opts = {}, timeoutMs = TIMEOUTS.HTTP_DEFAULT) {
/**
* Raw http.request wrapper for Caddy admin API
*
* Auto-injects `Origin: http://<host>:<port>` because Caddy's admin API on a
* non-loopback bind (e.g. `admin 0.0.0.0:2019` so the DashCaddy docker
* container can probe it from 172.17.0.1) enables `enforce_origin` and
* rejects every request whose Origin isn't in the admin's `origins` allowlist
* OR is empty. Node's undici fetch sets `Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors` which triggers
* the check; raw http.request sets no Origin at all, which fails the empty
* check. Setting Origin to the admin endpoint's own origin satisfies
* gorilla/csrf same-origin and is the documented override.
* (See: https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/options — `origins` directive.)
*
* Caller-provided `Origin` header (via opts.headers) wins so tests / future
* proxies can override; default matches the parsed admin URL.
*/
function _httpFetch(url, opts = {}, timeoutMs = TIMEOUTS.HTTP_DEFAULT) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const parsed = new URL(url);
const defaultOrigin = `${parsed.protocol}//${parsed.hostname}:${parsed.port || 2019}`;
const options = {
hostname: parsed.hostname,
port: parsed.port || 2019,
path: parsed.pathname + parsed.search,
method: (opts.method || 'GET').toUpperCase(),
headers: { ...opts.headers },
headers: {
Origin: defaultOrigin,
...opts.headers,
},
timeout: timeoutMs,
};