feat(server): resolve client addresses from configurable trusted proxies by SantiagoDePolonia · Pull Request #1061 · ENTERPILOT/GoModel

SantiagoDePolonia · 2026-09-20T10:13:50Z

Follow-up to #1049, addressing the review discussion there.

User-visible impact

LOGGING_TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS is replaced by three server.* settings. The old key is no longer accepted — it was added in #1049 and is not in any tag, so nothing released carries it.

Variable	Default
`SERVER_TRUSTED_PROXIES`	(empty)	CIDRs, bare IPs, or the presets `loopback` / `private`
`SERVER_CLIENT_IP_HEADER`	`X-Forwarded-For`	any other header carries one address and is taken verbatim
`SERVER_TRUSTED_HOPS`	`0`	take the XFF entry at a fixed depth instead of scanning the chain

Default behavior is unchanged: nothing is trusted, forwarding headers are ignored, and the socket peer is recorded. Setting a header or hop count without SERVER_TRUSTED_PROXIES is a startup error rather than a setting that silently does nothing.

SERVER_CLIENT_IP_HEADER closes a real gap — behind Cloudflare or a cloud load balancer the correct answer is to take CF-Connecting-IP verbatim, and a chain scan is the wrong algorithm there. RFC 7239 Forwarded is rejected at startup with a message naming the headers that work, rather than misread as an address.

Nothing is trusted implicitly, including private space. A home lab with clients on 192.168.1.0/24 and a cluster on 10.42.0.0/16 lists 10.42.0.0/16 alone; the docs steer away from the private preset for exactly that reason.

Structure

One resolver, at the server, feeding c.RealIP():

internal/auditlog/clientip.go is deleted. The policy lives in config/clientip.go, is parsed once at load into []netip.Prefix, and is installed as the echo.IPExtractor in internal/app/init_server.go. internal/auditlog/middleware.go is back to plain ClientIP: c.RealIP(), so audit entries, rate limit keys and logs agree and future consumers get it for free.
The two parsers with two behaviours for one setting (NormalizeTrustedProxyCIDRs validating strings, ParseTrustedProxies re-parsing them with different semantics) are now one.
net/netip replaces net.IP/net.IPNet, which removes canonicalProxyCIDR, singleHostCIDR, the ::ffff: handling and the manual %zone stripping, and drops the per-request allocation. The IPv4-mapped cases from the feat: add setting to show real client IP instead of proxy IP in audit logs #1049 review are still pinned by tests, including the /96 boundary.

Hop counting uses depth semantics (1 = rightmost entry), matching Traefik and Caddy.

Tests

config/clientip_test.go carries the resolution table (chain scan, single-header mode, hop depth, presets, mapped IPv4, zones, spoofing attempts), internal/server/clientip_test.go covers the extractor and its installation, and the audit middleware and e2e tests check the wiring end to end. internal/echotest gained WithRemoteAddr and WithIPExtractor, and now pins ExtractIPDirect so tests start from the server's baseline rather than echo's header-trusting zero value.

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New Features
- Added trusted-proxy support for resolving client IP addresses behind reverse proxies.
- Supports loopback/private network presets, configurable forwarding headers, and hop-based address resolution.
- Forwarded headers are ignored unless the connecting proxy is trusted.
Documentation
- Added configuration examples and environment-variable guidance for client IP resolution.
Configuration Changes
- Replaced the logging-specific proxy setting with shared server-level configuration.
- Audit logs now use the server’s resolved client address.

Replaces LOGGING_TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS (unreleased, added in #1049) with SERVER_TRUSTED_PROXIES, SERVER_CLIENT_IP_HEADER, and SERVER_TRUSTED_HOPS. The old key is not accepted.

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The change introduces shared trusted-proxy client IP resolution. Server configuration now controls trusted networks, headers, and hop selection. Echo uses the resolved address, while audit logging removes its separate proxy-resolution implementation.

Changes

Client IP policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Client IP policy and validation `config/clientip.go`, `config/clientip_test.go`	Adds `ClientIPPolicy`, trusted-network presets, header validation, hop selection, address normalization, fallback behavior, and policy tests.

Server configuration and settings migration

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Server configuration and settings migration `config/server.go`, `config/config.go`, `config/logging.go`, `config/config.example.yaml`, `.env.template`, `docs/advanced/configuration.mdx`	Moves trusted-proxy settings to `ServerConfig`, resolves the policy during load, removes logging-specific proxy settings, and updates configuration documentation.

Server and audit runtime integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Server and audit runtime integration `internal/server/`, `internal/app/`, `internal/auditlog/`, `internal/echotest/`, `tests/e2e/auditlog_test.go`	Installs the policy as Echo’s IP extractor, records `c.RealIP()` in audit entries, removes the audit-specific resolver, logs the active policy, and updates unit and end-to-end tests.

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  participant Client
  participant Echo
  participant ClientIPPolicy
  participant AuditMiddleware
  Client->>Echo: Send request with remote address and forwarding header
  Echo->>ClientIPPolicy: Resolve client address
  ClientIPPolicy-->>Echo: Return trusted client address or socket peer
  Echo->>AuditMiddleware: Provide c.RealIP()
  AuditMiddleware-->>Client: Record audit ClientIP

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greptile-apps · 2026-09-20T10:20:11Z

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feat(server): resolve client addresses from configurable trusted proxies

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Replaces LOGGING_TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS (unreleased, added in #1049) with SERVER_TRUSTED_PROXIES, SERVER_CLIENT_IP_HEADER, and SERVER_TRUSTED_HOPS. The old key is not accepted.

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