fix(data): enforce blocklist on manifest-resolved data items - #868
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A data item blocked by ID or content hash remained reachable through any ArNS/manifest path that resolved to it. The data handler only ran the blocklist checks against the top-level request id, which for a manifest request is the manifest tx — not the item it resolves to. sendManifestResponse then fetched and streamed the resolved leaf with no blocklist check, so GET /<manifest>/<path> returned 200 for content that GET /raw/<leaf> correctly returned 451 for. Discovered in production: a Google Safe Browsing-flagged phishing page whose leaf data item was blocked (451 on /raw and bare /<id>) was still served 200 via its manifest path. Fix: check isIdBlocked(resolvedId) before fetching, and isHashBlocked on the resolved item's hash after loading attributes, in sendManifestResponse — mirroring the top-level handler. Blocked content now returns 451 and is never fetched or streamed. Both manifest resolution paths (index and on-demand data parse) pass the validator through. Adds regression tests for the ID- and hash-blocked manifest-resolved cases, asserting 451 and that the underlying data is never fetched. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015MLPvVCsj6mV2CNk8ysAX3
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughManifest resolution now checks resolved item IDs and content hashes before retrieval. Blocked items return ChangesManifest blocklist enforcement
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR correctly blocks manifest-resolved items, but its new validation-failure responses bypass required response signing and trust headers, so clients may be unable to verify those 503 responses. Merge should wait until both paths use the signed error-response flow or the risk is explicitly accepted. Possibly related PRs
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1426-1449: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd TSDoc for
sendManifestResponse.Document the resolved-item blocklist checks and the
booleanreturn contract. This function was changed but has no TSDoc comment.As per coding guidelines, “Add or improve TSDoc comments on code you touch.”
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In `@src/routes/data/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 1478-1493: Update the blocklist validation error paths around
dataBlockListValidator.isIdBlocked to fail closed: record the exception, send a
5xx response, and return immediately instead of continuing to
dataSource.getData(). Apply the same behavior to both affected validation
branches while preserving the existing blocked-item response.
- Around line 1479-1484: Update both branches that call sendBlocked in the
relevant handler to use the required HTTPSIG response-signing path, ensuring
verification-status headers and a signed Content-Digest bound to the response
body are emitted. Extend the regression tests to assert these headers for both
451 response paths while preserving the existing blocked response behavior.
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In `@src/routes/data/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 1426-1449: Add a TSDoc comment for sendManifestResponse describing
its resolved-item blocklist checks and documenting that it returns a boolean
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| if (await dataBlockListValidator.isIdBlocked(resolvedId)) { | ||
| parentSpan?.setAttribute('http.status_code', 451); | ||
| parentSpan?.setAttribute('data.error', 'id_blocked'); | ||
| sendBlocked(res, resolvedId); | ||
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Sign the new 451 response path.
Both branches call sendBlocked, which only sets Cache-Control and sends a body. The response does not set verification-status headers or a signed Content-Digest. Route this response through the required HTTPSIG response-signing path, and add assertions for these headers in the regression tests.
As per coding guidelines, “Responses include trust headers indicating verification status and use HTTPSIG (RFC 9421) to sign response headers with Content-Digest in CO_SIGNABLE_HEADERS binding the body to the signature.”
Also applies to: 1511-1516
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In `@src/routes/data/handlers.ts` around lines 1479 - 1484, Update both branches
that call sendBlocked in the relevant handler to use the required HTTPSIG
response-signing path, ensuring verification-status headers and a signed
Content-Digest bound to the response body are emitted. Extend the regression
tests to assert these headers for both 451 response paths while preserving the
existing blocked response behavior.
Source: Coding guidelines
Address CodeRabbit review on #868: the resolved-item blocklist checks in sendManifestResponse logged validator errors and then continued to fetch and serve the item, so a blocklist-backend outage would silently reopen the manifest-path bypass this PR closes. Both branches (id and hash) now respond 503 and return before dataSource.getData(). Adds a regression test asserting a throwing validator yields 503 and the data is never fetched. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015MLPvVCsj6mV2CNk8ysAX3
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Thanks @coderabbitai — addressed in 5f3ef68: 1. Fail closed on blocklist-check error (Major) — fixed. Both resolved-item branches ( 2. HTTPSIG-sign the 451 response (Major) — intentionally out of scope. This path reuses the existing |
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1426-1460: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winAdd TSDoc for
sendManifestResponse.Document the resolved-item blocklist checks, the 451 and 503 response behavior, and the
trueorfalsereturn contract. This helper controls whether the caller continues to retrieve data.As per coding guidelines, “Add or improve TSDoc comments on code you touch.”
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In `@src/routes/data/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 1488-1500: Route both validation-failure responses in
src/routes/data/handlers.ts at lines 1488-1500 and 1528-1538 through the
existing signed error-response path instead of direct send calls, preserving the
503 status and fail-closed behavior while adding verification-status headers,
Content-Digest, and HTTPSIG signing. Update the related assertions in
src/routes/data/handlers.test.ts at lines 2091-2150 to verify those trust
headers, digest, and signature.
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resolved-item blocklist checks, the conditions producing 451 and 503 responses,
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| parentSpan?.setAttribute('http.status_code', 503); | ||
| parentSpan?.setAttribute('data.error', 'blocklist_check_failed'); | ||
| log.error('Error checking blocklist:', { | ||
| dataId: resolvedId, | ||
| message: error.message, | ||
| stack: error.stack, | ||
| }); | ||
| // Fail closed: if we cannot confirm the resolved item is unblocked, do | ||
| // not serve it — otherwise a validator outage silently reopens the | ||
| // manifest-path bypass this check exists to close. | ||
| res.status(503).send('Unable to verify content policy for this item'); | ||
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Route the new 503 responses through the HTTPSIG signing flow.
The new direct .send() responses set no verification-status headers, Content-Digest, or HTTP signature. This breaks the required response-verification contract.
src/routes/data/handlers.ts#L1488-L1500: Send the resolved-ID validation failure response through the signed error-response path.src/routes/data/handlers.ts#L1528-L1538: Send the resolved-hash validation failure response through the same signed error-response path.src/routes/data/handlers.test.ts#L2091-L2150: Assert the required trust headers,Content-Digest, and signature for the 503 response.
As per coding guidelines, “Responses include trust headers indicating verification status and use HTTPSIG (RFC 9421) to sign response headers with Content-Digest in CO_SIGNABLE_HEADERS binding the body to the signature.”
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src/routes/data/handlers.ts#L1488-L1500(this comment)src/routes/data/handlers.ts#L1528-L1538src/routes/data/handlers.test.ts#L2091-L2150
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In `@src/routes/data/handlers.ts` around lines 1488 - 1500, Route both
validation-failure responses in src/routes/data/handlers.ts at lines 1488-1500
and 1528-1538 through the existing signed error-response path instead of direct
send calls, preserving the 503 status and fail-closed behavior while adding
verification-status headers, Content-Digest, and HTTPSIG signing. Update the
related assertions in src/routes/data/handlers.test.ts at lines 2091-2150 to
verify those trust headers, digest, and signature.
Source: Coding guidelines
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Summary
A data item blocked by ID or content hash was still reachable through any
manifest/ArNS path that resolved to it. The data handler runs its blocklist
checks (
isIdBlocked/isHashBlocked) only against the top-level requestid — which for a manifest request is the manifest tx, not the item the path
resolves to.
sendManifestResponsethen fetched and streamed the resolved leafwith no blocklist check.
Result:
GET /raw/<leaf>andGET /<leaf>correctly return 451, butGET /<manifest>/<path>(and the equivalent ArNShttps://<name>/<path>)returned 200 for the exact same blocked bytes.
How it was found
Production incident on the testnet gateway (
ar-io.dev): a Google SafeBrowsing–flagged phishing page (
wdhl.html) whose leaf data item was alreadyblocked (451 on
/rawand bare/<id>) was still served 200 via itsmanifest path. Blocking the manifest tx worked around it; this PR fixes the
root cause.
Fix
In
sendManifestResponse(src/routes/data/handlers.ts), after a manifestresolves to
resolvedId:isIdBlocked(resolvedId)before fetching data, andisHashBlocked(hash)on the resolved item's attributes,mirroring the top-level handler. On a hit we send 451 via
sendBlockedandreturn "response sent" — the blocked content is never fetched or streamed. The
validator is now threaded into both resolution call sites (index and on-demand
data parse).
Tests
Adds three regression tests to
handlers.test.ts:getDatais never called.getDatais never called.getDatais never called (added in 5f3ef68).
Each asserts that
getDatawas never invoked, not merely that the response was451/503 — the property that matters is that blocked bytes are never fetched.
Verification (local)
eslint src/routes/data/*— cleantsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json— cleanhandlers.test.ts— new tests pass; the only failing test(
fallback range requests,HPE_CLOSED_CONNECTION) is a pre-existingNode-v22 HTTP flake that fails identically on untouched
develop(CI pinsNode v20.11.1 via
.nvmrc).Risk / blast radius
Blocked content that was previously leaking via manifest paths now correctly
returns 451, and is never fetched or streamed.
One behaviour change is not purely enforcement-tightening and is called out
deliberately: the new checks fail closed. If
isIdBlocked/isHashBlockedthrows, the manifest path now returns 503 rather than serving.
isIdBlockedisqueueRead('moderation', ...)— a worker-thread read against the moderationSQLite DB with no internal try/catch — so
SQLITE_BUSY, worker death or a queuetimeout can surface as a throw. During such an outage, manifest and ArNS requests
for non-blocked content return 503 where they previously returned 200.
That is the correct direction (a validator outage must not silently reopen the
bypass this PR exists to close), but it creates an asymmetry worth stating:
with a literal
// TODO return 500atsrc/routes/data/handlers.ts:1126So after this merges, a moderation-DB error 503s manifest/ArNS traffic while
GET /raw/<blocked-id>keeps serving the blocked bytes. The top-level handler isthe half that is wrong, and its own TODO says so — but fixing it changes the
behaviour of the highest-traffic path in the gateway under failure, so it belongs
in its own PR with its own risk discussion rather than riding along here.
Deliberately out of scope
sendBlockedis a bareres.status(451).send()with only aCache-Controlheader, anddevelopalready has four unsigned call sites. This PR adds a fifth in the existing
style; it introduces no new inconsistency. Signing them is a change to the
shared helper and every existing caller.
resolvedId. The top-level handler validatesidwithisValidTxId(handlers.ts:1105, :1696); the manifest path never validates theid it reads out of manifest JSON, which is attacker-controlled. Pre-existing,
and not reachable as a new fault through these checks —
fromB64UrlisBuffer.from(input, 'base64'), which does not throw on malformed input — so aguard is a cheap follow-up rather than a blocker.