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Bobby Ho 166d92ba73 fix: bound request body size on JSON API endpoints (#28168)
## Summary

`httpapi.Read` decoded request bodies with no size limit, so a single
request could allocate memory without bound. This adds a 4 MiB default
ceiling, leaves the endpoints that legitimately need more explicitly
exempted, and counts the rejections so a limit set too tight is visible.

This is the first of three PRs split out of #28048, covering the
endpoints that answer in `codersdk.Response` shape. The OAuth2 decode
paths (RFC 6749, RFC 7591) and the SCIM ones (RFC 7644) answer in their
own error shapes and follow in separate PRs, along with the lint rule
that pins the invariant.

Closes PLAT-463. Remediates SEC-416 (CWE-770, CVSS 7.5) and SEC-392.

## Problem

`httpapi.Read` calls `json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(value)` with no
ceiling, and no middleware in the chain bounds body size. The exposure
is pre-authentication: login, OTP, and first-user creation all read a
body before any authorization decision is reached. The existing rate
limiter bounds request *rate*, which is orthogonal to the memory a
single admitted request may consume.

## Fix

`Read` is split into `Read` and `ReadLimit`. `ReadLimit` wraps `r.Body`
in an `http.MaxBytesReader` and keeps the existing decode and validate
logic; `Read` delegates to it with a new `DefaultMaxRequestBodyBytes` of
4 MiB, which covers the 124 remaining non-test callers at a single site.

`http.MaxBytesReader` composes as tightest-wins, so the handlers that
pre-wrapped their own bodies pass their limit to `ReadLimit` rather than
wrapping, and each keeps its previous ceiling byte for byte. That
matters most for the bulk secrets import at `8 * MaxSecretsFileBytes`:
an unconditional wrap inside `Read` would have silently halved it to the
default. `TestImportUserSecretsBodyLargerThanDefaultLimit` is the
regression guard for that specific failure, and
`TestMaxBytesReaderNesting` pins the composition behavior the whole
requirement rests on.

Every rejection site calls `httpapi.RecordRequestBodyLimit`, which names
the limit that tripped on the request's existing log line and marks the
request so `coderd_api_requests_too_large_total{reason="request_body"}`
counts body rejections apart from the 413s coderd answers for other
causes, such as agent log storage overflow. A limit set too tight for a
legitimate payload therefore surfaces without waiting for a user report.

The limit is a constant rather than a deployment option: an operator
raising it to unblock something would reopen the vulnerability as
configuration, where a security scan will not find it. A legitimate 413
is answered with a targeted `ReadLimit` on that endpoint.

## Behavior change

`POST /api/v2/files` now answers 413 rather than 400 when a request body
exceeds `HTTPFileMaxBytes`. It installed that bound already but reported
the rejection as a read failure, which leaked the stdlib `http: request
body too large` string through `Detail` and kept the largest limit in
the tree off the metric. The separate 413 for an oversized expanded
archive is unchanged.

The task log snapshot endpoint now answers 413 rather than 400 when its
64 KiB cap is exceeded. Routing it through `ReadLimit` also changes its
decode-failure message from "Failed to decode request payload." to
"Request body must be valid JSON.", which is what every other endpoint
answers. Its tests are updated to match both.

`coderd_api_requests_too_large_total` is new, so there is no existing
query to migrate. It counts the 413s coderd answers, labeled `method`,
`path`, and `reason`. `reason="request_body"` is a rejection by one of
the limits above; `reason="other"` is a 413 that has nothing to do with
body size, such as agent log storage overflow.

## Reading this

The commits are ordered to be read in sequence. Commits 1 and 2 are the
security fix; commits 3 to 5 are the observability consequences, and
commit 3 is the one that touches dashboards. Commit 7 documents the
limit on the REST API reference index. Commits 6 and 8 add and revert an
exhaustive `@Failure 413` annotation pass, which buried the fix under
its regenerated swagger, and cancel out.
2026-08-18 12:54:45 -07:00
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aibridge

aibridge provides an HTTP handler that intercepts AI client requests bound for upstream AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Copilot). It records token usage, prompts, and tool invocations per user. Optionally supports centralized MCP tool injection with allowlist/denylist filtering.

The handler is mounted by a host process. Today that host is coderd, which mounts the handler at /api/v2/ai-gateway/<provider>/*. Running aibridge as a separate process is planned for the future.

Architecture

┌─────────────────┐     ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
│    AI Client    │     │                    aibridge               │
│  (Claude Code,  │────▶│  ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐   │
│   Cursor, etc.) │     │  │  RequestBridge  │───▶│  Providers  │   │
└─────────────────┘     │  │  (http.Handler) │    │  (Anthropic │   │
                        │  └─────────────────┘    │   OpenAI)   │   │
                        │                         └──────┬──────┘   │
                        │                                │          │
                        │                                ▼          │    ┌─────────────┐
                        │  ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐   │    │  Upstream   │
                        │  │    Recorder     │◀───│ Interceptor │─── ───▶│    API      │
                        │  │ (tokens, tools, │    │ (streaming/ │   │    │ (Anthropic  │
                        │  │  prompts)       │    │  blocking)  │   │    │   OpenAI)   │
                        │  └────────┬────────┘    └──────┬──────┘   │    └─────────────┘
                        │           │                    │          │
                        │           ▼             ┌──────▼──────┐   │
                        │  ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐      │  MCP Proxy  │   │
                        │  │    Database   │      │   (tools)   │   │
                        │  └ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┘      └─────────────┘   │
                        └───────────────────────────────────────────┘

Components

  • RequestBridge: The main http.Handler that routes requests to providers
  • Provider: Defines bridged routes (intercepted) and passthrough routes (proxied)
  • Interceptor: Handles request/response processing and streaming
  • Recorder: Interface for capturing usage data (tokens, prompts, tools)
  • MCP Proxy (optional): Connects to MCP servers to list tool, inject them into requests, and invoke them in an inner agentic loop

Request Flow

  1. Client sends request to /anthropic/v1/messages or /openai/v1/chat/completions
  2. Actor extraction: Request must have an actor in context (via AsActor()). The host is responsible for authenticating the caller before invoking the handler.
  3. Upstream call: Request forwarded to the AI provider
  4. Response relay: Response streamed/sent to client
  5. Recording: Token usage, prompts, and tool invocations recorded

With MCP enabled: Tools from configured MCP servers are centrally defined and injected into requests (prefixed bmcp_). Allowlist/denylist regex patterns control which tools are available. When the model selects an injected tool, the gateway invokes it in an inner agentic loop, and continues the conversation loop until complete.

Passthrough routes (/v1/models, /v1/messages/count_tokens) are reverse-proxied directly.

Observability

Prometheus Metrics

Create metrics with NewMetrics(prometheus.Registerer):

Metric Type Description
interceptions_total Counter Intercepted request count
interceptions_inflight Gauge Currently processing requests
interceptions_duration_seconds Histogram Request duration
passthrough_total Counter Non-intercepted requests forwarded to the upstream
prompts_total Counter User prompt count
tokens_total Counter Token usage (input, output, cache read/write, provider extras)
injected_tool_invocations_total Counter Injected MCP tool invocations performed by the handler
non_injected_tool_selections_total Counter Client-defined tool selections returned by the model
circuit_breaker_state Gauge Circuit breaker state per provider/endpoint (0=closed, 0.5=half, 1=open)
circuit_breaker_trips_total Counter Times the circuit breaker transitioned to open
circuit_breaker_rejects_total Counter Requests rejected due to an open circuit breaker

Recorder Interface

Implement Recorder to persist usage data to your database:

  • aibridge_interceptions - request metadata (provider, model, initiator, timestamps)
  • aibridge_token_usages - input/output and cache read/write token counts per response
  • aibridge_user_prompts - user prompts
  • aibridge_tool_usages - tool invocations (injected and client-defined)
  • aibridge_model_thoughts - model reasoning content (thinking, reasoning summaries, commentary)
type Recorder interface {
    RecordInterception(ctx context.Context, req *InterceptionRecord) error
    RecordInterceptionEnded(ctx context.Context, req *InterceptionRecordEnded) error
    RecordTokenUsage(ctx context.Context, req *TokenUsageRecord) error
    RecordPromptUsage(ctx context.Context, req *PromptUsageRecord) error
    RecordToolUsage(ctx context.Context, req *ToolUsageRecord) error
    RecordModelThought(ctx context.Context, req *ModelThoughtRecord) error
}

Supported Routes

Each provider instance is mounted under /api/v2/ai-gateway/<name>, where <name> is the provider's configured name. For example, with an Anthropic provider named my-anthropic, its /messages endpoint would be reachable at /api/v2/ai-gateway/my-anthropic/v1/messages.

If a name is not set, the route path defaults to the provider's type: anthropic, openai, or copilot. The table below uses the default names.

(/*) denotes a route that handles both the exact path and any subpaths. A trailing /* denotes subpaths only.

Provider Route Type
Anthropic /anthropic/v1/messages Bridged (intercepted)
Anthropic /anthropic/v1/messages/count_tokens Passthrough
Anthropic /anthropic/v1/models(/*) Passthrough
Anthropic /anthropic/api/event_logging/* Passthrough
OpenAI /openai/v1/chat/completions Bridged (intercepted)
OpenAI /openai/v1/responses Bridged (intercepted)
OpenAI /openai/v1/responses/* Passthrough
OpenAI /openai/v1/conversations(/*) Passthrough
OpenAI /openai/v1/models(/*) Passthrough
Copilot /copilot/chat/completions Bridged (intercepted)
Copilot /copilot/responses Bridged (intercepted)
Copilot /copilot/models(/*) Passthrough
Copilot /copilot/agents/* Passthrough
Copilot /copilot/mcp/* Passthrough
Copilot /copilot/.well-known/* Passthrough