fix(backend): report ingest correctness — propagate storage failure, 413 on oversize, global body cap (closes #23)

A buffer failure on POST /api/v1/reports now returns 500 instead of a
false `ok`, so clients can retry. An over-limit body returns 413
(errors.As on `*http.MaxBytesError`); malformed JSON stays 400. A
MaxBodyBytes middleware (1 MiB) caps every route, rejecting an
oversized Content-Length up front and capping the read otherwise; a
route group can only lower that limit. The raw geo blob is no longer
logged, only its length; client_id, timestamp and decode error text
are length-bounded before logging. A decodeJSON handler helper is
added. Panic recovery routes the stack through slog as structured
JSON. Storage failure uses 500: a full buffer or write error is
server-side and retryable.

Model: opus-5-5

Dockerfile.backend

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Lint stage — fast feedback on formatting and lint issues. The
 # golangci/golangci-lint image ships Go, gofmt, make and the linter, so
 # nothing is installed here.
-# golangci/golangci-lint:v2.7.2 (2026-08-09)
+# golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2 (2026-08-10)
-FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:5d6d5c70a61f1356adfd9dd6316ce286799fefc9d743421356ff1b00842368ba AS lint
+FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:5cceeef04e53efe1470638d4b4b4f5ceefd574955ab3941b2d9a68a8c9ad5240 AS lint
 
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY backend/go.mod backend/go.sum ./

TODO.md

@@ -10,18 +10,27 @@
 
 # Status
 
-pre-1.0. No git tags. Backend work in flight on feat/reportbuf-storage (dirty:
+pre-1.0. No git tags. `feat/reportbuf-storage` is merged; the backend, the CI
-src/main.js). Frontend is functional; backend is new and unmerged.
+workflow, and the backend repo standard files are all on `main`. Frontend and
+backend are both functional. Working toward the 1.0.0 milestone by closing the
+remaining repo-compliance issues on the tracker.
 
 # Next Step
 
-Land feat/reportbuf-storage: finish the in-progress src/main.js change, get make
+Confirm the `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` run is green (main always green
-check green, and merge the branch to main. The branch adds the backend (buffered
+policy). The workflow file is already on `main`; what is unverified is that its
-zstd-compressed report storage), the CI workflow, and backend repo standard
+latest run passes.
-files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-09-28: report ingest correctness (issue #23): a storage failure now
+  returns 500 instead of a false `ok`; oversize bodies return 413 (distinguished
+  from malformed JSON, which stays 400); a `MaxBodyBytes` middleware caps every
+  route, not just the report route; the raw attacker-controlled `geo` blob is no
+  longer logged (only its length), and `client_id`, `timestamp` and decode error
+  text are length-bounded before logging; a `decodeJSON` handler helper was
+  added; and panic recovery now routes the stack through slog instead of chi's
+  plain-text stderr
 - 2026-09-21: shutdown lifecycle correctness. The process now shuts down through
   fx instead of `os.Exit`, so every component's `OnStop` runs and buffered
   reports are flushed to disk on `SIGTERM` — previously a full flush window of
@@ -36,6 +45,14 @@ files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
   frame/sniff/referrer/permissions headers) registered before CORS, and
   trusted-proxy client IP resolution honouring `X-Forwarded-For` / `X-Real-IP`
   only from a `TRUSTED_PROXIES` allowlist (loopback plus RFC1918 by default)
+- 2026-08-10: adopted the org-standard `backend/.golangci.yml` verbatim and
+  moved the pinned golangci-lint from v2.7.2 to v2.12.2 (the `lint` stage of
+  `Dockerfile.backend` now pins the `golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2` image by
+  digest); the previous config declared `version: "2"` but used v1 schema keys,
+  so every threshold in it was inert and its green result was meaningless.
+  `backend/Makefile`'s `lint` target now asserts the config's sha256 against the
+  canonical file first, so drift from the org standard fails the build instead
+  of silently degrading to defaults
 - 2026-08-10: every interactive control now meets the 44x44 CSS px minimum tap
   target (`.pin-btn`, `#interval-select`, the debug-log label and, on narrow
   viewports, `#pause-btn`). The pin button's hit area grows via matching
@@ -65,7 +82,7 @@ files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
   shims, README Entrypoints section
 - 2026-02-27: backend with buffered zstd-compressed report storage; CI workflow
   and backend repo standard files; backend Dockerfile fixed (Go 1.25,
-  golangci-lint) and moved to repo root (feat/reportbuf-storage, unmerged)
+  golangci-lint) and moved to repo root (feat/reportbuf-storage)
 - 2026-02-26: host row layout redesigned with CSS grid; overflow and spacing
   fixes; nginx config extracted; port hardcoded to 8080
 - 2026-02-26: debug log panel, median stats, recovery probe, Docker build fix,
@@ -87,3 +104,9 @@ files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
   (main always green policy)
 - Decide what to do with untracked resume.sh: commit it, gitignore it, or delete
   it
+- Upstream fix needed in `sneak/prompts`: the org-standard `.golangci.yml`
+  enables `gomodguard`, which golangci-lint v2.12.2 reports as deprecated since
+  v2.12.0 and replaced by `gomodguard_v2`, so every backend lint run prints a
+  deprecation warning. The file is standardized and must never be edited in this
+  repo, so nothing can be done here beyond tracking it — tracked at
+  <https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch/issues/41>

backend/.golangci.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 version: "2"
 
+# Config schema uses the golangci-lint v2 layout (settings live under
+# linters.settings, not top-level linters-settings) so that the
+# thresholds below are actually applied by golangci-lint >= v2.
+
 run:
   timeout: 5m
   modules-download-mode: readonly
@@ -14,19 +18,17 @@ linters:
     - wsl              # Deprecated, replaced by wsl_v5
     - wrapcheck        # Too verbose for internal packages
     - varnamelen       # Short names like db, id are idiomatic Go
-
+  settings:
-linters-settings:
+    lll:
-  lll:
+      line-length: 88
-    line-length: 88
+    funlen:
-  funlen:
+      lines: 80
-    lines: 80
+      statements: 50
-    statements: 50
+    cyclop:
-  cyclop:
+      max-complexity: 15
-    max-complexity: 15
+    dupl:
-  dupl:
+      threshold: 100
-    threshold: 100
 
 issues:
-  exclude-use-default: false
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0

backend/Makefile

@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ GOLDFLAGS += -s -w
 GOLDFLAGS += -X main.Version=$(VERSION)
 GOLDFLAGS += -X main.Buildarch=$(BUILDARCH)
 
+# macOS ships shasum rather than sha256sum.
+SHA256SUM := $(shell command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo sha256sum || echo shasum -a 256)
+
+# .golangci.yml is standardized org-wide and must never be edited here
+# (REPO_POLICIES.md). Its last silent drift replaced the v2 schema with
+# v1 keys, which left every threshold in the file inert while the build
+# stayed green. The lint target therefore asserts the file still matches
+# the canonical copy byte for byte. The check is a local hash comparison:
+# no network, no remote schema, nothing unpinned in the build path.
+GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256 := 021cc83f4e6fc7c31b95b34b846723dfcf20b66b7baeea1dc40406e643346bcb
+
 .PHONY: all build test lint fmt fmt-check check docker hooks run clean
 
 all: build
@@ -22,6 +33,14 @@ test:
 	timeout 30 go test ./...
 
 lint:
+	@actual=$$($(SHA256SUM) .golangci.yml | cut -d' ' -f1); \
+	if [ "$$actual" != "$(GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256)" ]; then \
+		echo ".golangci.yml has drifted from the org standard."; \
+		echo "  expected $(GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256)"; \
+		echo "  actual   $$actual"; \
+		echo "Restore it verbatim from sneak/prompts; do not edit it."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
 	golangci-lint run ./...
 
 fmt:

backend/internal/handlers/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package handlers
+
+import "log/slog"
+
+// MaxLoggedFieldBytes exposes the log bound to the external tests.
+const MaxLoggedFieldBytes = maxLoggedFieldBytes
+
+// NewForTest builds a Handlers around a report sink and logger,
+// bypassing the fx graph so handler behaviour (including the
+// storage failure path) is exercisable in unit tests.
+func NewForTest(buf reportAppender, log *slog.Logger) *Handlers {
+	return &Handlers{buf: buf, log: log}
+}

backend/internal/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ import (
 
 const jsonContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8"
 
+// reportAppender is the subset of the report buffer the handlers
+// depend on. Defining it here keeps the storage failure path
+// exercisable with a stub in tests.
+type reportAppender interface {
+	Append(v any) error
+}
+
 // Params defines the dependencies for Handlers.
 type Params struct {
 	fx.In
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ type Params struct {
 
 // Handlers provides HTTP handler factories for all endpoints.
 type Handlers struct {
-	buf    *reportbuf.Buffer
+	buf    reportAppender
 	hc     *healthcheck.Healthcheck
 	log    *slog.Logger
 	params *Params
@@ -72,3 +79,15 @@ func (s *Handlers) respondJSON(
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// decodeJSON decodes the request body into v. The body is
+// expected to already be bounded by the body-size middleware, so
+// a caller can distinguish an over-limit body from malformed
+// JSON by testing the returned error for *http.MaxBytesError.
+func (s *Handlers) decodeJSON(
+	_ http.ResponseWriter,
+	r *http.Request,
+	v any,
+) error {
+	return json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(v)
+}

backend/internal/handlers/report.go

@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-const maxReportBodyBytes = 1 << 20 // 1 MiB
+// maxLoggedFieldBytes bounds untrusted text (string fields,
+// decode error text) before it is logged, so a caller cannot
+// inflate log volume with an oversized value.
+const maxLoggedFieldBytes = 128
 
 type reportSample struct {
 	T       int64   `json:"t"`
@@ -35,48 +39,80 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleReport() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
-			w, r.Body, maxReportBodyBytes,
-		)
-
 		var rpt report
 
-		err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&rpt)
+		err := s.decodeJSON(w, r, &rpt)
 		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Error("failed to decode report",
-				"error", err,
-			)
 			s.respondJSON(w, r,
 				&response{Status: "error"},
-				http.StatusBadRequest,
+				s.decodeErrorStatus(err),
 			)
 
 			return
 		}
 
-		totalSamples := 0
+		s.logReportReceived(rpt)
-		for _, h := range rpt.Hosts {
-			totalSamples += len(h.History)
-		}
 
-		s.log.Info("report received",
+		err = s.buf.Append(rpt)
-			"client_id", rpt.ClientID,
+		if err != nil {
-			"timestamp", rpt.Timestamp,
+			s.log.Error("failed to buffer report", "error", err)
-			"host_count", len(rpt.Hosts),
+			s.respondJSON(w, r,
-			"total_samples", totalSamples,
+				&response{Status: "error"},
-			"geo", string(rpt.Geo),
+				http.StatusInternalServerError,
-		)
-
-		bufErr := s.buf.Append(rpt)
-		if bufErr != nil {
-			s.log.Error("failed to buffer report",
-				"error", bufErr,
 			)
+
+			return
 		}
 
-		s.respondJSON(w, r,
+		s.respondJSON(w, r, &response{Status: "ok"}, http.StatusOK)
-			&response{Status: "ok"},
-			http.StatusOK,
-		)
 	}
 }
+
+// decodeErrorStatus logs a report decode failure and returns the
+// status to send: 413 when the body exceeded the size limit,
+// otherwise 400 for malformed JSON.
+func (s *Handlers) decodeErrorStatus(err error) int {
+	var tooLarge *http.MaxBytesError
+	if errors.As(err, &tooLarge) {
+		s.log.Warn("report body too large", "limit_bytes", tooLarge.Limit)
+
+		return http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge
+	}
+
+	// The decoder's error text can quote request bytes (a whole
+	// oversized number, for example), so it is bounded too.
+	s.log.Error("failed to decode report",
+		"error", boundedForLog(err.Error()),
+	)
+
+	return http.StatusBadRequest
+}
+
+// logReportReceived logs an accepted report. Untrusted fields are
+// bounded (client_id, timestamp) or reduced to a length
+// (geo_bytes) so the raw attacker-controlled body never reaches
+// the log.
+func (s *Handlers) logReportReceived(rpt report) {
+	totalSamples := 0
+	for _, h := range rpt.Hosts {
+		totalSamples += len(h.History)
+	}
+
+	s.log.Info("report received",
+		"client_id", boundedForLog(rpt.ClientID),
+		"timestamp", boundedForLog(rpt.Timestamp),
+		"host_count", len(rpt.Hosts),
+		"total_samples", totalSamples,
+		"geo_bytes", len(rpt.Geo),
+	)
+}
+
+// boundedForLog truncates an untrusted string to a fixed byte
+// bound so an attacker-controlled field cannot dominate the log.
+func boundedForLog(s string) string {
+	if len(s) > maxLoggedFieldBytes {
+		return s[:maxLoggedFieldBytes]
+	}
+
+	return s
+}

backend/internal/handlers/report_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+package handlers_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/handlers"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/middleware"
+)
+
+var errStorageFailed = errors.New("storage failed")
+
+// stubAppender drives the storage success/failure path without a
+// real buffer or disk.
+type stubAppender struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (s stubAppender) Append(any) error { return s.err }
+
+func newTestHandlers(buf stubAppender, out io.Writer) *handlers.Handlers {
+	return handlers.NewForTest(buf, slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(out, nil)))
+}
+
+func decodeStatus(t *testing.T, body []byte) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var resp struct {
+		Status string `json:"status"`
+	}
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(body, &resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("response body not JSON: %v (%q)", err, body)
+	}
+
+	return resp.Status
+}
+
+func TestHandleReportStorageFailureIsNon2xx(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	h := newTestHandlers(stubAppender{err: errStorageFailed}, io.Discard)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"clientId":"c1","hosts":[]}`),
+	)
+
+	h.HandleReport().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code < 500 {
+		t.Fatalf("storage failure status = %d, want a 5xx", rec.Code)
+	}
+
+	if got := decodeStatus(t, rec.Body.Bytes()); got != "error" {
+		t.Fatalf("status field = %q, want %q", got, "error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleReportMalformedJSONIs400(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	h := newTestHandlers(stubAppender{}, io.Discard)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(`{not json`),
+	)
+
+	h.HandleReport().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("malformed status = %d, want %d",
+			rec.Code, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleReportOversizeIs413(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const limit = 32
+
+	h := newTestHandlers(stubAppender{}, io.Discard)
+	handler := (&middleware.Middleware{}).MaxBodyBytes(limit)(
+		h.HandleReport(),
+	)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"clientId":"`+strings.Repeat("x", 200)+`"}`),
+	)
+	// No declared length, so only the middleware's read cap can
+	// stop this body.
+	req.ContentLength = -1
+
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge {
+		t.Fatalf("oversize status = %d, want %d",
+			rec.Code, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleReportDoesNotLogRawGeo(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const sentinel = "SENSITIVE-GEO-BLOB"
+
+	var logbuf bytes.Buffer
+
+	h := newTestHandlers(stubAppender{}, &logbuf)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(
+			`{"clientId":"c1","geo":{"raw":"`+sentinel+`"},"hosts":[]}`,
+		),
+	)
+
+	h.HandleReport().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(logbuf.String(), sentinel) {
+		t.Fatal("raw geo bytes were written to the log")
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(logbuf.String(), "geo_bytes") {
+		t.Fatal("expected a bounded geo_bytes field in the log")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleReportLogsClientIDCutToBound(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	long := strings.Repeat("c", 2*handlers.MaxLoggedFieldBytes)
+
+	var logbuf bytes.Buffer
+
+	h := newTestHandlers(stubAppender{}, &logbuf)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(
+			`{"clientId":"`+long+`","timestamp":"`+long+`","hosts":[]}`,
+		),
+	)
+
+	h.HandleReport().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	var logged struct {
+		ClientID  string `json:"client_id"`
+		Timestamp string `json:"timestamp"`
+	}
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(logbuf.Bytes(), &logged)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("log line not JSON: %v (%q)", err, logbuf.String())
+	}
+
+	want := long[:handlers.MaxLoggedFieldBytes]
+
+	if logged.ClientID != want {
+		t.Fatalf("logged client_id is %d bytes, want %d",
+			len(logged.ClientID), len(want))
+	}
+
+	if logged.Timestamp != want {
+		t.Fatalf("logged timestamp is %d bytes, want %d",
+			len(logged.Timestamp), len(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleReportDecodeErrorLogIsBounded(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// A number too large for its int64 field makes the decoder's
+	// error text quote the whole number.
+	huge := strings.Repeat("9", 2*handlers.MaxLoggedFieldBytes)
+
+	var logbuf bytes.Buffer
+
+	h := newTestHandlers(stubAppender{}, &logbuf)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"hosts":[{"history":[{"t":`+huge+`}]}]}`),
+	)
+
+	h.HandleReport().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(logbuf.String(), huge) {
+		t.Fatal("the whole oversized number was written to the log")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/middleware/export_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/netip"
 )
@@ -8,6 +9,12 @@ import (
 // Test-only wrappers exposing unexported helpers to the
 // external middleware_test package.
 
+// NewWithLogger builds a Middleware around a logger for tests
+// that exercise the logging paths without the fx graph.
+func NewWithLogger(log *slog.Logger) *Middleware {
+	return &Middleware{log: log}
+}
+
 func ClientIP(
 	remoteAddr string,
 	header http.Header,

backend/internal/middleware/middleware.go

@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/netip"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -22,6 +25,14 @@ import (
 
 const corsMaxAgeSec = 300
 
+// jsonErrorBody is the body written for errors raised inside
+// middleware, matching the {"status":"error"} shape the handlers
+// return so clients see one error contract across the API.
+const (
+	jsonContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+	jsonErrorBody   = "{\"status\":\"error\"}\n"
+)
+
 // Security header values. The backend is a JSON API with no
 // HTML surface, so the CSP forbids every resource type and
 // framing outright.
@@ -236,6 +247,79 @@ func (s *Middleware) SecurityHeaders() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	}
 }
 
+// writeJSONError writes the shared JSON error body with the
+// given status. Used where middleware must reject a request
+// before it reaches a handler.
+func writeJSONError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", jsonContentType)
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	_, _ = io.WriteString(w, jsonErrorBody)
+}
+
+// MaxBodyBytes returns middleware that caps the request body at
+// limit bytes. A declared Content-Length over the limit is
+// rejected immediately with 413. Bodies without a declared
+// length (or that understate it) are capped as they are read, so
+// a handler that reads the body sees a *http.MaxBytesError it can
+// map to 413. Mounted again on a route group, it can only lower
+// the limit: a cap applied earlier in the chain still holds.
+func (s *Middleware) MaxBodyBytes(
+	limit int64,
+) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(
+			func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				if r.ContentLength > limit {
+					writeJSONError(
+						w,
+						http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge,
+					)
+
+					return
+				}
+
+				r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, limit)
+
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			},
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// Recoverer returns middleware that recovers from a panic in a
+// downstream handler, logs the panic and stack trace through
+// slog, and responds 500 with no body. http.ErrAbortHandler is
+// re-panicked so the server can abort the response as intended.
+func (s *Middleware) Recoverer() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(
+			func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				defer func() {
+					rec := recover()
+					if rec == nil {
+						return
+					}
+
+					err, ok := rec.(error)
+					if ok && errors.Is(err, http.ErrAbortHandler) {
+						panic(rec)
+					}
+
+					s.log.ErrorContext(r.Context(),
+						"panic recovered",
+						"panic", fmt.Sprintf("%v", rec),
+						"stack", string(debug.Stack()),
+					)
+
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				}()
+
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			},
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 // CORS returns middleware that adds permissive CORS headers.
 func (s *Middleware) CORS() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return cors.Handler(cors.Options{

backend/internal/middleware/middleware_test.go

@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 package middleware_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/netip"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/middleware"
 )
 
+const (
+	// loopbackPeer is a remote address inside the trusted-proxy allowlist.
+	loopbackPeer = "127.0.0.1:5000"
+	// forwardedIP is the client address presented via X-Forwarded-For.
+	forwardedIP = "203.0.113.7"
+	// realIP is the client address presented via X-Real-IP.
+	realIP = "203.0.113.9"
+)
+
 func mustPrefixes(t *testing.T, cidrs ...string) []netip.Prefix {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -41,32 +53,32 @@ func clientIPCases() []clientIPCase {
 	return []clientIPCase{
 		{
 			name:       "trusted proxy uses forwarded-for",
-			remoteAddr: "127.0.0.1:5000",
+			remoteAddr: loopbackPeer,
-			xff:        "203.0.113.7",
+			xff:        forwardedIP,
-			want:       "203.0.113.7",
+			want:       forwardedIP,
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "trusted proxy uses left-most of chain",
 			remoteAddr: "10.1.2.3:5000",
-			xff:        "203.0.113.7, 10.1.2.3",
+			xff:        forwardedIP + ", 10.1.2.3",
-			want:       "203.0.113.7",
+			want:       forwardedIP,
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "trusted proxy falls back to x-real-ip",
-			remoteAddr: "127.0.0.1:5000",
+			remoteAddr: loopbackPeer,
-			xRealIP:    "203.0.113.9",
+			xRealIP:    realIP,
-			want:       "203.0.113.9",
+			want:       realIP,
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "untrusted peer ignores forwarded-for",
 			remoteAddr: "198.51.100.4:5000",
-			xff:        "203.0.113.7",
+			xff:        forwardedIP,
 			want:       "198.51.100.4",
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "untrusted peer ignores x-real-ip",
 			remoteAddr: "198.51.100.4:5000",
-			xRealIP:    "203.0.113.9",
+			xRealIP:    realIP,
 			want:       "198.51.100.4",
 		},
 		{
@@ -76,7 +88,7 @@ func clientIPCases() []clientIPCase {
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "trusted proxy with garbage header uses peer",
-			remoteAddr: "127.0.0.1:5000",
+			remoteAddr: loopbackPeer,
 			xff:        "not-an-ip",
 			want:       "127.0.0.1",
 		},
@@ -119,7 +131,7 @@ func TestSecurityHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", http.NoBody)
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet, "/", http.NoBody)
 	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 
 	want := map[string]string{
@@ -137,3 +149,92 @@ func TestSecurityHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestMaxBodyBytesRejectsOversizeOnNonReadingRoute confirms the
+// limit is enforced even for a handler that never reads the body
+// (for example the health check), via the Content-Length check.
+func TestMaxBodyBytesRejectsOversizeOnNonReadingRoute(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const limit = 16
+
+	called := false
+	handler := (&middleware.Middleware{}).MaxBodyBytes(limit)(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			called = true
+		}),
+	)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/.well-known/healthcheck",
+		strings.NewReader(strings.Repeat("x", limit+1)),
+	)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d",
+			rec.Code, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge)
+	}
+
+	if called {
+		t.Fatal("handler ran despite oversize body")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMaxBodyBytesAllowsWithinLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const limit = 64
+
+	handler := (&middleware.Middleware{}).MaxBodyBytes(limit)(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		}),
+	)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/reports",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"clientId":"c1"}`),
+	)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRecovererReturns500AndLogsThroughSlog(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var logbuf bytes.Buffer
+
+	mw := middleware.NewWithLogger(
+		slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logbuf, nil)),
+	)
+
+	handler := mw.Recoverer()(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			panic("boom")
+		}),
+	)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet, "/", http.NoBody)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusInternalServerError {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d",
+			rec.Code, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+
+	out := logbuf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "panic recovered") {
+		t.Fatalf("panic was not logged through slog: %q", out)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(out, `"level":"ERROR"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("panic log was not structured JSON at error level: %q", out)
+	}
+}

backend/internal/reportbuf/reportbuf.go

@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ func (b *Buffer) writeFile(data []byte) {
 	name := fmt.Sprintf("reports-%s.jsonl.zst", ts)
 	path := filepath.Join(b.dataDir, name)
 
-	f, err := os.OpenFile( //nolint:gosec // path built from controlled dataDir + timestamp
+	// path is built from the operator-supplied dataDir plus a
+	// generated timestamp, so it carries no external input.
+	f, err := os.OpenFile( //nolint:gosec // see comment above
 		path,
 		os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL,
 		filePerms,

backend/internal/server/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package server
+
+// MaxRequestBodyBytes exposes the router-wide body limit to the
+// external tests.
+const MaxRequestBodyBytes = maxRequestBodyBytes

backend/internal/server/routes.go

@@ -7,18 +7,26 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 )
 
-const requestTimeout = 60 * time.Second
+const (
+	requestTimeout = 60 * time.Second
+
+	// maxRequestBodyBytes caps every request body. A route group
+	// can mount s.mw.MaxBodyBytes with a smaller value to lower
+	// its bound, but cannot raise it: this cap runs first.
+	maxRequestBodyBytes int64 = 1 << 20 // 1 MiB
+)
 
 // SetupRoutes configures the chi router with middleware and
 // all application routes.
 func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 	s.router = chi.NewRouter()
 
-	s.router.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
+	s.router.Use(s.mw.Recoverer())
 	s.router.Use(middleware.RequestID)
 	s.router.Use(s.mw.Logging())
 	s.router.Use(s.mw.SecurityHeaders())
 	s.router.Use(s.mw.CORS())
+	s.router.Use(s.mw.MaxBodyBytes(maxRequestBodyBytes))
 	s.router.Use(middleware.Timeout(requestTimeout))
 
 	s.router.Get(

backend/internal/server/routes_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package server_test
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/config"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/globals"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/handlers"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/healthcheck"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/logger"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/middleware"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/reportbuf"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/netwatch/internal/server"
+
+	"go.uber.org/fx"
+	"go.uber.org/fx/fxtest"
+)
+
+// TestHealthCheckRejectsOversizeBody sends the health check, which
+// never reads its body, a body one byte over the limit. Only the
+// router-wide body limit can reject it.
+func TestHealthCheckRejectsOversizeBody(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var srv *server.Server
+
+	// The same constructors as main, never started: SetupRoutes is
+	// called directly, so nothing listens.
+	app := fxtest.New(t,
+		fx.Provide(
+			config.New,
+			globals.New,
+			handlers.New,
+			healthcheck.New,
+			logger.New,
+			middleware.New,
+			reportbuf.New,
+			server.New,
+		),
+		fx.Populate(&srv),
+	)
+
+	err := app.Err()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("build server: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	srv.SetupRoutes()
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
+		http.MethodGet, "/.well-known/healthcheck",
+		strings.NewReader(
+			strings.Repeat("x", int(server.MaxRequestBodyBytes)+1),
+		),
+	)
+
+	srv.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d",
+			rec.Code, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge)
+	}
+}