Give /v1/e/ ETag, 304 and HEAD as /v1/image/ has (closes #84)

The ETag and If-None-Match code of the /v1/image/ handler becomes
notModified, which both image handlers call; /v1/e/ answers HEAD with
the headers only and is routed for HEAD. HandleImageEnc was at the
80-line function limit, so its token checks move unchanged into
parseImageEncRequest, as parseImageRequest does for /v1/image/. No Vary
is added: only the image routes' CORS headers depend on a request
header, and go-chi/cors already sends Vary: Origin with them.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ path under `/v1/` answers 200, in maintenance mode too.
   `blocked_networks`); 502 when the upstream answered with an error status, and
   for 5 minutes after that for the same source URL; 503 when pixa is busy or in
   maintenance mode; 500 for any other failure.
-- `GET /v1/e/<token>/<name>` — an image through an encrypted URL (see Encrypted
+- `GET` or `HEAD` `/v1/e/<token>/<name>` — an image through an encrypted URL
-  URLs). Needs: nothing but the URL. Answers: 200; 400 for a token that does not
+  (see Encrypted URLs). Needs: nothing but the URL. Answers: 200; 304 when
+  `If-None-Match` matches the image's `ETag`; 400 for a token that does not
   decrypt, or that asks for a size or fit that is not valid; 410 once it has
   expired; 504 when the upstream has not sent its response headers within
   `upstream_fetch_timeout`, but 500 when that time runs out while the image

TODO.md

@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ P2: security: referer blacklist
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-04 request IDs returned and passed on, and `/v1/e/` revalidates
+  (closes #84): a middleware right after chi's `RequestID` sets `X-Request-ID`
+  on every response from the ID `RequestID` stores in the request context, which
+  is the request's own `X-Request-ID` when it sent one; the upstream fetch sends
+  that ID, and the "upstream fetched", "image converted" and "image served" log
+  lines carry it as `request_id`, a fetch shared by several requests carrying
+  the first request's; `/v1/e/` sets `ETag`, answers a matching `If-None-Match`
+  with 304 and is routed for `HEAD`, the `ETag` and 304 code being
+  `notModified`, which `/v1/image/` calls too; its token checks moved unchanged
+  into `parseImageEncRequest` to keep `HandleImageEnc` within the line limit; no
+  `Vary` is added, as no response depends on a request header except the image
+  routes' CORS headers, for which `go-chi/cors` already sends `Vary: Origin`;
+  `Vary: Accept` is left to #88.
 - 2026-10-04 routes, encrypted URLs and config file documented (closes #75):
   "Routes" in `README.md` lists every route with its method, purpose, what it
   needs and the status codes it answers with, and says `q` and `fit` are part
@@ -438,7 +451,6 @@ P2: security: referer blacklist
 - P2: HTTP response handling
     - Last-Modified headers
     - Vary header for content negotiation
-    - X-Request-ID propagation
 - P2: auto format selection (format=auto based on Accept header)
 - P2: configuration
     - YAML config file support

internal/handlers/image.go

@@ -248,6 +248,25 @@ func cacheControl(expires time.Time) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("public, max-age=%d, immutable", int64(maxAge/time.Second))
 }
 
+// notModified sets the ETag header to etag and, when the request's
+// If-None-Match is that ETag, answers 304 Not Modified. It reports whether it
+// answered. An empty etag sets no header and never answers.
+func notModified(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, etag string) bool {
+	if etag == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("ETag", etag)
+
+	if r.Header.Get("If-None-Match") != etag {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotModified)
+
+	return true
+}
+
 // writeImageResponse writes headers and streams the image content,
 // handling conditional and HEAD requests.
 func (s *Handlers) writeImageResponse(
@@ -266,18 +285,9 @@ func (s *Handlers) writeImageResponse(
 	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", cacheControl(req.Expires))
 	w.Header().Set("X-Pixa-Cache", string(resp.CacheStatus))
 
-	if resp.ETag != "" {
+	if notModified(w, r, resp.ETag) {
-		w.Header().Set("ETag", resp.ETag)
-
-		// Check for conditional request (If-None-Match)
-		if ifNoneMatch := r.Header.Get("If-None-Match"); ifNoneMatch != "" {
-			if ifNoneMatch == resp.ETag {
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotModified)
-
 		return
 	}
-		}
-	}
 
 	// Handle HEAD request - return headers only
 	if r.Method == http.MethodHead {

internal/handlers/imageenc.go

@@ -25,43 +25,8 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImageEnc() http.HandlerFunc {
 		ctx := r.Context()
 		start := time.Now()
 
-		// Extract token from URL
+		req, ok := s.parseImageEncRequest(w, r)
-		token := chi.URLParam(r, "token")
+		if !ok {
-		if token == "" {
-			s.respondError(w, "missing token", http.StatusBadRequest)
-
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Decrypt and validate the payload
-		payload, err := s.encGen.Parse(token)
-		if err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, encurl.ErrExpired) {
-				s.log.Debug("encrypted URL expired", "error", err)
-				s.respondError(w, "URL has expired", http.StatusGone)
-
-				return
-			}
-
-			s.log.Debug("failed to decrypt URL", "error", err)
-			s.respondError(w, "invalid encrypted URL", http.StatusBadRequest)
-
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Convert payload to ImageRequest
-		req := payload.ToImageRequest()
-
-		// Apply the same dimension and fit-mode bounds as the plain image
-		// route: a sealed payload is trusted for its origin, not for staying
-		// within limits, so an over-limit size or unknown fit mode is a 400
-		// here rather than an out-of-memory or a 500 from the processor.
-		err = imgcache.ValidateImageRequest(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Debug("encrypted URL failed validation", "error", err)
-			s.respondError(w, "invalid encrypted URL: "+err.Error(),
-				http.StatusBadRequest)
-
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -95,6 +60,17 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImageEnc() http.HandlerFunc {
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", cacheControl(req.Expires))
 		w.Header().Set("X-Pixa-Cache", string(resp.CacheStatus))
 
+		if notModified(w, r, resp.ETag) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		// A HEAD request gets the headers only
+		if r.Method == http.MethodHead {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+			return
+		}
+
 		// Stream the response
 		written, err := io.Copy(w, resp.Content)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -118,6 +94,56 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImageEnc() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// parseImageEncRequest decrypts the token of an encrypted image URL into an
+// ImageRequest and checks it. On a token that is missing, does not decrypt,
+// has expired or asks for something not valid, it writes an error response
+// and returns false.
+func (s *Handlers) parseImageEncRequest(
+	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
+) (*imgcache.ImageRequest, bool) {
+	// Extract token from URL
+	token := chi.URLParam(r, "token")
+	if token == "" {
+		s.respondError(w, "missing token", http.StatusBadRequest)
+
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	// Decrypt and validate the payload
+	payload, err := s.encGen.Parse(token)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, encurl.ErrExpired) {
+			s.log.Debug("encrypted URL expired", "error", err)
+			s.respondError(w, "URL has expired", http.StatusGone)
+
+			return nil, false
+		}
+
+		s.log.Debug("failed to decrypt URL", "error", err)
+		s.respondError(w, "invalid encrypted URL", http.StatusBadRequest)
+
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	// Convert payload to ImageRequest
+	req := payload.ToImageRequest()
+
+	// Apply the same dimension and fit-mode bounds as the plain image
+	// route: a sealed payload is trusted for its origin, not for staying
+	// within limits, so an over-limit size or unknown fit mode is a 400
+	// here rather than an out-of-memory or a 500 from the processor.
+	err = imgcache.ValidateImageRequest(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Debug("encrypted URL failed validation", "error", err)
+		s.respondError(w, "invalid encrypted URL: "+err.Error(),
+			http.StatusBadRequest)
+
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	return req, true
+}
+
 // handleImageError converts image service errors to HTTP responses.
 func (s *Handlers) handleImageError(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 	switch {

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 			// The trailing filename (e.g., /img.jpg) is ignored but helps
 			// browsers with content type
 			r.Get("/e/{token}/*", s.h.HandleImageEnc())
+			r.Head("/e/{token}/*", s.h.HandleImageEnc())
 		})
 	})