README.md

@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ variables set by the file's `env:` section are checked the same way.
 | `PIXA_TRUSTED_PROXIES`               | `trusted_proxies`               | CIDR ranges of proxies whose `X-Forwarded-For` is believed; default RFC 1918 |
 | `PIXA_ALLOW_HTTP`                    | `allow_http`                    | Allow plain-HTTP upstreams, for testing only; default `false`                |
 | `PIXA_UPSTREAM_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOST` | `upstream_connections_per_host` | Concurrent connections per upstream host; default `20`                       |
+| `PIXA_UPSTREAM_FETCH_TIMEOUT`        | `upstream_fetch_timeout`        | Time allowed for one fetch from an upstream host; default `30s`              |
+| `PIXA_UPSTREAM_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE`    | `upstream_max_response_size`    | Largest upstream response accepted, in bytes; default 50 MiB                 |
+| `PIXA_DOWNSTREAM_TIMEOUT`            | `downstream_timeout`            | Time allowed for answering one client request; default `60s`                 |
+| `PIXA_ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN`   | `access_control_allow_origin`   | CORS origin allowed to read responses: `*` or one origin; default `*`        |
 | `PIXA_METRICS_USERNAME`              | `metrics.username`              | Username for `/metrics`, which is served only when both are set              |
 | `PIXA_METRICS_PASSWORD`              | `metrics.password`              | Password for `/metrics`; set together with the username                      |
 | `PIXA_SENTRY_DSN`                    | `sentry_dsn`                    | Sentry DSN for error reporting; empty disables it                            |
@@ -243,7 +247,14 @@ variables set by the file's `env:` section are checked the same way.
 
 Key settings in more detail:
 
-- `access_control_allow_origin` — CORS origin
+- `access_control_allow_origin` — the origin a browser lets read pixa's
+  responses, sent as the CORS `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header: `*`, the
+  default, is any site; otherwise one `http` or `https` origin such as
+  `https://example.com`, whose host is a lowercase host name (letters,
+  digits, hyphens and dots, with a letter in its last part) or an IP address
+  (IPv6 in brackets, in its shortest form), with an optional port 1-65535
+  that has no leading zero and is not the scheme's default. Any other value,
+  including another scheme such as a browser extension's, aborts startup
 - `allowlist_hosts` — list of allowed upstream hosts
 - `blocked_networks` — list of CIDR ranges to refuse for SSRF protection,
   added to the always-enforced built-in ranges (loopback, private,
@@ -269,9 +280,14 @@ Key settings in more detail:
   the host's addresses is seen with that address. To be sure which address it
   is, set this to `[]` (or `PIXA_TRUSTED_PROXIES` to empty), send a request
   through the proxy, and read `remoteIP` in pixa's request log line for it
-- `upstream_fetch_timeout` — timeout for origin requests
-- `upstream_max_response_size` — max origin response size
-- `downstream_timeout` — client response timeout
+- `upstream_fetch_timeout` — time allowed for one fetch from an upstream
+  host, as a duration such as `30s` (the default) or `2m`
+- `upstream_max_response_size` — largest upstream response accepted, in
+  bytes; default `52428800` (50 MiB). It also limits the image data pixa
+  decodes
+- `downstream_timeout` — time allowed for answering one client request, as a
+  duration; default `60s`. The upstream fetch counts toward it, so keep it
+  longer than `upstream_fetch_timeout`
 - `signing_key` — HMAC secret for URL signatures
 - `cache_max_bytes` — disk cache size limit in bytes; `0` disables the
   disk cache entirely; omitted defaults to 75% of the free space on

TODO.md

@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ exhaustion
   that is sooner, never negative; an allowlisted host's URL that has an `exp`
   follows it too; `immutable` stays, as freshness now ends at the expiry;
   documented in `README.md`.
+- 2026-09-28 add the four settings `README.md` documented but pixa did not
+  have, which aborted startup as unknown keys (closes #61):
+  `access_control_allow_origin` (default `*`, the CORS origin),
+  `upstream_fetch_timeout` (default `30s`), `upstream_max_response_size`
+  (default 50 MiB) and `downstream_timeout` (default `60s`, both the
+  server's write timeout and the per-request timeout); each has a
+  `PIXA_` variable; durations are positive Go duration strings, the size a
+  whole number of bytes up to 1 GiB, the origin `*` or one `http` or
+  `https` origin as `README.md` describes it; an invalid value
+  aborts startup naming the key and the value; documented in
+  `config.example.yml` and `README.md`.
 - 2026-09-28 cache stats report real numbers (closes #56): `Cache.Stats`
   counts the cached source images and processed variants (`source_content`
   plus `variant_content`) and takes their size from `Cache.UsageBytes`,
@@ -306,7 +317,6 @@ exhaustion
     - X-Request-ID propagation
 - P2: auto format selection (format=auto based on Accept header)
 - P2: configuration
-    - add all configuration options from README
     - YAML config file support
 - P2: operational
     - optional Sentry error reporting

config.example.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 # this file's env: section is set while the file loads, so it overrides
 # both the environment the process was started with and this file's own
 # key.
+#
+# Durations are Go duration strings such as 30s or 2m and must be
+# positive; a bare number has no unit and aborts startup. Sizes are a
+# whole number of bytes.
 
 # Server settings
 port: 8080
@@ -67,6 +71,27 @@ allow_http: false
 # Maximum concurrent connections per upstream host (default: 20)
 upstream_connections_per_host: 20
 
+# Time allowed for one fetch from an upstream host (default: 30s)
+upstream_fetch_timeout: 30s
+
+# Largest upstream response accepted, in bytes, at most 1073741824
+# (1 GiB) (default: 52428800, 50 MiB)
+upstream_max_response_size: 52428800
+
+# Time allowed for answering one client request, the upstream fetch
+# included, so keep it longer than upstream_fetch_timeout (default: 60s)
+downstream_timeout: 60s
+
+# The origin a browser lets read pixa's responses, sent as the CORS
+# Access-Control-Allow-Origin header: "*" (the default) is any site;
+# otherwise one http or https origin such as https://example.com, whose
+# host is a lowercase host name (letters, digits, hyphens and dots, with a
+# letter in its last part) or an IP address (IPv6 in brackets, in its
+# shortest form), with an optional port 1-65535 that has no leading zero
+# and is not the scheme's default. Any other value, including another
+# scheme such as a browser extension's, aborts startup.
+access_control_allow_origin: "*"
+
 # Maximum disk cache size in bytes. Explicit values are used exactly as
 # given; 0 disables the disk cache entirely (every request fetches and
 # processes uncached). When omitted, the default is 75% of the free

internal/config/config.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/smartconfig"
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ const (
 	DefaultPort                       = 8080
 	DefaultStateDir                   = "/var/lib/pixa"
 	DefaultUpstreamConnectionsPerHost = 20
+	DefaultAccessControlAllowOrigin   = "*"
+	DefaultUpstreamFetchTimeout       = 30 * time.Second
+	DefaultUpstreamMaxResponseSize    = 50 << 20 // 50 MiB
+	DefaultDownstreamTimeout          = 60 * time.Second
 )
 
 // Configuration key names.
@@ -44,6 +49,10 @@ const (
 	keyCacheMaxBytes              = "cache_max_bytes"
 	keyBlockedNetworks            = "blocked_networks"
 	keyTrustedProxies             = "trusted_proxies"
+	keyAccessControlAllowOrigin   = "access_control_allow_origin"
+	keyUpstreamFetchTimeout       = "upstream_fetch_timeout"
+	keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize    = "upstream_max_response_size"
+	keyDownstreamTimeout          = "downstream_timeout"
 )
 
 // placeholderSigningKey is the dummy signing_key shipped in
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ var (
 	errEmptyEntry        = errors.New("contains an empty entry")
 	errNotAValidURL      = errors.New("not a valid URL")
 	errPortOutOfRange    = errors.New("outside the valid port range")
+	errSizeOutOfRange    = errors.New("outside the accepted range")
 	errTooFewConnections = errors.New("must be at least 1")
 	errValueTooShort     = errors.New("value too short")
 	errPlaceholderKey    = errors.New(
@@ -86,6 +96,10 @@ var (
 	errNotBareHostname = errors.New(
 		"must be a bare hostname without scheme, path, or whitespace")
 	errNoHostnameLabels = errors.New("contains no hostname labels")
+	errNotADuration     = errors.New("not a duration such as 30s or 2m")
+	errMustBePositive   = errors.New("must be positive")
+	errNotAnOrigin      = errors.New(
+		`not "*" or an origin such as https://example.com`)
 )
 
 // Params defines dependencies for Config.
@@ -112,6 +126,23 @@ type Config struct {
 	AllowHTTP                  bool     // Allow non-TLS upstream (testing only)
 	UpstreamConnectionsPerHost int      // Max concurrent connections per upstream host
 
+	// UpstreamFetchTimeout is the time allowed for one fetch from an
+	// upstream host. UpstreamMaxResponseSize is the largest upstream
+	// response accepted, in bytes, and also the image processor's input
+	// limit.
+	UpstreamFetchTimeout    time.Duration
+	UpstreamMaxResponseSize int64
+
+	// AccessControlAllowOrigin is the origin the CORS middleware allows
+	// to read responses: "*" for any, or one origin such as
+	// https://example.com.
+	AccessControlAllowOrigin string
+
+	// DownstreamTimeout bounds how long answering one client request may
+	// take. It is both the HTTP server's write timeout and the deadline
+	// of the per-request timeout middleware.
+	DownstreamTimeout time.Duration
+
 	// BlockedNetworks are operator-supplied CIDR ranges to refuse in
 	// addition to the built-in SSRF blocklist. Enforced by the upstream
 	// fetcher's dialer; the built-in ranges always apply.
@@ -240,6 +271,14 @@ func newFromSmartConfig(sc *smartconfig.Config) (*Config, error) {
 		AllowHTTP:       loader.boolVal(keyAllowHTTP, false),
 		UpstreamConnectionsPerHost: loader.intVal(
 			keyUpstreamConnectionsPerHost, DefaultUpstreamConnectionsPerHost),
+		UpstreamFetchTimeout: loader.durationVal(
+			keyUpstreamFetchTimeout, DefaultUpstreamFetchTimeout),
+		UpstreamMaxResponseSize: loader.int64Val(
+			keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, DefaultUpstreamMaxResponseSize),
+		AccessControlAllowOrigin: loader.stringVal(
+			keyAccessControlAllowOrigin, DefaultAccessControlAllowOrigin),
+		DownstreamTimeout: loader.durationVal(
+			keyDownstreamTimeout, DefaultDownstreamTimeout),
 		CacheMaxBytes:   loader.int64Val(keyCacheMaxBytes, 0),
 		BlockedNetworks: blockedNetworks,
 		TrustedProxies:  trustedProxies,
@@ -354,7 +393,8 @@ func isKnownConfigKey(key string) bool {
 	case keyDebug, keyMaintenanceMode, keyPort, keyStateDir, keySentryDSN,
 		keyDBURL, keyMetrics, keySigningKey, keyAllowlistHosts, keyAllowHTTP,
 		keyUpstreamConnectionsPerHost, keyCacheMaxBytes, keyBlockedNetworks,
-		keyTrustedProxies, "env":
+		keyTrustedProxies, keyAccessControlAllowOrigin, keyUpstreamFetchTimeout,
+		keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, keyDownstreamTimeout, "env":
 		return true
 	}
 
@@ -382,6 +422,10 @@ func envVarNames() map[string]string {
 		keyCacheMaxBytes:              "PIXA_CACHE_MAX_BYTES",
 		keyBlockedNetworks:            "PIXA_BLOCKED_NETWORKS",
 		keyTrustedProxies:             "PIXA_TRUSTED_PROXIES",
+		keyAccessControlAllowOrigin:   "PIXA_ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN",
+		keyUpstreamFetchTimeout:       "PIXA_UPSTREAM_FETCH_TIMEOUT",
+		keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize:    "PIXA_UPSTREAM_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE",
+		keyDownstreamTimeout:          "PIXA_DOWNSTREAM_TIMEOUT",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -535,6 +579,11 @@ func (c *Config) validate() error {
 			settingName(keyCacheMaxBytes), c.CacheMaxBytes, errMustNotBeNegative)
 	}
 
+	err = c.validateUpstreamMaxResponseSize()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	for _, host := range c.AllowlistHosts {
 		err := validateAllowlistHost(host)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -556,6 +605,82 @@ func (c *Config) validate() error {
 			errMustBeSetTogether)
 	}
 
+	return c.validateAccessControlAllowOrigin()
+}
+
+// validateUpstreamMaxResponseSize checks that upstream_max_response_size
+// is from 1 byte to 1 GiB. An upstream response is read whole into
+// memory, and the image processor reads one byte past this limit, which
+// must not overflow.
+func (c *Config) validateUpstreamMaxResponseSize() error {
+	const maxUpstreamMaxResponseSize = 1 << 30 // 1 GiB
+	if c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize < 1 ||
+		c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize > maxUpstreamMaxResponseSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: value %d is %w 1-%d",
+			settingName(keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize), c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize,
+			errSizeOutOfRange, maxUpstreamMaxResponseSize)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// validateAccessControlAllowOrigin accepts "*" or an origin exactly as a browser
+// sends it: http or https, an IP address as netip writes it or a lowercase name
+// with a letter in its last part, and an optional port 1-65535, not the default.
+func (c *Config) validateAccessControlAllowOrigin() error {
+	origin := c.AccessControlAllowOrigin
+	if origin == "*" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	errOrigin := fmt.Errorf("%s: value %q is %w",
+		settingName(keyAccessControlAllowOrigin), origin, errNotAnOrigin)
+
+	parsed, err := url.Parse(origin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errOrigin
+	}
+
+	defaultPort := map[string]string{"http": "80", "https": "443"}[parsed.Scheme]
+	if defaultPort == "" {
+		return errOrigin
+	}
+
+	const letters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+
+	host := parsed.Hostname()
+	lastPart := host[strings.LastIndex(host, ".")+1:]
+
+	addr, err := netip.ParseAddr(host)
+
+	switch {
+	case err == nil && addr.Is6():
+		host = "[" + addr.String() + "]"
+	case err == nil:
+		host = addr.String()
+	case strings.Trim(host, letters+"0123456789-.") != "": // a character other than these
+		return errOrigin
+	case !strings.ContainsAny(lastPart, letters):
+		return errOrigin
+	}
+
+	// The value must be exactly the origin rebuilt from its parts.
+	rebuilt := parsed.Scheme + "://" + host
+
+	port := parsed.Port()
+	if port != "" {
+		_, err := strconv.ParseUint(port, 10, 16)
+		if err != nil || port[0] == '0' || port == defaultPort {
+			return errOrigin
+		}
+
+		rebuilt += ":" + port
+	}
+
+	if rebuilt != origin {
+		return errOrigin
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -673,6 +798,19 @@ func (l *strictLoader) int64Val(key string, defaultVal int64) int64 {
 	return val
 }
 
+func (l *strictLoader) durationVal(key string, defaultVal time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	if l.err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	val, err := getDuration(l.sc, key, defaultVal)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.err = err
+	}
+
+	return val
+}
+
 func (l *strictLoader) boolVal(key string, defaultVal bool) bool {
 	if l.err != nil {
 		return false
@@ -794,6 +932,42 @@ func getInt64(sc *smartconfig.Config, key string, defaultVal int64) (int64, erro
 	}
 }
 
+// getDuration returns the duration value for key, or defaultVal if the
+// key is omitted. A present value must be a positive Go duration string
+// such as "30s" or "2m", read with time.ParseDuration; a bare number has
+// no unit and is an error, as is an explicit null.
+func getDuration(
+	sc *smartconfig.Config, key string, defaultVal time.Duration,
+) (time.Duration, error) {
+	raw, ok := lookupValue(sc, key)
+	if !ok {
+		return defaultVal, nil
+	}
+
+	if raw == nil {
+		return 0, errNullConfigValue(key)
+	}
+
+	str, ok := raw.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("config key %q: value %v (%T) is %w",
+			key, raw, raw, errNotADuration)
+	}
+
+	parsed, err := time.ParseDuration(strings.TrimSpace(str))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: value %q is %w",
+			settingName(key), str, errNotADuration)
+	}
+
+	if parsed <= 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: value %q %w",
+			settingName(key), str, errMustBePositive)
+	}
+
+	return parsed, nil
+}
+
 // getBool returns the boolean value for key, or defaultVal if the key
 // is omitted. A present value that is not a boolean (or a ParseBool-able
 // string), or is explicitly null, is an error; numbers are not accepted

internal/config/config_validation_internal_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/smartconfig"
 )
@@ -599,3 +600,244 @@ func TestEnsureStateDirFailsOnUncreatablePath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("error %q does not name the offending key state_dir", err.Error())
 	}
 }
+
+// TestOmittedOriginTimeoutsAndSizeUseDefaults checks that the CORS
+// origin, the upstream fetch timeout, the upstream response size limit
+// and the downstream timeout default to the values pixa used before they
+// could be configured.
+func TestOmittedOriginTimeoutsAndSizeUseDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("minimal config should be valid, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if c.AccessControlAllowOrigin != "*" {
+		t.Errorf("AccessControlAllowOrigin = %q, want *", c.AccessControlAllowOrigin)
+	}
+
+	if c.UpstreamFetchTimeout != 30*time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("UpstreamFetchTimeout = %v, want 30s", c.UpstreamFetchTimeout)
+	}
+
+	if c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize != 50<<20 {
+		t.Errorf("UpstreamMaxResponseSize = %d, want %d (50 MiB)",
+			c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize, 50<<20)
+	}
+
+	if c.DownstreamTimeout != 60*time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("DownstreamTimeout = %v, want 60s", c.DownstreamTimeout)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestExplicitOriginTimeoutsAndSizeAreUsed checks that valid values for
+// the CORS origin, the two timeouts and the response size limit are used
+// as given. The size is the largest accepted, 1 GiB.
+func TestExplicitOriginTimeoutsAndSizeAreUsed(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine+`
+access_control_allow_origin: https://app.example.com
+upstream_fetch_timeout: 10s
+upstream_max_response_size: 1073741824
+downstream_timeout: 2m
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("valid config should load, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if c.AccessControlAllowOrigin != "https://app.example.com" {
+		t.Errorf("AccessControlAllowOrigin = %q, want https://app.example.com",
+			c.AccessControlAllowOrigin)
+	}
+
+	if c.UpstreamFetchTimeout != 10*time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("UpstreamFetchTimeout = %v, want 10s", c.UpstreamFetchTimeout)
+	}
+
+	if c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize != 1073741824 {
+		t.Errorf("UpstreamMaxResponseSize = %d, want 1073741824",
+			c.UpstreamMaxResponseSize)
+	}
+
+	if c.DownstreamTimeout != 2*time.Minute {
+		t.Errorf("DownstreamTimeout = %v, want 2m", c.DownstreamTimeout)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestOriginWithPortOrAnyOriginIsAccepted checks the other accepted forms
+// of access_control_allow_origin: "*", an origin with a port, and origins
+// whose host is an IPv4 or IPv6 address.
+func TestOriginWithPortOrAnyOriginIsAccepted(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, origin := range []string{
+		"*", "http://localhost:3000", "http://192.0.2.1", "http://[2001:db8::1]:8080",
+	} {
+		c, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine+
+			"access_control_allow_origin: \""+origin+"\"\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("origin %q should be accepted, got error: %v", origin, err)
+		}
+
+		if c.AccessControlAllowOrigin != origin {
+			t.Errorf("AccessControlAllowOrigin = %q, want %q",
+				c.AccessControlAllowOrigin, origin)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// invalidTimeoutCases are configs where upstream_fetch_timeout or
+// downstream_timeout is not a positive Go duration string; each must
+// abort startup naming the key and the value.
+func invalidTimeoutCases() []abortCase {
+	return []abortCase{
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_fetch_timeout not a duration",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_fetch_timeout: soon\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamFetchTimeout, "soon"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_fetch_timeout number without a unit",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_fetch_timeout: 45\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamFetchTimeout, "45"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_fetch_timeout zero",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_fetch_timeout: 0s\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamFetchTimeout, "0s"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_fetch_timeout negative",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_fetch_timeout: -5s\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamFetchTimeout, "-5s"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_fetch_timeout null",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_fetch_timeout: null\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamFetchTimeout, nullValueText},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "downstream_timeout not a duration",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "downstream_timeout: 1 minute\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyDownstreamTimeout, "1 minute"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "downstream_timeout zero",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "downstream_timeout: 0s\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyDownstreamTimeout, "0s"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "downstream_timeout negative",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "downstream_timeout: -1m\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyDownstreamTimeout, "-1m"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "downstream_timeout null",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "downstream_timeout:\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyDownstreamTimeout, nullValueText},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// invalidSizeAndOriginCases are configs where upstream_max_response_size
+// is not a whole number of bytes from 1 to 1 GiB, or
+// access_control_allow_origin is neither "*" nor an origin; each must
+// abort startup naming the key and the value.
+func invalidSizeAndOriginCases() []abortCase {
+	badOrigins := []string{
+		"",                           // empty
+		"example.com",                // no scheme
+		"https://example.com/images", // a path
+		"https://example.com/",       // a trailing slash
+		// The CORS middleware reads a * inside an origin as a pattern
+		// that lets other sites read responses.
+		"https://*",
+		"https://*.example.com",
+		"https://*example.com",
+		"https://a.com,b.com",       // two hosts
+		"https://example.com:",      // an empty port
+		"https://:8443",             // no host
+		"https://example.com:0",     // a port below 1
+		"https://example.com:99999", // a port above 65535
+		"https://exämple.com",       // a host name that is not ASCII
+		"https://example.com:443",   // the default port for https
+		"http://example.com:80",     // the default port for http
+		"https://example.com:08080", // a port with a leading zero
+		"https://01.2.3.4",          // an IPv4 address with a leading zero
+		"https://10.0.0",            // an IPv4 address with three parts
+		"https://192.168.1.256",     // an IPv4 address part above 255
+		"https://example.123",       // a host name whose last part is a number
+		"https://[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]", // an IPv6 address not in its shortest form
+		"file://example.com",        // a scheme other than http or https
+		"HTTPS://example.com",       // a scheme in upper case
+		"https://Example.com",       // a host name in upper case
+	}
+
+	cases := make([]abortCase, 0, len(badOrigins))
+	for _, origin := range badOrigins {
+		cases = append(cases, abortCase{
+			name: "access_control_allow_origin " + origin,
+			yaml: signingKeyLine +
+				"access_control_allow_origin: \"" + origin + "\"\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyAccessControlAllowOrigin, origin},
+		})
+	}
+
+	return append(cases, []abortCase{
+		{
+			name:              "access_control_allow_origin null",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "access_control_allow_origin: null\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyAccessControlAllowOrigin, nullValueText},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_max_response_size with a unit",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_max_response_size: 50MB\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, "50MB"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_max_response_size fractional",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_max_response_size: 1.5\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, "1.5"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_max_response_size zero",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_max_response_size: 0\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_max_response_size negative",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_max_response_size: -1\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, "-1"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_max_response_size null",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_max_response_size: null\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, nullValueText},
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "upstream_max_response_size above 1 GiB",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + "upstream_max_response_size: 1073741825\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, "1073741825"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "upstream_max_response_size largest 64-bit integer",
+			yaml: signingKeyLine +
+				"upstream_max_response_size: 9223372036854775807\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{
+				keyUpstreamMaxResponseSize, "9223372036854775807",
+			},
+		},
+	}...)
+}
+
+// TestInvalidOriginTimeoutOrSizeAbortsStartup verifies the
+// no-silent-fallback rule for the CORS origin, the two timeouts and the
+// response size limit: a value that does not parse or is out of range
+// aborts startup naming the key and the value.
+func TestInvalidOriginTimeoutOrSizeAbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	runAbortCases(t, append(invalidTimeoutCases(), invalidSizeAndOriginCases()...))
+}

internal/config/env_internal_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/globals"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/logger"
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ func TestEnvironmentSetsEveryKey(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("PIXA_CACHE_MAX_BYTES", "1024")
 	t.Setenv("PIXA_BLOCKED_NETWORKS", "203.0.113.0/24")
 	t.Setenv("PIXA_TRUSTED_PROXIES", "192.0.2.0/24")
+	t.Setenv("PIXA_ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN", "https://app.example.com")
+	t.Setenv("PIXA_UPSTREAM_FETCH_TIMEOUT", "10s")
+	t.Setenv("PIXA_UPSTREAM_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE", "1048576")
+	t.Setenv("PIXA_DOWNSTREAM_TIMEOUT", "2m")
 
 	c, err := newFromSmartConfig(nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -92,6 +97,10 @@ func TestEnvironmentSetsEveryKey(t *testing.T) {
 		cacheMaxBytesExplicit:      true,
 		BlockedNetworks:            []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.0/24")},
 		TrustedProxies:             []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("192.0.2.0/24")},
+		AccessControlAllowOrigin:   "https://app.example.com",
+		UpstreamFetchTimeout:       10 * time.Second,
+		UpstreamMaxResponseSize:    1048576,
+		DownstreamTimeout:          2 * time.Minute,
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(*c, want) {
@@ -280,6 +289,30 @@ func TestInvalidDebugFromEnvironmentAbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
 	wantStartupError(t, err, "PIXA_DEBUG", "maybe")
 }
 
+// TestInvalidOriginTimeoutOrSizeFromEnvironmentAbortsStartup checks that
+// an invalid CORS origin, timeout or response size limit in its variable
+// aborts startup naming the variable and the value.
+func TestInvalidOriginTimeoutOrSizeFromEnvironmentAbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		variable string
+		value    string
+	}{
+		{"PIXA_ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN", "example.com"},
+		{"PIXA_UPSTREAM_FETCH_TIMEOUT", "soon"},
+		{"PIXA_UPSTREAM_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE", "50MB"},
+		{"PIXA_DOWNSTREAM_TIMEOUT", "0s"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.variable, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv(tc.variable, tc.value)
+
+			_, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine)
+			wantStartupError(t, err, tc.variable, tc.value)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestConfigFileAloneBehavesAsBefore checks that with no variables set
 // (TestMain unsets them) the config file's values are used and omitted
 // keys take their defaults.

internal/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ func (s *Handlers) initImageService() error {
 	// Create the fetcher config
 	fetcherCfg := httpfetcher.DefaultConfig()
 	fetcherCfg.AllowHTTP = s.config.AllowHTTP
+	fetcherCfg.Timeout = s.config.UpstreamFetchTimeout
+	fetcherCfg.MaxResponseSize = s.config.UpstreamMaxResponseSize
 
 	if s.config.UpstreamConnectionsPerHost > 0 {
 		fetcherCfg.MaxConnectionsPerHost = s.config.UpstreamConnectionsPerHost

internal/middleware/middleware.go

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (s *Middleware) Logging() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 // CORS returns a CORS middleware.
 func (s *Middleware) CORS() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return cors.Handler(cors.Options{
-		AllowedOrigins:   []string{"*"},
+		AllowedOrigins:   []string{s.config.AccessControlAllowOrigin},
 		AllowedMethods:   []string{"GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"},
 		AllowedHeaders:   []string{"Accept", "Authorization", "Content-Type"},
 		ExposedHeaders:   []string{"Link"},

internal/middleware/middleware_internal_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,53 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/config"
 )
 
+// TestCORSAnswersWithConfiguredOrigin checks that the CORS middleware
+// answers with access_control_allow_origin, where "*" lets any origin read
+// responses and a single origin lets only that origin read them.
+func TestCORSAnswersWithConfiguredOrigin(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const appOrigin = "https://app.example.com"
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		configured    string
+		requestOrigin string
+		want          string
+	}{
+		{"*", "https://any.example.com", "*"},
+		{appOrigin, appOrigin, appOrigin},
+		{appOrigin, "https://other.example.com", ""},
+	}
+
+	testHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		mw := &Middleware{
+			log:    slog.Default(),
+			config: &config.Config{AccessControlAllowOrigin: tc.configured},
+		}
+
+		handler := mw.CORS()(testHandler)
+
+		req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, "/v1/image/example.com/a.jpg/1x1.png", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("Origin", tc.requestOrigin)
+
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+		handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+		got := rec.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("configured %q, request from %q: "+
+				"Access-Control-Allow-Origin = %q, want %q",
+				tc.configured, tc.requestOrigin, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSecurityHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

internal/server/http.go

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ const (
 	// short, so a slowloris client dribbling headers is dropped well
 	// before it ties up a connection for the whole ReadTimeout window.
 	HTTPReadHeaderTimeout = 10 * time.Second
-	HTTPWriteTimeout      = 60 * time.Second
 	// HTTPIdleTimeout bounds how long an idle keep-alive connection is
 	// held open, so idle connections cannot accumulate without limit on a
 	// service targeting high concurrency.
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *Server) newHTTPServer() *http.Server {
 		Addr:              fmt.Sprintf(":%d", s.config.Port),
 		ReadTimeout:       HTTPReadTimeout,
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: HTTPReadHeaderTimeout,
-		WriteTimeout:      HTTPWriteTimeout,
+		WriteTimeout:      s.config.DownstreamTimeout,
 		IdleTimeout:       HTTPIdleTimeout,
 		MaxHeaderBytes:    HTTPMaxHeaderBytes,
 		Handler:           s,

internal/server/http_internal_test.go

@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ import (
 // carries every hardening timeout wired onto it, including the slowloris
 // defense (ReadHeaderTimeout) and the keep-alive bound (IdleTimeout). This
 // guards against a field being defined but never set on the server, so
-// each assertion compares the server field to its constant.
+// each assertion compares the server field to its constant, or, for
+// WriteTimeout, to downstream_timeout from the config.
 func TestNewHTTPServerTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	s := &Server{config: &config.Config{Port: 8080}}
+	s := &Server{config: &config.Config{
+		Port:              8080,
+		DownstreamTimeout: 45 * time.Second,
+	}}
 
 	srv := s.newHTTPServer()
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ func TestNewHTTPServerTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"ReadTimeout", srv.ReadTimeout, HTTPReadTimeout},
 		{"ReadHeaderTimeout", srv.ReadHeaderTimeout, HTTPReadHeaderTimeout},
-		{"WriteTimeout", srv.WriteTimeout, HTTPWriteTimeout},
+		{"WriteTimeout", srv.WriteTimeout, 45 * time.Second},
 		{"IdleTimeout", srv.IdleTimeout, HTTPIdleTimeout},
 	}
 

internal/server/login_rate_limit_internal_test.go

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func newTestServer(t *testing.T) *Server {
 		StateDir:          stateDir,
 		DBURL:             "file:" + filepath.Join(stateDir, "state.sqlite3"),
 		TrustedProxies:    []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")},
+		DownstreamTimeout: config.DefaultDownstreamTimeout,
 	}
 
 	lc := fxtest.NewLifecycle(t)

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 	}
 
 	s.router.Use(s.mw.CORS())
-	s.router.Use(middleware.Timeout(HTTPWriteTimeout))
+	s.router.Use(middleware.Timeout(s.config.DownstreamTimeout))
 
 	if s.sentryEnabled {
 		sentryHandler := sentryhttp.New(sentryhttp.Options{