Blocklists and an AS percentage file fetched by URL (closes #29)

SWWAF_BLOCKLIST_URLS names lists of addresses and netblocks, fetched every
SWWAF_BLOCKLIST_REFRESH (24h, never under 1h); an IPv4-mapped line stands
for its IPv4 address or netblock. reputation.json keeps each list's last
try, failed or not, even one cut off by a stop, which a restart waits on
as a running instance does, and its last good copy, whole, used while a
fetch fails. SWWAF_BLOCKLIST_ACTION denies, limits or only logs a listed
client; the log line names the lists, each raises reputation_hit, and a
failed fetch raises source_failure. SWWAF_ASN_LIMIT_PERCENT_URL is fetched
the same way and counts as SWWAF_ASN_LIMIT_PERCENT does, the lower winning.

Judgement call: a failed fetch is retried after the refresh, not sooner.
Not done: ban notes do not name the lists yet.

Model: opus-5-5

internal/state/state.go

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Package state keeps smallwebwaf's state in JSON files in
 // SWWAF_STATE_DIR, as the "Persistent state" section of SPEC.md describes:
 // bans.json holds the bans, clients.json each client's counters and
-// history, lookups.json GeoJS's answers, and alerts.json the cooldowns,
-// the hour under way, the alerts waiting for each destination and the
-// anomaly counters. Load
+// history, lookups.json GeoJS's answers, reputation.json the last try and
+// last good copy of each list fetched from a URL, and alerts.json the
+// cooldowns, the hour under way, the alerts waiting for each destination
+// and the anomaly counters. Load
 // reads them at start, Watch takes in an admin's edit of one while
 // smallwebwaf runs, and Run and WriteAll write them. The disk is read and
 // written outside the parts' locks, which are held only to take a
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/lookup"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/metrics"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/ratelimit"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/reputation"
 )
 
 // version is the version of the files' format, the only one read.
@@ -46,10 +48,11 @@ const fileMode = 0o600
 
 // The state files' names.
 const (
-	bansJSON    = "bans.json"
-	clientsJSON = "clients.json"
-	lookupsJSON = "lookups.json"
-	alertsJSON  = "alerts.json"
+	bansJSON       = "bans.json"
+	clientsJSON    = "clients.json"
+	lookupsJSON    = "lookups.json"
+	reputationJSON = "reputation.json"
+	alertsJSON     = "alerts.json"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -73,12 +76,13 @@ type Params struct {
 	// is (SWWAF_STATE_COUNTER_INTERVAL).
 	WriteDelay      time.Duration
 	CounterInterval time.Duration
-	// Ledger, Limiter, GeoJS, Alerts and Anomalies hold the state. Alerts
-	// also receive a file_error alert for an edit set aside, and for a
-	// write that fails while smallwebwaf runs.
+	// Ledger, Limiter, GeoJS, Lists, Alerts and Anomalies hold the state.
+	// Alerts also receive a file_error alert for an edit set aside, and for
+	// a write that fails while smallwebwaf runs.
 	Ledger    *bans.Ledger
 	Limiter   *ratelimit.Limiter
 	GeoJS     *lookup.GeoJS
+	Lists     *reputation.Lists
 	Alerts    *alerts.Queue
 	Anomalies *anomaly.Counters
 	// Now tells the time by which the counters' buckets run out, normally
@@ -138,6 +142,13 @@ type lookupsFile struct {
 	Lookups []lookup.Answer `json:"lookups"`
 }
 
+// reputationFile is reputation.json, indented for an admin to read and
+// edit, so that each line of a list's copy is on a line of its own.
+type reputationFile struct {
+	Version int               `json:"version"`
+	Lists   []reputation.List `json:"lists"`
+}
+
 // alertsFile is alerts.json, indented for an admin to read and edit.
 //
 //nolint:tagliatelle // the state files use snake_case, as the request log does
@@ -159,10 +170,10 @@ type stateFile interface {
 }
 
 // Load checks that files can be written in Dir, and reads the state files
-// in it into the ledger, the limiter and GeoJS. A missing file is empty
-// state, as on a first start. A file that does not parse, has an unknown
-// version, or has an entry without a field it needs, is an error that
-// names the file and, where the JSON decoder tells it, the line and
+// in it into the parts of Params that hold the state. A missing file is
+// empty state, as on a first start. A file that does not parse, has an
+// unknown version, or has an entry without a field it needs, is an error
+// that names the file and, where the JSON decoder tells it, the line and
 // column, or else the entry.
 func Load(params Params) (*Files, error) {
 	err := checkWritable(params.Dir)
@@ -175,16 +186,17 @@ func Load(params Params) (*Files, error) {
 	bansRead, bansErr := f.read(bansJSON)
 	clientsRead, clientsErr := f.read(clientsJSON)
 	lookupsRead, lookupsErr := f.read(lookupsJSON)
+	reputationRead, reputationErr := f.read(reputationJSON)
 	alertsRead, alertsErr := f.read(alertsJSON)
 
-	err = errors.Join(bansErr, clientsErr, lookupsErr, alertsErr)
+	err = errors.Join(bansErr, clientsErr, lookupsErr, reputationErr, alertsErr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	params.ProcessLog.Info("read the state files", "directory", params.Dir,
 		"bans", bansRead, "clients", clientsRead, "lookups", lookupsRead,
-		"alerts_waiting", alertsRead)
+		"lists", reputationRead, "alerts_waiting", alertsRead)
 
 	return f, nil
 }
@@ -213,7 +225,9 @@ func (f *Files) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 
 			f.logFailure(bansJSON, f.writeFile(bansJSON))
 		case <-interval.C:
-			for _, name := range []string{bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, alertsJSON} {
+			for _, name := range []string{
+				bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON, alertsJSON,
+			} {
 				f.logFailure(name, f.writeFile(name))
 			}
 		}
@@ -224,7 +238,7 @@ func (f *Files) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 // fails does not keep the others from being written.
 func (f *Files) WriteAll() error {
 	return errors.Join(f.writeFile(bansJSON), f.writeFile(clientsJSON),
-		f.writeFile(lookupsJSON), f.writeFile(alertsJSON))
+		f.writeFile(lookupsJSON), f.writeFile(reputationJSON), f.writeFile(alertsJSON))
 }
 
 // Watch watches Dir until ctx is done, and takes in an admin's edit of a
@@ -259,7 +273,7 @@ func (f *Files) Watch(ctx context.Context) {
 			return
 		case event := <-watcher.Events:
 			switch name := filepath.Base(event.Name); name {
-			case bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, alertsJSON:
+			case bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON, alertsJSON:
 				f.fileChanged(name)
 			}
 		case err = <-watcher.Errors:
@@ -405,33 +419,27 @@ func (f *Files) takeIn(name string, data []byte, edit bool) (int, error) {
 
 		f.params.GeoJS.Load(file.Lookups)
 		entries = len(file.Lookups)
-	case alertsJSON:
-		// waiting was a list, of the alerts waiting for the webhook, before
-		// alerts went to Slack and ntfy too.
-		var written struct {
-			Waiting json.RawMessage `json:"waiting"`
-		}
-
-		if json.Unmarshal(data, &written) == nil &&
-			bytes.HasPrefix(written.Waiting, []byte("[")) {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", path, errWaitingList)
-		}
-
-		var file alertsFile
+	case reputationJSON:
+		var file reputationFile
 
 		err := parse(path, data, &file)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
 
-		f.params.Alerts.Load(alerts.State{
-			Cooldowns: file.Cooldowns, Hour: file.Hour, Waiting: file.Waiting,
-		})
-		f.params.Anomalies.Load(file.AnomalyCounters, f.params.Now())
-
-		for _, waiting := range file.Waiting {
-			entries += len(waiting)
+		err = f.params.Lists.Load(file.Lists)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", path, err)
 		}
+
+		entries = len(file.Lists)
+	case alertsJSON:
+		waiting, err := f.takeInAlerts(path, data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		entries = waiting
 	}
 
 	f.sums[name] = sha256.Sum256(data)
@@ -439,6 +447,41 @@ func (f *Files) takeIn(name string, data []byte, edit bool) (int, error) {
 	return entries, nil
 }
 
+// takeInAlerts parses data, what alerts.json, at path, holds, puts it
+// into the alerts and the anomaly counters, in place of what they held,
+// and returns how many alerts wait in it, as takeIn describes.
+func (f *Files) takeInAlerts(path string, data []byte) (int, error) {
+	// waiting was a list, of the alerts waiting for the webhook, before
+	// alerts went to Slack and ntfy too.
+	var written struct {
+		Waiting json.RawMessage `json:"waiting"`
+	}
+
+	if json.Unmarshal(data, &written) == nil &&
+		bytes.HasPrefix(written.Waiting, []byte("[")) {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", path, errWaitingList)
+	}
+
+	var file alertsFile
+
+	err := parse(path, data, &file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	f.params.Alerts.Load(alerts.State{
+		Cooldowns: file.Cooldowns, Hour: file.Hour, Waiting: file.Waiting,
+	})
+	f.params.Anomalies.Load(file.AnomalyCounters, f.params.Now())
+
+	entries := 0
+	for _, waiting := range file.Waiting {
+		entries += len(waiting)
+	}
+
+	return entries, nil
+}
+
 // writeFile writes the state file name from what smallwebwaf holds. An
 // edit made since smallwebwaf last read or wrote the file is taken in
 // first, so that it is not overwritten, or set aside if it does not
@@ -514,34 +557,38 @@ func (f *Files) setAside(name string, parseErr error) error {
 func (f *Files) encode(name string) ([]byte, error) {
 	switch name {
 	case bansJSON:
-		file := bansFile{Version: version, Bans: BanEntries(f.params.Ledger.Snapshot())}
-
-		data, err := json.MarshalIndent(file, "", "    ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return append(data, '\n'), nil
+		return encodeIndented(bansFile{
+			Version: version, Bans: BanEntries(f.params.Ledger.Snapshot()),
+		})
 	case clientsJSON:
 		return encodeOnePerLine("clients", f.params.Limiter.Snapshot())
 	case lookupsJSON:
 		return encodeOnePerLine("lookups", f.params.GeoJS.Snapshot())
+	case reputationJSON:
+		return encodeIndented(reputationFile{
+			Version: version, Lists: f.params.Lists.Snapshot(),
+		})
 	default: // alerts.json
 		held := f.params.Alerts.Snapshot()
-		file := alertsFile{
+
+		return encodeIndented(alertsFile{
 			Version: version, Cooldowns: held.Cooldowns, Hour: held.Hour,
 			Waiting: held.Waiting, AnomalyCounters: f.params.Anomalies.Snapshot(),
-		}
-
-		data, err := json.MarshalIndent(file, "", "    ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return append(data, '\n'), nil
+		})
 	}
 }
 
+// encodeIndented encodes file, a state file's struct, indented for an
+// admin to read and edit.
+func encodeIndented(file any) ([]byte, error) {
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(file, "", "    ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return append(data, '\n'), nil
+}
+
 // BanEntries returns held as bans.json lists them, an empty list for
 // none.
 func BanEntries(held []bans.Ban) []BanEntry {
@@ -679,6 +726,27 @@ func (f *lookupsFile) check(data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// check refuses a list without its URL, which would name no list, or the
+// time it was last tried, which would have it fetched at once, and a copy
+// of it without the time it was fetched, or without its lines, which hold
+// the list.
+func (f *reputationFile) check([]byte) error {
+	for i, kept := range f.Lists {
+		switch {
+		case kept.URL == "":
+			return missing(i, "url")
+		case kept.Tried.IsZero():
+			return missing(i, "tried")
+		case kept.Fetched.IsZero() && kept.Lines != nil:
+			return missing(i, "fetched")
+		case kept.Lines == nil && !kept.Fetched.IsZero():
+			return missing(i, "lines")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // check refuses a cooldown without its event or when its alert was sent,
 // which would hold back no repeat, alerts waiting for a destination with
 // another name than webhook, slack or ntfy, most likely misspelt, an

internal/state/state_test.go

@@ -27,15 +27,20 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/lookup"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/metrics"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/ratelimit"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/reputation"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/state"
 )
 
 const (
 	// The state files.
-	bansJSON    = "bans.json"
-	clientsJSON = "clients.json"
-	lookupsJSON = "lookups.json"
-	alertsJSON  = "alerts.json"
+	bansJSON       = "bans.json"
+	clientsJSON    = "clients.json"
+	lookupsJSON    = "lookups.json"
+	reputationJSON = "reputation.json"
+	alertsJSON     = "alerts.json"
+	// blocklistURL and torURL are the blocklists the tests' lists name.
+	blocklistURL = "https://lists.example/drop.txt"
+	torURL       = "https://lists.example/tor.txt"
 	// The AS number and AS name the tests' clients are looked up in.
 	asn    = "AS64496"
 	asName = "Example Net"
@@ -204,6 +209,29 @@ const filledAlertsJSON = `{
 }
 `
 
+// filledReputationJSON is reputation.json holding the blocklists' last
+// tries and the copy of one, with its comment line, as fill puts them in.
+const filledReputationJSON = `{
+    "version": 1,
+    "lists": [
+        {
+            "url": "https://lists.example/drop.txt",
+            "tried": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z",
+            "fetched": "2026-10-05T23:00:00Z",
+            "lines": [
+                "; Spamhaus DROP List 2026/10/05 - (c) 2026 The Spamhaus Project SLL",
+                "203.0.113.0/24 ; SBL1",
+                "2001:db8::/32 ; SBL2"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "url": "https://lists.example/tor.txt",
+            "tried": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"
+        }
+    ]
+}
+`
+
 func TestFilesWrittenAndReadBack(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -230,6 +258,11 @@ func TestFilesWrittenAndReadBack(t *testing.T) {
 	wantEqual(t, clientsJSON, after.Limiter.Snapshot(), before.Limiter.Snapshot())
 	wantEqual(t, lookupsJSON, after.GeoJS.Snapshot(), before.GeoJS.Snapshot())
 
+	if got, want := after.Lists.Snapshot(), before.Lists.Snapshot(); !reflect.DeepEqual(
+		got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("%s read back\n%+v\nwant\n%+v", reputationJSON, got, want)
+	}
+
 	if got, want := after.Alerts.Snapshot(), before.Alerts.Snapshot(); !reflect.DeepEqual(
 		got, want) {
 		t.Errorf("%s read back\n%+v\nwant\n%+v", alertsJSON, got, want)
@@ -238,12 +271,32 @@ func TestFilesWrittenAndReadBack(t *testing.T) {
 	wantEqual(t, alertsJSON, after.Anomalies.Snapshot(), before.Anomalies.Snapshot())
 
 	// Each one-per-line file lists its entries by client, and nothing
-	// but the four files is left in the directory.
+	// but the five files is left in the directory.
 	wantEntries(t, filepath.Join(dir, clientsJSON), "clients",
 		"192.0.2.1/32", "203.0.113.9/32", "2001:db8::/64")
 	wantEntries(t, filepath.Join(dir, lookupsJSON), "lookups",
 		"192.0.2.1/32", "203.0.113.9/32")
-	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON)
+	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON)
+}
+
+func TestReputationJSONKeepsEachCopyWholeOneLineToALine(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	params := newParams(dir)
+	fill(params)
+
+	files := load(t, params)
+
+	err := files.WriteAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got := readFile(t, filepath.Join(dir, reputationJSON))
+	if got != filledReputationJSON {
+		t.Errorf("reputation.json\n%s\nwant\n%s", got, filledReputationJSON)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestAlertsJSONIsIndentedWithTheCooldownsTheHourAndTheAlertsWaiting(t *testing.T) {
@@ -368,8 +421,9 @@ func TestMissingFilesAreEmptyState(t *testing.T) {
 
 	held := params.Alerts.Snapshot()
 	if len(params.Ledger.Snapshot()) != 0 || len(params.Limiter.Snapshot()) != 0 ||
-		len(params.GeoJS.Snapshot()) != 0 || len(held.Cooldowns) != 0 ||
-		len(held.Waiting[alerts.DestinationWebhook]) != 0 || held.Hour.Sent != 0 {
+		len(params.GeoJS.Snapshot()) != 0 || len(params.Lists.Snapshot()) != 0 ||
+		len(held.Cooldowns) != 0 || len(held.Waiting[alerts.DestinationWebhook]) != 0 ||
+		held.Hour.Sent != 0 {
 		t.Error("state from no files")
 	}
 }
@@ -428,6 +482,14 @@ func TestFileThatDoesNotParseStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
 			`: anomaly_counters entry 2's scope "nett" is not client, net, asn, total ` +
 				`or watch`,
 		},
+		{
+			"a copy of a list with a line that does not read", reputationJSON,
+			`{"version": 1, "lists": [{"url": "` + blocklistURL + `", ` +
+				`"tried": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z", "fetched": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z", ` +
+				`"lines": ["; DROP", "203.0.113.300"]}]}`,
+			`: the copy of ` + blocklistURL + `: line 2 is not an address or a netblock, ` +
+				`such as 192.0.2.0/24`,
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
@@ -523,6 +585,51 @@ func TestEntryWithoutAFieldItNeedsStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReputationJSONEntryWithoutAFieldItNeedsStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const (
+		drop    = `"url": "` + blocklistURL + `", `
+		tried   = `"tried": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z", `
+		fetched = `"fetched": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"`
+	)
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name, content string
+		// want is what the error says after the file's path.
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			"a list without its URL",
+			`{"version": 1, "lists": [{` + tried + fetched + `, "lines": []}]}`,
+			`: entry 1 has no "url"`,
+		},
+		{
+			"a list without the time it was last tried",
+			`{"version": 1, "lists": [{` + drop + fetched + `, "lines": []}]}`,
+			`: entry 1 has no "tried"`,
+		},
+		{
+			"a copy of a list without the time it was fetched",
+			`{"version": 1, "lists": [{` + drop + tried + `"lines": []}]}`,
+			`: entry 1 has no "fetched"`,
+		},
+		{
+			// An empty list has no lines, which is not having none.
+			"a copy of a list without its lines",
+			`{"version": 1, "lists": [{` + drop + tried + fetched + `, "lines": []}, ` +
+				`{"url": "` + torURL + `", ` + tried + fetched + `}]}`,
+			`: entry 2 has no "lines"`,
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			wantRefused(t, reputationJSON, tc.content, tc.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAlertsJSONEntryWithoutAFieldItNeedsStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -626,7 +733,9 @@ func TestBanWithAnotherCauseStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUnknownVersionStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	for _, file := range []string{bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, alertsJSON} {
+	for _, file := range []string{
+		bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON, alertsJSON,
+	} {
 		for _, content := range []string{`{"version": 2}`, `{}`} {
 			t.Run(file+" "+content, func(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Parallel()
@@ -728,8 +837,9 @@ func TestEveryFileWrittenEveryCounterInterval(t *testing.T) {
 
 			time.Sleep(time.Nanosecond)
 			synctest.Wait()
-			wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON)
-			removeFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON)
+			wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON)
+			removeFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON,
+				reputationJSON)
 		}
 	})
 }
@@ -948,7 +1058,7 @@ func TestFileThatCannotBeReadIsNotWrittenOver(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("bans.json is now %v (%v), want the socket", info, err)
 	}
 
-	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON)
+	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON)
 	wantWriteFailed(t, params, bansJSON)
 }
 
@@ -1021,6 +1131,17 @@ func TestEditOfEachFileTakenIn(t *testing.T) {
 	wantEqual(t, lookupsJSON, params.GeoJS.Snapshot(),
 		[]lookup.Answer{{Client: client, Country: "FR", Answered: midnight()}})
 
+	edit(t, dir, reputationJSON, `{"version": 1, "lists": [{"url": "`+blocklistURL+`", `+
+		`"tried": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z", "fetched": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z", `+
+		`"lines": ["198.51.100.7"]}]}`)
+	wantTakenIn(t, lines, dir, reputationJSON)
+
+	listedBy := params.Lists.ListedBy(client.Addr())
+	if !slices.Equal(listedBy, []string{blocklistURL}) {
+		t.Errorf("%s taken in lists %s on %v, want on the blocklist", reputationJSON,
+			client.Addr(), listedBy)
+	}
+
 	// A netblock with bits past its length is read as the netblock it is
 	// in.
 	edit(t, dir, alertsJSON, `{"version": 1, "cooldowns": [{"event": "ban", `+
@@ -1248,7 +1369,7 @@ func TestBrokenEditSetAsideAtTheNextWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	edit(t, dir, bansJSON, broken)
 	edit(t, dir, clientsJSON, `{"version": 1, "clients": []}`)
 	wantTakenIn(t, lines, dir, clientsJSON)
-	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON)
+	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, clientsJSON, lookupsJSON, reputationJSON)
 
 	// The next write sets it aside, logged with where the error is, and
 	// writes bans.json again from what smallwebwaf still holds.
@@ -1272,7 +1393,8 @@ func TestBrokenEditSetAsideAtTheNextWrite(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("alerts waiting %+v, want a file_error alert for %s", waiting, path+".bad")
 	}
 
-	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, bansJSON+".bad", clientsJSON, lookupsJSON)
+	wantFiles(t, dir, alertsJSON, bansJSON, bansJSON+".bad", clientsJSON, lookupsJSON,
+		reputationJSON)
 
 	if got := readFile(t, path+".bad"); got != broken {
 		t.Errorf("bans.json.bad holds\n%s\nwant the edit", got)
@@ -1401,9 +1523,10 @@ func midnight() time.Time {
 }
 
 // newParams returns Params for the state files in dir, with parts that
-// hold nothing yet. GeoJS is never asked, and the alerts, at most two an
-// hour, are never sent. The anomaly counters count the scopes fill
-// counts, with thresholds fill does not reach.
+// hold nothing yet. GeoJS is never asked, the lists, two blocklists, are
+// never fetched, and the alerts, at most two an hour, are
+// never sent. The anomaly counters count the scopes fill counts, with
+// thresholds fill does not reach.
 func newParams(dir string) state.Params {
 	discard := slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler)
 	m := metrics.New(1, "app")
@@ -1431,6 +1554,10 @@ func newParams(dir string) state.Params {
 		GeoJS: lookup.New(lookup.Params{
 			Now: midnight, ProcessLog: discard, Metrics: m,
 		}),
+		Lists: reputation.New(reputation.Params{
+			BlocklistURLs: []string{blocklistURL, torURL}, Refresh: 24 * time.Hour,
+			Now: midnight, ProcessLog: discard, Alerts: queue,
+		}),
 		Alerts: queue,
 		Anomalies: anomaly.New(anomaly.Params{
 			Net:            anomaly.Thresholds{RequestsPerMinute: 1000},
@@ -1455,8 +1582,9 @@ func office() netip.Prefix {
 
 // fill puts a permanent ban an admin made, a ban for a broken limit and
 // one for a clear sign of attack, clients with counts and histories,
-// GeoJS answers, and alerts and anomaly counters, as filledAlertsJSON
-// holds them, into the parts of params.
+// GeoJS answers, the blocklists' last tries and the copy of one, as
+// filledReputationJSON holds them, and alerts and anomaly counters, as
+// filledAlertsJSON holds them, into the parts of params.
 func fill(params state.Params) {
 	now := midnight()
 	client := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.9/32")
@@ -1489,6 +1617,20 @@ func fill(params state.Params) {
 		},
 	})
 
+	// The copy of drop.txt was fetched an hour ago, and the fetches of it
+	// and of tor.txt tried since failed.
+	err := params.Lists.Load([]reputation.List{{
+		URL: blocklistURL, Tried: now, Fetched: now.Add(-time.Hour),
+		Lines: []string{
+			"; Spamhaus DROP List 2026/10/05 - (c) 2026 The Spamhaus Project SLL",
+			"203.0.113.0/24 ; SBL1",
+			"2001:db8::/32 ; SBL2",
+		},
+	}, {URL: torURL, Tried: now}})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err) // the copy reads
+	}
+
 	// An alert waiting, a repeat of it the cooldown holds back, another
 	// alert waiting, and one past the two an hour, for the hour's summary.
 	ban := alerts.Alert{