Alerts to a JSON webhook, with a cooldown and an hourly summary (closes #26)
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SWWAF_ALERT_WEBHOOK_URL gets one JSON POST per alert, in SPEC.md's
schema, with SWWAF_ALERT_WEBHOOK_HEADERS: ban and permanent_ban, with
the ban's notes, in observe mode too, marked mode observe and worked
out only when the alert would be sent; source_failure for GeoJS;
file_error for a rule or state file with an error. SWWAF_ALERT_EVENTS
chooses; SWWAF_ALERT_COOLDOWN holds back repeats by netblock, file or
source; past SWWAF_ALERT_MAX_PER_HOUR the hour ends in one summary. A
bounded queue, retried with backoff, holds up no request; a 4xx other
than 408 and 429 gives the alert up. alerts.json keeps the queue, the
cooldowns and the hour. Nothing shows the URL's path or query.

Judgement call: the summary's event is summary, which SPEC.md omits.
Judgement call: an admin's ban raises no alert.

Model: opus-5-5
This commit was merged in pull request #93.
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2026-10-07 04:21:24 +02:00
parent 5d6f6ffaf9
commit 432097ee3f
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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
"strconv"
"strings"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"testing"
"time"
@@ -547,6 +548,97 @@ func TestStalledRemoteLogEndpointHoldsUpNoRequest(t *testing.T) {
out.line(t, "type", "request")
}
func TestBanIsAlertedAndAnAlertNotSentIsKeptAcrossARestart(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
webhook := startWebhook(t)
rules := t.TempDir()
err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(rules, "50-app.rules"),
[]byte(`probe path ban ^/\.env$`+"\n"), 0o600)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("write the rule file: %v", err)
}
dir := t.TempDir()
env := map[string]string{
listenAddr: localhost + ":0",
upstreamURL: startApp(t),
stateDir: dir,
rulesDir: rules,
"SWWAF_ALERT_WEBHOOK_URL": webhook.url,
"SWWAF_ALERT_WEBHOOK_HEADERS": "Authorization:Bearer " + adminSecret,
}
runUntilStopped(t, env, func(url string) {
// The probe bans the client, and the webhook is sent the alert.
wantRefused(t, url+".env")
post := webhook.waitFor(t, "ban", true)
if post.alert["client"] != localhost || post.alert["netblock"] != localhost+"/32" ||
post.authorization != "Bearer "+adminSecret {
t.Errorf("the webhook was sent %v, with Authorization %q", post.alert,
post.authorization)
}
// The webhook fails, so the alert for the ban made permanent by the
// client's next request waits.
webhook.failing.Store(true)
wantRefused(t, url)
webhook.waitFor(t, "permanent_ban", false)
})
// alerts.json keeps it as smallwebwaf stops, and once started again,
// smallwebwaf sends it.
var file struct {
Waiting []struct {
Event string `json:"event"`
} `json:"waiting"`
}
path := filepath.Join(dir, "alerts.json")
data, err := os.ReadFile(path) //nolint:gosec // a file in the test's directory
if err == nil {
err = json.Unmarshal(data, &file)
}
if err != nil || len(file.Waiting) != 1 || file.Waiting[0].Event != "permanent_ban" {
t.Fatalf("alerts.json holds %s (%v), want the permanent_ban alert waiting", data, err)
}
// It counts the alert sent in the metrics, read here from a client the
// ban does not cover.
const token = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
webhook.failing.Store(false)
env["SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS"] = localhost
env["SWWAF_METRICS_TOKEN"] = token
runUntilStopped(t, env, func(url string) {
webhook.waitFor(t, "permanent_ban", true)
// As long as that takes, so that a slow test process cannot fail
// the test.
const sent = "\nsmallwebwaf_alerts_sent_total{destination=\"webhook\"} 1\n"
metrics := metricsText(t, url+"_smallwebwaf/metrics", token)
for !strings.Contains(metrics, sent) {
time.Sleep(pollInterval)
metrics = metricsText(t, url+"_smallwebwaf/metrics", token)
}
for _, series := range []string{"failed", "suppressed", "dropped"} {
zero := "\nsmallwebwaf_alerts_" + series + "_total{destination=\"webhook\"} 0\n"
if !strings.Contains(metrics, zero) {
t.Errorf("no %q in the metrics:\n%s", zero, metrics)
}
}
})
}
func TestStateFileThatDoesNotParseStopsTheStart(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
@@ -917,6 +1009,80 @@ func saveUntilAnswered(t *testing.T, path, content, url, from string, status int
}
}
// webhook is a stand-in for SWWAF_ALERT_WEBHOOK_URL. It notes each alert
// it is sent, and answers 204, or 503 while failing.
type webhook struct {
url string
failing atomic.Bool
mu sync.Mutex
posts []webhookPost
}
// webhookPost is an alert the webhook was sent, with the Authorization
// header sent with it, and whether the webhook took it.
type webhookPost struct {
alert map[string]any
authorization string
answered bool
}
// startWebhook starts a webhook that takes every alert.
func startWebhook(t *testing.T) *webhook {
t.Helper()
w := &webhook{}
server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
var alert map[string]any
_ = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&alert)
failing := w.failing.Load()
w.mu.Lock()
w.posts = append(w.posts, webhookPost{
alert: alert, authorization: r.Header.Get("Authorization"),
answered: !failing,
})
w.mu.Unlock()
if failing {
rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
return
}
rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
}))
t.Cleanup(server.Close)
w.url = server.URL + "/alerts"
return w
}
// waitFor waits until the webhook has been sent an alert for event that
// it took, or, unless answered, failed, and returns it. It waits as long
// as that takes, so that a slow test process cannot fail the test.
func (w *webhook) waitFor(t *testing.T, event string, answered bool) webhookPost {
t.Helper()
for {
w.mu.Lock()
for _, post := range w.posts {
if post.alert["event"] == event && post.answered == answered {
w.mu.Unlock()
return post
}
}
w.mu.Unlock()
time.Sleep(pollInterval)
}
}
// statusFrom returns the status a request to url from the client at
// from, as X-Forwarded-For names it, is answered with.
func statusFrom(t *testing.T, url, from string) int {