internal/handlers/app.go

@@ -373,6 +373,28 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleAppDeployments() http.HandlerFunc {
 // defaultLogTail is the default number of log lines to fetch.
 const defaultLogTail = "500"
 
+// maxLogTail is the maximum allowed value for the tail parameter.
+const maxLogTail = 500
+
+// sanitizeTail validates and clamps the tail query parameter.
+// It returns a numeric string clamped to maxLogTail, or the default if invalid.
+func sanitizeTail(raw string) string {
+	if raw == "" {
+		return defaultLogTail
+	}
+
+	n, err := strconv.Atoi(raw)
+	if err != nil || n < 1 {
+		return defaultLogTail
+	}
+
+	if n > maxLogTail {
+		n = maxLogTail
+	}
+
+	return strconv.Itoa(n)
+}
+
 // HandleAppLogs returns the container logs handler.
 func (h *Handlers) HandleAppLogs() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
@@ -394,10 +416,7 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleAppLogs() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		tail := request.URL.Query().Get("tail")
+		tail := sanitizeTail(request.URL.Query().Get("tail"))
-		if tail == "" {
-			tail = defaultLogTail
-		}
 
 		logs, logsErr := h.docker.ContainerLogs(
 			request.Context(),

internal/handlers/tail_validation_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSanitizeTail(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"empty uses default", "", defaultLogTail},
+		{"valid small number", "50", "50"},
+		{"valid max boundary", "500", "500"},
+		{"exceeds max clamped", "501", "500"},
+		{"very large clamped", "999999", "500"},
+		{"non-numeric uses default", "abc", defaultLogTail},
+		{"all keyword uses default", "all", defaultLogTail},
+		{"negative uses default", "-1", defaultLogTail},
+		{"zero uses default", "0", defaultLogTail},
+		{"float uses default", "1.5", defaultLogTail},
+		{"one is valid", "1", "1"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got := sanitizeTail(tc.input)
+			if got != tc.expected {
+				t.Errorf("sanitizeTail(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.input, got, tc.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}