Fetch and verify Alpine at build time instead of committing it (closes #145)

static/js/alpine.min.js was a committed minified bundle, which
REPO_POLICIES forbids, referenced by no content hash at all. A minified
blob is unreviewable, which is the shape a supply-chain compromise
takes.

script/fetch-assets now downloads Alpine 3.14.9 from the npm registry
and verifies sha256 on both the tarball and the extracted file, and
static/vendor_test.go re-hashes the bytes go:embed actually placed in
the binary. The shipped bytes are byte-identical to the blob that was
committed, so the served asset does not change.

Independently reviewed. Five negative controls reproduced by the
reviewer: flipped expected hash, repointed URL, post-fetch tampering,
asset absent, and manifest inconsistencies — each fails closed with
static/js/ left clean. Registry hashes confirmed against the pins, and
the runtime image was built, run and curled to confirm the asset is
still served and the login page still loads it.

Known gap, filed separately: static/static.go embeds the js directory
rather than named files, so a missing fetched asset is not a compile
error on ungated local build paths. Every gated path fails loudly, so
the release artifact is unaffected.

.dockerignore

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # stage of the Dockerfile.
 .git/
 bin/
+# Third-party browser assets are fetched and hash-verified inside the build by
+# script/fetch-assets. Excluding any host copy keeps a developer's working tree
+# from supplying the bytes that get shipped. The script and its
+# static/vendor.sha256 manifest stay in the context.
+static/js/alpine.min.js
 *.md
 LICENSE
 .editorconfig

.gitignore

@@ -44,4 +44,9 @@ tmp/
 temp/
 
 # CI cache barrier, written into the build context by the check workflow
-.ci-fingerprint 
+.ci-fingerprint
+
+# Third-party browser assets, fetched and hash-verified by
+# script/fetch-assets against static/vendor.sha256. Not committed:
+# REPO_POLICIES.md forbids minified bundles in version control.
+/static/js/alpine.min.js 

Dockerfile

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ FROM golang:1.26.1-bookworm@sha256:4465644228bc2857a954b092167e12aa59c006a349228
 # Depend on lint stage passing
 COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends make && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends make curl ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /build
 
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ RUN go mod download
 # the lint stage above.
 COPY . .
 
+# Fetch the third-party browser assets the UI serves. They are not committed
+# (REPO_POLICIES.md forbids minified bundles in version control) and
+# .dockerignore keeps any host copy out of the build context, so this step is
+# the only way they enter the image. Each download is checked against a
+# hardcoded sha256 and the build fails on mismatch; make test re-checks the
+# hashes against the bytes go:embed actually put in the binary.
+RUN script/fetch-assets
+
 # Run tests and build
 RUN make test
 RUN make build

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: bootstrap setup test lint fmt fmt-check check build run dev deps docker clean hooks css
+.PHONY: bootstrap setup assets test lint fmt fmt-check check build run dev deps docker clean hooks css
 
 # Default target
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := check
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ bootstrap:
 setup:
 	@script/setup
 
+assets:
+	@script/fetch-assets
+
 test:
 	@script/test
 

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ make docker
 ```bash
 make bootstrap  # Install all dependencies (idempotent)
 make setup      # Bootstrap + install git pre-commit hook
+make assets     # Fetch + verify third-party browser assets
 make fmt        # Format code (gofmt + goimports)
 make lint       # Run golangci-lint
 make test       # Run tests with race detection
@@ -247,6 +248,8 @@ them. We provide:
 - `script/setup` — make a fresh clone ready for development
   (bootstrap, then install-precommit)
 - `script/projectname` — output the project name ("webhooker")
+- `script/fetch-assets` — download the third-party browser assets into
+  `static/`, verifying each against its pinned sha256
 - `script/test` — run the test suite
 - `script/lint` — run golangci-lint
 - `script/fmt` — format all code (writes)
@@ -260,6 +263,27 @@ them. We provide:
 - `script/install-precommit` — install the git pre-commit hook that
   runs `script/precommit`
 
+## Third-party browser assets
+
+The web UI serves one third-party script, Alpine.js. It is **not** committed:
+a minified bundle in the tree is unreviewable, and `REPO_POLICIES.md` bars
+both committed build artifacts and unpinned external references.
+
+Instead `script/fetch-assets` downloads it from a pinned URL, checks the
+download against a hardcoded sha256, and installs it under `static/`. The
+sha256 of every installed asset is recorded in `static/vendor.sha256`, and
+`static/vendor_test.go` re-hashes the bytes `go:embed` put in the binary
+against that manifest — so the pin is enforced on what actually ships, not
+merely written down. Any mismatch fails the build.
+
+`make bootstrap` runs the fetch for local development, and the Dockerfile
+runs it in the build stage; `.gitignore` and `.dockerignore` keep the
+artifact out of both the repo and the build context.
+
+To move to a new version: update the version, URL, and tarball sha256 in
+`script/fetch-assets` and the asset sha256 in `static/vendor.sha256`, then
+run `make assets && make check`.
+
 ## Rationale
 
 Webhook integrations between services are inherently fragile. The

internal/server/static_assets_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package server_test
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/templates"
+)
+
+// TestBaseTemplateScriptsAreServed walks every /s/ script the base
+// template loads on each page and fetches it through the real router.
+// Alpine.js is fetched at build time rather than committed, so nothing
+// in the repo guarantees it is present: this is the check that the page
+// still gets the JavaScript it asks for.
+func TestBaseTemplateScriptsAreServed(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// scriptSrc matches the src of every <script> tag pointing at the
+	// /s/ static mount.
+	scriptSrc := regexp.MustCompile(`<script[^>]+src="(/s/[^"]+)"`)
+
+	base, err := templates.Templates.ReadFile("base.html")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	matches := scriptSrc.FindAllStringSubmatch(string(base), -1)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, matches, "base.html should load scripts from /s/")
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	for _, m := range matches {
+		src := m[1]
+		t.Run(src, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			w := env.get(src, nil)
+
+			require.Equalf(
+				t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
+				"base.html loads %s but the server does not serve it", src,
+			)
+			assert.NotEmptyf(
+				t, w.Body.Bytes(), "%s is served but empty", src,
+			)
+		})
+	}
+}

script/bootstrap

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 # or apk (detected in that order); assumes NOTHING is present (not git,
 # make, or go). golangci-lint is packaged in nix, brew, and apk; on apt
 # it is installed from a hash-verified GitHub release archive (never
-# curl | sh).
+# curl | sh). Finishes by running script/fetch-assets, which installs the
+# hash-pinned third-party browser assets the repo does not commit.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
@@ -115,6 +116,11 @@ main() {
 
     go mod download
 
+    # Third-party browser assets are not committed; fetch and verify them
+    # so a fresh clone can build and test.
+    if missing curl; then pkg_install curl curl curl curl; fi
+    "$ROOT/script/fetch-assets"
+
     echo "bootstrap complete"
 }
 

script/fetch-assets

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/fetch-assets: download the third-party browser assets the web UI
+# ships and install them under static/. Minified bundles are not committed
+# (REPO_POLICIES.md: no build artifacts in version control), so the build
+# fetches them here. Every download is verified against a hardcoded sha256
+# before it is installed, and any mismatch aborts. Idempotent: an asset
+# already present with its pinned hash is left alone.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+# The sha256 of each installed asset lives in static/vendor.sha256, in
+# sha256sum(1) format, with paths relative to static/. That file is the
+# single source of truth: this script verifies against it, and
+# static/vendor_test.go asserts the bytes embedded into the binary match
+# it, so the hash cannot rot into a value nothing checks.
+MANIFEST="static/vendor.sha256"
+
+# Alpine.js 3.14.9, 2026-08-17. Fetched from registry.npmjs.org, the
+# publisher of record; the jsDelivr and unpkg copies are mirrors of this
+# same tarball. dist/cdn.min.js is the browser build Alpine publishes for
+# a <script> tag.
+ALPINE_VERSION="3.14.9"
+ALPINE_URL="https://registry.npmjs.org/alpinejs/-/alpinejs-${ALPINE_VERSION}.tgz"
+# sha256 of alpinejs-3.14.9.tgz
+ALPINE_TARBALL_SHA256="97dad7c0c81e659cfc8e7700055da9770f8186187cb9a8a76efb57e00d5ce52a"
+ALPINE_MEMBER="package/dist/cdn.min.js"
+ALPINE_DEST="js/alpine.min.js"
+
+sha256_of() {
+    if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        sha256sum "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1
+    else
+        shasum -a 256 "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1
+    fi
+}
+
+# expected_sha256 <path-relative-to-static>
+expected_sha256() {
+    awk -v want="$1" '$2 == want { print $1; found = 1 }
+        END { if (!found) exit 1 }' "$ROOT/$MANIFEST"
+}
+
+# verify <file> <expected-sha256> <what>
+verify() {
+    actual="$(sha256_of "$1")"
+    if [ "$actual" != "$2" ]; then
+        echo "fetch-assets: sha256 mismatch for $3" >&2
+        echo "  expected: $2" >&2
+        echo "  actual:   $actual" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# up_to_date <path-relative-to-static> <expected-sha256>
+up_to_date() {
+    [ -f "$ROOT/static/$1" ] || return 1
+    [ "$(sha256_of "$ROOT/static/$1")" = "$2" ]
+}
+
+fetch_alpine() {
+    want="$(expected_sha256 "$ALPINE_DEST")"
+
+    if up_to_date "$ALPINE_DEST" "$want"; then
+        echo "fetch-assets: static/$ALPINE_DEST already at $want"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    echo "fetch-assets: fetching Alpine.js $ALPINE_VERSION from $ALPINE_URL"
+    tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+    trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT INT TERM
+    curl -fsSL -o "$tmp/alpine.tgz" "$ALPINE_URL"
+    verify "$tmp/alpine.tgz" "$ALPINE_TARBALL_SHA256" "alpinejs-${ALPINE_VERSION}.tgz"
+    tar -xzOf "$tmp/alpine.tgz" "$ALPINE_MEMBER" >"$tmp/alpine.min.js"
+    verify "$tmp/alpine.min.js" "$want" "$ALPINE_MEMBER from alpinejs-${ALPINE_VERSION}.tgz"
+
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$ROOT/static/$ALPINE_DEST")"
+    cp "$tmp/alpine.min.js" "$ROOT/static/$ALPINE_DEST"
+    rm -rf "$tmp"
+    trap - EXIT INT TERM
+    echo "fetch-assets: installed static/$ALPINE_DEST ($want)"
+}
+
+# Re-check every manifest entry against what is now on disk, so an entry
+# no script installs fails loudly instead of passing silently.
+verify_manifest() {
+    while read -r want path; do
+        case "$want" in '' | '#'*) continue ;; esac
+        if [ ! -f "$ROOT/static/$path" ]; then
+            echo "fetch-assets: $MANIFEST lists static/$path, which is missing" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        verify "$ROOT/static/$path" "$want" "static/$path"
+    done <"$ROOT/$MANIFEST"
+}
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    fetch_alpine
+    verify_manifest
+    echo "fetch-assets: all assets in $MANIFEST verified"
+}
+
+main "$@"

static/vendor.sha256

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3ed1eed252488921df65e363d6715deb04d7f92aaedb9e52199fdf73cb1e0ad3  js/alpine.min.js

static/vendor_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package static_test
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/static"
+)
+
+const manifestPath = "vendor.sha256"
+
+// fetchHint is appended to every failure here: the assets the manifest
+// covers are fetched by the build, not committed, so a fresh clone that
+// has not run script/fetch-assets fails this test and should be told why.
+const fetchHint = "run `script/fetch-assets` (or `make assets`) to install " +
+	"the pinned third-party assets"
+
+// TestVendoredAssetsMatchManifest asserts that every asset listed in
+// static/vendor.sha256 is embedded in the binary with exactly the pinned
+// bytes. script/fetch-assets verifies the same hashes at download time;
+// this test verifies them again on what actually ships, so a build that
+// skipped, cached, or subverted the fetch cannot produce a binary serving
+// unpinned third-party JavaScript.
+func TestVendoredAssetsMatchManifest(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	entries := readManifest(t)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, entries, "%s lists no assets", manifestPath)
+
+	for path, want := range entries {
+		t.Run(path, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			data, err := static.Static.ReadFile(path)
+			require.NoErrorf(
+				t, err,
+				"%s is listed in %s but is not embedded; %s",
+				path, manifestPath, fetchHint,
+			)
+
+			sum := sha256.Sum256(data)
+			got := hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+			require.Equalf(
+				t, want, got,
+				"embedded %s does not match its pinned sha256 in %s; %s",
+				path, manifestPath, fetchHint,
+			)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// readManifest parses static/vendor.sha256, which is in sha256sum(1)
+// format with paths relative to static/.
+func readManifest(t *testing.T) map[string]string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	f, err := os.Open(manifestPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "opening %s", manifestPath)
+
+	defer func() { require.NoError(t, f.Close()) }()
+
+	entries := make(map[string]string)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		fields := strings.Fields(line)
+		require.Lenf(
+			t, fields, 2,
+			"%s: malformed entry %q, want \"<sha256>  <path>\"",
+			manifestPath, line,
+		)
+
+		sum, path := fields[0], fields[1]
+		require.Lenf(t, sum, 64, "%s: %q is not a sha256", manifestPath, sum)
+		entries[path] = sum
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, scanner.Err(), "reading %s", manifestPath)
+
+	return entries
+}