Extract Alpine.js in script/test so the pre-commit hook works

The extraction moves from the Makefile's assets target into
script/assets. script/test runs it before the tests, so make test,
make check, script/check and the pre-commit hook all get the file on a
fresh clone; make assets, make build and make dev call the same script.
The README now says only that nothing downloads Alpine.js.

Model: opus-5-5

.dockerignore

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 # stage of the Dockerfile.
 .git/
 bin/
-# Third-party browser assets are fetched and hash-verified inside the build by
+# Extracted from 3p/ by `make assets` inside the build; a host copy is not
-# script/fetch-assets. Excluding any host copy keeps a developer's working tree
+# needed. The tarball in 3p/ must stay in the context.
-# 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

.gitignore

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ temp/
 # CI cache barrier, written into the build context by the check workflow
 .ci-fingerprint
 
-# Third-party browser assets, fetched and hash-verified by
+# Alpine.js, extracted by `make assets` from its tarball in 3p/, which is
-# script/fetch-assets against static/vendor.sha256. Not committed:
+# what is committed.
-# REPO_POLICIES.md forbids minified bundles in version control.
 /static/js/alpine.min.js

Dockerfile

@@ -51,15 +51,8 @@ RUN go mod download
 # the lint stage above.
 COPY . .
 
-# Fetch the third-party browser assets the UI serves. They are not committed
+# Run tests and build. Both first run script/assets, which extracts Alpine.js
-# (REPO_POLICIES.md forbids minified bundles in version control) and
+# from its tarball in 3p/.
-# .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
 
 # Version stamped into the binary. .dockerignore excludes .git/, so
@@ -67,8 +60,8 @@ RUN make test
 # host and passes it in. The default is what a bare `docker build .`
 # with no --build-arg gets, and it names no tag the tree may not be at.
 #
-# Declared here, below the test and asset steps, so a changed version
+# Declared here, below the test step, so a changed version does not
-# does not invalidate their cached layers.
+# invalidate its cached layer.
 ARG VERSION=unknown
 
 RUN make build VERSION="$VERSION"

Makefile

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setup:
 	@script/setup
 
 assets:
-	@script/fetch-assets
+	@script/assets
 
 test:
 	@script/test
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ fmt-check:
 check:
 	@script/check
 
-build:
+build: assets
 	go build -ldflags '$(strip -X main.version=$(VERSION) $(GO_LDFLAGS))' -o bin/webhooker ./cmd/webhooker
 
 run: build
 	./bin/webhooker
 
-dev:
+dev: assets
 	go run ./cmd/webhooker
 
 deps:

README.md

@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ before deploying one.
 - Go 1.26.1+ (the version in `go.mod`)
 - Docker (for linting, for the test stage of the CI gate, and for
   containerized deployment)
-- `curl`, used by `script/fetch-assets` to download the third-party
-  browser assets, which are not committed (`make bootstrap` installs
-  it if missing)
 
 golangci-lint is not a prerequisite and must not be installed on the
 host: `script/bootstrap` does not install it, and `make lint` runs the
@@ -36,9 +33,7 @@ digest-pinned linter image via `Dockerfile.lint`.
 git clone https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/webhooker.git
 cd webhooker
 
-# Install Go dependencies and the third-party browser assets.
+# Install the Go toolchain if missing, and the Go dependencies
-# `make deps` alone is not enough: it only runs go mod download/tidy,
-# and the checks below need the fetched assets.
 make bootstrap
 
 # Run all checks (test, lint, format check)
@@ -58,7 +53,7 @@ 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 assets     # Extract Alpine.js from 3p/ (test, check, build, dev run it)
 make fmt        # Format code (gofmt + goimports)
 make fmt-check  # Fail if gofmt would change anything (writes nothing)
 make lint       # Run golangci-lint in Docker (Dockerfile.lint)
@@ -157,6 +152,11 @@ private and reserved ranges — RFC 1918, loopback, CGNAT, link-local and
 the rest — are refused, which stops a target from being used to make
 webhooker probe the network it sits in.
 
+Besides the private and reserved ranges, the default blocklist refuses
+public cloud metadata addresses: currently only `168.63.129.16`, Azure's
+WireServer, which serves an Azure VM its credentials. Because it is a
+public address, listing it in `ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS` reopens it.
+
 That default is also inconvenient for the thing webhooker is mostly
 for: taking a public webhook and forwarding it to something on your own
 network. A container on the same Docker network, a box on `10.x`, a
@@ -195,15 +195,16 @@ Two things this setting cannot do:
   the list is always an allowlist; an empty list (the default) means
   every private and reserved range stays refused. Note that
   `0.0.0.0/0` gets you most of the way there anyway, per above.
-- **It cannot open link-local, or a cloud metadata endpoint that
+- **It cannot open link-local, or a cloud metadata endpoint at a
-  discloses credentials or user data.** An address is on the list below
+  non-public address that discloses credentials or user data.** An
-  when both of these hold: the provider fixes it, so it cannot collide
+  address is on the list below when it is not a public address and both
-  with anything you run; and reaching it hands out credentials, user
+  of these hold: the provider fixes it, so it cannot collide with
-  data or bootstrap material. Those stay blocked no matter what you
+  anything you run; and reaching it hands out credentials, user data or
-  list, including when you list them outright or list a supernet such
+  bootstrap material. Those stay blocked no matter what you list,
-  as `0.0.0.0/0`, `::/0`, `fd00::/8` or `100.64.0.0/10`. Treat this as
+  including when you list them outright or list a supernet such as
-  best effort rather than a guarantee — it is a hand-maintained list
+  `0.0.0.0/0`, `::/0`, `fd00::/8` or `100.64.0.0/10`. Treat this as best
-  and the caveat below the table applies:
+  effort rather than a guarantee — it is a hand-maintained list and the
+  caveat below the table applies:
 
   | Blocked unconditionally | What it is |
   | ----------------------- | ---------- |
@@ -242,7 +243,8 @@ Two things this setting cannot do:
   encodings, which the default blocklist does not match. A publicly
   routable metadata address is not listed here, because nothing on this
   list can be reopened and blocking one that way would leave you no
-  escape hatch at all.
+  escape hatch at all; Azure's `168.63.129.16` is refused by the default
+  blocklist instead, as described above.
 
   This list is not exhaustive of every cloud's metadata address — if
   yours is not here, do not allowlist the block that contains it.
@@ -968,15 +970,10 @@ scratch file**: it holds committed transactions that are not yet in the
 have no readable schema at all. `-shm` is regenerable, but there is no
 reason to separate the two — copy the directory and you have them.
 
-A clean shutdown closes `webhooker.db` and every `events-*.db`, which
+A clean shutdown closes every database, which checkpoints and removes
-checkpoints and removes their sidecars; a killed or crashed instance
+its sidecars; a killed or crashed instance leaves them, and they must be
-leaves them, and they must be carried with the `.db`. **Archive
+carried with the `.db`. An archive the service has not opened since a
-databases are different**: their handle is not closed at shutdown, so
+crash keeps that crash's sidecars, even across a later clean stop.
-`archive-*.db-wal` and `-shm` normally survive a clean stop and the
-`-wal` can hold every row the archive has. Measured on a stopped
-instance: `archive-….db` 4096 bytes with no table, its `-wal` 157 KB
-holding all 8 archived events. Copying `DATA_DIR` in full is what makes
-this a non-issue; copying `.db` files out of it by name is not.
 
 Configuration is **not** in `DATA_DIR` — it comes from the environment
 and from a `.env` file read out of the process working directory. Back
@@ -1051,10 +1048,9 @@ The file becomes self-contained again when the handle closes, which
 happens on the next write past the debounce window, when the connection
 pool retires the idle connection (about a minute after the last write),
 or at the idle archive sweep — measured, the same file was a complete
-20 KB `.db` with no sidecars about a minute after its last write.
+20 KB `.db` with no sidecars about a minute after its last write. A
-Shutdown is **not** on that list: the archive handle is not closed when
+clean stop closes it too. So either move `archive-{uuid}.db` together
-the service stops. So either move `archive-{uuid}.db` together with any
+with any `-wal`/`-shm` beside it, or wait until there are none.
-`-wal`/`-shm` beside it, or wait until there are none.
 
 ### Restore
 
@@ -1073,12 +1069,10 @@ the service stops. So either move `archive-{uuid}.db` together with any
    They are part of the database, and dropping a `-wal` silently
    discards every transaction it still holds. An `.backup` set will not
    contain any: it writes a single consolidated file per database. A
-   stop-and-copy set has none for `webhooker.db` or the `events-*.db`,
+   stop-and-copy set normally has none, because a clean stop closes
-   because a clean stop closes those and checkpoints their sidecars
+   every database and checkpoints its sidecars away; the exception is an
-   away — but it will normally have them for `archive-*.db`, whose
+   archive not opened since a crash. A copy salvaged from a crashed
-   handle stays open across shutdown, and those carry the archive's
+   instance has them for everything, and needs all of them.
-   rows. A copy salvaged from a crashed instance has them for
-   everything, and needs all of them.
 
 4. **Fix ownership.** The container runs as the non-root `webhooker`
    user, UID 1000 / GID 1000. Restored files must be owned by (or
@@ -1255,14 +1249,14 @@ This repository adheres to the
 standard: normalized scripts in `script/` are the entrypoints for the
 development workflow. Ten of the Makefile's seventeen targets are thin
 shims that call them; `build`, `run`, `dev`, `deps`, `clean`, `css` and
-`version` are inline commands with no script behind them, though
+`version` are inline commands with no script behind them, though `build`
-`build` and `version` both take their value from `script/version`.
+and `version` both take their value from `script/version`.
 
-`make check` needs the third-party browser assets in `static/`, which
+`script/test`, `make build` and `make dev` each run `script/assets`
-are not committed, so run `make bootstrap` (or just `make assets`) once
+first, which writes the ignored `static/js/alpine.min.js` (see
-after cloning. Without them the tests fail with a message naming that
+[Third-party browser assets](#third-party-browser-assets)), so
-remedy. `make check` does not fetch them itself because it must not
+`make test`, `make check` and the pre-commit hook work on a fresh clone
-change any files in the repo.
+without a separate step.
 
 We provide:
 
@@ -1270,8 +1264,8 @@ 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
+- `script/assets` — extract Alpine.js from its tarball in `3p/` (see
-  `static/`, verifying each against its pinned sha256
+  [Third-party browser assets](#third-party-browser-assets))
 - `script/test` — run the test suite
 - `script/lint` — run golangci-lint in Docker (see Linting below)
 - `script/fmt` — format all code (writes)
@@ -1293,24 +1287,25 @@ We provide:
 
 ## Third-party browser assets
 
-The web UI serves one third-party script, Alpine.js. It is **not** committed:
+The web UI serves one third-party script, Alpine.js. Its npm package tarball
-a minified bundle in the tree is unreviewable, and `REPO_POLICIES.md` bars
+is committed as `3p/alpinejs-3.14.9.tgz`, byte for byte as the npm registry
-both committed build artifacts and unpinned external references.
+publishes it. It is a dependency, not this repo's build output, so
+`REPO_POLICIES.md`'s rule against committed build artifacts does not apply.
+The directory is `3p/` rather than `vendor/` because Go treats a root
+`vendor/` directory as its module vendor directory.
 
-Instead `script/fetch-assets` downloads it from a pinned URL, checks the
+`script/assets` (`make assets`) extracts the browser build,
-download against a hardcoded sha256, and installs it under `static/`. The
+`package/dist/cdn.min.js`, from the tarball to `static/js/alpine.min.js`,
-sha256 of every installed asset is recorded in `static/vendor.sha256`, and
+where `go:embed` picks it up. `script/test`, `make build` and `make dev` run
-`static/vendor_test.go` re-hashes the bytes `go:embed` put in the binary
+it first, and the Dockerfile builds through `make test` and `make build`, so
-against that manifest — so the pin is enforced on what actually ships, not
+nothing downloads Alpine.js. The extracted file is not committed, and
-merely written down. Any mismatch fails the build.
+`.dockerignore` keeps any host copy out of the build context.
 
-`make bootstrap` runs the fetch for local development, and the Dockerfile
+To move to a new version: download
-runs it in the build stage; `.gitignore` and `.dockerignore` keep the
+`https://registry.npmjs.org/alpinejs/-/alpinejs-<version>.tgz`, check it
-artifact out of both the repo and the build context.
+against the `dist.integrity` hash listed at
-
+`https://registry.npmjs.org/alpinejs/<version>`, replace the tarball in `3p/`
-To move to a new version: update the version, URL, and tarball sha256 in
+with it, update its file name in `script/assets`, and run `make check`.
-`script/fetch-assets` and the asset sha256 in `static/vendor.sha256`, then
-run `make assets && make check`.
 
 ## Rationale
 
@@ -2722,7 +2717,7 @@ abuse limit later; they are tracked as future work.
 | ------ | --------------------------- | ----------- |
 | `GET`  | `/`                         | Root redirect, 303 (authenticated → `/sources`, unauthenticated → `/pages/login`) |
 | `GET`  | `/.well-known/healthcheck`  | Health check (JSON: `status`, `now`, `uptimeSeconds`, `uptimeHuman`, `version`, `appname`, `maintenanceMode`) |
-| any    | `/s/*`                      | Static file serving (embedded CSS, JS). Mounted for every method, not just `GET`/`HEAD`: chi's `Mount` registers all methods and `http.FileServer` special-cases only `HEAD` (by omitting the body), so a `POST` or `DELETE` to an asset is answered `200` with the file. Pinned by `TestStaticServesEveryMethod` |
+| `GET`, `HEAD` | `/s/*`              | Static file serving (embedded CSS, JS). `GET` and `HEAD` only — `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, `OPTIONS`, `TRACE` and `CONNECT` are answered `405 Method Not Allowed` with `Allow: GET, HEAD`. Any other method (such as `PROPFIND`) is refused by chi before it reaches this route, and gets `405` without an `Allow` header. Pinned by `TestStaticServesOnlyGetAndHead` |
 | `POST` | `/webhook/{uuid}`           | Webhook receiver endpoint. `POST` only — every other method is answered `405 Method Not Allowed` with `Allow: POST`. Rate limited (see [Rate Limiting](#rate-limiting)) |
 
 #### Authentication Endpoints
@@ -2789,6 +2784,8 @@ imports. The entry point is `cmd/webhooker/main.go`.
 
 ```
 webhooker/
+├── 3p/
+│   └── alpinejs-3.14.9.tgz    # Alpine.js npm package, extracted by make assets
 ├── cmd/webhooker/
 │   └── main.go               # Entry point: subcommand dispatch; no args locks DATA_DIR and wires fx
 ├── internal/
@@ -2882,8 +2879,7 @@ webhooker/
 │   ├── css/tailwind.css       # Generated stylesheet the pages load
 │   ├── css/style.css          # Older hand-written stylesheet, no longer loaded
 │   ├── js/app.js              # Progressive-enhancement copy-to-clipboard
-│   ├── js/alpine.min.js       # Alpine.js, fetched by script/fetch-assets, not committed
+│   └── js/alpine.min.js       # Alpine.js, extracted from 3p/ by make assets, not committed
-│   └── vendor.sha256          # Pinned hashes the fetched assets are verified against
 ├── templates/                 # Go HTML templates (base, login, sources, etc.)
 ├── script/                    # Scripts to Rule Them All entrypoints
 ├── Dockerfile                 # Three stages: lint, test+build, Alpine runtime
@@ -3088,7 +3084,8 @@ each hook. The order, read off the fx stop-hook log:
 3. `server` — the HTTP drain, bounded separately by
    `server.ShutdownTimeout` (**3 seconds**), then a Sentry flush if
    `SENTRY_DSN` is set
-4. `delivery.Engine`
+4. `delivery.Engine` — waits for its workers, then closes the archive
+   databases
 5. `healthcheck`
 6. `WebhookDBManager`
 7. the database close
@@ -3190,14 +3187,14 @@ version is fixed independently of the compiler's:
    `make fmt-check`, then `golangci-lint config verify` and
    `golangci-lint run`, both with `--network=none`.
 2. **Builder stage** (`golang:1.26.1-bookworm`) — depends on the lint
-   stage passing (it copies a file from it), runs `script/fetch-assets`
+   stage passing (it copies a file from it), runs `make test` and
-   to download and verify the third-party browser assets, then runs
+   `make build` (both extract Alpine.js from `3p/` first), and finally
-   `make test` and `make build`, and finally rebuilds the binary with
+   rebuilds the binary with `CGO_ENABLED=1` and static linking so it
-   `CGO_ENABLED=1` and static linking so it runs on musl. Both builds
+   runs on musl. Both builds go through `make build`, the relink adding
-   go through `make build`, the relink adding its `-extldflags` via
+   its `-extldflags` via `GO_LDFLAGS`, so neither can drop the `-X` that
-   `GO_LDFLAGS`, so neither can drop the `-X` that stamps the version.
+   stamps the version. The version arrives as the `VERSION` build arg,
-   The version arrives as the `VERSION` build arg, since the context
+   since the context has no `.git` (see
-   has no `.git` (see [Version stamping](#version-stamping)).
+   [Version stamping](#version-stamping)).
 3. **Runtime stage** (`alpine:3.21`) — copies the static binary,
    creates the `/var/lib/webhooker` directory for all SQLite databases,
    runs as the non-root `webhooker` user (UID 1000), exposes port 8080,
@@ -3280,3 +3277,5 @@ MIT
 ## Author
 
 [@sneak](https://sneak.berlin)
+
+

internal/config/config.go

@@ -192,9 +192,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// alwaysBlockedNetworks stays blocked no matter what is listed
 	// here. That set is link-local plus the cloud metadata
 	// endpoints outside it that disclose credentials or user data
-	// at a provider-fixed address; it is not exhaustive of every
+	// at a provider-fixed, non-public address; it is not
-	// cloud's metadata address. See alwaysBlockedNetworks for the
+	// exhaustive of every cloud's metadata address. See
-	// authoritative list and the criterion it is built from.
+	// alwaysBlockedNetworks for the authoritative list and the
+	// criterion it is built from.
 	AllowedEgressCIDRs []netip.Prefix
 
 	params *ConfigParams
@@ -746,12 +747,14 @@ func (c *Config) warnEgressAllowlist(log *slog.Logger) {
 
 	log.Warn(
 		"ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS lets delivery targets reach these "+
-			"otherwise-blocked private/reserved networks. Anyone "+
+			"otherwise-blocked networks. Anyone who can create a "+
-			"who can create a delivery target can now make this "+
+			"delivery target can now make this process issue "+
-			"process issue requests into them, and read back the "+
+			"requests into them, and read back the response. Only "+
-			"response. Link-local and the known cloud instance "+
+			"the addresses the README lists as blocked "+
-			"metadata endpoints outside it stay blocked "+
+			"unconditionally stay blocked regardless of what is "+
-			"regardless of what is listed here.",
+			"listed here; a public cloud metadata address such as "+
+			"168.63.129.16 is reachable once it, or a block "+
+			"covering it, is listed.",
 		"allowedEgressCIDRs",
 		strings.Join(PrefixStrings(c.AllowedEgressCIDRs), ","),
 	)

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -834,12 +834,13 @@ func TestEgressAllowlistWarning(t *testing.T) {
 			// to be able to read back which networks are open.
 			assert.Contains(t, logged, "10.0.0.0/8")
 			assert.Contains(t, logged, "127.0.0.0/8")
-			// What stays shut. Asserted on the clause naming the
+			// What stays shut is the whole unconditional set, not
-			// wider set rather than on "Link-local" alone, so the
+			// link-local alone; a public metadata address is not in
-			// string cannot narrow back to link-local only while
+			// it, so a listed block covering it opens it.
-			// the always-blocked set covers ULA, CGNAT and two
+			assert.Contains(t, logged, "blocked unconditionally")
-			// public metadata addresses as well.
+			assert.Contains(t, logged, "168.63.129.16 is reachable")
-			assert.Contains(t, logged, "metadata endpoints outside it")
+			// The listed blocks need not be private or reserved.
+			assert.NotContains(t, logged, "private/reserved")
 		})
 	}
 }

internal/delivery/engine.go

@@ -362,6 +362,15 @@ func (e *Engine) start() {
 // stop cancels the worker pool's context and waits for the pool
 // to drain, bounded by the stop hook's context: a wedged worker
 // must not hang the process past fx's stop timeout.
+//
+// Once the pool has drained it closes the archive writers, so a
+// clean stop leaves no archive -wal behind. Nothing else holds a
+// writer for long by then: the archive sweeper stops before the
+// engine, and deleting a webhook only closes one. If the pool did
+// not drain in time, the writers are left open, as a kill would
+// leave them. Closing them would wait for any write in progress,
+// and a worker still running would then open new writers that
+// nothing closes, so it gains nothing over a kill.
 func (e *Engine) stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	e.log.Info("delivery engine stopping")
 
@@ -376,6 +385,8 @@ func (e *Engine) stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	e.dbTarget.evictAll()
+
 	e.log.Info("delivery engine stopped")
 
 	return nil
@@ -728,9 +739,7 @@ func (e *Engine) recoverSingleRetry(
 		// webhook on one bad read would be a far larger fault than
 		// the strand it is meant to clear.
 		if errors.Is(err, gorm.ErrRecordNotFound) {
-			e.failMissingTargetRetry(
+			e.failMissingTarget(webhookDB, webhookID, d)
-				webhookDB, webhookID, d,
-			)
 
 			return
 		}
@@ -1133,9 +1142,7 @@ func (e *Engine) sweepSingleRetry(
 		// Deleted is terminal, unreadable is not; see
 		// recoverSingleRetry.
 		if errors.Is(err, gorm.ErrRecordNotFound) {
-			e.failMissingTargetRetry(
+			e.failMissingTarget(webhookDB, webhookID, d)
-				webhookDB, webhookID, d,
-			)
 
 			return
 		}
@@ -1249,19 +1256,19 @@ func (e *Engine) failUnretryableRetry(
 	e.failDelivery(webhookDB, d, target.Type, reason)
 }
 
-// failMissingTargetRetry terminally fails an orphaned retrying
+// failMissingTarget terminally fails a recovered delivery, pending or
-// delivery whose target row is gone. Both restart recovery and the
+// retrying, whose target row is gone. Restart recovery and the periodic
-// periodic sweep call it, so the transition exists once.
+// sweep call it for both statuses, so the transition exists once.
 //
-// Until it existed both paths logged the failed lookup and returned,
+// Until it existed those paths logged the failed lookup and moved on,
-// which left the delivery retrying for the life of the database and
+// which left the delivery where it was for the life of the database and
 // the sweep repeating the same error every minute forever. Failing it
 // with a recorded reason is the treatment the other orphaned-retry
 // cases already get, so all of them read alike in the event log.
 //
 // Logged at warn rather than error: a deleted target is an operator
 // action, not a system fault.
-func (e *Engine) failMissingTargetRetry(
+func (e *Engine) failMissingTarget(
 	webhookDB *gorm.DB,
 	webhookID string,
 	d *database.Delivery,
@@ -1274,13 +1281,37 @@ func (e *Engine) failMissingTargetRetry(
 
 	defer e.inflight.release(d.ID)
 
+	// The batch was read before ownership was taken, and a worker may
+	// have settled the delivery and let it go in between. Only a row
+	// still in the status the batch read is failed.
+	row, err := e.loadDelivery(webhookDB, d.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.log.Error(
+			"failed to load delivery",
+			"delivery_id", d.ID,
+			"error", err,
+		)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if row.Status != d.Status {
+		e.log.Debug(
+			"delivery already handled, not failed",
+			"delivery_id", d.ID,
+			"status", row.Status,
+		)
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	targetType, reason := e.missingTargetReason(d.TargetID)
 
 	e.log.Warn(
-		"failing orphaned retrying delivery: "+
+		"failing recovered delivery: its target no longer exists",
-			"its target no longer exists",
 		"webhook_id", webhookID,
 		"delivery_id", d.ID,
+		"status", d.Status,
 		"target_id", d.TargetID,
 		"target_type", targetType,
 	)
@@ -1314,15 +1345,14 @@ func (e *Engine) missingTargetReason(
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Sprintf(
 			"target %s no longer exists; the delivery "+
-				"cannot be retried and has been failed "+
+				"has been failed terminally",
-				"terminally",
 			targetID,
 		)
 	}
 
 	return target.Type, fmt.Sprintf(
 		"target %q (type %s) was deleted; the delivery "+
-			"cannot be retried and has been failed terminally",
+			"has been failed terminally",
 		target.Name, target.Type,
 	)
 }
@@ -2021,14 +2051,31 @@ func (e *Engine) sendRecoveredDeliveries(
 
 		target, ok := targetMap[deliveries[i].TargetID]
 		if !ok {
+			// A missing entry does not mean the target is gone: the
+			// map is also empty when its query failed. Only a lookup
+			// that finds no row ends the delivery; any other error
+			// leaves it pending for the next sweep. See
+			// recoverSingleRetry.
+			var err error
+
+			target, err = e.loadTarget(deliveries[i].TargetID)
+			if errors.Is(err, gorm.ErrRecordNotFound) {
+				e.failMissingTarget(webhookDB, webhookID, &deliveries[i])
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
 				e.log.Error(
-				"target not found for delivery",
+					"failed to load target for recovered delivery",
 					"delivery_id", deliveries[i].ID,
 					"target_id", deliveries[i].TargetID,
+					"error", err,
 				)
 
 				continue
 			}
+		}
 
 		if !e.takeForRedispatch(
 			webhookDB, deliveries[i].ID,

internal/delivery/engine_lifecycle_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package delivery_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -269,3 +271,88 @@ func TestEngine_StopHookHonoursStopTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	requireStopHookExpires(t, lc.hooks[0], "delivery engine")
 }
+
+// deliverToArchive runs one delivery to a database target through
+// the running engine and returns the webhook's archive file path.
+// The archive writer holds the file open afterwards.
+func deliverToArchive(t *testing.T, s iSetup) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	deliveryID, task := seedLogTask(t, s)
+	task.TargetType = database.TargetTypeDatabase
+
+	s.Engine.Notify([]delivery.Task{task})
+
+	iWaitForDelivered(t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID)
+
+	return filepath.Join(
+		filepath.Dir(s.DBMgr.DBPath(s.WebhookID)),
+		fmt.Sprintf("archive-%s.db", s.WebhookID),
+	)
+}
+
+// TestEngine_StopHookClosesArchives is the regression test for an
+// archive split across two files by a clean stop. The engine never
+// closed its archive writers, so after a stop the archived rows
+// could sit in archive-{id}.db-wal while archive-{id}.db held no
+// table at all, and copying the .db on its own gave an empty
+// database.
+func TestEngine_StopHookClosesArchives(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	lc := startEngineViaHook(t, s.Engine)
+
+	path := deliverToArchive(t, s)
+	require.FileExists(
+		t, path+"-wal",
+		"an open archive should have a -wal for the stop to remove",
+	)
+
+	require.NoError(t, lc.hooks[0].OnStop(context.Background()))
+
+	wals, err := filepath.Glob(
+		filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), "archive-*.db-wal"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Empty(
+		t, wals, "a clean stop must leave no archive -wal behind",
+	)
+
+	// With no -wal beside it, the row can only be in the .db.
+	count, err := countArchivedRows(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(1), count)
+}
+
+// TestEngine_StopHookTimeoutLeavesArchivesOpen covers a stop whose
+// budget runs out while a worker is still running. The archive
+// writers are left open, as a kill would leave them: closing them
+// would wait for any write in progress, and that worker would then
+// open new writers that nothing closes.
+func TestEngine_StopHookTimeoutLeavesArchivesOpen(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	lc := startEngineViaHook(t, s.Engine)
+
+	deliverToArchive(t, s)
+
+	release := make(chan struct{})
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		close(release)
+		s.Engine.EvictWebhook(s.WebhookID)
+	})
+
+	s.Engine.ExportWedgeWorker(release)
+
+	requireStopHookExpires(t, lc.hooks[0], "delivery engine")
+
+	require.True(
+		t, s.Engine.ExportArchiveHandleOpen(s.WebhookID),
+		"a stop that timed out must not close archive writers",
+	)
+}

internal/delivery/export_test.go

@@ -342,6 +342,31 @@ func (e *Engine) ExportRecoverRetryingDeliveries(
 	e.recoverRetryingDeliveries(webhookDB, webhookID)
 }
 
+// ExportFailMissingTarget exposes failMissingTarget, so a test can hand
+// it a delivery as a batch read it earlier.
+func (e *Engine) ExportFailMissingTarget(
+	webhookDB *gorm.DB,
+	webhookID string,
+	d *database.Delivery,
+) {
+	e.failMissingTarget(webhookDB, webhookID, d)
+}
+
+// ExportSendRecoveredDeliveries exposes sendRecoveredDeliveries, so a
+// test can hand it a target map that lacks a delivery's target.
+func (e *Engine) ExportSendRecoveredDeliveries(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	webhookDB *gorm.DB,
+	deliveries []database.Delivery,
+	webhookID string,
+	targetMap map[string]database.Target,
+	settled map[string]struct{},
+) {
+	e.sendRecoveredDeliveries(
+		ctx, webhookDB, deliveries, webhookID, targetMap, settled,
+	)
+}
+
 // ExportDeliveryCh returns the delivery channel.
 func (e *Engine) ExportDeliveryCh() chan Task {
 	return e.deliveryCh

internal/delivery/ssrf.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 		"hostname resolved to no IP addresses",
 	)
 	errBlockedIP = errors.New(
-		"blocked private/reserved IP range",
+		"blocked private, reserved or cloud metadata address",
 	)
 	errBlockedMetadata = errors.New(
 		"blocked link-local or cloud instance metadata " +
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ var (
 	)
 )
 
-// blockedNetworks contains all private/reserved IP ranges
+// blockedNetworks is the default blocklist: the private and
-// that should be blocked to prevent SSRF attacks. An operator
+// reserved IP ranges, plus the public cloud metadata addresses,
-// can permit specific blocks out of this set with
+// that are blocked to prevent SSRF attacks. An operator can
+// permit specific blocks out of this set with
 // ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS; see Guard.
 //
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals // package-level network list is appropriate here
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ func init() {
 		"::1/128",
 		"fc00::/7",
 		"fe80::/10",
+		// Azure WireServer, a public address that serves VM credentials.
+		"168.63.129.16/32",
 	})
 
 	// Every entry is named. The set must not grow or shrink
@@ -216,8 +219,8 @@ func matchesAny(networks []*net.IPNet, ip net.IP) bool {
 }
 
 // isBlockedIP checks whether an IP address falls within
-// any blocked private/reserved network range, before any
+// the default blocklist, before any operator allowlist is
-// operator allowlist is considered.
+// considered.
 func isBlockedIP(ip net.IP) bool {
 	return matchesAny(blockedNetworks, ip)
 }
@@ -320,7 +323,7 @@ func (g *Guard) allows(ip net.IP) bool {
 //
 //  1. alwaysBlockedNetworks is refused before the allowlist is
 //     consulted, so no configured CIDR reaches link-local or a
-//     cloud instance metadata endpoint.
+//     cloud metadata endpoint at a non-public address.
 //  2. The allowlist is consulted next, so a listed private
 //     network becomes reachable.
 //  3. Everything else keeps the default blocklist's answer.

internal/delivery/ssrf_allowlist_test.go

@@ -390,6 +390,41 @@ func TestGuardAllowlist_PublicUnaffected(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestGuardAllowlist_AzureWireServerReopenable covers Azure's
+// WireServer, a public address that serves VM credentials. The
+// default guard refuses it, but because it is public it sits in
+// the default blocklist rather than the unconditional set, so an
+// operator who lists it can reach it.
+func TestGuardAllowlist_AzureWireServerReopenable(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const wireServerIP = "168.63.129.16"
+
+	target := "http://" + wireServerIP + "/?comp=versions"
+
+	defaultGuard := delivery.NewTestGuard()
+
+	err := defaultGuard.ValidateTargetURL(context.Background(), target)
+	require.Error(t, err,
+		"WireServer must be refused with no allowlist set",
+	)
+	assert.NotContains(t, err.Error(), metadataRefusalClause,
+		"WireServer must be refused by the default blocklist, "+
+			"which an allowlist can override",
+	)
+
+	assertDialRefused(t, defaultGuard, target)
+
+	listed := delivery.NewTestGuard(
+		netip.MustParsePrefix(wireServerIP + "/32"),
+	)
+
+	assert.NoError(t,
+		listed.ValidateTargetURL(context.Background(), target),
+		"an operator who lists WireServer must be able to reach it",
+	)
+}
+
 // TestGuardCheckIP_BothPathsShareOneDecision asserts that the
 // validator and the dialer are not two policies that happen to
 // agree: both are defined in terms of checkIP, so the exported

internal/delivery/target_database.go

@@ -277,6 +277,24 @@ func (t *databaseTarget) evict(webhookID string) {
 	)
 }
 
+// evictAll evicts every cached archive writer, exactly as evict
+// does for one webhook. The engine calls it at shutdown, once its
+// workers have returned. Closing the last handle on an archive
+// moves the contents of its -wal into the .db and removes the
+// -wal, so a clean stop leaves each archive as a single file.
+func (t *databaseTarget) evictAll() {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+
+	writers := t.writers
+	t.writers = nil
+
+	t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, w := range writers {
+		w.evict()
+	}
+}
+
 // sweepWebhook prunes one webhook's archive of rows older than
 // expiry, without requiring a write. It returns nil (nothing to
 // do) when the archive file does not exist, so a sweep never

internal/delivery/target_database_evict_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package delivery_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -361,3 +362,46 @@ func TestEvictWebhook_LaterDeliveryRecreatesWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		"a later delivery should recreate the writer",
 	)
 }
+
+// TestEngineStop_WriteAfterStopIsRefused proves the engine's stop
+// closes each archive writer the way deleting its webhook does: a
+// write that reaches a writer after the stop is refused, reopens
+// nothing and adds no row.
+func TestEngineStop_WriteAfterStopIsRefused(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	eng, _ := evictTestEngine(t)
+
+	webhookDB := testWebhookDB(t)
+	event := seedEvent(t, webhookDB, `{"archived":true}`)
+	d := seedDatabaseTargetDelivery(t, webhookDB, event, "")
+
+	eng.ExportDeliverDatabase(webhookDB, d)
+
+	w := eng.ExportArchiveWriterFor(event.WebhookID)
+	require.NotNil(t, w)
+	require.True(t, w.HandleOpen())
+
+	require.NoError(t, eng.ExportStop(context.Background()))
+
+	err := w.Write(evictTestRow("ev-after-stop"), 0)
+
+	require.ErrorIs(
+		t, err, delivery.ErrExportArchiveWriterEvicted,
+		"a write after the stop must be refused",
+	)
+	assert.False(
+		t, w.HandleOpen(),
+		"a refused write must not reopen the archive",
+	)
+	assert.False(
+		t, eng.ExportHasArchiveWriter(event.WebhookID),
+		"the stop should empty the registry",
+	)
+
+	count, err := countArchivedRows(w.Path())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, int64(1), count, "the refused row must not be written",
+	)
+}

internal/delivery/terminal_state_test.go

@@ -18,16 +18,17 @@ import (
 // https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/webhooker/issues/107: a delivery failed
 // with nothing in its event log to say why, and a retrying delivery
 // whose target was deleted, which used to keep sending and then never
-// terminalise.
+// terminalise. Section 4 is the same deleted-target gap for a pending
+// delivery: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/webhooker/issues/293.
 
 // tUnknownType is a target type no build implements. It stands in for
 // a target whose type was written by a build that knew a type this one
 // does not.
 const tUnknownType = database.TargetType("pubsub")
 
-// tSeedDeletedTarget creates a target, a retrying delivery against it
+// tSeedDeletedTarget creates a target, a delivery against it at the
-// with one recorded failed attempt, and then deletes the target the
+// given status with one recorded failed attempt, and then deletes the
-// way the source page does.
+// target the way the source page does.
 //
 // It asserts the delete is soft, because that is the whole reason the
 // engine could not tell a deleted target from a target id that never
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func tSeedDeletedTarget(
 	t *testing.T,
 	s iSetup,
 	name, url string,
+	status database.DeliveryStatus,
 ) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -51,8 +53,7 @@ func tSeedDeletedTarget(
 	)
 
 	d := iSeedDelivery(
-		t, s.WebhookDB, event.ID, targetID,
+		t, s.WebhookDB, event.ID, targetID, status,
-		database.DeliveryStatusRetrying,
 	)
 
 	iSeedFailedResult(t, s.WebhookDB, d.ID)
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func TestRecoverSingleRetry_TargetDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
 		t, s, "gone-on-recovery", "http://example.com/hook",
+		database.DeliveryStatusRetrying,
 	)
 
 	s.Engine.ExportRecoverWebhookDeliveries(
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ func TestSweepSingleRetry_TargetDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
 		t, s, "gone-on-sweep", "http://example.com/hook",
+		database.DeliveryStatusRetrying,
 	)
 
 	// Twice, because the bug was an error the sweep repeated every
@@ -278,11 +281,11 @@ func TestSweepSingleRetry_TargetNeverExisted(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
-// TestFailMissingTargetRetry_WritesNoTargetRow holds the new terminal
+// TestFailMissingTarget_WritesNoTargetRow holds the new terminal path
-// path to the same rule as the existing one: no target row, and so no
+// to the same rule as the existing one: no target row, and so no
 // plaintext target config, may be written into the per-webhook event
 // database. See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/webhooker/issues/206.
-func TestFailMissingTargetRetry_WritesNoTargetRow(
+func TestFailMissingTarget_WritesNoTargetRow(
 	t *testing.T,
 ) {
 	t.Parallel()
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ func TestFailMissingTargetRetry_WritesNoTargetRow(
 
 	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
 		t, s, "credential-bearing", hookURL,
+		database.DeliveryStatusRetrying,
 	)
 
 	s.Engine.ExportSweepWebhookRetries(
@@ -529,3 +533,260 @@ func TestRecoverSingleRetry_TargetUnreadable_LeavesDeliveryAlone(
 
 	assert.Zero(t, s.Engine.ExportInflightHeld())
 }
+
+// --- 4. A pending delivery whose target is gone ---
+
+func TestRecoverPending_TargetDeleted(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
+		t, s, "gone-while-pending", "http://example.com/hook",
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	s.Engine.ExportRecoverWebhookDeliveries(
+		context.Background(), s.WebhookID,
+	)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusFailed,
+	)
+
+	last := tLastResult(t, s, deliveryID, 2)
+
+	assert.False(t, last.Success)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, last.AttemptNum)
+	assert.Contains(t, last.Error, "gone-while-pending")
+	assert.Contains(t, last.Error, "was deleted")
+
+	assert.Empty(t, fDrain(s.Engine),
+		"a delivery whose target is gone was sent",
+	)
+	assert.Zero(t, s.Engine.ExportInflightHeld(),
+		"the terminal path leaked its ownership reference",
+	)
+}
+
+// TestRecoverPending_TargetDeleted_LeavesAnOwnedDeliveryAlone: the
+// terminal write takes ownership like every other recovery write, so a
+// delivery the engine still holds is not failed underneath its worker.
+func TestRecoverPending_TargetDeleted_LeavesAnOwnedDeliveryAlone(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
+		t, s, "gone-but-owned", "http://example.com/hook",
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	require.True(t, s.Engine.ExportRetainDelivery(deliveryID))
+
+	s.Engine.ExportRecoverWebhookDeliveries(
+		context.Background(), s.WebhookID,
+	)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	assert.Len(t, iResults(t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID), 1,
+		"a delivery the engine owns was failed underneath it",
+	)
+}
+
+// TestFailMissingTarget_LeavesASettledDeliveryAlone: the recovery paths
+// read their batch before taking ownership, and a worker may send a
+// delivery and let it go in between. The terminal write goes by the row
+// as it is now, not as the batch read it.
+func TestFailMissingTarget_LeavesASettledDeliveryAlone(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
+		t, s, "gone-after-sending", "http://example.com/hook",
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	var batch database.Delivery
+
+	require.NoError(t, s.WebhookDB.First(
+		&batch, "id = ?", deliveryID,
+	).Error)
+
+	// A worker settles the delivery after the batch was read.
+	require.NoError(t, s.WebhookDB.Model(&database.Delivery{}).
+		Where("id = ?", deliveryID).
+		Update("status", database.DeliveryStatusDelivered).Error)
+
+	s.Engine.ExportFailMissingTarget(
+		s.WebhookDB, s.WebhookID, &batch,
+	)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusDelivered,
+	)
+
+	assert.Len(t, iResults(t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID), 1,
+		"a delivery settled after the batch read was then failed",
+	)
+	assert.Zero(t, s.Engine.ExportInflightHeld())
+}
+
+// TestSweepPending_TargetDeleted sweeps twice over a batch that also
+// holds a healthy stranded delivery. The one whose target is gone is
+// failed once and then left alone; the healthy one is queued by the
+// first sweep and not again by the second.
+func TestSweepPending_TargetDeleted(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	liveTargetID := uuid.New().String()
+	s := fSweepSetup(t, liveTargetID, "still-there")
+
+	deliveryID := tSeedDeletedTarget(
+		t, s, "gone-on-pending-sweep", "http://example.com/hook",
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+	rAgePending(t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID)
+
+	event := iSeedEvent(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, s.WebhookID, `{"target":"live"}`,
+	)
+
+	healthy := iSeedDelivery(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, event.ID, liveTargetID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+	rAgePending(t, s.WebhookDB, healthy.ID)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	s.Engine.ExportSweepWebhookRetries(ctx, s.WebhookID)
+
+	tasks := fDrain(s.Engine)
+	require.Len(t, tasks, 1,
+		"the first sweep did not queue the healthy delivery",
+	)
+	assert.Equal(t, healthy.ID, tasks[0].DeliveryID)
+
+	s.Engine.ExportSweepWebhookRetries(ctx, s.WebhookID)
+
+	assert.Empty(t, fDrain(s.Engine),
+		"the second sweep queued a delivery again",
+	)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, deliveryID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusFailed,
+	)
+
+	last := tLastResult(t, s, deliveryID, 2)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, last.Error, "gone-on-pending-sweep")
+	assert.Contains(t, last.Error, "was deleted")
+}
+
+// TestSendRecoveredDeliveries_TargetMissingFromMap: the batch's target
+// map is empty when its query failed, so every delivery in the batch is
+// looked up on its own. A healthy one is sent to the target that lookup
+// finds.
+func TestSendRecoveredDeliveries_TargetMissingFromMap(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	targetID := uuid.New().String()
+
+	iCreateTarget(
+		t, s.MainDB, targetID, s.WebhookID, "found-on-lookup",
+		database.TargetTypeLog, "", 0,
+	)
+
+	event := iSeedEvent(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, s.WebhookID, `{"map":"empty"}`,
+	)
+
+	d := iSeedDelivery(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, event.ID, targetID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	s.Engine.ExportSendRecoveredDeliveries(
+		context.Background(), s.WebhookDB,
+		[]database.Delivery{d}, s.WebhookID,
+		map[string]database.Target{}, nil,
+	)
+
+	tasks := fDrain(s.Engine)
+	require.Len(t, tasks, 1,
+		"the healthy delivery was not queued exactly once",
+	)
+	assert.Equal(t, d.ID, tasks[0].DeliveryID)
+	assert.Equal(t, targetID, tasks[0].TargetID)
+	assert.Equal(t, database.TargetTypeLog, tasks[0].TargetType)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, d.ID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+}
+
+// TestRecoverPending_TargetUnreadable_LeavesDeliveryAlone: a failed
+// read of the main database is not a deleted target. Restart recovery
+// holds every pending delivery of the webhook in one batch, so failing
+// on this would fail all of them.
+func TestRecoverPending_TargetUnreadable_LeavesDeliveryAlone(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	targetID := uuid.New().String()
+
+	iCreateTarget(
+		t, s.MainDB, targetID, s.WebhookID, "healthy",
+		database.TargetTypeLog, "", 0,
+	)
+
+	event := iSeedEvent(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, s.WebhookID, `{"still":"pending"}`,
+	)
+
+	d := iSeedDelivery(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, event.ID, targetID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	sqlDB, err := s.MainDB.DB()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, sqlDB.Close())
+
+	s.Engine.ExportRecoverPendingDeliveries(
+		context.Background(), s.WebhookDB, s.WebhookID,
+	)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, d.ID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	assert.Empty(t, iResults(t, s.WebhookDB, d.ID),
+		"an unreadable main database produced a terminal "+
+			"failure row",
+	)
+	assert.Empty(t, fDrain(s.Engine))
+	assert.Zero(t, s.Engine.ExportInflightHeld())
+}

internal/middleware/recoverer.go

@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ func (w *recoverResponseWriter) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
 // what the access log records and the metrics count, and outside the
 // sentryhttp handler, whose Repanic option depends on something
 // further out recovering what it re-raises.
+//
+// Unlike http.Error on its own, it deletes any Set-Cookie the handler
+// set before panicking, because a request that failed must not hand
+// the client a credential; every other header is left to http.Error.
+// See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/webhooker/issues/193.
 func (s *Middleware) Recoverer() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(
@@ -164,6 +169,8 @@ func (s *Middleware) Recoverer() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 					return
 				}
 
+				rw.Header().Del("Set-Cookie")
+
 				http.Error(
 					rw,
 					http.StatusText(

internal/middleware/recoverer_test.go

@@ -304,16 +304,44 @@ func TestRecovererRepanicsErrAbortHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+// TestRecovererDropsSetCookieFromTheRecovered500 covers a handler that
+// sets a cookie and a redirect target and then panics before sending
+// anything. A request that failed must not hand the client a
+// credential, so the 500 carries no cookie; Location is left alone.
+func TestRecovererDropsSetCookieFromTheRecovered500(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	probe := newRecovererProbe(
+		t, false,
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Set-Cookie", "session=x")
+			w.Header().Set("Location", "/after")
+
+			panic(panicMarker)
+		},
+	)
+
+	resp, err := probe.get(t)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusInternalServerError, resp.StatusCode)
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.Cookies())
+	assert.Equal(t, "/after", resp.Header.Get("Location"))
+}
+
 // TestRecovererKeepsAnAlreadyCommittedResponse covers a handler that
 // panics after sending its status. The bytes are already on the wire,
-// so a second WriteHeader would change nothing the client sees and
+// cookie included, so a second WriteHeader would change nothing the
-// would draw net/http's "superfluous response.WriteHeader" report.
+// client sees and would draw net/http's "superfluous
+// response.WriteHeader" report.
 func TestRecovererKeepsAnAlreadyCommittedResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	probe := newRecovererProbe(
 		t, false,
 		func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Set-Cookie", "session=x")
 			w.WriteHeader(committedStatus)
 			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("partial"))
 
@@ -331,6 +359,7 @@ func TestRecovererKeepsAnAlreadyCommittedResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, committedStatus, resp.StatusCode)
 	assert.Equal(t, "partial", string(body))
+	assert.Len(t, resp.Cookies(), 1)
 
 	record := probe.panicRecord(t)
 	assert.Equal(t, panicMarker, record["panic"])

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -92,11 +92,25 @@ func (s *Server) setupGlobalMiddleware() {
 func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	s.router.Get("/", s.h.HandleIndex())
 
-	s.router.Mount(
+	// Static assets answer GET and HEAD only. chi's default 405
-		"/s",
+	// carries no Allow header, so this group supplies its own.
-		http.StripPrefix("/s", http.FileServer(http.FS(static.Static))),
+	staticFiles := http.StripPrefix(
+		"/s", http.FileServer(http.FS(static.Static)),
 	)
 
+	s.router.Route("/s", func(r chi.Router) {
+		r.MethodNotAllowed(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Allow", "GET, HEAD")
+			http.Error(
+				w,
+				"Method Not Allowed",
+				http.StatusMethodNotAllowed,
+			)
+		})
+		r.Method(http.MethodGet, "/*", staticFiles)
+		r.Method(http.MethodHead, "/*", staticFiles)
+	})
+
 	s.router.Route("/api/v1", func(_ chi.Router) {
 		// API routes will be added here.
 	})

internal/server/routes_test.go

@@ -396,13 +396,15 @@ func (e *testEnv) storedHash(t *testing.T, username string) string {
 
 // --- /s static group ---
 
-// TestStaticServesEveryMethod pins what the static mount actually
+// TestStaticServesOnlyGetAndHead pins the methods the static group
-// answers. chi's Mount registers the handler for all methods and
+// answers: GET and HEAD are served the asset, and the other methods
-// http.FileServer only special-cases HEAD (by suppressing the body),
+// chi routes (POST, PUT, DELETE and the rest) are refused with 405
-// so a POST or a DELETE to an asset is served the file rather than
+// and an Allow header naming those two. A method chi does not route,
-// refused. The README documents this; the test is what keeps the two
+// such as PROPFIND, is refused with 405 by the top-level router
-// from drifting.
+// before it reaches the static group, so it gets no Allow header.
-func TestStaticServesEveryMethod(t *testing.T) {
+// The README documents this; the test is what keeps the two from
+// drifting.
+func TestStaticServesOnlyGetAndHead(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	env := newTestEnv(t)
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@ func TestStaticServesEveryMethod(t *testing.T) {
 		http.MethodPost,
 		http.MethodPut,
 		http.MethodDelete,
+		"PROPFIND",
 	} {
 		t.Run(method, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
@@ -428,18 +431,38 @@ func TestStaticServesEveryMethod(t *testing.T) {
 			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 			env.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
-			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
+			switch method {
-				"static mount answers every method")
+			case http.MethodGet:
-
+				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
-			if method == http.MethodHead {
-				assert.Empty(t, w.Body.Bytes(),
-					"HEAD must not carry a body")
-
-				return
-			}
-
 				assert.Equal(t, body, w.Body.Bytes(),
 					"the asset itself is returned")
+			case http.MethodHead:
+				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+				assert.Empty(t, w.Body.Bytes(),
+					"HEAD must not carry a body")
+			case "PROPFIND":
+				assert.Equal(
+					t, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, w.Code,
+				)
+				assert.Empty(t, w.Header().Get("Allow"),
+					"chi refuses a method it does not route "+
+						"before the static group runs")
+				assert.NotContains(
+					t, w.Body.String(), string(body),
+					"a refused method must not get the asset",
+				)
+			default:
+				assert.Equal(
+					t, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, w.Code,
+				)
+				assert.Equal(
+					t, "GET, HEAD", w.Header().Get("Allow"),
+				)
+				assert.NotContains(
+					t, w.Body.String(), string(body),
+					"a refused method must not get the asset",
+				)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }

internal/server/static_assets_test.go

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 
 // 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
+// Alpine.js is extracted from its tarball in 3p/ at build time, so the
-// in the repo guarantees it is present: this is the check that the page
+// file is not in the tree: this is the check that the page still gets
-// still gets the JavaScript it asks for.
+// the JavaScript it asks for.
 func TestBaseTemplateScriptsAreServed(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

script/assets

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/assets: extract Alpine.js from its npm package tarball, committed
+# in 3p/, to static/js/alpine.min.js, where go:embed reads it. The
+# extracted file is not committed. script/test, make build and make dev run
+# this first.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    tar -xzOf 3p/alpinejs-3.14.9.tgz package/dist/cdn.min.js \
+        >static/js/alpine.min.js
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/bootstrap

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 # installed tools are skipped. Base tooling comes from nix, apt, brew,
 # or apk (detected in that order); assumes NOTHING is present (not git,
 # make, or go). golangci-lint is deliberately not installed: linting runs
-# only in docker, via script/lint and Dockerfile.lint. Finishes by running
+# only in docker, via script/lint and Dockerfile.lint.
-# 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)"
@@ -69,11 +67,6 @@ 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

@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-#!/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 $MANIFEST verified"
-}
-
-main "$@"

script/test

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
+    "$ROOT/script/assets"
     go test -v -race -timeout 90s ./...
 }
 

static/vendor.sha256

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

static/vendor_test.go

@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-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
-}