Enforce the body size limit before CSRF parses the form (closes #90)

chi runs Use middleware in registration order, and every form route
group registered CSRF() before MaxBodySize(). gorilla/csrf calls
r.PostFormValue, so the form was parsed under net/http's 10 MB default
and the intended 1 MB cap never applied to form fields. The
/user/{username} group, which carries POST /password, had no
MaxBodySize registration at all.

- Register MaxBodySize ahead of CSRF in /pages, /sources, and
  /source/{sourceID}, and add it to /user/{username}.
- Reject a declared-oversize body up front with 413. Reordering alone
  cannot produce one: http.MaxBytesReader surfaces its error on Read,
  so the form parse fails and gorilla/csrf answers 403 "no token" for
  what is really an oversized body. MaxBytesReader is still installed
  afterwards so chunked or length-lying clients stay hard-capped.
- Drop the handler-local MaxBytesReader calls in auth.go, profile.go,
  and source_management.go now that the middleware is the single
  enforcement point. maxBodyShift stays; webhook.go still uses it.

The /webhook/{uuid} receiver is untouched: it bounds itself with
io.LimitReader in readWebhookBody and is neither CSRF-protected nor
form-parsed.

Tests cover the middleware in isolation (declared oversize is rejected
without reaching a sentinel handler; at-limit and under-limit bodies
pass through intact; GET is unaffected; an undeclared oversize body is
truncated at the cap) and the real router built by SetupRoutes, so the
registration order itself is guarded: an oversized POST to
/pages/login returns 413 with no gorilla/csrf cookie issued, an
oversized POST /password with a valid session and CSRF token returns
413 and leaves the stored hash unchanged, and under-limit requests
still complete through the normal CSRF path.

README.md

@@ -92,27 +92,6 @@ TTY detection, and security headers are always applied.
 | `METRICS_USERNAME`      | Basic auth username for `/metrics`  | `""`     |
 | `METRICS_PASSWORD`      | Basic auth password for `/metrics`  | `""`     |
 | `SENTRY_DSN`            | Sentry error reporting DSN          | `""`     |
-| `SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT`  | Idle session timeout (Go duration)  | `24h`    |
-
-Sessions are bounded by two independent clocks, and end at whichever
-one runs out first:
-
-- **Idle expiry** (`SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT`, default `24h`) is a sliding
-  window. Every authenticated request pushes it forward, so a session
-  in continuous use never hits it, while an abandoned one expires a day
-  after its last use. Set it to `0` to disable idle expiry entirely;
-  the absolute cap below still applies. A set-but-unparseable value
-  aborts startup rather than silently falling back to the default.
-- **Absolute expiry** is a fixed 7 days from login. Activity does
-  **not** extend it: after a week, every session ends and the user
-  authenticates again.
-
-Only requests that authenticate with the session count as activity, so
-an unauthenticated request carrying the cookie cannot keep a session
-alive. The idle timestamp is rewritten at most once per tenth of the
-idle window rather than on every request, which means a session may
-expire up to 10% early relative to the user's true last request, but
-never late.
 
 On first startup, webhooker automatically generates a cryptographically
 secure session encryption key and stores it in the database. This key
@@ -888,9 +867,17 @@ Applied to all routes in this order:
 8. **Sentry** — Error reporting to Sentry (if `SENTRY_DSN` is set;
    configured with `Repanic: true` so panics still reach Recoverer)
 
-Additionally, form endpoints (`/pages`, `/sources`, `/source/*`) apply a
+Additionally, form endpoints (`/pages`, `/user/*`, `/sources`,
-**MaxBodySize** middleware that limits POST/PUT/PATCH request bodies to
+`/source/*`) apply a **MaxBodySize** middleware that limits
-1 MB using `http.MaxBytesReader`, preventing oversized form submissions.
+POST/PUT/PATCH request bodies to 1 MB. It is registered ahead of the
+CSRF middleware in every one of those route groups, because
+gorilla/csrf parses the form; if the cap were installed after it, form
+parsing would run under net/http's 10 MB default and the 1 MB limit
+would never apply. A request that declares a `Content-Length` over the
+limit is answered with `413 Request Entity Too Large` before any other
+middleware or handler runs; a chunked request, or one that lies about
+its length, is hard-capped by `http.MaxBytesReader` and fails
+downstream at form-parse time.
 
 ### Authentication
 
@@ -912,7 +899,8 @@ Additionally, form endpoints (`/pages`, `/sources`, `/source/*`) apply a
 - Production security headers on all responses: HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options
   (`nosniff`), X-Frame-Options (`DENY`), Content-Security-Policy, Referrer-Policy,
   and Permissions-Policy
-- Request body size limits (1 MB) on all form POST endpoints
+- Request body size limits (1 MB) on all form POST endpoints, enforced
+  by middleware that runs before CSRF parses the form
 - **CSRF protection** via [gorilla/csrf](https://github.com/gorilla/csrf)
   on all state-changing forms (cookie-based double-submit tokens with
   HMAC authentication). Applied to `/pages`, `/sources`, `/source`, and

TODO.md

@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ databases currently grow without bound.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-08-09 Inactivity-based session timeout: sliding idle expiry
+- 2026-08-09 Enforce the request body size limit before the CSRF
-  (`SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT`, default `24h`) refreshed on authenticated
+  middleware parses the form (#90): `MaxBodySize` is now registered
-  requests, with the 7-day absolute cap kept as an independent
+  ahead of `CSRF()` in every form route group, the `/user/{username}`
-  backstop that activity never extends (#66)
+  group gained the cap it never had (which is where `POST /password`
+  lives), the middleware rejects a declared-oversize body with a real
+  413 up front, and the redundant handler-local
+  `http.MaxBytesReader` calls were removed
 - 2026-08-07 Update golangci-lint to v2.12.2 (Docker image digest in
   `Dockerfile`, release-archive sha256 pins in `script/bootstrap`),
   adopt the canonical `.golangci.yml` (v2 `linters.settings` layout so
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ databases currently grow without bound.
     - event redelivery endpoint
     - OpenAPI specification
 - Analytics dashboard: success rates, response times, volume
-- A remember-me option at login
+- Session expiration tuning and a remember-me option
 - Password change and reset flow
 - Later, nice to have
     - email delivery target type

internal/config/config.go

@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ const (
 	// defaultRetentionSweepInterval is how often the retention
 	// reaper deletes events older than each webhook's RetentionDays.
 	defaultRetentionSweepInterval = time.Hour
-
-	// defaultSessionIdleTimeout is how long a session may go without
-	// authenticated activity before it expires.
-	defaultSessionIdleTimeout = 24 * time.Hour
 )
 
 // ErrInvalidEnvironment is returned when WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT
@@ -64,10 +60,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// RetentionSweepInterval is how often the retention reaper runs.
 	RetentionSweepInterval time.Duration
 
-	// SessionIdleTimeout is the sliding inactivity window after
-	// which a session expires. Non-positive disables idle expiry.
-	SessionIdleTimeout time.Duration
-
 	params *ConfigParams
 	log    *slog.Logger
 }
@@ -170,15 +162,6 @@ func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params ConfigParams) (*Config, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Same fail-loud treatment for the session idle timeout.
-	sessionIdleTimeout, err := envDuration(
-		"SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT",
-		defaultSessionIdleTimeout,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	// Load configuration values from environment variables
 	s := &Config{
 		DataDir:                envString("DATA_DIR"),
@@ -190,7 +173,6 @@ func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params ConfigParams) (*Config, error) {
 		Port:                   envInt("PORT", defaultPort),
 		SentryDSN:              envString("SENTRY_DSN"),
 		RetentionSweepInterval: retentionSweepInterval,
-		SessionIdleTimeout:     sessionIdleTimeout,
 		log:                    log,
 		params:                 &params,
 	}

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestRetentionSweepInterval(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			if tt.expectError {
-				expectStartupError(t)
+				testRetentionSweepIntervalError(t)
 			} else {
 				testRetentionSweepIntervalSuccess(t, tt.expected)
 			}
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ func TestRetentionSweepInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// expectStartupError asserts that fx refuses to build the app,
+func testRetentionSweepIntervalError(t *testing.T) {
-// which is what a set-but-unparseable duration must cause.
-func expectStartupError(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	var cfg *config.Config
@@ -217,82 +215,6 @@ func testRetentionSweepIntervalSuccess(
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, cfg.RetentionSweepInterval)
 }
 
-func TestSessionIdleTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		set         bool
-		value       string
-		expectError bool
-		expected    time.Duration
-	}{
-		{
-			name:     "unset uses default",
-			set:      false,
-			expected: 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "valid value is parsed",
-			set:      true,
-			value:    "30m",
-			expected: 30 * time.Minute,
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "unparseable value fails startup",
-			set:         true,
-			value:       "not-a-duration",
-			expectError: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Cannot use t.Parallel() here because t.Setenv
-			// is incompatible with parallel subtests.
-			t.Setenv("WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT", "dev")
-
-			if tt.set {
-				t.Setenv("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", tt.value)
-			} else {
-				require.NoError(t, os.Unsetenv(
-					"SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT",
-				))
-			}
-
-			if tt.expectError {
-				expectStartupError(t)
-			} else {
-				testSessionIdleTimeoutSuccess(t, tt.expected)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func testSessionIdleTimeoutSuccess(
-	t *testing.T,
-	expected time.Duration,
-) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	var cfg *config.Config
-
-	app := fxtest.New(
-		t,
-		fx.Provide(
-			globals.New,
-			logger.New,
-			config.New,
-		),
-		fx.Populate(&cfg),
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, app.Err())
-
-	app.RequireStart()
-
-	defer app.RequireStop()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, expected, cfg.SessionIdleTimeout)
-}
-
 func TestDefaultDataDir(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, env := range []string{"", "dev", "prod"} {
 		name := env

internal/handlers/auth.go

@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleLoginPage() http.HandlerFunc {
 // HandleLoginSubmit handles the login form submission (POST)
 func (h *Handlers) HandleLoginSubmit() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		// Limit request body to prevent memory exhaustion
+		// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift)
+		// middleware, which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-
-		// Parse form data
 		err := r.ParseForm()
 		if err != nil {
 			h.log.Error("failed to parse form", "error", err)

internal/handlers/profile.go

@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandlePasswordChange() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Limit request body to prevent memory exhaustion.
+		// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift)
+		// middleware, which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-
 		err := r.ParseForm()
 		if err != nil {
 			h.log.Error("failed to parse form", "error", err)

internal/handlers/source_management.go

@@ -127,10 +127,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleSourceCreateSubmit() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+		// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize
-			w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift,
+		// middleware, which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-		)
-
 		err := r.ParseForm()
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(
@@ -386,10 +384,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleSourceEditSubmit() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+		// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize
-			w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift,
+		// middleware, which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-		)
-
 		err = r.ParseForm()
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(
@@ -409,10 +405,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) applyWebhookEdit(
 	r *http.Request,
 	webhook *database.Webhook,
 ) {
-	r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+	// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize middleware,
-		w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift,
+	// which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-	)
-
 	name := r.FormValue("name")
 	if name == "" {
 		data := map[string]any{
@@ -725,10 +719,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleEntrypointCreate() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+		// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize
-			w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift,
+		// middleware, which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-		)
-
 		err = r.ParseForm()
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(
@@ -785,10 +777,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleTargetCreate() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+		// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize
-			w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift,
+		// middleware, which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-		)
-
 		err = r.ParseForm()
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(
@@ -808,10 +798,8 @@ func (h *Handlers) processTargetCreate(
 	r *http.Request,
 	webhook database.Webhook,
 ) {
-	r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+	// The body size cap is enforced by the MaxBodySize middleware,
-		w, r.Body, 1<<maxBodyShift,
+	// which runs before CSRF parses the form.
-	)
-
 	name := r.FormValue("name")
 	targetType := database.TargetType(r.FormValue("type"))
 	targetURL := r.FormValue("url")

internal/middleware/middleware.go

@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ func (s *Middleware) RequireAuth() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// IsAuthenticated also enforces both session expiry
-			// deadlines, so an idle-expired or absolutely-expired
-			// session lands here and is sent back to the login
-			// page.
 			if !s.session.IsAuthenticated(sess) {
 				s.log.Debug(
 					"auth middleware: unauthenticated request",
@@ -203,26 +199,6 @@ func (s *Middleware) RequireAuth() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// This request authenticated with the session, so it
-			// counts as activity: push the idle deadline forward.
-			// This is the only place sessions are refreshed, which
-			// is what keeps an unauthenticated request from
-			// extending someone else's session. Touch advances the
-			// idle clock only -- the absolute cap is untouched --
-			// and reports false when nothing changed, so most
-			// requests do not re-issue the cookie. Save before the
-			// handler runs, while the headers are still ours to
-			// write.
-			if s.session.Touch(sess) {
-				err = s.session.Save(r, w, sess)
-				if err != nil {
-					s.log.Error(
-						"auth middleware: failed to refresh session",
-						"error", err,
-					)
-				}
-			}
-
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		})
 	}
@@ -309,10 +285,36 @@ func (s *Middleware) NoCache() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	}
 }
 
-// MaxBodySize returns middleware that limits the request body size
+// bodyLimitedMethod reports whether the request method carries a
-// for POST requests. If the body exceeds the given limit in
+// body that the MaxBodySize middleware should cap.
-// bytes, the server returns 413 Request Entity Too Large. This
+func bodyLimitedMethod(method string) bool {
-// prevents clients from sending arbitrarily large form bodies.
+	return method == http.MethodPost ||
+		method == http.MethodPut ||
+		method == http.MethodPatch
+}
+
+// MaxBodySize returns middleware that limits the size of
+// POST/PUT/PATCH request bodies to maxBytes. It must be registered
+// before any middleware that parses the body — notably CSRF, which
+// calls r.PostFormValue — so that form parsing happens under this
+// cap rather than net/http's 10 MB default.
+//
+// Two enforcement paths exist, because http.MaxBytesReader alone
+// cannot produce a 413: it reports the overflow as an error from
+// Read, by which point the body parser downstream has already
+// converted that error into its own response.
+//
+//   - Declared oversize: the request announces a Content-Length
+//     greater than maxBytes. The middleware answers 413 Request
+//     Entity Too Large immediately and does not call the next
+//     handler, so neither CSRF nor the endpoint handler runs.
+//   - Undeclared oversize: the request is chunked (Content-Length
+//     of -1) or lies about its Content-Length. There is nothing to
+//     check up front, so http.MaxBytesReader hard-caps the body at
+//     maxBytes and the request fails downstream — the form parse
+//     errors out and CSRF rejects it with 403. The response is less
+//     precise than a 413, but the body is still never buffered
+//     beyond the cap, which is the property that matters.
 func (s *Middleware) MaxBodySize(
 	maxBytes int64,
 ) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -321,14 +323,31 @@ func (s *Middleware) MaxBodySize(
 			w http.ResponseWriter,
 			r *http.Request,
 		) {
-			if r.Method == http.MethodPost ||
+			if !bodyLimitedMethod(r.Method) {
-				r.Method == http.MethodPut ||
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-				r.Method == http.MethodPatch {
+
-				r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
+				return
-					w, r.Body, maxBytes,
-				)
 			}
 
+			if r.ContentLength > maxBytes {
+				s.log.Warn(
+					"request body exceeds limit",
+					"method", r.Method,
+					"path", r.URL.Path,
+					"content_length", r.ContentLength,
+					"limit", maxBytes,
+				)
+				http.Error(
+					w,
+					"Request Entity Too Large",
+					http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge,
+				)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxBytes)
+
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		})
 	}

internal/middleware/middleware_test.go

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package middleware_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -29,22 +30,6 @@ func testMiddleware(
 ) (*middleware.Middleware, *session.Session) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	m, s, _ := testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(t, env, 0, nil)
-
-	return m, s
-}
-
-// testMiddlewareWithSessionClock is testMiddleware with a
-// configurable session idle timeout and a manually advanced clock,
-// for the session-expiry tests. A nil clock uses the real one.
-func testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(
-	t *testing.T,
-	env string,
-	idleTimeout time.Duration,
-	clock *fakeClock,
-) (*middleware.Middleware, *session.Session, *fakeClock) {
-	t.Helper()
-
 	log := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(
 		os.Stderr,
 		&slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug},
@@ -52,7 +37,6 @@ func testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(
 
 	cfg := &config.Config{
 		Environment: env,
-		SessionIdleTimeout: idleTimeout,
 	}
 
 	// Create a real session manager with a known key
@@ -71,40 +55,11 @@ func testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(
 		SameSite: http.SameSiteLaxMode,
 	}
 
-	var now func() time.Time
+	sessManager := session.NewForTest(store, cfg, log, key)
-
-	if clock != nil {
-		now = clock.Now
-	}
-
-	sessManager := session.NewForTest(store, cfg, log, key, now)
 
 	m := middleware.NewForTest(log, cfg, sessManager)
 
-	return m, sessManager, clock
+	return m, sessManager
-}
-
-// fakeClock is a manually advanced clock, so session expiry can be
-// tested without sleeping.
-type fakeClock struct {
-	t time.Time
-}
-
-func (c *fakeClock) Now() time.Time {
-	return c.t
-}
-
-func (c *fakeClock) Advance(d time.Duration) {
-	c.t = c.t.Add(d)
-}
-
-// newFakeClock returns a clock started at a fixed instant.
-func newFakeClock() *fakeClock {
-	return &fakeClock{
-		t: time.Date(
-			2026, time.January, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC,
-		),
-	}
 }
 
 // --- Logging Middleware Tests ---
@@ -434,181 +389,6 @@ func TestRequireAuth_UnauthenticatedSession_RedirectsToLogin(
 	assert.Equal(t, "/pages/login", w.Header().Get("Location"))
 }
 
-// --- RequireAuth Session Expiry Tests ---
-
-// loginCookies authenticates a new session and returns the cookies
-// a browser would then send back.
-func loginCookies(
-	t *testing.T,
-	sessManager *session.Session,
-) []*http.Cookie {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "/login", nil)
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-
-	sess, err := sessManager.Get(req)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	sessManager.SetUser(sess, "user-123", "testuser")
-	require.NoError(t, sessManager.Save(req, w, sess))
-
-	cookies := w.Result().Cookies()
-	require.NotEmpty(t, cookies, "session cookie should be set")
-
-	return cookies
-}
-
-// runAuthed sends a request carrying cookies through RequireAuth
-// and reports whether the protected handler ran, plus the response.
-func runAuthed(
-	t *testing.T,
-	m *middleware.Middleware,
-	cookies []*http.Cookie,
-) (bool, *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	var called bool
-
-	handler := m.RequireAuth()(http.HandlerFunc(
-		func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
-			called = true
-		},
-	))
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-		context.Background(),
-		http.MethodGet, "/dashboard", nil,
-	)
-
-	for _, c := range cookies {
-		req.AddCookie(c)
-	}
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-
-	return called, w
-}
-
-// sessionCookies filters a response's cookies down to the session
-// cookie, so tests can tell whether the session was re-issued.
-func sessionCookies(
-	w *httptest.ResponseRecorder,
-) []*http.Cookie {
-	var out []*http.Cookie
-
-	for _, c := range w.Result().Cookies() {
-		if c.Name == session.SessionName {
-			out = append(out, c)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return out
-}
-
-func TestRequireAuth_IdleExpiredSession_RedirectsToLogin(
-	t *testing.T,
-) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	idle := time.Hour
-
-	m, sessManager, clock := testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(
-		t, config.EnvironmentDev, idle, newFakeClock(),
-	)
-
-	cookies := loginCookies(t, sessManager)
-
-	clock.Advance(idle)
-
-	called, w := runAuthed(t, m, cookies)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, called,
-		"handler should not run for an idle-expired session",
-	)
-	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusSeeOther, w.Code)
-	assert.Equal(t, "/pages/login", w.Header().Get("Location"))
-	assert.Empty(
-		t, sessionCookies(w),
-		"an expired session must not be refreshed",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestRequireAuth_RefreshesIdleDeadlineOnActivity(
-	t *testing.T,
-) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	idle := time.Hour
-
-	m, sessManager, clock := testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(
-		t, config.EnvironmentDev, idle, newFakeClock(),
-	)
-
-	cookies := loginCookies(t, sessManager)
-
-	// Activity halfway through the idle window.
-	clock.Advance(idle / 2)
-
-	called, w := runAuthed(t, m, cookies)
-	require.True(t, called, "handler should run while valid")
-
-	refreshed := sessionCookies(w)
-	require.NotEmpty(
-		t, refreshed,
-		"activity should re-issue the session cookie",
-	)
-
-	// Past the original deadline. The refreshed cookie is still
-	// good; the original one is not.
-	clock.Advance(idle - time.Second)
-
-	calledRefreshed, _ := runAuthed(t, m, refreshed)
-	assert.True(
-		t, calledRefreshed,
-		"refreshed session should outlive the original deadline",
-	)
-
-	calledStale, staleW := runAuthed(t, m, cookies)
-	assert.False(
-		t, calledStale,
-		"the pre-refresh cookie carries the old idle deadline",
-	)
-	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusSeeOther, staleW.Code)
-}
-
-func TestRequireAuth_UnauthenticatedRequestDoesNotRefresh(
-	t *testing.T,
-) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	m, sessManager, _ := testMiddlewareWithSessionClock(
-		t, config.EnvironmentDev, time.Hour, newFakeClock(),
-	)
-
-	// A session cookie that exists but was never authenticated.
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "/setup", nil)
-	setupW := httptest.NewRecorder()
-
-	sess, err := sessManager.Get(req)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, sessManager.Save(req, setupW, sess))
-
-	cookies := setupW.Result().Cookies()
-	require.NotEmpty(t, cookies)
-
-	called, w := runAuthed(t, m, cookies)
-
-	assert.False(t, called)
-	assert.Empty(
-		t, sessionCookies(w),
-		"an unauthenticated request must not stamp the session",
-	)
-}
-
 // --- NoCache Middleware Tests ---
 
 func TestNoCache_SetsHeaders(t *testing.T) {
@@ -648,6 +428,153 @@ func TestNoCache_SetsHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+// --- MaxBodySize Middleware Tests ---
+
+const testBodyLimit int64 = 64
+
+// maxBodySizeHandler wraps a sentinel handler in MaxBodySize with
+// testBodyLimit. The sentinel records whether it ran and how much of
+// the body it managed to read, so tests can distinguish "never
+// reached" from "reached but truncated".
+type maxBodySizeResult struct {
+	called   bool
+	read     int
+	readErr  error
+	response *httptest.ResponseRecorder
+}
+
+func runMaxBodySize(
+	t *testing.T,
+	req *http.Request,
+) *maxBodySizeResult {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	m, _ := testMiddleware(t, config.EnvironmentDev)
+	res := &maxBodySizeResult{response: httptest.NewRecorder()}
+
+	handler := m.MaxBodySize(testBodyLimit)(http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			res.called = true
+
+			body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+			res.read = len(body)
+			res.readErr = err
+
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		},
+	))
+
+	handler.ServeHTTP(res.response, req)
+
+	return res
+}
+
+// postWithBody builds a POST request whose Content-Length is
+// accurate for the given payload size.
+func postWithBody(size int) *http.Request {
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(),
+		http.MethodPost, "/pages/login",
+		strings.NewReader(strings.Repeat("a", size)),
+	)
+	req.Header.Set(
+		"Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+	)
+
+	return req
+}
+
+func TestMaxBodySize_DeclaredOversize_413AndHandlerNotReached(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	res := runMaxBodySize(t, postWithBody(int(testBodyLimit)+1))
+
+	assert.False(
+		t, res.called,
+		"handler must not be reached for an oversized body",
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, res.response.Code,
+	)
+}
+
+func TestMaxBodySize_AtLimit_PassesThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	res := runMaxBodySize(t, postWithBody(int(testBodyLimit)))
+
+	assert.True(
+		t, res.called,
+		"handler should be reached for a body at the limit",
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, res.readErr)
+	assert.Equal(t, int(testBodyLimit), res.read)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.response.Code)
+}
+
+func TestMaxBodySize_UnderLimit_PassesThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	res := runMaxBodySize(t, postWithBody(1))
+
+	assert.True(t, res.called)
+	require.NoError(t, res.readErr)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, res.read)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.response.Code)
+}
+
+func TestMaxBodySize_GetWithOversizeBody_NotCapped(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(),
+		http.MethodGet, "/pages/login",
+		strings.NewReader(
+			strings.Repeat("a", int(testBodyLimit)+1),
+		),
+	)
+
+	res := runMaxBodySize(t, req)
+
+	assert.True(
+		t, res.called,
+		"GET requests are not subject to the POST body cap",
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, res.readErr)
+	assert.Equal(t, int(testBodyLimit)+1, res.read)
+}
+
+// TestMaxBodySize_UndeclaredOversize_TruncatedAtCap covers the
+// chunked / lying-Content-Length case: there is nothing to check up
+// front, so the request reaches the handler but MaxBytesReader
+// hard-caps the body and the read fails at the limit.
+func TestMaxBodySize_UndeclaredOversize_TruncatedAtCap(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	req := postWithBody(int(testBodyLimit) + 1)
+	// Simulate a chunked request: no declared length.
+	req.ContentLength = -1
+
+	res := runMaxBodySize(t, req)
+
+	assert.True(
+		t, res.called,
+		"an undeclared oversize body cannot be rejected up front",
+	)
+	require.Error(
+		t, res.readErr,
+		"reading past the cap must fail",
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, int(testBodyLimit), res.read,
+		"the handler must not see more than the cap",
+	)
+}
+
 // --- Helper Tests ---
 
 func TestIpFromHostPort(t *testing.T) {
@@ -701,7 +628,7 @@ func metricsAuthMiddleware(
 	store := sessions.NewCookieStore(key)
 	store.Options = &sessions.Options{Path: "/", MaxAge: 86400}
 
-	sessManager := session.NewForTest(store, cfg, log, key, nil)
+	sessManager := session.NewForTest(store, cfg, log, key)
 
 	return middleware.NewForTest(log, cfg, sessManager)
 }

internal/server/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/config"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/handlers"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/middleware"
+)
+
+// MaxFormBodySizeForTest exposes the form body cap so tests can
+// build requests that sit exactly at, below, and above it.
+const MaxFormBodySizeForTest = maxFormBodySize
+
+// NewRouterForTest builds the real route tree via SetupRoutes with
+// the supplied middleware and handlers, bypassing the fx lifecycle
+// and the HTTP listener. Tests use it so that route-group middleware
+// registration order is exercised exactly as it ships, rather than
+// against a hand-rebuilt chain that could drift from routes.go.
+func NewRouterForTest(
+	log *slog.Logger,
+	cfg *config.Config,
+	mw *middleware.Middleware,
+	h *handlers.Handlers,
+) http.Handler {
+	s := &Server{
+		log:    log,
+		mw:     mw,
+		h:      h,
+		params: ServerParams{Config: cfg},
+	}
+	s.SetupRoutes()
+
+	return s.router
+}

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 
 func (s *Server) setupPageRoutes() {
 	s.router.Route("/pages", func(r chi.Router) {
+		// MaxBodySize must precede CSRF: gorilla/csrf parses the
+		// form, so the cap has to be installed before it runs.
+		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 		r.Use(s.mw.CSRF())
 		r.Use(s.mw.NoCache())
-		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 
 		r.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
 			r.Use(s.mw.LoginRateLimit())
@@ -106,6 +108,9 @@ func (s *Server) setupPageRoutes() {
 
 func (s *Server) setupUserRoutes() {
 	s.router.Route("/user/{username}", func(r chi.Router) {
+		// MaxBodySize must precede CSRF: gorilla/csrf parses the
+		// form, so the cap has to be installed before it runs.
+		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 		r.Use(s.mw.CSRF())
 		r.Use(s.mw.NoCache())
 		r.Use(s.mw.RequireAuth())
@@ -118,20 +123,24 @@ func (s *Server) setupUserRoutes() {
 
 func (s *Server) setupSourceRoutes() {
 	s.router.Route("/sources", func(r chi.Router) {
+		// MaxBodySize must precede CSRF: gorilla/csrf parses the
+		// form, so the cap has to be installed before it runs.
+		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 		r.Use(s.mw.CSRF())
 		r.Use(s.mw.NoCache())
 		r.Use(s.mw.RequireAuth())
-		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 		r.Get("/", s.h.HandleSourceList())
 		r.Get("/new", s.h.HandleSourceCreate())
 		r.Post("/new", s.h.HandleSourceCreateSubmit())
 	})
 
 	s.router.Route("/source/{sourceID}", func(r chi.Router) {
+		// MaxBodySize must precede CSRF: gorilla/csrf parses the
+		// form, so the cap has to be installed before it runs.
+		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 		r.Use(s.mw.CSRF())
 		r.Use(s.mw.NoCache())
 		r.Use(s.mw.RequireAuth())
-		r.Use(s.mw.MaxBodySize(maxFormBodySize))
 		r.Get("/", s.h.HandleSourceDetail())
 		r.Get("/edit", s.h.HandleSourceEdit())
 		r.Post("/edit", s.h.HandleSourceEditSubmit())

internal/server/routes_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+package server_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"html"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/fx"
+	"go.uber.org/fx/fxtest"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/config"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/database"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/delivery"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/globals"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/handlers"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/healthcheck"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/logger"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/middleware"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/server"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/session"
+)
+
+// csrfCookieName is the cookie gorilla/csrf issues when it runs. Its
+// presence or absence on a response is how these tests tell whether
+// the CSRF middleware executed.
+const csrfCookieName = "_gorilla_csrf"
+
+type noopNotifier struct{}
+
+func (n *noopNotifier) Notify([]delivery.Task) {}
+
+// testEnv is the real router from routes.go plus the collaborators
+// tests need to seed users and forge sessions.
+type testEnv struct {
+	router http.Handler
+	sess   *session.Session
+	db     *database.Database
+}
+
+// newTestEnv wires the dependency graph with fx and builds the
+// production route tree, so middleware registration order is
+// exercised exactly as it ships.
+func newTestEnv(t *testing.T) *testEnv {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var (
+		log  *logger.Logger
+		cfg  *config.Config
+		mw   *middleware.Middleware
+		hnd  *handlers.Handlers
+		sess *session.Session
+		db   *database.Database
+	)
+
+	app := fxtest.New(
+		t,
+		fx.Provide(
+			globals.New,
+			logger.New,
+			func() *config.Config {
+				return &config.Config{
+					DataDir:     t.TempDir(),
+					Environment: config.EnvironmentDev,
+				}
+			},
+			database.New,
+			database.NewWebhookDBManager,
+			healthcheck.New,
+			session.New,
+			func() delivery.Notifier { return &noopNotifier{} },
+			middleware.New,
+			handlers.New,
+		),
+		fx.Populate(&log, &cfg, &mw, &hnd, &sess, &db),
+	)
+	app.RequireStart()
+	t.Cleanup(app.RequireStop)
+
+	return &testEnv{
+		router: server.NewRouterForTest(log.Get(), cfg, mw, hnd),
+		sess:   sess,
+		db:     db,
+	}
+}
+
+// oversizeValue returns a form value one byte past the route-group
+// body cap, so an encoded form containing it is guaranteed oversize.
+func oversizeValue() string {
+	return strings.Repeat("a", int(server.MaxFormBodySizeForTest)+1)
+}
+
+// csrfCookieSet reports whether the response issued a gorilla/csrf
+// cookie, which only happens if the CSRF middleware ran.
+func csrfCookieSet(w *httptest.ResponseRecorder) bool {
+	for _, c := range w.Result().Cookies() {
+		if c.Name == csrfCookieName {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// get issues a GET through the router with the supplied cookies.
+func (e *testEnv) get(
+	path string,
+	cookies []*http.Cookie,
+) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, path, nil,
+	)
+
+	for _, c := range cookies {
+		req.AddCookie(c)
+	}
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	e.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	return w
+}
+
+// post issues a urlencoded form POST through the router. The body is
+// a strings.Reader, so the request carries an accurate
+// Content-Length — the signal MaxBodySize checks up front.
+func (e *testEnv) post(
+	path string,
+	form url.Values,
+	cookies []*http.Cookie,
+) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(), http.MethodPost, path,
+		strings.NewReader(form.Encode()),
+	)
+	req.Header.Set(
+		"Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+	)
+
+	for _, c := range cookies {
+		req.AddCookie(c)
+	}
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	e.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	return w
+}
+
+// csrfFrom renders the page at path and returns the CSRF token from
+// its form together with every cookie needed for the follow-up POST.
+func (e *testEnv) csrfFrom(
+	t *testing.T,
+	path string,
+	cookies []*http.Cookie,
+) (string, []*http.Cookie) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	w := e.get(path, cookies)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile(
+		`name="csrf_token" value="([^"]+)"`,
+	)
+
+	match := pattern.FindStringSubmatch(w.Body.String())
+	require.Len(t, match, 2, "form must embed a CSRF token")
+
+	// html/template escapes "+" and "=" in attribute values, and
+	// gorilla/csrf tokens are standard base64, so the value read
+	// out of the markup has to be unescaped before it is submitted.
+	token := html.UnescapeString(match[1])
+
+	combined := make([]*http.Cookie, 0, len(cookies))
+	combined = append(combined, cookies...)
+	combined = append(combined, w.Result().Cookies()...)
+
+	return token, combined
+}
+
+// authCookies forges an authenticated session for the given user.
+func (e *testEnv) authCookies(
+	t *testing.T,
+	userID, username string,
+) []*http.Cookie {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "/setup", nil,
+	)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	s, err := e.sess.Get(req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	e.sess.SetUser(s, userID, username)
+	require.NoError(t, e.sess.Save(req, w, s))
+
+	cookies := w.Result().Cookies()
+	require.NotEmpty(t, cookies, "session cookie should be set")
+
+	return cookies
+}
+
+// seedUser creates a user with the given password and returns the
+// stored hash so tests can assert whether it later changed.
+func (e *testEnv) seedUser(
+	t *testing.T,
+	username, password string,
+) (string, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	hash, err := database.HashPassword(password)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	user := &database.User{Username: username, Password: hash}
+	require.NoError(t, e.db.DB().Create(user).Error)
+
+	return user.ID, hash
+}
+
+// storedHash reads the current password hash for a username.
+func (e *testEnv) storedHash(t *testing.T, username string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var user database.User
+
+	require.NoError(t,
+		e.db.DB().Where("username = ?", username).
+			First(&user).Error,
+	)
+
+	return user.Password
+}
+
+// --- /pages group ---
+
+// TestPagesLogin_OversizeBody_RejectedBeforeCSRF proves the cap runs
+// ahead of gorilla/csrf: the response is a clean 413 and no CSRF
+// cookie was issued, so neither the CSRF middleware nor the login
+// handler ran.
+func TestPagesLogin_OversizeBody_RejectedBeforeCSRF(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	form := url.Values{}
+	form.Set("username", oversizeValue())
+	form.Set("password", "irrelevant")
+
+	w := env.post("/pages/login", form, nil)
+
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, w.Code,
+	)
+	assert.False(
+		t, csrfCookieSet(w),
+		"CSRF middleware must not run for an oversized body",
+	)
+}
+
+// TestPagesLogin_UnderLimit_NoToken_CSRFRejects is the control for
+// the test above: an identically shaped but under-limit POST does
+// reach gorilla/csrf, which rejects it and issues its cookie. Without
+// this, the missing-cookie assertion above would prove nothing.
+func TestPagesLogin_UnderLimit_NoToken_CSRFRejects(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	form := url.Values{}
+	form.Set("username", "someone")
+	form.Set("password", "irrelevant")
+
+	w := env.post("/pages/login", form, nil)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, w.Code)
+	assert.True(
+		t, csrfCookieSet(w),
+		"CSRF middleware should run for an under-limit body",
+	)
+}
+
+// TestPagesLogin_UnderLimit_ValidToken_ReachesHandler proves the
+// reorder did not break CSRF token handling: a token harvested from
+// the rendered login form is still accepted and the request lands in
+// the handler.
+func TestPagesLogin_UnderLimit_ValidToken_ReachesHandler(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	token, cookies := env.csrfFrom(t, "/pages/login", nil)
+
+	form := url.Values{}
+	form.Set("csrf_token", token)
+	form.Set("username", "nosuchuser")
+	form.Set("password", "wrongpassword")
+
+	w := env.post("/pages/login", form, cookies)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnauthorized, w.Code)
+	assert.Contains(
+		t, w.Body.String(), "Invalid username or password",
+		"request should reach the login handler",
+	)
+}
+
+// --- /user/{username} group ---
+
+// TestPasswordChange_OversizeBody_RejectedAndPasswordUnchanged
+// covers the route that previously had no middleware body cap at
+// all. The request carries a valid session and a valid CSRF token,
+// so the only thing that can stop it is the size cap; the unchanged
+// password hash is the observable proof the handler never ran.
+func TestPasswordChange_OversizeBody_RejectedAndPasswordUnchanged(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	userID, originalHash := env.seedUser(t, "pwuser", "oldpassword")
+	cookies := env.authCookies(t, userID, "pwuser")
+	token, cookies := env.csrfFrom(t, "/user/pwuser/", cookies)
+
+	form := url.Values{}
+	form.Set("csrf_token", token)
+	form.Set("current_password", "oldpassword")
+	form.Set("new_password", oversizeValue())
+	form.Set("confirm_password", oversizeValue())
+
+	w := env.post("/user/pwuser/password", form, cookies)
+
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, w.Code,
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, originalHash, env.storedHash(t, "pwuser"),
+		"handler must not run, so the password must be unchanged",
+	)
+}
+
+// TestPasswordChange_UnderLimit_Succeeds proves that adding the cap
+// to the /user/{username} group did not break the route it guards.
+func TestPasswordChange_UnderLimit_Succeeds(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	userID, originalHash := env.seedUser(t, "okuser", "oldpassword")
+	cookies := env.authCookies(t, userID, "okuser")
+	token, cookies := env.csrfFrom(t, "/user/okuser/", cookies)
+
+	form := url.Values{}
+	form.Set("csrf_token", token)
+	form.Set("current_password", "oldpassword")
+	form.Set("new_password", "brandnewpassword")
+	form.Set("confirm_password", "brandnewpassword")
+
+	w := env.post("/user/okuser/password", form, cookies)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.NotEqual(
+		t, originalHash, env.storedHash(t, "okuser"),
+		"an under-limit password change should still apply",
+	)
+}

internal/session/session.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"maps"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -33,18 +32,6 @@ const (
 	// status.
 	AuthenticatedKey = "authenticated"
 
-	// CreatedAtKey is the session key holding the Unix timestamp at
-	// which the session was authenticated. It anchors the ABSOLUTE
-	// expiry clock and is written exactly once, by SetUser. Nothing
-	// refreshes it: an absolute deadline that moved with activity
-	// would not be a cap at all.
-	CreatedAtKey = "created_at"
-
-	// LastSeenKey is the session key holding the Unix timestamp of
-	// the most recent authenticated request. It anchors the IDLE
-	// expiry clock and is pushed forward by Touch.
-	LastSeenKey = "last_seen"
-
 	// sessionKeyLength is the required length in bytes for the
 	// session authentication key.
 	sessionKeyLength = 32
@@ -54,19 +41,6 @@ const (
 
 	// secondsPerDay is the number of seconds in a day.
 	secondsPerDay = 86400
-
-	// sessionAbsoluteMaxAge is the hard upper bound on how long a
-	// session may live, measured from CreatedAtKey. Activity never
-	// extends it, so even a continuously used session ends here and
-	// the user has to authenticate again.
-	sessionAbsoluteMaxAge = sessionMaxAgeDays * secondsPerDay * time.Second
-
-	// idleRefreshDivisor rate-limits idle-deadline refreshes. Touch
-	// only rewrites LastSeenKey once the stored value is older than
-	// idleTimeout/idleRefreshDivisor, so an active session is
-	// re-saved at most this many times per idle window instead of
-	// once per request. See Touch for the tradeoff this buys.
-	idleRefreshDivisor = 10
 )
 
 // ErrSessionKeyLength is returned when the decoded session key
@@ -88,16 +62,6 @@ type Session struct {
 	key    []byte // raw 32-byte auth key, also used for CSRF cookie signing
 	log    *slog.Logger
 	config *config.Config
-
-	// idleTimeout is the sliding inactivity window. A session that
-	// sees no authenticated request within this window expires,
-	// independently of the absolute cap. Non-positive disables idle
-	// expiry and leaves sessionAbsoluteMaxAge as the only bound.
-	idleTimeout time.Duration
-
-	// now reads the current time. Injected so expiry can be tested
-	// without sleeping.
-	now func() time.Time
 }
 
 // New creates a new session manager. The cookie store is
@@ -111,8 +75,6 @@ func New(
 	s := &Session{
 		log:    params.Logger.Get(),
 		config: params.Config,
-		idleTimeout: params.Config.SessionIdleTimeout,
-		now:         time.Now,
 	}
 
 	lc.Append(fx.Hook{
@@ -187,98 +149,29 @@ func (s *Session) Save(
 	return sess.Save(r, w)
 }
 
-// SetUser sets the user information in the session. It starts both
+// SetUser sets the user information in the session.
-// expiry clocks: CreatedAtKey (absolute, never refreshed again) and
-// LastSeenKey (idle, refreshed by Touch).
 func (s *Session) SetUser(
 	sess *sessions.Session,
 	userID, username string,
 ) {
-	now := s.now().Unix()
-
 	sess.Values[UserIDKey] = userID
 	sess.Values[UsernameKey] = username
 	sess.Values[AuthenticatedKey] = true
-	sess.Values[CreatedAtKey] = now
-	sess.Values[LastSeenKey] = now
 }
 
-// ClearUser removes user information from the session, including
+// ClearUser removes user information from the session.
-// both expiry timestamps.
 func (s *Session) ClearUser(sess *sessions.Session) {
 	delete(sess.Values, UserIDKey)
 	delete(sess.Values, UsernameKey)
 	delete(sess.Values, AuthenticatedKey)
-	delete(sess.Values, CreatedAtKey)
-	delete(sess.Values, LastSeenKey)
 }
 
-// sessionTime reads a Unix-second timestamp stored under key.
+// IsAuthenticated checks if the session has an authenticated
-func sessionTime(
+// user.
-	sess *sessions.Session,
-	key string,
-) (time.Time, bool) {
-	secs, ok := sess.Values[key].(int64)
-	if !ok {
-		return time.Time{}, false
-	}
-
-	return time.Unix(secs, 0), true
-}
-
-// IsAuthenticated checks if the session has an authenticated user
-// whose session has not passed either expiry deadline. Every
-// authentication decision goes through here, so neither clock can
-// be bypassed by a caller that forgets to check it.
 func (s *Session) IsAuthenticated(sess *sessions.Session) bool {
 	auth, ok := sess.Values[AuthenticatedKey].(bool)
-	if !ok || !auth {
-		return false
-	}
 
-	return !s.expired(sess)
+	return ok && auth
-}
-
-// Touch records authenticated activity by pushing the IDLE deadline
-// forward. It writes LastSeenKey only; CreatedAtKey is left alone so
-// the absolute cap keeps counting down even for a user who never
-// stops clicking.
-//
-// Callers must only invoke Touch for a request that authenticated
-// with this session. Refreshing on an unauthenticated request would
-// let anyone holding a stolen or abandoned cookie keep the session
-// alive by polling a public endpoint. Touch enforces that itself by
-// returning false for any session that is not currently
-// authenticated and unexpired.
-//
-// To avoid re-encrypting and re-emitting the session cookie on every
-// single request, the timestamp is advanced only once it is older
-// than idleTimeout/idleRefreshDivisor. The tradeoff is that
-// LastSeenKey lags real activity by up to that much, so a session
-// can expire slightly early relative to the user's true last
-// request -- never late.
-//
-// Touch reports whether it changed the session; only then does the
-// caller need to save it.
-func (s *Session) Touch(sess *sessions.Session) bool {
-	if s.idleTimeout <= 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	if !s.IsAuthenticated(sess) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	now := s.now()
-
-	lastSeen, ok := sessionTime(sess, LastSeenKey)
-	if ok && now.Sub(lastSeen) < s.idleTimeout/idleRefreshDivisor {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	sess.Values[LastSeenKey] = now.Unix()
-
-	return true
 }
 
 // GetUserID retrieves the user ID from the session.
@@ -360,41 +253,3 @@ func (s *Session) Regenerate(
 
 	return newSess, nil
 }
-
-// expired reports whether the session has passed either of its two
-// independent deadlines. They are deliberately kept apart:
-//
-//   - the ABSOLUTE deadline is CreatedAtKey + sessionAbsoluteMaxAge.
-//     It is fixed at login and no amount of activity moves it.
-//   - the IDLE deadline is LastSeenKey + idleTimeout. Activity moves
-//     it forward via Touch.
-//
-// Whichever comes first ends the session.
-//
-// A session that claims to be authenticated but carries no
-// timestamps predates this check; it is treated as expired so the
-// user re-authenticates rather than being granted an unbounded
-// session.
-func (s *Session) expired(sess *sessions.Session) bool {
-	now := s.now()
-
-	createdAt, ok := sessionTime(sess, CreatedAtKey)
-	if !ok {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	if !now.Before(createdAt.Add(sessionAbsoluteMaxAge)) {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	if s.idleTimeout <= 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	lastSeen, ok := sessionTime(sess, LastSeenKey)
-	if !ok {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return !now.Before(lastSeen.Add(s.idleTimeout))
-}

internal/session/session_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -18,47 +17,11 @@ import (
 
 const testKeySize = 32
 
-// testIdleTimeout is the idle window used by the expiry tests.
+// testSession creates a Session with a real cookie store for
-const testIdleTimeout = time.Hour
+// testing.
-
-// testAbsoluteMaxAge restates the documented absolute session cap
-// independently of the implementation constant.
-const testAbsoluteMaxAge = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
-
-// fakeClock is a manually advanced clock, so expiry can be tested
-// without sleeping.
-type fakeClock struct {
-	t time.Time
-}
-
-func (c *fakeClock) Now() time.Time {
-	return c.t
-}
-
-func (c *fakeClock) Advance(d time.Duration) {
-	c.t = c.t.Add(d)
-}
-
-// testSession creates a Session with a real cookie store and the
-// real clock.
 func testSession(t *testing.T) *session.Session {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	s, _ := testSessionWithClock(t, testIdleTimeout, nil)
-
-	return s
-}
-
-// testSessionWithClock creates a Session with a real cookie store,
-// the given idle timeout, and a manually advanced clock. Passing a
-// nil clock uses the real one.
-func testSessionWithClock(
-	t *testing.T,
-	idleTimeout time.Duration,
-	clock *fakeClock,
-) (*session.Session, *fakeClock) {
-	t.Helper()
-
 	key := make([]byte, testKeySize)
 
 	for i := range key {
@@ -76,7 +39,6 @@ func testSessionWithClock(
 
 	cfg := &config.Config{
 		Environment: config.EnvironmentDev,
-		SessionIdleTimeout: idleTimeout,
 	}
 
 	log := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(
@@ -84,46 +46,7 @@ func testSessionWithClock(
 		&slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug},
 	))
 
-	var now func() time.Time
+	return session.NewForTest(store, cfg, log, key)
-
-	if clock != nil {
-		now = clock.Now
-	}
-
-	return session.NewForTest(store, cfg, log, key, now), clock
-}
-
-// newFakeClock returns a clock started at a fixed instant.
-func newFakeClock() *fakeClock {
-	return &fakeClock{
-		t: time.Date(
-			2026, time.January, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC,
-		),
-	}
-}
-
-// authenticatedSession returns a fresh session that has just been
-// logged in, along with its manager and clock.
-func authenticatedSession(
-	t *testing.T,
-	idleTimeout time.Duration,
-) (*session.Session, *sessions.Session, *fakeClock) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	s, clock := testSessionWithClock(
-		t, idleTimeout, newFakeClock(),
-	)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
-
-	sess, err := s.Get(req)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	s.SetUser(sess, "user-123", "alice")
-	require.True(t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess))
-
-	return s, sess, clock
 }
 
 // --- Get and Save Tests ---
@@ -507,263 +430,6 @@ func TestSessionConstants(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "user_id", session.UserIDKey)
 	assert.Equal(t, "username", session.UsernameKey)
 	assert.Equal(t, "authenticated", session.AuthenticatedKey)
-	assert.Equal(t, "created_at", session.CreatedAtKey)
-	assert.Equal(t, "last_seen", session.LastSeenKey)
-}
-
-// --- Expiry Tests ---
-
-func TestSetUser_StartsBothClocks(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	_, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	assert.Equal(
-		t, clock.Now().Unix(), sess.Values[session.CreatedAtKey],
-		"SetUser should anchor the absolute clock",
-	)
-	assert.Equal(
-		t, clock.Now().Unix(), sess.Values[session.LastSeenKey],
-		"SetUser should anchor the idle clock",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestIsAuthenticated_WithinIdleWindow(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	clock.Advance(testIdleTimeout - time.Second)
-
-	assert.True(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"session should still be valid just inside the idle window",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestIsAuthenticated_IdleExpired(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	clock.Advance(testIdleTimeout)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"session should expire once the idle window lapses",
-	)
-}
-
-// TestTouch_DoesNotExtendAbsoluteCap is the regression test for the
-// refresh-the-wrong-clock bug: a session that is used continuously
-// must survive well past the idle window and still die at the
-// absolute cap.
-func TestTouch_DoesNotExtendAbsoluteCap(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	createdAt := sess.Values[session.CreatedAtKey]
-
-	// Stay active: a request every half idle window, right up to
-	// the absolute cap.
-	step := testIdleTimeout / 2
-	steps := int(testAbsoluteMaxAge/step) - 1
-
-	for i := range steps {
-		clock.Advance(step)
-		s.Touch(sess)
-
-		require.True(
-			t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-			"active session should survive the idle window "+
-				"(step %d of %d)", i+1, steps,
-		)
-	}
-
-	// One more step of activity takes the session to exactly the
-	// absolute cap, measured from login. Nothing that happened in
-	// the loop may have moved that deadline.
-	clock.Advance(step)
-	s.Touch(sess)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"activity must not extend the absolute cap",
-	)
-	assert.Equal(
-		t, createdAt, sess.Values[session.CreatedAtKey],
-		"Touch must never rewrite the absolute-clock anchor",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestTouch_RefreshesIdleDeadline(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	// Halfway through the window, activity happens.
-	clock.Advance(testIdleTimeout / 2)
-	assert.True(
-		t, s.Touch(sess),
-		"Touch should refresh once past the lazy-refresh threshold",
-	)
-
-	// Past the original deadline, but inside the refreshed one.
-	clock.Advance(testIdleTimeout - time.Second)
-	assert.True(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"refreshed session should outlive the original deadline",
-	)
-
-	// And it still expires an idle window after that activity.
-	clock.Advance(time.Second)
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"refreshed session should expire one window after activity",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestTouch_LazyBelowRefreshThreshold(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	before := sess.Values[session.LastSeenKey]
-
-	// A request arriving almost immediately is not worth a cookie
-	// rewrite.
-	clock.Advance(time.Second)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.Touch(sess),
-		"Touch should not rewrite the session below the threshold",
-	)
-	assert.Equal(
-		t, before, sess.Values[session.LastSeenKey],
-		"last-seen should be unchanged below the threshold",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestTouch_UnauthenticatedSessionIsNotRefreshed(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, clock := testSessionWithClock(
-		t, testIdleTimeout, newFakeClock(),
-	)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
-
-	sess, err := s.Get(req)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	clock.Advance(testIdleTimeout / 2)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.Touch(sess),
-		"an unauthenticated session must not be refreshed",
-	)
-
-	_, hasLastSeen := sess.Values[session.LastSeenKey]
-	assert.False(
-		t, hasLastSeen,
-		"Touch must not stamp an unauthenticated session",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestTouch_IdleExpiredSessionIsNotRevived(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	clock.Advance(testIdleTimeout)
-	require.False(t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess))
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.Touch(sess),
-		"an already expired session must not be refreshed",
-	)
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"Touch must not revive an expired session",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestIsAuthenticated_MissingTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, _ := testSessionWithClock(
-		t, testIdleTimeout, newFakeClock(),
-	)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-		context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
-
-	sess, err := s.Get(req)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// A session from before idle expiry existed: authenticated,
-	// but with no timestamps. Fail closed.
-	sess.Values[session.AuthenticatedKey] = true
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"a session with no timestamps should be rejected",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestIsAuthenticated_MissingLastSeen(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, _ := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	delete(sess.Values, session.LastSeenKey)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"a session with no idle anchor should be rejected",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestIdleTimeoutDisabled_AbsoluteCapStillApplies(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, clock := authenticatedSession(t, 0)
-
-	// Idle expiry is off, so an untouched session survives an
-	// arbitrary idle stretch.
-	clock.Advance(testAbsoluteMaxAge - time.Second)
-	assert.True(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"idle expiry should be disabled by a non-positive timeout",
-	)
-
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.Touch(sess),
-		"Touch should be a no-op when idle expiry is disabled",
-	)
-
-	// The absolute cap still ends it.
-	clock.Advance(time.Second)
-	assert.False(
-		t, s.IsAuthenticated(sess),
-		"the absolute cap must still apply with idle expiry off",
-	)
-}
-
-func TestClearUser_RemovesTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s, sess, _ := authenticatedSession(t, testIdleTimeout)
-
-	s.ClearUser(sess)
-
-	_, hasCreatedAt := sess.Values[session.CreatedAtKey]
-	assert.False(t, hasCreatedAt, "CreatedAtKey should be removed")
-
-	_, hasLastSeen := sess.Values[session.LastSeenKey]
-	assert.False(t, hasLastSeen, "LastSeenKey should be removed")
 }
 
 // --- Edge Cases ---

internal/session/testing.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package session
 
 import (
 	"log/slog"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/config"
@@ -13,28 +12,16 @@ import (
 // middleware and handler tests to use real session functionality. The key
 // parameter is the raw 32-byte authentication key used for session encryption
 // and CSRF cookie signing.
-//
-// The idle timeout is taken from cfg.SessionIdleTimeout, exactly as in
-// production. The now parameter supplies the clock used for expiry
-// checks so tests can advance time without sleeping; pass nil for the
-// real clock.
 func NewForTest(
 	store *sessions.CookieStore,
 	cfg *config.Config,
 	log *slog.Logger,
 	key []byte,
-	now func() time.Time,
 ) *Session {
-	if now == nil {
-		now = time.Now
-	}
-
 	return &Session{
 		store:  store,
 		key:    key,
 		config: cfg,
 		log:    log,
-		idleTimeout: cfg.SessionIdleTimeout,
-		now:         now,
 	}
 }