Fail loudly on set-but-unparseable env config values (closes #80)

The config env helpers silently substituted the documented default
whenever a variable was set but could not be parsed, so a typo in an
operator-supplied value produced a running daemon with configuration
nobody asked for instead of a startup failure. `PORT=eighty` quietly
listened on 8080 and `DEBUG=ture` quietly disabled debug logging.

Defaults now apply only to variables that are unset or empty. Any
variable that is set but unparseable is a hard error that names the
key and the offending value and aborts startup through fx.

- add `envPositiveInt` with `ErrNonPositiveValue`, copied verbatim
  from the definition on the unmerged #87 so that rebasing after it
  lands is a delete-one-copy operation rather than a semantic merge
- remove `envInt` entirely; `PORT` is parsed by a new `envPort`,
  which adds the TCP upper bound (`ErrInvalidPort`, 1..65535)
- change `envBool` to return an error and parse with
  `strconv.ParseBool`, so `yes`, `on`, and typos are rejected rather
  than silently treated as false; callers are `DEBUG` and
  `MAINTENANCE_MODE`
- move env loading into `loadFromEnv`, with the environment check
  extracted to `resolveEnvironment` (also as #87 defines it), keeping
  `New` within the funlen budget

`envString` parses nothing and `envDuration` was already fail-loud,
so both are unchanged. A repo-wide audit of `os.Getenv`/`os.LookupEnv`
found no parse sites outside `internal/config`.

Tests cover each helper with a table (unset, valid, set-but-invalid)
plus `config.New`-level cases proving a bad `PORT`, `DEBUG`, or
`MAINTENANCE_MODE` aborts startup while unset variables still get
their defaults. README documents the fail-loud rule and the accepted
boolean spellings.

README.md

@@ -89,10 +89,27 @@ TTY detection, and security headers are always applied.
 | `PORT`                  | HTTP listen port                    | `8080`   |
 | `DATA_DIR`              | Directory for all SQLite databases  | `/var/lib/webhooker` |
 | `DEBUG`                 | Enable debug logging                | `false`  |
+| `MAINTENANCE_MODE`      | Serve the maintenance page          | `false`  |
 | `METRICS_USERNAME`      | Basic auth username for `/metrics`  | `""`     |
 | `METRICS_PASSWORD`      | Basic auth password for `/metrics`  | `""`     |
 | `SENTRY_DSN`            | Sentry error reporting DSN          | `""`     |
 
+#### Invalid values abort startup
+
+The defaults above apply **only** to variables that are unset (or set
+to an empty string). A variable that is set but cannot be parsed is a
+fatal configuration error: webhooker logs the offending variable and
+its value and refuses to start, rather than silently running with a
+substituted default. `PORT=eighty`, `DEBUG=ture`, and
+`RETENTION_SWEEP_INTERVAL=1 hour` all abort startup. `PORT` must
+additionally be a number in the range 1–65535.
+
+Boolean variables (`DEBUG`, `MAINTENANCE_MODE`) accept exactly the
+spellings Go's `strconv.ParseBool` accepts — `1`, `t`, `T`, `TRUE`,
+`true`, `True`, `0`, `f`, `F`, `FALSE`, `false`, `False` — and nothing
+else. `yes`, `on`, and `off` are rejected rather than quietly treated
+as false.
+
 On first startup, webhooker automatically generates a cryptographically
 secure session encryption key and stores it in the database. This key
 persists across restarts — no manual key management is needed.
@@ -867,17 +884,9 @@ 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`, `/user/*`, `/sources`,
+Additionally, form endpoints (`/pages`, `/sources`, `/source/*`) apply a
-`/source/*`) apply a **MaxBodySize** middleware that limits
+**MaxBodySize** middleware that limits POST/PUT/PATCH request bodies to
-POST/PUT/PATCH request bodies to 1 MB. It is registered ahead of the
+1 MB using `http.MaxBytesReader`, preventing oversized form submissions.
-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
 
@@ -899,8 +908,7 @@ downstream at form-parse time.
 - 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, enforced
+- Request body size limits (1 MB) on all form POST endpoints
-  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

@@ -10,31 +10,28 @@
 
 # Status
 
-pre-1.0. No git tags exist. main (afe88c6) is a working webhook proxy
+pre-1.0. No git tags exist. main (4f5ecb1) is a working webhook proxy
 with auth, CSRF/SSRF protections, login rate limiting, Slack target,
-policy compliance (#6), and pinned lint tooling (#55). Note: TODO.md was
+policy compliance (#6), pinned lint tooling (#55), a per-webhook event
-deliberately deleted from this repo in f9a9569 (2026-03-01, #6); its
+retention reaper (#63), and fail-loud configuration parsing (#80). Note:
-content was folded into the README TODO section, which this draft
+TODO.md was deliberately deleted from this repo in f9a9569 (2026-03-01,
-reconstructs as of 2026-07-06.
+#6); its content was folded into the README TODO section, which this
+draft reconstructs as of 2026-07-06.
 
 # Next Step
 
-Implement automatic event retention cleanup based on retention_days: a
+Manual event redelivery from the web UI (replay is a core promised
-periodic maintenance job that deletes Events, Deliveries, and
+capability in the README rationale).
-DeliveryResults older than the parent webhook's retention_days from each
-per-webhook event database. The field exists on the Webhook model and
-the README promises the behavior, but nothing enforces it, so event
-databases currently grow without bound.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-08-09 Enforce the request body size limit before the CSRF
+- 2026-08-09 Configuration parsing fails loudly on set-but-unparseable
-  middleware parses the form (#90): `MaxBodySize` is now registered
+  environment values: `envInt` removed in favour of `envPositiveInt`
-  ahead of `CSRF()` in every form route group, the `/user/{username}`
+  plus a `PORT` range check, `envBool` now parses with
-  group gained the cap it never had (which is where `POST /password`
+  `strconv.ParseBool`, and defaults apply only to unset variables (#80)
-  lives), the middleware rejects a declared-oversize body with a real
+- 2026-08-07 Automatic event retention cleanup based on
-  413 up front, and the redundant handler-local
+  `retention_days`, deleting expired events, deliveries, and delivery
-  `http.MaxBytesReader` calls were removed
+  results from each per-webhook event database (#63)
 - 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
@@ -63,8 +60,6 @@ databases currently grow without bound.
 
 # Future Steps
 
-- Manual event redelivery from the web UI (replay is a core promised
-  capability in the README rationale)
 - Delivery status and retry management UI
 - Per-webhook rate limiting in the receiver handler (per-webhook config
   plus handler enforcement; global limits must not apply to receiver

internal/config/config.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -31,12 +30,24 @@ const (
 	// defaultRetentionSweepInterval is how often the retention
 	// reaper deletes events older than each webhook's RetentionDays.
 	defaultRetentionSweepInterval = time.Hour
+
+	// maxPort is the highest valid TCP port number. The lower
+	// bound (at least 1) is enforced by envPositiveInt.
+	maxPort = 65535
 )
 
 // ErrInvalidEnvironment is returned when WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT
 // contains an unrecognised value.
 var ErrInvalidEnvironment = errors.New("invalid environment")
 
+// ErrNonPositiveValue is returned when an environment variable that
+// requires a positive integer is set to zero or a negative number.
+var ErrNonPositiveValue = errors.New("value must be positive")
+
+// ErrInvalidPort is returned when an environment variable holding a
+// TCP port number is set above the valid port range.
+var ErrInvalidPort = errors.New("invalid port")
+
 //nolint:revive // ConfigParams is a standard fx naming convention.
 type ConfigParams struct {
 	fx.In
@@ -81,27 +92,81 @@ func envString(key string) string {
 }
 
 // envBool returns the value of the named environment variable
-// parsed as a boolean. Returns defaultValue if not set.
+// parsed as a boolean. Returns defaultValue if not set. If the
-func envBool(key string, defaultValue bool) bool {
+// variable is set but cannot be parsed, it returns a wrapped error
-	if v := os.Getenv(key); v != "" {
+// naming the key and the bad value, so startup fails loudly rather
-		return strings.EqualFold(v, "true") || v == "1"
+// than silently falling back to the default.
+//
+// Parsing is strconv.ParseBool, which accepts 1, t, T, TRUE, true,
+// True, 0, f, F, FALSE, false and False. Anything else — "yes",
+// "on", or a typo like "ture" — is an error rather than a silent
+// false.
+func envBool(key string, defaultValue bool) (bool, error) {
+	v := os.Getenv(key)
+	if v == "" {
+		return defaultValue, nil
 	}
 
-	return defaultValue
+	b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf(
+			"invalid boolean for %s: %q: %w", key, v, err,
+		)
+	}
+
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// envPositiveInt returns the value of the named environment variable
+// parsed as a positive integer. Returns defaultValue if not set. If
+// the variable is set but cannot be parsed, or parses to less than
+// one, it returns a wrapped error naming the key and the bad value,
+// so startup fails loudly rather than silently falling back to the
+// default.
+func envPositiveInt(
+	key string,
+	defaultValue int,
+) (int, error) {
+	v := os.Getenv(key)
+	if v == "" {
+		return defaultValue, nil
 	}
 
-// envInt returns the value of the named environment variable
-// parsed as an integer. Returns defaultValue if not set or
-// unparseable.
-func envInt(key string, defaultValue int) int {
-	if v := os.Getenv(key); v != "" {
 	i, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
-		if err == nil {
+	if err != nil {
-			return i
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf(
-		}
+			"invalid integer for %s: %q: %w", key, v, err,
+		)
 	}
 
-	return defaultValue
+	if i < 1 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf(
+			"%w: %s must be at least 1, got %q",
+			ErrNonPositiveValue, key, v,
+		)
+	}
+
+	return i, nil
+}
+
+// envPort returns the value of the named environment variable parsed
+// as a TCP port number. Returns defaultValue if not set. A set value
+// that is unparseable, below 1, or above maxPort is a hard error
+// naming the key and the bad value.
+func envPort(key string, defaultValue int) (int, error) {
+	port, err := envPositiveInt(key, defaultValue)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if port > maxPort {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf(
+			"%w: %s must be at most %d, got %d",
+			ErrInvalidPort, key, maxPort, port,
+		)
+	}
+
+	return port, nil
 }
 
 // envDuration returns the value of the named environment variable
@@ -128,32 +193,52 @@ func envDuration(
 	return d, nil
 }
 
-// New creates a Config by reading environment variables.
+// resolveEnvironment reads WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT, defaulting to
-//
+// dev, and rejects unrecognised values.
-//nolint:revive // lc parameter is required by fx even if unused.
+func resolveEnvironment() (string, error) {
-func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params ConfigParams) (*Config, error) {
-	log := params.Logger.Get()
-
-	// Determine environment from WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT env var,
-	// default to dev
 	environment := os.Getenv("WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT")
 	if environment == "" {
 		environment = EnvironmentDev
 	}
 
-	// Validate environment
 	if environment != EnvironmentDev &&
 		environment != EnvironmentProd {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+		return "", fmt.Errorf(
 			"%w: WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT must be '%s' or '%s', got '%s'",
 			ErrInvalidEnvironment,
 			EnvironmentDev, EnvironmentProd, environment,
 		)
 	}
 
-	// Parse the retention sweep interval; a set-but-unparseable value
+	return environment, nil
-	// is a hard error so fx aborts startup rather than silently using
+}
-	// the default.
+
+// loadFromEnv builds a Config from the environment. Every value that
+// needs parsing fails loudly when it is set but unparseable: the
+// documented defaults apply only to variables that are unset (or
+// empty), never as a substitute for a value the operator actually
+// provided.
+func loadFromEnv() (*Config, error) {
+	environment, err := resolveEnvironment()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	port, err := envPort("PORT", defaultPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	debug, err := envBool("DEBUG", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	maintenanceMode, err := envBool("MAINTENANCE_MODE", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	retentionSweepInterval, err := envDuration(
 		"RETENTION_SWEEP_INTERVAL",
 		defaultRetentionSweepInterval,
@@ -162,21 +247,36 @@ func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params ConfigParams) (*Config, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Load configuration values from environment variables
+	return &Config{
-	s := &Config{
 		DataDir:                envString("DATA_DIR"),
-		Debug:                  envBool("DEBUG", false),
+		Debug:                  debug,
-		MaintenanceMode:        envBool("MAINTENANCE_MODE", false),
+		MaintenanceMode:        maintenanceMode,
 		Environment:            environment,
 		MetricsUsername:        envString("METRICS_USERNAME"),
 		MetricsPassword:        envString("METRICS_PASSWORD"),
-		Port:                   envInt("PORT", defaultPort),
+		Port:                   port,
 		SentryDSN:              envString("SENTRY_DSN"),
 		RetentionSweepInterval: retentionSweepInterval,
-		log:                    log,
+	}, nil
-		params:                 &params,
 }
 
+// New creates a Config by reading environment variables.
+//
+//nolint:revive // lc parameter is required by fx even if unused.
+func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params ConfigParams) (*Config, error) {
+	log := params.Logger.Get()
+
+	// A set-but-unparseable value anywhere in the environment is a
+	// hard error, so fx aborts startup rather than running with a
+	// silently substituted default.
+	s, err := loadFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	s.log = log
+	s.params = &params
+
 	// Set default DataDir. All SQLite databases (main application
 	// DB and per-webhook event DBs) live here. The same default is
 	// used regardless of environment; override with DATA_DIR if

internal/config/env_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,409 @@
+package config_test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/fx"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/config"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/globals"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// testEnvKey is a throwaway variable name used only by the helper
+// tables below, so they cannot disturb real configuration.
+const testEnvKey = "WEBHOOKER_TEST_VALUE"
+
+// Real configuration variables exercised by the config.New tests.
+const (
+	envKeyPort            = "PORT"
+	envKeyDebug           = "DEBUG"
+	envKeyMaintenanceMode = "MAINTENANCE_MODE"
+)
+
+// envBoolCase is one row of the envBool table.
+type envBoolCase struct {
+	name         string
+	set          bool
+	value        string
+	defaultValue bool
+	expectError  bool
+	expected     bool
+}
+
+// envBoolCases is the envBool table, kept out of the test body so
+// the test itself stays readable.
+func envBoolCases() []envBoolCase {
+	return []envBoolCase{
+		{
+			name:         "unset uses default false",
+			defaultValue: false,
+			expected:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "unset uses default true",
+			defaultValue: true,
+			expected:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "empty uses default true",
+			set:          true,
+			value:        "",
+			defaultValue: true,
+			expected:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "true is parsed",
+			set:      true,
+			value:    "true",
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "one is parsed",
+			set:      true,
+			value:    "1",
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "False is parsed",
+			set:          true,
+			value:        "False",
+			defaultValue: true,
+			expected:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "zero is parsed",
+			set:          true,
+			value:        "0",
+			defaultValue: true,
+			expected:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "yes is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "yes",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "on is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "on",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "typo is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "ture",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEnvBool(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range envBoolCases() {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Cannot use t.Parallel() here because t.Setenv
+			// is incompatible with parallel subtests.
+			if tt.set {
+				t.Setenv(testEnvKey, tt.value)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, os.Unsetenv(testEnvKey))
+			}
+
+			got, err := config.EnvBoolForTest(
+				testEnvKey, tt.defaultValue,
+			)
+
+			if tt.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), testEnvKey)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.value)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEnvPositiveInt(t *testing.T) {
+	const defaultValue = 7
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		set         bool
+		value       string
+		expectError bool
+		errIs       error
+		expected    int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "unset returns the default integer",
+			expected: defaultValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty returns the default integer",
+			set:      true,
+			value:    "",
+			expected: defaultValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "positive value is parsed",
+			set:      true,
+			value:    "42",
+			expected: 42,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unparseable value is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "not-a-number",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "zero is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "0",
+			expectError: true,
+			errIs:       config.ErrNonPositiveValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "negative is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "-5",
+			expectError: true,
+			errIs:       config.ErrNonPositiveValue,
+		},
+	}
+
+	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.
+			if tt.set {
+				t.Setenv(testEnvKey, tt.value)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, os.Unsetenv(testEnvKey))
+			}
+
+			got, err := config.EnvPositiveIntForTest(
+				testEnvKey, defaultValue,
+			)
+
+			if tt.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), testEnvKey)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.value)
+
+				if tt.errIs != nil {
+					require.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.errIs)
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEnvPort(t *testing.T) {
+	const defaultValue = 8080
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		set         bool
+		value       string
+		expectError bool
+		errIs       error
+		expected    int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "unset returns the default port",
+			expected: defaultValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "valid port is parsed",
+			set:      true,
+			value:    "9000",
+			expected: 9000,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "highest port is accepted",
+			set:      true,
+			value:    "65535",
+			expected: 65535,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unparseable value is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "not-a-port",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "zero is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "0",
+			expectError: true,
+			errIs:       config.ErrNonPositiveValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "above the port range is rejected",
+			set:         true,
+			value:       "65536",
+			expectError: true,
+			errIs:       config.ErrInvalidPort,
+		},
+	}
+
+	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.
+			if tt.set {
+				t.Setenv(testEnvKey, tt.value)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, os.Unsetenv(testEnvKey))
+			}
+
+			got, err := config.EnvPortForTest(
+				testEnvKey, defaultValue,
+			)
+
+			if tt.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), testEnvKey)
+
+				if tt.errIs != nil {
+					require.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.errIs)
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// buildConfig constructs a Config through fx exactly as the
+// application does, returning the config and any construction error.
+func buildConfig(t *testing.T) (*config.Config, error) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var cfg *config.Config
+
+	app := fx.New(
+		fx.NopLogger,
+		fx.Provide(
+			globals.New,
+			logger.New,
+			config.New,
+		),
+		fx.Populate(&cfg),
+	)
+
+	return cfg, app.Err()
+}
+
+func TestNewRejectsBadEnvValues(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		key         string
+		value       string
+		expectError bool
+		check       func(t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config)
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "valid PORT is used",
+			key:   envKeyPort,
+			value: "9001",
+			check: func(t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config) {
+				t.Helper()
+				assert.Equal(t, 9001, cfg.Port)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unparseable PORT aborts startup",
+			key:         envKeyPort,
+			value:       "eighty-eighty",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "out-of-range PORT aborts startup",
+			key:         envKeyPort,
+			value:       "70000",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "valid DEBUG is used",
+			key:   envKeyDebug,
+			value: "true",
+			check: func(t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config) {
+				t.Helper()
+				assert.True(t, cfg.Debug)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unparseable DEBUG aborts startup",
+			key:         envKeyDebug,
+			value:       "ture",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unparseable MAINTENANCE_MODE aborts startup",
+			key:         envKeyMaintenanceMode,
+			value:       "sometimes",
+			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")
+			t.Setenv(tt.key, tt.value)
+
+			cfg, err := buildConfig(t)
+
+			if tt.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.key)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.value)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+			tt.check(t, cfg)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNewUsesDefaultsWhenUnset proves the fail-loud behaviour did not
+// break the legitimate unset case: absent variables still get their
+// documented defaults.
+func TestNewUsesDefaultsWhenUnset(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT", "dev")
+
+	for _, key := range []string{
+		envKeyPort, envKeyDebug, envKeyMaintenanceMode,
+	} {
+		require.NoError(t, os.Unsetenv(key))
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := buildConfig(t)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 8080, cfg.Port)
+	assert.False(t, cfg.Debug)
+	assert.False(t, cfg.MaintenanceMode)
+}

internal/config/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package config
+
+// This file exposes the unexported environment parsing helpers to
+// the external config_test package so each helper can be covered by
+// its own table-driven test without weakening the package API.
+
+// EnvBoolForTest exposes envBool.
+func EnvBoolForTest(key string, defaultValue bool) (bool, error) {
+	return envBool(key, defaultValue)
+}
+
+// EnvPositiveIntForTest exposes envPositiveInt.
+func EnvPositiveIntForTest(key string, defaultValue int) (int, error) {
+	return envPositiveInt(key, defaultValue)
+}
+
+// EnvPortForTest exposes envPort.
+func EnvPortForTest(key string, defaultValue int) (int, error) {
+	return envPort(key, defaultValue)
+}

internal/handlers/auth.go

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

internal/handlers/profile.go

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

internal/handlers/source_management.go

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

internal/middleware/middleware.go

@@ -285,36 +285,10 @@ func (s *Middleware) NoCache() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	}
 }
 
-// bodyLimitedMethod reports whether the request method carries a
+// MaxBodySize returns middleware that limits the request body size
-// body that the MaxBodySize middleware should cap.
+// for POST requests. If the body exceeds the given limit in
-func bodyLimitedMethod(method string) bool {
+// bytes, the server returns 413 Request Entity Too Large. This
-	return method == http.MethodPost ||
+// prevents clients from sending arbitrarily large form bodies.
-		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 {
@@ -323,31 +297,14 @@ func (s *Middleware) MaxBodySize(
 			w http.ResponseWriter,
 			r *http.Request,
 		) {
-			if !bodyLimitedMethod(r.Method) {
+			if r.Method == http.MethodPost ||
-				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+				r.Method == http.MethodPut ||
-
+				r.Method == http.MethodPatch {
-				return
+				r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(
-			}
+					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 +3,10 @@ package middleware_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
-	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
@@ -428,153 +426,6 @@ 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) {

internal/server/export_test.go

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -90,11 +90,9 @@ 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())
@@ -108,9 +106,6 @@ 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())
@@ -123,24 +118,20 @@ 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

@@ -1,375 +0,0 @@
-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",
-	)
-}