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refactor: self-contained delivery tasks — engine delivers without DB reads in happy path
The webhook handler now builds DeliveryTask structs carrying all target
config and event data inline (for bodies ≤16KB) and sends them through
the delivery channel. In the happy path, the engine delivers without
reading from any database — it only writes to record delivery results.

For large bodies (≥16KB), Body is nil and the engine fetches it from the
per-webhook database on demand. Retry timers also carry the full
DeliveryTask, so retries avoid unnecessary DB reads.

The database is used for crash recovery only: on startup the engine scans
for interrupted pending/retrying deliveries and re-queues them.

Implements owner feedback from issue #15:
> the message in the <=16KB case should have everything it needs to do
> its delivery. it shouldn't touch the db until it has a success or
> failure to record.
2026-03-01 22:09:41 -08:00

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webhooker

webhooker is a self-hosted webhook proxy and store-and-forward service written in Go by @sneak. It receives webhooks from external services, durably stores them, and delivers them to configured targets with retry support, logging, and observability. Category: infrastructure / web service. License: MIT.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Go 1.24+
  • golangci-lint v1.64+
  • Docker (for containerized deployment)

Quick Start

# Clone the repo
git clone https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/webhooker.git
cd webhooker

# Install Go dependencies
make deps

# Run all checks (format, lint, test, build)
make check

# Run in development mode (uses SQLite in current directory)
make dev

# Build Docker image
make docker

Development Commands

make fmt        # Format code (gofmt + goimports)
make lint       # Run golangci-lint
make test       # Run tests with race detection
make check      # fmt-check + lint + test + build (CI gate)
make build      # Build binary to bin/webhooker
make dev        # go run ./cmd/webhooker
make docker     # Build Docker image
make hooks      # Install git pre-commit hook that runs make check

Configuration

webhooker uses a YAML configuration file with environment-specific overrides, loaded via the pkg/config library (Viper-based). The environment is selected by setting WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT to dev or prod (default: dev).

Configuration is resolved in this order (highest priority first):

  1. Environment variables
  2. .env file (loaded via godotenv/autoload)
  3. Config file values for the active environment
  4. Config file defaults
Variable Description Default
WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT dev or prod dev
PORT HTTP listen port 8080
DBURL SQLite connection string (main app DB) (required)
DATA_DIR Directory for per-webhook event DBs ./data (dev) / /data/events (prod)
DEBUG Enable debug logging false
METRICS_USERNAME Basic auth username for /metrics ""
METRICS_PASSWORD Basic auth password for /metrics ""
SENTRY_DSN Sentry error reporting DSN ""

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.

On first startup in development mode, webhooker creates an admin user with a randomly generated password and logs it to stdout. This password is only displayed once.

Running with Docker

docker run -d \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/data:/data \
  -e DBURL="file:/data/webhooker.db?cache=shared&mode=rwc" \
  -e DATA_DIR="/data/events" \
  -e WEBHOOKER_ENVIRONMENT=prod \
  webhooker:latest

The container runs as a non-root user (webhooker, UID 1000), exposes port 8080, and includes a health check against /.well-known/healthcheck. The /data volume holds both the main application database and the per-webhook event databases (in /data/events/). Mount this as a persistent volume to preserve data across container restarts.

Rationale

Webhook integrations between services are inherently fragile. The receiving service must be online when the webhook fires, most webhook senders provide no built-in retry mechanism, and there is no standard way to inspect what was sent, when it was sent, or whether delivery succeeded.

webhooker solves this by acting as a durable intermediary:

  1. Reliable ingestion — webhooker is always ready to accept incoming webhooks. It stores every received event before attempting any delivery, so nothing is lost if downstream targets are unavailable.

  2. Guaranteed delivery — Events are queued for delivery to each configured target. Failed deliveries are retried with configurable backoff. Every delivery attempt is logged with status codes, response bodies, and timing.

  3. Observability — Full request/response logging for every webhook received and every delivery attempted. Prometheus metrics expose volume, latency, and error rates. The web UI provides real-time visibility into event flow.

  4. Fan-out — A single incoming webhook can be delivered to multiple targets simultaneously. This enables patterns like forwarding a GitHub webhook to both a deployment service and a Slack channel.

  5. Replay — Stored events can be manually redelivered for debugging or testing, without requiring the original sender to fire the webhook again.

Use Cases

  • Store-and-forward with configurable retries for unreliable receivers
  • Observability via Prometheus metrics on webhook frequency, payload size, and delivery performance
  • Debugging and introspection of webhook payloads in the web UI
  • Replay of webhook events for application testing and development
  • Fan-out delivery of a single webhook to multiple downstream targets
  • High-availability ingestion for delivery to less reliable backend systems

Design

Architecture Overview

webhooker is structured as a standard Go HTTP server following the sneak/prompts GO_HTTP_SERVER_CONVENTIONS. It uses:

  • Uber fx for dependency injection and lifecycle management
  • go-chi for HTTP routing
  • GORM for database access with modernc.org/sqlite as the runtime SQLite driver. Note: gorm.io/driver/sqlite transitively depends on mattn/go-sqlite3, which requires CGO at build time (see Docker section)
  • slog (stdlib) for structured logging with TTY detection (text for dev, JSON for prod)
  • gorilla/sessions for encrypted cookie-based session management
  • Prometheus for metrics, served at /metrics behind basic auth
  • Sentry for optional error reporting

Naming Conventions

The codebase uses consistent naming throughout (rename completed in issue #12):

Entity Description
Webhook Top-level configuration entity grouping entrypoints and targets
Entrypoint A receiver URL where external services POST events
Target A delivery destination for events

Data Model

webhooker's data model has eight entities organized into two tiers: the application tier (user and webhook configuration) and the event tier (event ingestion, delivery, and logging).

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    APPLICATION TIER                          │
│                  (main application database)                 │
│                                                             │
│  ┌──────────┐       ┌──────────┐       ┌──────────────┐     │
│  │   User   │──1:N──│  Webhook │──1:N──│  Entrypoint  │     │
│  │          │       │          │       │              │     │
│  │          │       │          │──1:N──│   Target     │     │
│  │          │       └──────────┘       └──────────────┘     │
│  │          │──1:N──│  APIKey  │                             │
│  └──────────┘       └──────────┘                             │
│                                                             │
│  ┌──────────┐                                               │
│  │ Setting  │  (key-value application config)               │
│  └──────────┘                                               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      EVENT TIER                              │
│            (per-webhook dedicated databases)                 │
│                                                             │
│  ┌──────────┐       ┌──────────┐       ┌─────────────────┐  │
│  │  Event   │──1:N──│ Delivery │──1:N──│ DeliveryResult  │  │
│  └──────────┘       └──────────┘       └─────────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Setting

A key-value pair for application-level configuration that is auto-managed rather than user-provided. Used to store the session encryption key and any future auto-generated settings.

Field Type Description
key string Primary key (setting name)
value text Setting value

Currently stored settings:

  • session_key — Base64-encoded 32-byte session encryption key, auto-generated on first startup.

User

A registered user of the webhooker service.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
username string Unique login name
password string Argon2id hash (never exposed via API)

Relations: Has many Webhooks. Has many APIKeys.

Passwords are hashed with Argon2id using secure defaults (64 MB memory, 1 iteration, 4 threads, 32-byte key, 16-byte salt). On first startup, an admin user is created with a randomly generated 16-character password logged to stdout.

Webhook

The top-level configuration entity. A webhook groups together one or more entrypoints (receiver URLs) and one or more targets (delivery destinations) into a logical unit. A user creates a webhook to set up event routing.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
user_id UUID Foreign key → User
name string Human-readable name
description string Optional description
retention_days integer Days to retain events (default: 30)

Relations: Belongs to User. Has many Entrypoints. Has many Targets.

The retention_days field controls how long event data is kept in the webhook's dedicated database before automatic cleanup.

Entrypoint

A receiver URL where external services POST webhook events. Each entrypoint has a unique UUID-based path. When an HTTP request arrives at an entrypoint's path, webhooker captures the full request and creates an Event.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
webhook_id UUID Foreign key → Webhook
path string Unique URL path (UUID-based, e.g. /webhook/{uuid})
description string Optional description
active boolean Whether this entrypoint accepts events (default: true)

Relations: Belongs to Webhook.

A webhook can have multiple entrypoints. This allows separate URLs for different event sources that all feed into the same processing pipeline (e.g., one entrypoint for GitHub, another for Stripe, both routing to the same targets).

Target

A delivery destination for events. Each target defines where and how events should be forwarded.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
webhook_id UUID Foreign key → Webhook
name string Human-readable name
type TargetType One of: http, retry, database, log
active boolean Whether deliveries are enabled (default: true)
config JSON text Type-specific configuration
max_retries integer Maximum retry attempts (for retry targets)
max_queue_size integer Maximum queued deliveries (for retry targets)

Relations: Belongs to Webhook. Has many Deliveries.

Target types:

  • http — Forward the event as an HTTP POST to a configured URL. Fire-and-forget: a single attempt with no retries.
  • retry — Forward the event via HTTP POST with automatic retry on failure. Uses exponential backoff up to max_retries attempts.
  • database — Confirm the event is stored in the webhook's per-webhook database (no external delivery). Since events are always written to the per-webhook DB on ingestion, this target marks delivery as immediately successful. Useful for ensuring durable event archival.
  • log — Write the event to the application log (stdout). Useful for debugging.

The config field stores type-specific configuration as JSON (e.g., destination URL, custom headers, timeout settings).

APIKey

A programmatic access credential for API authentication.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
user_id UUID Foreign key → User
key string Unique API key value
description string Optional description
last_used_at timestamp Last time this key was used (nullable)

Relations: Belongs to User.

Event

A captured incoming webhook request. Stores the complete HTTP request data for replay and auditing.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
webhook_id UUID Foreign key → Webhook
entrypoint_id UUID Foreign key → Entrypoint
method string HTTP method (POST, PUT, etc.)
headers JSON Complete request headers
body text Raw request body
content_type string Content-Type header value

Relations: Belongs to Webhook. Belongs to Entrypoint. Has many Deliveries.

When a request arrives at an entrypoint, the full request (method, headers, body) is captured as an Event. The event is then queued for delivery to every active target configured on the parent webhook.

Delivery

The pairing of an event with a target. Tracks the overall delivery status across potentially multiple attempts.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
event_id UUID Foreign key → Event
target_id UUID Foreign key → Target
status DeliveryStatus One of: pending, delivered, failed, retrying

Relations: Belongs to Event. Belongs to Target. Has many DeliveryResults.

Delivery statuses:

  • pending — Created but not yet attempted.
  • retrying — At least one attempt failed; more attempts remain.
  • delivered — Successfully delivered (at least one attempt succeeded).
  • failed — All retry attempts exhausted without success.

DeliveryResult

The result of a single delivery attempt. Every attempt (including retries) is individually logged for full observability.

Field Type Description
id UUID Primary key
delivery_id UUID Foreign key → Delivery
attempt_num integer Attempt number (1-based)
success boolean Whether this attempt succeeded
status_code integer HTTP response status code (if applicable)
response_body text Response body (if applicable)
error string Error message (on failure)
duration integer Request duration in milliseconds

Relations: Belongs to Delivery.

Common Fields

All entities include these fields from BaseModel:

Field Type Description
id UUID Auto-generated UUIDv4 primary key
created_at timestamp Record creation time
updated_at timestamp Last modification time
deleted_at timestamp Soft-delete timestamp (nullable; GORM soft deletes)

Database Architecture

Per-Webhook Event Databases

webhooker uses separate SQLite database files: a main application database for configuration data and per-webhook databases for event storage.

Main Application Database (DBURL) — stores configuration and application state:

  • Settings — auto-managed key-value config (e.g. session encryption key)
  • Users — accounts and Argon2id password hashes
  • Webhooks — webhook configurations
  • Entrypoints — receiver URL definitions
  • Targets — delivery destination configurations
  • APIKeys — programmatic access credentials

On first startup the main database is auto-migrated, a session encryption key is generated and stored, and an admin user is created.

Per-Webhook Event Databases (DATA_DIR) — each webhook gets its own dedicated SQLite file named events-{webhook_uuid}.db, containing:

  • Events — captured incoming webhook payloads
  • Deliveries — event-to-target pairings and their status
  • DeliveryResults — individual delivery attempt logs

Per-webhook databases are created automatically when a webhook is created (and lazily on first access for webhooks that predate this feature). They are managed by the WebhookDBManager component, which handles connection pooling, lazy opening, migrations, and cleanup.

This separation provides:

  • Isolation — a high-volume webhook won't cause lock contention or WAL bloat affecting the main application or other webhooks.
  • Independent lifecycle — event databases can be independently backed up, archived, rotated, or size-limited without impacting the application.
  • Clean deletion — removing a webhook and all its history is as simple as deleting one file. Configuration is soft-deleted in the main DB; the event database file is hard-deleted (permanently removed).
  • Per-webhook retention — the retention_days field on each webhook controls automatic cleanup of old events in that webhook's database only.
  • Performance — each webhook's database has its own WAL, its own page cache, and its own lock, so concurrent event ingestion across webhooks won't contend.

The database target type leverages this architecture: since events are already stored in the per-webhook database by design, the database target simply marks the delivery as immediately successful. The per-webhook DB IS the dedicated event database — that's the whole point of the database target type.

The database uses the modernc.org/sqlite driver at runtime, though CGO is required at build time due to the transitive mattn/go-sqlite3 dependency from gorm.io/driver/sqlite.

Request Flow

External Service
       │
       │  POST /webhook/{uuid}
       ▼
┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│  chi Router │────►│  Middleware   │────►│   Webhook    │
│             │     │  Stack       │     │   Handler    │
└─────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────┬───────┘
                                                │
                     1. Look up Entrypoint by UUID
                     2. Capture full request as Event
                     3. Create Delivery records for each active Target
                     4. Build self-contained DeliveryTask structs
                        (target config + event data inline for ≤16KB)
                     5. Notify Engine via channel (no DB read needed)
                                                │
                                                ▼
                                        ┌──────────────┐
                                        │  Delivery    │◄── retry timers
                                        │  Engine      │    (backoff)
                                        └──────┬───────┘
                                               │
                          ┌────────────────────┼────────────────────┐
                          ▼                    ▼                    ▼
                   ┌────────────┐       ┌────────────┐      ┌────────────┐
                   │ HTTP Target│       │Retry Target│      │ Log Target │
                   │ (1 attempt)│       │ (backoff)  │      │ (stdout)   │
                   └────────────┘       └────────────┘      └────────────┘

Rate Limiting

Global rate limiting middleware (e.g., per-IP throttling applied at the router level) must not apply to webhook receiver endpoints. Webhook endpoints receive automated traffic from external services at unpredictable rates, and blanket rate limits would cause legitimate deliveries to be dropped.

Instead, each webhook has its own individually configurable rate limit, applied within the webhook handler itself. By default, no rate limit is applied — webhook endpoints accept traffic as fast as it arrives. Rate limits can be configured per-webhook when needed (e.g., to protect against a misbehaving sender).

API Endpoints

Public Endpoints

Method Path Description
GET / Web UI index page (server-rendered)
GET /.well-known/healthcheck Health check (JSON: status, uptime, version)
GET /s/* Static file serving (embedded CSS, JS)
ANY /webhook/{uuid} Webhook receiver endpoint (accepts all methods)

Authentication Endpoints

Method Path Description
GET /pages/login Login page
POST /pages/login Login form submission
POST /pages/logout Logout (destroys session)

Authenticated Endpoints

Method Path Description
GET /user/{username} User profile page
GET /sources List user's webhooks
GET /sources/new Create webhook form
POST /sources/new Create webhook submission
GET /source/{id} Webhook detail view
GET /source/{id}/edit Edit webhook form
POST /source/{id}/edit Edit webhook submission
POST /source/{id}/delete Delete webhook
GET /source/{id}/logs Webhook event logs
POST /source/{id}/entrypoints Add entrypoint to webhook
POST /source/{id}/targets Add target to webhook

Infrastructure Endpoints

Method Path Description
GET /metrics Prometheus metrics (requires basic auth)

API (Planned)

Method Path Description
GET /api/v1/webhooks List webhooks
POST /api/v1/webhooks Create webhook
GET /api/v1/webhooks/{id} Get webhook details
PUT /api/v1/webhooks/{id} Update webhook
DELETE /api/v1/webhooks/{id} Delete webhook
GET /api/v1/webhooks/{id}/events List events for webhook
POST /api/v1/events/{id}/redeliver Redeliver an event

API authentication will use API keys passed via Authorization: Bearer <key> header.

Package Layout

All application code lives under internal/ to prevent external imports. The entry point is cmd/webhooker/main.go.

webhooker/
├── cmd/webhooker/
│   └── main.go               # Entry point: sets globals, wires fx
├── internal/
│   ├── config/
│   │   └── config.go          # Configuration loading via pkg/config
│   ├── database/
│   │   ├── base_model.go      # BaseModel with UUID primary keys
│   │   ├── database.go        # GORM connection, migrations, admin seed
│   │   ├── models.go          # AutoMigrate for config-tier models
│   │   ├── model_setting.go   # Setting entity (key-value app config)
│   │   ├── model_user.go      # User entity
│   │   ├── model_webhook.go    # Webhook entity
│   │   ├── model_entrypoint.go # Entrypoint entity
│   │   ├── model_target.go    # Target entity and TargetType enum
│   │   ├── model_event.go     # Event entity (per-webhook DB)
│   │   ├── model_delivery.go  # Delivery entity (per-webhook DB)
│   │   ├── model_delivery_result.go  # DeliveryResult entity (per-webhook DB)
│   │   ├── model_apikey.go    # APIKey entity
│   │   ├── password.go        # Argon2id hashing and verification
│   │   └── webhook_db_manager.go  # Per-webhook DB lifecycle manager
│   ├── globals/
│   │   └── globals.go         # Build-time variables (appname, version, arch)
│   ├── delivery/
│   │   └── engine.go          # Event-driven delivery engine (channel + timer based)
│   ├── handlers/
│   │   ├── handlers.go        # Base handler struct, JSON helpers, template rendering
│   │   ├── auth.go            # Login, logout handlers
│   │   ├── healthcheck.go     # Health check handler
│   │   ├── index.go           # Index page handler
│   │   ├── profile.go         # User profile handler
│   │   ├── source_management.go  # Webhook CRUD handlers
│   │   └── webhook.go         # Webhook receiver handler
│   ├── healthcheck/
│   │   └── healthcheck.go     # Health check service (uptime, version)
│   ├── logger/
│   │   └── logger.go          # slog setup with TTY detection
│   ├── middleware/
│   │   └── middleware.go      # Logging, CORS, Auth, Metrics, MetricsAuth
│   ├── server/
│   │   ├── server.go          # Server struct, fx lifecycle, signal handling
│   │   ├── http.go            # HTTP server setup with timeouts
│   │   └── routes.go          # All route definitions
│   └── session/
│       └── session.go         # Cookie-based session management
├── pkg/config/                # Reusable multi-environment config library
├── static/
│   ├── static.go              # //go:embed directive
│   ├── css/style.css          # Custom stylesheet (system font stack, card effects, layout)
│   └── js/app.js              # Client-side JavaScript (minimal bootstrap)
├── templates/                 # Go HTML templates (base, index, login, etc.)
├── configs/
│   └── config.yaml.example    # Example configuration file
├── Dockerfile                 # Multi-stage: build + check, then Alpine runtime
├── Makefile                   # fmt, lint, test, check, build, docker targets
├── go.mod / go.sum
└── .golangci.yml              # Linter configuration

Dependency Injection

Components are wired via Uber fx in this order:

  1. globals.New — Build-time variables (appname, version, arch)
  2. logger.New — Structured logging (slog with TTY detection)
  3. config.New — Configuration loading (pkg/config + environment)
  4. database.New — Main SQLite connection, config migrations, admin user seed
  5. database.NewWebhookDBManager — Per-webhook event database lifecycle manager
  6. healthcheck.New — Health check service
  7. session.New — Cookie-based session manager (key from database)
  8. handlers.New — HTTP handlers
  9. middleware.New — HTTP middleware
  10. delivery.New — Event-driven delivery engine
  11. delivery.Enginehandlers.DeliveryNotifier — interface bridge
  12. server.New — HTTP server and router

The server starts via fx.Invoke(func(*server.Server, *delivery.Engine) {}) which triggers the fx lifecycle hooks in dependency order. The DeliveryNotifier interface allows the webhook handler to send self-contained DeliveryTask slices to the engine without a direct package dependency. Each task carries all target config and event data inline (for bodies ≤16KB), so the engine can deliver without reading from any database — it only writes to record results.

Middleware Stack

Applied to all routes in this order:

  1. Recoverer — Panic recovery (chi built-in)
  2. RequestID — Generate unique request IDs (chi built-in)
  3. Logging — Structured request logging (method, URL, status, latency, remote IP, user agent, request ID)
  4. Metrics — Prometheus HTTP metrics (if METRICS_USERNAME is set)
  5. CORS — Cross-origin resource sharing headers
  6. Timeout — 60-second request timeout
  7. Sentry — Error reporting to Sentry (if SENTRY_DSN is set; configured with Repanic: true so panics still reach Recoverer)

Authentication

  • Web UI: Cookie-based sessions using gorilla/sessions with encrypted cookies. Sessions are configured with HttpOnly, SameSite Lax, and Secure (in production). Session lifetime is 7 days.
  • API (planned): API key authentication via Authorization: Bearer header. API keys are stored per-user with usage tracking (last_used_at).
  • Metrics: Basic authentication protecting the /metrics endpoint.

Security

  • Passwords hashed with Argon2id (64 MB memory cost)
  • Session cookies are HttpOnly, SameSite Lax, Secure (prod only)
  • Session key is a 32-byte value auto-generated on first startup and stored in the database
  • Prometheus metrics behind basic auth
  • Static assets embedded in binary (no filesystem access needed at runtime)
  • Container runs as non-root user (UID 1000)
  • GORM soft deletes on all entities (data preserved for audit)

Docker

The Dockerfile uses a multi-stage build:

  1. Builder stage (Debian-based golang:1.24) — installs golangci-lint, downloads dependencies, copies source, runs make check (format verification, linting, tests, compilation).
  2. Runtime stage (alpine:3.21) — copies the binary, creates the /data/events directory for per-webhook event databases, runs as non-root user, exposes port 8080, includes a health check.

The builder uses Debian rather than Alpine because GORM's SQLite dialect pulls in CGO-dependent headers at compile time. The runtime binary is statically linked and runs on Alpine.

docker build . is the CI gate — if it passes, the code is formatted, linted, tested, and compiled.

TODO

Completed: Code Quality (Phase 1 of MVP)

  • Rename Processor → Webhook, Webhook → Entrypoint in code (#12)
  • Embed templates via //go:embed (#7)
  • Use slog.LevelVar for dynamic log level switching (#8)
  • Simplify configuration to prefer environment variables (#10)
  • Remove redundant godotenv/autoload import (#11)
  • Implement authentication middleware for protected routes (#9)
  • Replace Bootstrap with Tailwind CSS + Alpine.js (#4)

Completed: Core Webhook Engine (Phase 2 of MVP)

  • Implement webhook reception and event storage at /webhook/{uuid}
  • Build event processing and target delivery engine
  • Implement HTTP target type (fire-and-forget POST)
  • Implement retry target type (exponential backoff)
  • Implement database target type (store events in per-webhook DB)
  • Implement log target type (console output)
  • Webhook management pages (list, create, edit, delete)
  • Webhook request log viewer with pagination
  • Entrypoint and target management UI

Completed: Per-Webhook Event Databases

  • Split into main application DB + per-webhook event DBs
  • Per-webhook database lifecycle management (create on webhook creation, delete on webhook removal)
  • WebhookDBManager component with lazy connection pooling
  • Event-driven delivery engine (channel notifications + timer-based retries)
  • Self-contained delivery tasks: in the ≤16KB happy path, the engine delivers without reading from any database — target config, event headers, and body are all carried inline in the channel notification. The engine only touches the DB to record results (success/failure). Large bodies (≥16KB) are fetched from the per-webhook DB on demand.
  • Database target type marks delivery as immediately successful (events are already in the per-webhook DB)

Remaining: Core Features

  • Per-webhook rate limiting in the receiver handler
  • Webhook signature verification (GitHub, Stripe formats)
  • Security headers (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options)
  • CSRF protection for forms
  • Session expiration and "remember me"
  • Password change/reset flow
  • API key authentication for programmatic access
  • Manual event redelivery
  • Analytics dashboard (success rates, response times)
  • Delivery status and retry management UI

Remaining: Event Maintenance

  • Automatic event retention cleanup based on retention_days

Remaining: REST API

  • RESTful CRUD for webhooks, entrypoints, targets
  • Event viewing and filtering endpoints
  • Event redelivery endpoint
  • OpenAPI specification

Future

  • Email delivery target type
  • SNS, S3, Slack delivery targets
  • Data transformations (e.g., webhook-to-Slack message formatting)
  • JSONL file delivery with periodic S3 upload
  • Webhook event search and filtering
  • Multi-user with role-based access

License

MIT

Author

@sneak