diff --git a/PRERELEASE.md b/PRERELEASE.md
index a47efd7..20ed405 100644
--- a/PRERELEASE.md
+++ b/PRERELEASE.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ the edge before prod. Each phase maps back to the owner's raw pre-release TODO l
| SB | Single Telegram bot + per-user variant preferences: the two per-language bots collapse into **one** (drop `accounts.service_language`, `supported_languages`, the `*_EN`/`*_RU` env vars and game-language push routing — the single bot renders in the recipient's `preferred_language`); New Game variant gating moves to a profile **`variant_preferences`** set (default Erudit only, Erudit-first, server-enforced on the caller's auto-match/vs-AI/invitation-create paths, an invited friend may accept any variant); env vars collapse to unsuffixed `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`/`TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_ID`/`VITE_TELEGRAM_LINK`/`VITE_TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_NAME` and `GATEWAY_DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES` is removed; wire drops `service_language`/`supported_languages` (Session, ValidateInitDataResponse) + the push `language` routing field and adds `variant_preferences` to Profile/UpdateProfile. | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
| DV | Dictionary version hygiene: CI + image/compose seed track the current release (`v1.2.1`); a **seed-drift guard** records the flat dir's seed in an authoritative `.seed_version` marker so a bumped build seed on a live volume is ignored (it can't relabel live bytes — which would mis-serve the dictionary + void games pinned to the prior label); `DICT_VERSION` is the fresh-volume seed only, a live contour migrates through the admin console | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
| TX | Telegram egress off the main host: split the connector into a home **validator** (Mini App / Login-Widget HMAC, no VPN, no Bot API — so game login no longer depends on Telegram being reachable) and a remote **bot** (Bot API long-poll + `sendMessage`) that holds **no inbound port** and dials the gateway over a reverse **mTLS bot-link** (`pkg/proto/botlink/v1`); the gateway funnels out-of-app push (fire-and-forget, at-most-once) and the backend admin broadcasts (a relay that awaits the bot's ack) down the link. The bot is Telegram-rate-limited; **one bot now**, with seams (a bot registry + `owns_updates` + command ids) for N later; **no webhook** (rejected: one URL per token, adds inbound + a static address). The **unified test contour** runs the split (the bot keeps its VPN sidecar and dials the gateway by its internal name; certs from `deploy/gen-certs.sh`). The **prod** wiring — the bot on a separate host (no VPN), the gateway bot-link port published, `PROD_` certs with scheduled rotation, an SSH deploy of both hosts together — is the **deferred final stage** (Stage 18). | owner ad-hoc | **done** (code + test contour; prod wiring → Stage 18) |
+| AG | Anti-abuse IP ban + honeypot/honeytoken (prod-only): a fail2ban-style in-memory `ratelimit.Banlist` keyed by client IP, fed by sustained rate-limiter rejections (the IP-keyed public/email/admin classes — the user class stays the soft-flag's concern), a **honeypot** decoy path (the contour caddy tags `/.env`, `/.git`, `/wp-*`, … with `X-Scrabble-Honeypot` and routes them to the gateway), and a **honeytoken** (`GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN`, a planted bearer). The `abuseGuard` edge middleware refuses a banned IP with **429** before any work — closing the R3 gap that the static SPA/landing was outside the token bucket. Off by default — it keys by the real client IP the shared-NAT test contour does not expose (detection still logs there); enabled in prod via `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED`. Operators see + lift bans on the console **Throttled** page; the gateway syncs its active set to the backend (`/api/v1/internal/bans/sync`, `internal/banview`) every 30 s and applies operator unbans. | owner ad-hoc | **in progress** |
| → | Stage 18 — prod contour deploy | — | see [`PLAN.md`](PLAN.md) |
## Key findings (these reshaped the raw list — read before starting a phase)
@@ -83,6 +84,19 @@ the edge before prod. Each phase maps back to the owner's raw pre-release TODO l
- **Rate-abuse (TODO 8):** metric + Grafana + admin view **plus a conservative auto-flag** —
a *soft, reversible* "suspected high-rate" marker for operator review, tunable threshold,
**no auto-ban**.
+- **Anti-abuse IP ban (AG, owner ad-hoc):** a honeypot was considered and rejected as a *DDoS*
+ defence — it detects/deceives but does not shed volumetric load, cannot cover the real
+ endpoints, and a tarpit backfires under flood; volumetric L3/L4 is an upstream/CDN concern,
+ out of scope. The effective layer is a **temporary IP ban** (fail2ban-style) that the honeypot
+ and honeytoken merely *feed*. This does **not** reverse the TODO-8 "no auto-ban": that decision
+ governs the **account** soft-flag (still never a gate); the IP ban is a separate, IP-keyed,
+ **prod-only** layer with an **operator unban** in the console. Decisions: banlist lives in the
+ existing `ratelimit` package (smallest surface); the decoy path list is a **single source of
+ truth in the caddy** (it tags requests with a header — the gateway keeps no second list);
+ bans are in-memory + single-instance (like `ratewatch`), auto-expiring, **plus** an admin
+ console view + manual unban over a bidirectional 30 s sync (operator control = owner's choice).
+ An active-bans Grafana **gauge** was trimmed (the console view + the `gateway_abuse_banned_total`
+ counter cover it) to keep the diff focused.
- **Open auto-match (owner ad-hoc):** a quick game **enters a real game at once and waits inside
it** (status `open`, the opponent seat empty); a second human searching the same variant+rule
joins it, or a robot fills it after a **90 s + random 0–90 s** wait, pushing the in-app
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 6da397f..bde9d55 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ rejected calls within `BACKEND_HIGHRATE_FLAG_WINDOW` gets the soft, reversible
`accounts.flagged_high_rate_at` marker (set-once; a badge in the user list and a
**Clear** action on the user card; never an automatic ban).
+The gateway also syncs its active IP bans (prod-only — see ARCHITECTURE §11) to
+`POST /api/v1/internal/bans/sync`; `internal/banview` mirrors them for the console's
+**Throttled** page (an **Active IP bans** panel with an **Unban** action) and returns
+the operator's pending unbans in the response, which the gateway applies on its next
+sync. Like `ratewatch` it is in-memory and resets on restart — the enforced ban lives
+in the gateway, not here.
+
## Package layout
```
@@ -173,6 +180,7 @@ internal/adminconsole/ # server-rendered admin console (Go templates + embedded
internal/ads/ # advertising banner: campaigns + bilingual messages + display timings, weighted-rotation feed (ActiveSet)
internal/connector/ # backend gRPC client to the gateway bot-link relay (operator broadcasts)
internal/ratewatch/ # gateway rate-limit reports: episode window for the console + the high-rate auto-flag
+internal/banview/ # gateway active-ban mirror: the console's Active IP bans panel + the operator unban backchannel
```
## Configuration (environment)
diff --git a/backend/cmd/backend/main.go b/backend/cmd/backend/main.go
index 0dce367..c4c17a4 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/backend/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/backend/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
"scrabble/backend/internal/accountmerge"
"scrabble/backend/internal/ads"
+ "scrabble/backend/internal/banview"
"scrabble/backend/internal/config"
"scrabble/backend/internal/connector"
"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
@@ -211,6 +212,10 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
zap.Int("flag_threshold", cfg.RateWatch.FlagThreshold),
zap.Duration("flag_window", cfg.RateWatch.FlagWindow))
+ // Ban observability: mirror the gateway's active IP bans for the admin console's
+ // active-bans panel and collect operator unban requests.
+ banView := banview.New()
+
// Advertising-banner domain: campaign rotation feeding the profile.get banner
// block and the banner admin console section.
adsSvc := ads.NewService(ads.NewStore(db))
@@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
DictDir: cfg.Game.DictDir,
Connector: conn,
RateWatch: rateWatch,
+ BanView: banView,
Ads: adsSvc,
Notifier: hub,
})
diff --git a/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/throttled.gohtml b/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/throttled.gohtml
index 696b339..a2c5bdd 100644
--- a/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/throttled.gohtml
+++ b/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/throttled.gohtml
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@
list is in-memory and resets on a backend restart. An account sustaining
{{.FlagThreshold}}+ rejected calls within {{.FlagWindow}} is soft-flagged for review
below — never banned automatically; clear the flag on the user card.
+Active IP bans
+Temporary IP bans the gateway is currently enforcing (in-memory, prod-only;
+reset on a gateway restart). Unban applies on the gateway's next sync.
+
+| IP | Reason | Since | Expires | |
+
+{{range .Bans}}
+
+{{.IP}} |
+{{.Reason}} |
+{{.Since}} |
+{{.Expires}} |
+ |
+
+{{else}}
+| no active bans |
+{{end}}
+
+
+
Recent episodes
| Class | Key | Rejected | First seen | Last seen |
diff --git a/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go b/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go
index eb3aafb..48a85bb 100644
--- a/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go
+++ b/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go
@@ -389,17 +389,27 @@ type BroadcastView struct {
ConnectorEnabled bool
}
-// ThrottledView is the rate-limit observability page: the recent gateway-reported
-// throttle episodes (in-memory, reset on restart) and the accounts currently
-// carrying the high-rate flag. FlagThreshold and FlagWindow caption the active
-// auto-flag tuning.
+// ThrottledView is the rate-limit observability page: the temporary IP bans the
+// gateway is currently enforcing, the recent gateway-reported throttle episodes
+// (in-memory, reset on restart) and the accounts currently carrying the high-rate
+// flag. FlagThreshold and FlagWindow caption the active auto-flag tuning.
type ThrottledView struct {
+ Bans []BanRow
Episodes []ThrottleEpisodeRow
Flagged []FlaggedAccountRow
FlagThreshold int
FlagWindow string
}
+// BanRow is one temporary IP ban the gateway is enforcing, with its reason and its
+// since/expiry timestamps; the row carries an unban action.
+type BanRow struct {
+ IP string
+ Reason string
+ Since string
+ Expires string
+}
+
// ThrottleEpisodeRow is one recently throttled limiter key. UserID links to the
// user card and is set only for the user class (the other classes key by IP).
type ThrottleEpisodeRow struct {
diff --git a/backend/internal/banview/banview.go b/backend/internal/banview/banview.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..325c555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/banview/banview.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Package banview mirrors the gateway's active IP bans for the admin console and
+// collects operator unban requests for the gateway to apply. Like ratewatch it is
+// in-memory, single-instance and resets on a backend restart by design — the
+// gateway re-reports its active set on the next sync, and the durable effect (the
+// ban itself) lives in the gateway, not here.
+package banview
+
+import (
+ "sort"
+ "sync"
+ "time"
+)
+
+// Ban is one active IP ban as reported by the gateway.
+type Ban struct {
+ IP string
+ Reason string
+ Since time.Time
+ Expires time.Time
+}
+
+// View holds the last-reported active bans and the operator's pending unbans.
+type View struct {
+ now func() time.Time
+
+ mu sync.Mutex
+ bans map[string]Ban // last reported active set, keyed by IP
+ unban map[string]struct{} // IPs an operator marked for unban
+}
+
+// New constructs an empty View.
+func New() *View {
+ return &View{now: time.Now, bans: make(map[string]Ban), unban: make(map[string]struct{})}
+}
+
+// Ingest replaces the mirrored active set with the gateway's latest report,
+// skipping entries with an empty IP or one that has already expired.
+func (v *View) Ingest(active []Ban) {
+ now := v.now()
+ v.mu.Lock()
+ defer v.mu.Unlock()
+ v.bans = make(map[string]Ban, len(active))
+ for _, b := range active {
+ if b.IP == "" || !now.Before(b.Expires) {
+ continue
+ }
+ v.bans[b.IP] = b
+ }
+}
+
+// Recent returns the mirrored active bans, most recently banned first.
+func (v *View) Recent() []Ban {
+ now := v.now()
+ v.mu.Lock()
+ defer v.mu.Unlock()
+ out := make([]Ban, 0, len(v.bans))
+ for _, b := range v.bans {
+ if now.Before(b.Expires) {
+ out = append(out, b)
+ }
+ }
+ sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool { return out[i].Since.After(out[j].Since) })
+ return out
+}
+
+// RequestUnban records an operator request to lift the ban on ip; the gateway
+// applies it on its next sync (so the console reflects it within the sync
+// interval). An empty ip is ignored.
+func (v *View) RequestUnban(ip string) {
+ if ip == "" {
+ return
+ }
+ v.mu.Lock()
+ defer v.mu.Unlock()
+ v.unban[ip] = struct{}{}
+}
+
+// DrainUnbans returns and clears the IPs operators have marked for unban since the
+// previous drain. It returns nil when there are none.
+func (v *View) DrainUnbans() []string {
+ v.mu.Lock()
+ defer v.mu.Unlock()
+ if len(v.unban) == 0 {
+ return nil
+ }
+ out := make([]string, 0, len(v.unban))
+ for ip := range v.unban {
+ out = append(out, ip)
+ }
+ clear(v.unban)
+ return out
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/banview/banview_test.go b/backend/internal/banview/banview_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e647244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/banview/banview_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package banview
+
+import (
+ "testing"
+ "time"
+)
+
+func viewAt(clk *time.Time) *View {
+ v := New()
+ v.now = func() time.Time { return *clk }
+ return v
+}
+
+func TestIngestRecentDropsExpired(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ v := viewAt(&clk)
+ v.Ingest([]Ban{
+ {IP: "1.1.1.1", Reason: "tripwire", Since: clk, Expires: clk.Add(time.Hour)},
+ {IP: "2.2.2.2", Reason: "rejections", Since: clk.Add(-2 * time.Hour), Expires: clk.Add(-time.Hour)}, // expired
+ {IP: "", Reason: "x", Since: clk, Expires: clk.Add(time.Hour)}, // empty IP
+ })
+ got := v.Recent()
+ if len(got) != 1 || got[0].IP != "1.1.1.1" || got[0].Reason != "tripwire" {
+ t.Fatalf("Recent = %+v, want one live ban for 1.1.1.1", got)
+ }
+}
+
+func TestIngestReplaces(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ v := viewAt(&clk)
+ v.Ingest([]Ban{{IP: "1.1.1.1", Since: clk, Expires: clk.Add(time.Hour)}})
+ v.Ingest([]Ban{{IP: "2.2.2.2", Since: clk, Expires: clk.Add(time.Hour)}})
+ got := v.Recent()
+ if len(got) != 1 || got[0].IP != "2.2.2.2" {
+ t.Fatalf("Recent = %+v, want only the latest report (2.2.2.2)", got)
+ }
+}
+
+func TestRecentOrdersBySince(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ v := viewAt(&clk)
+ v.Ingest([]Ban{
+ {IP: "old", Since: clk.Add(-10 * time.Minute), Expires: clk.Add(time.Hour)},
+ {IP: "new", Since: clk.Add(-1 * time.Minute), Expires: clk.Add(time.Hour)},
+ })
+ got := v.Recent()
+ if len(got) != 2 || got[0].IP != "new" || got[1].IP != "old" {
+ t.Fatalf("Recent order = %+v, want most recent first", got)
+ }
+}
+
+func TestUnbanRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ v := viewAt(&clk)
+ v.RequestUnban("3.3.3.3")
+ v.RequestUnban("") // ignored
+ drained := v.DrainUnbans()
+ if len(drained) != 1 || drained[0] != "3.3.3.3" {
+ t.Fatalf("DrainUnbans = %v, want [3.3.3.3]", drained)
+ }
+ if again := v.DrainUnbans(); again != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("second DrainUnbans = %v, want nil (cleared)", again)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/server/handlers.go b/backend/internal/server/handlers.go
index 8b0099c..118fdbf 100644
--- a/backend/internal/server/handlers.go
+++ b/backend/internal/server/handlers.go
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ func (s *Server) registerRoutes() {
// admin console's throttled view and the high-rate auto-flag.
s.internal.POST("/ratelimit/report", s.handleRateLimitReport)
}
+ if s.banview != nil {
+ // The gateway's periodic active-ban sync: feeds the admin console's
+ // active-bans panel and returns the operator's pending unbans.
+ s.internal.POST("/bans/sync", s.handleBanSync)
+ }
u := s.user
if s.accounts != nil {
u.GET("/profile", s.handleProfile)
diff --git a/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go b/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
index fac9fde..cb6ed2f 100644
--- a/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
+++ b/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (s *Server) registerConsole(router *gin.Engine) {
gm.POST("/reasons/:id/update", s.consoleUpdateReason)
gm.POST("/reasons/:id/delete", s.consoleDeleteReason)
gm.GET("/throttled", s.consoleThrottled)
+ gm.POST("/bans/unban", s.consoleUnban)
gm.GET("/games", s.consoleGames)
gm.GET("/games/:id", s.consoleGameDetail)
gm.GET("/complaints", s.consoleComplaints)
@@ -874,6 +875,13 @@ func (s *Server) consoleThrottled(c *gin.Context) {
view.Episodes = append(view.Episodes, row)
}
}
+ if s.banview != nil {
+ for _, b := range s.banview.Recent() {
+ view.Bans = append(view.Bans, adminconsole.BanRow{
+ IP: b.IP, Reason: b.Reason, Since: fmtTime(b.Since), Expires: fmtTime(b.Expires),
+ })
+ }
+ }
flagged, err := s.accounts.ListFlaggedHighRate(ctx)
if err != nil {
s.consoleError(c, err)
@@ -887,6 +895,21 @@ func (s *Server) consoleThrottled(c *gin.Context) {
s.renderConsole(c, "throttled", "throttled", "Throttled", view)
}
+// consoleUnban lifts a temporary IP ban — the operator's manual override. The
+// gateway applies it on its next active-ban sync, so the ban clears within the
+// sync interval rather than immediately.
+func (s *Server) consoleUnban(c *gin.Context) {
+ ip := trimForm(c, "ip")
+ if ip == "" {
+ s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Invalid", "an IP address is required", "/_gm/throttled")
+ return
+ }
+ if s.banview != nil {
+ s.banview.RequestUnban(ip)
+ }
+ s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Unban requested", fmt.Sprintf("%s will be unbanned on the next gateway sync", ip), "/_gm/throttled")
+}
+
// consoleClearHighRateFlag clears the soft high-rate marker — the operator's
// reversible review action.
func (s *Server) consoleClearHighRateFlag(c *gin.Context) {
diff --git a/backend/internal/server/handlers_bans.go b/backend/internal/server/handlers_bans.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5db8480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/server/handlers_bans.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+ "net/http"
+ "time"
+
+ "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+ "scrabble/backend/internal/banview"
+)
+
+// banSyncRequest mirrors the gateway's active-ban report: every entry is one
+// currently-enforced IP ban.
+type banSyncRequest struct {
+ Active []banSyncEntry `json:"active"`
+}
+
+// banSyncEntry is one active ban in the sync request.
+type banSyncEntry struct {
+ IP string `json:"ip"`
+ Reason string `json:"reason"`
+ Since time.Time `json:"since"`
+ Expires time.Time `json:"expires"`
+}
+
+// banSyncResponse returns the IPs an operator has marked for unban for the gateway
+// to apply on its next sync.
+type banSyncResponse struct {
+ Unban []string `json:"unban"`
+}
+
+// handleBanSync ingests the gateway's active-ban report into the ban view (the
+// admin console's active-bans panel) and returns the operator's pending unbans.
+// Internal, gateway-only: like the rate-limit report it trusts the network
+// segment and carries no user identity.
+func (s *Server) handleBanSync(c *gin.Context) {
+ var req banSyncRequest
+ if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+ abortBadRequest(c, "invalid ban sync")
+ return
+ }
+ bans := make([]banview.Ban, 0, len(req.Active))
+ for _, e := range req.Active {
+ bans = append(bans, banview.Ban{IP: e.IP, Reason: e.Reason, Since: e.Since, Expires: e.Expires})
+ }
+ s.banview.Ingest(bans)
+ c.JSON(http.StatusOK, banSyncResponse{Unban: s.banview.DrainUnbans()})
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/server/server.go b/backend/internal/server/server.go
index 81d1287..ecc8971 100644
--- a/backend/internal/server/server.go
+++ b/backend/internal/server/server.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
"scrabble/backend/internal/adminconsole"
"scrabble/backend/internal/ads"
+ "scrabble/backend/internal/banview"
"scrabble/backend/internal/connector"
"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
"scrabble/backend/internal/feedback"
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ type Deps struct {
// admin console's throttled view + the high-rate auto-flag. A nil RateWatch
// disables the internal report endpoint and the console view.
RateWatch *ratewatch.Watch
+ // BanView mirrors the gateway's active IP bans for the admin console and
+ // collects operator unban requests. A nil BanView disables the internal
+ // ban-sync endpoint and the console's active-bans panel.
+ BanView *banview.View
// Ads is the advertising-banner domain service: campaign rotation feeding the
// profile.get banner block, plus the banner admin console section. A nil Ads
// omits the banner block and disables the banner console.
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ type Server struct {
dictDir string
connector *connector.Client
ratewatch *ratewatch.Watch
+ banview *banview.View
ads *ads.Service
notifier notify.Publisher
console *adminconsole.Renderer
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@ func New(addr string, deps Deps) *Server {
dictDir: deps.DictDir,
connector: deps.Connector,
ratewatch: deps.RateWatch,
+ banview: deps.BanView,
ads: deps.Ads,
notifier: notifier,
http: &http.Server{Addr: addr, Handler: engine},
diff --git a/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile b/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile
index 3d9fced..80189f2 100644
--- a/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile
+++ b/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile
@@ -38,10 +38,27 @@
}
}
- # The game SPA and the Connect edge are served by the gateway.
+ # The game SPA and the Connect edge are served by the gateway. Strip any
+ # client-supplied X-Scrabble-Honeypot here so the gateway only ever honours the
+ # tag the honeypot block sets below (a client cannot self-tag a real request).
@gateway path /app /app/* /telegram /telegram/* /scrabble.edge.v1.Gateway/*
handle @gateway {
- reverse_proxy gateway:8081
+ reverse_proxy gateway:8081 {
+ header_up -X-Scrabble-Honeypot
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Honeypot decoy paths: classic vulnerability-scanner bait no real client ever
+ # requests. Route them to the gateway tagged with X-Scrabble-Honeypot so it logs
+ # the scanner hit and (in prod) bans the source IP. The inbound header is
+ # stripped first so a client cannot pre-set it — and even if it did, it would
+ # only ban itself. Keep this list in sync with no legitimate landing/app path.
+ @honeypot path /.env /.git /.git/* /.aws/* /wp-login.php /wp-admin /wp-admin/* /phpmyadmin /phpmyadmin/*
+ handle @honeypot {
+ reverse_proxy gateway:8081 {
+ header_up -X-Scrabble-Honeypot
+ header_up X-Scrabble-Honeypot 1
+ }
}
# Everything else — the public landing at / and any stray path — is static.
diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
index cf13444..664efa8 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ services:
GATEWAY_BOTLINK_TLS_CERT: /certs/gateway.crt
GATEWAY_BOTLINK_TLS_KEY: /certs/gateway.key
GATEWAY_BOTLINK_TLS_CA: /certs/ca.crt
+ # Anti-abuse IP ban (fail2ban-style), fed by rate-limit rejections and the
+ # honeypot/honeytoken. Off by default: it bans by client IP, which is only
+ # real in prod — the test contour arrives as one shared NAT address, so a ban
+ # there would be self-inflicted (the honeypot/honeytoken still log). Prod sets
+ # these from PROD_ inputs; GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN is the planted bearer trap.
+ GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED: ${GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED:-false}
+ GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN: ${GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN:-}
GATEWAY_LOG_LEVEL: ${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
GATEWAY_SERVICE_NAME: scrabble-gateway
GATEWAY_OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER: otlp
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index fc117d3..278bf19 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -922,6 +922,28 @@ edits take effect on the next `profile.get` (open/reconnect/foreground), not mid
list/detail, cleared by the operator, **never an automatic ban** and never a request
gate. The Edge/UX dashboard graphs the aggregate request rate against the rejection
rate by class.
+- **Temporary IP ban (prod-only):** with `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED` set, the gateway
+ enforces a fail2ban-style block keyed by client IP, fed by three signals: an IP that
+ sustains `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_THRESHOLD` rate-limiter rejections within
+ `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_WINDOW` (the IP-keyed public/email/admin classes — the user class
+ stays the soft-flag's concern, never the ban's), a **honeypot** decoy-path hit, and a
+ **honeytoken** (a planted bearer no real client holds, `GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN`). A banned
+ IP is refused with **429** by an edge middleware (`abuseGuard`) before any work —
+ covering the Connect edge, the live stream and the static SPA/landing the per-op limiter
+ never gated. A rejection ban lasts `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_DURATION`; a tripwire/honeytoken
+ hit is near-zero-false-positive and earns a longer fixed ban (1 h / 24 h). The ban is
+ **in-memory, single-instance and resets on restart**, like `ratewatch`; each ban
+ increments `gateway_abuse_banned_total` (`reason` = rejections/tripwire/honeytoken). The
+ decoy paths live only in the contour **caddy**, which tags them with `X-Scrabble-Honeypot`
+ (stripping any client-supplied value) and routes them to the gateway. It is **off by
+ default and only enabled in prod**: the ban keys by real client IP, which the shared-NAT
+ test contour does not expose (every client arrives as one address), so a ban there would
+ be self-inflicted — the honeypot/honeytoken still **log** in the contour, only the ban
+ *action* is gated. Operators see the active bans and lift them on the admin console's
+ **Throttled** page; the gateway syncs its active set to the backend every 30 s
+ (`POST /api/v1/internal/bans/sync`, network-trusted like the rejection report) and applies
+ the operator unbans the response returns, so a manual unban takes effect within the sync
+ interval.
- Unauthenticated `GET /healthz` (liveness) and `GET /readyz` (readiness — the
database answers a bounded ping and the session cache is warmed).
- The backend serves a **second listener** — a gRPC server
@@ -932,7 +954,7 @@ edits take effect on the next `profile.get` (open/reconnect/foreground), not mid
| Concern | Enforced by |
| --- | --- |
-| Public rate limiting / anti-abuse | gateway (per-IP public/email/admin classes, per-user authenticated class; a request body cap of `GATEWAY_MAX_BODY_BYTES`; rejections are metered, summarised to the backend and surfaced in the admin console with a conservative reversible auto-flag — §11) |
+| Public rate limiting / anti-abuse | gateway (per-IP public/email/admin classes, per-user authenticated class; a request body cap of `GATEWAY_MAX_BODY_BYTES`; rejections are metered, summarised to the backend and surfaced in the admin console with a conservative reversible auto-flag — §11). In prod a **temporary IP ban** (`GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED`) blocks an IP that sustains rejections or trips a **honeypot** decoy path / **honeytoken**, refused with 429 before any work; operators lift bans from the console. Off in the shared-NAT test contour, where the client IP is not real (§11) |
| Telegram initData validation (bot-token HMAC) | the Telegram **validator**; the gateway delegates it over gRPC, so the bot token (the HMAC secret) lives only in the validator and the bot, never in the gateway |
| Session minting; email-code / guest validation | gateway (with backend) |
| Session → `user_id` resolution, `X-User-ID` injection | gateway |
diff --git a/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md b/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
index 22c8561..1f4c422 100644
--- a/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
+++ b/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
@@ -295,8 +295,14 @@ recently throttled users/IPs the gateway reported (an in-memory window — it re
a backend restart) and the accounts currently carrying the soft **high-rate flag**. An
account sustaining rejections past a tunable threshold is flagged automatically —
the marker is reversible, shown as a badge in the user list and on the user card, and
-**never blocks play**; the operator reviews and clears it from the user card. There is
-no automatic ban.
+**never blocks play**; the operator reviews and clears it from the user card. The
+account flag itself is never a ban. In **production** the same page also lists the
+**active IP bans** the gateway is enforcing: a temporary block of a client IP that
+floods the service past a threshold, or trips a hidden **honeypot** path or a planted
+**honeytoken** — a high-confidence sign of a scanner or hostile bot, never a normal
+player. Each ban shows its reason and expiry with an **Unban** action; bans auto-expire
+and the operator can lift one early. IP bans are a production-only safeguard — the
+shared test environment cannot tell its clients apart, so it does not enforce them.
The console also lets an operator **manually block** an account — the hard counterpart to the
soft high-rate flag. From the user card the operator blocks the account **permanently** or
diff --git a/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md b/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
index 120f217..f2d817c 100644
--- a/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
+++ b/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
@@ -303,7 +303,14 @@ Telegram-identity) или **отправить пост в игровой кан
флагом**. Аккаунт, устойчиво превышающий настраиваемый порог отказов, помечается
автоматически — маркер обратим, виден бейджем в списке пользователей и на карточке
аккаунта и **никогда не блокирует игру**; оператор рассматривает и снимает его с
-карточки пользователя. Автоматического бана нет.
+карточки пользователя. Сам флаг аккаунта баном не является. В **проде** та же
+страница дополнительно перечисляет **активные баны по IP**, которые применяет gateway:
+временную блокировку IP клиента, превысившего порог наплыва, либо задевшего скрытую
+**honeypot**-ловушку или подброшенный **honeytoken** — высокодостоверный признак
+сканера или враждебного бота, но не нормального игрока. У каждого бана показаны причина
+и срок, рядом действие **Unban**; баны истекают сами, а оператор может снять бан раньше.
+Баны по IP — защита только для прода: общий тестовый контур не различает своих клиентов,
+поэтому там не применяется.
Консоль также позволяет оператору **вручную заблокировать** аккаунт — жёсткий аналог мягкого
high-rate флага. С карточки пользователя оператор блокирует аккаунт **навсегда** или **до даты**
diff --git a/gateway/README.md b/gateway/README.md
index 35141e9..e317ec8 100644
--- a/gateway/README.md
+++ b/gateway/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ proto/edge/v1/ # Connect envelope contract (committed generated Go)
internal/config/ # GATEWAY_* env config
internal/backendclient/ # typed REST client (+ X-User-ID) and push gRPC client
internal/session/ # in-memory session cache (LRU/TTL, backend fallback)
-internal/ratelimit/ # token-bucket limiter (golang.org/x/time/rate) + the rejection tracker
+internal/ratelimit/ # token-bucket limiter (golang.org/x/time/rate) + the rejection tracker + the temporary IP banlist
internal/connector/ # gRPC client to the Telegram connector (initData validate, out-of-app push) + routing
internal/push/ # live-event fan-out hub (per-user client streams)
internal/transcode/ # FlatBuffers<->REST bridge + message_type registry
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ validator (`ValidateLoginWidget`) and forward the trusted `external_id`. These
| `GATEWAY_SESSION_CACHE_MAX` | `50000` | cached session cap |
| `GATEWAY_PUSH_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL` | `10s` | live-stream keep-alive (an immediate heartbeat also fires on open, under the ~15s edge idle timeout) |
| `GATEWAY_MAX_BODY_BYTES` | `1048576` | caps one request body and one Connect message read; an oversized Execute is refused with `resource_exhausted` |
+| `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED` | `false` | enable the temporary IP ban (prod-only — keys by real client IP, off in the shared-NAT test contour) |
+| `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_THRESHOLD` | `100` | rate-limiter rejections within the window that ban an IP |
+| `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_WINDOW` | `2m` | rolling window the rejection strikes accumulate over |
+| `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_DURATION` | `15m` | length of a rejection-earned ban (tripwire 1h, honeytoken 24h are fixed) |
+| `GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN` | unset | planted bearer value; presenting it bans the caller and raises an alarm |
| `GATEWAY_SERVICE_NAME` | `scrabble-gateway` | OpenTelemetry `service.name` |
| `GATEWAY_OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER` | `none` | `none`, `stdout` or `otlp` (gRPC; endpoint from `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*`) |
| `GATEWAY_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER` | `none` | `none`, `stdout` or `otlp` |
@@ -104,6 +109,19 @@ per-key rejection tracker every 30 s, emits a Warn summary per throttled key and
posts the report to the backend (`/api/v1/internal/ratelimit/report`), feeding
the admin console's throttled view and the high-rate auto-flag.
+Temporary IP ban (prod-only, `GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED`): a fail2ban-style block
+keyed by client IP, fed by sustained rate-limiter rejections (the IP-keyed classes),
+a **honeypot** decoy-path hit (the contour caddy tags decoy paths with
+`X-Scrabble-Honeypot`), and a **honeytoken** (`GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN`). A banned IP is
+refused with 429 by the `abuseGuard` edge middleware before any work — covering the
+Connect edge, the live stream and the static SPA/landing. Each ban increments
+`gateway_abuse_banned_total{reason}` (`rejections`/`tripwire`/`honeytoken`). The ban
+is in-memory (resets on restart); it is **off by default** because it keys by the real
+client IP, which the shared-NAT test contour does not expose (detection still logs
+there, only the ban action is gated). The gateway syncs its active set to the backend
+every 30 s (`/api/v1/internal/bans/sync`) for the console's **Active IP bans** panel
+and applies the operator unbans the response returns.
+
## Run
```sh
diff --git a/gateway/cmd/gateway/main.go b/gateway/cmd/gateway/main.go
index 3b1a741..35e1f65 100644
--- a/gateway/cmd/gateway/main.go
+++ b/gateway/cmd/gateway/main.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ const (
// throttleReportInterval is the cadence of the rate-limiter rejection
// summary: the Warn log per throttled key and the report to the backend.
throttleReportInterval = 30 * time.Second
+ // banSyncInterval is the cadence of the active-ban sync to the backend (which
+ // feeds the admin-console view) and the operator-unban pull.
+ banSyncInterval = 30 * time.Second
)
func main() {
@@ -119,6 +122,12 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
sessions := session.NewCache(backend, cfg.SessionTTL, cfg.SessionCacheMax)
limiter := ratelimit.New()
tracker := ratelimit.NewTracker()
+ banlist := ratelimit.NewBanlist(ratelimit.BanConfig{
+ Enabled: cfg.Abuse.BanEnabled,
+ Threshold: cfg.Abuse.BanThreshold,
+ Window: cfg.Abuse.BanWindow,
+ Duration: cfg.Abuse.BanDuration,
+ })
hub := push.NewHub(0)
var validator transcode.TelegramValidator
@@ -183,6 +192,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
Sessions: sessions,
Limiter: limiter,
Tracker: tracker,
+ Banlist: banlist,
+ Honeytoken: cfg.Abuse.Honeytoken,
Hub: hub,
RateLimit: cfg.RateLimit,
Heartbeat: cfg.PushHeartbeatInterval,
@@ -197,6 +208,11 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
go runPushPump(ctx, backend, hub, botHub, logger)
// Periodically summarise rate-limiter rejections (Warn log + backend report).
go runThrottleReporter(ctx, tracker, backend, logger)
+ // When the IP ban is enabled (prod), sync the active set to the backend (the
+ // admin-console view) and apply the operator unbans it returns.
+ if cfg.Abuse.BanEnabled {
+ go runBanSync(ctx, banlist, backend, logger)
+ }
public := &http.Server{Addr: cfg.HTTPAddr, Handler: edge.HTTPHandler(), ReadHeaderTimeout: readHeaderTimeout}
servers := []*namedServer{{name: "public", srv: public}}
@@ -298,6 +314,31 @@ func runThrottleReporter(ctx context.Context, tracker *ratelimit.Tracker, backen
}
}
+// runBanSync periodically reports the gateway's active IP bans to the backend (the
+// admin-console view) and applies the operator unbans it returns, until the
+// context is done. A failed sync is logged and dropped — the next tick reports
+// fresh state, and a missed unban is retried on it.
+func runBanSync(ctx context.Context, banlist *ratelimit.Banlist, backend *backendclient.Client, logger *zap.Logger) {
+ ticker := time.NewTicker(banSyncInterval)
+ defer ticker.Stop()
+ for {
+ select {
+ case <-ctx.Done():
+ return
+ case <-ticker.C:
+ }
+ unban, err := backend.SyncBans(ctx, banlist.Active())
+ if err != nil {
+ logger.Warn("ban sync failed", zap.Error(err))
+ continue
+ }
+ for _, ip := range unban {
+ banlist.Unban(ip)
+ logger.Info("ban cleared by operator", zap.String("client_ip", ip))
+ }
+ }
+}
+
// runPushPump keeps a backend push subscription open, forwarding every event to
// the hub and re-subscribing after the stream ends, until the context is done. For
// the out-of-app push kinds it also routes events whose recipient has no live
diff --git a/gateway/internal/backendclient/client.go b/gateway/internal/backendclient/client.go
index 56653de..527e71a 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/backendclient/client.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/backendclient/client.go
@@ -137,3 +137,22 @@ func (c *Client) ReportRateLimited(ctx context.Context, windowSeconds int, entri
}{WindowSeconds: windowSeconds, Entries: entries}
return c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/internal/ratelimit/report", "", "", body, nil)
}
+
+// SyncBans reports the gateway's currently-active IP bans to the backend and
+// returns the IPs an operator has marked for unban since the previous sync. It is
+// the ban mirror of ReportRateLimited plus the manual-unban backchannel: the
+// backend renders the active set in the admin console and drains the operator's
+// unban requests into the response. Like the rejection report it carries no user
+// identity and rides the trusted internal segment.
+func (c *Client) SyncBans(ctx context.Context, active []ratelimit.Ban) ([]string, error) {
+ body := struct {
+ Active []ratelimit.Ban `json:"active"`
+ }{Active: active}
+ var out struct {
+ Unban []string `json:"unban"`
+ }
+ if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/internal/bans/sync", "", "", body, &out); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return out.Unban, nil
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/backendclient/client_test.go b/gateway/internal/backendclient/client_test.go
index 3ad3612..201478d 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/backendclient/client_test.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/backendclient/client_test.go
@@ -46,3 +46,39 @@ func TestReportRateLimited(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatalf("backend received %+v, want window 30 + %+v", got, entries[0])
}
}
+
+// TestSyncBans verifies the gateway reports its active bans to the backend's
+// internal endpoint and returns the operator unban list the backend replies with.
+func TestSyncBans(t *testing.T) {
+ var got struct {
+ Active []ratelimit.Ban `json:"active"`
+ }
+ srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+ if r.Method != http.MethodPost || r.URL.Path != "/api/v1/internal/bans/sync" {
+ t.Errorf("call = %s %s, want POST /api/v1/internal/bans/sync", r.Method, r.URL.Path)
+ }
+ if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&got); err != nil {
+ t.Errorf("decode sync: %v", err)
+ }
+ _, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"unban":["203.0.113.9"]}`))
+ }))
+ defer srv.Close()
+
+ c, err := backendclient.New(srv.URL, "localhost:9090", 2*time.Second)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("backendclient: %v", err)
+ }
+ defer func() { _ = c.Close() }()
+
+ active := []ratelimit.Ban{{IP: "198.51.100.4", Reason: ratelimit.ReasonTripwire}}
+ unban, err := c.SyncBans(context.Background(), active)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("SyncBans: %v", err)
+ }
+ if len(got.Active) != 1 || got.Active[0].IP != "198.51.100.4" || got.Active[0].Reason != ratelimit.ReasonTripwire {
+ t.Fatalf("backend received active = %+v, want one tripwire ban for 198.51.100.4", got.Active)
+ }
+ if len(unban) != 1 || unban[0] != "203.0.113.9" {
+ t.Fatalf("unban = %v, want [203.0.113.9]", unban)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/config/config.go b/gateway/internal/config/config.go
index e498581..9cb1fee 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/config/config.go
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ type Config struct {
MaxBodyBytes int
// RateLimit configures the in-memory anti-abuse limiter.
RateLimit RateLimitConfig
+ // Abuse configures the temporary IP ban and the honeytoken (prod-only).
+ Abuse AbuseConfig
// Telemetry configures the OpenTelemetry providers (shared bootstrap).
Telemetry pkgtel.Config
}
@@ -87,8 +89,32 @@ type RateLimitConfig struct {
EmailBurst int
}
+// AbuseConfig configures the gateway's temporary IP ban (fail2ban-style) and the
+// honeytoken trap. BanEnabled gates the ban action and is off by default: it is
+// only safe where the real client IP is visible (i.e. in prod, not behind the
+// shared-NAT test contour). Detection of honeypot/honeytoken hits is logged
+// regardless of BanEnabled — only the ban action is gated.
+type AbuseConfig struct {
+ // BanEnabled turns the IP ban on. Off by default (prod-only).
+ BanEnabled bool
+ // BanThreshold is the rate-limiter rejection count within BanWindow that bans
+ // a client IP.
+ BanThreshold int
+ // BanWindow is the rolling window the rejection strikes accumulate over.
+ BanWindow time.Duration
+ // BanDuration is the length of a rejection-earned ban (tripwire and honeytoken
+ // bans use their own, longer, fixed durations).
+ BanDuration time.Duration
+ // Honeytoken, when non-empty, is a planted bearer value: presenting it bans the
+ // caller and raises a high-severity alarm. Empty disables the trap.
+ Honeytoken string
+}
+
// Defaults applied when the corresponding environment variable is unset.
const (
+ defaultAbuseBanThreshold = 100
+ defaultAbuseBanWindow = 2 * time.Minute
+ defaultAbuseBanDuration = 15 * time.Minute
defaultHTTPAddr = ":8081"
defaultLogLevel = "info"
defaultBackendHTTPURL = "http://localhost:8080"
@@ -120,6 +146,17 @@ func DefaultRateLimit() RateLimitConfig {
}
}
+// DefaultAbuse returns the built-in anti-abuse settings: the ban disabled
+// (prod-only) with the agreed thresholds, and no honeytoken.
+func DefaultAbuse() AbuseConfig {
+ return AbuseConfig{
+ BanEnabled: false,
+ BanThreshold: defaultAbuseBanThreshold,
+ BanWindow: defaultAbuseBanWindow,
+ BanDuration: defaultAbuseBanDuration,
+ }
+}
+
// Load reads the configuration from the environment, applies defaults, and
// validates the result.
func Load() (Config, error) {
@@ -134,6 +171,7 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
ValidatorAddr: os.Getenv("GATEWAY_VALIDATOR_ADDR"),
SessionCacheMax: defaultSessionCacheMax,
RateLimit: DefaultRateLimit(),
+ Abuse: DefaultAbuse(),
BotLink: BotLinkConfig{
Addr: os.Getenv("GATEWAY_BOTLINK_ADDR"),
RelayAddr: os.Getenv("GATEWAY_BOTLINK_RELAY_ADDR"),
@@ -162,6 +200,19 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
if c.MaxBodyBytes, err = envInt("GATEWAY_MAX_BODY_BYTES", DefaultMaxBodyBytes); err != nil {
return Config{}, err
}
+ c.Abuse.Honeytoken = os.Getenv("GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN")
+ if c.Abuse.BanEnabled, err = envBool("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED", c.Abuse.BanEnabled); err != nil {
+ return Config{}, err
+ }
+ if c.Abuse.BanThreshold, err = envInt("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_THRESHOLD", c.Abuse.BanThreshold); err != nil {
+ return Config{}, err
+ }
+ if c.Abuse.BanWindow, err = envDuration("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_WINDOW", c.Abuse.BanWindow); err != nil {
+ return Config{}, err
+ }
+ if c.Abuse.BanDuration, err = envDuration("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_DURATION", c.Abuse.BanDuration); err != nil {
+ return Config{}, err
+ }
if c.BotLink.SendTimeout, err = envDuration("GATEWAY_BOTLINK_SEND_TIMEOUT", defaultBotLinkSendTimeout); err != nil {
return Config{}, err
}
@@ -199,6 +250,9 @@ func (c Config) validate() error {
if c.MaxBodyBytes <= 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("config: GATEWAY_MAX_BODY_BYTES must be positive")
}
+ if c.Abuse.BanEnabled && (c.Abuse.BanThreshold <= 0 || c.Abuse.BanWindow <= 0 || c.Abuse.BanDuration <= 0) {
+ return fmt.Errorf("config: GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_THRESHOLD/_WINDOW/_DURATION must be positive when GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED")
+ }
if c.BotLink.Addr != "" {
if c.BotLink.CertFile == "" || c.BotLink.KeyFile == "" || c.BotLink.CAFile == "" {
return fmt.Errorf("config: GATEWAY_BOTLINK_ADDR requires GATEWAY_BOTLINK_TLS_CERT, _KEY and _CA")
@@ -219,6 +273,20 @@ func envOr(key, fallback string) string {
return fallback
}
+// envBool parses the environment variable named key as a bool, returning fallback
+// when it is unset and an error when it is set but malformed.
+func envBool(key string, fallback bool) (bool, error) {
+ v := os.Getenv(key)
+ if v == "" {
+ return fallback, nil
+ }
+ b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v)
+ if err != nil {
+ return false, fmt.Errorf("config: %s: %w", key, err)
+ }
+ return b, nil
+}
+
// envInt parses the environment variable named key as an int, returning fallback
// when it is unset and an error when it is set but malformed.
func envInt(key string, fallback int) (int, error) {
diff --git a/gateway/internal/config/config_test.go b/gateway/internal/config/config_test.go
index 9667ea4..60ff87c 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
import (
"testing"
+ "time"
pkgtel "scrabble/pkg/telemetry"
)
@@ -45,3 +46,52 @@ func TestLoadMaxBodyBytes(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatal("Load: expected an error for a non-positive body cap, got nil")
}
}
+
+// TestLoadAbuseDefaults verifies the anti-abuse ban defaults: disabled (prod-only),
+// the agreed thresholds, and no honeytoken.
+func TestLoadAbuseDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+ c, err := Load()
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+ }
+ want := DefaultAbuse()
+ if c.Abuse != want {
+ t.Errorf("Abuse = %+v, want %+v", c.Abuse, want)
+ }
+ if c.Abuse.BanEnabled {
+ t.Error("ban must default to disabled (enabled only in prod)")
+ }
+}
+
+// TestLoadAbuseOverrides verifies the anti-abuse environment variables are parsed.
+func TestLoadAbuseOverrides(t *testing.T) {
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED", "true")
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_THRESHOLD", "50")
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_WINDOW", "90s")
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_DURATION", "30m")
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN", "deadbeef")
+ c, err := Load()
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+ }
+ want := AbuseConfig{
+ BanEnabled: true,
+ BanThreshold: 50,
+ BanWindow: 90 * time.Second,
+ BanDuration: 30 * time.Minute,
+ Honeytoken: "deadbeef",
+ }
+ if c.Abuse != want {
+ t.Errorf("Abuse = %+v, want %+v", c.Abuse, want)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestLoadAbuseRejectsBadThreshold verifies an enabled ban with a non-positive
+// threshold fails validation.
+func TestLoadAbuseRejectsBadThreshold(t *testing.T) {
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED", "true")
+ t.Setenv("GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_THRESHOLD", "0")
+ if _, err := Load(); err == nil {
+ t.Fatal("Load: expected an error for an enabled ban with a zero threshold, got nil")
+ }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/abuse_test.go b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/abuse_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05e65e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/abuse_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+package connectsrv_test
+
+import (
+ "context"
+ "net/http"
+ "net/http/httptest"
+ "testing"
+ "time"
+
+ "connectrpc.com/connect"
+
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/backendclient"
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/config"
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/connectsrv"
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/push"
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/ratelimit"
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/session"
+ "scrabble/gateway/internal/transcode"
+ edgev1 "scrabble/gateway/proto/edge/v1"
+ "scrabble/gateway/proto/edge/v1/edgev1connect"
+)
+
+const honeypotHeader = "X-Scrabble-Honeypot"
+
+// guardedEdge wires an edge with an explicit banlist and honeytoken over a fake
+// backend, returning the front URL, a Connect client and a cleanup func.
+func guardedEdge(t *testing.T, bl *ratelimit.Banlist, honeytoken string, limits config.RateLimitConfig, backendHandler http.HandlerFunc) (string, edgev1connect.GatewayClient, func()) {
+ t.Helper()
+ backendSrv := httptest.NewServer(backendHandler)
+ backend, err := backendclient.New(backendSrv.URL, "localhost:9090", 2*time.Second)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("backendclient: %v", err)
+ }
+ edge := connectsrv.NewServer(connectsrv.Deps{
+ Registry: transcode.NewRegistry(backend, nil),
+ Sessions: session.NewCache(backend, time.Minute, 100),
+ Limiter: ratelimit.New(),
+ Banlist: bl,
+ Honeytoken: honeytoken,
+ Hub: push.NewHub(0),
+ RateLimit: limits,
+ Heartbeat: 15 * time.Second,
+ })
+ edgeSrv := httptest.NewServer(edge.HTTPHandler())
+ client := edgev1connect.NewGatewayClient(http.DefaultClient, edgeSrv.URL)
+ return edgeSrv.URL, client, func() {
+ edgeSrv.Close()
+ _ = backend.Close()
+ backendSrv.Close()
+ }
+}
+
+// noRedirect is an HTTP client that surfaces a redirect instead of following it,
+// so the test can tell a 308 (passed the guard) from a 429 (blocked).
+func noRedirect() *http.Client {
+ return &http.Client{CheckRedirect: func(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error {
+ return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+ }}
+}
+
+func enabledBanlist(threshold int) *ratelimit.Banlist {
+ return ratelimit.NewBanlist(ratelimit.BanConfig{
+ Enabled: true, Threshold: threshold, Window: time.Minute, Duration: time.Hour,
+ })
+}
+
+// TestAbuseGuardBlocksBannedIP verifies a banned client IP is refused with 429 at
+// the HTTP layer, before any handler runs.
+func TestAbuseGuardBlocksBannedIP(t *testing.T) {
+ bl := enabledBanlist(100)
+ bl.BanNow("127.0.0.1", ratelimit.ReasonTripwire)
+ url, _, cleanup := guardedEdge(t, bl, "", config.DefaultRateLimit(), func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
+ defer cleanup()
+
+ resp, err := noRedirect().Get(url + "/")
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("get: %v", err)
+ }
+ _ = resp.Body.Close()
+ if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusTooManyRequests {
+ t.Fatalf("banned GET / = %d, want 429", resp.StatusCode)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestHoneypotHeaderTrips verifies a request carrying the honeypot header is 404'd
+// and bans the client IP, so the next request is blocked.
+func TestHoneypotHeaderTrips(t *testing.T) {
+ bl := enabledBanlist(100)
+ url, _, cleanup := guardedEdge(t, bl, "", config.DefaultRateLimit(), func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+ t.Error("backend must not be called for a honeypot hit")
+ })
+ defer cleanup()
+
+ req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url+"/.env", nil)
+ req.Header.Set(honeypotHeader, "1")
+ resp, err := noRedirect().Do(req)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("honeypot get: %v", err)
+ }
+ _ = resp.Body.Close()
+ if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
+ t.Fatalf("honeypot hit = %d, want 404", resp.StatusCode)
+ }
+ if !bl.Banned("127.0.0.1") {
+ t.Fatal("a honeypot hit must ban the client IP")
+ }
+ follow, err := noRedirect().Get(url + "/")
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("follow-up get: %v", err)
+ }
+ _ = follow.Body.Close()
+ if follow.StatusCode != http.StatusTooManyRequests {
+ t.Fatalf("post-trip GET / = %d, want 429", follow.StatusCode)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestHoneypotDetectsWithoutBanWhenDisabled verifies the prod-only gate: a disabled
+// banlist still 404s the decoy (detection/logging) but bans nothing.
+func TestHoneypotDetectsWithoutBanWhenDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+ bl := ratelimit.NewBanlist(ratelimit.BanConfig{}) // disabled
+ url, _, cleanup := guardedEdge(t, bl, "", config.DefaultRateLimit(), func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
+ defer cleanup()
+
+ req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url+"/.env", nil)
+ req.Header.Set(honeypotHeader, "1")
+ resp, err := noRedirect().Do(req)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("honeypot get: %v", err)
+ }
+ _ = resp.Body.Close()
+ if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
+ t.Fatalf("decoy = %d, want 404", resp.StatusCode)
+ }
+ if bl.Banned("127.0.0.1") {
+ t.Fatal("a disabled banlist must not ban")
+ }
+ follow, err := noRedirect().Get(url + "/")
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("follow-up: %v", err)
+ }
+ _ = follow.Body.Close()
+ if follow.StatusCode != http.StatusPermanentRedirect {
+ t.Fatalf("post-trip GET / = %d, want 308 (not banned)", follow.StatusCode)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestPublicRejectionStrikesBan verifies a public-class limiter rejection feeds the
+// banlist: with a one-strike threshold the rejected IP is then banned.
+func TestPublicRejectionStrikesBan(t *testing.T) {
+ bl := enabledBanlist(1)
+ limits := config.DefaultRateLimit()
+ limits.PublicPerMinute, limits.PublicBurst = 1, 1
+ _, client, cleanup := guardedEdge(t, bl, "", limits, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+ _, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"token":"tok","user_id":"u-1","is_guest":true,"display_name":"Guest"}`))
+ })
+ defer cleanup()
+
+ if _, err := client.Execute(context.Background(), connect.NewRequest(&edgev1.ExecuteRequest{MessageType: transcode.MsgAuthGuest})); err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("first execute: %v", err)
+ }
+ _, err := client.Execute(context.Background(), connect.NewRequest(&edgev1.ExecuteRequest{MessageType: transcode.MsgAuthGuest}))
+ if connect.CodeOf(err) != connect.CodeResourceExhausted {
+ t.Fatalf("second execute code = %v, want ResourceExhausted", connect.CodeOf(err))
+ }
+ if !bl.Banned("127.0.0.1") {
+ t.Fatal("a public rejection must strike the banlist")
+ }
+}
+
+// TestUserRejectionDoesNotBan verifies the user limiter class (keyed by account id,
+// not IP) does not feed the IP banlist — that path is the backend's soft flag.
+func TestUserRejectionDoesNotBan(t *testing.T) {
+ bl := enabledBanlist(1)
+ limits := config.DefaultRateLimit()
+ limits.UserPerMinute, limits.UserBurst = 1, 1
+ _, client, cleanup := guardedEdge(t, bl, "", limits, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+ switch r.URL.Path {
+ case "/api/v1/internal/sessions/resolve":
+ _, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"user_id":"u-1","is_guest":false}`))
+ case "/api/v1/user/feedback/unread":
+ _, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"reply_unread":false}`))
+ default:
+ t.Errorf("unexpected backend path %s", r.URL.Path)
+ }
+ })
+ defer cleanup()
+
+ for i := range 2 {
+ req := connect.NewRequest(&edgev1.ExecuteRequest{MessageType: transcode.MsgFeedbackUnread})
+ req.Header().Set("Authorization", "Bearer tok")
+ _, err := client.Execute(context.Background(), req)
+ if i == 1 && connect.CodeOf(err) != connect.CodeResourceExhausted {
+ t.Fatalf("second execute code = %v, want ResourceExhausted", connect.CodeOf(err))
+ }
+ }
+ if len(bl.Active()) != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("user-class rejection must not ban; active = %v", bl.Active())
+ }
+}
+
+// TestHoneytokenBansAndRejects verifies presenting the planted honeytoken bans the
+// caller and returns the ordinary invalid-session error without a backend call.
+func TestHoneytokenBansAndRejects(t *testing.T) {
+ bl := enabledBanlist(100)
+ _, client, cleanup := guardedEdge(t, bl, "s3cr3t-trap", config.DefaultRateLimit(), func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+ t.Error("backend must not be called for the honeytoken")
+ })
+ defer cleanup()
+
+ req := connect.NewRequest(&edgev1.ExecuteRequest{MessageType: transcode.MsgProfileGet})
+ req.Header().Set("Authorization", "Bearer s3cr3t-trap")
+ _, err := client.Execute(context.Background(), req)
+ if connect.CodeOf(err) != connect.CodeUnauthenticated {
+ t.Fatalf("honeytoken code = %v, want Unauthenticated", connect.CodeOf(err))
+ }
+ if !bl.Banned("127.0.0.1") {
+ t.Fatal("the honeytoken must ban the caller")
+ }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics.go b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics.go
index ab18bf1..e74e4ac 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var activeUserWindows = []struct {
type serverMetrics struct {
edge metric.Float64Histogram
rateLimited metric.Int64Counter
+ banned metric.Int64Counter
active *activeUsers
}
@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@ func newServerMetrics(meter metric.Meter) *serverMetrics {
if err != nil {
c, _ = noop.NewMeterProvider().Meter(meterName).Int64Counter("gateway_rate_limited_total")
}
- m := &serverMetrics{edge: h, rateLimited: c, active: newActiveUsers()}
+ b, err := meter.Int64Counter("gateway_abuse_banned_total",
+ metric.WithDescription("Temporary IP bans applied at the edge, by reason (rejections, tripwire or honeytoken)."))
+ if err != nil {
+ b, _ = noop.NewMeterProvider().Meter(meterName).Int64Counter("gateway_abuse_banned_total")
+ }
+ m := &serverMetrics{edge: h, rateLimited: c, banned: b, active: newActiveUsers()}
gauge, err := meter.Int64ObservableGauge("active_users",
metric.WithDescription("Distinct accounts that performed an authenticated action within the window (in-memory, single gateway instance)."))
@@ -86,3 +92,9 @@ func (m *serverMetrics) recordActive(uid string) {
func (m *serverMetrics) recordRateLimited(ctx context.Context, class string) {
m.rateLimited.Add(ctx, 1, metric.WithAttributes(attribute.String("class", class)))
}
+
+// recordBan counts one temporary IP ban under reason (rejections, tripwire or
+// honeytoken).
+func (m *serverMetrics) recordBan(ctx context.Context, reason string) {
+ m.banned.Add(ctx, 1, metric.WithAttributes(attribute.String("reason", reason)))
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics_test.go b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics_test.go
index 2f0910c..9e9f314 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics_test.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/metrics_test.go
@@ -90,3 +90,41 @@ func TestRateLimitedMetric(t *testing.T) {
t.Errorf("rate_limited counts = %v, want user=2 public=1", counts)
}
}
+
+// TestBannedMetric records ban events through a manual reader and asserts
+// gateway_abuse_banned_total splits by reason.
+func TestBannedMetric(t *testing.T) {
+ ctx := context.Background()
+ reader := sdkmetric.NewManualReader()
+ meter := sdkmetric.NewMeterProvider(sdkmetric.WithReader(reader)).Meter("test")
+ m := newServerMetrics(meter)
+
+ m.recordBan(ctx, "tripwire")
+ m.recordBan(ctx, "tripwire")
+ m.recordBan(ctx, "honeytoken")
+
+ var rm metricdata.ResourceMetrics
+ if err := reader.Collect(ctx, &rm); err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("collect: %v", err)
+ }
+
+ counts := map[string]int64{}
+ for _, sm := range rm.ScopeMetrics {
+ for _, md := range sm.Metrics {
+ if md.Name != "gateway_abuse_banned_total" {
+ continue
+ }
+ sum, ok := md.Data.(metricdata.Sum[int64])
+ if !ok {
+ t.Fatalf("gateway_abuse_banned_total is not an int64 sum")
+ }
+ for _, dp := range sum.DataPoints {
+ reason, _ := dp.Attributes.Value(attribute.Key("reason"))
+ counts[reason.AsString()] += dp.Value
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if counts["tripwire"] != 2 || counts["honeytoken"] != 1 {
+ t.Errorf("banned counts = %v, want tripwire=2 honeytoken=1", counts)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/server.go b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/server.go
index 5796e88..f0665da 100644
--- a/gateway/internal/connectsrv/server.go
+++ b/gateway/internal/connectsrv/server.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package connectsrv
import (
"context"
+ "crypto/subtle"
"errors"
"net"
"net/http"
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ import (
// heartbeatKind is the live-stream keep-alive event kind.
const heartbeatKind = "heartbeat"
+// honeypotHeader marks a request the edge proxy routed from a honeypot decoy path;
+// any request carrying it is treated as a scanner hit. The proxy strips any
+// client-supplied value before setting its own, and a spoofed value only bans the
+// spoofer, so trusting it is safe.
+const honeypotHeader = "X-Scrabble-Honeypot"
+
// Limiter classes, the `class` attribute of gateway_rate_limited_total and the
// class field of the periodic rejection report.
const (
@@ -63,6 +70,8 @@ type Server struct {
sessions *session.Cache
limiter *ratelimit.Limiter
tracker *ratelimit.Tracker
+ banlist *ratelimit.Banlist
+ honeytoken string
hub *push.Hub
heartbeat time.Duration
log *zap.Logger
@@ -86,7 +95,13 @@ type Deps struct {
// Tracker accumulates limiter rejections for the periodic report; nil
// selects a private tracker (rejections are then only counted, never
// reported).
- Tracker *ratelimit.Tracker
+ Tracker *ratelimit.Tracker
+ // Banlist enforces temporary IP bans on the hot path; nil selects a disabled
+ // (inert) banlist.
+ Banlist *ratelimit.Banlist
+ // Honeytoken, when non-empty, is the planted bearer value whose presentation
+ // bans the caller and raises a high-severity alarm.
+ Honeytoken string
Hub *push.Hub
RateLimit config.RateLimitConfig
Heartbeat time.Duration
@@ -116,6 +131,10 @@ func NewServer(d Deps) *Server {
if limiter == nil {
limiter = ratelimit.New()
}
+ banlist := d.Banlist
+ if banlist == nil {
+ banlist = ratelimit.NewBanlist(ratelimit.BanConfig{})
+ }
rl := d.RateLimit
if rl == (config.RateLimitConfig{}) {
rl = config.DefaultRateLimit()
@@ -125,6 +144,8 @@ func NewServer(d Deps) *Server {
sessions: d.Sessions,
limiter: limiter,
tracker: tracker,
+ banlist: banlist,
+ honeytoken: d.Honeytoken,
hub: d.Hub,
heartbeat: d.Heartbeat,
log: log,
@@ -172,9 +193,11 @@ func (s *Server) HTTPHandler() http.Handler {
mux.Handle("/telegram/", webui.Handler("/telegram/", "index.html"))
mux.Handle("/app/", webui.Handler("/app/", "index.html"))
mux.Handle("/", http.RedirectHandler("/app/", http.StatusPermanentRedirect))
- // Every request body on the public listener is capped (the admin proxy POSTs
- // included); the h2c server carries explicit stream/idle sizing.
- return h2c.NewHandler(maxBodyHandler(s.maxBodyBytes, mux), &http2.Server{
+ // abuseGuard is the outermost wrap (right under h2c) so a banned IP or a
+ // honeypot hit is turned away before the body cap and the mux. Every request
+ // body on the public listener is then capped (the admin proxy POSTs included);
+ // the h2c server carries explicit stream/idle sizing.
+ return h2c.NewHandler(s.abuseGuard(maxBodyHandler(s.maxBodyBytes, mux)), &http2.Server{
MaxConcurrentStreams: h2cMaxConcurrentStreams,
IdleTimeout: h2cIdleTimeout,
})
@@ -189,6 +212,32 @@ func maxBodyHandler(limit int, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
})
}
+// abuseGuard refuses a banned client IP with 429 before any work, and turns a
+// honeypot decoy hit (the proxy-set honeypotHeader) into an instant ban plus a
+// bland 404 that is indistinguishable from an ordinary miss. The ban check and the
+// tripwire ban are inert on a disabled banlist (the prod-only gate); the tripwire
+// hit is logged either way as scanner telemetry.
+func (s *Server) abuseGuard(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+ return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+ ip := peerIP(r.RemoteAddr, r.Header)
+ if s.banlist.Banned(ip) {
+ http.Error(w, "banned", http.StatusTooManyRequests)
+ return
+ }
+ if r.Header.Get(honeypotHeader) != "" {
+ s.log.Warn("honeypot tripwire",
+ zap.String("path", r.URL.Path),
+ zap.String("client_ip", ip))
+ if s.banlist.BanNow(ip, ratelimit.ReasonTripwire) {
+ s.metrics.recordBan(r.Context(), string(ratelimit.ReasonTripwire))
+ }
+ http.NotFound(w, r)
+ return
+ }
+ next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+ })
+}
+
// Execute runs one unary operation. Domain failures are returned in the envelope
// (result_code != "ok", HTTP 200); only edge failures (rate limit, missing
// session, unknown type, internal) become Connect errors.
@@ -207,7 +256,7 @@ func (s *Server) Execute(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[edgev1.Execut
tr := transcode.Request{Payload: req.Msg.GetPayload(), ClientIP: clientIP}
if op.Auth {
- uid, isGuest, err := s.resolve(ctx, req.Header())
+ uid, isGuest, err := s.resolve(ctx, req.Header(), clientIP)
if err != nil {
result = "unauthenticated"
return nil, err
@@ -263,7 +312,7 @@ func (s *Server) Execute(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[edgev1.Execut
// Subscribe streams the authenticated user's live events with a keep-alive
// heartbeat until the client disconnects.
func (s *Server) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[edgev1.SubscribeRequest], stream *connect.ServerStream[edgev1.Event]) error {
- uid, _, err := s.resolve(ctx, req.Header())
+ uid, _, err := s.resolve(ctx, req.Header(), peerIP(req.Peer().Addr, req.Header()))
if err != nil {
return err
}
@@ -311,6 +360,12 @@ func (s *Server) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[edgev1.Subs
func (s *Server) noteRateLimited(ctx context.Context, class, key, msgType string) {
s.metrics.recordRateLimited(ctx, class)
s.tracker.Add(class, key)
+ // IP-keyed rejections (public, email, admin — the key is the client IP) feed
+ // the ban; the user class is keyed by account id and is the backend soft-flag's
+ // concern, not the IP ban's.
+ if class != classUser && s.banlist.Strike(key) {
+ s.metrics.recordBan(ctx, string(ratelimit.ReasonRejections))
+ }
s.log.Debug("rate limited",
zap.String("class", class),
zap.String("key", key),
@@ -344,11 +399,21 @@ func (s *Server) limitAdmin(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
// resolve extracts and resolves the Authorization bearer token to an account id
// and its guest flag, returning a Connect Unauthenticated error when it is missing
// or unknown.
-func (s *Server) resolve(ctx context.Context, h http.Header) (string, bool, error) {
+func (s *Server) resolve(ctx context.Context, h http.Header, clientIP string) (string, bool, error) {
token := bearerToken(h.Get("Authorization"))
if token == "" {
return "", false, connect.NewError(connect.CodeUnauthenticated, errMissingToken)
}
+ // The honeytoken is a planted value no real client holds: presenting it is a
+ // high-confidence intrusion signal, so ban the caller and raise the alarm, then
+ // return the ordinary invalid-session error so the trap stays indistinguishable.
+ if s.honeytoken != "" && subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(token), []byte(s.honeytoken)) == 1 {
+ s.log.Warn("honeytoken presented", zap.String("client_ip", clientIP))
+ if s.banlist.BanNow(clientIP, ratelimit.ReasonHoneytoken) {
+ s.metrics.recordBan(ctx, string(ratelimit.ReasonHoneytoken))
+ }
+ return "", false, connect.NewError(connect.CodeUnauthenticated, errInvalidSession)
+ }
uid, isGuest, err := s.sessions.Resolve(ctx, token)
if err != nil {
// An unknown or expired token (a backend 4xx) is the client's problem and
diff --git a/gateway/internal/ratelimit/banlist.go b/gateway/internal/ratelimit/banlist.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a67ddb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/internal/ratelimit/banlist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+package ratelimit
+
+import (
+ "sort"
+ "sync"
+ "time"
+)
+
+// Reason labels why a client IP was banned; it is the reason attribute of the
+// gateway_abuse_banned_total metric and a field of the ban report to the backend.
+type Reason string
+
+const (
+ // ReasonRejections is a ban earned by sustained rate-limiter rejections: the IP
+ // accumulated BanConfig.Threshold strikes within BanConfig.Window.
+ ReasonRejections Reason = "rejections"
+ // ReasonTripwire is an instant ban from a honeypot decoy-path hit.
+ ReasonTripwire Reason = "tripwire"
+ // ReasonHoneytoken is an instant ban from a planted credential being presented.
+ ReasonHoneytoken Reason = "honeytoken"
+)
+
+// Ban durations for the high-confidence reasons. A rejection ban uses the
+// configured BanConfig.Duration; a tripwire or honeytoken hit is near
+// zero-false-positive, so it earns a markedly longer ban.
+const (
+ tripwireBanDuration = time.Hour
+ honeytokenBanDuration = 24 * time.Hour
+)
+
+// BanConfig tunes the temporary IP ban. Enabled gates the whole mechanism — kept
+// off where the real client IP is not visible (e.g. every client arriving as one
+// shared NAT address); when false every method is inert.
+type BanConfig struct {
+ // Enabled turns enforcement on. While false Strike/BanNow record nothing,
+ // Banned is always false and Active is empty.
+ Enabled bool
+ // Threshold is the strike count within Window that earns a rejection ban.
+ Threshold int
+ // Window is the rolling window the strikes accumulate over.
+ Window time.Duration
+ // Duration is the length of a rejection ban (tripwire/honeytoken use their own).
+ Duration time.Duration
+}
+
+// Ban is a snapshot of one active ban for the periodic report and the admin view.
+// Its JSON shape is the gateway→backend ban-sync wire contract.
+type Ban struct {
+ IP string `json:"ip"`
+ Reason Reason `json:"reason"`
+ Since time.Time `json:"since"`
+ Expires time.Time `json:"expires"`
+}
+
+// Banlist is the gateway's in-memory temporary IP ban: a fail2ban-style block fed
+// by sustained rate-limiter rejections (Strike) and by instant honeypot /
+// honeytoken hits (BanNow), enforced on the hot path by Banned and cleared either
+// by lapse or by an operator Unban. Entries are swept lazily so an expired ban
+// does not leak memory. Like the rate limiter it is single-instance and resets on
+// restart by design.
+type Banlist struct {
+ cfg BanConfig
+ now func() time.Time
+
+ mu sync.Mutex
+ entries map[string]*banEntry
+ lastSweep time.Time
+}
+
+// banEntry is one IP's ban state: a live ban (until set) or, before the
+// threshold, only the recent strike times.
+type banEntry struct {
+ reason Reason
+ since time.Time
+ until time.Time // zero while only accumulating strikes
+ strikes []time.Time // strike times within the window; pruned on each strike
+}
+
+// NewBanlist constructs a Banlist with cfg.
+func NewBanlist(cfg BanConfig) *Banlist {
+ return &Banlist{cfg: cfg, now: time.Now, entries: make(map[string]*banEntry)}
+}
+
+// Strike records one rate-limiter rejection for ip and reports whether it earned a
+// ban (Threshold strikes within Window). It is a no-op on a disabled banlist.
+func (b *Banlist) Strike(ip string) bool {
+ if !b.cfg.Enabled {
+ return false
+ }
+ b.mu.Lock()
+ defer b.mu.Unlock()
+ now := b.now()
+ b.sweepLocked(now)
+ e := b.entries[ip]
+ if e == nil {
+ e = &banEntry{}
+ b.entries[ip] = e
+ }
+ if now.Before(e.until) {
+ return false // already banned (a banned IP normally never reaches here)
+ }
+ cutoff := now.Add(-b.cfg.Window)
+ kept := e.strikes[:0]
+ for _, t := range e.strikes {
+ if t.After(cutoff) {
+ kept = append(kept, t)
+ }
+ }
+ e.strikes = append(kept, now)
+ if len(e.strikes) >= b.cfg.Threshold {
+ e.reason = ReasonRejections
+ e.since = now
+ e.until = now.Add(b.cfg.Duration)
+ e.strikes = nil
+ return true
+ }
+ return false
+}
+
+// BanNow bans ip immediately for reason and reports whether a ban is now in effect
+// (true on an enabled banlist, false when disabled).
+func (b *Banlist) BanNow(ip string, reason Reason) bool {
+ if !b.cfg.Enabled {
+ return false
+ }
+ b.mu.Lock()
+ defer b.mu.Unlock()
+ now := b.now()
+ b.sweepLocked(now)
+ e := b.entries[ip]
+ if e == nil {
+ e = &banEntry{}
+ b.entries[ip] = e
+ }
+ e.reason = reason
+ e.since = now
+ e.until = now.Add(banDuration(reason, b.cfg.Duration))
+ e.strikes = nil
+ return true
+}
+
+// Banned reports whether ip is currently banned. It is always false on a disabled
+// banlist.
+func (b *Banlist) Banned(ip string) bool {
+ if !b.cfg.Enabled {
+ return false
+ }
+ b.mu.Lock()
+ defer b.mu.Unlock()
+ e := b.entries[ip]
+ return e != nil && b.now().Before(e.until)
+}
+
+// Unban clears any ban and accumulated strikes for ip.
+func (b *Banlist) Unban(ip string) {
+ b.mu.Lock()
+ defer b.mu.Unlock()
+ delete(b.entries, ip)
+}
+
+// Active returns a snapshot of the currently-banned IPs, most recently banned
+// first. It is empty on a disabled banlist.
+func (b *Banlist) Active() []Ban {
+ if !b.cfg.Enabled {
+ return nil
+ }
+ b.mu.Lock()
+ defer b.mu.Unlock()
+ now := b.now()
+ out := make([]Ban, 0, len(b.entries))
+ for ip, e := range b.entries {
+ if now.Before(e.until) {
+ out = append(out, Ban{IP: ip, Reason: e.reason, Since: e.since, Expires: e.until})
+ }
+ }
+ sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool { return out[i].Since.After(out[j].Since) })
+ return out
+}
+
+// banDuration maps a reason to its ban length.
+func banDuration(reason Reason, rejectionDuration time.Duration) time.Duration {
+ switch reason {
+ case ReasonTripwire:
+ return tripwireBanDuration
+ case ReasonHoneytoken:
+ return honeytokenBanDuration
+ default:
+ return rejectionDuration
+ }
+}
+
+// sweepLocked discards lapsed bans and stale strike-only entries, at most once per
+// sweepInterval. The caller holds b.mu.
+func (b *Banlist) sweepLocked(now time.Time) {
+ if now.Sub(b.lastSweep) < sweepInterval {
+ return
+ }
+ b.lastSweep = now
+ cutoff := now.Add(-b.cfg.Window)
+ for ip, e := range b.entries {
+ if !e.until.IsZero() {
+ if !now.Before(e.until) {
+ delete(b.entries, ip) // ban lapsed
+ }
+ continue
+ }
+ if len(e.strikes) == 0 || !e.strikes[len(e.strikes)-1].After(cutoff) {
+ delete(b.entries, ip) // strike-only entry gone stale
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/internal/ratelimit/banlist_test.go b/gateway/internal/ratelimit/banlist_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..126ec32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/internal/ratelimit/banlist_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package ratelimit
+
+import (
+ "testing"
+ "time"
+)
+
+// banlistAt builds an enabled banlist whose clock the test drives through clk.
+func banlistAt(clk *time.Time, cfg BanConfig) *Banlist {
+ bl := NewBanlist(cfg)
+ bl.now = func() time.Time { return *clk }
+ return bl
+}
+
+func enabledCfg() BanConfig {
+ return BanConfig{Enabled: true, Threshold: 3, Window: time.Minute, Duration: 15 * time.Minute}
+}
+
+func TestBanlistStrikeThreshold(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, enabledCfg())
+
+ if bl.Strike("1.2.3.4") {
+ t.Fatal("first strike must not ban")
+ }
+ if bl.Strike("1.2.3.4") {
+ t.Fatal("second strike must not ban")
+ }
+ if bl.Banned("1.2.3.4") {
+ t.Fatal("must not be banned before the third strike")
+ }
+ if !bl.Strike("1.2.3.4") {
+ t.Fatal("third strike within the window must ban")
+ }
+ if !bl.Banned("1.2.3.4") {
+ t.Fatal("must be banned after the threshold strike")
+ }
+}
+
+func TestBanlistStrikeWindowResets(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, enabledCfg())
+
+ // Strikes spaced wider than the window never accumulate to a ban.
+ for i := range 5 {
+ if bl.Strike("9.9.9.9") {
+ t.Fatalf("strike %d should not ban: each falls outside the previous window", i)
+ }
+ clk = clk.Add(2 * time.Minute)
+ }
+ if bl.Banned("9.9.9.9") {
+ t.Fatal("strikes outside the rolling window must not ban")
+ }
+}
+
+func TestBanlistBanExpires(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, enabledCfg())
+
+ bl.BanNow("5.5.5.5", ReasonRejections)
+ if !bl.Banned("5.5.5.5") {
+ t.Fatal("must be banned right after BanNow")
+ }
+ clk = clk.Add(15*time.Minute + time.Second)
+ if bl.Banned("5.5.5.5") {
+ t.Fatal("ban must lapse after its duration")
+ }
+}
+
+func TestBanlistReasonDurations(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, enabledCfg())
+
+ bl.BanNow("a", ReasonTripwire) // 1h
+ bl.BanNow("b", ReasonHoneytoken) // 24h
+ clk = clk.Add(90 * time.Minute)
+ if bl.Banned("a") {
+ t.Fatal("tripwire ban (1h) must have lapsed after 90m")
+ }
+ if !bl.Banned("b") {
+ t.Fatal("honeytoken ban (24h) must still hold after 90m")
+ }
+}
+
+func TestBanlistUnban(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, enabledCfg())
+
+ bl.BanNow("7.7.7.7", ReasonTripwire)
+ bl.Unban("7.7.7.7")
+ if bl.Banned("7.7.7.7") {
+ t.Fatal("Unban must clear the ban")
+ }
+}
+
+func TestBanlistActiveSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, enabledCfg())
+
+ bl.BanNow("a", ReasonTripwire)
+ bl.BanNow("b", ReasonHoneytoken)
+ active := bl.Active()
+ if len(active) != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("Active = %d bans, want 2", len(active))
+ }
+ byIP := map[string]Ban{}
+ for _, b := range active {
+ byIP[b.IP] = b
+ }
+ if byIP["a"].Reason != ReasonTripwire || byIP["b"].Reason != ReasonHoneytoken {
+ t.Fatalf("Active reasons = %+v", byIP)
+ }
+ if !byIP["a"].Expires.After(byIP["a"].Since) {
+ t.Fatal("Expires must be after Since")
+ }
+
+ clk = clk.Add(2 * time.Hour) // tripwire (1h) lapses, honeytoken (24h) holds
+ if got := len(bl.Active()); got != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("Active after 2h = %d, want 1 (only honeytoken)", got)
+ }
+}
+
+func TestBanlistDisabledIsInert(t *testing.T) {
+ clk := time.Date(2026, 6, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+ cfg := enabledCfg()
+ cfg.Enabled = false
+ bl := banlistAt(&clk, cfg)
+
+ for range 10 {
+ if bl.Strike("1.1.1.1") {
+ t.Fatal("disabled banlist must never ban via Strike")
+ }
+ }
+ if bl.BanNow("2.2.2.2", ReasonHoneytoken) {
+ t.Fatal("disabled banlist must never ban via BanNow")
+ }
+ if bl.Banned("1.1.1.1") || bl.Banned("2.2.2.2") {
+ t.Fatal("disabled banlist must report nothing banned")
+ }
+ if len(bl.Active()) != 0 {
+ t.Fatal("disabled banlist must expose no active bans")
+ }
+}