fix(gateway): forward the real client IP to the backend on every call
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The backend recorded 172.19.0.9 — the gateway's own docker connection address — as
the client IP for all users: the account's last-login IP shown in the admin console,
and it never reached the backend access log. The gateway forwarded the client IP as
X-Forwarded-For only on chat/feedback calls; every other backend call (including the
profile fetch that stamps last_login_ip) sent none, so the backend fell back to the
peer address.

Carry the client IP on the request context (WithClientIP, mirroring WithPlatform) and
set it once per request in the Connect edge, so the backend client injects
X-Forwarded-For on every downstream REST call. Also add the resolved client IP to the
backend access log.

Test: WithClientIP rides a non-chat call (Profile) as X-Forwarded-For, and is absent
when no IP is set. Docs updated (ARCHITECTURE gateway↔backend + edge).
This commit is contained in:
Ilia Denisov
2026-07-14 11:23:32 +02:00
parent 7cc2b50d23
commit ff55d5de83
5 changed files with 81 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ func (s *Server) Execute(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[edgev1.Execut
return nil, connect.NewError(connect.CodeNotFound, errUnknownMessageType(msgType))
}
clientIP := peerIP(req.Peer().Addr, req.Header())
// Carry the client IP on the context so the backend client injects it as X-Forwarded-For on every
// downstream REST call for this request — the account's last-login IP, chat/feedback moderation and
// the backend access log, not only the chat/feedback calls that pass it explicitly.
ctx = backendclient.WithClientIP(ctx, clientIP)
tr := transcode.Request{Payload: req.Msg.GetPayload(), ClientIP: clientIP}
if op.Auth {