From 93818a2d2c7e7658bfb05f34ca5b49c0430e980b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: karti Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:31:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document two proxy traps found by deploying rather than assuming MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The deployment came up healthy, served a valid certificate, and returned 200 — and was completely unreachable. Two distinct causes, both invisible from inside the host: 1. Every other site on this proxy binds to a private VNIC address. Caddy groups site blocks into servers BY listen address, so a block without `bind` landed in a separate server on :443. The specific listener wins for traffic arriving on that address, which is all public traffic after NAT, so requests hit the server that had never heard of these hostnames and fell through to an empty 200. Testing from the host with --resolve 127.0.0.1 worked perfectly, which is exactly why this was worth chasing from a third machine instead of trusting a local check. 2. The CSP blocked the inline pre-paint theme script, so dark-mode users would have seen a white flash on every load. Fixed with the script's hash rather than 'unsafe-inline', which would have defeated the policy, and rather than an external file, which would have reintroduced the flash. Editing that script changes its hash and silently breaks it, so that is written down. Verified from an independent host: health returns JSON, the app serves, an unauthenticated API call is refused, the short alias redirects, security headers are present, and the existing sites on the proxy are unaffected. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) --- deploy/Caddyfile.example | 10 +++++++++- deploy/README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/deploy/Caddyfile.example b/deploy/Caddyfile.example index 32557e8..e3557f1 100644 --- a/deploy/Caddyfile.example +++ b/deploy/Caddyfile.example @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ primeintellectgrowth.com, www.primeintellectgrowth.com { # app so it shares the session and needs no CORS allowance. reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:8920 + + # The inline script hash covers the pre-paint theme script in index.html, + # which sets light/dark before first paint so dark-mode users do not get a + # white flash. It cannot be an external file without reintroducing that + # flash, and it cannot use 'unsafe-inline' without defeating the CSP. + # + # IMPORTANT: editing that script changes its hash and CSP will silently + # block it. The browser console says exactly which hash it wants. header { Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" @@ -18,7 +26,7 @@ primeintellectgrowth.com, www.primeintellectgrowth.com { Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" # The app is entirely first-party except for the auth provider, which # it must reach over XHR. - Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; connect-src 'self' https://*.supabase.co; img-src 'self' data:; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'; base-uri 'self'" + Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; connect-src 'self' https://*.supabase.co; img-src 'self' data:; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self' 'sha256-1tTDwCq+TCEyPDSZeYqW5HbmP+unUg8hrgRiZBiH/IU='; frame-ancestors 'none'; base-uri 'self'" -Server } } diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md index 4270dfa..b79be3c 100644 --- a/deploy/README.md +++ b/deploy/README.md @@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ will adopt its volumes, which is a memorable way to lose a database. See `Caddyfile.example`. Serve the app and API from the **same** origin. +Two things that will otherwise cost you an hour: + +- **If other sites on the host use `bind
`, yours must too.** Caddy + groups site blocks into servers by listen address. A block without `bind` + lands in a *separate* server on `:443`, and the more specific listener wins + for traffic arriving on that address — which is all public traffic after NAT. + The symptom is a valid certificate, a 200 response, an empty body, and none + of your headers. It looks like the app is broken; it is that the request + never reached it. + +- **The CSP must carry the hash of the inline theme script** in `index.html`. + That script sets light or dark before first paint so dark-mode users do not + get a white flash. Editing it changes the hash and CSP will silently block + it — the browser console prints the hash it expects. + ## 5. Verify ```bash