[simonchrz]

Closes #695.

The generic handler appended the query string to the upstream URL and put it in the cache key for every version-pinned path. /generic/github/{owner}/{repo}/releases/download/{tag}/{asset}?a=1, ?a=2 and so on were each fetched and stored as a separate artifact.

• A GitHub release asset with a query now answers 400 before it reaches the upstream. Release assets take no query.
• A path matched by a built-in pattern (archive.apache.org, nodejs.org, dl.google.com/go) answers 400 for a query too. Those are static file hosts.
• Configured generic_artifacts keep their query, also where a pattern overlaps a built-in one, as Cache configured version-pinned paths of generic upstreams #424 settled: it is passed on and is part of the cache key, since a query such as ?variant= can select a different file.
• The docs now say that generic_paths only checks the path, that release assets and the built-in paths take no query, and that each distinct query on a configured artifact is stored as a copy of its own until storage.max_size or a generic retention rule removes it.

TestGenericHandler_ServesReleaseAssetCachedUnderUnhashedKey checked that a query on a release asset reached the upstream; that case is now covered by TestGenericHandler_RefusesAQueryOnAReleaseAsset. TestGenericHandler_RefusesAQueryOnABuiltInArtifact covers the built-in paths.

Tested with go test ./... and golangci-lint run ./... (0 issues).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Requests for GitHub release assets and built-in artifact paths now return a 400 error when they contain a non-empty query or an escaped ? or # in the path. Empty queries are accepted.
  • Configured generic artifact patterns continue to accept queries and take precedence over built-in patterns; each distinct query uses a separate cache entry.
  • Restricted generic upstreams reject paths containing %, ?, #, or a backslash.
• Documentation
  • Clarified path validation, query handling, artifact-pattern precedence, and query-based caching.

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The generic handler now separates configured artifact patterns from built-in patterns. Configured patterns take precedence and retain query handling. Built-in artifacts and GitHub release assets return HTTP 400 for non-empty queries or escaped query and fragment delimiters in the path. Tests and documentation describe these rules and query-specific caching.

Changes: Generic artifact query handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Separate configured and built-in pattern matching internal/handler/generic.go, internal/handler/generic_test.go	The handler stores configured and built-in patterns separately, and checks configured patterns first. Built-in and GitHub release-asset matches are marked as query-free. Tests cover match flags.
Apply query rules and verify cache behavior internal/handler/generic.go, internal/handler/generic_test.go, docs/configuration.md	The handler returns HTTP 400 for non-empty queries or escaped query and fragment delimiters on query-free artifacts. Tests cover rejected and empty queries, configured-pattern precedence, legacy behavior, and query-specific caching. The documentation describes path restrictions, query handling, and cache retention.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: andrew

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0c97d

Generic artifact requests with a query on built-in or release-asset paths now return 400. Configured generic_artifacts patterns still pass queries upstream and cache them under the query-specific key. No outstanding merge-blocking issues were found.

Security architecture risk: Minimal · up to 0c97d

The change narrows accepted requests before downloading or caching artifacts. Configured artifact patterns retain their existing query behavior and precedence. No introduced or worsened security, cache-isolation, or rollback risk was identified.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The affected boundary is the existing generic-download endpoint and its shared artifact cache. Within the inspected handler, the PR removes query-bearing requests from the fetch path without adding upstream destinations, credentials, methods, or caller authority.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — The new guard blocks the specific path from caller-selected query variants to repeated artifact fetching and storage for noQuery matches. It does not impose a global query or storage limit: configured artifacts retain distinct query identities by design.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Validation examines both the raw query and the decoded request path before constructing the upstream download URL. This prevents escaped question-mark or hash characters from bypassing the new restriction on matched noQuery artifacts.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — The rejection branch returns before cache lookup or fetch initiation, so repeated or interrupted rejected requests create no new artifact-cache transition requiring rollback or cleanup. Accepted requests continue through the existing cache/fetch implementation.

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Title check		The title names the main change: GitHub release assets and built-in generic artifact paths now refuse a query string with a 400 response. The changeset matches this. The handler marks release-asset an…
Linked Issues check		Issue #695 asks for three things: documentation that generic_paths checks only the path, a refusal or drop of queries on version-pinned artifact paths (described as optional, "even better"), and no …
Out of Scope Changes check		The generic.go diff serves #695 only. It splits built-in patterns into builtinPatterns, keeps configured-first lookup, adds the 400 refusal for no-query paths, and changes addArtifactPatterns to t…

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The title names the main change: GitHub release assets and built-in generic artifact paths now refuse a query string with a 400 response. The changeset matches this. The handler marks release-asset and built-in matches as query-free, the tests expect 400 for queries on those paths, and configured generic_artifacts keep queries. The title is short, specific, and avoids vague terms.

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Issue #695 asks for three things: documentation that generic_paths checks only the path, a refusal or drop of queries on version-pinned artifact paths (described as optional, "even better"), and no separate cache copies per query. The whole-PR diff of internal/handler/generic.go (merge base e1ab4a6 to head 0c97d96) meets the coding part. It adds a noQuery flag to genericArtifact. Built-in matches (builtinPatterns) and GitHub release-asset paths set it. Routes returns HTTP 400 when noQuery is set and either r.URL.RawQuery is non-empty or rest contains ? or #. This check runs before handleArtifact, so no upstream fetch or cache write occurs for those requests. Configured generic_artifacts are still tried first and keep their query. Tests described in the PR summary cover the refusal paths and configured-pattern precedence. The test diff was not re-read in this pass. The docs diff could not be read because the changed blobs are missing from the checkout. Documentation is a non-coding requirement, so it does not change this coding verdict.

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The generic.go diff serves #695 only. It splits built-in patterns into builtinPatterns, keeps configured-first lookup, adds the 400 refusal for no-query paths, and changes addArtifactPatterns to take a destination map. The destination-map change is needed to separate the two pattern sets. The test changes described in the PR cover the same behavior, and the replaced release-asset test follows from the new refusal. The docs change describes the same behavior. The docs diff could not be read, and the test diff was not re-read in this pass, so those parts rely on the PR summary and the prior review. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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[andrew]

The release asset refusal is right, and keeping the query on configured `generic_artifacts` matches #424.

The built-in patterns need the same refusal. `NewGenericHandler` appends `builtinGenericArtifacts` to the same `artifactPatterns` slice as the configured ones, so `/generic/node/dist/v22.0.0/node-v22.0.0.tar.gz?a=1`, `?a=2` and so on are still each fetched and stored as a separate artifact. nodejs.org, archive.apache.org and dl.google.com/go are static file hosts and take no query.

Please answer 400 for a query on a path matched by a built-in pattern as well. That means telling a built-in match apart from a configured one in `parseArtifact`, and `releaseAsset` then wants a name that covers both, such as `noQuery`. A configured pattern that overlaps a built-in is still tried first and keeps its query. Add a test case for a built-in path with a query, and say in `docs/configuration.md` that the built-in paths take no query either.

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Done in d0c88bc. Built-in patterns are kept apart from the configured ones, and a path they match answers 400 for a query. releaseAsset is now noQuery and covers both. A configured pattern that overlaps a built-in is still tried first and keeps its query. TestGenericHandler_RefusesAQueryOnABuiltInArtifact covers a built-in path with a query, the overlap, and a built-in path beside a configured pattern; docs/configuration.md says the built-in paths take no query. I also merged main.

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- Around line 482-483: Update the `generic_paths` documentation to clarify that
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non-empty query with a 400 response instead of passing it upstream.
- Around line 506-507: Update the built-in-path rule to state that a matching
configured artifact pattern takes precedence and retains the query, so that
request does not receive the 400 response; keep the existing 400 behavior for
built-in paths without a matching configured pattern.

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- Around line 154-158: The no-query artifact check only rejects a nonempty
RawQuery, allowing encoded question marks or fragments in the decoded request
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RawQuery is nonempty or the decoded path contains ? or #, while preserving the
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