Refactor proxy request error path into shared handler by Copilot · Pull Request #3323 · github/gh-aw-firewall

Copilot · 2026-05-18T13:43:10Z

proxyRequest() had three near-identical error blocks for client, upstream response stream, and upstream request failures. This duplicated security-relevant logging/metrics behavior and increased drift risk when evolving the request audit schema.

What changed
- Extracted a shared handleRequestError() helper in containers/api-proxy/proxy-request.js to centralize:
  - duration calculation
  - active_requests decrement + requests_errors_total increment
  - request_error audit logging payload (request_id/provider/method/path/duration/error/upstream_host)
  - response status/body emission
- Replaced the three inline handlers with one-line calls configured by:
  - statusCode
  - clientMessage
  - optional extraMetrics(duration) callback
Preserved behavior
- Kept per-path response semantics unchanged:
  - client stream error → 400 / "Client error"
  - upstream response stream error → 502 / "Response stream error"
  - upstream proxy request error → 502 / "Proxy error"
- Preserved proxy-request-specific metrics (requests_total 5xx + request_duration_ms) via extraMetrics.
Test coverage update
- Added focused server.proxy.test.js cases to assert the three error paths still emit the expected HTTP status and JSON payloads after deduplication.

function handleRequestError(err, { statusCode, clientMessage, extraMetrics, ...ctx }) {
  const duration = Date.now() - ctx.startTime;
  metrics.gaugeDec('active_requests', { provider: ctx.provider });
  metrics.increment('requests_errors_total', { provider: ctx.provider });
  if (extraMetrics) extraMetrics(duration);
  logRequest('error', 'request_error', { /* shared audit fields */ });
  if (!ctx.res.headersSent) ctx.res.writeHead(statusCode, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
  ctx.res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: clientMessage, message: err.message }));
}

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Pull request overview

This PR refactors proxyRequest() error handling in the API proxy by extracting duplicated client/upstream error response, metrics, and audit logging logic into a shared helper.

Changes:

Added handleRequestError() to centralize error-path metrics, audit logging, and JSON response emission.
Replaced three inline error handlers with calls to the shared helper.
Added proxy request error-path tests for client stream, upstream response stream, and upstream request failures.

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File	Description
`containers/api-proxy/proxy-request.js`	Introduces shared request error handling and wires it into existing proxy error paths.
`containers/api-proxy/server.proxy.test.js`	Adds focused tests for the refactored proxy error response paths.

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+  function makeRes() {
+    return {
+      headersSent: false,
+      setHeader: jest.fn(),
+      writeHead: jest.fn(),
+      end: jest.fn(),


+  const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
+  metrics.gaugeDec('active_requests', { provider });
+  metrics.increment('requests_errors_total', { provider });
+  if (extraMetrics) extraMetrics(duration);
+  logRequest('error', 'request_error', {
+    request_id: requestId, provider, method: req.method,
+    path: sanitizeForLog(req.url), duration_ms: duration,
+    error: sanitizeForLog(err.message), upstream_host: targetHost,


      proxyRes.on('error', (err) => {
-        const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
-        metrics.gaugeDec('active_requests', { provider });
-        metrics.increment('requests_errors_total', { provider });
-        logRequest('error', 'request_error', {
-          request_id: requestId, provider, method: req.method,
-          path: sanitizeForLog(req.url), duration_ms: duration,
-          error: sanitizeForLog(err.message), upstream_host: targetHost,
+        handleRequestError(err, {
+          res,
+          requestId,
+          provider,
+          req,
+          targetHost,
+          startTime,
+          statusCode: 502,
+          clientMessage: 'Response stream error',
        });


lpcox · 2026-05-18T15:22:32Z

@copilot fix this failing ci check https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/actions/runs/26037978488/job/76552345291?pr=3323

Copilot · 2026-05-18T15:40:45Z

@copilot fix this failing ci check https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/actions/runs/26037978488/job/76552345291?pr=3323

Fixed in 2d3a161.

I addressed the Integration Tests failure by making the protocol checks less flaky (switched from api.github.com/zen to github.com for success-path curl checks) and increased the one-shot-token cold-build timeout in the first test from 240s to 480s to avoid CI timeout on local image build.

Please re-run the failing check on this latest commit.

lpcox · 2026-05-18T15:49:27Z

@copilot address review feedback

Copilot · 2026-05-18T15:57:16Z

@copilot address review feedback

Addressed in fca3bf6.

This updates upstream response-stream error handling to avoid writing JSON after headers are sent (now destroys the response in that case), fixes the test mock to toggle headersSent on writeHead, and expands the proxy error-path tests to assert the centralized metrics summary/logging behavior.

github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:01:07Z

Smoke Test Results

✅ GitHub API: 2 PR entries confirmed in recent-prs.json
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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:01:46Z

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Test	Result
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GitHub.com connectivity	⚠️ Pre-step data unavailable (template not substituted)
File write/read	⚠️ Pre-step data unavailable (template not substituted)
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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:01:50Z

🔬 Smoke Test Results

Test	Status
GitHub MCP connectivity	✅
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PR: Refactor proxy request error path into shared handler
Author: @Copilot · Assignees: @lpcox, @Copilot

Overall: PASS 🟢

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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:02:04Z

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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:02:11Z

Smoke Test Results\n- GitHub MCP Testing: ❌\n- GitHub.com Connectivity: ❌\n- File Writing Testing: ✅\n- Bash Tool Testing: ✅\n\nOverall status: FAIL

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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:03:08Z

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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:03:12Z

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github-actions · 2026-05-18T17:03:38Z

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Copilot AI assigned Copilot and lpcox May 18, 2026

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Copilot AI linked an issue May 18, 2026 that may be closed by this pull request

[Duplicate Code] Near-identical error-handling blocks in proxy-request.js repeated 3 times #3306

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refactor: deduplicate proxy request error handling

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Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Refactor duplicate error handling in proxy-request.js~~ Refactor proxy request error path into shared handler May 18, 2026

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