fix(cloud): accept gzip push bodies regardless of Content-Type (#1142) by danielgap · Pull Request #1178 · Gentleman-Programming/engram

danielgap · 2026-09-13T22:48:17Z

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📝 Summary

handlePushChunk now sniffs the gzip magic bytes (0x1f 0x8b) when the declared Content-Type is not the compressed envelope, and decodes the body as the compressed envelope instead of JSON-decoding raw gzip bytes. This heals pushes where a proxy rewrites or drops the request Content-Type (the reporter's TLS-terminating proxies) and any stale-server skew, while the envelope path and the 415 version-mismatch signal stay untouched.
The 400 decode-error message now includes the received Content-Type, so a true version-skew case is diagnosable at a glance; validation-branch messages are unchanged.
docs/engram-cloud/troubleshooting.md documents the exact invalid character '\x1f' signature, the sniff behavior, and the proxy advice to preserve application/vnd.engram.sync+gzip; version=1.

📂 Changes

File	Change
`internal/cloud/cloudserver/cloudserver.go`	Legacy push branch reads the body under the existing `MaxBytesReader`, sniffs gzip magic, decodes via `DecodeCompressedEnvelope` with preserved 413 mappings, one diagnostic log line; decode-branch 400 gains `(content-type: %q)`
`internal/cloud/chunkcodec/envelope.go`	New exported `HasGzipMagic(payload []byte) bool`
`internal/cloud/chunkcodec/envelope_test.go`	`TestHasGzipMagic` table (empty, single-byte, JSON, misaligned magic)
`internal/cloud/cloudserver/push_gzip_content_type_test.go`	New: gzip body with rewritten/dropped Content-Type accepted, legacy JSON regression, wire-limit and decoded-limit 413 guards, corrupt/truncated gzip 400
`docs/engram-cloud/troubleshooting.md`	New section for the `'\x1f'` error signature

🧪 Test Plan

Unit tests pass locally: go test ./... (all 30 packages ok)
E2E tests pass locally: go test -tags e2e ./internal/server/... (passes under umask 022; under umask 0002 the pre-existing environmental socket-permission failure in TestUnixSocketCloseIsIdempotent reproduces on a pristine tree too)
Lint passes locally: make lint — golangci-lint is not available on this machine; left to CI
Manually tested the affected functionality — TDD: the mismatched-Content-Type test was observed RED with the exact reported 400 invalid push payload: invalid character '\x1f' before the fix, GREEN after

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Claim with root-cause analysis: bug(sync): cloud push rejects own client chunk with 400 invalid character '\x1f' (rc.10 both sides) #1142 (comment)
Native review receipt: lineage review-0db8daf1a821d7d9 (tier medium, lens reliability), approved and burned before delivery. Three informational findings, no corrections: legacy-branch unmarshal strictness (trailing garbage after valid JSON now 400s instead of being silently accepted), an optional test for invalid inner JSON after sniff-decode, and optional log-noise shaping. All are later-work candidates, none block this candidate.
Deliberately unchanged: an envelope media type with a wrong version still returns 415 before any sniffing, keeping the upgrade signal explicit.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved cloud sync compatibility by accepting compressed payloads when content-type headers are missing or incorrect.
- Preserved support for legacy JSON sync requests.
- Continued enforcing request size limits and rejecting truncated or corrupted compressed payloads.
- Improved invalid-payload errors by including the reported content type.
Documentation
- Added troubleshooting guidance for compressed sync payload errors, including proxy configuration and server upgrade recommendations.

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The cloud push handler now detects gzip payloads by their magic bytes when the Content-Type header is incorrect or absent. It continues to accept JSON payloads, enforces size limits, rejects corrupt gzip data, and documents the related troubleshooting steps.

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Gzip push recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Gzip magic detection `internal/cloud/chunkcodec/envelope.go`, `internal/cloud/chunkcodec/envelope_test.go`	Adds `HasGzipMagic` and tests detection of gzip signatures at the payload start.
Push handler decoding `internal/cloud/cloudserver/cloudserver.go`, `docs/engram-cloud/troubleshooting.md`	The handler reads the body, decodes gzip envelopes when magic bytes are present, retains JSON decoding, includes `Content-Type` in invalid-payload errors, and documents related sync errors.
Push compatibility and validation tests `internal/cloud/cloudserver/push_gzip_content_type_test.go`	Tests rewritten or absent content types, legacy JSON, wire and decoded size limits, and corrupt gzip payloads.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The change supports gzip cloud pushes when proxies alter content types while retaining validation and compatibility behavior. No current merge-blocking risk is established.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue `#1142` requires valid gzip push payloads to succeed when `Content-Type` is rewritten or missing. `handlePushChunk` detects gzip magic bytes and decodes the compressed envelope independently of th…
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In `@docs/engram-cloud/troubleshooting.md`:
- Line 319: Update the “Current server behavior” statement in the
troubleshooting documentation to clarify that gzip magic-byte sniffing recovers
missing or rewritten non-envelope Content-Type values, but declared gzip
envelopes with an unsupported version are rejected with HTTP 415 before
sniffing.

In `@internal/cloud/cloudserver/push_gzip_content_type_test.go`:
- Around line 192-194: The decode-error test should also verify that the
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bug(sync): cloud push rejects own client chunk with 400 invalid character '\x1f' (rc.10 both sides) #1142

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