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fix(api): say what is wrong with a Native request body, and where - #1605
A Native request whose JSON body the framework refused answered with the right status but the message invalid request and empty details: a 422 for a value of the wrong type, a 400 for a body that is not JSON, a 415 for a wrong Content-Type, a 413 for an oversized body. The routes' own field checks answer a 400 naming the field ({"key":"field","value":"resources.vcpu"}), so a client could not tell which field of a refused body to fix.
After this change Native routes read JSON bodies with PublicJson, which keeps the framework's status and answers invalid_request with what is wrong:
Status
Message
details
422
invalid request body: resources.vcpu: invalid type: string "two", expected u32 at line 1 column 44
{"key":"field","value":"resources.vcpu"}
422
invalid request body: missing field template at line 1 column 2
none
400
request body is not valid JSON: key must be a string at line 1 column 2
none
415
Content-Type must be application/json
none
413
request body is too large
none
serde reports no field path for a missing field, which the message names instead, nor inside an internally tagged enum such as a credential reference. The data plane's Native file routes, which answer as the API does, use the same conversion. The OpenAPI error overview says so, and also that actions declaring no request body, such as :pause, ignore any body sent.
The field path comes from the serde_path_to_error error axum keeps as the rejection's source, so that crate becomes a direct dependency of pplx-space-public-api-http, at the version axum already uses (no new crate in Cargo.lock).
Validation
New a_refused_body_says_what_is_wrong_and_where (pplx-space-public-api-http): nested, sequence and map paths, a missing field, bad JSON, wrong content type, an oversized body, and an optional body. With the conversion reduced to the old bare message it fails (left: "invalid request").
New a_body_that_does_not_match_the_schema_names_the_field (pplx-space-api, Postgres): 18 Native routes, from POST /v1/sandboxes to every files:* route, answer 422 with the field. With the handlers back on axum::Json it fails (POST /v1/sandboxes … "invalid request" … left: [], right: [{"key":"field","value":"template"}]).
The data plane's each_failure_answers_as_the_api_answers_it rows now expect the new messages, plus a field-detail row.
cargo test -p pplx-space-api (--config "profile.test.package.pplx-space-api.opt-level=0" --all-features): 2546 passed, 1 ignored. cargo test -p pplx-space-data-plane-server -p pplx-space-public-api-http -p pplx-space-public-api, cargo clippy … -D warnings on those crates and on pplx-space-public-api-http alone, cargo fmt --check, cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked: pass.
Kind (current guest), raw HTTP:
before (main 963a572): POST /v1/sandboxes {"template":5}, {"resources":{"vcpu":"two"}}, createCommand {"command":"ls"}, {"env":{"A":1}}, files:read without length: 422 "invalid request", details: []; {nope 400, text/plain 415, a 3 MiB body 413, all "invalid request".
after: 422 invalid request body: template: invalid type: integer 5, expected a string at line 1 column 14 with field template; resources.vcpu, command, env.A, data_base64, timeout likewise; missing template/command/length named in the message; 400 request body is not valid JSON: …; 415 Content-Type must be application/json; 413 request body is too large.
Kind native typed smoke (scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh native, SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_ADMIN_TOKEN_FILE set) on a build of all seven of these fixes together: 47 passed, 0 failed, 0 inconclusive. That combined build is local evidence; this branch alone was validated by its unit and integration tests.
Severity and risk
Severity: low. Clients could not tell which field to fix.
Risk: low. Statuses and codes are unchanged; messages and details change. A client parsing the old fixed message would see the new text, which the contract says not to parse. Roll back by reverting.
Not covered
:set_timeout parses its body itself (to fingerprint it) and still answers a 400 with serde's message and no field detail. Hidden routes (protocol and file-watch sessions) use PublicJson but are not in the route test, which mounts only default routes.
AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code, tests, and this description; the author reviewed them.
Why: Native API error responses change, and two documentation claims can mislead clients about field details and port visibility. Resolve the discrepancies before merging.
Commit: b00e1dd3c11f.
Walkthrough
Public JSON bodies now use a shared extractor that converts parsing rejections into structured invalid_request errors. Type errors can include the offending field path. Public route handlers and Native file request helpers use the new error conversion. Tests cover malformed bodies and response details.
Possibly related PRs
perplexityai/SPACE#1374: Adds the Native file routes and JSON body helpers that this change updates.
Merge Risk: High · up to b00e1
Native API error responses change, and two documentation claims can mislead clients about field details and port visibility. Resolve the discrepancies before merging.
Security architecture risk: Minimal · up to b00e1
The reviewed change makes body-validation errors more informative while retaining the existing extraction behavior, body limits and access controls. No material security risk introduced or worsened by this PR was identified.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — The changed exposure is richer rejection information returned to callers of affected Native routes and file helpers. For the assessed stat_file boundary, the caller still requires Native credentials and sandbox-owner authorization; the extractor change does not confer access to another organization's filesystem metadata.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The supplied route-registration and authentication proof gap is resolved for stat_file. Authentication establishes AuthOrg, owner-scope middleware checks sandbox authorization, and ensure_sandbox_owner reuses or verifies the authorized sandbox before controller delegation. Malformed-body rejection does not bypass the outer authentication or owner-scope layers.
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Minor · Limit the body-ignoring claim to lifecycle actions. · public_docs.rs:89
crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public_docs.rs:89 Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Limit the body-ignoring claim to lifecycle actions.
The OpenAPI entry for open-port declares no body, but an authorized JSON request with {"visibility":"public"} can persist a public exposure. A caller following this claim may assume that field is ignored.
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Review comment at @crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public_docs.rs at line 89:
Update the body-ignoring statement in the OpenAPI description to apply only to
lifecycle actions such as :pause and :wake; do not imply that all endpoints
declaring no request body ignore JSON fields, since open-port can persist
visibility from its request.
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Review comments at @crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public_docs.rs:
- Line 89: Update the body-ignoring statement in the OpenAPI description to
apply only to lifecycle actions such as :pause and :wake; do not imply that all
endpoints declaring no request body ignore JSON fields, since open-port can
persist visibility from its request.
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A Native request whose JSON body the framework refused answered with the
right status but the message `invalid request` and empty `details`: a
422 for a value of the wrong type, a 400 for a body that is not JSON, a
415 for a wrong Content-Type, a 413 for an oversized body. The routes'
own field checks, by contrast, answer a 400 naming the field in
`details`, so a client could not tell which field of a body to fix.
Native routes now read JSON bodies with `PublicJson`, which keeps the
framework's status and answers `invalid_request` with what is wrong:
- 422: `invalid request body: resources.vcpu: invalid type: string
"two", expected u32 at line 1 column 44`, with
`{"key": "field", "value": "resources.vcpu"}` in `details`. A missing
field is named in the message; serde reports no path for it, nor for a
field inside an internally tagged enum such as a credential reference;
- 400: `request body is not valid JSON: ...`;
- 415: `Content-Type must be application/json`;
- 413: `request body is too large`.
The data plane's Native file routes, which answer as the API does, use
the same conversion. The OpenAPI error overview says so, and that
actions declaring no request body, such as `:pause`, ignore any body.
The field path comes from the `serde_path_to_error` error axum keeps as
the rejection's source, so the crate becomes a direct dependency of
pplx-space-public-api-http at the version axum already uses.
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Minor · Qualify the field-detail promise · lib.rs:2131-2132
crates/l20_domain/public/api/src/lib.rs:2131-2132 Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Qualify the field-detail promise
An authenticated POST /v1/credential-references with {"provider":"aws_secrets_manager","request_id":"req-1","secret_arn":5} returns 422 with empty details. The response does not name secret_arn, so a client cannot identify the field from the promised detail.
Qualify this promise here and in the OpenAPI error overview: a field detail is present only when the deserializer reports a path. The PR description already notes this exception.
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Review comment at @crates/l20_domain/public/api/src/lib.rs around lines 2131 -
2132:
Update the response-detail documentation near the `resources.vcpu` example and
the OpenAPI error overview to state that field details are included only when
the deserializer reports a path; do not promise a field name for every 422
response.
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Review comments at @crates/l20_domain/public/api/src/lib.rs:
- Around line 2131-2132: Update the response-detail documentation near the
`resources.vcpu` example and the OpenAPI error overview to state that field
details are included only when the deserializer reports a path; do not promise a
field name for every 422 response.
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Summary
A Native request whose JSON body the framework refused answered with the right status but the message
invalid requestand emptydetails: a 422 for a value of the wrong type, a 400 for a body that is not JSON, a 415 for a wrongContent-Type, a 413 for an oversized body. The routes' own field checks answer a 400 naming the field ({"key":"field","value":"resources.vcpu"}), so a client could not tell which field of a refused body to fix.After this change Native routes read JSON bodies with
PublicJson, which keeps the framework's status and answersinvalid_requestwith what is wrong:detailsinvalid request body: resources.vcpu: invalid type: string "two", expected u32 at line 1 column 44{"key":"field","value":"resources.vcpu"}invalid request body: missing fieldtemplateat line 1 column 2request body is not valid JSON: key must be a string at line 1 column 2Content-Type must be application/jsonrequest body is too largeserde reports no field path for a missing field, which the message names instead, nor inside an internally tagged enum such as a credential reference. The data plane's Native file routes, which answer as the API does, use the same conversion. The OpenAPI error overview says so, and also that actions declaring no request body, such as
:pause, ignore any body sent.The field path comes from the
serde_path_to_errorerror axum keeps as the rejection's source, so that crate becomes a direct dependency ofpplx-space-public-api-http, at the version axum already uses (no new crate inCargo.lock).Validation
a_refused_body_says_what_is_wrong_and_where(pplx-space-public-api-http): nested, sequence and map paths, a missing field, bad JSON, wrong content type, an oversized body, and an optional body. With the conversion reduced to the old bare message it fails (left: "invalid request").a_body_that_does_not_match_the_schema_names_the_field(pplx-space-api, Postgres): 18 Native routes, fromPOST /v1/sandboxesto everyfiles:*route, answer 422 with the field. With the handlers back onaxum::Jsonit fails (POST /v1/sandboxes … "invalid request" … left: [], right: [{"key":"field","value":"template"}]).each_failure_answers_as_the_api_answers_itrows now expect the new messages, plus a field-detail row.cargo test -p pplx-space-api(--config "profile.test.package.pplx-space-api.opt-level=0" --all-features): 2546 passed, 1 ignored.cargo test -p pplx-space-data-plane-server -p pplx-space-public-api-http -p pplx-space-public-api,cargo clippy … -D warningson those crates and on pplx-space-public-api-http alone,cargo fmt --check,cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked: pass.before (main 963a572):
POST /v1/sandboxes {"template":5},{"resources":{"vcpu":"two"}},createCommand {"command":"ls"},{"env":{"A":1}},files:readwithoutlength: 422"invalid request",details: [];{nope400,text/plain415, a 3 MiB body 413, all"invalid request".after: 422
invalid request body: template: invalid type: integer5, expected a string at line 1 column 14with fieldtemplate;resources.vcpu,command,env.A,data_base64,timeoutlikewise; missingtemplate/command/lengthnamed in the message; 400request body is not valid JSON: …; 415Content-Type must be application/json; 413request body is too large.scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh native,SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_ADMIN_TOKEN_FILEset) on a build of all seven of these fixes together: 47 passed, 0 failed, 0 inconclusive. That combined build is local evidence; this branch alone was validated by its unit and integration tests.Severity and risk
Severity: low. Clients could not tell which field to fix.
Risk: low. Statuses and codes are unchanged; messages and
detailschange. A client parsing the old fixed message would see the new text, which the contract says not to parse. Roll back by reverting.Not covered
:set_timeoutparses its body itself (to fingerprint it) and still answers a 400 with serde's message and nofielddetail. Hidden routes (protocol and file-watch sessions) usePublicJsonbut are not in the route test, which mounts only default routes.AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code, tests, and this description; the author reviewed them.