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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions handlerViewerRequest.js
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Expand Up @@ -245,8 +245,19 @@ module.exports.viewerRequest = async (event) => {
break;
}

// Normal healthy response
if (result.promoted !== 1 && result.status !== 2) {
// Throttle response (status 6) - treated as a server error, respect failTrust setting
if (result.status === 6 && failTrust === true) {
redirect = false;
} else if (result.status === 6) {
console.error("[CH] API throttle response (status 6) - redirecting to safety net");
redirect = true;
if (safetyNetSlug) {
redirectLocation = `https://${WREndpoint}/${safetyNetSlug}?url=${targetURL}&ch-code=${chCode}&ch-id=${result.token}&ch-public-key=${publicKey}`;
} else {
redirectLocation = `https://${WREndpoint}/?url=${targetURL}&ch-code=${chCode}&ch-id=${result.token}&ch-public-key=${publicKey}`;
}
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// Normal healthy response
} else if (result.promoted !== 1 && result.status !== 2) {
redirect = true;
redirectLocation = `https://${WREndpoint}/${result.slug}?url=${targetURL}&ch-code=${chCode}&ch-id=${result.token}&ch-public-key=${publicKey}`;
// 4xx client error - always redirect to safety net (ignore failTrust)
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14 changes: 11 additions & 3 deletions helpers/http.js
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Expand Up @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const dummyResponseData = {
},
};

// Client error response (4xx) - never triggers failTrust, always safety net
// Client error response (4xx, excluding 429) - never triggers failTrust, always safety net
const clientErrorResponseData = {
result: {
status: 2,
Expand All @@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ export const httpGET = function (options) {
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
var req = https.request(options, function (res) {
// reject on bad status
if (res.statusCode >= 400 && res.statusCode < 500) {
// 429 throttle is treated as a server error so failTrust is respected
if (res.statusCode === 429) {
console.error(`[CH] API 429: throttled`);
reject(JSON.stringify(dummyResponseData));
} else if (res.statusCode >= 400 && res.statusCode < 500) {
console.error(`[CH] API 4xx: ${res.statusCode}`);
reject(JSON.stringify(clientErrorResponseData));
} else if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
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return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
var req = https.request(options, function (res) {
// reject on bad status
if (res.statusCode >= 400 && res.statusCode < 500) {
// 429 throttle is treated as a server error so failTrust is respected
if (res.statusCode === 429) {
console.error(`[CH] API 429: throttled`);
reject(JSON.stringify(dummyResponseData));
} else if (res.statusCode >= 400 && res.statusCode < 500) {
console.error(`[CH] API 4xx: ${res.statusCode}`);
reject(JSON.stringify(clientErrorResponseData));
} else if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
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