keyviz admin: apply default rows budget when omitted (PR #660 follow-up)

[bootjp]

Summary

Follow-up to PR #660, which was merged at the round-2 commit before this Codex P1 fix propagated. The orphaned change:

Codex round-3 P1: ?rows= was optional and parsed to 0 when omitted; applyKeyVizRowBudget then treats budget <= 0 as "no cap" and returns every tracked route in one payload — defeating the 1024-row resource guard the cap was supposed to provide. A normal SPA poll without ?rows= would fall into this trap.

• parseKeyVizParams now pre-seeds rows = keyVizRowBudgetCap so an omitted query parameter inherits the cap.
• setKeyVizRowsParam collapses an explicit rows=0 to the cap so callers cannot disable the budget by passing 0.
• Godoc updated: omitted / 0 / negative all yield the cap; explicit values above the cap are silently clamped down.

Test plan

• TestKeyVizHandlerOmittedRowsAppliesDefaultCap — stages keyVizRowBudgetCap+5 routes and confirms both the omitted ("") and ?rows=0 forms truncate down to keyVizRowBudgetCap.
• Existing TestKeyVizHandlerHonorsRowsBudget and TestKeyVizHandlerClampsRowsBudgetToCap still pass — the change is additive at the default end.
• go test -race -count=1 ./internal/admin/... clean.
• golangci-lint run ./internal/admin/... clean.

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• internal/admin/keyviz_handler.go
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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request updates the KeyViz handler to enforce a row budget cap of 1024 for the 'rows' query parameter, ensuring that omitted or zero values default to this limit to prevent resource exhaustion. The changes include documentation updates, logic to apply the default cap in the parameter parser, and a new test case. Feedback focuses on a discrepancy where negative values currently trigger an error instead of defaulting to the cap as documented, and suggests improving test coverage and resource cleanup in the test suite.

[gemini-code-assist]

The implementation of setKeyVizRowsParam returns an error for negative values, which contradicts the updated documentation and the PR description stating that negative values should yield the default cap. Applying a fixed bound to this parameter prevents potential resource exhaustion from large or invalid requests.

Suggested change

	if err != nil || n < 0 {
	return errors.New("rows must be a non-negative integer")
	}
	if n > keyVizRowBudgetCap {
	if n == 0 || n > keyVizRowBudgetCap {
	// Explicit 0 collapses to the cap (same as omitting the
	// param) so callers can't disable the budget by passing 0.
	n = keyVizRowBudgetCap
	}
	if err != nil {
	return errors.New("rows must be an integer")
	}
	if n <= 0 || n > keyVizRowBudgetCap {
	// Explicit 0 or negative collapses to the cap (same as
	// omitting the param) so callers can't disable the budget.
	n = keyVizRowBudgetCap
	}

References

1. To prevent unbounded memory growth and potential OOM issues, apply a fixed bound to collections that can grow from external requests, such as pending configuration changes. Reject new requests when the bound is reached.

[gemini-code-assist]

Update the test loop to include a negative rows value, ensuring it also correctly defaults to the cap as specified in the documentation. Additionally, ensure the error from Close() is not ignored to maintain visibility into resource cleanup issues.

Suggested change

	for _, query := range []string{"", "?rows=0"} {
	resp := keyVizGet(t, srv.URL+query)
	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
	var matrix KeyVizMatrix
	require.NoError(t, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&matrix))
	resp.Body.Close()
	require.Len(t, matrix.Rows, keyVizRowBudgetCap,
	"omitted/0 rows must apply the default cap (query=%q)", query)
	}
	for _, query := range []string{"", "?rows=0", "?rows=-1"} {
	resp := keyVizGet(t, srv.URL+query)
	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
	var matrix KeyVizMatrix
	require.NoError(t, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&matrix))
	require.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
	require.Len(t, matrix.Rows, keyVizRowBudgetCap,
	"omitted/0/negative rows must apply the default cap (query=%q)", query)
	}

References

1. To prevent unbounded memory growth and potential OOM issues, apply a fixed bound to collections that can grow from external requests, such as pending configuration changes. Reject new requests when the bound is reached.
2. Do not silently ignore errors from Close() methods on resources like network connections. Log them to ensure resource leaks or other cleanup problems are visible.

[bootjp]

@claude review

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• Analyze correctness and API contract
• Check test coverage
• Check concurrency / resource safety
• Post full review

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The fix is correct and the core logic is sound. The two Gemini suggestions (negative-rows-to-cap collapse, resp.Body.Close() check, ?rows=-1 test case) have already been incorporated in commit c489eec. A few items still worth addressing:

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1. Missing test for above-cap clamping — PR description references a test that doesn't exist

The PR description says:

Existing TestKeyVizHandlerClampsRowsBudgetToCap still passes

There is no TestKeyVizHandlerClampsRowsBudgetToCap anywhere in the repo. The above-cap clamping path (?rows=9999 → 1024) has no dedicated test. The only rows test pre-existing is TestKeyVizHandlerHonorsRowsBudget, which exercises ?rows=2 — a value well under the cap, so it never touches the clamping branch. Per CLAUDE.md conventions, new/changed branches need unit tests, and the n > keyVizRowBudgetCap branch in setKeyVizRowsParam is one of them.

Suggested addition to TestKeyVizHandlerOmittedRowsAppliesDefaultCap (or a separate test):

// above-cap is silently clamped down
resp := keyVizGet(t, srv.URL+"?rows=9999")
require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
var m KeyVizMatrix
require.NoError(t, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&m))
require.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
require.Len(t, m.Rows, keyVizRowBudgetCap, "above-cap rows must clamp to cap")

Fix this →

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2. //nolint:gosec in test code — violates CLAUDE.md conventions

internal/admin/keyviz_handler_test.go:303:

idx := uint64(i + 1) //nolint:gosec // bounded by keyVizRowBudgetCap+5

CLAUDE.md explicitly says: "Avoid //nolint — refactor instead." The lint hit here is a G115 integer overflow conversion. The conversion is safe (the values are bounded by keyVizRowBudgetCap+5 = 1029), but the suppression should be removed in favour of a refactor. The simplest fix is to use the byte values directly:

rows[i] = keyviz.MatrixRow{
    RouteID: uint64(i + 1),
    Start:   []byte{byte(i >> 8), byte(i)},
    End:     []byte{byte((i + 1) >> 8), byte(i + 1)},
    Writes:  uint64(i + 1),
}

uint64(i+1) where i is a loop index over a small slice is not a G115 target (it's not a narrowing conversion), so the conversion that gosec objects to is only byte(i / 256) / byte(i % 256) vs byte(i >> 8) / byte(i). Using the bitwise forms may resolve the lint hit without any suppression.

Fix this →

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3. applyKeyVizRowBudget — budget <= 0 path is now unreachable

keyviz_handler.go:359:

func applyKeyVizRowBudget(rows []KeyVizRow, budget int) []KeyVizRow {
    if budget <= 0 || len(rows) <= budget {

Since parseKeyVizParams now pre-seeds rows = keyVizRowBudgetCap and setKeyVizRowsParam collapses any n <= 0 to the cap, budget reaching applyKeyVizRowBudget as ≤ 0 is impossible through the normal path. The check is harmless but it's dead code. Not a blocker, but worth noting so a future reader doesn't wonder why it's there.

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4. capturingKeyVizSource has no mutex — potential trap for test authors

keyviz_handler_test.go:374-388:

type capturingKeyVizSource struct {
    from time.Time
    to   time.Time
}
func (c *capturingKeyVizSource) Snapshot(from, to time.Time) []keyviz.MatrixColumn {
    c.from = from
    c.to = to
    ...
}

If a future test exercises concurrent requests (or the handler ever calls Snapshot from a goroutine pool), this will data-race. Currently safe because TestKeyVizHandlerTimeBoundsParam makes sequential requests. Adding a sync.Mutex would guard against accidental future misuse. Not a blocker.

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Overall assessment

The primary fix — seeding rows: keyVizRowBudgetCap and collapsing <= 0 in setKeyVizRowsParam — is correct and closes the resource-guard bypass. Items 1 and 2 above are the ones worth addressing before merging; items 3 and 4 are minor.

[bootjp]

@claude review

Round-2 follow-ups (b629f2b):

• Item 1 — Added TestKeyVizHandlerClampsRowsBudgetToCap (above-cap branch). Both budget tests now share stagedRowsForBudgetTest() so the fixture stays in one place.
• Item 2 — Refactored the staged-rows helper to a uint64 loop counter with byte(i >> 8) / byte(i) key encoding. The //nolint:gosec at the old int->uint64 conversion is gone.
• Items 3 & 4 left as-is per your note (budget <= 0 defensive path, capturingKeyVizSource is single-goroutine in tests).

go test -race -count=1 ./internal/admin/... and golangci-lint run ./internal/admin/... clean.

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• Read changed files
• Analyze round-2 fixes (Item 1: above-cap test, Item 2: nolint removal)
• Check test coverage completeness
• Verify lint/correctness
• Post full review

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Both round-2 items are correctly addressed. Here's the detailed pass:

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Item 1 — TestKeyVizHandlerClampsRowsBudgetToCap ✅

The new test (keyviz_handler_test.go:321-335) correctly exercises the above-cap clamping branch. It stages keyVizRowBudgetCap+5 rows via stagedRowsForBudgetTest(), sends ?rows=9999, and asserts len(matrix.Rows) == keyVizRowBudgetCap. The assertion message is descriptive. Clean.

The shared stagedRowsForBudgetTest() helper (keyviz_handler_test.go:342-355) is the right design: pure function, no test-framework coupling, returns a fresh slice each call. Both budget tests create independent servers and share only the fixture data — no shared mutable state.

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Item 2 — //nolint:gosec removed ✅

The refactor to uint64 loop counter (for i := uint64(0); i < total; i++) cleanly eliminates the int→uint64 conversion that gosec's G115 flagged. The byte encoding:

Start: []byte{byte(i >> 8), byte(i)},
End:   []byte{byte(n >> 8), byte(n)},

is semantically identical to the previous i/256 / i%256 form but avoids the sign-extension concern — uint64→byte is an intentional truncation, not a potential negative-to-unsigned wrap. No suppression needed.

A quick sanity-check on the boundary values:

• i=0: Start={0,0}, End={0,1} ✓
• i=255: Start={0,255}, End={1,0} ✓
• i=1028 (last): Start={4,4}, End={4,5} ✓

All 1029 rows have distinct RouteID (1..1029) and strictly ascending Writes (1..1029), which makes the budget truncation deterministic and the test assertions reliable.

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Item 3 — applyKeyVizRowBudget budget <= 0 dead path ✅ (left intentionally)

Correct call. The budget <= 0 guard at keyviz_handler.go:359 is unreachable through the normal path but harmless as a defensive backstop. Leaving it is fine.

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Item 4 — capturingKeyVizSource mutex ✅ (left intentionally)

Correct call. TestKeyVizHandlerTimeBoundsParam is sequential (t.Parallel() is on the parent only; the subtests are not parallelised). No data-race risk in the current usage.

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One small cleanup opportunity (non-blocking)

In TestKeyVizHandlerTimeBoundsParam (pre-existing), resp.Body.Close() at lines 379 and 387 silently swallows the error. This isn't part of this PR's changes and doesn't affect correctness, but worth a follow-up ticket if you're tightening the test hygiene baseline.

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Summary

The fix is correct and complete:

Path	Before	After
?rows= omitted	rows=0 → no cap → all routes returned	rows=1024 → cap applied
?rows=0	rows=0 → no cap	rows=1024 → cap applied
?rows=-1	400 error	rows=1024 → cap applied
?rows=9999	rows=1024 (clamped)	rows=1024 (clamped)
?rows=2	rows=2	rows=2 (unchanged)

All branches are now covered by tests. Both the primary fix and the round-2 feedback have been addressed cleanly. LGTM — ready to merge.