rust-lang · Turbo87 · Oct 27, 2025 · Oct 23, 2025
diff --git a/src/config/server.rs b/src/config/server.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use anyhow::{Context, anyhow};
-use ipnetwork::IpNetwork;
 use oauth2::{ClientId, ClientSecret};
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ pub struct Server {
     pub blocked_traffic: Vec<(String, Vec<String>)>,
     pub blocked_ips: HashSet<IpAddr>,
     pub max_allowed_page_offset: u32,
-    pub page_offset_ua_blocklist: Vec<String>,
-    pub page_offset_cidr_blocklist: Vec<IpNetwork>,
     pub excluded_crate_names: Vec<String>,
     pub domain_name: String,
     pub allowed_origins: AllowedOrigins,
@@ -123,12 +119,6 @@ impl Server {
     ///   querying metrics will be completely disabled.
     /// - `WEB_MAX_ALLOWED_PAGE_OFFSET`: Page offsets larger than this value are rejected. Defaults
     ///   to 200.
-    /// - `WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_UA_BLOCKLIST`: A comma separated list of user-agent substrings that will
-    ///   be blocked if `WEB_MAX_ALLOWED_PAGE_OFFSET` is exceeded. Including an empty string in the
-    ///   list will block *all* user-agents exceeding the offset. If not set or empty, no blocking
-    ///   will occur.
-    /// - `WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_CIDR_BLOCKLIST`: A comma separated list of CIDR blocks that will be used
-    ///   to block IP addresses, e.g. `192.168.1.0/24`. If not set or empty, no blocking will occur.
     /// - `INSTANCE_METRICS_LOG_EVERY_SECONDS`: How frequently should instance metrics be logged.
     ///   If the environment variable is not present instance metrics are not logged.
     /// - `FORCE_UNCONDITIONAL_REDIRECTS`: Whether to force unconditional redirects in the download
@@ -156,9 +146,6 @@ impl Server {
         let blocked_ips = HashSet::from_iter(list_parsed("BLOCKED_IPS", IpAddr::from_str)?);
 
         let allowed_origins = AllowedOrigins::from_default_env()?;
-        let page_offset_ua_blocklist = list("WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_UA_BLOCKLIST")?;
-        let page_offset_cidr_blocklist =
-            list_parsed("WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_CIDR_BLOCKLIST", parse_cidr_block)?;
 
         let base = Base::from_environment()?;
         let excluded_crate_names = list("EXCLUDED_CRATE_NAMES")?;
@@ -229,8 +216,6 @@ impl Server {
             blocked_traffic: blocked_traffic(),
             blocked_ips,
             max_allowed_page_offset: var_parsed("WEB_MAX_ALLOWED_PAGE_OFFSET")?.unwrap_or(200),
-            page_offset_ua_blocklist,
-            page_offset_cidr_blocklist,
             excluded_crate_names,
             domain_name,
             allowed_origins,
@@ -268,34 +253,6 @@ impl Server {
     }
 }
 
-/// Parses a CIDR block string to a valid `IpNetwork` struct.
-///
-/// The purpose is to be able to block IP ranges that overload the API that uses pagination.
-///
-/// The minimum number of bits for a host prefix must be
-///
-/// * at least 16 for IPv4 based CIDRs.
-/// * at least 64 for IPv6 based CIDRs
-///
-fn parse_cidr_block(block: &str) -> anyhow::Result<IpNetwork> {
-    let cidr = block
-        .parse()
-        .context("WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_CIDR_BLOCKLIST must contain IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR blocks.")?;
-
-    let host_prefix = match cidr {
-        IpNetwork::V4(_) => 16,
-        IpNetwork::V6(_) => 64,
-    };
-
-    if cidr.prefix() < host_prefix {
-        return Err(anyhow!(
-            "WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_CIDR_BLOCKLIST only allows CIDR blocks with a host prefix of at least 16 bits (IPv4) or 64 bits (IPv6)."
-        ));
-    }
-
-    Ok(cidr)
-}
-
 fn blocked_traffic() -> Vec<(String, Vec<String>)> {
     let pattern_list = dotenvy::var("BLOCKED_TRAFFIC").unwrap_or_default();
     parse_traffic_patterns(&pattern_list)
@@ -346,7 +303,7 @@ impl FromStr for AllowedOrigins {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use claims::{assert_err, assert_none, assert_ok_eq};
+    use claims::assert_none;
 
     #[test]
     fn parse_traffic_patterns_splits_on_comma_and_looks_for_equal_sign() {
@@ -362,44 +319,4 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_none!(parse_traffic_patterns(pattern_string_3).next());
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn parse_cidr_block_list_successfully() {
-        assert_ok_eq!(
-            parse_cidr_block("127.0.0.1/24"),
-            "127.0.0.1/24".parse::<IpNetwork>().unwrap()
-        );
-        assert_ok_eq!(
-            parse_cidr_block("192.168.0.1/31"),
-            "192.168.0.1/31".parse::<IpNetwork>().unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn parse_cidr_blocks_panics_when_host_ipv4_prefix_is_too_low() {
-        assert_err!(parse_cidr_block("127.0.0.1/8"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn parse_cidr_blocks_panics_when_host_ipv6_prefix_is_too_low() {
-        assert_err!(parse_cidr_block(
-            "2001:0db8:0123:4567:89ab:cdef:1234:5678/56"
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn parse_ipv6_based_cidr_blocks() {
-        assert_ok_eq!(
-            parse_cidr_block("2002::1234:abcd:ffff:c0a8:101/64"),
-            "2002::1234:abcd:ffff:c0a8:101/64"
-                .parse::<IpNetwork>()
-                .unwrap()
-        );
-        assert_ok_eq!(
-            parse_cidr_block("2001:0db8:0123:4567:89ab:cdef:1234:5678/92"),
-            "2001:0db8:0123:4567:89ab:cdef:1234:5678/92"
-                .parse::<IpNetwork>()
-                .unwrap()
-        );
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/controllers/helpers/pagination.rs b/src/controllers/helpers/pagination.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-use crate::config::Server;
 use crate::middleware::app::RequestApp;
 use crate::middleware::log_request::RequestLogExt;
-use crate::middleware::real_ip::RealIp;
 use crate::models::helpers::with_count::*;
-use crate::util::HeaderMapExt;
 use crate::util::errors::{AppResult, bad_request};
 use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 
@@ -16,7 +13,6 @@ use diesel::sql_types::BigInt;
 use diesel_async::AsyncPgConnection;
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
 use futures_util::{FutureExt, TryStreamExt};
-use http::header;
 use http::request::Parts;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -125,12 +121,10 @@ impl PaginationOptionsBuilder {
                 parts.request_log().add("bot", "suspected");
             }
 
-            // Block large offsets for known violators of the crawler policy
+            // Block large offsets for performance reasons
             if self.limit_page_numbers {
                 let config = &parts.app().config;
-                if numeric_page > config.max_allowed_page_offset
-                    && is_useragent_or_ip_blocked(config, parts)
-                {
+                if numeric_page > config.max_allowed_page_offset {
                     parts.request_log().add("cause", "large page offset");
 
                     let error = format!(
@@ -329,36 +323,6 @@ impl RawSeekPayload {
     }
 }
 
-/// Function to check if the request is blocked.
-///
-/// A request can be blocked if either the User Agent is on the User Agent block list or if the client
-/// IP is on the CIDR block list.
-fn is_useragent_or_ip_blocked(config: &Server, req: &Parts) -> bool {
-    let user_agent = req.headers.get_str_or_default(header::USER_AGENT);
-    let client_ip = req.extensions.get::<RealIp>();
-
-    // check if user agent is blocked
-    if config
-        .page_offset_ua_blocklist
-        .iter()
-        .any(|blocked| user_agent.contains(blocked))
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // check if client ip is blocked, needs to be an IPv4 address
-    if let Some(client_ip) = client_ip
-        && config
-            .page_offset_cidr_blocklist
-            .iter()
-            .any(|blocked| blocked.contains(**client_ip))
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    false
-}
-
 /// Encode a payload to be used as a seek key.
 ///
 /// The payload is base64-encoded to hint that it shouldn't be manually constructed. There is no

diff --git a/src/tests/pagination.rs b/src/tests/pagination.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 use crate::builders::CrateBuilder;
 use crate::util::{RequestHelper, TestApp};
 use insta::assert_snapshot;
-use ipnetwork::IpNetwork;
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-async fn pagination_blocks_ip_from_cidr_block_list() {
+async fn pagination_blocks_high_page_numbers() {
     let (app, anon, user) = TestApp::init()
         .with_config(|config| {
             config.max_allowed_page_offset = 1;
-            config.page_offset_cidr_blocklist = vec!["127.0.0.1/24".parse::<IpNetwork>().unwrap()];
         })
         .with_user()
         .await;

diff --git a/src/tests/util/test_app.rs b/src/tests/util/test_app.rs
@@ -497,8 +497,6 @@ fn simple_config() -> config::Server {
         blocked_traffic: Default::default(),
         blocked_ips: Default::default(),
         max_allowed_page_offset: 200,
-        page_offset_ua_blocklist: vec![],
-        page_offset_cidr_blocklist: vec![],
         excluded_crate_names: vec![],
         domain_name: "crates.io".into(),
         allowed_origins: Default::default(),