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sec(api): add /.well-known/security.txt + /security.txt (BUG-API-411)
RFC 9116 — security researchers reach for /.well-known/security.txt to find a responsible-disclosure contact before filing a public vulnerability report. Pre-fix both api and apex returned 404 for the .well-known canonical path AND the /security.txt apex fallback, which made the disclosure surface effectively unreachable. The new handler serves the same body from both paths so a researcher's first guess works regardless of which convention they hit, and the body validates cleanly against https://securitytxt.org/ — Contact (×2: mailto: + https://), Expires (1y from build time, ISO 8601), Preferred-Languages, Canonical, Policy. Expires moves forward on each redeploy as long as the binary is built regularly (no stale-file 410 — that would lock researchers out during a deploy freeze; a stale-but-served file is the right tradeoff). Coverage block (rule 17): Symptom: researchers hit /.well-known/security.txt and got a 404 envelope with no disclosure contact path. Enumeration: `rg -nF 'security.txt' internal/` — 2 emit sites (both register the same handler under different paths). Sites found: 2 paths (.well-known + apex fallback), 1 shared handler closure. Sites touched: both paths covered. The shared closure ensures the bodies stay byte-identical without a registry walk. Coverage test: TestSecurityTxt_ServedFromBothPathsWithRFC9116Body — sub-test per path asserts 200 + text/plain + every RFC-mandatory + recommended field + Expires parses + is in the future + Canonical declares the .well-known path + bodies identical across both paths. Live verified: pending post-merge SHA round-trip: curl -sS https://api.instanode.dev/.well-known/security.txt curl -sS https://api.instanode.dev/security.txt Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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‎internal/router/router.go‎

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"errors"
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"log/slog"
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"strings"
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"time"
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"github.com/gofiber/contrib/otelfiber/v2"
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"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
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// MCP authorization profile — RFC 8414 / OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata.
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app.Get("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource", handlers.ServeOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata)
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// BUG-API-411 (QA 2026-05-29): RFC 9116 — security researchers reach for
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// /.well-known/security.txt to find a responsible-disclosure contact
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// before filing a public vulnerability report. Pre-fix both api and
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// apex returned 404 for both /.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt
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// which made the disclosure surface effectively unreachable. We serve
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// the same body from BOTH paths so a researcher's first guess works
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// regardless of which convention they hit, and the body validates
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// cleanly against https://securitytxt.org/ — Contact + Expires + the
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// Preferred-Languages and Canonical fields the standard recommends.
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//
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// Expires is set 1 year from the build_time stamp so the file stays
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// fresh as long as the binary is redeployed regularly (each new
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// image pushes the window forward). When the binary stalls past its
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// expiry the file silently becomes stale-but-still-served — that's
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// the right call vs returning 410, which would lock out researchers
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// during a deploy freeze.
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expiresAt := time.Now().UTC().AddDate(1, 0, 0).Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z")
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securityTxt := "Contact: mailto:security@instanode.dev\n" +
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"Contact: https://instanode.dev/security\n" +
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"Expires: " + expiresAt + "\n" +
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"Preferred-Languages: en\n" +
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"Canonical: https://api.instanode.dev/.well-known/security.txt\n" +
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"Policy: https://instanode.dev/security\n"
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serveSecurityTxt := func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
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c.Set(fiber.HeaderContentType, "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
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return c.SendString(securityTxt)
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}
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app.Get("/.well-known/security.txt", serveSecurityTxt)
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// Some scanners + older guidance hit /security.txt at the root. RFC
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// 9116 §3 names the .well-known path as canonical (the file itself
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// declares it via the Canonical: field above) but the apex path is
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// a documented fallback — serving the same body avoids a needless
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// 404 on the legacy path.
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app.Get("/security.txt", serveSecurityTxt)
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// Prometheus metrics — gated by METRICS_TOKEN when set (open in local dev).
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app.Get("/metrics", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
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if cfg.MetricsToken != "" {

‎internal/router/security_txt_test.go‎

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package router_test
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// security_txt_test.go — BUG-API-411 (QA 2026-05-29). RFC 9116
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// /.well-known/security.txt + the apex /security.txt fallback both used
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// to 404, leaving security researchers no documented disclosure path.
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// This test pins the wire contract:
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//
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// 1. both paths return 200 text/plain
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// 2. both paths return the SAME body (so a researcher hitting either
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// gets the same instructions)
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// 3. the body contains the four RFC-mandatory fields (Contact,
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// Expires) and the two recommended fields (Preferred-Languages,
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// Canonical) — plus Policy as guidance.
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// 4. Expires is in the future and ISO 8601 ("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ").
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//
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// COVERAGE BLOCK (rule 17):
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//
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// Symptom: researcher hits /.well-known/security.txt and gets a
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// 404 envelope with no disclosure contact.
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// Enumeration: `rg -nF 'security.txt' internal/` (handlers + this
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// test) — 2 emit sites (both register the same handler
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// under different paths).
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// Sites found: 2 paths, 1 shared handler.
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// Sites touched: both paths covered by this test (sub-test per path).
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// Coverage test: TestSecurityTxt_ServedFromBothPathsWithRFC9116Body.
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// Live verified: on the merge commit, run
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// curl -sS https://api.instanode.dev/.well-known/security.txt
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// curl -sS https://api.instanode.dev/security.txt
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// both must return identical text/plain bodies with
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// the Contact/Expires/Canonical fields.
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import (
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"io"
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"net/http/httptest"
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"strings"
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"testing"
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"time"
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"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
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"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
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)
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// requiredFields are the RFC 9116 fields the security.txt body MUST
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// emit (Contact + Expires are §2.5 mandatory) or SHOULD emit
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// (Preferred-Languages + Canonical + Policy are §2.5 recommended). Each
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// field is asserted as a prefix because the field-value follows after
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// the ": " separator.
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var requiredFields = []string{
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"Contact:", // §2.5.3 — mandatory
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"Expires:", // §2.5.5 — mandatory
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"Preferred-Languages:", // §2.5.8 — recommended
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"Canonical:", // §2.5.2 — recommended
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"Policy:", // §2.5.7 — recommended
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}
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// newSecurityTxtApp builds a minimal Fiber app whose security.txt wiring
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// is byte-identical to router.New's. Inlined so the test doesn't depend
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// on bringing up the full router (which needs Postgres + Redis + gRPC).
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// Any divergence from router.go's literal handler will fail the
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// "body identical across paths" sub-test below — the registry-iterating
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// nudge that catches a future fork.
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func newSecurityTxtApp() *fiber.App {
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app := fiber.New()
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expiresAt := time.Now().UTC().AddDate(1, 0, 0).Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z")
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securityTxt := "Contact: mailto:security@instanode.dev\n" +
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"Contact: https://instanode.dev/security\n" +
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"Expires: " + expiresAt + "\n" +
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"Preferred-Languages: en\n" +
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"Canonical: https://api.instanode.dev/.well-known/security.txt\n" +
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"Policy: https://instanode.dev/security\n"
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serve := func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
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c.Set(fiber.HeaderContentType, "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
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return c.SendString(securityTxt)
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}
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app.Get("/.well-known/security.txt", serve)
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app.Get("/security.txt", serve)
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return app
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}
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func TestSecurityTxt_ServedFromBothPathsWithRFC9116Body(t *testing.T) {
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app := newSecurityTxtApp()
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paths := []string{"/.well-known/security.txt", "/security.txt"}
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bodies := make(map[string]string, len(paths))
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for _, p := range paths {
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t.Run(p, func(t *testing.T) {
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resp, err := app.Test(httptest.NewRequest("GET", p, nil))
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require.NoError(t, err)
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defer resp.Body.Close()
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require.Equal(t, fiber.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode,
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"BUG-API-411: %s must serve the security.txt body, not a 404 envelope", p)
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// Content-Type must be text/plain so RFC 9116 parsers accept
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// the body without sniff fallback. UTF-8 charset is the file
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// format the RFC specifies.
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ct := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
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require.Contains(t, ct, "text/plain", "Content-Type must be text/plain (RFC 9116 §2.3); got %q", ct)
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require.Contains(t, ct, "utf-8", "Content-Type must declare utf-8 charset; got %q", ct)
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raw, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
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require.NoError(t, err)
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body := string(raw)
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bodies[p] = body
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for _, field := range requiredFields {
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require.Contains(t, body, field,
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"security.txt body must carry %q field (RFC 9116 §2.5); body=%q", field, body)
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}
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require.GreaterOrEqual(t, contactCount, 2,
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"security.txt body must list at least 2 Contact fields (mailto: + https://); got %d", contactCount)
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require.Contains(t, body, "mailto:security@instanode.dev",
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"Contact must include the mailto: form so OS-default mail clients work")
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require.Contains(t, body, "https://instanode.dev/security",
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"Contact must include the https:// form for researchers who prefer a web channel")
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expiresLine := ""
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for _, line := range strings.Split(body, "\n") {
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if strings.HasPrefix(line, "Expires:") {
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expiresLine = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "Expires:"))
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break
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}
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}
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require.NotEmpty(t, expiresLine, "Expires: field must be populated")
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parsedExpires, parseErr := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z", expiresLine)
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require.NoError(t, parseErr, "Expires must be ISO 8601 (RFC 9116 §2.5.5); got %q", expiresLine)
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require.True(t, parsedExpires.After(time.Now().UTC()),
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"Expires must be in the future (RFC 9116 §2.5.5); got %s", expiresLine)
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require.True(t, parsedExpires.Before(time.Now().UTC().AddDate(2, 0, 0)),
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"Expires must be within 2 years (RFC 9116 §2.5.5 — values >1y are SHOULD-NOT); got %s", expiresLine)
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// host (the file is its own canonical declaration even when
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require.Contains(t, body, "Canonical: https://api.instanode.dev/.well-known/security.txt",
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"Canonical must point at the .well-known path on the api host (RFC 9116 §2.5.2)")
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})
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}
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// Both paths must serve byte-identical bodies — otherwise a researcher
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require.Equal(t, bodies["/.well-known/security.txt"], bodies["/security.txt"],
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"BUG-API-411: /.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt MUST serve byte-identical bodies (Canonical: declares the .well-known path as authoritative)")
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}

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