fix(container-cache): ignore malformed Range headers instead of returning 416 - #1339
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…ning 416 The NGC CLI computes a range of first-byte-pos 0 through last-byte-pos size-1. For a zero-length file that is 0 through -1, so it sends "Range: bytes=0--1". RFC 7233 section 2.1 defines last-byte-pos as 1*DIGIT, which admits no sign, so the byte-range-set does not parse. nginx rejects it at parse time and answers 416. That is conformant: section 3.1 says a server SHOULD send 416 when ranges are invalid. The NGC origin instead ignores the bad header and returns 200 with the full representation. The result is that a client which downloads successfully from the origin fails behind this cache, and any model containing a zero-length file cannot be pulled through proxy-cache at all. Since we are a transparent intermediary in front of a client we do not control, match the origin rather than being stricter than it. A new set_by_lua_file sanitizer clears a "bytes=" header that fails to parse and exposes $safe_range, which the ngc, hf, nucleus and relay blocks now use in place of $http_range for proxy_set_header Range, proxy_cache_key and $cc_hash_key. The sanitizer must run ahead of every consumer because nginx caches $http_range once evaluated; a `set` that reads it first would pin the malformed value into the cache key. Scope is deliberately narrow. Only the "bytes" unit is considered, since nginx already ignores units it does not understand. Only headers that fail to parse are cleared: "bytes=100-50" parses but is unsatisfiable and keeps nginx's conformant 416. Verified against OpenResty that bytes=0--1 returns 416 on a 1000-byte file as well, so this is a Range parse failure rather than zero-length handling, and the fix belongs in Range parsing generally. Co-Authored-By: Balaji Ganesan <bganesan@nvidia.com>
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50-50: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUpdate the container-cache request-flow documentation. The sanitizer runs before range forwarding, cache-key generation, and consistent-hash routing.
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In `@deploy/helm/container-cache/tests/range-sanitize-runtime-test.sh`:
- Line 130: Update the range-sanitization test invocation for the “bytes=100-50”
case to assert the HTTP status code 416 independently from the downloaded-body
size, allowing OPENRESTY_IMAGE-specific error-page sizes while preserving
validation of the 416 response.
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In `@deploy/helm/container-cache/deploy/files/lua/safe-range.lua`:
- Line 50: Update the container-cache request-flow documentation to show that
range sanitization occurs before range forwarding, cache-key generation, and
consistent-hash routing; use the existing sanitizer and request-flow terminology
without changing the Lua behavior around ngx.var.http_range.
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The unsatisfiable-range assertion pinned both status and body size as one value. The body of a 416 is nginx's default error page, whose size varies between builds: 194 bytes in production, 203 in the OpenResty test image. With OPENRESTY_IMAGE overridable, that would fail on a correct 416. Add expect_status for status-only assertions and use it there. The remaining exact-size assertions stay, because those sizes are the contract under test: the full representation or the requested byte range. Co-Authored-By: Balaji Ganesan <bganesan@nvidia.com>
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Why
A model containing a zero-length file cannot be downloaded through
proxy-cache. The NGC CLI reports every file transferred and the full byte
count, then
"status": "Failed".The NGC CLI computes a range of first-byte-pos 0 through last-byte-pos
size-1. For a zero-length file that is 0 through -1, so it sends:RFC 7233 section 2.1 defines
last-byte-posas1*DIGIT, which admits nosign, so the byte-range-set does not parse. nginx rejects it at parse time and
answers 416. That is conformant: section 3.1 says a server SHOULD send 416
when ranges are invalid, and section 4.4 explicitly covers ranges "rejected
due to invalid ranges". The NGC origin instead ignores the bad header and
returns 200 with the full representation, which is lenient but permitted.
So proxy-cache is not violating the specification. The problem is that a
transparent intermediary is stricter than the origin it fronts, which breaks a
client that works correctly against that origin in production. This change
makes us match the origin.
Observed evidence, one failing request. The origin succeeded and the proxy
converted the response:
Impact is larger than one failed download. The transfer fails only at the
final status, after every byte has moved, and the SDK then retries the whole
transfer. In the observed incident that turned a 0.86 TiB requirement into
9.40 TiB of cache egress and saturated the cache tier for about 26 minutes.
What changed
deploy/files/lua/safe-range.lua. Clears aRangeheader that namesthe
bytesunit but does not parse, and exposes the sanitized value.ngc.conf,hf.conf(both blocks),proxy-nucleus-cache.conf(bothblocks) and the
@cc_relayhop inproxy-common.confnow use$safe_rangeinstead of$http_rangeforproxy_set_header Range,proxy_cache_keyand$cc_hash_key.volume. Unconditional, not gated on
consistentHashRouting.Ordering matters and is asserted by a test: nginx caches
$http_rangeonceevaluated, so a
setthat reads it before the sanitizer would pin themalformed value into the cache key.
set_by_lua_fileis used rather thanrewrite_by_luaprecisely because it runs in configuration order alongsidethe surrounding
setdirectives.Scope is deliberately narrow:
bytesunit is considered. nginx already ignores units it doesnot understand.
bytes=100-50parses but isunsatisfiable and keeps nginx's conformant 416.
$request_rangeis left alone. It has its ownsliceinteraction and no reported failures. The render test documents this
exclusion rather than silently allowing it.
proxy-nucleus-cache.confhas no reported failure but carries the identicaldefect, so it is included here rather than left as a known-broken twin. The
sanitizer only neutralises headers nginx would reject outright, so the
existing "we trust the client's ranges" intent still holds for any valid
range.
Customer Release Notes
Models containing zero-length files can now be downloaded through the
container cache. Previously such downloads failed after transferring
successfully.
Plan Summary
Not applicable. ConfigMap and StatefulSet volume projection change; no
resource or topology changes.
Usage
Not applicable. No new values and no operator action. The behaviour change is
unconditional.
Testing
Four suites, all passing, plus the pre-existing chart-render tests:
range-validator-test.lualoads the real shippedsafe-range.luawith astubbed
ngx, so there are no test-only branches in production code. Itcovers the reported failure, valid single/suffix/open-ended/multi-range forms,
whitespace, large offsets, unsatisfiable ranges, unknown units and an absent
header.
range-sanitize-runtime-test.shruns the real Lua inside OpenResty against amock origin that tolerates the malformed header the way the NGC CDN does, and
asserts what the origin actually receives. It skips cleanly without docker.
Verified during development that
bytes=0--1returns 416 on a 1000-byte fileas well as a zero-length one, which is why the fix targets Range parsing
generally rather than special-casing zero-length objects.
No QA needed.
Notes
The primary defect is in the NGC CLI, which should not emit
bytes=0--1. Thatbelongs to a different owner and should be reported separately; this change is
compatibility hardening on our side so we stop being stricter than the origin
we front.
Issues
Closes #1338
Related Pull Requests
None
Dependencies
None. No new third-party packages.
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