feat: add playback.proxy_policy setting to control proxy streaming routing - #712
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughPlayback v3 now supports administrator-selected proxy and tone-map policies, capability-aware planning, negotiated media authorization, local-egress fallback, recipe persistence, cleanup, and attempt-sticky replanning. The change also adds a multi-platform Docker publishing workflow. ChangesPlayback transport and policy
Docker image publishing
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new routing policy can leave proxy and transcode capacity reserved after sessions are redirected locally, causing temporary capacity loss and failed playback starts under affected settings. Deployment automation also retains risks that can leave a branch without a published image or replace stable image tags, so the PR is not merge-ready without addressing or explicitly accepting these issues. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant PlaybackV3
participant NodepoolPlanner
participant ProxyGrantStore
Client->>PlaybackV3: request playback transport
PlaybackV3->>NodepoolPlanner: resolve policy and plan route
NodepoolPlanner-->>PlaybackV3: return local or remote plan
PlaybackV3->>ProxyGrantStore: persist or revoke proxy grant
PlaybackV3-->>Client: return negotiated transport
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In @.github/workflows/sync-and-build.yml:
- Around line 8-10: Update the workflow concurrency and revision handling so a
run is not canceled after sync force-pushes the rebased branch: set
cancel-in-progress to false, export sync’s post-rebase AFTER SHA, and use that
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In `@internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go`:
- Around line 748-754: Update the planning flow around PlanSessionWith so the
"never" proxy policy skips proxy selection and reservation while still reserving
the transcode node. Preserve the existing plan.ProxyNode clearing behavior and
do not call ReleaseSession, since the transcode reservation must remain active.
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In @.github/workflows/sync-and-build.yml:
- Around line 42-46: Update the rebase-conflict handler in the git rebase
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In @.github/workflows/fork-docker.yml:
- Around line 36-40: Update the Prepare step to derive BUILD_DATE from the
checked-out commit using git show -s --format=%cI "$GITHUB_SHA" and export it
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resulting value via the BUILD_DATE environment expression, preserving the
existing platform and image variables.
- Around line 107-113: Update the manifest publishing step containing “Create
manifest list and push” so the stable proxy-policy and latest tags are created
only when the workflow runs from the configured publishing branch; preserve the
existing digest inputs and tag generation for that branch.
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Compose byte-level stream telemetry (#667) with tokenless header-authenticated playback (#712/#723). All seven conflicts were union-shaped; both features are kept intact: - cmd/silo/main.go: proxy gets the client-IP resolver and telemetry registry alongside the media-grant authority. - api/handlers/playback.go: PlaybackHandler carries ProxyGrantStore and NodeRecipeStore next to StreamTelemetry. - api/router.go: transcode routes keep observeNative wrapping under main's new bearer-capability semantics. - playback/recipecard.go: ToClaims projects DVProfile/AudioOnly and OriginalStartedAt together. - api/handlers/playback_v3.go: main's headerAuth/grant structure, with OriginalStartedAt stamped inside remoteTranscodeRecipeCardV3 so the grant and node copies of the recipe carry it too. - proxy/server.go: grants/loginSessions join clientIP/telemetry, and attachStream moves into serveDirectPlayClaims/serveRemuxClaims so the shared serving tails attribute bytes for both the token and grant routes. The proxy route manifest records the five new /stream/v3 routes as unclassified; enrolling them follows in the next commit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go`:
- Around line 896-910: Update the playback planning flow around
planNodeSessionV3 so proxy policy is applied before reservations are created,
rather than clearing TranscodeNode or ProxyNode afterward. Ensure restricted
policies reserve only the node work actually used—local HLS remux must reserve
neither half, and “never” must not reserve the proxy half—while preserving the
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internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go (1)
1332-1342: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftRelease the reservation halves that the policy branch discards.
Line 1332 plans (and reserves) before the policy is applied.
PlanSessionWithreserves both halves:res.transcodeURL, andres.proxyURLplusres.kbpsfor the proxy (internal/nodepool/planner.goLines 233-245). Lines 1335-1342 then drop plan fields without releasing anything.Two reachable paths leak:
- Restricted policy with
DeliveryRemuxHLSV3(Lines 1336-1338): both fields are cleared, so control falls through toprepareLocalTransportV3. TheReleaseSessioncalls at Lines 1366-1368 and 1378-1380 sit insideif plan.TranscodeNode != niland are unreachable. Both halves stay charged."never"with transcode HLS (Lines 1339-1341): onlyplan.ProxyNodeis cleared.prepareRemoteTransportV3then evaluatesnodePlan.ProxyNode != nil && !servedByProxyat Line 2515 as false, soReleaseSessionProxynever runs. The proxy keeps its job slot and estimated bandwidth.Each charge persists until the reservation ages out (
maxReservationAge, 90s).effectiveJobsmatches either URL, and grouped transcode admission consults proxy capacity, so phantom proxy charges can suppress healthy transcode nodes. Under a restricted policy this repeats on every start.Select the plan for the policy instead of editing it afterward.
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- plan := h.planNodeSessionV3(r.Context(), session, result, mode.headerAuth && !mode.proxyEgress) - // Proxy policy: under "never" or "transcode_only", keep HLS remux local. - policy := nodepool.ProxyPolicy(r.Context(), h.SettingsRepo) - if policy == "never" || policy == "transcode_only" { - if result.Plan.Delivery == playback.DeliveryRemuxHLSV3 { - plan.TranscodeNode = nil - plan.ProxyNode = nil - } else if policy == "never" { - plan.ProxyNode = nil - } - } + // Proxy policy: under "never" or "transcode_only", keep HLS remux local. + // Under "never", a video transcode still runs remotely, but the API + // server is the only client-facing media origin, which is exactly the + // local-egress reservation contract. + policy := nodepool.ProxyPolicy(r.Context(), h.SettingsRepo) + restricted := policy == "never" || policy == "transcode_only" + var plan nodepool.Plan + if !(restricted && result.Plan.Delivery == playback.DeliveryRemuxHLSV3) { + localEgress := (mode.headerAuth && !mode.proxyEgress) || policy == "never" + plan = h.planNodeSessionV3(r.Context(), session, result, localEgress) + }
planNodeSessionV3already clearsplan.ProxyNodefor a custom planner that does not implementPlanTranscodeSessionWithLocalEgress(Lines 786-791), so the compatibility path is unchanged.This is the same reservation-accounting concern raised on earlier commits; the current code still shows both leaking paths.
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internal/config/admin_settings.go (1)
78-79: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a constant for
playback.proxy_policyand its allowed values.This change introduces exported key constants (
PlaybackLocalTranscodeFallbackSettingKey,Allow4KTranscodeSettingKey, the tone-map keys) to remove duplicated literals. The newplayback.proxy_policykey keeps a literal here, ininternal/nodepool/planner.go(ProxyPolicy), and ininternal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go("never","transcode_only"comparisons). Export the key and the three policy values from this package so the reader, the routing branches, and the validator cannot drift.♻️ Suggested constants
const ( PlaybackLocalTranscodeFallbackSettingKey = "playback.local_transcode_fallback" Allow4KTranscodeSettingKey = "allow_4k_transcode" ) + +// PlaybackProxyPolicySettingKey selects which streams may egress from proxy +// nodes. The values are the admin enum accepted by NormalizeAdminSetting. +const ( + PlaybackProxyPolicySettingKey = "playback.proxy_policy" + ProxyPolicyAlways = "always" + ProxyPolicyTranscodeOnly = "transcode_only" + ProxyPolicyNever = "never" +)- "playback.proxy_policy": "always", + PlaybackProxyPolicySettingKey: ProxyPolicyAlways,- case "playback.proxy_policy": - return normalizeAdminEnum(key, value, "always", "transcode_only", "never") + case PlaybackProxyPolicySettingKey: + return normalizeAdminEnum(key, value, ProxyPolicyAlways, ProxyPolicyTranscodeOnly, ProxyPolicyNever)As per coding guidelines: "Prefer extracting shared logic over duplicating it".
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In `@internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go`:
- Around line 1332-1342: Adjust the playback planning flow around
planNodeSessionV3 so the applicable proxy policy is selected before reservations
are created, rather than clearing TranscodeNode or ProxyNode afterward. Ensure
restricted remux-HLS releases neither reservation and “never” transcode-HLS
releases the proxy reservation while preserving the existing local and remote
transport behavior and planNodeSessionV3 compatibility handling.
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In `@internal/config/admin_settings.go`:
- Around line 78-79: Define exported constants in the admin settings package for
the playback proxy policy key and its three allowed values, then replace the
corresponding literals in the settings definition, nodepool planner’s
ProxyPolicy handling, and playback_v3 handler comparisons with those shared
constants.
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Add a new admin setting controlling when proxy nodes serve media streams,
giving operators fine-grained control over stream routing.
The setting (playback.proxy_policy) accepts three values:
always (default) — proxy serves all streams (existing behavior).
transcode_only — proxy only for video transcodes; direct play and
HLS audio remux stay on the API server.
never — proxy disabled for streaming; transcode nodes still
encode but the API server relays segments.
The policy is evaluated before planNodeSessionV3 so restricted modes
never create reservations they would discard. Under 'never', the
localEgress flag prevents proxy slot allocation. Under restricted
policies with DeliveryRemuxHLSV3, planNodeSessionV3 is skipped entirely.
Exported constants (ProxyPolicyAlways, ProxyPolicyTranscodeOnly,
ProxyPolicyNever) prevent literal drift across packages.
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Summary
Add a new
playback.proxy_policyadmin setting that controls when available proxy nodes serve media streams to clients.Motivation
Currently, when proxy nodes are available and healthy, all streams — direct play, remux, and transcode — are unconditionally routed through them. This is ideal when the proxy has more egress bandwidth than the API server, but it creates unnecessary overhead for operators whose API server has sufficient bandwidth for direct play and only needs to offload computationally expensive video transcoding to remote hardware (e.g. Intel QSV on a homelab server).
A common distributed deployment pattern is:
Without this setting, the VPS sends all streaming traffic through the homelab proxy node, even for direct play where the VPS could serve the file bytes directly with zero transformation overhead. This doubles the network hops and adds latency for no benefit.
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New setting:
playback.proxy_policyAn enum with three values:
always(default)transcode_onlyneveralways— preserves existing behavior; no change for current deployments.transcode_only— proxy nodes are only selected for sessions requiring video transcoding (DeliveryTranscodeHLSV3). Direct play, progressive remux, and HLS audio adaptation (DeliveryRemuxHLSV3) stay on the API server.never— proxy nodes are not used for any streaming. Transcode nodes still perform video encoding work, but the API server relays segments to clients. HLS audio remux runs locally.Files changed
internal/nodepool/planner.go—ProxyPolicy()setting reader, following the same pattern asLocalTranscodeFallbackAllowed()internal/config/admin_settings.go— default value ("always") andnormalizeAdminEnumvalidationinternal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go— gates proxy selection inplanIdentityProxyV3()(direct play / progressive remux path) and clears proxy/transcode node selection in the HLS path based on policyweb/.../PlaybackSettings.tsx— admin UI dropdown in the Transcoding sectionDesign decisions
local_transcode_fallbackworks — changes take effect immediately without restart.transcode_onlyandnever, HLS audio remux (DeliveryRemuxHLSV3) runs locally on the API server rather than being dispatched to a remote transcode node. Audio remux is lightweight (stream-copy video + convert audio) and does not benefit from GPU offload.alwaysso existing deployments are unaffected.local_transcode_fallback— they control different aspects of the routing decision.Testing
Tested on a live deployment with:
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nevermode with three concurrent streams:All three policy modes verified:
always: all streams via proxy (existing behavior) ✅transcode_only: direct play and audio remux on VPS, video transcode via homelab ✅never: all streaming from VPS, only video encoding on homelab ✅Summary by CodeRabbit
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