Hide Permissions-Policy header in Nginx config to avoid duplicate - #188
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Permissions-Policy header is duplicated in the response because both Nginx sets it and also mattermost app itself.
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In `@nginx/conf.d/default.conf`:
- Line 101: Update the Permissions-Policy add_header directive near
proxy_hide_header so it includes the always parameter, ensuring the replacement
policy header is emitted for every response status while preserving the existing
header value.
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| proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; | ||
| proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN; | ||
| proxy_set_header Early-Data $ssl_early_data; | ||
| proxy_hide_header Permissions-Policy; |
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printf '%s\n' '--- nginx/conf.d/default.conf: relevant directives ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- repository references to Permissions-Policy ---'
rg -n -C 2 'Permissions-Policy|proxy_hide_header|add_header' nginxRepository: mattermost/docker
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Nginx official ngx_http_headers_module add_header status codes always proxy_hide_header semantics
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Semantics (Nginx official docs): 1) ngx_http_headers_module add_header “always” - Syntax is add_header name value [always]; and always makes the header added regardless of the response code [1]. - Without always, Nginx only adds the specified header for a limited set of “success/redirect” status codes documented in the module reference [1]. 2) ngx_http_proxy_module proxy_hide_header - proxy_hide_header field; hides a response header field coming from the proxied server; by default nginx does not pass certain upstream response headers (like “Date”, “Server”, “X-Pad”, and “X-Accel-*”) and proxy_hide_header can add additional fields to not pass [2]. - Like other list-style directives, proxy_hide_header directives are inherited from a higher config level only if there are no proxy_hide_header directives defined at the current level (so a location-level definition replaces the inherited list rather than extending it) [3]. 3) How they interact with “status codes” - add_header controls whether Nginx adds a header to the response based on the final response status, unless you use always [1]. - proxy_hide_header controls whether a header from the upstream response is passed to the client at all [2]. - Therefore, if you want to guarantee a header is present/absent regardless of upstream status codes, you typically combine: a) proxy_hide_header <Header-Name>; to prevent the upstream header from being forwarded [2], and b) add_header <Header-Name> <value> always; to ensure your replacement header is added even on error responses [1]. Minimal example pattern location / { proxy_pass http://upstream; # 1) Remove upstream header proxy_hide_header X-Some-Header; # 2) Add your own header even for 4xx/5xx add_header X-Some-Header $some_value always; } Caveat about block scope - If you define add_header in both server and location contexts, the child location context configuration replaces/overrides the inherited set of add_header directives rather than merging them (per the module’s inheritance rules) [1]. Sources: [1] nginx.org ngx_http_headers_module documentation, [2] nginx.org ngx_http_proxy_module documentation, [3] nginx trac ticket describing proxy_hide_header redefinition/inheritance behavior.
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- 1: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_headers_module.html
- 2: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html
- 3: https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/2302
Add always to the configured policy header.
proxy_hide_header removes the upstream header for all response statuses. Without always, Nginx does not add the replacement Permissions-Policy header to statuses such as 101 or 4xx/5xx. Update line 78 to use add_header Permissions-Policy "interest-cohort=()" always;.
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In `@nginx/conf.d/default.conf` at line 101, Update the Permissions-Policy
add_header directive near proxy_hide_header so it includes the always parameter,
ensuring the replacement policy header is emitted for every response status
while preserving the existing header value.
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Permissions-Policyheader is duplicated in the response because both Nginx sets it and also mattermost app itself, causing the header to be ignored and mattermost clients to complain about this.This hides the
Permissions-Policyreceived from the mattermost app in favor of the one configured in Nginx, which is the expected response header value.