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Expand Up @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ server {
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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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- nginx/conf.d/default.conf: relevant directives ---'
sed -n '68,132p' nginx/conf.d/default.conf
printf '%s\n' '--- repository references to Permissions-Policy ---'
rg -n -C 2 'Permissions-Policy|proxy_hide_header|add_header' nginx

Repository: mattermost/docker

Length of output: 4399

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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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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.

proxy_buffers 256 16k;
proxy_buffer_size 16k;
client_body_timeout 60;
Expand All @@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ server {
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;
proxy_buffers 256 16k;
proxy_buffer_size 16k;
proxy_read_timeout 600s;
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